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5 October 2018

5th October 2018
  • Mobile/Contactless and omni-Commerce
  • Instant payments
  • Acquiring/Processing
  • Issuing
  • Remittances
  • DCC
  • Airlines
  • Fintechs
  • Digital/Retail Banking
  • Biometrics
  • PSD2/Open Banking
  • Digital Identity
  • Corporate Activity
  • Regulation

M&S is to launch a “Mobile, Pay, Go” app feature in an initial roll-out at six London stores.  http://tinyurl.com/y9t6g4ud

Customers open the M&S app, scan products as they go and then pay from their iPhone using Apple Pay or a saved card on their M&S.com account.

The British Fashion Council and iZettle teamed up to bring contactless payments for consumers during London Fashion Week. http://tinyurl.com/yd66o34j

Klarna has published survey results on consumer views re tech features being introduced by fashion retailers. http://tinyurl.com/y7pq9ybc

Essentially consumers are not interested in technologies such as AR / VR.

Wirecard is launching a ‘Try Before You Buy’ flexible invoice payment option. http://tinyurl.com/y9bv6yop

The initial users of the service in Europe are Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.

Danske Bank is testing a new contactless payment solution. http://tinyurl.com/y7unb3ju

The solution enables a Mastercard payment chip to be embedded in a wristband or attached to a keyring, watchstrap or piece of jewelry. Branded ‘FastPay’, the solution is being rolled-out in a trial in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Perhaps not a major breakthrough in the wearables environment.

Apple is adding support for contactless student ID cards in Wallet but only for 3 Universities in the US.  http://tinyurl.com/ybptvdc2

Students can now add their ID card to Apple Wallet and use it to pay for laundry, coffee or lunch, and access their sleeping accommodation, the gym or the school library.

Another Speech from Yves Mersch – The future started yesterday – on instant payments.  http://tinyurl.com/y7zocps9

YN repeats the point that (card) payments are dominated by non-European players and that now that instant payments give EU players the chance of becoming ‘leaders in innovation, based on European standards’.

And ACI Worldwide doesn’t miss a trick with the announcement of support for the TIPS scheme. http://tinyurl.com/y8bah94x

PPRO Group is integrating with both Credorax. http://tinyurl.com/ycg88h4a  and Secure Trading http://tinyurl.com/y7n7h3ld

PPRO’s 140+ APMs will now be extended to Credorax’s merchants and PSPs while Secure  Trading will offer over 18 European APMs.

SIA has completed the acquisition of First Data’s card processing businesses in Central and Southeastern Europe. http://tinyurl.com/ybop7yy6

SIA says that the deal makes it the leading player in processing and services in the region. First Data says it remains ‘highly committed to the European issuer processing business’ post the sale.

Sberbank has signed an agreement to accept JCB cards on its merchant acquiring network across Russia. http://tinyurl.com/y93cnhpz

The acceptance of JCB cards will be automatically enabled for all new clients signing an acquiring agreement with Sberbank.

Ingenico’s nexo-based payment gateway has received authorisations from GIE CB and Bancontact. http://tinyurl.com/y79ax7ax

This will allow Merchants to accept co-branded cards using the domestic brands rather than through the ICS.

Miles & More is expanding its offering to programme members in France. http://tinyurl.com/ycwu37v8

In cooperation with Advanzia Bank S.A., Miles & More is launching a Miles & More Gold MasterCard

TransferGo is using Ripple to offer 100% free and zero fee cross-border transfers. http://tinyurl.com/ydeoatan

TransferGo’s free service is powered by the success of its premium service, TransferGo Now, which allows customers to make international money transfers instantly.

Sabre Corporation has announced the launch of its Digital Airline Commercial Platform (DACP).  http://tinyurl.com/ya4vldhr

Launching with three airlines –  Aeroflot, Ethiopian Airlines and Etihad Airways  –  the Commercial Platform delivers end-to-end personalised retailing with dynamic pricing capabilities, a flexible and open API hub, an ultra-fast shopping engine and a mobile-first, consumer-grade workspace for airport agents.

LinkedIn Top UK Startups. http://tinyurl.com/y786wyab

To be eligible for Top Startups, companies must be seven years old or younger, have at least 50 employees, be privately held and headquartered in the UK.

N26 is commencing a beta phased release in the UK. http://tinyurl.com/ybpq4ccy

Following an initial ‘friends and family’ phase, a rollout to the waiting list of more than 50,000 UK subscribers is planned. N26 claims it has more than 1.5m customers across 17 existing European markets.

Fujitsu Laboratories has announced new biometric authentication technology. http://tinyurl.com/ycm7h82n

Fujitsu has developed a non-contact, integrated biometric authentication technology that can identify a person using only their palm vein and facial data..

The ECJ has made a Judgement on the status of a Savings account as ‘payments account’ under PSD2. http://tinyurl.com/y8ybanqc

In summary – “a savings account which allows for sums deposited without notice and from which payment and withdrawal transactions may be made solely by means of a current account does not come within the concept of ‘payment account’”.

EC announcement re eIDAS roll-out. http://tinyurl.com/ya8fnjam

Global Payments has entered into an agreement with LLR Partners to acquire Sicom Systems for approximately $415m in cash. http://tinyurl.com/y8e4wvhy

Sicom is a global restaurant enterprise technology solutions provider and has c11,000 employees serving customers and partners in 31 countries. The move enhances GP’s offer in Europe in a vibrant sector.

Banco Sabadell’s innovation vehicle InnoCells has acquired Spanish online payments platform PayTPV. http://tinyurl.com/y7f7p99j

Sabadell plans to integrate PayTPV’s technology into its offering to merchants, strengthening its position in the Spanish online payments space.

The UK CMA has announced the launch of its PayPal Holdings, Inc / iZettle AB merger inquiry by notice to the parties.  http://tinyurl.com/yd6ct5km

FCA Speech – Rolling the rock: The cycle of deregulation, crisis and regulation.  http://tinyurl.com/yaydxhwz

Charles Randell, Chair, FCA said that the Regulator does not see the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union as an opportunity to join a race to the bottom in regulatory standards. “We remain committed to high standards of regulation in the UK and to contributing to high global standards”.

The FCA has published a report on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks in the E-Money Sector. http://tinyurl.com/y9xwnobo  Report http://tinyurl.com/y6vxwjhz

Overall, the review established that the 13 firms assessed had reasonably effective anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing systems and controls. However, the work did highlight some weaknesses; therefore all firms should avoid any complacency.

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God in Action

fork-in-the-roadIn addition to the blues I’ve been experiencing lately, I also am feeling physically worse as I’ve been tapering down my prednisone. So though I did go to work yesterday, I had cancelled my attendance at bible study at my sister’s because I knew that by the time I got home at around 8 pm all I’d want to do is crawl into bed. There was no way I was up to going.

But Got had other plans for me. I was almost home after sitting for an extra hour in traffic, when I heard something in a novel I was listening to in the car.  I identified with the character, who was having a badly needed spiritual experience, and suddenly felt a powerful longing to feel the presence of God.

My sister and I live very close to each other.  There is a fork in the road in which her house is in one direction and mine in the other. As soon as I felt that longing for God, I no longer noticed my aches and pains and  without hesitation called my husband to tell him I was going to bible study after all, and called my sister to say I would be there any minute. I was right at that fork.

When I arrived my sister was radiant. She had been praying, literally, “Lord, when my sister reaches that fork in the road, please help her to feel better, and make her turn left toward my house  tonight.”

I don’t know why God wanted me there so much, but I do know that the chances of this being a coincidence were statistically ridiculous.  And  I did get to feel the presence of God and the Holy Spirit last night, we all did.  It happened when a tormented client I have suddenly came to mind, and we prayed with all our hearts for a psychological and spiritual healing for her.

God works in strange ways.

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8 Responses to “God in Action”

  1. froggywoogie Says:

    sorry froggywoogie (not woogy)

    oops! so sorry froggywoogie!

  2. psychscribe Says:

    ok, will do!

  3. lupusranting Says:

    Funny how an open heart will hear so clearly the call for love. You are blessed!

    I am indeed 🙂

  4. SanityFound Says:

    Aye he does work in mysterious ways, the power is there if we are willing to listen – glad you did 🙂 huge hugs to you for I feel that it wasn’t only for your client that you had to be there mwah!

  5. psychscribe Says:

    Thanks San. I quite agree 🙂

  6. fibi Says:

    Oh wow.. How wonderful..

  7. Amber Says:

    Good thing you were listening…. good for you honey! Big hugs

  8. psychscribe Says:

    Back at ya, sweetie!

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T Dexter At the Joint Circus

Sad to say, I wasn’t able to come close to seeing all of T. Dexter’s sermon.  I heard the beginning and some of the middle, the early middle.  And from what I could hear, he didn’t exactly disappoint.

T. Dexter spoke from Mark 8:22-26, the episode that involved the blind guy Jesus healed by spitting in his eyes.  Jesus then questioned him about what he saw.  Of course the man’s vision was completely restored.

The last thing I heard him talking about before the stream’s delay became intolerable, was the need for a CEO to have vision.  And he mentioned that without vision in an organization you can end up with division.  Did he chase that down further during the rest of his speech?  I don’t know.  One of you who may have heard it might want to let me know.  It may be available on DVD or CD but I’ll get hit in the head before I pay some money for a recording of the goings on.

As a side note, you should be aware of the fact that your boys Owen and Jenkins are welcoming and even honoring some rather questionable characters.

I assume you did see Bishop Grainger Browing from Ebenezer AME in Southern PG County.  You remember Grainger, right?  He’s the one who invited Calypso Louie Farrakhan to speak to his congregation and to pump up support for the Million Man March years ago.  He even let the Nation of Islam sell materials in the lobby.  This is the guy who sat there and said nothing as Calypso Louie, from the pulpit, denied the deity of Jesus Christ, reducing Him to nothing more than a prophet, and not even the main prophet at that.

Millicent Hunter, a pastor and, I believe, a bishop, was there too.  She was one of the last preachers I listened to before I left First Baptist Church of Glenarden on the Kettering.  She’s a full up Word of Faith sweetie.  When she was speaking to us she quoted Hebrews 11 where it says:

“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible”

She informed us that God created the universe by faith.  And of course she went on to state that we have to have that God kind of faith.

And of course, they had the flag wavers and dancers.

I’m not sure what was going on exactly, but one woman was singing while she was laying on the floor.  The guy next to her seems to be unconscious.

I didn’t get to hear much of the sermon and I didn’t get to hear most of what was going on, but just the stuff I could glean from what I could see and hear lets me know people should stay as far away from FBCGotK as possible.  And it lets me know that the leopard John Jenkins hasn’t changed his spots at all.

6 Responses to “T Dexter At the Joint Circus”

  1. Scarlett Says:

    The gathering of the wolves and hirelings……..
    Matthew 15:14:” Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
    Jesus bless you for exposing this bunch of reprobates.

  2. Tee Says:

    All I can say is wow. But I did get a laugh out of the lady lying on the floor with the mic in her hand, and the guy taking a nap next to her. What buffoonery….

    • mhjones2001 Says:

      And that is what I want to highlight. The pimps and pimpettes do really outrageous stuff and the sheeple say “I could really feel the anointing in that place.” Unfortunately, the get distracted by the anointing and fail to feel the hand taking the wallet from their pockets.

  3. walksbyf8h Says:

    …. there are simply no words. Good to see you back, MJ. Wow

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Amoo under pressure to save 3SC from relegation

Fatai Amoo

Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan

Shooting Stars coach Fatai Amoo has come under intense pressure from the Oyo State Government and fans of the  outfit to save the team from relegation  following their  3-0 hammering by visiting IfeanyiUbah in their Premier League clash in Ibadan on Sunday.

IfeanyiUbah scored their  goals through  Godwin Obaje, Kojo Baar and King Osanga. Shooting Stars fans  called for  former international Amoo to be sacked as they mourned the defeat.

Our correspondent learnt that  the state Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Abayomi Oke,  and the management  of the state-owned club on Tuesday held  a meeting with the coaching staff, where they allegedly criticised the coaches.

The meeting, which lasted more than two hours,  ended with Amoo and his coaching team allegedly accepting blame for the poor  performance of the team.

It was learnt that the commissioner, who was unhappy  about the situation  of the team, who are currently placed 19th in the 20-club league,  demanded  an  assurance  from   Amoo that  3Sc would escape relegation at the end of the season.

It was learnt that the coaches allegedly  pleaded with  Abayomi  and the board members to retain their services, assuring them  that the team would not be relegated.

A source close to the club said, “The meeting was called to appraise the team’s  defeat  on  Sunday. The commissioner, Chairman of the club, Gbolagade Busari, the General Manager, Rashidi Balogun,  Amoo, assistant coach Edith Agoye and goalkeeping  coach Lati Yussuf were present at the meeting.

“The coaches  accepted  blame for the loss and promised to improve on the performance of the team.

“They said they had re-assessed the match and discovered the lapses in the team with a view to working on the grey areas for better outings in subsequent matches.

“The coaches appealed to the disappointing home fans and supporters,  assuring them  that the team would strive hard to win their  home and away matches.”

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Is December 2018 feasible for kick-off of national carrier?

Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika

We are all observers; I do not know how far they have gone. It is not only about money, it is also about planning. Agreed, we have the manpower; are they leasing or buying new aircraft? If it is new aircraft that they want to start with, they must have placed orders by now. Also, a board should be in place before that airline begins operations.  We have just six months to the date the airline is supposed to kick off; I don’t think it is feasible. I may be wrong. But it is not only about starting an airline; there is the issue of basic infrastructure, recruitment and training of key staff in the culture of the proposed airline. What kind of airline are they considering? If it is one that should be taken seriously; I don’t think it is feasible between now and December, unless they want to convert an existing airline into a national carrier, by simply putting a logo on an aircraft belonging to an existing airline. •Capt. Abdulmumini Abdulkarim (Rector, International Aviation College, Ilorin, Kwara State)

I don’t know if it is feasible or not because I don’t know the full details, but one thing I do know is that the Minister of State for Aviation, Capt. Hadi Sirika, is a truthful and focused person. I have known him for a very long time and I know him to be a man of truth. So, anything that he says is considered to be factual. As a policy, I have my reservations about reviving a national carrier at this point in time when other countries are going out of their way to divest from airlines. So, I am a bit concerned about it, but if Hadi has set a date to it, then I wish them well.

As a former minister of aviation, I can say I am proud of some of the things he has achieved. I really don’t know why the national carrier went defunct in the first place, but it happened during the military rule. It is not just a matter of it going defunct. It was run down by successive military governments and it did not meet international standards. So, it fizzled out. It was very unfortunate.

It happened before the Obasanjo administration which I served under but we were left with the duty of cleaning up the mess. One of the greatest challenges we had was on the issue of pensions for former employees of Nigeria Airways.

I fought very hard and even took a memo to the Federal Executive Council, asking that the pensions be paid and we came up with relevant figures and they were not paid but I am glad that the next administration that came paid a substantial amount of pension to the Nigeria Airways workers; but to bring back the airline now will be very difficult and I am not sure if it is the right policy but I am not part of this government. If President Buhari feels this is the best policy, I wish them well. •Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (A former Minister of Aviation)

Yes, it is possible if the resources are available. December is six months from now. It is possible; we can take delivery of three to four aircraft before December. Setting up a new national carrier is a welcome development and it’s long overdue. The defunct Nigeria Airways performed excellently, though it was not well managed. If a new national carrier is set up, it will open a new frontier for Nigeria aviation and allied sectors.

Today, when you look at indigenous African carriers plying Nigeria, you would know that we need our own national carrier because they are making huge revenues for their respective countries. It is sad to note that despite Nigeria’s status as the giant of Africa; it does not have a national carrier. Countries like Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Ghana and South Africa, have national carriers and they are making money out of the Nigerian Aviation sector.

Last month, Air Namibia recorded its inaugural flight from Windhoek to Lagos. As of today, Air Rwanda flies from Abuja to Accra and Accra to Abuja and Lagos. Imagine if we operate from our capital cities to neighbouring countries. A new national carrier will break the monopoly of European airlines plying Nigeria; it will mean more revenue for the Federal Government. It will help create thousands of jobs for Nigerians. The new national carrier should be well managed in order to stand the test of time. New aircraft should be bought and seasoned administrators should be engaged to run the affairs of the new national carrier. •Onaghise Festus (Benin-based travel agent)

If we are to do things as they ought to be done, the December 2018 date for the kick-off of the national carrier is not feasible.

It would demand the setting up of an administration, the recruitment of personnel to take charge of the day-to-day running of the entity, monitoring, supervising, evaluating, projecting in terms of performance and efficiency, among others.

Technically, it would demand that the in-country support infrastructure required to put the nation in good stead in the highly competitive global aviation market be in place by now.

Are our major airports in proper shape like their counterparts in other parts of the globe? Is the Federal Government purchasing aircraft and engaging in its direct operations?

Or are we going the way of the Ethiopian, Kenyan, or South African airlines which combine the strength in Private-Public-Partnership business model operations?

We should be mindful too that countries with functional national carrier airlines consciously design not only the flight routes for their jets to always course their major airports; they equally ensure that passengers disembark and board either the same aircraft or another one.

This touching down and re-boarding by passengers has its benefits. Passengers who step out of the aircraft improve the local economy by buying goods some of which are taxable, they also engage in boosting local tourism by visiting places and paying for goods and services.

It is, therefore, imperative that we are deliberate in our drive to finding another national carrier and not creating another behemoth of public investment that might go down the drain in a highly competitive global market. • Abolade Adebiyi (Secretary, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Ogun State Council)

The fact is, if the government wants to get it up and running by December, it can. We all saw the seriousness of the government in fixing the potholes on the Abuja-Kaduna road when the Abuja airport was shut for repairs. We also saw government’s determination to fix the Abuja runway and within the given time that was announced, the facility was fixed and opened for use. This shows that once the government is determined to get an issue settled, it can actually get it done.

Based on my last discussion with the aviation minister, I think that the government is very serious about the initiative and it is not trying to kill local airlines. The government is also trying to see how it can support domestic airlines. I was part of the national carrier committee and I can remember that the government is to have about 10 per cent stake in the airline, because the venture is to be private-sector driven. The truth remains that no domestic airline in Nigeria at the moment can effectively compete with the likes of Emirates Airline or British Airways. •Isaac Balami (The immediate past President, National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers)

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OOU undergraduate, girlfriend murdered in Ogun

Ogun State Police Commissioner, Ahmed Iliyasu

Samuel Awoyinfa Abeokuta

A 300-Level Computer Science undergraduate of the Olabisi Onabanjo  University, Ago Iwoye, Adebisi Oriade and his girlfriend, Julia Imaga, also a diploma student at the same institution, have been allegedly killed by two members of Aiye confraternity, Muritala Babatunde and Taiwo Razak.

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police,  Ahmed Iliyasu,  disclosed this at the state police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, on Friday while parading no fewer than 25 suspects arrested for various offences ranging from armed robbery,  cultism, to stealing and rape.

Parading the two major suspects among other suspected criminals, Iliyasu said one of the brothers of Adebisi, Oriade Adeola, had on June 3, 2018, reported to the police that he (Adebisi) had left home since May 28,  2018 with his girlfriend in his car, a Honda Crosstour with the number plate, FST 350 FA,  but had yet to return.

He said on the receipt of the complaint,  the men of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, in collaboration with the operatives of the state command embarked on technical intelligence.

He said this led to the arrest of the two suspects, from whom an iPhone X and two pairs of sneakers belonging to Adebisi were allegedly recovered. Iliyasu further said the suspects, on interrogation, confessed  that they killed Adebisi and his girlfriend.

He said, “They said they lured the victims to a junction at Oru Ijebu, where they were forcefully taken to a nearby bus and they smashed their heads with planks and gun.”

He said the decomposing bodies of the deceased had been recovered and deposited  in the mortuary at the State General Hospital, Ijebu Ode.

While speaking with journalists,  Muritala Babatunde confirmed that he belonged to Aiye cult  and that he and two other accomplices killed the victims.

He alleged that he and the late Adebisi were friends and they had a deal relating to an Internet fraud in which over N2m was involved.

He further claimed that Adebisi, despite many calls and entreaties, refused to give him his own share.

He said, “He refused to pick my calls and I stopped calling him.  On May 28,  2018, I got two other men to join me and we abducted Adebisi and his girlfriend.

“He belonged to Alora cult. He and members of his group were threatening me, so we later killed him and his girlfriend  by using planks.”

When asked why they killed Adebisi’s girlfriend, he replied, “it was just to cover our track.”

Adebisi’s father, Adedeji Oriade, however,  denied the allegations made by Muritala, that his son was a cult member and an Internet fraudster.

He said,  “My son was never a cultist or an Internet fraudster. The suspect,  Babatunde Muritala, kept going back and forth. He was quoted to have said that my late son used to help him with money but suddenly he (my son) stopped and became arrogant and that was why he killed him.”

Julia’s mother,  Mrs Olamma Ofor, who wept during the parade of the suspects, was too distraught to talk to journalists.

Other suspected ritual killers, armed robbers and rapists arrested in various locations in the state were equally paraded.

Iliyasu also disclosed that five police inspectors, seven sergeants and seven corporals serving in the state have been dismissed between July 2016 and June this year for various offences.

He added that two inspectors, five sergeants and two corporals were demoted in ranks while 11 others were seriously reprimanded within the same period.

He revealed that four were arraigned after dismissal.

Iliyasu said the disciplinary measures were taken against the affected officers to impress it further in the consciousness of people that “no erring policeman will ever go unpunished.”

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I began experimenting with making silverware jewelry back in 2010 after discovering a display of spoon rings on a walk through Kensington Market in Toronto. I remember thinking, How cool! What a great way to re-invent a thing of beauty that is no longer being used! Immediately, I took an interest in the concept of “up-cycling” (re-using or transforming an object in a way that creates a product of higher value than the original) because it deeply resonated with a philosophy and a way of life that I was striving to adopt.

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Celebrities cheer on UP, AdU during UAAP do-or-die match

"Even those who were not present in the court felt the tension between University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons and Adamson University's Soaring Falcons in a close match for the UAAP Finals yesterday, November 28 .

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As basketball players from both sides rough it out in court, celebrities had their eyes glued on television to witness the much-awaited do-or-die UAAP game between University of the Philippines and Adamson University yesterday, November 28.

UP’s Fighting Maroons won over AdU’s Soaring Falcons with a close score of 89-87, advancing them to the 2018 UAAP Finals after a long 32 years.

Newscasters and U.P. alumni Bernadette Sembrano, Gretchen Fullido, and Kim Atienza, together with Noli de Castro, held a viewing party on set of TV Patrol.

UP NAMING MAHAL! YAHOOOOOO! #UAAP postponed ang TV patrol

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“UP NAMING MAHAL! Captured the winning moment with 6 seconds to go! SO proud of you boys! UP FIGHT! We are in the finals after 32 YEARS!,” wrote Gretchen, who cried tears of joy for her alma mater’s well-deserved victory, on Instagram.

Autotelic band member Kai Honasan also showed support to U.P. by sharing her selfie wearing her old P.E. uniform on the image-sharing app.

Dug up an old PE shirt for tonight’s gig ⭐

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Despite having come from neither schools, TV host Bianca Gonzalez cheered on for what she has described as an “insane” and “amazing” game.

Meanwhile, rockstar Raimund Marasigan and rapper BLKD on Tuesday released a track titled “Atin ‘To” in honor of the excellence of the UP Men’s Basketball Team, as well as the supportive community of their alma mater.

"Hindi lang students at admin ang nagse-celebrate ng UP victories kundi kahit IKOT and TOKI drivers, residents, etc. Sinadya man ni Desiderio o hindi, sinaklaw ng sinabi niya ang kabuuan at kaakuhan (identity) ng UP — hindi lang sila basketball team, hindi lang tayo university, isa tayong community (literal na may barangays sa loob ng UP!)," BLKD said.

The Fighting Maroons is set to play against defending champion Ateneo de Manila University’s Blue Eagles for the Game 1 of Finals on Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena.


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We are glad to issue this letter in order to confirm the effective work and support both Olga Oltean and Cristian Nicolae offered during the „Communication & Sales in Business" Program to our team.

Olga and Cristian delivered to all sales and marketing people in our company 40 hours of coaching&training and 60 hours of follow up & field coaching, for 4 months in a row, in 2013.

While working in our project, Olga and Cristian put together creative learning aproach and delivery,
demonstrating a true interest in understanding the context and the needs aligned with diversity of the participants and adapting to them. Their openness, resourcefullness and ability to see the project through, really made this program distinctive and successful one.

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  4. an confident atitude about ourselves as a team, our products and our potential in today market

It was a big pleasure to work with Olga and Cristian as the Program was a big surprise in the way that it was naturally built to see how the team changed during these 4 months

The conclusion:...,,it was a piece of art"... and we plan to continue the collaboration in the future on different

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Latest on NASCAR Cup Series race Saturday night at Richmond Raceway (all times local):

9:55 p.m.

Kyle Busch pulled away on a restart in a two-lap overtime sprint to the finish and won his third consecutive race in NASCAR's Cup Series.

Busch, who started 32nd but quickly worked his way into contention, outran Chase Elliott and teammate Denny Hamlin for his fifth career victory at Richmond Raceway. The victory is his 46th overall.

The race went more than 350 laps before there was a caution for an on-track incident, but with pole-sitter Martin Truex Jr., Elliott and Kevin Harvick all contending for the victory, a series of cautions forced four restarts over the final 47 laps.

Truex seemed a threat tp end an oh-for 74 record in short track racing, was running second when the caution flew with 11 laps to go, but a terrible pit stop saw him lose at least seven spots. He finished 14th.

8:13 p.m.

Joey Logano has doubled up and won the first two stages of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway.

Logano, the defending race champion, passed Clint Bowyer for the lead with seven laps remaining in the stage. It's just his second stage victory of the season.

Like the first stage, the entire second stage was run under a green flag. The only cautions of the night have come between stages.

Logano was followed by Bowyer, Aric Almirola, Kurt Busch and William Byron.

7:45 p.m.

Kurt Busch and younger brother Kyle Busch are running 1-2 during the second stage of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond.

Kurt Busch started sixth and passed Joey Logano for the lead on the first lap of the second stage. Kyle Busch started 32nd, but passed Logano for second place after 140 laps.

Kyle Busch leads active drivers with four career victories on the 0.75-mile oval. Kurt Busch has won here twice.

The 1-2 positioning was short-lived when Clint Bowyer passed Kyle Busch for second

7:30 p.m.

Joey Logano has won the first stage of the NASCAR CUP Series race at Richmond.

The defending race champion in seeking his first victory since winning this event a year ago. The stage victory is his first of the season.

Aric Almirola surged from 25th to take second in the stage, followed by Kurt Busch, rookie William Byron and Clint Bowyer.

The race should change significantly after the 100-lap caution as the first stage was run mostly in sunshine which is no longer evident.

6:45 p.m.

Martin Truex Jr. has led the field to the green flag for the start of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond.

The pole is a series-high third of the season for Truex, who is seeking his first short-track win on NASCAR's top circuit.

Chase Elliott, defending champion Joey Logano, hometown favorite Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson complete the top five to start things off.


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Jeffrey Otjen is a pediatric radiologist practicing at Seattle Children’s. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine.

He is board certified in pediatric medicine and in radiology, having completed a pediatric medicine residency and radiology residency at Seattle Children’s and the University of Washington. He completed a pediatric radiology fellowship at Seattle Children’s.

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Novel ingested foreign bodies—A fidget spinner case report
Otjen J., Mitchell R., Menashe S., Perkins J., Swanson J.
JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2018 May:456-457

Skeletal Dysplasias: Radiologic Approach with Common and Notable Entities
Ngo A., Thapa M., Otjen J., Kamps S.
Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology. 2018 Feb:66-80

Cardiac Ventricular Laceration Due to Child Abuse: Abusive Ventricular Laceration
Yarid N., Brown E., Boos M., Otjen J., Metz J., Jenny C., Feldman K.
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A hairy situation: trichobezoar presenting with intussusception, and intestinal and biliary perforation in a child
Baheti A., Otjen J., Phillips G.
Radiology Case Reports. 2017 Mar:42-44

Imaging of Abdominal Infections in the Immunosuppressed Pediatric Patient
Stanescu A., Otjen J., Phillips G., Parisi M.
Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 2017 Mar:61-71

Spirometry-Assisted High Resolution Chest Computed Tomography in Children: Is it Worth the Effort?
Otjen J., Swanson J., Oron A., DiBlasi R., Swortzel T., van Well J., Gommers E., Rosenfeld M.
Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 2017 Jan

Radionuclide Imaging of Infection and Inflammation in Children: A Review
Parisi M., Otjen J., Stanescu A., Shulkin B.
Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 2017 Jan

Pediatric ovarian torsion: a pictorial review
Ngo A., Otjen J., Parisi M., Ferguson M., Otto R., Stanescu A.
Pediatric Radiology. 2015 Nov:1845-1855

Erratum to: Ultrasound-guided joint injections for MR arthrography in pediatric patients: how we do it (Pediatric Radiology, 10.1007/s00247-014-3212-9)
Otjen J., Parnell S., Menashe S., Thapa M.
Pediatric Radiology. 2015 Jul:1263

Acupressure magnets: A possible MRI hazard
Otjen J., Mallon K., Brown J.
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Let's discuss soda
Soda is very very bad for me. Here's why. First, they are expensive. $2-3 for a 6-pack of half-litres. I'm unemployed, remember? What the hell business do I have spending that much on sodas?
Second, they are bad for me physically. If I am drinking a soda, I'm forgetting to drink water, which is what the body craves. So then, I stay thirsty, because of course soda does not quench thirst. And so what do I do? I grab another soda! Now about the sugar, carbonation, and caffeine. These things, in moderation, are no harm. But I don't do soda in moderation. Sure, the sugar and caffeine gives me a jump-start, but when that's gone, I've already used up all my energy for the day. So then I'm tired the rest of the day. And someone is saying "just eat again!" which would be fine, except I tend to drink soda with my food! So then, I have the energy for the day that I need, PLUS these extra sugar calories that I *don't* need, because I already have enough. And you know what happens when you don't use all your sugar energy? Yup, goes RIGHT into storage! Which of course, means more work for the heart. Now, about that caffeine... and kidneys. We all know it's bad for you. When I had a kidney stone, they told me that caffeine is usually a contributor. That may or may not be true, but I know if all I drink is coffee or Mountain Dew all day, I know my kidneys hurt by the end of the day. Plus, back to the water replacement idea, every time I drink soda, I'm not drinking water and thus my kidneys are not being flushed out. Now, carbonation and acidity. Could this be the reason for my recurring heartburn? I expect that if I can actually stay off soda for a week, I will have noticeably less heartburn. That and stay away from the chili.

My point here being, I am going to try to stay off sodas for at least a week, just to see if I can do it, and to health-up a bit. I've been feeling way too under the weather to ignore this.

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It must be said!

Now I'm going to discuss the Ginyu force. Or at least Captain Ginyu. He had the pose, and the fu to back it up. And even after he seemed defeated, he still came back to hassle the heros again. As far as what motivated Ginyu, well, I'm not quite sure. I'm not sure if after he became the frog, if he was still on a mission from Freeza, or if he was in it for himself at that point. We know he liked to look good. We know he liked to intimidate his opponents. We know he was a bit of a bastard. But what else do we know? I don't know. I should watch all the Ginyu eps again. Because quite frankly I've forgotten many of them. Ginyu is cool.

Now a little aside about the heroes. Goku. Goku is a terrible father and lousy husband. He refused to be wished back to Earth because he was playing on some random planet. Yeah he learned some stuff, but that doesn't make him irresponsible for leaving his family in the lurch like that.
Future Trunks. Talk about angst. And hero-worship. Damn. I mean, he's like 18 or so when he comes to "the present", right? You'd think by then he'd realize who was worth hero worshipping. Vegeta is a total dumbass during all of Trunks' episodes.

Back to the villains. Androids. Ignoring 19 and 20, 16, 17, and 18. Their quest is to destroy Goku. In Trunks' future, they could not achieve this goal because Goku was dead when they were created. But suppose they *had* gotten to destroy him? Would they have still gone on the homicidal rampage they went on in Trunks' future? I'm guessing no. My theory is that the reason they went psycho killer is that they never could achieve the goal they were created for. So, if they'd killed Goku, they'd probably have just been your average punk kids. Except 16. He would have opened a bird sanctuary outside of Nikki Town.

Now for the Ultimate Villain. Cell. Yes, I know I lust Raditz, but did you know I also lust Cell? :D Cell is really the perfect villain. He said so himself! Perfection! So much perfection, in fact, that he had a trait that most villains are greatly lacking in - patience. His motivation? He was bored! Is there any more dangerous enemy than one who doesn't give a shit? Of course not, that's why the heroes usually win against insurmountable odds. See, there's a point at which the hero no longer cares what happens to himself. At that point, the hero becomes at least 10 times stronger. It's not just true for DBZ either. I think it's probably true in real life. Think about it, how cool you became once you quit carin' how cool you were. But I digress. Cell didn't really care, because he was bored. That's why he had everyone beat. He had absolutely nothing to lose. And that's why Gohan eventually went SSJ 2, because he cared more about his friends' safety than his own. And of course, the reason Cell was defeated was because all of the heros decided that it was more important to help Gohan than to save their own skins. The scheming bastards! Cell was brilliant! And he knew it, and that's the best part. He wasn't frontin', like Vegeta was wont to do. He could back up everything he said. And he was so impersonal. The best Cell line in the whole series is after 16 gives a heartwarming speech to Gohan about how there are some things worth fighting for. Cell goes "Eugh." And he's right, it's a sappy speech designed to evoke emotions. Then, after expressing his disgust, Cell stomps 16's head! Just a head! He didn't even have a body, and yet Cell was so offended by the saccharin, he stomped him down!

Damn, it's nearly 3. I'd better slizzeep now.

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Portland Brew is my favourite Nashville coffee shop.
I created one film deliverable for their brand in 2017.

"Portland Brew East"

Client: Portland Brew
Director / DP / Editor: Rae Ashley
Colour Grade: Chris Tomberlin
Score: Solis "Takes Time"
Location: East Nashville, TN

About the project: This video was created on a quick stop by the coffee shop after a film shoot. I was going to snap some photos for their social but decided to make a short film piece instead, paying homage to their shop before I move to Melbourne. Portland Brew has always been a safe space, a home away from home. The people who work here and come here have shaped my life in such a great and loving way. I'm very thankful for their place in the Nashville community and my own life.

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Tony Pinniger: Tony is an electrician with his own business and leads in maintenance and electrical matters for the charity.

John Airdrie: John has a background as a building surveyor and project manager with extensive knowledge and experience with buildings and architecture. John leads on development of buildings in new projects and in maintenance of existing properties.

Karol Chew: Karol has a background as an occupational therapist and leading and coordinating the pastoral care in a large city church. Karol supports all aspects of fundraising and leads speaking to groups about our work.

Bryony Eggins: Bryony has a background in preschool education and support. Bryony is an active member of the table top team and supports all fundraising activities.

Wendy Beatty: Wendy's background is a class room assistant to children with special needs. Wendy leads on the sale of goods on Gum Tree and in the table top sales.

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Tillana and its special features

Dr. M.B.Vedavalli gave a lec dem on “Tillana and its special features” at Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on 29th Dec 2008. She was assisted by her student Sri Thyagarajan who sang the tillAnAs. He was accompanied by Sri Karthikeyan on the mrudangam. I forgot the name of the violin artist.

Here are some excerpts from the lec dem based on the notes I took. I have taken the liberty to organize these under my own headings.

There are many musical forms in Carnatic music like gItam, varnam, kriti, tillAnA, rAgamAlikA, padam, jAvaLi etc. These forms are about 50 in number with each one having its own distinctive features. Among these, the tillAnA is very popular due to the presence of many features peculiar to this form. It finds its place even in dance concerts and kathakalakshepam due to the same reason.

Compared to the other musical forms, the tillAnA is a short and crisp one. Its name is comprised of euphonious rhythmic syllables – ti, lA and nA. The word tillAnA itself thus occurs in (the lyric of) many tillAnAs. The most important feature of this form is the presence of jatIs for the most part and few sAhitya syllables which occur in the first half of the caraNam. Compared to sAhitya, the rhythmic syllables can be enjoyed more in this form. The presence of jatIs is probably the reason for the popularity of this form. jatIs are always attractive and the brisk passages of jatIs along with swara and sAhitya syllables has a quick appeal to the mind of the listener. In addition to this, the music which accompanies the sAhitya also has a direct appeal if it is appropriate.

The kaivAra prabandha is a variety of the prabhandha that existed in the medieval period. In this, the jatIs (or solkaTTu) figured in the mAtu or the concluding session. The prabandha begins and ends with the pAtha. This aspect of the prabandhas led the composers of the later period to evolve a new form called the tillAnA. Tillana thus came to be composed by classical composers who lived in the 18th century. The kaivAra prabandha is thus the forerunner of the present day tillAnA.

In a music concert, it figures after an elaborate RTP, towards the end of the concert.

In a dance concert, it figures after the performance of abhinaya for a padam sung in a very slow tempo. tillAnA that follows the padam is a brisk composition and is attractive.

In kathakalakshepam too, the tillAnA is sung mostly at a fast pace to attract the attention of the audience.

Thus the tillAnA comes as a welcome variety in concerts

There are tillAnAs that have been composed in obsolete tALams. These are solely for demonstration purposes. Even putting the angAs of these tALams in a concert is practically difficult.

Tillanas usually have 3 sections – pallavi, anupallavi and caraNam. Pallavi and anupallavi consist of jatIs. caraNam has sAhityam for the first half and is concluded by jatI

In most tillAnAs, the pallavi is in the first kAlam. We also rarely find solkaTTus in madhyama kAlam in pallavi (ex. Veena Seshanna’s tillAnA in bhairavi and Pallavi Seshayyar’s tillAnA in kAnaDA)

Usually we find phrases in the first kAlam in the anupallavi. There are some tillAnAs that have solkaTTus in madhyama kAlam. Ex. Sivanandam’s tODi tillAnA.

Sometimes we also find solkaTTu swarams (solkaTTu and swarams both) in madhyama kAlam (Ex. tillAnA in hamsAnandi by Ponnaiah and tillAnA in kApi by Veena Seshanna). In the tillAnA in suruTTi by Mysore Vasudevachar and in the one in dhanyAsi by Pallavi Seshaiyer, there are solkaTTus in both the first and second kAlams

It typically has sAhitya in the beginning followed by

  • solkaTTu in madhyama kAlam, or
  • solkaTTu swaram in madhyama kAlam, or
  • only ciTTaswaram

There are many examples of tillAnAs of Mysore Vasudevachar in which anupallavi is again sung after caraNam leading then to the pallavi.

Composers have enjoyed a lot of freedom while composing a tillAnA and this is also another reason for its popularity.  The alternate occurrences of jatIs in the first and second kAlams makes it a brisk composition appealing to a wide section of the audience.

As the dominant feature in tillAnA is the presence of jatIs, some composers have introduced makuTam (symmetrical patterns of swarams) in the anupallavi at the end. An example is “nA dhiranA” – the bilahari rAga tillAnA of Ponniah in rUpaka tALam

In the tillAnA of Ramnad Srinivasa Iyengar in hindOLam rAgam and rUpaka tALam, we find patterns of 12, 9, 6 aksharams etc occurring in the anupallavi. The structure of these patterns is as follows

m; g; s; ndn – 12 aksharams

s; n; ndd – 9 aksharams

n; ndd – 6 aksharams

mgg – 3 aksharams

mgg – 3 aksharams

s,g – 3 aksharams

Another special feature is the use of syllables that were only found in earlier prabandhas. Ex. thakku, dikku, thaka thadingu, didingu etc These are found in some tillAnAs of Veena Seshanna and Pallavi Seshaiyer.

The sAhitya of the tillAnA will usually be in praise of a deity or the patron of the composer.

Melattur Veerabhadrayyah (1739-1763) is said to be the earliest composer of tillAnAs and is hence called the “Tillana Margadarshi”. He was the guru of Ramaswami Dikshitar. His first tillAnA is not available now but its reference is found in the book “Tanjore as a seat of music” by Dr. Seeta. Many other composers have also composed tillAnAs. Some of the famous names are Swati Tirunal, Tanjore Quartette (Ponniah, Chinnaiah, Sivanandam & Vadivelu), Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer, Oothukkadu Venkatasubbaier, Ammachatram Kannuswami Pillai, Patnam Subramanya Iyer, Pallavi Seshaiyer, Mysore Sadashiva Rao, Veena Seshanna, Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar, Muthiah Bhagavathar, Papanasam Sivan, Mysore Vasudevachar,  Lalgudi G. Jayaraman & M. Balamuralikrishna.

Tillanas can be classified as follows:

1. Those suitable for dance concerts:

jatIs emphasizing the rhythmic aspects of music are introduced. As a major part of such compositions are made up of pAthAs and jatIs, it facilitates the introduction of rhythmic variations and provision of variegated aDavus by the dancers.

Tillanas originated as a dance form. Melattur Veerabhadrayya and Tanjore Quartet composed tillAnAs for dance. The Tanjore Quartet, who systematized the modern bharatanatyam concert, has composed many musical forms that are employed in dance concerts today.

The following tillAnAs were sung in the lec dem in this category:

1) ta ta dhIm ta dhIm – shankarAbharaNam – Adi (tisra gati) – ponnaiAh

Pallavi and anupallavi have solkaTTu. caraNam has sAhityam followed by solkaTTu swarams in madhyama kAlam. “thadhIngiNa thom thAm” is used thrice in the end.

2) dhIm nAdrudhIm – kApi – Adi – cinnaiAh

solkaTTus are present for pallavi and anupallavi followed by a solkaTTu in madhyama kAlam. There is sAhityam for the caraNam followed by the same solkaTTu passage that was sung after the anupallavi.  Chinnaiah was in the Mysore court and has sung this tillAnA in the honor of Sri Chamaraja Wodeyar

3) jam jam tarita jam – vasantA – Adi – pallavi sEshaiyer

pallavi and anupallavi have solkaTTus. caraNam has sAhitya. solkaTTu is interspersed with swarams. It concludes with solkaTTus in madhyama kAlam. In anupallavi, solkaTTus occur alternatively in first and second kAlam.  This tillAnA is set to a medium tempo (neither too slow nor too fast).

4) dhIm ta dhIm ta na na – hamsAnandi – Adi – g. n. bAlasubramaNiam

anupallavi concludes with a makuTam “dhi tillAnA tA ki Ta jam ….

2. Those useful for demonstration purposes

These may be called lakSaNa prabandhas and are used mostly for demonstration purposes only. There are tillAnAs in obsolete tALams like simhAnandanam, lakSmIsam, rAgavardhini etc. These are not concert worthy pieces but are meant for students to know about angAs, kriyAs, akSara kAlams etc.

The tillAnA gauri nAyaka” in rAgam kAnaDA composed by Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer is set to the longest tALam among the ancient 108 tALams – the simhAnandana tALam. This tillAnA is sung in Adi tALam today.

simhanandanam is the 37th of the 108 talams. It has 128 beats. The angAs of this tALam are:

  • 2 guru
  • 1 lagu
  • 1 plutam
  • 1 lagu
  • 1 guru
  • 2 dhrutam
  • 2 guru
  • 1 lagu
  • 1 plutam
  • 1 lagu
  • 1 plutam
  • 1 guru
  • 2 lagu
  • 1 kAkapAdam

This particular tillAnA is set to just 2 Avartanams of this tALam. The first Avartanam has the sAhitya while the second is comprised only of jatIs

Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar has composed a tillAnA in lakSmIsa tALam (106th tALam – 25 beats). The angAs of this tALam are:

  • 1 dhrutam
  • 1 anudhrutam
  • 1 dhrutam
  • 3 lagu
  • 1 guru

There is a tillAnA in kAmavardhini rAgam in rAgavardhini tALam (32nd tAlam) by Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar. The angAs of this tALam of 19 beats are:

  • 2 dhrutam
  • 1 anudhrutam
  • 1 dhrutam
  • 1 plutam

The following tillAnAs were sung in the lec dem in this category:

1) gauri nAyaka  – kAnaDA – simhAnandanam – mahA vaidyanAtha iyer

2) tArAdhipAnana – kApi – lakSmIsa – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr

3. Those suitable for music concerts

In these tillAnAs , the melodic aspect of the rAgams are emphasized. Sangatis are introduced. There is not much scope for variegated rhythmic patterns. They are thus not very suitable for dance. Mysore Vasudevachar, Muthiah Bhagavathar, M. Balamuralikrishna, Lalgudi Jayaraman and many others have composed tillAnAs for music concerts.

Muthiah Bhagavathar has composed a tillAnA in hamIrkalyANi that starts at sama graham, uses a lot of phrases used in tarAnAs of Hindustani music. Lot of vakra prayOgams are there. There are phrases of 4 aksharams each (in the pattern ta ka di mi) and there is not much scope for aDavus

M. Balamuralikrishna’s tillAnA in kuntalavarALi is another example. It is also sometimes sung in dance concerts but fits the best with vocal concerts

Tirugokaranam Vaidyanatha Iyer’s tillAnA in pUrvi is another example and its specialty is that it starts with swarams.

The following tillAnAs were sung in the lec dem in this category:

1) udanata tana tara  – hamIrkalyANi  – Adi – harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavathar

2) tillAnA nAdrudhIm – kuntalavarALi – Adi – m. bAlamuralikrishnA

3) ni ri ni ri ga ma ga ri sa – pUrvi – rUpakam – tirugOkaraNam vaidyanAtha iyer

Unfortunately I had to leave at this point. The lec dem had reached its stipulated end time by then. So I guess I shouldn’t have missed much. Please feel free to add in case you attended and find anything not covered above.

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Representational art can record the appearance of something in a straightforward way.  It can also use exaggeration and stylization to express an idea or emotion.  I pursue both approaches.

Realistic figure drawing and portraiture, like Karen, subordinates artistic imagination to observation and discipline.  On the other hand, Kiss uses figurative images to express emotion.

Diana Blackwell is a self-taught artist in Berkeley. She works in many media, including charcoal, acrylics, collage, block printing, and monotypes. Her subjects include abstractions and imaginary scenes, as well as human figures and portraits, still life, landscape, and religious, especially Christian, themes. Blackwell belongs to the East Bay Figure Painters, which paints from live models each week at the Firehouse North Gallery in Berkeley.  Her colorful, happy-looking monotypes and block prints have been a regular feature at Mignonne Décor in Berkeley. She has shown work in California, Massachusetts, Missouri, Washington, and Nebraska. Her work has been used to illustrate books, magazines, and greeting cards, and she designs graphics for Bay Area businesses. Her online gallery can be seen at

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Alan James O'Reilly (also known under his pseudonym of alanorei) is a young Earth creationist, geocentrist, biblical literalist, British National Party (BNP) member, author, former chemical engineering lecturer[1] and massive racist born in Australia and now living in the United Kingdom.[1]

As well as maintaining his own blog he regularly posts comments at various other blogs, particularly Sarah Maid of Albion (which he has written guest articles for), Central News and 21st Century British Nationalism; his ravings have also been featured on anti-Catholic conspiracy site Vatican Assassins[2] and inspired Philip Bryant's blog Blackaganda. His online antics have earned him the attention of Lancaster Unity, which wrote an article identifying him as "clearly disturbed";[3] and FSTDT, which has archived several of his quotes.

He is not, as far as we know, related to the American Bill O'Reilly, a person he actually manages to make look sane in comparison.[note 1]

Alan O'Reilly converted to Christianity in 1967 while studying in Sydney.[4] In 1978 he moved to Britain, and married two years later.[5] He is involved with the Cleveland branch of the BNP, co-running the branch's blog[6] and delivering speeches at party meetings.[7][8]

His oratory has made it into the BNP's official magazine, Identity.[9] Although, as the BNP is trying to shed its bigoted fruitloop image, why it is promoting the views of such a bigoted fruitloop is unclear.

O'Reilly has written two novels about World War II, Sound of Battle and Desired Haven.[10] His non-fiction (so to speak) includes Britain Under Siege, something about the evils of secularism or somesuch.[11]

"Put simply, racial segregation is of God, racial integration is of the Devil", says O'Reilly.[12] On the subject of black people living in England he argues that "according to holy scripture… none of them should be living north of Cairo or west of the Azores. Africa, not England, is the land of Ham, the pro-genitor of the black race".[13] According to him, Adam and Eve had red skin, and black people sometimes eat red clay in an attempt to obtain this hue.[14]

He argues that Satan's plan is "to convert the world into a violent, degenerate, God-defying, mongrelised mess… Such a world is the one most resistant to the Gospel of Christ, Acts 17:24-26 and that of course is the Great Enemy's agenda, to drag as many deceived lost souls down into hell with him".[12] The section from Acts in question reads "God… hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation"; using it to justify racial segregation is a stretch, but such colourful interpretations of scripture are commonplace in O'Reilly's rants as we shall see.

He believes that black youth are driven to gang culture by rap music, which he deems literally demonic.[15] On the subject of white women who engage in relationships with black men, O'Reilly comments "I suggest the appeal for any white women is Satanic, after them having been saturated for years with devil-worshipping African sex-orgy music, otherwise known as rock and pop".[16] He holds that miscegenation can lead to sterility, a view he backs up with the writings of 19th-century religious nut J.H. Van Evrie.[17][18]

He has spoken approvingly of anti-black protests in China, concluding wistfully that "Sadly, only the BNP seems to be capable of orchestrating anything remotely similar in this country, even though a much greater incentive to do so obviously exists."[19]

"Large-scale white and black liaisons are of course unlikely to occur in spite of media and political pressure", he says. "They could, however, be enforced by the EU, via Europol and the Euro-army, when Britain is fully absorbed into the EU Superstate".[20]

To his credit, O'Reilly is generally okay with Jewish people. However, speaking of Zechariah 13:9, he has suggested that "one possibility is that, by means of selective genocide, God intends to cull the mixed race portion of Jewry."[21]

See the main article on this topic: Homosexuality

He has claimed that a third of all paedophiles are gay, and that homosexuals in general are around twenty times more likely to commit child molestation than heterosexuals; this, he argues, is reason enough for the BNP to outlaw homosexuality.[22]

According to him, Genesis 18:20 in the King James Version remarks upon the connection between homosexuality and paedophilia, while modern translations alter the verse to "cover up for the paedophiles".[23] This is a rather curious statement as the verse in question reads simply "And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;" and is not significantly different from most of the modern versions.[24]

He believes that around 90% of leading Nazis were homosexuals.[25]

Other religions[edit]

O'Reilly regards Islam as a "demonic religion"[15] and compares it to Catholicism, another religion he's scared of. "Both Catholicism and Islam have a common objective — the destruction of Protestant Britain", he writes. "If you don't believe that, you clearly don't know much about either system."[26] In fact, he argues that "Catholicism is actually a greater danger to Britain than Islam, which is effectively a mere Jesuit tool."[27] He has also claimed that under a BNP government "All Muslim supporters, Marxist supporters, Papal supporters etc. could be 'ex-patriated' to countries where such regimes prevail."[3]

"I suggest that Islamicists, mainly being Orientals, only understand force i.e. you can't negotiate with them", he has written. "You either whip the Oriental (Hiroshima, Nagasaki) or you leave him alone."[28] He has argued that the earthquake which hit Kashmir on October 8th 2005 was God's punishment for the 7/7 London bombings.[29]

He believes in a Catholic conspiracy in the media. "Note that virtually all of Holly(Hellish)wood's output is pro-Catholic, right from the days of Bing Crosby as 'Father' O'Malley in Going My Way?… big Hollywood personages like Bob Hope and John Wayne became Catholics before they died".[30]

O'Reilly believes that mankind originated in the Garden of Eden.[31]

He holds that the Sun goes around the Earth: "spacecraft orbits for other planets are calculated using the Earth, not the sun, as the centre of the coordinates", he writes. "The implication is that the Earth is the centre of the planetary system."[32]

History and politics[edit]

O'Reilly has suggested that Britain's involvement in World War I was the result of the coronation oath being altered.[33]

He loves his conspiracy theories. According to him, the 2008 Beijing Olympics were "a costly deception to boost the NWO and eventual global tyranny".[29] Meanwhile, "[t]he EU is a Vatican-inspired project to destroy Britain", apparently.[34]

"As for the evils of the teaching of evolution," said O'Reilly in an online discussion, "you should study the careers of some of history's most powerful evolutionists who actually achieved the means of putting Darwin's abominable theories into practice, e.g. Hitler and Stalin."[35] Oddly, his next post in the conversation claims that both Hitler's and Stalin's regimes were based on Catholicism.[36]

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On the subject of UFO sightings, O'Reilly states "these things are a potential threat to national security, have resulted, according to extant reports, in acts of criminal violence against ordinary individuals and may even involve a form of treason on the part of national governments, including our own" and concludes that the UFO phenomenon potentially "ranks in importance with all else that is collectively destroying Britain right now."[37] "Are they the results of genetic engineering, possibly in the distant past, that went partly wrong?" he says of UFOnauts. "If so, that to me is frightening."[38]

He has compared the air force's official skepticism towards UFOs to the British left's contempt for the BNP, Richard Dawkins' attitude towards creationism and the gay rights lobby's stance on "sociological and scriptural" evidence connecting homosexuality to paedophilia.[39]

Origins of all this lunacy[edit]

Say what you will about O'Reilly, he's nothing if not scholarly, with a crackpot source ready to back up even his most outlandish claims. Aside from the Bible these include…

  1. After all, O'Reilly is a pretty common Irish name.

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Another vegetable which has recently been introduced to  indian cuisine is zucchini, this vegetable which resembles a cucumber in appearance , but has a firmer texture and has seeds  which are very tiny and almost invisible,  an emerald green  colour and  comes from the family of squash, the only difference is that its harvested quite early when it reaches the length of about 25 cms, this is to prevent it from losing its taste. This vegetable which is a storehouse of nutrients, adapts itself very well to any cuisine  sweet or savoury, be it a zucchini fritter or just  simply tossed with a few herbs and roasted.. it’s a great side dish and  is very healthy.

Today i would like to share with you a snack made with shredded zucchini which I have adapted to an Indian taste, this snack can be premade and then reheated and served, the use of oil is very minimum in this snack, and its a good option for those of you trying to avoid snacks which are deep-fried. We as mothers know that children are fussy when it comes to eating vegetables, I learnt how to play  hide and seek with vegetables in many forms when my children were growing up,sometimes in parathas, sometimes in cakes, and idlies, there were beetroot parathas, carrot sindhi kokis, or spinach idlies..etc . But nowadays young mothers are more health conscious and train their children from an early age to eat healthy. Zucchini is definitely a vegetable which should occupy a permanent space in your vegetable drawer..

  • 1/2 cup  + 1/2 cup  finely grated zucchini

  • 1/2 cup chick pea flour..(besan)

  • 1/2 cup rice flour

  • 2 tbsps yogurt

  • paste of ginger and green chillies.( to your spice level)

  • 2 tbsps of lime juice

  • salt to taste and a pinch of turmeric

  • 1 small potato boiled, peeled and grated

  • 1 small onion finely chopped

  • 1 small tomato finely chopped

  • 2 tbsps of finely chopped spring onions

  • 2 tbsps finely chopped corriander leaves

  • 3 tbsps grated paneer..(cottage cheese)

  • 1 tsp cumin seeds

  • 1 tsp red chilli powder

  • 1 tsp garam masala

  • 1/2 tsp amchoor powder

  • salt to taste

  • METHOD..

    1. mix together the besan, 1/2 cup grated zucchini , rice flour salt, ginger green chilli paste, yogurt, lime juice and about 1/2 cup water to get a smooth batter which is not too thick . Keep aside for 15 minutes.

  • 2. heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and chopped onions, saute till onions become soft, add the chopped tomatoes and garam masala, turmeric, amchoor, red chillie powder,  salt, mix well..and add the grated potatoes and paneer.

  • 3. Separately saute 1/2 cup of grated zucchini till dry , and add to the potato mixture, this is the filling for the zucchini turnovers. At this point you have 2 options.. use the potato filling only or add the sauted zucchini..20161021_194445

  • 4.Heat a non stick pan, brush a little oil on the surface and drop a spoonful of the batter on it, it should spread a little. After a minute turn it over and put a tsp of the filling on one side of the pancake and cover with the other half to get a semi-circle.

  • 5. Cook the pancake on both the sides till crisp brushing with a little oil.. serve hot with a sauce of your choice.

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Did I find…..

Did I find where Thomas Donaldson lived? Looking at the 1790 census, Thomas Donaldson is between Enoch Dodson and Absolum Luck. I looked up Enoch Dodson in the South Carolina Department of Archives and History online index. I found that he bought 11 acres between Turkey Creek and the Saludy (Saluda) River in 1792. Enoch Dodson was a member of Turkey Creek Baptist Church so it makes sense that he lived between Turkey Creek and the Saluda River. If Thomas Donaldson and Enoch Dodson were neighbors in 1790, then Thomas must have lived between Turkey Creek and the Saluda River in the 1790’s.

Edmund Ware vs Mary Donaldson Estate

I think this is some sort of lawsuit brought against the estate of Mary Cook Donaldson. It mentions all the children of her husband Thomas and their spouses.

UPDATE 12/23/2016……I don’t think this is a lawsuit per se. I think that Edmund Ware somehow became executor of administrator of Mary Donaldson’s estate when she died. At the bottom it says “Sale or division of Real Estate of Mary Donaldson, deceased”. I think this was a matter of ” who gets what item from her estate”.

Ran into a brickwall….

The last 2 weeks have been very difficult for me research wise….I have hit a brick wall with the Donaldsons and Cooks. I feel like all this information is a wall in front of me but I can’t glean new anything from it. It is just the same information leading me in the same circles over and over again.

I have looked up most of the neighbors to both Thomas Donaldson and Cornelius Cook and run into dead ends. I did find that Ruth Crump of Abbeville/ Laurens married into the Reeves family. Thomas Donaldson’s first wife was supposedly a Janet Reeves. The Crump family was associated with both Thomas Donaldson and Cornelius Cook through estate records and land deeds with Cornelius Cook.

Last night I decided to go through the message boards for Laurens and Abbeville on Ancestry.com. I paid close to attention to all the names that I recognized from my research. I think I may have found the father of Thornton Davis but I am not totally sure. Thornton Davis was the husband of Sallie Cook Donaldson, eldest daughter of Thomas and Mary. He is also a legatee in Thomas Donaldson’s estate record. I am interested in finding out more about Thornton.

I am still waiting for Maryland Genealogical Society to email me about my Thomas Donaldson inquiry. It has been 7 weeks and patience is running thin.


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U.S. Congressional Election Results, 2018

Ray Myers

The King of Twitter Insults – America’s Next President?

Whoever thought that Twitter would become a powerful political tool in the social media battle for the hearts and minds of the American public.  Build up those followers and start firing away.  You can do it any time of the night or day, and never have to worry about whether it is accurate, libelous or slanderous (maybe there are some legal limits?). But maybe you don’t even care or worry about such “subtleties” if you are the Donald.  Just take a look at this past Monday’s New York Times if you would like to get a flavor of his favorite targets and topics over the past seventeen months.  Please don’t expect to be enlightened about current events and world affairs.  These little tidbits take direct aim at his political enemies or anyone else who may be getting in his line of fire.

No one seems to be firing back in this Twitter battle.  The Donald has taken the high ground (some may call it “low”) in freely attacking whomever he chooses.  So after he dispensed with all his Republican rivals from June 2015 through April 2016, he has now taken almost exclusive aim at Hillary Clinton as his primary target.  But even in doing this, he has apparently not chosen to hone his assaults in a more factual way.  Why even try?  I guess he figures that he has fooled most of the people most of the time, so now he can fool all the people all the time.  In the coming weeks we will all have to figure out who is fooling whom.  Don’t believe everything you read on Twitter!  It is not designed or never was intended for political discourse.

Take a look at Monday’s New York Times.  On two full pages of the “A” section are just some of his tweets over the past seventeen months.  Retweets are not included, nor are any other insults made outside Twitter, such as on television, in speechs or in public interviews.  I just wonder (dread) to think what a Trump State of the Union Address would be like.  Scary, huh, and it’s not even Halloween.

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Hameesha Gul

On Wednesday morning when I came out from my residence, I found two Afghan refugee men and a boy chatting with my old man, a bearded refugee introduced himself with me as Hameesha Gul a butcher by profession and interested in getting the half constructed building adjacent to my house on rent.

According to Hameesha Gul, he had arrived yesterday in Kohat district of NWFP Pakistan from Jalalabad Afghanistan, along with his two sons and wife upon invitation from Mr. Dilawar an Afghan refugee currently living in mud houses of Paracha Town Kohat. He was promised by Dilawar that he will arrange residence from him in Paracha Town which originally belongs to a school master whom had left it half constructed and currently is center of insects, reptiles like snakes and wild cats.

Hameesaha Gul says that he owns a butcher shop in Jalalabad, and now he has rented one more shop near WAPDA Grid station in Kohat, what he needs is a place where he can reside and keep his cattle within the boundary walls equipped with a gate so that cattle prior to their slaughter cannot escape in the night.

Hameesha Gul Butcher had claimed that on Torkham Pak Afghan border no checking of travelers identification documents or travel documents was done when he had entered yesterday in Pakistan, he says that Jalalabad is a calm city, Konar and Kabul areas are witnessing clashes between militants and US lead NATO forces in Afghanistan.

He had further said that flour bags smuggled from secret ways on Pak Afghan border were available in abundance in shops of Jalalabad but prices of flour bags were quite high.

After this accidental interview with Hameesha Gul Butcher when I had reached near Kohat Public School while traveling towards Kohat city I had witnessed an Afghan family boarded on two vehicles loaded with their luggage heading towards Kohat Pindi road, Hameesha Gul had informed me earlier that huge influx of refugees coming from Afghanistan towards Pakistan can be seen on Torkham Pak Afghan border.

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