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[Carolina Panthers Cam Newton Superbowl]

The Carolina Panthers playing in Superbowl 51 is a real possibility, but far from a certainty. Here are the top 3 things that currently stand in the way of the Carolina Panthers.

Overconfidence

It may seem like a platitude at this point, but overconfidence is a real concern for the Carolina Panthers. After all, the team is made up of  good number of young players with a long career ahead of them. An eventual second Superbowl appearance may seem like a certainty to them. Long time NFL veterans know better. So much goes into a Superbowl season, including a healthy dose of pure luck. Take injuries for instance. There is perhaps no greater contributor to success than having healthier players than the opposition.

Panthers Head Coach Ron Rivera addressed the team multiple times over the offseason on this very topic. Overconfidence, or complacency, is a main reason why it is so difficult for a team to make a repeat Superbowl appearance. It is real, and it should not be overlooked.

Inexperience in the defensive secondary

The Carolina Panthers drafted an exact match for their defensive scheme physically. But inexperience in the secondary could be the downfall for the Panthers, particularly early in the season. Second round pick James Bradberry will be starting, that much seems clear. Third round pick Daryl Worley could also be starting across the field from Bradberry with Bene Benwikere playing nickel.  The prospect of two rookies playing corner is enough to put a Carolina Panthers Superbowl in question. So many games come down to the last second throw.

Take the New Orleans Saints game at Bank of America Stadium last year for instance. Without an amazing last second end zone interception by Josh Norman, that would have been a Panthers loss. A single loss this season could be the difference between a Superbowl appearance or an early exit.

[Carolina Panthers Josh Norman]
Carolina Panthers Superbowl 50 Secondary

That late season schedule

If the Panthers can stay hungry, and if their corners can prove to be formidable, they still face that late season road schedule. Of the last 6 games of the season, 4 are away games. Two of those games are consecutive west coast games, forcing the Carolina Panthers to stay in California for an entire week of practice. That is a brutal road schedule to close out the season. An extra loss or two during that stretch could be enough to knock the Carolina Panthers down in the playoff standings, which would be very, very bad for them.

The Panthers will need a playoff bye week to fully recover and prepare from all of that travel. This means they _must_ have one of the top two records in the conference. If not, I am afraid they just won’t be at their best both physically and mentally. Ron Rivera has never won a road playoff game as a head coach. Home cooking is what the playoffs are all about, without it the Panthers probably  won’t be returning to the Superbowl.

-    Tags Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers, featured, Josh Norman, nfl, Superbowl

question: What is the main topic of this post?

answer: The "real" possibility that the Carolina Panthers could play in Superbowl 51.

question: According to the author, what are the three things standing in the way of the Panthers going to the superbowl.

answer: The three things standing in the way of the Panthers going to the superbowl are overconfidence, inexperience in the defensive secondary, and the late season schedule.

question: What is the target audience for this post?

answer: It seems that the likely audience for this post is fans of the Carolina Panthers.

question: What about the "late season schedule" might prevent the Panthers from making it to the superbowl?

answer: Of the 6 late season games, 4 of them are away games; it's a brutal road schedule.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The "real" possibility that the Carolina Panthers could play in Superbowl 51. There are three things possibly standing in the way of the Panthers going to the superbowl. They are overconfidence, inexperience in the defensive secondary, and the late season schedule.


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[Antonín Hudeček (1910s)] ANTONÍN HUDEČEK (14 January 1872, Ředhošť, near Mšené-lázně – 11 August 1941, Častolovice) was a Czech landscape painter.

Biography

After completing his primary education in Roudnice, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, with Maximilian Pirner and Václav Brožík; devoting himself mostly to figure painting. From 1891 to 1893, he continued his studies in Munich with Otto Seitz. He opened a workshop in Prague in 1895.[1]

Shortly after, he joined a group of painters, led by Julius Mařák, that went for plein aire painting excursions; mostly in the area around Okoř. In 1898, he held his first major exhibition at the Mánes Union of Fine Arts, followed by a showing in Vienna in 1900.[2] He made a lengthy trip to Italy and Sicily with Jan Preisler in 1902, returning to Prague by way of Cologne.

After 1909, he worked in the areas near Police nad Metují and paid several visits to Rügen. From 1920, he was a regular visitor to Banská Bystrica in the Tatras. In 1927, he settled in the village of Častolovice, where he lived until his death. He was named a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1930, and received their award for lifetime achievement.[3] The following year, he and his son, Jiří (1910-1971), an aspiring artist, made an extended stay in Venice.

Selected paintings

File:Antonín Hudecek Blick auf die Burg Okor c1900.jpg|View of Okoř File:Antonin Hudecek Im Waldesinneren.jpg|Heart of the Forest

File:Antonin Hudecek Blühender Apfelbaum.jpg|Blossoming Apple Tree

[1] Brief biography @ the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

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title: Antonín Hudeček

question: When was Hudecek born?

answer: January 14, 1872

question: Where did Hudecek open his workshop?

answer: Prague

question: Where did Hudecek settle in 1927?

answer: Castolovice

question: Who was Hudecek's son?

answer: Jiri

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Antonin Hudecek was a Czech landscape painter. He was born in 1872, set up a workshop in Prague in 1895, settled in Castolovice in 1927, and died in 1941.


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"I love you."

She was looking at me. Looking into me even. Her eyes wide with the soft hope that comes with saying those words. This girl, here and now, has opened up to me expecting me to do the same. What was I to do? A girl's emotions are a frail thing, and one would have to be a monster to betray such trust.

"Do.. you love me?"

I was taking too long. The panic was starting to show in her face. Her mask beginning to slip. I know how I feel about her, but what was I to do? To say? I did the only thing I could. The only possible choice I really had.

I lied.

I lied because I didn't want to hurt her. I had seen the brief regret in her face during that silence following her question.. the doubt. I had to make it right. I never wanted to see her sad again, never wanted to see her dreams broken. To tell the truth would be only heartless.

I have grown accustomed to her smile. Her happiness bringing me my own in a way that only the strange magic of the mind can fathom. In that moment of confession, she was so perfect.. so sure of her life. The only thing I could hope, in the most secret corners of my heart, is that she could be as happy as she was in that moment forever.

Who am I to take that away from this beautiful girl? This kind, and loving girl? I had no choice. I am not the one who deserves her affection. I was never good enough for her. Too far gone for my own angel. What cruel god could create such a perfect human being.. and make her have pity on me?

In that moment, every fiber of my being screamed I love you too.

I love you so much it keeps me up at night.

My heart.. my mind.. my soul.. all said I love you.

I said "No."

title: The Lie

question: What is this story about?

answer: Two lovers, one of whom is immature and perverse.

question: Why does the boy not say he loves the girl?

answer: He thinks he's not good enough for her.

question: Who says I love you first?

answer: The girl.

question: Why does the boy decide to lie to her?

answer: To protect her.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Two lovers have a tough moment when the woman says "I love you", but the boy does not know how to respond, so he lies and says he does not, when in fact he does. The dramatic tension is we expect him to say yes, but instead he says no.


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“Hands”

It began almost as soon as I woke up. In fact, it was what caused my awakening. It sounded like there was something crawling within the walls of my bedroom. Mice, I thought. I rubbed my eyes and got out of bed.

I shower silently. I never understood people who listened to music or sang in the shower. Silence is what I liked. Even the sound of the running water made me cringe. The warm water pounded at my back. I felt something soft on my shoulder. I turned around quickly, a chill running up my spine. I turned down the cold water.

I tried to relax again, but the chill never went away. I stepped out of the shower and over to the sink. I pulled a razor and shaving cream out of the medicine cabinet. As I closed the cabinet, I saw the towel that was hanging up drop to the floor in the mirror. I turned around quizzically. Shaking my head and sighing, I bent down to pick up the towel and put it back on the rack just as I saw something scurry across the tiled floor to the sliver of space between the opened bathroom door and the wall. Fuck, it has to be rats. I quickly finished shaving and went downstairs to the kitchen.

Starting a fresh pot of coffee, I tried to remember if I had any rat traps left somewhere. Maybe that would warm me up. I opened the door to the pantry and stood on my toes so I could see the contents of the top shelf. I saw the outline of something and reached my hand in. I felt around until my fingers ran into something soft. It moved just as I went to grab it. I jumped and stepped back. Instinctively, I put my hand over my chest to calm myself. I heard the last few drops dripping into the coffee pot. I poured myself a cup. As I sat, sipping at my coffee, I convinced myself that it was only my imagination. Imagination? Wow, I haven’t used that in years. It was hard for me to even remember the last time my mind wandered elsewhere. Well, there were those times when I- no, I won’t go into that.

I heard a child outside, screaming with joy. I stood up and walked to the kitchen window. Pushing back the curtain, I could see the young boy running through a sprinkler. He screamed again, causing my fist to clench and jaws to lock. There was a sudden, loud crash behind me. I whipped around to find the coffee pot lying in hundreds of pieces on the floor. How had it fallen? Did the rat knock it over? I sighed and went to the hallway closet for rags and a broom.

I threw away the broken glass, and washed the mug I had used. I decided to check the garage for something to kill this rat that kept ruining my morning. I moved past the plastic containers, which were now starting to fill up the garage, to the tools. I really needed to clean them off from the last time I used them. I rustled through a box until I found an old poison rat trap. I opened it and saw it had already been used.

I heard the clicking of heels on the driveway outside the garage door. I sighed to myself and threw the trap away. I heard the doorbell ring and started making my way to the front door. As I was closing the garage door, I felt a tug at the bottom of my pant leg. I looked down, hoping to catch the rat red-handed, but the doorbell rang again. I huffed and stomped to the front of the house. I opened the door halfway.

“Hi,” a young blonde woman was standing on the old welcome mat, smiling at me.

I opened the door fully, “Hello.”

“I just wanted to introduce myself. I just moved in next door,” she smiled and held her hand out.

I looked down at her hand for a moment, then back up to meet her eyes. I shook her hand slowly.

When she pulled away, I noticed her fidgeting with her bracelets, “Well, it was nice meeting you. If you ever need anything, don’t be afraid to ask.”

I flicked my tongue across my lips, still staring at her hands. I smiled at her, “I’ll be sure to do that.”

I closed the door silently and wiped my face with my hand. I turned around and saw grey everywhere. Rats weren’t the cause of my shake up this morning. All around me were severed hands. Shit, I left the garage door open. They began to climb up my pant legs. I tried shaking them off, but they held tight. I began swatting at them. They covered my eyes and mouth. There were just too many.

title: "Hands" a short story I wrote for my English class

question: What does the story say about hands?

question: What does the story say about the narrator?

answer: The narrator wakes up in a grumpy mood. He is annoyed by his neighbors. He realizes rats have been messing around in his kitchen. A young blonde knocks on his door and introduces herself as the new neighbor. He shuts the door after this and rats crawl all over him.

question: What does the story say about its setting?

answer: The narrator lives in an apartment that is not well maintained. A young blonde introduces herself as the new neighbor. After he shuts the door, rats crawl all over him. There were too many to control.

question: What does the text say about rats?

answer: The narrator lives in an apartment that is not well maintained and possibly infested with rats. A young blonde introduces herself as the new neighbor. After he shuts the door, rats crawl all over him.


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PERUMPALLAM CANAL is an irrigation canal in the city of Erode in Tamil Nadu. The canal traverses from west to east across the city and flows into River Kaveri. It runs for a length of about .[1]

It gets the water from the sources of rain and seepage of Lower Bhavani Project Canal near Kathirampatti in the western periphery of Erode Municipal Corporation. Running through the areas of Nanjanapuram, Thindal, Sengodampalayam, Surampatti, Stoney Bridge, Marappalam and by flowing under the Kalingarayan Canal, it pours into River Kaveri near Vendipalayam Barrage.[2]

Anicut

A Dam has been constructed over the canal in 1966 named Perumpallam Anicut, near Surampatti. In the downstream of this Anicut, the canal runs for a length of to join river Kaveri. Also, a secondary canal branch off from this Anicut flowing towards Nanjai Uthukuli named as Nanjai Uthukuli Canal.[3]

Environmental issues

With the development of city and rapid increase in population, this canal has been highly threatened by various environmental issues like Pollution, encroachments, sinking of drainage, deposition of solid wastes, etc,. The stretch of this canal between this Anicut and Karaivaikkal is termed as Cooum of Erode due to the contamination of drainage and solid wastes into the canal. In 2003, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board constructed a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to treat the contaminated water in this canal before it pours into river Kaveri. The plant with a capacity to treat 20 million litres/day located in the southern periphery of Erode Municipal Corporation near Solar in Lakkapuram panchayat. But this plant is now idle, because of the opposition from public. [4]

A group of social welfare organisations have joined hands and started cleaning up the canal in 2015. [5] [6] Around 570 unauthorised structures has been removed in 2016, to restore the original structure of the canal, which could enable agriculture cultivation in around 2000 acres of farms.[7]

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title: Perumpallam Canal

question: Where is Perumpallam Canal?

answer: The city of Erode in Tamil Nadu.

question: What river does Perumpallam Canal flow into?

answer: The river Kaveri.

question: Where does the water source come from?

answer: Lower Bhavani Project Canal near Kathirampatti.

question: Where was the dam constructed in 1966 and what is its name?

answer: Near Surampatti, and it is called Perumpallam Anicut.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about the Perumpallam Canal located in Tamil Nadu.


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_RUBRIUS_ is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.[1]

Species

it contains seven species found in Chile and Argentina:[2]

-   _Rubrius annulatus_ F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Chile
-   _Rubrius antarcticus_ (Karsch, 1880) – Chile, Argentina
-   _Rubrius castaneifrons_ (Simon, 1884) – Chile
-   _Rubrius lineatus_ Roth, 1967 – Chile
-   _Rubrius major_ (Simon, 1904) – Chile
-   _Rubrius scottae_ Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Argentina
-   _Rubrius ululus_ Roth, 1967 – Chile

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title: Rubrius

question: What is Rubrius?

answer: Rubrius is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders.

question: Who first described Rubrius?

answer: Rubrius were first described by Eugene Simon in 1887.

question: Where are Rubrius found?

answer: Rubrius are found in Chile and Argentina.

question: How many species of Rubrius are found in the world?

answer: There are a total of seven species of Rubrius in the world.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Rubrius is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders first described by Eugene Simon in 1887. They're primarily found in Chile and Argentina. There are a total of seven species of Rubrius in the world.


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“THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED” is the thirty-first episode and the twelfth episode of the second season (1986–87) of the television series _The Twilight Zone_.

Plot

A young girl named Megan bursts out of her bedroom and runs downstairs to her parents who are watching television. She claims there is a man in her room so her father Jeff playfully carries her back upstairs. They enter her room and it is revealed that “the man” is merely a pile of clothes in a chair. Jeff tucks her back into bed and he comforts her by telling her a story his dad told him about keeping away monsters. When he gets her back to sleep he turns off the light and the room changes to a jungle setting. Helicopters blaze overhead and there is gunfire in the distance. Jeff stands in shock but quickly turns on the light, watching as the jungle disappears. Megan remains sleeping and after he turns the light off again it doesn't return. Later on, Megan tries the secret from keeping away monsters but a man's hand reaches out and pulls the cover off scaring her.

Jeff comes home the next day with feelings of guilt about not going to Vietnam as someone at work questioned him about what he did during the war. When asked what university Jeff graduated from he sheepishly admitted it was in Canada. Meanwhile, Megan goes upstairs and returns later with filthy hands. Denise goes upstairs with her and Megan claims that the man in the wheelchair was up there and talked to her. Denise cleans Megan and then sees the man Megan spoke about. She screams for Jeff and the man disappears, but Megan comments that he was nice. Jeff goes upstairs to investigate, walks into the bathroom and turns off the faucet but then finds himself in a swamp dressed in army fatigues carrying a rifle. He looks around and sees two other soldiers. One of them asks what's wrong and Jeff freaks out and falls into the water. Before he realizes what has happened Jeff is back in the bathroom with his wife.

Jeff admits he was drafted but he went to Canada instead of going to Vietnam and now maybe things are catching up with him; perhaps the man is someone who died because Jeff should've been there. His wife assures him that whatever it is they will face it together. He turns around to find himself in a jungle building with a Vietnamese girl clinging to him. Back in reality Jeff is scared, runs outside the house, gets into his car and drives away. Later, Denise gets a call from Jeff who sounds odd and begs her to come home. Jeff arrives at Denise's workplace asking for her, discovering that someone sounding like him called and asked her to come home. Jeff goes after her and discovers Denise with the man in the wheelchair and realizes the man in the wheelchair is in fact himself, but from a different reality where he honored his draft and went to Vietnam. The “Vietnam Jeff” explains that he wanted to get a chance to see what his life would've been like if he hadn't enlisted. Both of them touch to experience each other's memories so that “Vietnam Jeff” can experience the good life while “Normal Jeff” can experience the Vietnam war. “Vietnam Jeff” regains the use of his legs and then disappears, leaving the other Jeff with Denise and Megan.

Closing narration

title: The Road Less Traveled (The Twilight Zone)

question: What episode number is The Road Less Traveled in the television series, The Twilight Zone?

answer: It is the 12th episode of the second season and the 31st episode of the whole series.

question: Who was the man that keeps appearing in Megan's room?

answer: No one knows.

question: Why was Jeff guilty about not having not gone to Vietnam?

answer: Because someone questioned him about what he did in the war.

question: Where did Jeff go instead of Vietnam?

answer: He went to Canada.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer:
The Road Less Traveled is the 12th episode of the second season (1986-87) of the television series, The Twilight Zone.

In that episode we see Megan being afraid to stay in her room because she thinks there is a monster there. Jeff accompanies her upstairs, tells her a story, and reassures her there is no monster in her room.

In another scene, we see Jeff racked up with guilt because he did not go to Vietnam when drafted. He had opted to go to Canada then.


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_On 9-11, war, Libya, Zionists, and Ron Paul._

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Gary Corseri

I grew up in New York City, and have traveled and lived in different parts of the world, including about 18 years in the “Peachtree State” of Georgia.  For almost as long as I lived there, I’d heard of Cynthia McKinney—the first African-American woman to represent Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives.  To be honest, a great deal that I heard from the Mainstream Media was negative, portraying Ms. McKinney as a crazy shrew, an over-the-top black radical who questioned the official story of 9/11; opposed the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — and, recently, in Libya; opposed Israeli policies, and supported Palestinian demands for statehood.

About three years ago, I heard McKinney speak at a conference at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.  Instead of a crazy firebrand, I heard an intelligent, measured, if passionate, presentation of _why_ she challenged US war policies.

When I returned to Georgia, I wrote a friend in the UK about my hope to interview McKinney.  My friend related a story about the “Dignity” ship, carrying food and medical supplies to Palestine, in 2008, rammed by the Israeli Navy in international waters.  McKinney was on that ship, and when it was rammed, she turned to my friend’s brother and said, “David, I can’t swim.”  Nothing I had ever heard about McKinney revealed her character more succinctly.  This is a woman willing to put her life on the line in support of her principles.  Missing from the Mainstream Media depictions were the human and humane aspects of her character.  The MSM has too-often portrayed the struggle for justice as irrational, or even fanatical.  I needed to know more.

_GC: Let’s start with a big one… about the day that changed everything—9/11. _

_(And, for a sense of the very sharp way McKinney performed her duties—and the People’s business– in the US House of Representatives, while on the Budget Committee, I recommend checking out this 9-minute 2006 YouTube video of her grilling Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, General Meyers, and Tina Jonas about 9/11 and related matters:_ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px1t1-a9uxk&feature=player_embedded)

_In 2004, you signed the 9/11 Truth Movement statement, calling for new investigations of “unexplained aspects of the 9/11 events.”  More than 7 years have passed since then.  What would you say are some of the more egregious “unexplained events”?_

CM: … How is it that the people of the United States can invest trillions of dollars in the military and Intelligence infrastructure—and it failed four times in one day? … That singular question has never been answered.

_GC: Staying with 9/11. … Distorted as they have been by the Mainstream Media, your views have caused uninformed Americans to question your patriotism.  In 2005, you held Congressional briefings on the official 9/11 Commission Report._

CM: Yeah. … the only official briefing on that subject held on Capitol Hill, period!

_GC: Well…_ The Atlanta-Journal Constitution _editorialized that._

CM: Oh… you mean, _The Urinal-in-Constipation_!

_(General laughter in the room. …)_

_GC: … They editorialized that—_

CM: You call them legitimate?  I won’t even legitimize them with a response!  Whatever they say is bogus!  You got another quote from somebody?

_GC: No… well, hear me out. …_

CM: I’m not going to respond to anything they say!

_GC: Well… you did, in fact, respond to an editorial they wrote when they editorialized that the briefings you were holding were to determine whether the Bush administration had prior knowledge of the attacks.  That was their editorial!  You replied, but they refused to publish your response … So … how did you respond?  Can you tell us now?_

CM: Oh, I can’t even remember back that far…, but, I think the record now reflects what Bush knew… and I’m sure that part of what I said is that I would never try to go inside George Bush’s brain to see what’s there!

_GC: Too many maggots?_

_(Laughter. …)_

_GC: So, your main question is, Where was our Air Force, why didn’t they prevent it—_

CM: We know where they were . . .  The question is, Why didn’t they follow standard operating procedures?

_GC: And the other questions about buildings free-falling into their footprints… Building 7—_

CM: Look … I spent last September ’11 in the home of a woman who is afflicted with cancer… because she lived near the World Trade center.  And all of that dust came into her apartment… and she had to clean it up. She will never figure into any of the statistics about who has been affected—her situation will never count… but it counts to me, and to all of the other members of the 911 Truth Community.

_GC: Let’s explore another controversial issue linked to you. … Ms. McKinney, what does the number “88794” signify for you?_

[]CM: That was the number that was assigned to me by the Israeli prison system when—on  my _second_ attempt to get into Gaza—I was kidnapped on the high seas in international waters and taken against my will to Israel and put in prison. … David Halpin, the UK physician, and I sat next to each other because the volunteers—the activists that were on the boat—were international and spoke different languages… so I sat next to the English doctor… and he railed, he railed, he railed as the warship came close to us…, then backed off…, then approached us again—very quickly and very quietly — in this cat-and-mouse game. … And he cursed my government… because it was with the assistance of the United States that those engines had been provided to the Israeli military so that they could do what they were doing to us.

_GC: Did you join him in the cursing?_

CM: No. … In fact, I do a lot of apologizing!  I can say this: In the struggle for human rights, I consider prisoner # 88794 a badge of honor that I’ve acquired as a result of what I have chosen to do to assert my own right to recognize the human rights and the dignity of other people. …

_GC: Let’s continue with this theme of recognizing other people’s human rights. … More recently, this past year, you were in Tripoli when NATO bombed Libya.  What were you doing there… and can you describe that experience?_

CM: _ _I voluntarily went to Libya. Any time the War Machine rolls—I have to oppose that!  Libya was a special case, a personal case because I had just been to Libya. I had taken a delegation of independent journalists to go to Libya, because I did not believe the explanation that was given to the public about the necessity to bomb Tripoli and other cities in Libya. … While we were there… we experienced what “shock and awe” is all about.  The individual who went to the UN with allegations of thousands dying at the hands of Colonel Gaddhafi and the Libyan government—when he was pressed to substantiate his claims, he couldn’t.

_GC:That reminds me of the allegations made against the Iraqis in Kuwait, back in 1990 — that they were taking babies out of incubators and throwing them on the floor!_

CM: It’s also a situation similar to that of the Cuban-American community congregated down in Miami… right after the Cuban Revolution in 1959 where we had a community of expatriates who were willing to unleash terror on their own country… and, a similar thing was happening in Libya… with the United States providing financing for these individuals willing to lie about what was happening.

This information is available on the Internet.  Julien Teil interviewed the individual making these false claims at the UN.  The interview can be found at www.laguerrehumanitaire.fr … It’s on YouTube, as well.  Julien also interviewed the woman at Amnesty International who had claimed that “African mercenaries” were supporting Gaddafi’s repression of his people; but, when challenged—and this was all after the devastation—she admitted that it was “just a rumor.”

My colleague, David Josue, and I had been in Libya to attend a conference for Africans on the continent as well as Africans in the diaspora.  And what the _Jamahariya_ government had devised was a call to Africans in the diaspora who were unhappy with their treatment at the hands of white Americans or white Europeans, etc.—to come back home to Africa and to help Libya rebuild Africa and rebuild itself.

_(Interviewer’s NOTE: [from Wikipedia]: “Jamahiriya” is a term coined by Gaddafi, usually translated as “state of the masses.”_

… That was the purpose of this conference I had attended … And it was at that conference that the Jamahiriya committed 90 billion dollars to help in the creation of The United States of Africa … That would also include a million-person army for continental Africa to drive back the attempts of AFRICOM and others to occupy the African continent … That was in addition to the proposal for a gold-backed dinar for all of Africa … The daughter of Kwame Nkruma was at that conference; the son of Patrice Lumumba was at that conference… the grandson of Malcom X was there … The atmosphere was _electric_ with the idea of the re-building, the re-kindling of the movement that these African leaders—or their forebears—represented.  Well… that was all put to an end by NATO’s bombing.

_(Interviewer’s NOTE [from Wikipedia]: The United States Africa Command [AFRICOM] is one of nine United Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces.)_

The attack on Libya was an attack on Africa!  It was an attack on my aspirations as a person of African descent to have a free and independent Africa.  That’s what was attacked!

_GC: I’ve never had as complete a picture of that … I’d heard that Gaddafi wanted to set up a gold-backed dinar … In fact, people like Ron Paul even talk about using gold-backed currency… so I’ve heard that as a rationale for what we were doing there—trying to prevent any challenge to the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency … But…, nobody has described the situation as completely as you have._

_My final question on Libya is this:  You have praised Colonel Gaddafi’s GREEN BOOK and the kind of “direct democracy” advocated therein.  Can you give us a brief lesson as to how that “direct democracy” differs from our “representative democracy”?_

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CM: Our “democracy” is neither democratic nor representative!  But… let’s start with what the Jamahiriya means to me. The only stake that I have is that I want to see a free and independent Africa…, but the type of government that Libya has should be determined by the Libyan people.  I don’t really have a say in that … And I shouldn’t have a say in how they dispose of their governmental form … Therefore, it’s inexcusable to ask another country to bomb your fellow countrymen if you really care about your country!

The Jamahiriya — which had the highest living standard in all of Africa — had free education up through the Ph.D. level; free health care, free utilities, subsidized—and free, if you were poor—housing, subsidized food, subsidized transportation, including car expenses… and so, the necessities of life were paid for by the direct democracy known as the Jamahiriya.

Can you imagine…?  I have a cousin who is $120,000 in student debt in the U.S.  She has a Masters degree as a social worker.  Now, if she had been born in Libya—she would have no such debt … I went to a university outside of Tripoli and asked the students about their tuition fees… and the word didn’t translate.  I asked them about what they paid to attend the university … It was $9.00 per year!

When I was in Congress, one of my allies was Senator Mike Gravel… and Senator Gravel’s initiative is about “direct democracy.”  He had been to Libya… and he supported the establishment of the revolutionary committees, which was the way Libyans determined how they would use their oil money.

A question under discussion when I attended the conference there was whether the subsidies for gas/petrol or the subsidies for education would be increased!  (In the US, under “austerity” measures, people are being told which programs will be eliminated or eviscerated; in Libya, they were voting on which programs would get increased subsidization!)

What I have said publicly is that what we have been seeing is the Israelization of US policy.  You know… the only reason the Libyans took any interest in me was that someone in Libya, looking at their television, saw me having all these problems trying to get into Gaza… and they said, “We want to know her!”  That’s why I was invited to attend this conference on THE GREEN BOOK—to explain what I was trying to do in Gaza.  And what I observed in Libya was the same kind of collective punishment I observed in Gaza.  People supporting their own governments were being punished by outsiders who opposed those governments!

This is the kind of thing that happens in the absence of ethics in journalism. … Because… we don’t have journalists in the Mainstream—I call it the Special Interests Press–to educate and provide information to citizens so they can make a critical analysis of issues.  That is absent … We need ethics in scholarship; ethics in journalism, as well …The journalistic community has gone along with the kind of death and destruction that has been visited upon Libya… and so many other countries.  We’re setting up drone bases all over Africa… and people here don’t even know… don’t begin to understand….

_GC: You’ve mentioned many potent issues, including the “Israelization of US policy.”  I’d like to explore that, and also explore the theme of alliances—even unlikely alliances. …_

_In the 2002 election to the House of Representatives, people like your father and the editor and commentator Alexander Cockburn alleged that your defeat by Denise Majette was a consequence of out-of-state Jewish organizations and Jewish money working against you._

CM:  That’s not an  allegation—that’s a fact!  I was informed that I had been targeted by the pro-Israel lobby by the media. … I read about it in the papers! … and the evidence is readily available. …So, the fact of being targeted by the number-one special interest lobby in the United States means that there is an engagement in every aspect of one’s political life.…

_GC: Well, ah, let’s tackle this head-on: Are you anti-Semitic?_

CM:  Well, I’m, ah… I’m no more anti-Semitic than than any of the anti-Zionist Jews who I work with on an almost-daily basis to correct US policy.  And, I would suggest that the real Semites are the Palestinians.  And, therefore, I would suggest that I’m not anti-Semitic, but that there are people who are anti-human rights, and there are some people who are anti-peace, and there are some people who are pro-war… and no matter who they are, I will always be against that… because I … You see what my… my button says?

_(She points to a button she is wearing on her blouse). _ My button says, “I’m a peace-keeper”  And, this one says, “War is a crime!”

_GC: “Blessed are the peace-keepers. …”_

CM:  When I was in Congress, I organized a Press Conference with organizations like “Jewish Workers for Peace,” “Not in My Name, Women in Black _(www.womeninblack.org)—_we had about ten organizations at that press conference… and it was fantastic….

That night, the Atlanta news criticized me for associating with “fringe Jewish elements”!  Now… what’s a “fringe Jewish element”?  It was the Anti-Defamation League that was casting this aspersion!

Now, the Anti-Defamation League that I knew about is supposed to be a Civil Rights organization.  But… the Anti-Defamation League, in practice, filed an _amicus_

brief with five white racists to dismantle the district—my district! — that provided an opportunity for black people in the black belt of Georgia to have representation!  Those are the people who sent me to Congress to represent them! … I stand on their shoulders, and I did my darnedest to represent them—and I was rewarded by the Anti-Defamation League filing an _amicus_ brief and a lawsuit to dismantle that district and take representation away from those poor, black people.

_GC: I can certainly understand your indignation.  And I don’t want to hammer this issue. … But, this is on Wikipedia… and, as one researches you—this is what one comes across:_

_About that election with Majette, your father, a former state representative in Georgia, stated that “Jews have bought everybody… And then he spelled it, “J-E-W-S. …”  Now…, personally, I always make a distinction between Jews and Zionists—and you just did. … I try to distinguish between people who follow a religious tradition and those who assert a political-nationalist ideology. … And, ah…  I think writers like Gilad Atzmon, for example, have been very clear about making that distinction in his recent work like_ The Wandering Who?_. …_

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CM: I haven’t read that, but—

_GC: I haven’t read it, but I’ve read about it—_

CM: Gilad is coming to Atlanta this month—

_GC: Is he?  I’d like to meet him. …_

CM: Yes. … You must come—

_ GC:  I will!  But, ah, anyway… do you think, in retrospect, you might recommend changing the terminology a bit — just to broaden the dialogue and widen the base of opposition to inhumane practices?_

CM: Well… let me tell you something. … I want to talk to you about. … The first time my daddy got into trouble was when he said, “racist Jew.”  And, I had a Jewish friend who was trying to smooth things over.  And I asked her, “Is Jew a bad word?  I didn’t know “Zionist”—I didn’t even know that word at the time… because… here’s the thing: the Anti-Defamation League says that they represent all Jews—that’s what they tell us.  AIPAC, also.  So… I didn’t know that there was a word called “Zionist” until I became involved with the Betrand Russell tribunal on Palestine. … And there was a famous Jewish lawyer who was one of the leaders in that tribunal, and I went to him and I said, “Daniel, how does your family feel about your being in this tribunal?” and he said, “My family are anti-Zionist Jews.”  And I said, “I don’t know what that is!”  I was 50-something years old, and I’d never heard the language!  Now, of course, I’ve been exposed… and I’m more sensitive that there’s a difference. … Now… I have marvelous Jewish friends… and I understand the difference between Judaism and Zionism.  Whoever prays to whatever God is fine with me…, but, a political ideology is quite different  … I know I have a lot to learn when it comes to Zionism and Judaism. … I’m not very religious… but I am spiritual… and I’m very interested in people’s beliefs… but, I’m more interested in the way people behave. … So, I would always say, judge me on what I do more than on what I say. … And, I acknowledge that I can be wrong about what I say. … And, my father can be wrong about what he said. …

_GC: Thank you very much. … I think you’ve clarified that for a lot of people…._

_Now… this idea of building alliances. … I’d like to discuss current events, namely, the Presidential election_

CM: Um-ha. …

_GC: First, a re-cap: In 2008, disgusted with the Democratic Party, you were the Green Party candidate for president. That same year, you  joined a press conference held by 3rd party and independent candidates, including Ralph Nader and Ron Paul.  The participants agreed on 4 basic principles:_

_1. An early end to the Iraq War, and an end to threats of war against other countries, including Iran._

_2. Safeguarding privacy and civil liberties, including repeal of the Patriot Act, the Military Commisions Act and FISA legislation._

_3. No increase in the National Debt._

_4. A thorough investigation, evaluation and audit of the Federal Reserve System._

_My question is this: If these different elements of Independent thought could come together on these 4 basic principles in 2008, why can’t they unite behind the same principles in 2012? _

CM: They can. …

_GC_: _Isn’t it possible to conceive a party that speaks for the majority of Independents, that unites Independents?  The 4 principles that united Independents then are still very much with us—and in many ways the dangers are greater—the possibility of war with Iran looms larger now, and there’s the National Defense Authorization Act, as well as the other intrusions on privacy and civil liberties.  More Americans classify themselves as “Independents” than as Republicans or Democrats.  How can the varied strands of Independents work together to defeat the Republicrats?_

CM: The answer to that question goes to the core of the kind of change we hope to initiate on a policy basis. … So… how do we do that?  I think the first thing is that we have to be willing to talk to each other.  We have to recognize that there’s commonality despite difference.  So… the thing that allowed Nader and me and Paul to come together is that we were at least willing to see areas of commonality.  We should be able to do that across the political spectrum.  And, in fact, when I was in the Congress, I was forced to do that. … As a Southerner, I—and as someone who had to get votes—not lose them—I needed the endorsement of a leader in the community… and he was a Klan member… and I had no choice. … I asked him for his support—and I got it!  (After I sat there for over an hour and he described to me how “confused” the people were because of the way they judged the Ku Klux Klan to be racist!)

_(Here, CM gives a strong, hearty guffaw!)_

[]And… I sat there and found a place where we could have a meeting of the minds—and I did it!

_GC: Related question then: I’ve been criticized because I wrote an article, about a month ago—“The Lion and the Ox”– praising Ron Paul’s stance on ending the wars, ending the Empire, auditing the Fed.  I also think his views on our antiquated, absurd and minority-punishing drug laws are far more enlightened than anyone else’s—with the exception of 2012 Green Party candidate, Jill Stein’s.  Paul makes a distinction between Capitalism and Corporatism—an important distinction.  Now, I’m not a Libertarian; I don’t agree with “unregulated” Capitalism to the extent Paul and Libertarians do.  But, I wonder: Given various points of convergence, how can the Green Party and Libertarians work together to overturn what we have in America today—basically, a one-party system, a Corporate Party system, abetted by corporate media?_

CM: Well, one thing is that the Libertarians and the Greens could join forces—kind of a united front.  So… I’d like to see if those kinds of talks could get anywhere.

_GC: A friend of mine suggested a Paul-McKinney ticket. …_

CM: That was your friend, huh?

_GC: Well, you know…  when I first heard that, I thought, “That’s crazy!”  But… I thought about it, and I thought, “Why not?  We live in crazy times. …”_

CM: Yeah… we do. …

_GC:  I mean… look what we have to choose from: Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Hermain Cain, Gingrich, Romney–all these crazy people. …_

CM: Every time there’s a vote, it gets more outrageous, doesn’t it?

_GC:  It does!  Well… what do you think about Paul-McKinney?_

CM: Well… we’re not there yet, so I don’t have to think about it at all!

_GC:  Well. …_

CM: Let me put it this way. … We do have overlapping constituencies. … So… it would be wonderful if the two circles could expand beyond their points of intersection. …And I’m not just talking about Paul. … I’m talking about people on the Left in general. … Because, there’s no more Left and Right.  It’s only Right and Wrong now… and the old “Right” is Wrong… and the old “Left” needs to be more Right… does that make sense?

_GC: Yes. …_

CM: Yeah, because the Left is being co-opted. … So, the Left needs to be more Left!

_GC: There needs to be a convergence where the Greens and the Libertarians can meet—_

CM: And the militia!  You know… I have to deal with the militia, too.  I’m from Georgia, right?  They participate in the political system—to the extent that they do—and somebody needs to be talking to’em… because, ultimately, they’re a part of the 99%. … And that’s the gift that the Occupy Movement has given to us—they’ve given us a way to self-identify.  Now we know—it’s not about color, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation—all of those things.  At the end of the day—if you’re part of the 99%, you’re part of us… and if you’re part of the 1%–you’re part of them!

_GC: Related question:  Okay… also about Current Events:  this is about the Occupy Movement, then. …_

CM:  Okay. …

_GC:  We live in a Surveillance State.  Our license plate numbers are routinely recorded; we’re finger-printed for jobs, our Social Security numbers serve as National I.D.’s, our e-mails are monitored for “code” words or phrases, our homes are surveiled by satellite mapping systems of Google, Yahoo, etc.  Those who protest, as in the Occupy Wall Street movement, are arrested, booked, and more closely watched.  Now they have “records” that affect their employment. … My question is: how do we battle this pervasive system?  Do you get discouraged?  What do you do when you are discouraged?  Who are your “heroes”?  To whom do you turn for inspiration?_

CM: Do I get discouraged?  Yes!  What do I do when I’m discouraged? … find other people who are not yet discouraged!

Who are my heroes?  Everybody!  Everybody who has a tough row to hoe in life!  Those are my heroes.  Those are the people who give the most!  When I was running for Congress back in 1992 — for the first time — I was running to represent the second poorest district in Georgia… and, what I learned was that the poor people gave the most!  The people who had… didn’t give as generously as the people who didn’t have!  So… my first campaign theme was, “Warriors don’t wear medals, they wear scars!”  So… my heroes are the community and neighborhood warriors who have a whole lot of scars, a whole lot of dignity.

_GC: I’d like you to talk specifically about what used to be called the Black Liberation Struggle.  As a young, white man, I was inspired by the works of black writers like Richard Wright, James Baldwin, LeRoi Jones (now called Baraka), Eldridge Cleaver, W.E.B. DuBois, and poets like Langston Hughes.  Martin Luther King and Malcom X were inspirational leaders for all people; Rosa Parks was a woman of quiet, dignified courage.  But, now, with the election of Obama, and with the prominence of people like Bill Cosby first, and Oprah Winfrey, the billionairess—the great struggles of the past almost seem quaint.  What’s your take on this?  Who are the great black leaders today?  What is the struggle about today?_

_(Note: There are 7 million Americans now under “correctional observation.”  More African-Americans’ lives intersect with our prison-industrial-surveillance complex than there were African-American slaves in 1850!)_

[]CM: __ You asked me who are my heroes. … One of my heroes is Glen Ford, who writes for The Black Agenda Report.  I view him as the most astute political observer of our times.

There’s a whole lot of pundits who are in our faces every Sunday morning who think they are political observers…, but they are not astute!  And they’re also not independent.  Glen Ford is independent, he’s been through the wars and he has no special interests to kowtow to. … He just wrote a piece… “Can the Proud African-American Progressive Legacy Survive Another Four Years of Cowing to the Corporate Servant in the White House?”  That’s strong stuff…, but right on point!

We have a situation now… it was the Black struggle that really defined morality in the United States.  It defined the moral imperative.  And the character of the country was measured by how well it answered the call of Black people for justice.  But what happens when Black people stop asking for justice?

I think you get exactly what we’ve got now—a President who is dropping bombs on Africa… which is un-thought-of; I mean, it would have been un-thought-of four years ago that Africa would be bombed—routinely!  But it’s a routine matter now that the United States Africa Command _(AFRICOM)_ would actively establish itself and militarize the US relationship with Africa.  AFRICOM represents a kind of US imperial occupation of the continent that we haven’t seen since the days of outright colonialism of the Europeans.  We are being _told_ about issues that are “important”…, but we’re ignoring the _real_ issues that are important!  Henry Kissinger said that he couldn’t believe the amount of good will that was embodied in this president!  But… what people like Kissinger don’t “get” is that this president sits on top of the historic Black struggle that characterized the United States to the world!  People around the world thought that Barack Obama characterized the _New_ United States!  But… far from it!  A lot of people got tricked and fooled and now… as philosopher Michel Foucault has observed—the every-day actions of ordinary people actually entrap them in “powerlessness”. … So, to break out of your powerlessness, you’ve got to break out of your existing paradigm.  So, as long as Barack Obama is representative of the existing paradigm, this is what we’re going to get… because the existing paradigm is war and more war!

_GC:  How do we “break out”?  How do we fight the Mainstream Media that’s constantly projecting that paradigm and hammering it into our brains?_

CM: The literature suggests that people have to be confronted with a “disorienting dilemma” that causes them to reflect on what they’ve just experienced. …

_GC: Cognitive dissonance?_

CM: That’s right. … Reflect on what you always assumed… and what you’ve been confronted with that contradicts your assumptions. … For some people, it was the murder of JFK; for others, it was the murder of Malcom; for others, it was the murder of MLK; for a whole bunch of others, it was the murder of RFK; and for some people who began to look and pay attention like me… it was the murder of all of them and then add onto it the murder of the members of the Black Panther Party—who were attacked by our own government….

You could say that, for me, my first “disorienting dilemma” was when I realized that I was black.  I realized that the world around me was not like me, and that it didn’t value my black skin!  That, for me was when I began to pay attention and wake up!

_GC: How old were you?_

CM: Seven or eight. …You know… for some people it’s religion, it’s race, it’s gender, it’s, maybe, sexual orientation. … Everyone has their moment of reckoning.

I think, ultimately… it’s about the love we have for humanity and how we see something is wrong and we have to stop it!

So… by the time I got to Congress… I had had my “reckoning,” and I had had my “break-out” moments, and I guess this gave me strength and vibrancy… and there were people who didn’t like it.  I wore my hair differently, I dressed differently from the other people in Congress.  There was even a segment of the Capitol Hill police that didn’t like that….

_GC: What year was that?_

CM: 1993. …

_GC: Wasn’t there a much more recent incident with the Capitol Hill police?_

CM: No, no, no. … It happened for twelve years! … Twelve years of harassment from the Capitol Hill police!  They considered it a “sport” to harass me! … It’s available on the Internet… if you go to YouTube and you put in “The Last Plantation.”

_GC: The infamous incident is when you apparently struck back at the officer who was harassing you. … Is that correct?_

CM: The officer had no business putting his hands on me! … And I reacted like any normal person would react when being attacked by some great big, huge guy from behind! … This was a “hit.”  It was a “hit”—a “sport”–for the white officers.  You’ll see if you go to that “Last Plantation” site that I had been targeted because I had written a letter of support for the Black Capitol Hill police officers.

_GC: And this most infamous incident… that was the same day as House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was indicted?_

CM:  That’s right. … The Mainstream Media didn’t want to lead with that indictment, did they?  It was much more sensational and distracting to lead with the story of a black Congresswoman attacking a Capitol Hill police officer!

_(Laughter)_

_GC: You’re a pretty brave woman, aren’t you?_

CM: Everybody can be brave… they just need that break-out moment of recognition. … I’ve stood on some big shoulders. … As I said before—my campaign theme: “Warriors don’t wear medals… they wear scars.”

_Editor, teacher and writer Dr. GARY S. CORSERI has taught in US and Japanese universities, and in US public schools and prisons.  His articles, poems, fiction and dramas have appeared at_ Activist Post, Dissident Voice, L.A. (and Hollywood–) Progressive, CounterPunch, InformationClearingHouse, CommonDreams, The New York Times, The Village Voice _and numerous other venues worldwide.  His dramas have been produced on PBS-Atlanta, and he has performed his work at the Carter Presidential Library and Museum.  His books include novels and poetry collections.  He can be contacted at [email protected]._

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question: Who is Cynthia McKinney?

answer: The first African-American woman to represent Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is negatively represented in Mainstream Media as a crazy shrew, over the top black radical, overly critical of the US.

question: Why does Gary Corseri want to interview McKinney?

answer: Corseri heard McKinney speak at a conference at Georgetown University and found her to be an intelligent, measured, and passionate, person who could clearly defend her position of challenging US war policies. He also heard a story about the "Dignity" ship, which was carrying food and medical supplies to Palestine in 2008 and was rammed by the Israeli Navy, a ship which McKinney was on board, at which time she revealed she couldn't actually swim.

question: Why does McKinney question the official story of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center?

answer: McKinney believes there is simply too much money invested in military and intelligence forces in the United States for those systems to have failed four times in one day. She said she believed, from editorials and research, that the Bush administration had prior knowledge of the attacks.

question: What happened after the boat to Palestine was rammed by the Israeli Navy?

answer: McKinney and others were taken against their will to an Israeli prison during an attempt to deliver aid to Gaza.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Gary Corseri is a journalist from New York City who lived in Georgia for 18 years. One recurring name he heard during that time is Cynthia McKinney, a the first African-American woman to represent Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives, who is negatively portrayed in the media as a black radical and crazy shrew. When he heard her speak at Georgetown University and found her to be intelligent, passionate, and measured, along with a story of her heroic attempt to bring aid to Gaza before being intercepted and imprisoned by Israel, he decided he wanted to interview her. McKinney believes that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were known about by the Bush administration prior to their execution. For this and many other reasons, she does not believe in "Democracy" as it applies to our government.


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JESSE DREW is an American artist, author, media activist, and educator.

Biography

Jesse Drew was born at St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, New York. He spent his early childhood in Queens, before the family moved to Hicksville, New York, home of Levittown. He became a teenage runaway at age 15, and lived on communes in Vermont and California. In 1974, he was a candidate for the State Legislature of Vermont on the Liberty Union Party ticket with Bernie Sanders. Because of his runaway status, he ran under the name of Jesse Clemens. In 1975, he was recruited by Fred Ross to work for the United Farmworkers Union in California. He was a boycott organizer in San Francisco before moving into industrial organizing in the San Francisco Bay Area[1]

In 1982, he moved to Paris, France with his wife and child and became involved in media production. Upon returning to the United States in 1984, he joined the nascent video collective Paper Tiger TV, and started a West Coast branch. At the same time, he began working as an electronics technician at several start-ups and then Dolby Laboratories. He worked with the 'zine collective Processed World as a writer, editor and collective member. In 1986, he helped to organize the first public access television network, Deep Dish TV and in 1989, formed Mission Creek Video with Carla Leshne in San Francisco's Mission District.

He is a professor in the Cinema and Technocultural Studies (CaTS) program at the University of California at Davis.

Media work

Drew has worked extensively on community media projects including the San Francisco Community Television and Paper Tiger Television. He has also been an advocate for Low-power broadcasting and helped found KDRT-LP radio, a low power FM station in Davis, California.[2][3] His work has shown at the 1993 Whitney Biennial, the Mill Valley Film Festival, Artists' Television Access, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, American Film Institute, and others.

_Manifestoon_ is one of Drew's best known works. The film is a collage of classic cartoons edited to illustrate the narration: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' Communist Manifesto. When the clips are re-contextualized, the subversive nature of “the trickster” character in classic cartoons is presented in a new perspective. The video has been shown at large institutions such as Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and Barcelona Cultural Center and uploaded to web sites like the Internet Archive[4] and YouTube.[5] Nicole Brenez, the curator of Cinematheque in France listed Manifestoon as one of the top ten films of the 1990s.[6]

_Newe Segobia is Not for Sale_ was produced by Drew in 1993, documenting the land. struggle between Western Shoshone sisters Mary Dann and Carrie Dann and the BLM.

Writing

In 2013, Jesse Drew wrote the book “A Social History of Contemporary Democratic Media.” His work has been published in _Resisting the Virtual Life_ (City Lights Press) and _Reclaiming San Francisco: History, Politics, Culture_ (City Lights Press) as well as Processed World, and _Collectivism After Modernism: The Art of Social Imagination After 1945_ (University of Minnesota Press).

[1] “San Francisco Labor in the 1970s” in Carlsson, Chris, ed., _Ten Years That Shook the City_, City Lights Books, 2011

[2] Video Data Bank page on Jesse Drew

[3] Jesse Drew's bio

[4] Manifestoon at Internet Archive

[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbTIJ9_bLP4

[6] http://cineticle.com/lists/105-90s/1060-nicole-brenez.html

title: Jesse Drew

question: Judging from the passage (his artistic and political contributions), what kind of political leanings does Jesse Drew have?

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Jesse Drew is an American artist. He ran away from home when he was 15, living in communes in Vermont. In 1974, he ran for the State Legislature of Vermont alongside Bernie Sanders and was a boycott organizer in San Francisco. Drew became involved in media production during his two-year stay in France and when he returned to America, started working as a writer and editor.

Drew wrote a book titled “A Social History of Contemporary Democratic Media” in 2013  and produced a cartoon titled "Manifestoon" which was a collage of classic cartoons edited to illustrate the narration:  Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' Communist Manifesto. Drew's body of work shows him as a socialist or a democratic socialist favoring workers' rights.


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The Beginning

The leaves fall relentlessly through sheets of rain. A boy rushes to get to the subway. Past the shallow puddles on the sidewalk, not giving a second glance at people on the street, he sprints down the stairs and into the underground network.

The boy is trying to make it halfway across the city, a one-train trip, only three stops, and the next one won’t come for another hour. A backpack slung over his back, it’s contents being a science textbook and a book entitled *Violin: From Crescendo To Concerto*, he is headed to a five o’clock violin lesson, directly followed by an hour long math tutor, and finally practicing his lines for the school play, *Hamlet*.

The young man is halfway to the station when he realizes he is five minute early. You would think that this would relax him, give him a moment of peace, but no. It only further increases his anxiety. Horrible thoughts of a broken train or a flooded tunnel fill his mind. He sits down, anxious beyond measure,and doesn't even notice the quarter fall from his pocket. He sees it, and upon realizing that it's his he springs up and walks towards it.

Too late however, a man bundled in various winter coats and another coat of grime bent down and grabbed it.

"Excuse me, sir," the boy says to the man.

The man walks on a if he hasn't heard him.

The boy repeats himself, louder than before, "Excuse me, sir!"

The man stops and looks behind, giving the sense that he has not heard the boy yet another, more subliminal sense, suggesting that he had.

"What is it you want, boy?" The man gives him a hard stare, as if daring him to say more.

The boy stutters, "I, um, the coin, it's um, mine could I-".

The man snaps at him, "Cut to the chase, boy! You won't get anywhere with that second-guessing cinder block up there between your shoulders!"

"I'm sorry sir, it's just that coin you picked up from the ground, it' mine."

The man offers sarcasm, "Well, such a *strong-minded* individual such as yourself who *obviously* shows very *plain* leadership qualities ought to have everything that is rightfully his, shouldn't he?" The man tosses the coin into the boy's outstretched hand and turns away.

The boy knows he shouldn't interfere with the man anymore, he was an odd type and gave him a bad feeling, but his attitude perplexed him more than anything and he wanted to know more.

"Excuse me, sir!", he calls out once more.

The man turns back, a look of vexation crossing his face.

"What is it you want now boy, is it the dollar I have hidden up my sleeve, or maybe the roll of dimes in my coat pocket?"

"No sir, I'm sorry for asking, but what is it that has you so flustered?"

"Flustered! I said nothing that implied my being flustered! What makes you assume that?"

"It's just, you seemed very cross at departing with that coin and-"

"I wasn't cross with the *coin*, I was cross with *you*, boy!"

"What have I done to offend you?", said the boy, trying not to express his own offense.

"You don't have the right look about you boy. Your gait's hurried, your fingers are restless, and your voice box's barely flickering with power."

"Why is that a problem, sir?"

"See, look at that! You're supposed to get up in my face, show some anger, something! Who taught you to be so soft-spoken?"

"Well, my parents taught me the rules, and I follow them in school."

"That's *despicable*! Tell me, boy, what happens if you do follow these *rules*?"

"Well, I've been told I'll have a happy life with a good job and lots of money." The whole time the boy has stared into space, hardly blinking.

"Lies!", the man shouts, "I'll tell you something, boy, not because I want to, but because you need to hear it."

"What is it then?"

"You're working for an empty cause. The lies they tell you is to keep your potential hidden, to make sure you work for them, not vice versa. You busy a lot?"

The boy nods.

"Just as I thought, they're really distractions. Who really cares if you can play Beethoven's 5th, can you choose between right and wrong. Can you see that there is something beyond what you know, something greater that valedictorians and diplomas, or will you live your life as another worthless human being?"

The boy is startled. Things are starting to make sense. "I'm afraid I don't quite follow you, sir."

"Tell me boy, do you do the things you do because you want to or because of this better life thing?"

The boy is too stunned to speak.

"It's like a modern *carpe diem*, boy. Every day wasted is a day you gave to them, do you want to continue to live like this?"

The boy shakes his head no.

"Neither do I, boy. But you're younger than me. You have a better chance at bringing about the change than I do. We cannot have these ideals yet, we have to work towards them, and maybe one day we will amount to something."

"I'm sorry, who's "we"?"

That moment his subway rolls into the station. The man smiles at him. "Remember what I said."

The boy gets into the subway. He turns back to get a glimpse of the man. He does. He also notices a tattoo on his arm that he didn't notice before. An "A" with a circle around it. Then the man vanishes from sight, into the crowd.

The boy sits down and opens his backpack. In it, along with it's previous contents, is a bunch of papers stapled together, a book called *Against the Logic of Submission* by Wolfi Landstreicher. IT looks as though it was printed by a home printer. The boy begins to flip through it when he notices a piece of lined paper, poorly torn out of a notebook, probably. It has one simple address: 818 SW 3rd Ave., PMB 1237 Portland, OR 97217.

With the address and the papers the boy slowly begins to awaken over the next few weeks. He realizes to the full extent what the man was saying. He begins a plan.

He leads the revolution.

title: The Beginning

question: What does the story say about the qualities that make a good student?

question: What does the text say about the old man?

answer: The old man's name is presumably Wolfi Landstreicher. He has a distinctive tattoo on his arm of an A with a circle around it. From appearances, he looks homeless or downtrodden, sporting several coats covered in grime just to keep warm. He seems rude and rough but shows intelligence.

question: What does the story say about the old man's motives?

answer: The old man, Wolfi Landstreicher, was probably on the lookout for someone younger than him to spread the word and lead the revolution. He saw something in the boy when they spoke about the coin. Landstreicher sarcastically tells the boy he is strong-minded, yet has plain leadership qualities, restless, hurried, and barely has power in his voice to goad him to speak up. He then tells the boy about the despicable rules that are lies to keep his potential hidden so he ends up working for "them". Landstreicher tells the boy that his school activities are mere distractions, a modern "carpe diem" wherein every day wasted is a day given to "them". He left a book he wrote in the boy's bag entitled "Against the Logic of Submission" and slipped in an address in Portland where the reader of the book can find more answers. His actions work and the boy wakes up to lead the revolution.

question: What does the story say about what the revolution was all about?

answer: The revolution Landstreicher was talking about is presumably to wake people up to the reality that they shouldn't submit to "them". The "them" in question is probably a combination of the government and private sector who rule over everyone and run things. The revolution was meant to make people realize that all the distractions of school and working towards the ideal of living a happy life with a good job and lots of money is an empty cause. These are lies to keep people's potential hidden so they will always submit and work for "them" without even knowing it.


text: BitHodl has been discontinued and you can no longer lock any more coins. You are encouraged to withdraw your unlocked funds to another wallet as soon as possible. BitHodl will continue to operate until all users have withdrew their funds or until latest 14th of May 2022.

question: What might be the reason for BitHodl's discontinuation?

answer: Probably there is an issue with the app that may have a negative impact on the end-users, and the best course of action is to take the app down.

question: What might BitHodl users feel about this news?

answer: They are probably not happy about it as they are inconvenienced, having to look for another Bitcoin wallet.

question: What would happen if a user doesn't withdraw their funds by May 14, 2022?

answer: It's not stated, but perhaps the user will lose their funds forever.

question: How will this news affect Bitcoin's price?

answer: It's unlikely that this small news will have a noticeable effect on Bitcoin's price.


text:
[_Portrait of Peeter Symons_ by Anthony van Dyck]

PEETER SYMONS or PEETER SIMONS (_fl_ 1629–1636) was a Flemish painter only known for his collaboration with Rubens in 1636 on the commission from the Spanish king Philip IV of Spain to create a series of mythological paintings to decorate the Torre de la Parada, a hunting lodge of the king near Madrid.[1]

Life

Very little is known about the life of Peeter Symons. He was possibly the son of Michiel Simons the Elder. He was registered in 1629 in the Guild of Saint Luke of Antwerp as the son of a master.[2] He received various pupils including Michel de Rudder, Balthasar Willebeeck and Daniel Verbraken.[3] In the Guild year 1636-1637 he was recorded for the last time as a master of the Guild.[4]

Anthony van Dyck painted a portrait of Symons (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) around 1630-1632. The portrait was made to be engraved and included in van Dyck’s _Iconography_ (Icones Principum Virorum), a collection of engraved portraits of leading personalities of van Dyck’s time. The painting was engraved by possibly Jacobus de Han. The inclusion of Symons in this project of van Dyck demonstrates that Symons was held in high esteem by his fellow artists.[5]

Work

[_Cephalus and Procris_]

The work of Peeter Symons is virtually unknown. An inventory of 1644 mentions a painting of a fish by Symons, which could be an indication that the artist painted still lifes.[6]

Symons collaborated with Rubens in the mid 1630s. Rubens received in 1636 a commission from the Spanish king Philip IV of Spain to create a series of mythological paintings to decorate the Torre de la Parada, a hunting lodge of the king near Madrid. The mythological scenes depicted in the series were largely based on the _Metamorphoses_ of Ovid. Rubens realized this important commission with the assistance of a large number of Antwerp painters such as Jacob Jordaens, Cornelis de Vos, Jan Cossiers, Peter Snayers, Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, Theodoor van Thulden, Jan Boeckhorst, Jacob Peter Gowy, Jan Baptist Borrekens and others, who worked after Rubens' designs. Peeter Symons was also involved in this project as a collaborator.[7] Two of the canvases which Symons created after designs by Rubens for this project are recorded. One representing _Cephalus and Procris_ (Museo del Prado, Madrid) is based on a sketch by Rubens also in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid. This painting shows his formal dependence on Rubens, although Symons never achieved in his works the freshness of the master, since his figures are much more rigid and lack the dramatic tension of Rubens. A second canvas painted by Symons representing Neptune and a nymph for the Torre de la Parada is documented but now considered lost.[8]

[1] J. J. Pérez Preciado, '' Symons, Peeter'' in: Enciclopedia del Museo Nacional del Prado, 2006, volume IV, p. 1183

[2] Peeter Symons at the Netherlands Institute for Art History

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[4]

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[7] Javier Portús Pérez, _Torre de la Parada_ on the Prado website

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title: Peeter Symons

question: Who was Peeter Symons?

answer: He was a Flemish painter only known for his collaboration with Rubens in 1636 on a series of mythological painting to decorate the Torre de la Parada near Madrid.

question: How was Symons seen among his fellow artists?

answer: Due to his inclusion in certain projects, it was deducted that Symons was probably held in high esteem by his fellow artists.

question: What type of paintings did Symons do?

answer: Due to an inventory of 1644 that mentions a painting of a fish by Symons, some believe that meant he painted still lifes.

question: What is Symons relationship with Rubens?

answer: He collaborated artistically with Rubens and a certain painting showed his formal dependence on Rubens.

question: What is the important commission that Rubens realized?

answer: It was a commission from the Spanish king Philip IV to create a series of mythological paintings to decorate the Torre de la Parada.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses the work and collaborations of Flemish painter Peeter Symons. He was only known for his collaboration with Rubens in 1636 on a series of mythological painting to decorate the Torre de la Parada near Madrid.


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This story is from a recent car crash I was a part of and the events leading up to it.

**Car crash from last night, as I remember it.**

Two thirty-two ounce Jeremiah Reds and we still looked sharper than a butcher's knife. It takes a real man to order a bottle of red, and even more so to take them as effortlessly as we did. It was quite a sight for the regular crowd. Three manly men enjoying their drink and catching up on some sports down at the, always welcoming, BJ's brew house.

As it turns out, and although it may seem like it, not everything always goes our way. The home team lost a crucial playoff game, beers were running low, and I hadn't been offered sex all night. This combination of unfortunate mishaps started giving me an odd feeling. I needed to shake off this funk, but I was out of smokes. My good friend Mauri sensed my discomfort, that or my childish fidgeting from craving a smoke. Whatever the case, it worked. He spotted a friendly, slanted eyed, sports fan that headed out for an opium break. Lucky for us he happened to smoke regular stuff as well. Our type of stuff. Some quick witted banter later and we were three cigarettes richer. We took care of the first two immediately.

Mauri put away our third friend for a later puff. Normally he'll do it with such elegance, I swoon. This time though, it strangely grazed his slightly large, but still handsome, earlobe. What normally wouldn't affect a frail or even a wet cigarette, this time destroyed our last piece of lung candy. Things were happening. Bad vibes were definitely out tonight. I decided at this point, it was up to me to keep bad shit from happening. I didn't mention any of these strange occurrences to Mauri or Mikey, I had to keep my composure. Lead by example and example the lead. It works.

It was getting late and it began to feel as if we had overstayed our welcome, that or this one fat headed bartender felt threatened. He offered free beer in exchange for our absence. I'm no cheap man whore, but no man in their right mind would turn down free beer. As a matter of fact no man in any state of mind would. No man.

We left to resume our night. The feelings that manifested at the bar had followed to the parking lot. Maybe it just wasn't my night, maybe I was being a pussy, maybe fuck you reader, but I didn't even put up a fight for the front seat.

"Shotgun!" Mauri called enthusiastically.

I let out a quiet sigh, he rushed to the front. I'd usually sneak my way to passenger, tonight shotgun didn't appeal to me. I figured I should stop worrying and just enjoy my night. Mikey decided to play the classic sounds of our favorite trio, the Beastie Boys. With our last set of Reds in our hand and our heads boppin' he began to lay out the plan for the night.

"We're gonna head over to jack in the box to try that new jalapeno burger..." He said with such anticipation, and reassurance I had never heard from him. He was leading by example.

Just when I was starting to feel right for the night, my gut instinct struck again. I was nice and buzzed but these goddamn spidey senses were tingling. Before I knew it, everything slowed down. My senses were amplified. I had a moment of clarity in my drunken stupor. I looked around to see if the guys felt this moment of divine lucidity, but all I could make out was Mikey going on with the plans and Mauri trying to rap to the B-boys. I closed my eyes. This was it. Whatever bad energy that was following us, it was here and it was about to blow. It was up to me to try to decipher where it was going to come from. I presses my eyelids shut. And I knew.

"Holy shit!" Mauri yelled in the front.

I quickly fastened my seat belt and braced myself for impact. Some dumb bitch had made the roughest turn any of us had seen. Although alert Mikey reacted as fast as he cums, it wasn't fast enough for a clean escape. Mauri's glasses flew, Mikey's pride stung, and I had let them down. I should've said something. But men don't think in 'should'ves', we think for the moment and at that moment Mauri and I knew we had to dispose of any incriminating substance. We played the part.

"What the fuck?!" Mauri exclaimed as he stepped out.

"Ahh mah shoulder!" I played along.

"Are you guys ok?" A worried voice shouted from the other car. We had them.

I quickly grabbed my bottle of Red and made my way to some stairway away from the crash. Mauri followed, Mikey worked on damage control. Mauri and I did what we do best and chugged those big Reds until their last drop. No man wastes a free beer and we example by lead. I was clearly drunk after this. We found our way back to the mess. Scolded the girl on her driving skills, but there's only so much you can do for a woman driver, and I was glad the bad vibes ended with something so trivial as a car crash. We waited, smoked, took tourist pictures of the sight and decided it was as good moment as any to call it a night.

question: How does a passenger have time to fasten their seat belt when they see an accident about to happen.

answer: They don't

question: Did Mauri drop the third fag into his beer?

answer: It is unclear what happened to the last piece of lung candy

question: How had the narrator let them down?

answer: Unless he is a psychic he couldn't have known what was coming

question: Why was Mikey's pride stung?

answer: he was the driver

question: Write a ~12 sentence summary.

answer:
The narrator and two friends are at BJ’s pub, enjoying a bottle of red ale. It is not a good evening. The home team lost and they’ve run out of smokes. They spot a sports fan who is headed out for an opium break. He helps them out with three cigarettes.
The bar tender offers the three of them free beer on condition that they leave the premises. They take their party out of the pub. Mikey suggests that they go for a jalapeno burger. The narrator has a feeling of impending doom. They’re in a car accident. They leave the accident to finish their beers. Then return to the scene to scold the girl who caused it, took some pictures and called it a night.


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UPDATE 7/4: The Rock Island County Sheriff's Office confirms Wednesday morning two people were killed when a large tree banch fell during Red White and Boom Tuesday night in Rock Island.

The two people who were killed in the accident are Daniel Mendoza, aged 61 of Rock Island and Lawrence Anderson, aged 72 of Moline. Five others were hurt including a pregnant woman who later gave birth at a local hospital. Bustos says mom and baby are doing well.

The Rock Island coroner will be conducting autopsies today.

  Officials address deadly accident at Red White and Boom in Rock Island Tuesday night.

  Posted by KWQC TV6 News on Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Bustos says the tree was about 100 years old. It had a circumference of eight feet and two inches at the base. The branch was 45 feet long and fell 25 feet to the ground. Bustos says he believes the tree to be in good health, but they would be taking a closer look as the investigation continues.

ORIGINAL 7/3: Red White and Boom turned deadly and dangerous for those sitting by the Rock Island County Courthouse for the Independence Day festivities.

Towards the end of the Fireworks show, a large tree branch fell, killing one and injuring five others. With Rock Island Police already in the area, there was a quick emergency personell response to the area, including Sheriff Bustos who confirmed the death and injuries with TV-6.

Witnesses on scene stated that individuals had been sitting on the lawn of the courthouse, beneath the tree branch, to watch Red White and Boom. Witnesses then heard loud cracking and loud screaming.

Witnesses did see a white sheet placed at the end of one of the trees which was still in place as TV-6 arrived on the scene. The Centennial bridge was blocked from through traffic as the scene developed and was cleared. One witness had to abandon her car because it was stuck in the middle of the scene.

What caused the tree branch to fall has not been determined.

  KWQC Jenna Jackson is at the Rock Island Courthouse where TV-6 has confirmed part of a tree fell on several people during Red, White and Boom.

  Posted by KWQC TV6 News on Tuesday, July 3, 2018

question: Who confirmed the death of two people by a large tree branch?

answer: The Rock Island County's Sheriff's Office confirmed the death of two people by a large tree branch.

question: Who were the two people killed in the accident?

answer: The two people killed were Daniel Mendoza and Lawrence Anderson

question: What happened at the end of the Fireworks show?

answer: At the end of the Fireworks show, a large tree branch feel and killed one person and injured five others.

question: Who posted this article?

answer: This article was posted by KWQC TV6 News.

question: How old was the tree that fell?

answer: The tree that fell was 100 years old.

question: How long was the tree branch that fell?

answer: The tree branch was 45 feet long.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This news article reports the details of an accident in which two people were killed and five people were injured by the falling of a 100 year old tree branch during the Red, White and Boom at Rock Island.


text:
AMAL RAMSIS () is an Egyptian filmmaker.[1] She studied directing at the International Film and Television School in Madrid.[2]

Filmography

  Year   Original title             English title                        Credits
  ------ -------------------------- ------------------------------------ ----------
  2018   _You Come From Far Away_   _You Come From Far Away_[3]          Director
  2015   _أثر الفراشة_              _The Trace of the Butterfly_[4][5]   Director
  2011   _ممنوع_                    _Forbidden_[6][7][8][9][10]          Director
  2009   _Life_                     _Life_[11]                           Director
  2005   _Solo Sueños_              _Only Dreams_[12]                    Director
  2001   _بيروت على شط البحر_       _Beirut Is on the Seaside_[13]       Director

She has also directed _Silence_ and _Plateau_.[14]

Prizes

Ramsis' _Forbidden_ has been awarded the Audience Award for the Best Feature Documentary in Drac Magic (May 2011), the Best Film in the Arab Film Festival of Rotterdam (September 2011), the Best Film for Human Rights in the Festival Internacional de Cine Invisible de Bilbao (September 2011), the Best Film in the Festival of Political Cinema realized by Women of Madrid (December 2011) and the Best Documentary Film in the Festival Internacional de Cine Pobre (April 2012);[15] it was also screened at the Millennium Film Festival and the Arab Film Festival Berlin.[16] Her _The Trace of the Butterfly_, an entirely independent film with no external funding, has received the Audience Award in Dortmund | Cologne's International Women's Film Festival and screened at the Istanbul Film Festival, the CINEQUEST Film Festival at California, Her Africa Film Festival and the IAWRT African Film Festival.[17][18][19][20]

Contributions to film festivals

Cairo International Women's Film Festival

In 2008, she founded CARAVAN OF ARAB AND LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN'S FILMS[21] () or ENTRE CINEASTAS (), which developed later into the Cairo International Women's Film Festival ().[22] It is the first festival of its kind in the Arab World.[23] Ramsis also heads the One-Minute Workshop program where she trains non-professional women in the basics of cinematography and short film directing.[24]

Dortmund | Cologne International Women's Film Festival

Ramsis served on the Rwe Film Award selection jury in 2015.[25][26]

[1] Amal Ramsis on IMDb

[2] Speaker profile

[3]

[4] The Trace of the Butterfly on IMDb

[5] Q&A with Amal Ramsis in DokuFest on The Trace of the Butterfly

[6] Forbidden, Trailer

[7] Forbidden on IMDb

[8] The documentary film-maker who chronicled the often absurd restrictions imposed on everyday life

[9] Arab Women Bring Sprig to the Screen: 'Forbidden' at the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Prague

[10] Forbidden at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

[11] Amal Ramsis - Filmography

[12] Solo Sueños on IMDb

[13] DOK Leipzig 2016 Catalogue

[14] 'Forbidden' on the Mediterranean Center for Audiovisual Communication's Website

[15] Projection of the award-winning documentary film “Forbidden”

[16] About 'Forbidden'

[17] Egyptian documentary wins Audience Award in International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund

[18] Trailer Ruhr Audience Award Announcement

[19] HER AFRICA! Film Festival Screening Schedule

[20] Bravery, Love, Fights, Laughs and Vegans

[21] City of Women - Profile

[22]

[23] Ramsis on Arab Women, CIWFF and The Trace of the Butterfly

[24] Amal Ramsis will give a workshop at the 11th Human Rights Film Festival

[25] Dortmund's International Feature Film Competition for Women Directors Announced Participants

[26] Jury Selection

title: Amal Ramsis

question: Who is Amal Ramsis?

answer: An Egyptian filmmaker

question: List Ramsis's filmography.

answer: Films she has worked on include: Silence and Plateau, Beirut Is on the Seaside, Only Dreams, Life Life, Forbidden, The Trace of the Butterfly, and You Come From Far Away.

question: Name a prize Ramsis has received.

answer: The Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary in Drac Magic.

question: Describe Ramsis's personal life.

answer: Her personal life is not described.

question: Summarize Ramsis's education.

answer: She studied directing at the International Film and Television School in Madrid.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article concerns Amal Ramsis, an Egyptian filmmaker. The article lists various prizes she has received for her films and a list of films she has directed.


text:
My eyes slam open as I get woken up by the thud of bootheels on the front porch. My temples pound as I half fall out of bed and struggle to my feet. The door buzzer goes as I dump myself into a pair of jeans. " Minute " I croak, my mouth desert dry.

I get to the door and crack it open. Bold as brass behind the screen door stands the mailman. " Package for ya son " he says softly with a New England slant. I open the screen door and sign for the delivery; a pair of shoes I'd ordered yesterday, or a week ago. Mailman just keeps standing there, smiling a smile that gets a little too close to his ears. I recognize this man, but I know he hasn't brought my mail before. I can't put my finger on it. About 6"6 with a farmers tan and a smile to put Willem Dafoe to shame, he's not exactly hard to miss. I surrender the battle and just chalk it up to one of those things.

I suddenly realise if I look anything like I feel, I must look like roadkill. He seems to notice this with some sort of comedic sympathy. " Getting closer now I see " he comments, still smiling. I don't even try to make heads or tails of this, just mumble a thank you and slouch back inside.

I don't make it to the kitchen counter before I half collapse, feeling like I'm getting a lobotomy with a railway spike. "Christ what time was I out till last night?" I think hard, and I can't remember anything, even from the day before. "Must have been a real barn burner." I claw some aspirin out of the medicine cabinet. I swallow three with water from the tap. My hands are shaking and my spit tastes like gasoline. I can feel the cold sweats starting at the base of my spine.

I pop another aspirin and stare at the bottle. Full. I swear it was almost empty when I took it out. "Fuck it!" I go to lie back down in bed and realise I don't even know what time it is. Looking out the window I peg it at around two in the afternoon.

I crawl back into bed and pull the curtains. I close my eyes for what feels like seconds and then decide to check the time. 9:17pm. " Fuck! " I must have passed straight out. I open the curtains back up. Broad daylight, the sun hasn't moved an inch. " The hell . . "

Red spots appear on my denim thigh and I put my fingers to my nose and pull them away soaked in blood. I put my head in my hands and take a minute to try and calm down.

That's when I hear the footsteps on the porch.

title: Footsteps on the porch

question: Whose are the footsteps on the porch?

answer: The first time, it's the mailman's, but the second time is unclear.

question: Why does the narrator feel like roadkill?

answer: He has a hangover.

question: What does the mailman give the narrator?

answer: A package, which the narrator thinks are the shoes he ordered.

question: Why does the mailman leave an impression?

answer: He's familiar to the narrator, but he hasn't delivered mail before, and he is physically intimidating.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator is woken by the sound of boots on the porch. They have a terrible hangover, and realize they must look as bad as they feel when they answer the door to the mailman, whom the narrator recognizes from somewhere else. He is physically intimidating and speaks cryptically, but the narrator is in pain so just goes back inside. The clock's time doesn't align with the daylight outside, and the narrator's nose starts bleeding. There are footsteps on the porch.


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HI GOREGOUS

Many of you will be probably going on an amazing adventure this summer, flying to another continent, travelling with your friends or working in a different country. This post will be useful for those of you who will go on a long haul flight or for those who want to have a little spa time during your flight.

STEP 1 HAIRCARE

Let your hair down and put 5 drops of Aveda Dry Remedy on your hands and then run your hands through the hair massaging the product in. The Aveda oil is perfect for long haul flights as it consists of essential oils so it has also aromatherapy which will ensure you are relaxed and enjoy your flight. Tie your hair up so that it does not bother you during the spa routine.

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 STEP 2 REMOVE MAKE-UP

Remove your make- up with cleansing wipes or Bioderma. I chose the Yes To Cucumber wipes as they are easy to use and they are good for normal and sensitive skin so probably most of you will be able to use them. Also they are 95% natural so should not cause any irritation, plus the packaging is very handy as you can easily open it and close it without the wipes drying up.

STEP 2 REFRESH YOUR SKIN

After I remove my make-up I like to spray my face with the L'Occitane Essential Water to refresh my skin and prepare it for the face mask. You can spray it directly on your face and neck and then pat try with your hands or spray it on a cotton pad and then apply it on your face.

STEP 4 FACE MASK

How many times have you left the plane and felt like your skin is dry, looks disgusting and needs a facial? If I travel even for 3 hours I get this feeling so this part of the routine is crucial as it moisturises the skin, creates a protective layer between your skin and the airplane air which as you know is not always fresh and great for skin. The face mask I chose is a clear, moisturising mask from Lancome, so that it is not an embarrassment to keep it on :) This mask is infused with Botanical Extracts and it is intensely hydrating, leaving the skin looking plump and healthy.

I learnt this from Lisa Eldridge who applies a thin layer of the mask first and massages it in, and if your skin is dehydrated the mask will sink in. Then you would apply another layer so that the mask is continuously working on your skin.

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 STEP 5 EYES

If you went partying the night before, look tired or just want to diminish your eye bags, I would recommend using the Clinique All About Eyes Cream. Apply it around the eyes to get rid of any puffiness, dark circles or lines. You can reapply during the flight.

STEP 6 HAND CARE

Obviously you need to moisturise your hands. I suggest taking a small hand cream, I got one from L'Occitane with a gift set, and as you all know almond is my favourite scent and it is also firming so perfect for dry, tired looking skin.

STEP 7 LIPS

Remember to keep your lips moisturised during the flight <3 Use any moisturising lip balm or vaseline.

STEP 8 REPEAT

If the flight is very long reapply the mask, lip balm, hand cream and the hair cream so that you get the most out of your flight and leave the plane looking like a celebrity *-*

STEP 9 SLEEP + RELAX

If it is a long flight you should also enjoy yourself, relax and sleep so that when you land you look fresh and rested. Watch a movie you wanted to watch for a while, listen to music or read a magazine. This is your time to enjoy yourself and relax, you don't need to do anything...

STEP 10 CLEANSE + MOISTURISE

When you are close to landing, start removing the products from your face. The best product to use would be something like Clarins One Step Cleanser or Bioderma. Soak a cotton pad with it, and then remove the mask from your face. You can spray your face with L'Occitane Essential Water and remove it with a cotton pad as well. Follow up with a sample size moisturiser which will act as a perfect base for your make-up.

STEP 11 MAKE-UP

Reapply your make-up before landing so that you feel good, I would go for a natural look as your skin will look stunning so powder foundation, concealer and mascara will look perfect on your skin.

STEP 12 LANDING

You look perfect, your skin looks fresh and plumped up! You look rested, glamorous and definitely ready for holiday, adventure or work. Be careful of all the attention though ;)

_Ania's advice:_

_1. Don't be afraid to do your beauty routine on a plane_

_2. Use every opportunity to take care of your skin_

_3. Always look 10 years younger *-*_

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Ania

Labels: AVEDA, bbloggers, beauty, clarins, clinique, dry remedy, face mask, haircare, hydration, L'Occitane, lancome, Long haul flights beauty routine, skincare, yes to cucumbers

question: Summarize the author's advice.

answer: The author recommends moisturizing the face, hands, and lips after removing make-up. For the eyes, she recommends an eye cream. An oil containing essential oils is good for hair care during the flight. If the flight is a long one, the author recommends to re-apply the face mask. The final step is to apply the make-up before landing.

question: What does the article say about anti-aging creams?