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Art Crighton 1917 – 2013
Posted by Byron Christopher July 17, 2013
A Canadian bomber pilot imprisoned at Stalag Luft III — site of the famous ‘Great Escape’ during World War II — has died. Art Crighton was 96.
He crossed over on Sunday, 14th of July 2013 at the Kipnes Centre for Veterans in Northeast Edmonton.
In April 1942, Flight Lieutenant Crighton was at the controls of a two-engine Wellington bomber over Nazi-occupied Holland, en route to targets in the northern German port of Hamburg.
The plane had a full bomb load and a crew of six.
Anti-aircraft knocked out an engine, and that was that end of that bombing run. When Crighton realized he no longer had control of his aircraft, he gave the order to bail.
Everyone got out — except his good friend, Dick Hower, the rear-gunner. For some reason, Hower didn’t hear the order to get out. His body was found in the wreckage.
Vickers Wellington Bomber [image courtesy of Wikipedia]
Art Crighton landed safely in a tree, climbed down and buried his parachute. But it wasn’t long before he was spotted, taken prisoner and put on a train to Stalag Luft III, near the [then] Polish town of Sagan, 160 kilometres southeast of Berlin.
The POW camp was the size of a small city, holding about 10,000 prisoners in several compounds. The Nazis considered Stalag Luft III to be escape-proof. Towards the end of the war, they discovered it wasn’t.
Crighton — who says he had “music in his blood” — played the trumpet and eventually formed an orchestra at the camp. He went on to become leader of its 40-piece band.
In an interview I did with Crighton in March 2012, he pointed out that the Germans didn’t mind the POW’s getting involved in musical and theatre productions because it helped take their mind off escaping.
Canadians in The Great Escape
The interview was for a book by Ted Barris called The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. The book, by Thomas Allen Publishers, was released in the fall of 2013.
Barris’ book can be ordered by clicking on this link: http://www.amazon.ca/The-Great-Escape-Canadian-Story/dp/1771022728
Prisoners’ Quarters at Stalag Luft III [image courtesy of historyonthenet.com]
In March 1944 — after months of work digging a tunnel in the direction of woods outside the prison fence — 76 men did make it out. However, the plan was for 200 to escape.
Turns out, the tunnel was about ten feet short of the trees … and prisoner #77, climbing out of a hole in the ground, was spotted by guards. The gig was up. Shots were fired and all hell broke loose.
Part of the tunnel dug by prisoners at Stalag Luft III [image courtesy of historyonthenet.com]
Only three Airmen ever made it to freedom.
The rest were captured. Fifty were then executed on Hitler’s orders. Urns containing their ashes were brought to the camp where a funeral service was held. Art Crighton played the Last Post.
The mass break-out from Stalag Luft III was the subject of a 1963 Hollywood movie called The Great Escape. The flick featured many big-name stars including Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Garner, James Coburn and Richard Attenborough.
Crighton vividly recalled the night of the escape, and how the camp was abuzz that “tonight was the night.”
More of his recollections of life at the camp and how things came down that evening can be found in Barris’ book.
Crighton taught music at the University of Alberta from 1949 until 1982. He continued to fly small aircraft long past his retirement.
Former POWs: Gordie King and Art Crighton at Crighton’s home in West Edmonton. [Photo taken by author in March 2012]
Gordie King
Gordie King of Edmonton — another Canadian pilot who had been imprisoned at Stalag Luft III — was saddened by Crighton’s death. He said the man was well-liked by prisoners because his music had given them much joy. The man who lived for music had given thousands of POWs a different kind of escape.
It was odd to see that Crighton and King saw so differently the famous breakout, now more than 75 years ago. Crighton was of the opinion it shouldn’t have happened. He thought it was a dumb idea, and perhaps it was. Hard to tell.
Crighton felt the POWs should have waited out their time at the camp and enjoyed life as best they could because, he said, in 1944 the Germans knew the war was a lost cause … and it was just a matter of time before they’d be going home.
Crighton also objected to POWs using wooden planks from the theatre for their escape tunnels since they had given their word that the wood would only be used to build the theatre. Crighton felt the Allied prisoners broke their promise, and that wasn’t right.
It was clear that while the two men had worn the same uniform, they had much different interests. Crighton poked fun at King for spending so much time in the camp playing soccer, instead of getting involved in music, plays and the like.
Listening to this, at the other end of a dining room table in Crighton’s home, was King who smiled and jostled in his chair, mimicking his days as a young soccer player.
Gordie King is the father of famed Canadian curler Kathy King. I’d interviewed Gordie in 2012 at his daughter’s home in south Edmonton. The man showed me a small plastic bag containing some soil. “Put your hand in here,” he said, holding the bag open. And so I did. “That’s from the escape tunnel,” he announced. It was obvious the Great Escape was also one of the greatest moments in King’s long life.
In the famous movie, Gordie King is the POW operating the air pump 30 feet down. I asked King if he said anything to the men who passed by him on their way out. “See you in London,” he said. They eventually got a post-card from one of the prisoners who had made it safely to London.
When I finished with the interview at Art Crighton’s house, Crighton and Gordie King were sitting in the living room, Gordie on the couch and Art in a chair beside him.
I shook hands with the two former POW’s and left, but not before reaching up to touch a model of an old bomber suspended by strings from the ceiling. “That’s our old Wellington,” Crighton announced. King smiled and nodded.
King died in July 2020. He too spent his final days at the Kipnes Centre for Veterans, according to an August 4 2020 story by Nick Lees in the Edmonton Journal.
On 15 July 2016, the Edmonton Journal had news that several city streets would be named in Gordie King’s honour in Keswick, a new housing area being developed in the Windermere subdivision in southwest Edmonton.
http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/city-names-several-roads-portion-of-keswick-neighbourhood-after-second-world-war-vet-gordon-king
Art Crighton was buried on the 23rd of July 2013. It was his wish there would be no funeral service. However, there was a “viewing.” About two dozen people showed up.
Crighton did not have any children.
Author Ted Barris
Barris, an acclaimed broadcaster and journalist, has written close to 20 books, many about Canada’s involvement in wars. He is currently a Professor of Journalism at Centennial College in Toronto.
More than a quarter of a century ago, I worked with Ted when he was a newsreader at CBC Radio in Edmonton. Ted was professional and thoughtful, and that comes through in the books he has authored. They include Behind the Glory, Deadlock in Korea, Victory at Vimy, Breaking the Silence, Days of Glory and Juno.
You and I stroll through a graveyard of long-forgotten soldiers and we see faded names on old tombstones. Barris, because of his compassion and love of country, gets to know these dead men and women. He hears their stories, feels their pain … and he gives them a voice.
Ted Barris’ website:
tedbarris.com
Aside from the Edmonton Journal [which ran a paid obituary announcement], I’m not aware of any Canadian media outlet — save for this blog and author Ted Barris — that paid any attention to the death of former Stalag Luft III prisoner Art Crighton.
It makes me wonder how many Vets whose passing goes virtually unnoticed.
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7 thoughts on “Art Crighton 1917 – 2013”
Another hero from the “greatest generation.” The world needs more Art Crightons.
Thanks for taking time in your busy life to record Art’s story, Byron. I’m indebted to you for that, my friend.
We are far too blasé about a history that required real people making real sacrifices when the world needed them most. You’ve ensured Art and those like him won’t be forgotten.
I applaud people like yourself and Mr. Barris who acknowledge and remind us of the sacrifices made by people like Art Crighton. Too many young people, I’m sure, have no idea what these people have done for them. How could we as Canadians have allowed our schools to let this happen? Keep up the good work, it is appreciated.
It is amazing how much Canadians contributed to the WW II, especially in aviation. ‘Wop’ May and Roy Brown taking down the Red Barron … and the Great Escape. With the Municipal Airport closing, there should be a huge celebration commemorating men like this. It would be nice to put up a memorial for all the brave men and women (the 99ers) who flew out of there and served their country. I know Edmonton City Council is trying to shut it down quietly, but it deserves a good send-off.
Wonderful story and info. My Uncle, Arthur Hampson, was a rear-gunner during the war and was also shot down … on his 21st Birthday — Christmas Day!!!! Didn’t live to tell his tale.
I will make sure my Grandkids read ALL this. Thanks so much.
I was four when the war started. Lived in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.
My birth father, Harvey Neil Fraser, was navigating in a plane which was reconnoitering over the English Channel during the early part of WWII. They hit the side of a German ship, were picked up, and sent to Stalag Luft III.
While the men were escaping through the tunnel, Harvey was playing the clarinet in the orchestra, conducted by Art Crighton!
Ben van Drogenbroek says:
Dear Catherine, I have been interested in Stalag Luft 3 for over 35 years. I have met and spoken to many ex.-p.o.w.’s. Arthur B. Crighton became one of my friends.
I have some photographs taken of the orchestra, I’m sure your birth father is on them.
My e-mail address is b_v_drogenbroek@hotmail.com
Warm greetings, Ben van Drogenbroek
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Mirror photographer who captured iconic image in aftermath of 1952 train disaster dies aged 84
Express and Star editor Keith Harrison to step down and leave Midlands publisher after 25 years
Fire brigade starts charging media for images of incidents
By Michael Leidig Twitter
A major city’s fire brigade has raised eyebrows by charging the media for permission to publish its photographs of incidents.
The unusual decision to impose a fee for pictures taken by firefighters was made by the fire service in the city of Munich, Germany.
It came to light after the Munich Fire Brigade was called upon to rescue a kitten which had gotten stuck in the engine compartment of a car.
During the rescue operation, a firefighter took pictures of his colleagues freeing the unfortunate cat (which has made a complete recovery).
Instead of making the pictures freely accessible for the media – common procedure by emergency services the world over – the MFB decided to levy a charge per picture for each media outlet that wanted to use them.
In a press release, the brigade said: “We would like to point out that the publication of our photos in print media is subject to a charge.
“The image fee is €25.00 (£21.80) per published image.”
When it was challenged over the unusual move, the MFB replied that the charge was needed to cover the costs incurred in the process.
A spokesperson said: “We make the charge because there is effort involved in making the pictures available to the press and this needs to be paid for.”
British fire brigades have warned the decision by their German colleagues could curtail the free flow of information.
A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: “I’ve never heard of this before and we certainly have no plans to charge the press for the usage of our photographs.
“All pictures which we post, mostly via our social media accounts, are available to the media free of charge.
“We own the copyright, as in most cases they were taken by fire officers and we make them available with a request that the fire service be credited.
“We certainly don’t have any plans to charge because we need the media to cover incidents.
“A big part of what we do is fighting fires in which the bravery of those involved should be highlighted, but also promoting safe practices is also a big part of what we do and for this we also need to work with the press, and not make money out of them.”
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AMT Issues Business Update For First Quarter 2009
AMSTERDAM, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today issues it's business update for the first quarter of 2009, summarizing material events that took place during the quarter and providing an update on the cash position.
Q1 2009 material events:
- Preparation of preregistration clinical trial with Glybera(TM) in Canada - Data indicating that Glybera lowers pancreatitis incidence significantly - Good progress in research and development for other pipeline projects - CEO Dr. Ronald Lorijn stepped down
Following the preparation of the trial in the first quarter of 2009, AMT announced on May 7, 2009, the treatment of the first patient in a preregistration clinical trial with Glybera. This gene therapy product targets lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD) a seriously debilitating and potentially lethal disease.The randomized controlled trial has been designed to gather additional data on the effects of Glybera on lipid metabolism and the mechanisms underlying the prevention of pancreatitis attacks. The trial is being performed under a Clinical Trial Application approved by Health Canada.
The new clinical trial builds on positive data obtained from two previous clinical trials in which a total of 22 LPLD patients were treated. In the same quarter AMT presented new data on Glybera at the Phacilitate Cell Gene Therapy Forum. These data indicate that a single treatment with Glybera results in a long-term, statistically significant and clinically important reduction in the incidence of acute pancreatitis in LPLD patients. The longest follow-up of individual patients is well over three years, and the cumulative follow-up of all patients is more than 45 years. The therapy was well tolerated and no drug-related severe adverse events or unexpected side-effects have been observed.
AMT will include the data from the new trial in the Marketing Authorization Application for Glybera. The submission of the dossier to the European Medicines Agency is planned for the second half of 2009.
During the quarter, AMT made good progress on its other projects such as the application of Glybera for Hyperlipoproteinemia and NASH, AMT - 060 for Hemophilia B and AMT - 090 for Parkinson's disease.
Effective February 1, 2009, AMT's Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ronald Lorijn retired for personal reasons. Prof. Sander van Deventer, AMT's chief scientific officer and co-founder of the company, is the ad-interim chief executive officer while the Supervisory Board is in the process a recruiting a new CEO. Sander van Deventer has in-depth knowledge of gene-therapy and of the biotechnology business.
Cash position
AMT's cash position at March 31, 2009 amounts to EUR29,288,000 compared to EUR34,150,000 at December 31, 2009. The cash outflow in the quarter of EUR4,862,000 mainly represented operational cash flow and it is in line with the guidance for the year.
About Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics
AMT has a unique gene therapy platform that to date appears to circumvent many if not all of the obstacles that have prevented gene therapy from becoming a mainstay of clinical medicine. Using adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors as the delivery vehicle of choice for therapeutic genes, the company has been able to design and validate what is probably the first stable and scalable AAV production platform. As such, AMT's proprietary platform holds tremendous promise for thousands of rare (orphan) diseases, especially those that are caused by one faulty gene. Currently, AMT has a product pipeline with nine products at different stages of development.
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements including those that refer to management's plans and expectations for future operations, prospects and financial condition. Words such as strategy, expects, plans, anticipates, believes, will, continues, estimates, intends, projects, goals, targets and other words of similar meaning are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics only. Undue reliance should not be placed on these statements because, by their nature, they are subject to known and unknown risks and can be affected by factors that are beyond the control of AMT. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations due to a number of factors and uncertainties affecting AMT's business, including, but not limited to, the timely commencement and success of AMT's clinical trials and research endeavors, delays in receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration or other regulatory approvals (i.e. EMEA, Health Canada), market acceptance of AMT's products, effectiveness of AMT's marketing and sales efforts, development of competing therapies and/or technologies, the terms of any future strategic alliances, the need for additional capital, the inability to obtain, or meet, conditions imposed for required governmental and regulatory approvals and consents. AMT expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements except as required by law. For a more detailed description of the risk factors and uncertainties affecting AMT, refer to the prospectus of AMT's initial public offering on June 20, 2007, and AMT's public announcements made from time to time.
For Information: André Verwei, CFO, Tel +31(0)20-5667394, a.verwei@amtbiopharma.com
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#StopAsianHate, Part II: An Open Letter to the Students of Vermont Commons School
Yesterday we learned of what appears to be another attack against an Asian American. More specifically, Vilma Kari, a New Yorker of Filipino descent, was viciously attacked–apparently without reason–in broad daylight, sworn at and told by her assailant, “You don’t belong here.” The New York Times reports that in all of 2020, there were 28 anti-Asian hate crimes in New York City. Already in 2021, however, the NYPD reports 33 such attacks.
Such an act is, and should be, utterly stunning. It should stop us in our tracks. But so should those words. You don’t belong here. I think one would feel those kicks for months to come, while those words would remain seared into the brain for all one’s days. If I don’t belong here, but I am here, then what am I? Rather, what am I to do? Perhaps more importantly, what are you going to do about me, with me, to me?
The question of who belongs and who does not haunts our human society. Structuralist theorist Ferdinand de Saussure posited that humans organize our understanding of our world through language-based binary oppositions. Good/evil. Hot/cold. Dark/light. Further theorists expanded on this by suggesting a code of sub-binary oppositions that help flesh out binaries through further pairings of opposed meanings, and so on and so on. Post-structuralist thinker Jacques Derrida pushed this notion further in the way one term of the binary opposition dominates, governs, or controls the dynamic between the two. Good dominates evil (we hope) or, in unfortunate circumstances, evil dominates good.
So the question, in the case of yesterday’s attack, is what is the binary opposite of belong? Interestingly, there are nearly, or perhaps no, functional antonyms for the word belong. Seriously. Spend a little time looking it up in your dictionary, thesaurus, or online. English doesn’t have a clean, single word antonym that actually captures the directly opposite meaning of “to belong.” English seems to indicate that one either “belongs” or one simply doesn’t exist. That, to me, is why the language of yesterday’s attacker is so stunning. To utter that Ms. Vilma Kari does not belong is to place Ms. Kari in the category of non-existence, to suggest that where she might belong isn’t a consideration.
Sometimes I hear people use the phrase beyond the pale, an idiom in English that means, variously, outside the bounds or limits of good judgment, behavior, or understanding. If someone does something that’s described as beyond the pale, it generally means that the action is outside of what a reasonable person operating with reasonable judgement would be expected to do. While the notion of the pale–in this usage–has shown up in other points in history, it comes to us in the English language from 17th-Century Ireland, in which–during the English occupation there–a line was drawn just outside Dublin which separated off the rest of the island from the city. Dublin was where the English felt they had controlled and civilized society according to their own standards, and outside of Dublin was beyond the Pale, where ignorance, barbarity, and inhumanity reigned, where a lack of judgement or acceptable behavior was to be expected, and where what happened was, in short, beyond understanding. Ireland was England’s first colony, where the English tried out the various methods they would later employ to colonize much of the world, starting with forcing the Irish to cease use of the Irish Language and instead only speak or write English thereafter.
Belonging apparently doesn’t just mean that one is in the right place, but also that one is as one should be: one bears the qualities, habits of mind and action, judgement, and attitudes appropriate to that place. Not belonging–so unspeakable that we literally don’t have a word for it–also means that you lack those qualities, habits, etc.
Two urgent questions pose themselves. First, who gets to decide who belongs and who doesn’t? That is to say, who gets to determine what qualities, habits of mind, judgement, attitude, appearance, identity, status, etc. are right or wrong for a place? And if we haven’t actually anointed anyone with that power, from when does it emerge such that someone in New York City believes they have a right to assert it and inflict in on another, physically and verbally, at random? Or in Washington, D.C.? Or San Francisco? Or Burlington? Does it emerge from us collectively? Do we as a society act as bequeathers of belonging or its ambiguous opposite? If so, that’s both daunting and empowering. Daunting, because it’s much easier to go after one person: it’s easier to say that attack was just about the person who kicked Ms. Kari. Just about the person who murdered eight people in Atlanta on March 16th. Just about the indicted police office who forced his knee into George Floyd’s neck.
We can just blame it on them, but if we want to be both honest, self-critical, and empowering, we likely need to recognize that the ideology of the phrase you don’t belong here is something we collectively learn, maintain, and reproduce. That stinks, but it also means that if we’ve done it, we have the power to undo it.
How? That’s the second urgent question. How do we undo a society’s worth of casting each other as either “in” or as non-existent? This week is a sacred one in several of the world’s faiths: Pesach in Judaism, Holy Week in Christianity, Holi in Hinduism. Whether you are a religious or spiritual person or not, I do hope you do, or will at some point, consider yourself a person of philosophy. A person who considers meaning and your place in it. I find many of the worlds great philosophers overlap with faith or belief. And in considering our answer to how we combat a systemic, societal habit of saying to others that they don’t belong, the Dalai Lama comes to mind. For Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama is both spiritual and political leader and the literally physical incarnation of divine compassion. When asked how to be the most compassionate person possible, he said simply, “Reduce suffering in the world.”
If we even at a young age begin drawing lines between ourselves and others, creating binaries of opposition that put some of us in and some of us out (or beyond), we need to look at that action–at the moment we did that–and ask ourselves whether we added to someone else’s suffering or reduced it. With each of our interactions with another person, we need to consider if what and how we acted made them feel better or worse, helped or harmed them, set them up for a better or worse future. If we want to be compassionate, we need to think of others in each of our actions and seek to act in ways that both improve their lives and reduce their suffering, sometimes even if it means it comes at a bit of a cost to us. I have a difficult time imaging real-life circumstances where telling someone they don’t belong is a compassionate act. Our school and our society aim explicitly in our language, mission, and practice to be entities of anti-bias, not the least of which is anti-racialism and anti-racism. To do so we must wrestle with the implicit power dynamics in words such as belong, inclusion, membership, appropriate, right, fitting, behave, understandable, words that seem innocuous or even positive but by their usage can assert power, draw lines, and increase suffering or even flat-out erase or make invisible (which is not quite the same thing).
Maybe the one thing we can try to do is reduce the suffering of others through compassionate consideration of their value and humanity in all we do together. I think that’s our charge right now, what these times are calling us to do. I think it starts in small, everyday interactions with everyone around us. If we’ve built these problematic attitudes as a society, it’s been through the repetition of small everyday interactions over time. And so we can certainly unbuild those attitudes and replace them. Let’s do this work together, with each other, in our school. Let’s make compassion a trademark of our school, the expression of our guiding principle of social justice. We can change the world. You can change the world.
Dr. Dexter P. Mahaffey, Head of School


The Age of Adaline
Starring: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew and Anthony Ingruber
Distributor: Entertainment in Video
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Having miraculously remained 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bowman has lived a solitary existence, never allowing herself to get close to anyone who might reveal her secret. But a chance encounter with charismatic philanthropist Ellis Jones reignites her passion for life and romance. When a weekend with his parents threatens to expose the truth, Adaline makes a decision that will change her life forever...
WARNING - CONTAINS SPOILERS!
The Age of Adaline is a romantic tale with a hint of sci-fi and a smidgen of fairytale thrown in for good measure. The film stars Blake Lively as an average woman who was born in San Francisco at the turn of the 20th Century. One night she is involved in an accident that sees her car spin off the road and into a freezing river. She dies and then is brought back to life by a freak bolt of lightening. Several years pass and slowly she realises that she is not aging at all.
The main narrative takes place in modern day San Francisco as Adaline, currently going under the name of Jenny, is in the process of preparing to alter her identity and move once again - an act she has had to do every 10 years so that people don't ask awkward questions about why she isn't aging.
Apart from her daughter, who obviously knows everything, she has one other weakness an old friend who is blind, and so doesn't notice that Adaline has aged. She attends a New Years Eve party, with her friend, which is where she catches sight of Ellis. There eyes meet briefly. Later, as she is going home, before midnight, Ellis catches up to Adaline in the lift in an attempt to ask her out on a date. For years Adaline has led a solitary life, unable to let anyone in because doing so would mean sharing her secret as well as eventually watching them grow old and die. But Ellis pursues her and Adaline can't help but fall for his charms.
Eventually the two do start dating and Ellis asks her to attend his parents wedding anniversary. But little does Adaline realise that this will open up memories from 50 years previously.
It's hard to review The Age of Adaline without giving away too much of the plot. It really is a movie you need to go to blind, without knowing anything, if you're to get the most out of it.
I was surprised to read a lot of the movie reviews at the time of the film's theatrical release. It received very mixed reviews. Personally I found it to be a beautiful, touching breath of fresh air in the current climate of movie reboots and superhero films (although, if you were being picky, you could argue that Adaline does has a super power). It explores so many facets of the human condition and raises questions of whether living forever is a blessing or a curse.
The movie includes a narration that pops up at the beginning and end. Some may argue that it's pointless and detracts from the movie; that it's holding the audiences hand a little too much - bringing even the stupidest viewer up to speed on what is going on. Personally, I thought that it added an extra element to the fairytale slant of the movie and worked rather neatly to bookend the story.
Another element I found to be integral was Rob Simonsen's beautiful soundtrack. Again, it helps to add a fairytale feeling, as well as providing a huge boost to some of the film's more emotional scenes.
Every visual aspect of the movie is also a feast for the eyes. From the various looks for the different time periods, to the painstakingly researched costumes, you can tell that all those concerned where deeply involved with what they were crafting. This was far more than just a job for them.
The acting is flawless but I was totally blown away by the appearance of Anthony Ingruber, who looks and sounds incredibly like a young Harrison Ford.
Of course, you have to overlook the odd awkward plot point (like how uncomfortable it must be for Ellis to realise that he's sleeping with a woman that his dad had a passionate affair with decades previously) but if you just ignore that then you'll enjoy the film immensely.
Extras include A Love Story for the Ages (29 min, 36 sec making of feature. One of the highlights was in the segment where cast and crew are asked about whether they would like to live forever. Harrison Ford replies, deadpan: "I already have"); Style Throughout the Ages (18 min, 13 sec which details almost every visual aspect of the movie, including clothes, hair, film styles and camera lens); Discovering Young Harrison Ford: Anthony Ingruber, an Online Sensation (8 min, 13 sec look at how the production discovered Ingruber, who had uploaded some clips of himself on YouTube impersonating Harrison Ford's performance of Han Solo in Star Wars); 2 x Deleted Scenes (Flemming Gets Lost (2 min, 05 sec) and Gas Leak (2 min, 20 sec).
It's a beautiful and very emotional movie, which is well worth spending a night in watching.


Man in hospice care dies during Marshall Fire
by: Alex Rose, Evan Kruegel
SUPERIOR, Colo. (KDVR) — A life was lost during the course of the Marshall Fire, which forced tens of thousands to evacuate their homes in Boulder County.
Gonzalo “Chalo” Quesada died Friday morning, following hospitalization after being rushed from his burning home in Superior, according to his family. He was 58 years old.
Live updates: Families beginning to return to site of Marshall Fire
His family tells FOX31 Quesada had multiple complicated health issues that devolved into dementia, Alzheimer’s and aphasia. He lost verbal and motor skills a decade ago. He was homebound at the time of the fire, and doctors only gave him weeks to live prior to the inferno.
According to his family, Quesada’s wife and sister were able to get an ambulance to their home in the Sagamore neighborhood, before the Marshall Fire destroyed the entire block.
He was rushed to Avista Adventist hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. Within minutes of Quesada’s arrival, the hospital was placed under evacuation orders. His family then moved Quesada to hospice care in Denver.
“They got him cleaned up and he was resting comfortably,” says his wife Michelle Quesada. “But his breathing was very erratic, and we knew he wasn’t going to make it through the night, the trauma from his body being jostled around and the smoke inhalation was really, really bad.”
How to help those impacted by the Marshall Fire
The hospice center told the family Quesada passed due to a combination of his illness, smoke inhalation and physical trauma from the evacuations.
“It’s really unfortunate that he was in the latter stages of his illness, and this was the way he was going to go out,” says Michelle.
Quesada, a former software engineer with IBM, is survived by his wife and three children. A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family, which is also dealing with the total loss of their home.


Annie Saunders & Wild Up
October 12, 2020—January 25, 2021
Theater maker Annie Saunders collaborates with theater/pop/new music band Wild Up and composer Emma O’Halloran on a new work called Rest. The work engages an audience with simple guidance on how to interact with each other and the performance space. Overall, Rest interrogates sensory overwhelm, sensory deprivation, hallucinations and the nature of consciousness. The audience experience is inspired by the idea that our perception of reality depends on agreements and disagreements with other people.
Light and sound are central to the staging of Rest. These elements help to sculpt a performance environment that includes moments of near-silence, music, and field recordings from a diverse set of conversations. Materials include conversations with consciousness experts, people sharing their early sense memories, and reflections on our relationships to our smartphones. The work provides a visceral opportunity to feel and consider what ‘rest’ means to us in the modern world.
The artistic collaborators are in residence this fall to develop an EMPAC-commissioned online iteration of Rest. The commission will provide the artists an opportunity to explore their archive of material. The outcome is unknown, but the process of building and experiencing this online work will provide a look inside immersive, multidisciplinary theatrical practices.
All current EMPAC residencies are being hosted remotely with support from EMPAC curatorial, administrative, and production staff and resources. While no artists are on site in Troy, our staff is continuing to collaborate with artists toward the development of new works.
Main Image: Courtesy the artist. Photo: Johnathon Potter.
Remote Residency
Annie Saunders
Wildup
Ashley Ferro-Murray
In 2020–21 Rest is in residence at Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA.
Monday, January 25, 2021 at 8PM
EMPAC Fall 2020 presentations, residencies, and commissions are made possible by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts; and Vlaamse Gemeenschap, department of Culture, Youth, and Media. Additional project support by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; New Music USA; CCS Bard; Creative Capital; the Graham Foundation; and the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan.


Adams County building bought after more than two years of vacancy
Eric Blum
After being vacant for more than two years, the former Schindler Elevator Plant at 1200 Biglerville Road in Cumberland Township will once again house a business.
Logistics Resource, based in Northumberland County, bought the building July 14 and will soon start getting the building in shape for tenants, said Robin Fitzpatrick, president of the Adams County Economic Development Corporation.
The company "was very open and aggressive about purchasing the building," Fitzpatrick said. "They have the infrastructure in place in central Pennsylvania to be a great fit."
Logistics Resource provides a 48-state trucking service and owns and operates storage facilities, according to the company's website.
"Over the past decade, (Logistics Resource) has developed a noteworthy reputation for buying and remediating brownfield properties," Jeff Stroehmann, vice president of operations for the company, said in an email. "This has lead to the creation of hundreds of well-paying jobs."
One person happy to see the building purchased is Adams County commissioner Marty Qually, who thinks this won't be the last big company the county sees come to the area.
"I didn't have an integral part in the sale, but once I was aware of this project, I was all for it," Qually said. "There was a lot of great communication all around for this project."
Officials from Schindler Elevator did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Logistics Resource, which also has facilities in Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg, has no timetable has set for when tenants will move into the property, Stroehmann said.


Got wood? Building industry faces perfect storm
General Legal, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
The Australian Government claims that the economic recovery plan is on track to bounce back. Despite the government’s assistance to create more jobs, provide tax cuts, and invest in infrastructure, the building industry is facing the perfect storm with construction sites being shut down due to COVID-19 lockdown directives, scarce building supplies, and unprecedented demand, explains Attwood Marshall Lawyers Commercial Litigation Senior Associate and NSW Law Society Accredited Specialist in Dispute Resolution, Charles Lethbridge.
We’re not alone in our building and renovating boom. With travel on hold, record-low interest rates, and government incentives to build or renovate, it is reported that other countries around the world, including New Zealand, England, and the USA, are also experiencing the same demand that our construction industry is facing in Australia.
The Australian Government successfully boosted residential development in 2020 by enticing homeowners to renovate or build with the HomeBuilder Scheme. Fast-forward to 2021, and construction companies are struggling to get their hands on supplies to try to keep up with Australia’s building boom.
Wait times for just about every trade have blown out excessively, in some cases years, as global supply chain disruptions cause material shortages which have impacted many people’s plans to renovate or build their home and caused a headache for builders who are trying to keep customers happy and plan for future work.
The building and renovating boom
The HomeBuilder Scheme, in addition to state-specific building bonuses, was released by the Government to support confidence in the residential construction sector and incentivize consumers to proceed with construction that may have been delayed due to uncertainty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Applications for the HomeBuilder Scheme closed on Wednesday 14 April 2021. The largest number of applications were completed by Victorians who submitted 35,169 applications, followed by Queensland’s 26,293 applications and New South Wales’ 23,175 applications as of 9th April 2021.
With unprecedented demand for building materials and supply issues, it has created a challenge for the building and construction industry and their customers.
In 2019-2020, it was estimated that a single-story home would take six to eight months to build from slab to completion. To complete the same project today, it is estimated that it would likely take 12 to 16 months, if not longer.
A double story home, which would have previously taken anywhere from 10 to 12 months, is now estimated to take 14 to 20 months to complete.
Global supply shortages
Trying to schedule a build, without certainty around when building materials will be available, is just the first challenge set for builders. Sub-contractors are also in demand, and with international travel off the cards and interstate travel restricted, there may not be enough workers to get the project completed.
Timber processing mills are under pressure trying to keep up with demand as a global timber shortage sets back the industry. Usually, one fifth of construction timber is imported. In the USA, the price for timber has risen by 400% from a year ago. As a result of the increase, international traders have been sending all their material to the United States, leaving other countries short.
Australia’s domestic timber production has increased by 17%, but despite this increase the industry is still unable to keep up with demand.
In addition to supply shortages, shipping costs are also a factor, with significantly high fees to ship materials as a result of the Suez Canal blockage which took place earlier this year. The Suez Canal accounts for around 15 per cent of global shipping traffic. In March 2021, the Canal was blocked for six days. It is estimated that approximately 50 ships per day travel through the Canal.
Through no fault of their own, builders are being lugged with thousands of dollars added to the cost of their work, which they are often wearing and not passing on to the customer.
Managing conflict and resolving residential building disputes
For customers that were ahead of the curve and were planning to build or renovate prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many would have received quotes and set timelines that are now redundant. There are many disappointed homeowners now in for a nasty surprise as costs soar by at least 10-30% in 2021, and building timeframes are almost impossible to estimate.
With demand outweighing supply, suppliers have had to increase the cost of building materials, including timber, bricks, steel, cabinetry, and everything in between.
With the added consequences of supply issues with manufacturing slowing down in many factories worldwide due to COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, production is at its slowest.
Some builders are reporting up to 3 price increases from one supplier in the space of 4 months. As you can imagine, this would have a roll-on effect to the quotes builders are providing upfront to customers who are trying to scope their work. Unfortunately, supplier prices are out of the control of builders.
Emotions can be running high for clients who are eagerly awaiting the completion of their home. With a rental crisis gripping the country, this is bad news, with many people unable to extend their current leases, or locate short term accommodation at a reasonable price to accommodate them whilst they await the completion of their build or renovation. This means clients are at a loss and are left with no other option than to put more pressure on builders to fast-track their build or renovation. It’s a matter of riding it out as best as possible. But this means also negotiating with stressed out clients who want nothing more than to fast-track their build.
Although most customers are generally understanding of the current situation and impact COVID-19 has had on the industry, builders are the ones stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to navigate as best they can and deliver projects at a reasonable cost and timeframe.
Attwood Marshall Lawyers – alternative dispute resolution experts to help you keep construction on track
With so many variables that could impact the cost, schedule, and outcome of a build project, it is important to manage customer expectations throughout the process.
As construction work progresses minor fluctuations are common, but significant misunderstandings can occur over variations, especially when variations are not communicated effectively. We are seeing more and more disputes arise around the agreed date for project completion and rising costs, particularly in the current climate where building materials are so difficult to secure, and trades are hard to lock down.
Then there are the usual disputes that can arise over quality of workmanship.
These issues contribute to arguments over payments, including delayed or withheld payments. These issues can be sensitive and difficult to resolve once work is underway.
The goal should be to resolve any disputes at the earliest opportunity so that you can avoid any further delays and get on with the task at hand. In most cases, building and construction disputes can be settled through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, without resorting to litigation, which can be extremely costly and stressful.
It is our intent to help builders and their clients resolve disputes quickly and effectively so that everyone can move forward and achieve the most satisfactory outcome for all involved.
By addressing any issues at the earliest opportunity, we can help you navigate what options are available and advise on the best way to resolve your matter.
For advice on building disputes, contact our Commercial Litigation Department Manager, Amanda Heather, on direct line 07 5506 8245, email aheather@attwoodmarshall.com.au or free call 1800 621 071 at any time.
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HomeMoore College ArticlesBill Salier appointed Consultant in the GAFCON Theological Educators’ Network
Bill Salier appointed Consultant in the GAFCON Theological Educators’ Network
February 9, 2021 by Moore College
The Moore College Centre for Global Mission seeks to serve Christian churches and other organisations around the world in the propagation of the gospel through the provision of faithful theological education resources. In pursuing this mission, the Centre has forged a number of significant partnerships, such as those with MOCLAM, African Enterprise and numerous others in Asia, Africa and the subcontinent. The Centre is pleased to announce a further partnership with GAFCON, a movement of confessing Anglicans seeking to promote gospel faithfulness throughout the Anglican Communion.
Moore College has been heavily involved with GAFCON from its beginnings. We have been determined to stand with other faithful Anglicans around the world, many of whom have suffered significant loss for teaching and living in accordance with the teaching of Scripture. A number of the College faculty have played important roles in the movement and attended each of the three GAFCON Conferences (Jerusalem 2008, Nairobi 2013, Jerusalem 2018). Partnership with GAFCON is not something new to us.
It is critical for the future health of the churches that theological education across the globe prepares men and women to be workers who “have no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth”. Developing relationships and sharing resources is a way of strengthening theological colleges around the world, many of whom are under intense pressure to adjust their teaching programs to fit in with a liberal revisionist agenda. GAFCON has set up a network of theological educators to establish and nurture international partnerships between Anglican theological colleges.
Later this year, the Rev Dr Bill Salier will commence as Consultant in the GAFCON Theological Educators’ Network. Dr Salier’s extensive experience in theological education, and his gifts as a scholar and teacher, make him ideal for this role. His responsibility will be undertaken under the umbrella of CGM, as a vital component of the centre’s interest in the advance of faithful gospel ministry throughout the world.
Dr Salier commented, “I am excited by this opportunity to consult with theological educators in the GAFCON network, and I am grateful to Moore College and the CGM for providing an ideal platform of support. I am looking forward to seeing how the Lord will use this role to further his purposes.”
“Bill Salier’s appointment to the Gafcon Theological Education Network through a cooperative venture with Moore College’s Centre for Global Mission is a great step forward. Together we will continue to work to see bible-based training available to Gospel Workers around the world.”
Bishop Malcolm Richards, Director, Centre for Global Mission, Moore Theological College
“Bill Salier is an ideal person to take on the role of consultant. He has large experience, deep learning and a personal warmth which enables people to talk with him easily. I am grateful to the Lord for his willingness to take on this role.”
Bishop Peter Jensen, Director of the GAFCON Theological Educators’ Network
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Finding Robby
Published June 26, 2021 Author mfereday
Children can find it easy to get lost especially when surrounded by attractions. Can you help re-unite a grandma with her missing grandson?
Penguins do seem to appreciate mosaics. I am not referring to the artistic designs produced by the Roman Empire of many centuries ago but those that form the basis of Match Gems nonogram puzzle offerings featuring members of a penguin family. In this case the penguins are Mrs Penrose who, when taking her grandson Robby, on a trip to an amusement park, manages to loose the youngster. Her resulting search for the boy is covered by the game Fantasy Mosaics 45 - Amusement Park.
For those who are not familiar with the nonogram form of game play, I should explain that this is a way of creating colourful mosaics using a series of numeric clues. You start off with an empty grid made up of columns and rows. Running across the top and down the left side of the grid are a collection of single and groups of numbers. Depending upon the image or mosaic to be created, the grid will be made up of levels with each one being used for a particular colour with the numeric clues changing colour to suit the level.
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Using the numeric clues you can designate whether a similar number of cells can be filled in with the appropriate colour. When more than a single number is allocated to a row or column then you must leave at least one blank cell between the group of cells that are coloured. As each level is completed there will be an automatic switch to another level or you can select to switch whenever you wish.
Profiles can be created so that the progress of different players can be recorded. You can also adjust the volume level used by background music and sound effects. Other options are available to play the game in full screen mode and select from three levels of difficulty, namely Casual, Advanced and Zen. Different amounts of help are available with these difficulty levels.
The game is spread over twenty chapters, each containing five different nonogram which need to be completed. Cells are selected for being coloured in with a left mouse click with a right mouse click being used to produce a blank cell. Arranged to the right of the grid being completed is a panel made up of the colours making up the mosaic. Also featured in this panel are rechargeable power-ups that can be used to identify a single cell or a group of cells plus offer a hint and show how many mistakes have been made.
Once all the levels of the grid have been completed, then they will automatically combine themselves to show the created mosaic. I must admit that it was only at this point that I could recognise the image just created. You will be shown an award screen displaying the mosaic plus the number of mistakes made, if any, the hints used and the time taken for that grid.
When the five grids of a chapter have been completed, you will be taken on a detour to the Park grounds and a new attraction will be added to this area. In some cases the attraction will contain a puzzle, such as a Hidden Object scene or fitting shapes so that they fill an area. Other attractions include a rocket ship, astronaut, caravan, horse, roundabout and a Big Wheel. The Park area can be accessed from the game's main title screen at any time.
Fantasy Mosaics 45 - Amusement Park is not going to keep you playing for late night sessions. Instead it can provide an occasional diversion when you have a few spare moments to kill. I did feel that more could have been made of the park amusement feature especially with regards to eye-catching animation. The game is available for downloading from Gamehouse.com where it is priced at $9.99. System specifications call for a 1.6 GHz processor with 1024MB of RAM and 139MB of hard disk space running Windows 7 and later.
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Princeton Names Rudresh Mahanthappa Director of Jazz
Saxophonist-composer will begin appointment in the fall
Updated April 25, 2019 – By Carolina Worrell
Rudresh Mahanthappa has been named Director of Jazz at Princeton University
Princeton University’s Department of Music has named saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa Director of Jazz. Mahanthappa, who comes to Princeton with an extensive jazz background and a voice “intent on transcending cultural divides by hybridizing progressive jazz and non-Western musical traditions,” according to a press release, will begin his appointment as the Anthony H. P. Lee ’79 Senior Lecturer in Jazz Studies at the start of the fall term. He will succeed Dr. Anthony D. J. Branker, founder of the Program in Jazz Studies.
Recently, Mahanthappa’s Bird Calls was named Album of the Year in the 2015 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll. Additionally, that same year Mahanthappa joined the United States Fellows, the latest in a series of honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship, two New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships and the highly coveted Doris Duke Performing Artist Award.
Originally Published June 20, 2016
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Inaugural Jack Rudin Jazz Championship
Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced the launch of its inaugural Jack Rudin Jazz Championship, a two-day invitational competition featuring ensembles from 10 university jazz programs in the United States. It will take place Jan. 18-19 at Frederick P. Rose Hall in Manhattan. The competition is named after one of JALC’s most generous supporters, a … Read More “Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Inaugural Jack Rudin Jazz Championship”
UCLA Names Arturo O’Farrill Global Jazz Studies Professor
Arturo O’Farrill, a six-time Grammy-winning pianist, composer and music educator, has been appointed professor of global jazz studies and music at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He will focus on performance and composition and on redefining the perimeters of Latin jazz in the position. School officials said O’Farrill was chosen in part due … Read More “UCLA Names Arturo O’Farrill Global Jazz Studies Professor”
Ambrose Akinmusire Honors W.E.B. Du Bois at Princeton University
Acclaimed trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire—whose recent album, Origami Harvest, was a critical success—will perform at Princeton University on Nov. 17 in the world premiere of a new suite, Slightly Left of Sorrow’s Song, commissioned in honor of the 150th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’ birth. Akinmusire, 36, will play with Princeton’s Small Group I—under the leadership of Jazz at Princeton director … Read More “Ambrose Akinmusire Honors W.E.B. Du Bois at Princeton University”
Purchase College Celebrates 25 Years of Jazz Studies
The Purchase College Conservatory of Music, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its Jazz Studies program by presenting several concerts in Westchester County (north of New York City) and NYC itself, featuring students and faculty from the program. The performance-driven curriculum, according to a press … Read More “Purchase College Celebrates 25 Years of Jazz Studies”


Paternal influences on ethical decision making
Write 18 page essay on the topic Paternal Influences on Ethical Decision Making of Senior Leaders in the Health Care Industry.m, International Olympic Committee, Enron, Tyco, Qwest Communications International, Duke Energy, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc, as well as the sex scandal in the Catholic church, have resulted in a loss of confidence in the management and leadership of these large corporations and institutions. As a consequence,investors have become unnerved and the jolts have shaken international markets. No wonder that a CBS poll taken in the fall of 2002 finds that 79% of respondents believe questionable business practices are widespread and only fewer than one third thinks that CEOs are honest (Wallington, 2003).These companies have all come to the time light for the wrong reasons. As a result, the role of the CEO in ethical dilemmas has come under increased scrutiny. While ethical lapses occur at all the levels of organizations, senior executives who fail to set high ethical standards and live by them are senior leaders in organizations assume the responsibility to display high ethical and moral values in their conduct both within the organization and outside. However, many instances have come to where they discard this significant aspect subjected to scrutiny and held accountable for the consequences of unethical practices, damaging the interests of employees, shareholders and the society at large. CEOs and other senior leaders such as members of Boards of Directors are expected to provide role models and help develop and entrench the ethical belief system for all members of the organization. However, when these leaders fail in their commitment to stand up to the ethical responsibilities, the negative impact of their ethical transgressions will remain long after the leader has been punished.Instances of unethical conduct by senior leaders, which entail serious repercussions, have prompted the need to identify background factors, socialization practices, or early childhood experiences that may account for such behavior in adulthood. Thus, an interest has developed in


What does Ballarat mean?
Here's a list of possible definitions for the term Ballarat:
Ballarat is a city located on the Yarrowee River and lower western plains of the Great Dividing Range in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately 105 kilometres west-north-west of the state capital; Melbourne. With an estimated urban area population of just over 94,000 people, Ballarat is the third most populous urban area in the state. One of the Australia's most populated inland settlements, it is the most populous in the state and fifth in the country. People from Ballarat are referred to as Ballaratians The City of Ballarat local government area encompasses both the Greater Ballarat urban area and outlying towns with an area of 740 square kilometres and has an estimated population of almost 100,000. Ballarat is its most populous urban centre, seat of local government and administrative centre. It was named by Scottish squatter Archibald Yuille who established the first settlement—his sheep run called Ballaarat—in 1837, with the name derived from local Wathaurong Aboriginal words for the area, balla arat, thought to mean "resting place". The present spelling was officially adopted by the City of Ballarat in 1996. It is one of the most significant Victorian era boomtowns in Australia. Just months after Victoria was granted separation from New South Wales, the Victorian gold rush transformed Ballarat from a small sheep station to a major settlement. Gold was discovered at Poverty Point on 18 August 1851 and news quickly spread of rich alluvial fields where gold could easily be extracted. Within months, approximately 20,000 migrants had rushed the district. Several Australian mining innovations were made at the Ballarat diggings including the first use of a Chilean mill in 1851 and the first use of a mine cage in 1861. Unlike many other gold rush boom towns, the Ballarat fields experienced sustained high gold yields for decades.
The numerical value of Ballarat in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
The numerical value of Ballarat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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The Murderers Are Among Us (1946)
Sat 23 Jul 2016 12pm
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the DEFA (Deutsche Film-AG) Studio in East Germany, the Goethe-Institut New Zealand presents in its Winter Film Series at the Auckland Art Gallery a film programme highlighting different themes and genres that were important to the DEFA. 70 years onwards the films give a glimpse into the diversity of film production in East Germany and offer a rare insight into the life, thinking and being of people behind the wall.
The Murderers Are Among Us (Die Mörder Sind Unter Uns)
1945: Berlin – a town in ruins. The photographer Susanne Wallner (Hildegard Knef) returns to her former apartment after three years in a concentration camp. She finds the apartment occupied by Dr. Mertens (Ernst Wilhelm Borchert), a surgeon who is haunted by his experiences during the war. Susanne and Mertens have to share the apartment. Despite their differences a friendship forms. When Mertens encounters Brückner (Arno Paulsen), the former commander of his battalion who was responsible for the execution of more than 100 civilians during the war, and is now a successful industrialist, he wants to take justice into his own hands. But Susanne is able to convince him that the war criminal must be tried in court.
Shot in the ruins of Berlin just a year after WWII, The Murderers Are Among Us, was the first film made in Germany after the war and has since become a classic antifascist and rubble film. Wolfgang Staudte's achievement was that he took on the country's recent history and its effect on the present as a subject at the time. The film is a classic example of the 'antifascist' tradition in DEFA cinema. It reflects the early DEFA Studio's aim to be close to reality, critical and socialist in its films. The film's film noir style successfully blends German expressionism with striking neorealism.
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte, 1946. Run time 87 mins. German with English subtitles
Sat 23 Jul 2016
Auditorium, lower ground level


8 Detroit Lions to watch vs. Cleveland Browns
Allen Park — Here are eight players we’ll be watching closely during the Detroit Lions’ preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field on Thursday (7 p.m., Fox 2, WJR 760).
Tight end Michael Roberts
Two months ago, Roberts was making all kinds of catches during OTAs and looked like a legitimate candidate for a breakout season. His momentum carried into the start of training camp, but seemed to be derailed by a minor injury that sidelined him a few days earlier this month. Now, with two catches in three games, he’s on the roster bubble, which once seemed inconceivable.
Linebacker Eli Harold
The Lions’ newest acquisition, Harold is an athletic edge rusher who has yet to get on track as a professional. It doesn’t help that he's had three different head coaches, coordinators and position coaches his first three seasons. The Lions have four weeks to decide whether keeping Harold around is worth the conditional seventh-round pick the team paid to acquire him from the 49ers.
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Running back Kerryon Johnson
Johnson has had a small role the past two weeks, but with the starters expected to see their playing time kept to a minimum, it’s an opportunity for the entertaining rookie rusher to put on a show in a three-down role in front of the home crowd. Cleveland’s run defense ranks 26th during the preseason.
Linebacker Miles Killebrew
Killebrew has played fewer than 40 preseason snaps since switching to linebacker, making three tackles and recovering a fumble, but still showing a propensity for getting beat in coverage. It’s been difficult to get a grasp on where he stands heading into roster decisions, so a longer look at how he performs at his new position could be key.
Quarterback Jake Rudock
By all appearances, Rudock has been jumped on the depth chart by Matt Cassel. The third-year passer out of Michigan has been accurate this preseason, leading a trio of touchdown drives, but most of his throws have been of the check-down variety and the majority of the yardage has come against prevent defenses. It would be nice to see some downfield accuracy in the finale.
Wide receiver Brandon Powell
Powell has been one of the most pleasant surprises of the preseason. He’s leading the team in receiving and chipped in an 80-yard punt return touchdown in last week’s come-from-behind victory over the Bucs. He’s in a tough spot, because his skill set has obvious overlaps with Jamal Agnew and Golden Tate, but with another strong showing, the Lions might have no choice but to keep Powell heading into the season.
Defensive end Cam Johnson
The 28-year-old edge defender has bounced around the league since being drafted in 2012. He wasn’t on a roster last season, and spent part of training camp this year nursing an injury, but the playing time has picked up in recent weeks. He has good size and a well-rounded skill set that puts him in play for the final defensive line roster spot.
Offensive lineman Leo Koloamatangi
An undrafted rookie last season, Koloamatangi has continued to fly under the radar despite a solid offseason. He appears to have added some weight to his frame and has allowed just two pressures on more than 80 pass-blocking snaps, while also earning an above-average run-blocking grade from Pro Football Focus. He might be practice squad bound, but he's a player you could see earn a promotion as an injury fill-in later in the year.
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Issue #3 - December 2016
Our unsung heroes
This month’s unsung heroes are Shropshire Council’s Fostering team, who have been working tirelessly during the transfer of children from France, arranging their relocation in the UK.
In the last 12 months the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Shropshire has increased from three to at least 14. These have come from lorry drops in Shropshire being discovered by the police, and planned moves from Kent – where there are approximately 2,000 asylum seekers.
As the refugee crisis worsens, Shropshire Council has agreed to find homes for 42 unaccompanied children and young people. The closure of the so-called ‘Jungle’ in Calais around six weeks ago has resulted in a sudden influx of asylum seekers being moved around rapidly. This has presented a huge logistical challenge, and placed a great deal of pressure on the system. Our Foster Care and Supported Lodgings teams have been braced and ready to respond at short notice.
Two staff recently travelled to Solihull to collect a child refugee and delivered them to a foster family. After a three hour flight delay due to bad weather, followed by further delays at Heathrow, the child arrived at Solihull reporting centre at 9:45pm. A lengthy process of welfare interviews were then conducted before Julie Brown (social worker) and Paula Jones (support worker) could take the youngster to their foster placement in Shropshire at 1.30am, while the foster carers’ supervising social worker Charmain Lewis and duty co-ordinators Bev Roberts and Anna Phillips kept the carers engaged and supported.
Karen Bradshaw, director of children’s services, said:
“I really do think that this scenario has demonstrated the commitment that our staff have for their work and for children. They are great ambassadors for the public sector and Shropshire Council. In addition to the frontline social workers, we have a wider team working flat out behind the scenes to make this work, and I would like to extend my personal thanks to all involved.”
Andrew Pready-James, senior social worker and supported lodgings lead, said:
“The whole team have gone above and beyond the call of duty in what has been a very chaotic time. However, none of this would be possible without the incredible support of our foster carers and supported lodgings providers.”
After a harrowing journey getting to Shropshire, it's vital that these children and young people are placed in safe and loving homes where they can have the time, space and support to begin to rebuild their lives. On arriving in Shropshire, children aged 15 and under are placed in foster care, and supported lodgings are provided for 16 and 17 year olds.
Andrew continued:
“Our carers tell us it’s generally a delight to provide a safe home for an asylum-seeking child. The trauma they've faced has made them tough, but they're also unfailingly polite and grateful for the kindness shown to them. Most are very keen to prosper and succeed in life; and a stable, happy environment allows them the possibility of schooling, learning English and making friends.”
As part of the council’s commitment to help unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, we now have an urgent need to recruit foster carers and those who can offer supported board and lodgings. If you think this could be you, visit shropshirefostering.co.uk for information on fostering, or for an informal discussion about providing supported lodgings contact Andrew Pready-James on 01743 250100.


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After 14 seasons and nine different teams, professional basketball player Matt Barnes won his first-ever championship with the 2017 Golden State Warriors. Months later, he announced his retirement. The following 4/20, a Washington Post article with the headline “‘All my best games I was medicated’: Matt Barnes on his game-day use of marijuana” is published. In it, Barnes speaks candidly about his cannabis use while in the NBA – one of the first instances of him openly sharing his story with the goal of normalizing cannabis in professional sports.
Barnes has since become one of the leading voices of professional athletes calling for the end of penalties for cannabis use while being an active player. Over the past few years, he’s planted roots in the cannabis industry by investing in his hometown of Sacramento through a dispensary called Seven Leaves. He also serves as a senior advisor to Eaze’s minority-focused cannabis business incubator, Momentum.
As we closed in on 2020, Matt joined us from his home in Los Angeles for a Zoom call where he shared his journey as a professional athlete and cannabis advocate, along with his hope for reform under new government leadership.
Cannabis Now: How have you and your family been holding up during the pandemic?
Matt Barnes: Since I was 18, this is the first time I’ve gotten to sit down. I went to UCLA in 1998, and ever since, I’ve been traveling the world to play basketball. Fortunately, I was able to play 15 years, but then I retired and went right into media. I’m working for ESPN and Showtime, traveling all around the country. Though it’s unfortunate circumstances, the pandemic has allowed me to finally sit my ass home. I do my podcast from home, I do ESPN from home, and I get to spend more time with my kids. I’m a single father of three; my twins just turned twelve, my youngest guy [turned] two on December 7. I’m getting to stay home and do the day-to-day things that I retired to do, that I hadn’t been able to do before. We’ve been blessed.
CN: You have an incredible podcast, All the Smoke, where you and fellow retired NBA player Stephen Jackson interview professional athletes and coaches. Given the name of the podcast, how often would you say cannabis comes up? Are there any memorable guests who stand out when it comes to their cannabis use?
We’ve interviewed guys who are still playing that were a little hesitant talking about it, but you know, we do stuff off the camera. One person who comes to mind is The Godfather for my generation: Snoop. It’s been great to talk to him about the plant and seeing his evolution. He came in as someone that was focusing on just getting high, and I’ve been talking to him more about explaining to the world why [he] uses [cannabis]. That’s been my goal when I talk to my colleagues or former athletes about cannabis – I always encourage people to tell their stories.
Just like the next person, I enjoy getting high, but there’s a lot of benefits from it, and I think that’s important when pushing forward a message of nationwide legalization – to erase the old stigmas of the high component and explain the beneficial uses of cannabis. It’s been a fun journey post-career, kind of being a shield for the guys in the league. I’m one of a handful of people that current [NBA] players look to for questions when it comes to using cannabis or not.
CN: What was your path to becoming this cannabis guru for professional athletes?
I was a product of the ’80s. My parents were functioning drug addicts. I saw a lot of different stuff when I was younger, and I remember one of the things I enjoyed smelling at a young age was cannabis. My parents also smoked cigarettes, and I used to hate the smell of those, but there was a different smell when my dad would light that weed up at the end of the day.
At the age of 14, I tried it. My first experience was terrible; I got a headache and passed out. But I wasn’t a quitter – I jumped right back on the horse and have been using it religiously for the past 26 years. Through high school, UCLA, my entire professional career, it’s been there for me…It’s always mellowed me out, made me more levelheaded, helped with sleep, stress, and the anti-inflammatory components help a lot as well. I played 15 years, I won a championship, and I think my story will help erase that stigma of people thinking it’s a gateway drug.
CN: Can you talk a little bit about the drug testing in the NBA and what that was like for you when you were in the league?
In the NBA, they give you three strikes for drugs in general. I don’t think cannabis should be called a drug anymore, but it’s still called a drug in the NBA. I had 2.75 strikes in about 15 years. I got caught twice. If you think you’re going to fail, you are allowed to call the drug program and admit yourself willingly. I did that twice even though they are supposed to allow it once. The third strike is suspension for five days, which is a lot of money missed, and it becomes public record. Luckily, I avoided that in my career.
Something interesting in going through the drug program a few times was talking to the guys who run it about how many players were in for cannabis alone. There are over 400 players in the NBA, and at the time I was in [the program], there were over 200 players in just for weed. It’s ridiculous ‘cause the league says they want what’s best for the players, but they’re pumping us full of opioids that are gonna mask one problem and cause another. Then they want to suspend us, fine us and maybe cost us our jobs over consuming cannabis. That’s why myself, Al Harrington and some other athletes are pushing the needle on the NBA. We understand how beneficial this plant is.
If [the league] would do their research, which they are doing now, they’ll find they can use [cannabis] to prolong athlete’s careers. Normally the NBA is at the forefront of all issues, but we’re actually last right now when it comes to the use of cannabis or CBD. Hockey, major league baseball and even the NFL are kind of rewriting their policies when it comes to this, but I think we’ll be catching up shortly.
CN: You have said that you used cannabis while playing in the NBA. Did you use it for stress relief, for physical ailments or both?
At the beginning, it was psychological. I started [using cannabis] at 14 or 15 years old, and I had a really tough childhood – a lot of violence, drugs and abuse. Cannabis allowed me to escape, to focus, to sleep at night peacefully. So, in the beginning, it was more psychological. As I got older, my body was getting beat up with playing in the NBA, so I needed the relief component as well.
I risked a lot smoking it throughout my career, but there was no other outlet for me. People often don’t understand how mental this game is. If you’re fortunate enough to make it in the NBA, you’re a one percenter. Then the mental approach of the game kicks in – it’s really a mental space and a mental game. Cannabis always helped me control the mental side, and this is why I’m a huge advocate.
CN: Kind of like your NBA career, it’s hard to keep track of all the things you’ve accomplished while working in the cannabis industry – there have been so many! Can you give us a run-down of some favorite projects/ventures?
MB: My first thing is advocacy. The second I retired, I started speaking [about cannabis]. I was able to executive produce a piece for Bleacher Report called B/R x 4/20, and it was the first time you ever saw retired NBA and NFL players smoking cannabis on television, telling the world why [they] used it. I was kind of worried about how the world was gonna take to professional athletes on TV smoking weed, but it was nothing but positivity. That paved the way for me to freely speak for it.
I teamed up with UCLA for a little bit to work on their cannabis research program. I’m a part owner of Seven Leaves, which is a cannabis company in my hometown of Sacramento. We’re growing under 3,000 lights right now and really making a splash in the space. I teamed up with Eaze and have an advisory role on their Momentum Program, helping get into the social equity space and allowing people of color to have an equal opportunity. If you look at the numbers, there are only about 3 percent people of color in the cannabis space, which is terrible in my opinion. I’m proud to say I’m really helping push this movement forward.
CN: How do you feel about the equity programs that are in place now. Do you think that they’re effective at all, or do they still have a long way to go?
MB: It’s a lot to handle. Starting them was the right thing to do, but starting and actually finishing are two different things. I think there’s plenty that needs to be learned in the process. You are giving people who have never run or owned a business the opportunity to compete in a very competitive market. That’s why I think a lot of the minority [business owners] don’t last – because our people don’t have expertise in running businesses overall. I think there should be programs that allow [people of color] to be part of [the industry] but also educate them, which I think is a huge part of anyone’s success. The Momentum Program through Eaze is educating [people], and there’s a handful of other programs out there that are teaching people the ropes, so when they get in a position to secure licensing and try to go vertical in their business, they’re fully equipped.
CN: If you could pick one thing to change about the cannabis industry right now, what would it be?
MB: Just equal footing for minorities. That’s it. Like I’ve said, I think we were affected most by [the War on Drugs] but are still last in line. We missed prohibition, we missed the Gold Rush, and we can’t miss this Green Rush. That is my goal coming into this space – to continue to educate people, create opportunities and jobs and situations for people of color to excel in. We’ve been directly affected by this the most – losing our dads, our brothers, our sisters, our aunts, uncles, grandparents either to death or jail because of this plant. We need our reparations for this.
CN: This past year, with the Black Lives Matter movement breaking through to the mainstream, we saw many companies worldwide making statements in support of Black lives like never before. Were you observing the cannabis industry’s response, and do you think they handled it well compared to other industries?
MB: I think it’s important for all industries to do something. Now we’ve pulled back the blanket of how nasty this country has been at times and still can be. I think businesses want to align themselves with our people and in our communities, but I think what is important – and a lot of businesses miss the boat with this – is they’re trying to fix stuff in our communities with nobody from our communities guiding them. That’s why I think it’s important for myself to be a part of this movement.
For example, if you have no idea what my community is like, or what Compton is like, or the Chicago ghettos, how can you effectively help? Sometimes money is thrown at the biggest name or the biggest corporation, and they may not actually be doing the best work for those communities. It takes a little bit of due diligence; these companies need to be doing their homework.
CN: We saw a video of you bringing that sentiment to the national stage when you were pushing Biden about the controversial 1994 crime bill*. What was that moment like, and how did you feel about his response?
MB: The moment was surreal. I wasn’t gung-ho about Biden and Harris because with both of their track records, they’ve done a lot of damage in our communities. But I got the opportunity to go out there and talk to him and meet him, speak for him at a rally and go to some voting polls. He wanted minorities to vote for him, and the first thing that people are going to bring up is the crime bill. Hearing him break down the crime bill, describing the parts that he was against while understanding that he couldn’t get everything that he wanted, he went with what was presented after there was pushback – because we needed something at that time. I’m not saying the crime bill was the answer, but we needed something. The government put guns and drugs in the hood in the early ‘80s. I was just excited at the opportunity to get to talk to [Biden], and I really felt like we helped him get in office. Now our job is to hold him and Kamala Harris accountable.
*The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, now known as the 1994 crime bill, gave billions in funding to state prisons and police while disenfranchising people of color.
CN: Do you think decriminalization and adult-legalization will continue to be led by the states, or will the Biden-Harris administration bring about federal cannabis laws?
MB: I’m hoping state-by-state [cannabis legislation] continues, but it would be great to get a federal overhaul and just legalize it. Once we figure out a sweet point for taxation, this is going to be a huge revenue maker for all these states. Cannabis is the one thing that brings everyone together. I feel like if everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place overall, and that’s no bullsh*t. Hopefully this plant can not only bring financial stability to states across the country, but also bring people together.
CN: Since you are a father and family man, as well as a cannabis advocate, have you had any talks about the plant with your kids?
MB: You know, we had that conversation when [my twins] were…about nine maybe? I never smoke in front of my kids, but one night I put them to sleep and went out to smoke a joint by the pool. I guess one of the boys had looked through their window and saw me smoking because they came down the next morning and said, “Dad, if you smoke cigarettes, your lungs are gonna turn black!” So, I kept it real and said, “You know how Daddy plays basketball and his back, knees and ankles hurt? When they give me medicine [for the pain], it gives me an upset stomach. And when I smoke a joint, it makes all my pain go away and helps me sleep.” One of the twins was like, “Oh, okay. Well, Dad my ankle hurts. When can I smoke?” I was like, “Oh sh*t.” [Laughs]
CN: This is for the weed nerds out there. Can you tell us what strains you’ve been into lately?
MB: I’ve been really into our homegrown strains. We have a Blue Slush at Seven Leaves that I’m really enjoying. Vovo and Bon Bons [are strains] from our facility that I’m also really enjoying. If you are in California and get a chance, check those out. Hopefully with our expansion, we can start getting them all over the country.
I don’t smoke as much anymore because I’m really busy, and I’m a father of three, but I still do have my two or three joints a day. I wake and bake; I’ll get a mid-day joint; and I’ll have one to put me to sleep, so I’m across the board as far as hybrids, sativas and indicas. It’s just kind of a way of life. Smoking has always been there for me, and it’ll always be there for me. I will continue to advocate for it, and hopefully help change some regulations in professional sports and even some laws.
The NBA halted their cannabis testing program when the 2019-2020 season resumed in order to avoid unnecessary contact due to COVID-19 concerns. This policy has continued throughout the 2020-2021 season. The NBA has not made a formal statement or confirmed if they will discontinue testing or penalize players for cannabis use.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Technical Notification on Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of Dimethyl Dicarbonate as a Preservative in Wine and in Unstandardized Water-Based Non-alcoholic Beverages
Information and Notification Document on Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of Dimethyl Dicarbonate as a Preservative in Wine and in Unstandardized Water-Based Non-Alcoholic Beverages
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As a result of this process, a modification was made to the List of Permitted Preservatives to enable the use of dimethyl dicarbonate as a preservative in wine and in unstandardized water-based non-alcoholic beverages on May 22, 2013. The proposed use of this food additive in Canada as described is now enabled.
For more information on this initiative, please contact the Bureau of Chemical Safety's Chemical Health Hazard Assessment Division at bcs-bipc@hc-sc.gc.ca.
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Health Canada received a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of dimethyl dicarbonate (DMDC) as a preservative at a maximum level of use of 250 parts per million (ppm) in various unstandardized water-based non-alcoholic beverages and at a maximum level of use of 200 ppm in wine. Unstandardized water-based non-alcoholic beverages includes such products as ready-to-drink teas, fruit-flavoured sport drinks, energy drinks, and carbonated flavoured soft drinks.
The results of Health Canada's evaluation of the available scientific data support the safety and efficacy of DMDC when used as requested. Therefore, it is the intention of Health Canada to amend Part 3 of the List of Permitted Preservatives by adding the following entry to the list:
Proposed Amendment to Part 3 of the List of Permitted Preservatives
Permitted in or Upon
Maximum Level of Use and Other Conditions
Dimethyl dicarbonate (1) Unstandardized water-based non-alcoholic beverages (1) 250 ppm
(2) Wine (2) 200 ppm
Health Canada's Food Directorate has completed a pre-market safety and efficacy assessment of DMDC used as described above. The assessment considered microbiological, toxicological, and technical aspects of the proposal.
Although the growth of all microorganisms would not be controlled by this chemical, for example certain types of heat- and baro-resistant ascospores of heat-resistant moulds, Health Canada's Food Directorate has concluded that the data provided demonstrate the efficacy of DMDC against yeast, some types of fermentative spoilage bacteria such as Lactobacillus, and moulds, including heat-resistant fungi that could survive pasteurization treatment. In addition, when DMDC is used in wine, the amount of any added sulphite (which is already permitted in wine as an antimicrobial preservative) can be reduced, since the synergistic effect of sulfites and DMDC against bacteria and yeast has been demonstrated in wines of different acidity.
DMDC exerts its technical effect immediately after addition to the beverage or wine by inactivating microbial enzymes, but it is hydrolyzed to methanol and carbon dioxide after several hours. Therefore, since there is no dietary exposure to DMDC, potential exposure to substances formed from the hydrolysis of DMDC was considered. Scientists within Health Canada's Food Directorate utilized Canadian food intake figures and took into consideration other potential dietary sources of these substances to develop its exposure assessment. It was determined that the low level of exposure to these hydrolysis products as a result of the use of DMDC would not be of toxicological concern.
Health Canada's Food Directorate also reviewed the potential exposure to an impurity in DMDC and possible reaction products that could form when DMDC is used in beverages. No toxicological concern was identified for the very low levels of these substances that might be present in beverages from the use of DMDC as a preservative.
Based on the results of the safety assessment, Health Canada's Food Directorate scientists consider that the data demonstrate the safety in use of DMDC under the requested conditions of use, that is, 250 ppm in unstandardized water-based non-alcoholic beverages and 200 ppm in wine. The Department is therefore proposing to enable the use of DMDC as described in the above table.
Other Relevant Information:
Given that one of the proposed areas of use is wine, for which there is a compositional standard (section B.02.100 [S], Division 2 of the Food and Drug Regulations), a targeted consultation on the acceptability of the proposal was carried out with the Canadian Vintners Association (CVA). The CVA found no objections to the proposed use of DMDC in wine among its membership.
The proposed use of DMDC is consistent with the international Codex General Standard for Food Additives, which includes entries for the use of DMDC in "water-based flavoured drinks", including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and "particulated drinks" to a maximum of 250 mg/kg; and in "grape wines" to a maximum level of 200 mg/kg.
For additional information or to submit comments related to this proposal, please contact:
Bureau of Chemical Safety
251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway
Tunney's Pasture, PL: 2203B
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2
E-mail to: bcs-bipc@hc-sc.gc.ca
When communicating by e-mail, please use the words "dimethyl dicarbonate" in the subject box of your e-mail. Health Canada is able to consider information received by December 23, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, 60 days from date of this posting.