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Dancer and Choreographer Sven-Eric Muller recently finished Aivilo, a contemporary dance ballet production. He has previously worked on West Side Story and Funny Girl with the Fugard Theatre. His vast experience stretched to works such as Cabaret, The Rocky Horror Show and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Muller was soloist and principal dancer at Bovim Ballet, a contemporary ballet company, for 5 years.

Muller also had a little stint in Australia in 2014 which included self-made work called Pop-up Cabaret as well as teaching at Mad Dance House in Brisbane. Namib Insider sat down with Muller to talk dance, dance and more dance…

How does a normal day for you start?
Squint, squint, coffee and then slowly the wheels start turning.

As a choreographer, and as a dancer, who are your influences? Whose work do you really like?
Style wise I would say my influences are ballet, contemporary and jazz. The biggest influence for me is emotion. Inspiration for movement comes more often than not from a place of emotion or at the very least an emotional stimulus. I really love Wayne McGregors work and Brian Friedman but there are so many that I find inspirational. The internet gives it all to you, so the exposure is never ending.

One of your most recent projects was AIVILO. This production was a real success and you worked with pretty big names in the Namibian dance scene. When putting on a production of such magnitude and scope, do you ever have a moment of terror that it won’t work?
Constant moments of terror!!! It’s a very high anxiety process, but then you just move through it and realize it’s just part of the process. Doubt is part and parcel of being a creative. It can be very useful if it doesn’t cripple you.

Tell me a little bit about your choreographic process.
I am a visionary creator. I see the piece in my head, it moves in-front of my eyes and then I try create it in real life. The movement is then created by feeling the essence of the vision. Sometimes I even dream up full sets of choreography, which get me up in the middle of the night. Inspiration strikes at the strangest times (often when I am driving as well.)

What is the most challenging thing about what you do?
The risk of it all. You have constant bursts of unemployment, forever unsure of what the future holds. It is thrilling and exciting but mostly it’s nerve wrecking and terrifying.

What’s the most rewarding?
The work itself. I love what I do. It fulfills me.

What is a common misconception people have about what you do?
That it is simple, easy and quick. They only see the top of the iceberg not what submerged in the waters of the process before the performance.

When did you start all of this? What inspired you?
I only started training in 2009, I was 19 years old…A small town boy with a dream. I have always loved moving and dancing though, so it was my passion for dance and performance that drove me to actually pursuing it. So You Think You Can Dance was big on television at that time and I was addicted, I think that might have been final push into the creative world.

What dance genre appeals mostly to you?
I don’t have a favourite. All dance genres amaze me and is intertwined in some way.

Do you just dance or do you have an 8-5 job?
I am a full time actor/singer/dancer. I do a little bit of everything and that pays the bills. No 8-5, I can’t sit still for that long.

You recently worked with Sandy Rudd on her recent project, I am John. How was that experience like for you?
It was a revealing process for me, I had never worked in such a structure- less environment where I had the freedom to just move and improvise from a place of emotion. It was great, and unlocked a beautiful sense of confidence in my ability. I loved the live music rooted in the Oshivambo culture and sound. I was inspired.

When was the last time you went to a club to just dance?
I don’t really go clubbing anymore, though I can feel it in my waters….it’s time. I might take my twin sister and go dance the night away soon.

To what kind of music?
Hip Hop and RnB please! No techno things!

Overall, what have you learned about yourself- both your strengths and your vulnerabilities- through dance?
I have learned that I am incredible resilient and so is my body (as a strength). On the vulnerable side I discovered that I reveal a lot about myself when I am at my best and enigmatic. Walls are the enemy of performance.


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This overview and history consists of several pages. Click on the links in the box to the right to move to the previous or next section.

Neolithic Office for Java™ (NeoOffice®/J and NeoOffice®)

In June of 2003, Patrick Luby, the lead developer on Sun’s old Mac OS X port of StarOffice™, introduced what was then known as NeoOffice®/J, a second project under the NeoOffice.org umbrella (beginning with version 1.2 Alpha in November 2005, NeoOffice/J was renamed simply NeoOffice). The immediate goal of NeoOffice was to remove the need for X11 when running OpenOffice.org (accomplished in NeoOffice/J 0.x releases). Leveraging Java’s status as a “first-class citizen” for Mac OS X programming, NeoOffice features superior integration with Mac OS X. For instance, NeoOffice uses the native Mac OS X printing engine and dialogue boxes, native Mac OS X fonts, rendering and text-layout technologies, language and keyboard support (including support for East Asian and RTL/CTL languages and input methods), native copy-paste/clipboard support, double-click and drag-and-drop opening of files, support for Macintosh file aliases, and more. A large portion of the “native” Mac code is Java, but C++, C, and Objective-C code using the Cocoa and Carbon toolkits also comprise the Mac-specific code in NeoOffice.

Aquafication Begins

As NeoOffice had proved itself both stable and user-friendly with a growing following, it was considered by many of the Mac OOo developers as the best vehicle for further Mac OS X integration and the addition of a Mac “look-and-feel” to OpenOffice.org technology. Thus beginning with NeoOffice/J 1.1 Alpha 2 (September 2004; based on OpenOffice.org 1.1.2), Patrick Luby and Edward Peterlin embarked on a process of “Aquafication” of the then-NeoOffice/J. The first step was the replacement of X11/Windows-style in-window menus with a native Aqua menubar; buttons, scrollbars and other Aqua interface elements were expected to be added in the coming months.

Alpha 2 also added mouse scroll-wheel support, text drag-and-drop (within NeoOffice itself only), WordPerfect file import using the libwpd and WriterPerfect libraries (libwpd.sf.net), patches delivered via the Apple Installer, and patch update notification. NeoOffice/J 1.1 Beta (December 2004; based on OpenOffice.org 1.1.3) featured new Finder application and document icons, a new splash screen, and language packs providing localized user interfaces for 40 languages. NeoOffice/J 1.1 Release Candidate (March 2005; based on OpenOffice.org 1.1.4) featured many other improvements, including support for drag-and-drop between NeoOffice and other applications and additional Aquafication improvements.

NeoOffice/J 1.1

NeoOffice/J 1.1, the first (and last under the name NeoOffice/J) whole-number, non-developmental release of NeoOffice/J, continued the process of Aquafication and refining the application. Released on June 22, 2005, version 1.1 was also based on OpenOffice.org 1.1.4, the latest stable codebase at the time, and included support for Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" as well as Spotlight indexing via NeoLight. The "grey window" and "open document" hacks were finally banished as NeoOffice could finally remain open after the last window was closed. New "quickstart" items in the NeoOffice menu and the Dock menu allowed for creation and opening of documents when no other windows were present. Version 1.1 also began to use colors specified in the System Preferences for some parts of the user interface and improved support for Indic and Arabic script languages. The release of NeoOffice/J 1.1 was the culmination of the year-long development cycle and set the stage for exciting future developments.

NeoOffice 1.2 and the foundations for NeoOffice on Intel

Following the release of NeoOffice/J 1.1 and Apple's June 2005 announcement of a migration to Intel-powered Macintoshes, the NeoOffice.org developers began efforts to rapidly upgrade the NeoOffice codebase for MacIntel support. Patrick Luby migrated the application from the Java 1.3.1 VM (Carbon-based) to Apple's Java 1.4.2 VM (Cocoa-based). Ed Peterlin updated the code to allow NeoOffice to build on Mac OS X 10.4 with gcc 3.3 and began work to allow the code to compile with gcc 4.0, a prerequisite for a build that will run on Intel-based Macs. James McKenzie regularly built and tested both experimental branches in their alpha stages. In September 2005, the test patches based on the Java 1.4.2 codebase were released for testing (and so ended support for Mac OS X 10.2.x, which only shipped with a very buggy Java 1.4.1 implementation). This culminated in the November 2005 release of NeoOffice 1.2 Alpha, the first version of the "NeoOffice/J branch" to carry that moniker. NeoOffice 1.2 Beta followed on January 2, 2006, and NeoOffice 1.2 was released on February 1, 2006. The last release based on the OpenOffice.org 1.1.x codeline, NeoOffice 1.2.2, debuted on March 30, 2006. NeoOffice now averages nearly 2 million downloads per year.

NeoOffice 2 and Aqua Widgets

Shortly after the release of NeoOffice 1.2 Alpha, development of NeoOffice 2.0—to be based on the OpenOffice.org 2.0.x codebase, and to eventually support PowerPC and Intel Macs—began, as the HEAD cvs tag was switched to pull the OpenOffice.org 2.0.0 code. In February 2006, the HEAD cvs tag produced the first complete build and working pre-alpha NeoOffice 2.0 application. While simultaneously maintaining and fixing bugs in NeoOffice 1.2.x, developement on the pre-alpha NeoOffice 2.0 for PPC Macs continued for several months, even spawning a working but very buggy Intel build along the way.

On April 25, 2006, NeoOffice 2.0 Alpha PowerPC became available to Early Access program subscribers. Also, beginning in early April, Ed Peterlin resumed the Native Widget Framework effort and rapidly prototyped and converted several widgets to Aqua. NeoOffice 2.0 Alpha Intel, released to Early Access Program members in June 2006, was the first version of NeoOffice to run on Intel-based Macs. Aquafication work continued during the Alpha period, and the level of Aquafication was so extensive by the time of the EAP beta release that it was officially dubbed NeoOffice 2.0 Aqua Beta. In addition to native scrollbars, buttons, check-boxes, and other widgets, Aqua Beta featured native open and save dialogues and a new, more Aqua splash screen, Finder icons, and some toolbar icons from Daniel Pimley.

The worldwide launch of NeoOffice 2.0 Aqua Beta was at OOoCon 2006 in Lyon, France, in September 2006 (with a special preview at the World Scout Bureau in Geneva, Switzerland); NeoOffice.org was a Premium Sponsor of OOoCon 2006 and the developers held various talks at the NeoOffice booth.

Throughout the fall and winter, work continued on Aqua widgets and a community-created icon set, dubbed "Akua", in the style of Mac OS X, including icons from Armando Nava, Oscar Van Vliet, and Daniel Pimley. The widget work was so advanced and extensive that NeoOffice even works properly with third-party themes for Mac OS X. After nearly a year in development, NeoOffice 2.1 was released on March 27, 2007, as the first truly native, final-quality office suite release for Intel-based Macs. NeoOffice 2.1 was also the first application on Mac OS X to support reading and writing Microsoft Office 2007 OpenXML Word documents, and with Microsoft's discontinuation of support for VBA in the then-forthcoming Office 2008 for Mac, NeoOffice became the only Mac app still in development to support VBA macros in Excel spreadsheets.

NeoOffice 2.2.x and New Mac-Specific Features

NeoOffice 2.2.x built upon NeoOffice 2.1 by including support for additional OpenXML document types and more Mac-specific features and further Aqua integration, including use of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checkers, access to the Mac OS X Address Book, Quick Look support, Image Capture-based image import, QuickTime video, native floating palettes, an iLife-like media browser, Apple Remote support, trackpad gesture support, and support for certain Mac OS X services. Freed from the bureaucracy, complexity, and "Not Invented Here" attitude of OpenOffice.org’s processes, NeoOffice is able to incorporate bug fixes and user-requested features from ooo-build and other open source projects, improving the experience for Mac users.

NeoOffice 3 and new Mac features

During the fall and winter of 2008, NeoOffice development focused readying NeoOffice 3.0, to be based on OpenOffice.org 3.0 (released in October 2008). Due to the extensive changes introduced by OpenOffice.org developers, a significant amount of bug-fixing was required, and the Early Access program was formally delayed in order to properly support PowerPC-based Macs (Sun Microsystems did not release a version of OpenOffice.org Aqua for PowerPC Macs, and perhaps as a result, there were large numbers of significant bugs that existed only on PowerPC). NeoOffice 3.0 was be released in late March 2009 and supported Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 on both Intel and PowerPC Macs, as well as experimental support for developer versions of Mac OS X 10.6. NeoOffice 3.0 also contained additional features (over the standard OpenOffice.org) developed by the ooo-build project and by NeoOffice developers, such as Services support and the ability to specify which component opens on launch.

Despite the continued global economic downturn, regular bug-fixing continued, and NeoOffice 3.0.1 also appeared in late October 2009. This new version sported official support for Mac OS X 10.6, the NeoOffice Mobile document-sharing solution, and a number of significant changes backported from OpenOffice.org 3.1, as well as the usual cadre of new Akua icons. In February 2010, NeoOffice 3.0.2 will be released, with additional Mac OS X-specific features requested by NeoOffice donors, including native highlighting, smoother text kerning, new user interface to control certain Mac OS X-specific features and to specify which component opens on launch, and support for live renaming and moving of open documents. Daniel Pimley also redrew Dan Bennett's NeoOffice application icon in large scale, finally providing at 512x512px Finder icon.

Current and Future Development of NeoOffice

Following the NeoOffice 3.0.2 release, NeoOffice developers plan to upgrade NeoOffice to the latest stable OpenOffice.org 3.2 codebase. In addition, with the support of NeoOffice donors, the developers hope to continue to implement requested features, including those that heighten the degree of integration with Mac OS X.

Throughout its history, no more than two developers (Patrick Luby and Edward H. Peterlin) have worked on NeoOffice (currently only Patrick is working on NeoOffice). Reflecting the size and complexity of a project based on (and fully compatible with) OpenOffice.org, maintenance of NeoOffice has become nearly a full-time job, and, as example, Patrick and Ed spent approximately 3000 hours and $4000 (over the course of 2003 and 2004) maintaining and developing NeoOffice.

Screenshots of NeoOffice

NeoOffice/J 1.1 Alpha 2 Patch 4 (First public Aqua menu patch, 10-Nov-2004)

Additional screenshots illustrating the process of "Aquafication" are available in the NeoOffice/J Screenshots Archive; current screenshots can be found in on the NeoOffice Screenshots page.

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Let the Wookie Win: Ranking the Star Wars Films

I’m a Star Wars nerd. I’ve watched the original trilogy more times than I can count. I own an encyclopedia of characters and multiple Expanded Universe novels. I’ve idolized Princess Leia since I was a little girl. And I freaked out when I discovered my family’s trip to Disney World was going to coincide with the annual Star Wars Weekends held at Hollywood Studios.

Star Wars has been a part of my life for almost 20 years. It was my first real foray into fandom, my first real taste of the nerdy life I so proudly live today. There’s something special about your first love, and that’s what Star Wars was for me. From pretending to be Princess Leia on the playground with my cousins as a kid to writing about its mythology as a college student, Star Wars has always had a presence in my life—and I hope it always will.

To celebrate my Star Wars Weekend adventures (and because it’s never a bad time to talk about Han Solo), I thought it would be fun to rank the six Star Wars films from worst to best.

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6. Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Yes, there are some really cool things about this movie. As an original trilogy fan, it was fascinating to watch Palpatine’s rise and to see a younger Yoda on the Jedi Council. Darth Maul and his double-sided lightsaber are the epitome of badass. And any movie featuring both Samuel L. Jackson, Liam Neeson, and Ewan McGregor as Jedi Knights can’t be a total loss. However, this movie takes those strong points and dilutes them with a story that’s incredibly boring. Who cares about the Trade Federation? (Answer: NO ONE) It also takes one of the great mysteries of the Star Wars universe (the Force) and turns it into something that can be analyzed in blood tests (and can apparently impregnate women—or at least Anakin’s mom—in the most ridiculous “WTF?!” moment in the whole series). Finally, no mention of The Phantom Menace is complete without a mention of its enduring legacy: Jar Jar Binks. Meesa wishing he was never created.

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5. Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Episode II beats out Episode I for me simply because Jar Jar’s presence is vastly reduced. Also, the lightsaber battle between Yoda and Count Dooku at the end of the movie made everyone’s favorite miniature Jedi Master even cooler. The introduction of Jango Fett and his son Boba is another strong moment in this film. However, no amount of Fetts could make up for Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman’s wooden acting, which made the painful dialogue in the “forbidden love” parts of this movie even worse. I’ll admit to having a huge crush on Christensen when I was a freshman in high school, but even back then I found the love story between Anakin and Padmé to be lacking the intensity needed to make me believe this love was worth Anakin turning away from his Jedi vows. What should have been a tragic, epic love story felt cliché and forced, which was a huge disappointment.

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4. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
This film is by far the best of the prequel trilogy, but it still has more than a few faults. While its mythology is well-developed and impressively connected to the original trilogy (I especially love Obi Wan delivering Luke to his family on Tatooine), there are still some pretty major continuity errors to be found. The most glaring of these errors is Padmé’s death. In Return of the Jedi, Leia has distinct memories of her mother but states that she died when she was very young. In this film, Padmé dies in childbirth, which completely contradicts what Leia said. Padmé’s death poses other problems, too, such as the ridiculous notion of her dying simply because she lost the will to live. Her despair also brings out some of Portman’s most laughable bits of overacting (“Anakin, you’re breaking my heart!”). However, for as cheesy as some of the dialogue is (especially Darth Vader’s reaction to Padmé’s death), there are some truly impressive moments of pathos and depth to be found in this film, especially from McGregor. The final lightsaber battle between Obi Wan and Anakin is just as epic as I’d always hoped it would be, and that alone is enough to make it the best of the newest films.

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3. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
This was my favorite Star Wars film for a long time, and I still consider it one of my favorite movies. It may not have the high drama of The Empire Strikes Back or the wide-eyed wonder of A New Hope, but it’s a lot of fun—and sometimes that’s all you’re looking for from a sci-fi film. From the opening action sequence on Tatooine to the final destruction of the second Death Star, this movie is filled with adrenaline-packed scenes, but those scenes are balanced by some strong moments of character development, especially with Luke’s journey and Anakin’s ultimate redemption. And yes, the reveal of Luke and Leia as siblings may have come out of leftfield, but the scene where Leia reveals that to Han will always be one of my favorites. In fact, the relationship between Leia and Han is one of the best things about this movie because they are connected not only as lovers but as equals throughout it. This was a great film to bring the original trilogy to a fulfilling and entertaining end.

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2. Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
A New Hope is one of those movies that I’m sad I will never get to experience the same way people did when it was first released. Sometimes I forget just how groundbreaking this film really was, but then I think about it and am floored at the creative genius of George Lucas. He was able to take a story that’s been told in everything from Greek myths to Westerns and transform it into something completely new and exciting. The special effects were incredible for their time, but what will always remain when I think about A New Hope are the characters: the wisdom of Obi Wan, the menace of Darth Vader, the easy charm of Han Solo, the strength and sass of Princess Leia, and the innocence of Luke Skywalker. The image of Luke watching the twin suns of Tatooine set, dreaming of a more adventurous life, is one of the most enduring cinematic images I’ve ever seen. A New Hope is a big film that manages to get even the smallest moments right, and that’s what makes it a classic.

1. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back has been one of my favorite movies since I was 12 years old—not just one of my favorite Star Wars movies; one of my favorites in any genre. When it became my favorite over Return of the Jedi, I felt like I had grown up in a big way; this is by far the most mature and nuanced Star Wars movie. The drama in this film never feels forced; it’s tragic but beautifully so. Everything about this movie is gorgeous—the cinematography, the score, the lighting, Harrison Ford…It feels like a drama that just so happens to be set in a galaxy far, far away rather than a traditional sci-fi film. It has moments of comedy (anything involving the droids or Han and Leia’s banter), action (the battle on Hoth), romance (Ford and Carrie Fisher’s chemistry was off the charts in this film), and even spirituality (Luke’s entire time on Dagobah). Plus, it has one of the greatest twists in movie history as well as the single greatest response to “I love you” ever given. This may not be a perfect film, but it’s as close as the Star Wars franchise has ever come.

How would you rank the Star Wars movies?

6 thoughts on “Let the Wookie Win: Ranking the Star Wars Films

  1. I am sorry, but isn’t this the confirmed official ranking in order to actually be a fan? 🙂

    For purists like me who watched the films in their original release before George Lucas tweaked the technology and added in scenes I often refuse to acknowledge the prequels, much like fans of The Godfather don’t acknowledge the 3rd film. As a matter of fact, when my daughter watched them for the first time she was only allowed to watch the original prints – because Hayden Christensen showing up as Anakin and the removal of the Ewok song in Jedi made me cranky.

    I will never understand the miscasting of Anakin Skywalker, in particular when they did such a good job with Obi Wan. Phantom Menace is AWFUL and Portman and Christensen make Clones unwatchable. That said, I did think Sith came closest to achieving storytelling that was at least interesting. However, my initial concerns when they sought to do the prequels remains. Knowing key pieces of information about Anakin ruins the wonder and mythology that made Star Wars so wonderful as a kid. If you watch this in chronological order rather than the order they were made you lose out on the brilliance that is Yoda claiming “No, there is another” in Empire Strikes Back.

    I can understand your point about not seeing A New Hope in the theaters. No one had seen anything like it and as a young kid I just said to my siblings when the movie ended – Can we stay and watch it again? I think there is a right of passage when you watch the trilogy young that makes you love Jedi and the brilliance of Empire comes later. However that said, my all time favorite sequence in Star Wars is in Empire Strikes Back. The Sarlacc Battle is the best 7 1/2 minutes in the entire franchise – period. Plus you get this exchange:
    Luke Skywalker: There’s nothing to see. I used to live here, you know.
    Han Solo: You’re gonna die here, you know. Convenient.

    So yes while your rankings are spot on, Star Wars will always be a trilogy with other movies attached to it.

  2. I have watched A New Hope many hundreds of times over the years (literally – my brother has an OCD thing for certain movies) so it is the one I am most familiar with. I remember my Dad taking me to see Empire Strikes back at the movies when it came out – I guess I must have been 6?! The original trilogy was great. Quite apart from my bother’s obsession, I enjoyed the films as a kid. But when the prequels came out, so many years later, I found that I didn’t really care any more, and I can’t say for sure whether I’ve watched Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, or just one of them. It/they can’t have been very good if I don’t even remember watching. I know I never saw Phantom Menace – although I am familiar with Jar Jar Binks from many references in the Big Bang Theory!

    btw I was talking to geek friends about what order to show the movies to their kids. One really good idea I’ve heard of is to watch IV, then V, then III (or II then III, or all 3 prequels, if you really have to), and then VI – to preserve the surprises and keep a good amount of continuity and flow. I heard that Topher Grace actually cut the prequels into an 85 minute film (with no Jar Jar) which only very lucky, very connected people will probably ever get to see. But that would be a good flashback between Empire and Return of the Jedi if (pigs fly and) it somehow gets released.

  3. Re: Leia remembering her mother. Did you ever consider it was her adoptive mother she remembered? This is contradicted in the EU since her adoptive mother doesn’t die until a few years BBY. Another explanation could be she remembered her through “the force” as per Yoda’s teachings to Luke.

  4. Wow Story and Info; Did u know that it was the art work of Maxfield Parrish that directly inspired the feel and look of Star Wars films ? page 282, The Lucas Effect, Good Book. I filmed the Parrish estate art studio many years ago and loved being there, it was beautiful and the paintings were all around u, very inspirational. Parrish created that studio and painted that “art work’ that so inspired Lucas. ***My theory is that Star Wars truly began in 1904 in that studio and if logic dictates then it is important Lucas gets this info, help me get this story global. The Parrish studio was destroyed and it was senseless , I did film the demise and a very powerful story now exists. view maxfieldparrishmovie.com and there was always a force at the Parrish estate, it is real and it is not an it, it is a them. Please help this story go global and find it’s way to Lucas also look up the real Star, Sue Lewin the model for those paintings and the force behind Parrish. Her story needs to be told, girl power is needed. Thank u, Robin Lee

  5. Here is a discovery about Princess Leia and more. My theories, research and findings are being written up. I am the lead author of these papers. If logic dictates, than the information I have shows the true birthplace of Star Wars. Please, I need girl power here to help me get this story all over the universe. Please type in,
    ( The Game of Nerds: Origins of Star Wars the Case for Maxfield Parrish ). Their will be two other mighty links to follow. i believe all information should be shared. Thank you, Robin Lee
    Be part of this discovery and project, it is big.

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We, the members of New Hope Christian Fellowship, have adopted and subscribe to the following articles of faith:

  • We believe that “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,” which we understand the whole book called the BIBLE; that it is inerrant in the original writing and that its teaching and authority are absolute, plenary, supreme, and final. That the Holy Spirit guided the holy men of old in all that they wrote

  • We believe the Godhead eternally exists in three persons. the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, having the same nature and perfection.

  • We believe in the Personality and Deity of the Lord Jesus. Christ, begotten of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, truly God and truly man.

  • We believe in the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit, the source and power of all acceptable worship and service, the infallible interpreter of the infallible Word, the One who indwells’ every true believer and is ever present to testify of Christ, seeking to occupy us with Him and not with ourselves or our experiences. This is done by convicting men, regenerating the believing sinner, indwelling, guiding, instructing, and empowering the believer for godly living. and service.

  • We believe in the reality and personality of Satan, the Devil, who is our adversary, deceiving the whole world.

  • We believe that man was created in the image of God, after His likeness, as stated in the Word of God; but due to the original sin of Adam, all are fallen into sin. Not only was man’s moral nature grievously injured by the Fall, but he also lost all spiritual life, becoming dead in trespasses and sins, and subject to the power of the Devil. Only through the instantaneous regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.

  • We believe that Jesus Christ became the sinner’s substitute before God, that He died as a propitiatory sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, that He was made a curse for the sinner, dying for our sins according to the Scriptures. The shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ as Savior are born of the Holy Spirit and thus become children of God.
  • We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of Jesus Christ; that He ascended into Heaven and sits on the right hand of God as the believer’s high priest and advocate.

  • We believe that Christ, in the fullness of the blessings He has secured by His death and resurrection, is received by faith alone; and that the moment we trust Him as our Savior we are passed out of death into everlasting life, justified from all sinful activities, accepted before the Father according to the measure of His acceptance, loved as He is loved, and made one with Him. At the time of acceptance of Christ as Savior, Christ comes to dwell within the believer and to live out His life of holiness and power through the believer.

  • We believe that the true Church is composed of all those who truly believe on the Lord Jesus – Christ as Savior; that it is the Body and Bride of Christ; that every believer is baptized into the Body of Christ by the Holy Spirit, thus making us members one of another with Christ as the Head.

  • We believe in the evangelization of the world, that the supreme mission of the people of God in this age is to preach the Gospel to every person. The Church has the responsibility to work with the Holy Spirit in the sending forth of missionaries.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Qatar

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and organisations in Qatar are highlighting the importance of breast cancer awareness, education and research.

Here is my list of events not to be missed!

FREE Screening

Dive Lounge Spa

FREE Mammography screening and talks at The Gate Mall from 9 am – 9 pm.

Kindly RSVP for the event 44077117

Mirqab Mall

Free screenings and mammograms for women from October 18th to October 20th free of charge.

To register, visit them starting at 4 pm on the 18th, 19th and 20th at the Carrefour entrance and register on the day.

The Qatar Cancer Society will have registrations and events, including speaking to survivors and educators from the 18th – 20th from 4pm to 8pm.

Their bus will be stationed at Mirqab Mall on Friday the 19th and Saturday the 20th from 3pm – 9pm.

InterContinental Doha The City

InterContinental® Doha The City in partnership with The National Breast and Bowel Cancer Screening Program “Screen For Life” led by The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC).

FREE screenings:

8th and 30th of October.

8th from 11:30am – 16:30pm.

30th from 8:00am – 17:00pm.

FREE consultation:

8th October

8th from 8:00am – 11:00am.

Call 4015 8753 for more information.

Evolve Think Pink Afternoon Tea

Breast Cancer Awareness Tea
Saturday 27th October from 2:00PM – 5:00PM

Event Venue: Airada Spa
Tower30, Porto Arabia, The Pearl

For bookings call: 66113472
or email:

Ticket Price:Qar 150
50% of the ticket price will be donated to the breast cancer awareness fund.

In cooperation with Qatar Cancer Society

Food Sponsor: White Oryx Thai Restaurant
@whiteoryxthai .

Please note that this is a LADIES ONLY EVENT.
Each participant will go home with a tshirt, cap and ribbon.

Dine at the InterContinental Doha The City

The Square – Indulge in an exclusive pink themed Arabic lunch on the 20th of October.

Lobby Lounge – Enjoy a selection of pink delights and cakes that will be sold throughout the month.

Please call +974 4015 8888 for further information.

Fraser Suites West Bay

The Pink menu

A special menu has been curated with items all month supporting the cause including items such as pink risotto, pink velvet pancakes, rose saffron milk cake, strawberry and raspberry macaroons, rose latte and raspberry mojito. The sale proceeds from this menu will be going to Qatar Cancer Society.

Helipad yoga for a Cause

During October, helipad yoga classes are every Saturday from 4.30-5.30pm for QAR 40 pp. All proceeds will be given to Qatar Cancer Society.

Join Fraser Suites West Bay and Amber Rauf for a FREE canvas painting workshop. Learn about Contemporary painting styles and colour physcology.

This event is organized by Fraser Suites West Bay to support “Pink October” Breast Cancer Awareness month. The Theme of the event is POWER OF PINK!

27th October, 2018 from 2-5pm.

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For inquiries & bookings call +974 4495 5000 .

Aspire Active

Over 500 danced against breast cancer last year, now Pink Active is back for Season 2! Be part of something bigger & join the fight against breast cancer on 27th Oct, 5pm! FREE entrance for all ladies in Doha for our Zumba event. Call 44136430 & register to RESERVE your slot!

An exciting event with @qcs_qatar @lacantineqatar @clinicaviventum @_ffhq_
Qatar’s well known Cancer Activist Margarita Zuniga @mtfr_qtr
followed by an auction with Mala Waseem.

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PINK Brunch at Azraq Restaurant

Visit Azraq every Friday in October for a sumptuous brunch for a good cause. The proceeds will be donated to QCS to support cancer patients in the country. Fridays from 1pm to 4pm at Azraq. Price: Resident guests – QAR 250 per adult and QAR 125 per child. Non-resident guests – QAR 300 per adult and QAR 150 per child. For reservations, please call: +974 4040 5050 or email:

Join Anantara Spa for a range of special treatments. Book any of the PINK Spa and Wellness offerings, including restorative lymphatic massage and anti-aging therapies, and get a free15-minute upper body treatment. Available from 1 – 31 October.
Call: +974 4040 5158 or email

Ghoson Spa

Ghoson Spa has an exciting line up throughout the month.

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Sunshine sessions every Saturday and support Qatar Cancer Society (QCS).

Four Seasons Doha

Pink Afternoon Tea at Seasons Tea Lounge for Breast Cancer awareness.

Price QAR 215 per set inclusive of one hot or cold beverage. 5% of the profit goes to the Qatar Cancer Society.

TLG Qatar

On the 9th of October at 9.30am Dr Gianfranco Pittari will be talking about New Development in Cancer Reasearch. He currently serves as Senior Consultant of Hematology/ BMT at HMC’s National Center for Cancer Care & Research in Qatar. Please wear something PINK!

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Marriott Marquis City Centre Doha

Raise funds and create awareness about Breast Cancer. Purchase pink pasta, pastries and beverages, 10% of the revenue of the signature items will go to the Qatar Cancer Society.

1 – 31 October 2018 | Daily | 6am to 7pm

Raise funds for the Qatar Cancer Society and enjoy a specially crafted Pink Afternoon Tea at West End Café

1 – 31 October 2018 | Daily | 7am – 7pm

Contact details for more information: Call +974 4419 5000

Crowne Plaza Doha West Bay

With Qatar Cancer society a Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar was held for the hotel’s staff on Wednesday, 3rd of October. All attendees were offered a free mammogram.

Enjoy a Pink Coffee Morning on Saturday 27th October. All profits go to Qatar Cancer Society.

Screen for Life Qatar

The Breast and Bowel Screening Program is a life-saving, population-based initiative that aims to promote education, awareness and early detection of breast and bowel cancer in Qatar. Titled ‘Screen for Life’, it is being conducted under Qatar’s National Cancer Program.

To book the mobile unit please call 800 11 12 or send an email to

Gulf Mall

Visit them on the 4th and 5th of October in Gulf Mall in front of Centerpoint where you can register to get a mammogram appointment. Breast cancer screening is for ladies aged between 45-69.

To Book a FREE screening appointment, please call the call center on 8001112

Breast Cancer Screening is for ladies aged 45-69. Bowel Cancer Screening is for Men and Women aged 50-74.

Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)

HMC has launched an “Early detection saves lives” campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer and encourage women to get to know their breasts.

What can you do this October.

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month get yourself checked, share information to raise awareness and donate.

Read more about Breast Cancer Screening in Qatar:

Finding out about breast cancer signs and symptoms can help you understand what breast changes to look out for.

Get your free Know the Symptoms guide

Restaurants supporting the cause:

All proceeds from the Rose Milk will be given to Qatar Cancer Society.

@Nandos Qatar

Order #drinkpink Rosa Margarita and Nandos will donate towards the fund to support the Qatar Cancer Society’s initiative.

Social media accounts to follow this month:

Have you heard of an amazing initiative this October?

Please share the event with us!

This article will be regularly updated as events become available.

This October, let’s all wear pink to fight breast cancer.

For more information follow me on my social media platforms

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I make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the above information. However, I would recommend that you always call ahead and confirm the details as they are subject to change.

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  • Thad February 23, 2019 at 8:07 PM

    Keep this going please, great job!

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Elect Linda Vaught Jackson

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Today I announced to the world - the Optimist world that is - that I am running for Vice President-elect, West Region, Optimist International.

It's been a long time coming. As readers of my blog know, I first joined an Optimist Club in 1987. Over the years I've been an active Optimist Club member and volunteer leader for the Illinois and Pacific Northwest Districts. In 1996, I was the secretary/treasurer of the Distinguished Illinois District and in 2010, I earned the status of Distinguished and Outstanding Governor for the Pacific Northwest District. I fully believe that if you work only for the best and expect only the best that you will achieve the best. The fact that I earned honors means that the Optimist Clubs were successful in their communities and for that I am grateful.

During my Optimist career, I have even had the opportunity to work in heaven. That's right I was a professional staff member as the director of membership development and training at Optimist International for two years.

You might say that I've done it all, but you would be wrong because I haven't yet had the opportunity to represent Optimist International as a vice president. Many people say that the role of lieutenant governor is their favorite position in the organization for as such, you get to travel to other clubs, share in their excitement for their projects and causes and inspire them to do even more.

I believe that the vice president role would be much like that feeling on steroids. There are so many projects to learn about, so many Optimist Clubs to visit and so many Optimist Club members to meet. But visiting and giving well wishes is not enough. We must grow our organization and that means adding members and new Optimist Clubs.

My passion is public relations. I believe that my expertise in strategic communications combined with my enthusiasm for Optimist Clubs is a powerful force that will allow me to help others amplify the good deeds and positive vision of our organization. Those Optimist Club stories will become magnets that will draw new volunteer members to our network of positive people and projects.

When elected, I promise to deliver a strategic public relations plan that all Optimist Clubs may follow. More than that, I promise to work with the Optimist Clubs in the West Region to launch, maintain and promote their positive presence in their communities.

Together, we can tell the Optimist Club story. Together, we can gain more members and  add additional new Optimist Clubs. Together we will grow.

This is the first year that Optimist Clubs will be allowed to vote online for international officers. Please discuss my candidacy with your Optimist Club members and encourage the president of your Optimist Club to vote for Linda Jackson for the West Region - Optimist International. Thank you for for your support.

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The year 2018 was amazing for us! NewReleases started as a simple service to send email and Slack notifications and we grew to a project that gives a spectrum of possibilities to play with and allows you to stay focused, by receiving the most information you need with the frequency you choose. After the initial release in July we have made numerous improvements and introduces many new features.

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Bitpay Adds Bitcoin Cash Support to Copay Wallet and Insight Block Explorer

Over the past few days, the Bitcoin payment processing firm Bitpay announced two types of infrastructure support features for the cryptocurrency bitcoin cash (BCH). Bitpay has launched a BCH beta version of its Copay wallet and added the BCH chain to its Insight block explorer.

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Bitpay Adds Bitcoin Cash Support to its Open Source Copay Wallet

Bitcoin cash supporters can now manage their BCH with the new beta release of the open source Copay wallet created by Bitpay. The payment processing firm said that the company had received a lot of requests for BCH support. The beta Copay wallet enables users to choose between BTC and BCH within the interface.

“Since the creation of bitcoin cash (BCH) in August, we’ve received consistent feedback from our users asking us to support it,” explained the Atlanta-based company. “Bitcoin Cash is a fork of the Bitcoin blockchain which accepts much larger blocks of transactions, intended to provide the Bitcoin network with higher transaction capacity.”

Bitpay Adds Bitcoin Cash Support to Copay Wallet and Insight Block Explorer

Bitpay is Creating New Conventions With Other Wallet Providers to Help Mitigate Transaction Errors Between Both Networks

Bitpay says the new wallet will operate just like the original Copay client but on the BCH network. Currently, the firm is in the process of creating safeguards and has created new conventions to “ensure users don’t accidentally send BTC to a BCH wallet or vice versa.” Furthermore, the company says that it has been working with other wallet providers and exchanges to help promote these new conventions. Bitpay emphasizes that the latest Copay wallet is still in its early stages and users should be cautious with their digital assets stating:

Remember that bitcoin cash wallet support is still in beta, so take care with your BCH funds — Our wallet team is standing by to respond to feedback and bugs.

Bitcoin Cash Implemented Into Insight Block Explorer

In addition, the company has integrated the BCH network into its Insight block explorer. After releasing the BCH supported beta wallet, Bitpay said, “naturally, our next step is to make those transactions easily searchable.”

Bitpay Adds Bitcoin Cash Support to Copay Wallet and Insight Block Explorer

The new Insight block explorer is basically the same as the BTC version, but modified for the BCH blockchain. Now anyone using the BCH network can check transaction confirmation status, block height, transaction miner fees, transaction inputs, block statistics and more.

The latest BCH support from Bitpay is just one of many infrastructure developments added to the nascent Bitcoin Cash ecosystem over the past few weeks.

What do you think about Bitpay adding bitcoin cash support to its wallet and block explorer? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Keeping adults in the game

In response to a recent poll that found most adults who played sports when they were younger stopped doing so as they aged, a panel of experts convened at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health explored how to keep adults in the game.

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Keeping adults in the game

In response to a recent poll that found most adults who played sports when they were younger stopped doing so as they aged, a panel of experts convened at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health explored how to keep adults in the game.

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The health benefits for grown-ups who play sports are great; the challenge is getting people to do so as they age

The benefits of staying active as we age are striking. In addition to keeping the body strong, regular exercise can reduce the risk of heart disease, blood pressure, stroke, and some cancers, experts say. It can even improve cognitive function.

But if keeping the body moving is so good for us, why do so many adults who played sports when they were young stop doing so? The reasons, according to a new study, include a lack of time, interest, or access, in addition to health issues. The study also found a clear gender and income gap.

A panel of experts gathered at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) on Thursday to discuss the findings and explore ways to keep adults in the game.

The new poll, conducted by National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard Chan School, interviewed 2,506 adults over the age of 18. It found that the majority of those who had played sports when they were younger no longer did, with a significant drop-off coming after age 26. (The poll did find that about half of those surveyed said they exercised regularly, including by walking or weightlifting.)

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The study revealed that while 40 percent of 18- to 21-year-olds, and 41 percent of 22- to 25-year-olds, play sports, only 26 percent of 26- to 49-year-olds do so, and just 20 percent of adults 50 and over.

Somewhat surprisingly, their own lack of participation did little to quell parents’ enthusiasm for their children’s engagement with sports. In the poll, 89 percent of parents with a middle or high school-aged child said their child benefitted greatly from playing sports, which improves mental and physical health, discipline, dedication, and social skills.

“The poll sums up the question: Is there some way to bridge a gap between the enthusiasm of the power of [sports] for health and other reasons for children, [and getting adults] to carry on after age 26?” said Robert Blendon, the Richard L. Menschel Professor at HSPH and a lead author on the report.

Blendon said about half of the adults surveyed indicated they no longer play sports because of a health problem, a lack of interest, or inconvenience. “So we’ve switched from all the advantages [for] kids,” said Blendon, “to all the disadvantages for me.”

Cobi Jones (photo 2), former Major League Soccer player and member of the U.S. men’s national soccer team, joined via satellite as Ed Foster-Simeon (from left), Elizabeth Matzkin, and Robert Blendon were among the panelists for “Sports and Health: The State of Play in America,” a talk moderated by NPR's Joe Neel on why participation in sports drops dramatically as people age.

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For panelist Caitlin Cahow ’08, a former member of the U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey Team and a member of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, one way forward is to help young people understand that lessons learned on the field or in the ice rink can offer “tools and skills necessary to succeed in life” beyond the pitch or hockey arena. Encouraging children to embrace a healthy lifestyle, one that includes sports participation and good nutrition as a norm, sets the stage for them to pursue those practices later in life, she said.

“I believe that I truly benefitted from the physical, social, and emotional self-confidence that you get through playing sports,” she said, “and personally I’ve found that to be an incredible advantage as I’ve moved on to face other challenges in my life beyond sports.”

Three factors help explain the report’s findings that men are more than twice as likely as women to say they play sports, according to Elizabeth Matzkin, surgical director of women’s musculoskeletal health and an orthopedic surgeon at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital: many older women didn’t have the same access to the range of sports that girls do today; women tend to “put themselves at the bottom of the list” behind the needs of their jobs, their spouses, and their children; and the rising number of overuse injuries in younger and younger children.

“About 3.5 million youths are presented to a physician or an emergency department due to a sports-related injury per year. … Even though we are very good at getting people back to playing, those injuries can lead to problems down the road,” said Matzkin.

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She cited tears of the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, an injury that is eight times more common in female athletes. A 13-year-old who suffers such a tear, said Matzkin, will likely have arthritis in that knee by the time she hits her 30s.

Educating parents and coaches about the dangers of having a child specialize too early in one sport year-round is an important part of curbing overuse injuries, said Matzkin, and hopefully will lead to women playing sports longer.

“Youth bodies are not meant to specialize at a young age.”

Access to free and safe sports teams and facilities is also important in getting and keeping people of every age involved in sports, said Ed Foster-Simeon, president and CEO of the U.S. Soccer Foundation, soccer’s charitable arm in this country.

Foster-Simeon argued that one reason for the income disparity reported in the poll — which found that lower-wage earners were less than half as likely to play sports than adults with higher incomes — is the lack of free programs and safe places to play in many low-income communities.

Millions of children, he added, “don’t have the opportunity to play.”

He urged the adoption of initiatives like his foundation’s Soccer for Success, a free after-school program in which coaches use small-sided soccer games to help promote healthy lifestyles.

“Coaches are among the most influential people whom children encounter,” he said, and “leveraging that engagement is an opportunity. It’s more than just fun and games.”


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“Study participants who used e-cigarettes generally used them infrequently and not every day, a pattern that may not be an effective way to use them for quitting smoking,” explains Nancy Rigotti, director of the Tobacco Research and Treatment Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and leader of the study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. “It does not prove that e-cigarettes could not be of benefit if a smoker switches completely from tobacco cigarettes and uses them regularly, in the same way that FDA-approved nicotine replacement products are intended to be used.”

Chemical flavorings found in e-cigarettes linked to respiratory disease

Focus on nicotine overshadowed other hazards attached to smoking device

E-cigarette battle heats up

Fear it could be gateway for teens and others to start smoking

While it is generally agreed that e-cigarettes — which deliver nicotine without many of the harmful products produced by burning tobacco — reduce the health risks inherent in smoking cigarettes, few studies have directly investigated how useful they are in smoking cessation.

The current study analyzed data from a randomized clinical trial that compared two approaches to support hospitalized adult smokers intending to quit after discharge.

Usual care: Recommendations regarding smoking cessation medications and support services.

Intervention: Providing participants with their choice of free FDA-approved smoking cessation medications for up to three months and automated phone calls providing advice and encouragement.

Participants in both study groups could use e-cigarettes if they chose to, but were advised that their effectiveness as cessation aids was unknown.

During follow-up calls, participants were asked if they’d used e-cigarettes since discharge. More than one-quarter of patients had used e-cigarettes in the three months after they left the hospital, with more frequent use in the usual care group than in the intervention group. But overall use was intermittent, with different participants using e-cigarettes at different times. Almost 70 percent of those who used e-cigarettes indicated they did so to help them quit smoking, and their frequency of use ranged from around once a week to daily.

At six months after discharge, participants were biochemically tested for signs of recent smoking. In both groups, participants who reported having used e-cigarettes in the three months after hospitalization were likelier than those who did not to have results indicating they had smoked, an association that was stronger among those in the intervention group. Rigotti notes, however, that since participants chose whether to use e-cigarettes on their own, it could be that those who did so were already having more difficulty quitting.

“These results indicate the urgent need for randomized, controlled trials to investigate whether e-cigarettes can help smokers to quit, which have been difficult to do in the U.S. because of regulatory challenges,” she says. “In the meantime, I would tell smokers who want to quit or cut down to use one of the FDA-approved smoking cessation medications, which are known to be safe and effective, as a first choice. If they do choose to try e-cigarettes, they should switch completely from tobacco cigarettes and use e-cigarettes daily, something the American Cancer Society has recently recommended.”

Nancy Rigotti is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. The co-authors of the Annals of Internal Medicine report are Yuchiao Chang, Sara Kalkhoran, Douglas Levy, Susan Regan, Jennifer Kelley, and Daniel Singer, all of MGH Division of General Medicine; Hilary Tindle, Vanderbilt University; and Esa Davis, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

The study was supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant R01-HL11821.


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Shaun Bailey: 'Grotesque' views of Tory candidate for London mayor attacked

In a pamphlet written in 2005, Shaun Bailey wrote that celebrating Muslim and Hindu festivals "robs Britain of its community".

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The Conservative candidate for London mayor has been attacked for "grotesque" comments he made 13 years ago.

Shaun Bailey, who addressed the Tory conference in Birmingham on Wednesday morning, has suffered a backlash after a booklet he wrote in 2005 emerged online.

He has been accused of being "opposed to multiculturalism" - and a leading anti-Islamophobia organisation has vowed to raise its concerns with Mr Bailey personally.

In the document, titled "No man's land: How Britain's inner city young are being failed", Mr Bailey appears to suggest that celebrating Muslim and Hindu festivals "robs Britain of its community" and risks turning the country into a "crime riddled cesspool".

He also seems to claim that the black community has found it easier to integrate into British society because they are Christian and speak English.

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Mr Bailey wrote: "You bring your children to school and they learn far more about Diwali than Christmas.

"I speak to the people who are from Brent and they've been having Muslim and Hindi [sic] days off.

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"What it does is rob Britain of its community. Without our community we slip into a crime riddled cesspool."

He added: "Within the black community it is not such a bad thing because we've shared a religion and in many cases a language.

"It's far easier for black people to integrate. How we arrived here is different.

"If you talk to old black people, they will say they have been invited here by the Queen.

"They absolutely do not consider themselves refugees or immigrants."

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Mr Bailey has served as a London Assembly member since 2016 and was last week chosen as the Tory candidate to take on Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan at the 2020 mayoral election in the capital.

Responding to the pamphlet authored by Mr Bailey, the Hope Not Hate campaign said: "These views, expressed by the Tory candidate for mayor of London, are grotesque.

"The Conservatives can't tackle their problem with Islamophobia if they don't admit they have a problem in the first place."

Meanwhile, the Tell Mama organisation - which records anti-Muslim hate incidents and has had its work praised by the government - said: "We do not tolerate such views about Muslim and Hindu communities.

"Nor do we tolerate any hatred or racism directed towards any other community. We will raise this further."

Sky News understands Tell Mama hopes to raise its concerns with Mr Bailey in a private meeting they have previously requested.

Top Labour MPs have also criticised Mr Bailey, with shadow home secretary Diane Abbott stating: "So the Tory candidate for mayor is opposed to multiculturalism."

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry also predicted Londoners will "reject" Mr Bailey as they did 2016 Tory mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith, who was accused of running an Islamophobic campaign against Mr Khan.

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Image: Mr Bailey has served as a London Assembly member since 2016

A spokesperson for Mr Bailey said: "As a descendant of the Windrush generation, and someone who has worked with diverse communities for over 20 years, Shaun knows full well the challenges faced by BAME communities.

"Whether it is working with one of London's biggest Muslim communities in North Kensington, or helping young people from all communities to fulfil their potential, Shaun has always championed diverse communities.

"Shaun has made it his life's work to help those from migrant and disadvantaged communities, and to suggest otherwise is ludicrous.

"As someone who has received racist abuse from the Labour Party, who let's not forget branded the community worker a 'token ghetto boy', this is a little rich."

Earlier this year, the Conservative Party faced demands from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) to launch an independent inquiry into allegations of Islamophobia.

The group revealed it had seen weekly incidents from Conservative representatives and candidates.

A spokesperson for Hope Not Hate said: "The time has come to clean up. Why delay further?"

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Show HN: All available Emoji domains in one place (xn--f28h.to)
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I recently discovered .to domains allow for emoji like .ws and a few other ccTLDs.

While they have some (technical) downsides I figured they'd be interesting to experiment with so I was curious if any good ones were still available. Manually checking them one-by-one was kinda cumbersome, so I wrote a simple script to check availability for each possible single-emoji .to domain.

Turns out many were still available (about 70% at the time). I registered a few and decided to publicise the list. That was my weekend project ~2 weeks ago. Today I finally launched it.

I wrote more about the timeline and how I built it here: https://medium.com/@marckohlbrugge/get-your-own-emoji-domain...

Disclosure: I worked out an affiliate deal with my registrar so I get a 10% commission for each registration. Of course you're free to use your own registrar of choice.

Love it. Thanks for writing up your story.

You're welcome :)

maybe a tooltip to tell you what the name of the unicode codepoint is when mousing over the emoji?

Ah yes, some more information on each emoji might have been useful. If I choose to continue development on the site I'll consider that.

Totally cool man, nice!

Hey, very cool! I like the site's presentation.

I bought 🇸🇾 and 🇨🇿. Romania was taken already, sadly.

Yeah the domains went quick after launch. 🇸🇾 and 🇨🇿 are nice though!

Domain name is the interface to a website, typing in emojis is bad UX. Not to mention sharing URLs, and how different user agents will handle them.

IMO, It's a safe bet against emoji domains taking off.

There are definitely both pros and cons.

I personally wouldn't use them for a website where users would have to repeatedly enter the URL. They work better for advertising campaign as a redirecting link (e.g. on a billboard), or in situation where the URLs tend to be clicked instead of written.

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Carolina Catering Corp., Aerostar spar over cement plant

Site of the cement plant in February 2015.

Airline food service provider Carolina Catering Corp. on Monday blasted the management of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport — Aerostar Airport Holdings — for allegedly endangering the Torrecilla Lagoon habitat through the construction of a concrete plant nearby.

The private firm, through its Attorney Joseph W. Vázquez-Matos, said construction of the plant some 60 feet from the critical habitat, which is part of the San Juan Bay Estuary, also threatens the health of passengers, employees and residents of communities surrounding the LMM.

Same site in July 2017.

“Aerostar and its contractor threaten the integrity of this protected area and health of passengers, airport employees and residents of the communities surrounding the airport, ” he said.

Vázquez-Matos said in May 2017, Aerostar and McCarthy Improvements Puerto Rico LLC illegally constructed a Portland Concrete Batching Plant in a field near the airport.

“The selected field is classified as ‘DT,’ which allows activities related to air transportation, but does not authorize the location of such a heavy polluting industry, unless a change of use proceeding is submitted to the Planning Board; an action that has not been taken so far,” Vázquez-Matos said.

In talks with government agencies and legal action filed in the Carolina Superior Court, the company said the illegal construction of the plant has already impacted the vegetation of the area, related to the cutting of trees and filling made to areas of the property, without the required government approvals.

The company claims Aerostar has not obtained a Certificate of Critical Habitat from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources including the concrete plant, which would avoid a significant impact on this habitat, considering mitigation measures required by law.

“The illegal actions indicated and performed have been carried out without an environmental study to assess the impact of the plant and without taking into consideration the fact that the plant and source of emission is located about 60 feet of the mangroves adjacent to the Torrecilla Lagoon, part of the San Juan Bay estuary,” Vázquez-Matos said.

This Critical Habitat is home to among others: 160 bird species, 124 fish species, 300 species of wetland plants, and 19 species of amphibians. In addition, it is home to 17 plants and eight endangered animals, he said.

“It is evident from the data collected that Aerostar lacks any sensitivity for the protection of our environment and safeguard the health of passengers, employees and residents of the communities surrounding the international airport by illegally building a new source of emission of particulate matter containing cement, concrete and ashes, without taking into consideration the impact that this action will generate on the environment and the surrounding business community,” he said.

On Monday, Aerostar officials said CCC’s claims are “false, irresponsible and malicious.”

“It is false that Aerostar has operated or is operating a concrete plant that harms the environment or the integrity of the area or of people’s health. Aerostar is trying to, despite the malicious efforts of CCC and its affiliates, to rebuild the [LMM’s] central taxiway to meet operational needs and meet federal and local government requirements,” said Nelman Nevárez, director of operations at Aerostar.

“CCC and its affiliates have made every effort to stop the reconstruction of a critical area of the airport, which would ironically improve the LMM’s facilities, in which they operate. The reconstruction is in the process of permitting,” he said.

As opposed to CCC’s claims — the temporary plant that has an environmental compliance document — has yet to begin operations.

The location of the temporary plant, aside from being incidental to the reconstruction work, is essential to provide a certain quality of cement to be used to rebuild one of the most important areas of the airport that connects both runways, as was required by local and federal government agencies, Nevárez said.

“The airport was built more than 60 years ago, forcing improvements and reconstruction. The reconstruction of the runway is part of what has been agreed to in the public-private partnership contract between the government of Puerto Rico and Aerostar. If the runway is not rebuilt, eventually we may not be able to operate the airport,” said Nevárez, expressing surprise at CCC’s claims.

“We’re surprised expressions CCC and we are irresponsible and malicious, since they know how important this project for the airport and the plant has not operated and is not operating.” Nevarez said.

“The reconstruction of the runway, in addition to meeting federal requirements, will result in benefits to airlines and passengers, which are precisely CCC’s customers,” he said, defending Aerostar’s community involvement and respect for local and federal environmental laws.

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