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LAPD Officer Matthew J. Simanski https://copblaster.com/blast/52397/lapd-officer-matthew-j-simanski?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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BURY THE BRIDE (2023) Krsy Fox, Scout Taylor-Compton horror - trailer

‘Til death do us’ Bury the Bride is a 2023 American horror film about bachelorettes being terrorised at a remote cabin by backwoods degenerate men. Directed and co-produced by Spider One from a screenplay co-written with co-producer Krsy Fox. Also produced by Brad Simanski. Executive produced by Chaz Bono and Ian Hoge. The OneFox Productions movie stars Krsy Fox, Scout Taylor-Compton, Dylan…

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Simanski(boyle yazilmadigini biliyorum)abi son dakikalar hadi abi sira sende abi at bi gol

Hassa son 3 dakika da 2-2 olduk

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96 Days To Halloween 2023

"It's hard to tell the dead from alive!"

(credit for dividers: @djarrex)

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Let's Discuss: Matiego

Is Matiego Canon? Is it queerbait? Do you think they deserved better? Do you ship them?

One of the questions some people in the fandom have been asking since ECNSE ended it's about Diego and Mateo's relationship because the finale episode wasn't clear of that. Today one of the writers of the story said this

Translation:

- So, It's Matiego queerbait?

- Not really

- So?

- Since the beginning we knew Matiego was endgame but for various reasons it (the relationship) ended up being vague

So, Let's add Matiego to the list of things ECNSE could have done better if it wasn't for Osorio and Televisa :))

My personal opinion on this is that I don't ship Matiego that hard, I like them and that's it, but seeing this is really sad. As I said I'm not fan of them together as I didn't like Mateo that much. I think the story of how they felt in love was rushed, as everything in ECNSE. I still think they definitely deserved better that the few scenes we got in the series, maybe that's the reason I really never got to ship them. But the fact that it was part of the story that we'll never see because of, I assume, Osorio and Televisa, it's really shitty. Matiego deserved better than that!!

Maybe we could have had two power mlm couples but now we'll never know

I understand most of the people would disagree with me as they were actually cute together but idk, my shipper never came out with them. (Don't kill me)

If you want, you can tell me your opinion :) I would like to see other people point of view

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Various Artists—Ten Years Gone: A Tribute To Jack Rose (Obsolete)

Ten Years Gone: A Tribute to Jack Rose by Various Artists

If you listen closely to solo acoustic guitar music made in this century, whether you know it or not, you owe a debt to Jack Rose. When the 21st century first lurched into motion, he was best known as a member of the Appalachian-drone-noise combo Pelt. But when a felicitously timed job loss coincided with a resolution to develop his fingerstyle guitar chops, Rose emerged from the proverbial woodshed (actually his apartment in Philadelphia) to become an early evangelist for the blues-raga-etc. synthesis that John Fahey, Robbie Basho and a few others first proposed in the 1960s, which came to be known as American Primitive Guitar. Pondering the articulated ambivalence of another guitarist to be so categorized, Rose told fellow standard-bearer Glenn Jones that that was exactly how he wanted to be known. He blazed through a series of developmental stages in fairly short order, investigating mystic free-form, rigorously emulated American folk forms and intensely social rags, playing six- and twelve-string guitars, investing all he played with a distinctively personal heaviness of tone and rhythm, during intense, mostly solitary tours and on a series of splendid LPs before dying drastically young in 2009.

Buck Curran is a guitar player and scholar who, during Rose’s meteoric run, was a member of the Maine-based duo Arborea. Presently a solo performer based in Bergamo, Italy, he undertook the task of assembling a tribute album honoring Rose, something Curran had previously done in tribute of Robbie Basho. The project was originally released by Tompkins Square as a download in December 2019, on the tenth anniversary of Rose’s death. But after a couple years, Curran took it back and augmented it; his own label, Obsolete Recordings, issued a new edition with four additional tracks in June 2022. The participants include people who played with Rose, moved in the same circles that he did, or were moved by his example to ride the vehicle of solo guitar exploration down their own road. Not everyone plays guitar: fiddler Mike Gangloff, of Pelt and the Black Twig Pickers, and cellist Helena Espvall, of Espers, are fellow travelers who use the keen of bowed strings to give vent to the enduring grief over a friend and comrade lost. Micah Blue Smaldone, Nick Schillace and Sir Richard Bishop, all fellow guitarists who shared stages and hospitality opportunities with Rose back in the day, play tunes that express their personal strengths. 

A dozen tracks, including the four new ones, come from Curran and folks who to some degree picked up Rose’s baton. The consistency of the contributions is remarkably high. Newer American guitarists Joseph Allred and Prana Crafter cover the mystical end of the American Primitive spectrum, while Matt Sowell represents the rustic pole; Liam Grant, one of the late arrivals, spikes mystery with velocity. Other contributors show how far Rose’s signal has been broadcast. Simone Romei and Paolo Novellino represent Curran’s current country of residence, the former with some classic Takoma-style blues picking, the latter eschewing genre signifiers in favor of reverie. Argentine Mariano Rodriguez honors Rose with a stirring slide dirge. Welsh picker Gwenifer Raymond is every bit as energetic as Rose could be. Spaniards Isasa and Xisco Rojo both wax reflective, in their personal styles. Czech guitarist Jakub Simansky’s agile bluesiness is probably closer to Curran’s style than Rose’s, but that’s an observation, not a criticism. There’s just one caveat; Jack would have wanted to know where the vinyl was. Reportedly there’s an LP master ready to go, awaiting licensure, but until this compilation is available in a format that can tip a scale and be seen without voltage, the work is not done.

Bill Meyer

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FOMA 38: Five Examples of Sacral Architecture in Kaunas

In June 1940, Soviet army entered Lithuania. This was a beginning of a 50 year long occupation. Catholic Church was one of the biggest enemies of the Soviet Union. Because of atheist policy, churches and other sacral buildings of all confessions were being closed and turned into warehouses, sport halls and galleries, therefore ignoring their architectural and cultural heritage value. 

The poster with the “Monumental Church of the Resurrection in Kaunas” from 1940s. | Photo via Lietuva Senose Fotografijose

A lot of valuables were stolen, but the largest damage for the buildings was done by the weigh of goods stored on wooden floors – it crippled the walls, meanwhile the humidity and rainwater which leaked through the holes in the roofs damaged the interiors of abandoned churches. [1]

St. Michael Archangel Church was transformed into the Gallery of Sculpture and Stained Glass. | Photo © Nacionalinis Čiurlionio dailės muziejus

A choice to turn a church into a warehouse is rather interesting, since a warehouse had a symbolic meaning in the Soviet Union. Some researchers believe that converting churches into warehouses “was not the abolition of the holy but, so to speak, its replacement. The warehouse is just as ideal an order in the material world as the church is in the spiritual world. The warehouse is a materialist church, but instead of collecting people who are seeking in prayer an exalted form of the soul, it houses a multitude of objects that have found a precise inventoried form.”[2]

Vilnius Cathedral Basilica in 1847 | Lithography via Katedra.lt

Nevertheless, according to various data from 1953 to 1959 nearly 15-20% of churches were closed while some of sacral buildings went through radical transformations. Vilnius Cathedral Basilica (1783) by Gucevičius was closed in 1949. During 1950 sculptures of saints, which were on the rooftop were removed and destroyed. Since the Cathedral was closed a lot of artifacts were stolen while the interior was ravaged. The Cathedral become part of the Museum of Art and was in1956 transformed into a gallery. The building was returned to the Catholic community in 1988.

Vilnius Cathedral Basilica in 1950 | Photo © S. Simanskis

A synagogue of Kulautuva constructed by Trakman (1935) was turned into the warehouse. In 1967−1968 the building was reconstructed and masoned, so that it could be used for a library and a cultural centre. 

The original constructions of the synagogue were uncovered in 2016 and was due to its poor condition demolished. | Photo via autc

Kaunas and Kaunas District are well-known because of the modernist buildings that were built during the Interwar Period. Five examples of Kaunas modernism – five sacral buildings - that were pushed to the politics of the oblivion in the Soviet times and are celebrated as architectural and cultural heritage today will be presented in this edition of FOMA. 

Christ’s Resurrection Church had a flat roof, what was not common for catholic churches at the time of construction. | Photos © Lukas Mykolaitis

The Christ’s Resurrection Church was designed by Karolis Reisonas in 1929 as a 82-meter tall spiral tower crowned by a 7 meter tall statue of Jesus Christ. However, this project was too pricey and not very well accepted by the people of Kaunas, therefore abandoned. A new project was inspired by modernist spirit and designed in 1932. It was believed that the new church would become a monument of XX century architecture because of its contemporary style, advanced construction and quality materials. Its size was also extraordinary and exceptional in the context of the Baltic States.

Local granite was used for the construction, and the window frames and doors were made of oak. | Photos © Lukas Mykolaitis

The construction of the church was complicated because of lack of funding. Therefore the community engaged in the collection of donations for the church. In 1938 the walls were masoned and the roof was covered in concrete. In the spring of 1940 main construction works were completed, but when Lithuania was occupied by the soviets, it stopped and the building was confiscated. During the second world war the church was used as a paper warehouse.

The inside of the church was reconstructed, adapting it to the needs of the Kaunas Radio Factory. | Photo © Kauno miesto muziejus

In 1952 a decision was made to turn the church into the Kaunas Radio Factory, later named Banga. The inside of the church was reconstructed, adapting it to the needs of the factory: three stories in the side naves and five stories in the central nave were constructed. Crosses were removed, the chapel was demolished and large industrial windows were installed.

Minija-4 produced 1967-1973 in Kaunas. | Photo © Kauno miesto muziejus

Since the opening in 2004 the church has become the dominant landmark within the cityscape. | Photos © Lukas Mykolaitis

During 1930s Vaclovas Michnevičius designed a neo-gothic church for the Evangelical and Reformed community in Kaunas and the project was not built since its design didn’t fit well with its surroundings.The other project designed by Karolis Reisonas represented current modernist trends with a flat roof, smooth shape and its functionality. Narrow vertical windows added greatness to the image of the relatively small church.

Evangelical and Reformed Church looks similar to Christ’s Resurrection, designed by same architect. | Photo © Skeivys, 1956, KTU ASI archive.

The Evangelical and Reformed Church was finished in 1940 and remained unused due to the Soviet occupation. The top part of the tower was torn down, the building was nationalised and turned into the warehouse for tobacco and alcohol manufacturers. Afterwards was given to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which adapted it for the use of special school. When Lithuania regained its independence in 1990, most of the churches were given back to religious communities, however, this case was different: since the owner of the building was an educational institution, the rules of returning the property did not apply. For nearly 20 more years the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Kaunas was used as a sports hall and a canteen, until 2019 when the church was given back to the community.

The believers were allowed to pray on Sundays. | Photo Wikimedia

Pažėrai Sacred Heart Church, a masterpiece by Stasys Kudokas, was built in a small village of Pažėrai in Kaunas district. The construction started in 1936 and was funded by the catholic community. The construction of modernist red-brick building was interrupted during the Soviet occupation. In 1967 the function of Pažėrai Sacred Heart Church changed as it was given to a collective farm and used as a grain warehouse.

The church has two towers, with a high raised apse and the main space of the building is covered by a dome. | Photo © Lukas Mykolaitis, 2018

When Lithuania regained the independence, the church was returned to the congregation in 1991.The reconstruction began shortly afterwards and in 1997 the nearly-finished church was consecrated. The plan of the church in the form of a Greek cross has an unique, dynamic composition, and it is an example of rational modernist architecture. 

Kaunas Mosque also known as Vytautas the Great Mosque is one of four remaining mosques in Lithuania. Its design reminds the mosques in Northern Africa, a compact, small-volume mosque combines historical forms with oriental motifs like an elliptical dome and a small minaret, which was never used for its traditional purpose.

Kaunas had a wooden mosque built in 1860. | Source postcard from 1940s

In 1941 the mosque was closed and robbed: its windows were smashed, carpets, furniture and ancient hand-written Quran were stolen. The ownership rights were transferred to Kaunas City Archive which turned the building into a warehouse. In 1986 the building became a library and a warehouse of M. K. Čiurlionis Museum of Art. During the soviet times murals were painted over and there are plans to recover the old murals by 2030 when the mosque will celebrate its 100 anniversary.

The mosque was returned to the Muslim community of Kaunas in 1989 and restored in 2007-2008. | Photo © Lukas Mykolaitis, 2017

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Šančiai neighborhood is a great example of modernist sacral architecture. The church is built of reinforced concrete, the nave is covered by supporting arches and the caisson shell. The exterior is minimalist and composed of regular geometric shapes: square front door and narrow rectangular windows. 

During the war, the church was damaged, instead of stained-glass window a brick wall was built. | Photo © Justinas Stonkus, 2020 

Kaunas2022 European Capital of Culture program Modernism for the Future tackles the questions of preservation, interpretation and dissemination of modernist heritage and promotes various initiatives by building owners, heritage community and cultural organizations.

[1] R. Čepaitienė. Vilniaus bažnyčių likimas sovietmečiu (1944-1990). Liaudies kultūra, 2002/5 (86), p. 32-37.

[2] M. Epstein. Russo-Soviet Topoi. The Landscape of Stalinism: The Art and Ideology of Soviet Space.ed. E. Dobrenko, E. Naiman. University of Washington Press, 2011, p. 301.

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#FOMA 38: Ugne Marija Andrijauskaite

Portrait photo © Justinas Stonkus

Ugne Marija Andrijauskaite is a historian, who investigates social and cultural history of XX century Lithuania. In 2017 she defended her PhD thesis, which investigated urban workers and organized labour movement in interwar Lithuania. Currently she is working at Kaunas2022 European Capital of Culture program Modernism for the Future. The goal of the program is to awaken responsibility for the environment that surrounds us and create an emotional connection with the urban landscape and culture.

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Hey there Splad! I don't know how often you check your tumblr these days, but I've been going through old Sims stories out of nostalgia today and stumbled back into RatRaceRob's and your stories of the Frios and Simanskis. Idk if Rob is still around but I remembered that you had a tumbr and decided to stop on by just to say thank you for all the wonderful stories you've told. They really influenced me when I read them back in 2011-2012. They will always be near and dear to my heart. Best wishes!

Awww, nonny! Thank you so much for the sweet note. ;_; I am sadly not nearly as active as I would like to be (blame it on the baby!) though I hope every day that that situation might change. I still have storylines knocking around my head that very much want to come out, so as soon as my son is old enough to NOT tear up the house while I’m not looking, I intend to come back to storytelling, if only in a more limited way. :P

I also miss RatRaceRob. The last time I had active contact with him was sometime in 2014 or 2015. He had a lot going on in his life at the time that I sent him my last email, so I tried to respect his space and unfortunately we lost contact. But I figure he’s one of those friends whose path will meet up with mine again one day and it’ll be like we never stopped talking at all. :)

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Jakub Šimanský & Tomáš Niesner - Ženy A Heřmánek by Stoned To Death Records

Track from upcoming album "Tance neznámé" from Jakub Šimanský & Tomáš Niesner. Out Spring 2019 on Stoned to Death (vinyl/tape).

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Erechim divulga os ganhadores do Nota Fiscal Gaúcha mês de junho

A Secretaria Municipal da Fazenda de Erechim e a Secretaria Municipal de Educação, por meio da Comissão de Educação Fiscal do Município de Erechim, divulgam os nomes dos ganhadores da Nota Fiscal Gaúcha (NFG) do concurso 117, de 30 de junho de 2022. - Os ganhadores dos cinco prêmios pagos pelo município de Erechim são: - Claudiomar Gasperin (Campinas do Sul) prêmio de R$ 1.000,00; - Julia Carolina Culau (São Valentim) prêmio de R$ 1.000,00; - Ivacir José Simanski (Erechim) prêmio de R$ 1.000,00; - Francisco Habovski (Erechim) prêmio de R$ 1.000,00; - Leandro Jorge Rodrigues Bueno (Erechim) prêmio de R$ 1.000,00. Os prêmios devem ser retirados na Secretaria da Fazenda situada na avenida Quinze de Novembro nº 175, no horário das 7h30min às 11h30min e das 13hs às 17hs. É preciso apresentar cópia da identidade, CPF, comprovante de residência e o cartão do banco no nome do ganhador, visto que o valor será pago através de depósito bancário, no prazo máximo de 20 dias, sendo que os documentos poderão ser encaminhados através do e-mail smf@erechim.rs.gov.br. Pedir nota fiscal Ele explica que o Nota Fiscal Gaúcha é um programa para estimular o cidadão a pedir a nota fiscal em todas as compras. “Combatendo a sonegação fiscal, aumentando a arrecadação do Estado e melhorando o retorno do ICMS ao município de Erechim”, comenta. Inserir CPF Segundo o presidente, ao inserir o CPF na nota, automaticamente, desde que cadastrado no programa NFG já está participando dos sorteios mensais, com a distribuição de centenas de prêmios a cada mês. O cadastro pode ser feito pelo site: https://nfg.sefaz.rs.gov.br/cadastro. Entidade social Trimestralmente as entidades sociais do município de Erechim, indicadas no cadastro da NFG, são beneficiadas com recursos do Estado. Desconto no IPVA A mesma nota fiscal com CPF acumula pontos que são utilizados para o cálculo do desconto no IPVA, e dependendo da quantidade de notas fiscais emitidas no CPF, o desconto poderá ser de: 1 % para quem tiver de 51 a 99 notas fiscais; 3 % para quem tiver de 100 a 149 notas fiscais; e, 5% para quem tiver 150 ou mais documentos fiscais. Desde 2013 Desde 2013, quando o município de Erechim aderiu ao programa, centenas de pessoas já ganharam nos sorteios mensais os prêmios pagos pelo município. “Todos cidadãos que compram no comércio local e solicitam o CPF na Nota Fiscal, podem concorrer aos prêmios, além disso, os participantes podem se beneficiar com descontos no IPVA com o ‘Bom Cidadão’”. Solicitar nota de prestação de serviços Ele lembra que é importante também solicitar a nota fiscal de prestação de serviços das Pet Shop, lavanderias, oficinas mecânicas, salões de beleza, clínicas veterinárias, médicos, dentistas, serviços de arquitetura, engenharia, pinturas, e limpezas em geral. Read the full article

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Suspect in hit-and-run that killed WRAL employee extradited to Wake County :: WRAL.com

Suspect in hit-and-run that killed WRAL employee extradited to Wake County :: WRAL.com

The man accused of killing WRAL employee Erin Simanskis in a hit-and-run crash has been extradited to Wake County and is in jail. 27-year-old Aldair Leon-Olluas was booked into the Wake County Detention Center late Friday evening. Leon-Olluas arrived in handcuffs after a six-hour ride from the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta. Leon-Ollas was arrested in Georgia last week, and has been held without…

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World Cup European Qualifier Beats Lithuania 먹튀검증

먹튀검증먹튀사이트먹튀검증사이트먹튀 검증  먹튀 사이트 먹튀 검증 사이트

The Italian national football team continued their undefeated record of 37 consecutive matches in A Match (a match between national teams).

Italy defeated Lithuania 5-0 in Group C of the 2022 World Cup European qualifiers held at Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia, Italy on the 9th (Korean time). Italy, which had surpassed the previous unbeaten record held by Spain and Brazil by a 0-0 draw in Group C match 5 against Switzerland on the 6th, continued undefeated in 37 matches (28 wins, 9 draws) with this victory. went.

Italy recorded 4 wins and 2 draws (14 points) in Group C, securing their lead by 6 points with 2nd place Switzerland (8 points), which played two fewer games.

On the other hand, England, led by Harry Kane (Tottenham), drew 1-1 in the sixth match of Group I European qualifier against Poland held in Warsaw, Poland.

England took the lead in the 27th minute when Harry Kane's surprise 25m right-footed medium-range cannon landed in the right corner of the Polish goal. However, England drew a 1-1 draw with a dramatic header equalizer to Poland's Damian Simanski in extra time in the second half.

Kane, who scored against Andorra on the 6th, scored in his fifth match in A-match, increasing his all-time scoring in A-match to 41. As a result, Kane is ranked fifth in England's history for the most goals in A-match, following Wayne Rooney (53 goals), Bobby Charlton (49 goals), Gary Lineker (48 goals) and Jimmy Greaves (44 goals).

England, which continued their unbeaten streak with 5 wins and 1 draw (16 points), continued their lead by four points ahead of Albania (12 points), which defeated San Marino (3 points) 5-0 on that day.

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Vaccine Passports: 'Scarlet Letter' Or Just The Ticket?

It's happening millions of times a day. Pharmacists jab an arm with the COVID-19 vaccine and hand over a paper card certifying that the shot was administered, and when. หวย บอล เกมส์ คาสิโนออนไลน์

"This is your ticket to freedom soon," smiles pharmacist intern Ojashwi Giri, as she hand-writes the name and birth date of another newly vaccinated customer on one of the coveted cards at Union Pharmacy in Newton, Mass. "I'm sure you're going to want to treasure this."

It's the low-tech version of the "vaccine passports" that have become the latest pandemic wedge issue. As states and businesses are debating and using them, Americans are deeply divided on whether businesses should require them to prove a person is immunized before boarding a plane, or entering a bar or a baseball game. What some see as a commonsense safety measure, others denounce as a violation of privacy and civil liberties.

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To many, it's no-brainer — a ticket back to normal life. Linda Simansky clutched her vaccination card, and beamed at the prospect of being able to venture out again with greater confidence. She says she's all for the idea of vaccine passports, and would definitely be more likely to patronize places that ask for them at the door, ensuring everyone else inside is also low-risk.

"I know its awkward," she says, "but they're not asking for [anyone's] life story, they're just trying to keep people safe, and trying to also keep their business. So, I think it's a win-win."

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"If we're going to end this nightmare, what we need is information," agrees Peter Wilson, a musician from Pheonix. "Some people pose less risk than others [...] and if people are making unsafe choices, the rest of us deserve to know. There's no sense in blindfolding ourselves."

Wilson sees it as no different than requiring students to get vaccines in order to attend school or camp. "We're just extending that to adults to keep everyone safe."

That's the idea behind New York state's "Excelsior Pass" that allows residents to flash a code from their phones which would earn them entry into anything from a Broadway show to a gym or even a private wedding. The nation's first such state-wide system, the Excelsior Pass has already been used at Madison Square Garden, Yankee stadium as well as smaller venues around the state, and while privacy features make it hard to pinpoint, state officials say hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers downloaded or at least started checking out the system in the two weeks since it launched.

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Judy Lisi, president and CEO of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, says a tool like that would be "essential" to reopening mass gathering venues like theaters that depend on a full house to survive.

"Why do you think these seats are so close to each other together behind me?" she says, pointing to the empty 2,640 theater seats on the image she uses as her Zoom backdrop. "Theaters [need] to put as many people in a space [as possible, in order to] pay for what's on stage."

Lisi says she was in the process of drawing up plans to use vaccine passports to screen patrons, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis preemptively banned businesses from requiring them.

"He's a pro-business proponent," Lisi says. "Why doesn't he allow businesses to do what we need to do then? The whole industry is relying on this. It's so frustrating."

But DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbot, who's also banned vaccine passports, as well as others argue they're a violation of privacy and civil liberties.

"It's completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply be able to participate in normal society," DeSantis said.

Audra Young, from Haverill, Mass., who says she's not vaccinating because she doesn't trust it, agrees the passports are a bad idea.

"Just like it's your choice to own a gun, I mean, this is America, where we should have choice to pick what we want to do with our life," Young says. Vaccine passports "feel like it's going to be like a restricted society. It's like wearing the scarlet letter. It's crazy."

While much of the opposition to vaccine passports comes from those on the right who see it as a kind of Orwellian nightmare, there is concern on the left as well.

Judy Greenberg, of San Antonio, describes herself as "very liberal." She says she got the vaccine and hopes everyone else will too, but she's uncomfortable making people prove it for the privilege of dining out, for example.

"Being Jewish, I've always had this apprehension about [anyone saying] 'Show us your papers!'" Greenberg says, because it harkens back to the horrors Jews experienced in Nazi Germany. She's quick to acknowledge a vaccine passport is hardly the same thing, but she worries it would be prone to abuse. "It'll create two classes of human beings, almost like a caste system of vaccinated and unvaccinated. So then, what's next? It just makes me a little bit uneasy."

John Calvin Byrd III, has similar qualms. The self-described "far-left militant black man" lives in Los Angeles, and says he cringes at the thought of being seen as sharing the same concerns as "Trumpers," but he believes vaccine passports would impinge on his civil liberties. He says he and his family are not vaccinating, because they don't trust how fast the COVID-19 vaccines were rushed through the emergency authorization process, and because he doesn't trust Big Pharma.

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But he thinks it's unfair to penalize people like him, by restricting his ability to go out for dinner, travel, or visit a park, museum, or grocery store.

"It's not like we committed a crime," he says. "We should be able to go and play and do whatever we want." He's also feeling pressure from his boss to vaccinate, and fears his decision not to, may cost him his job.

More broadly, Byrd worries that vaccine passports will exacerbate inequities for Black and Brown people, who are still less likely to be vaccinated — either by choice or because of lack of access.

"It puts people into separate groups, and one group has privileges and the other group does not [...] That keeps myself, my family and people like us in the margins," Byrd says.

Another concern is privacy. New York State Assembly member Ron Kim, says his state's "Excelsior Pass" is especially troublesome, given that it was developed in collaboration with a corporate giant, IBM.

"We're already dealing with big tech companies like Facebook and Google exploiting and extracting data without regular people even knowing that it's happening every day," Kim says. "Now we're allowing another path for companies to extract data and profit without our knowledge."

Both IBM and New York state officials, however, insist no personal data can be accessed or used for any such purpose. And no individual information is stored, or tracked. They say the Excelsior Pass only reads data that states already collect, to offer users the QR code that bouncers can scan to get a quick, clear green checkmark or a red "X." The same code can also indicate whether a user has recently tested negative for COVID-19, which many establishments screening customers may accept in lieu of a vaccination. For those without smart phones, results can be accessed on a computer and printed out instead.

Contrary to what many may think, given all the controversy, no state is mandating use of a vaccine passport; the Biden administration is also against any federal mandate, though officials say they're helping to develop guidance on privacy and equity issues. States can and do require large venues to screen customers for the coronavirus, but whether to do that with vaccine passports is still up to individual establishments.

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Some venues see the apps as an easier, more reliable way to verify that patrons are low-risk for spreading the coronavirus. Digital apps may well be more difficult to hack than vaccination cards are to forge, and they'd likely be more effective and efficient than what many are doing now, which is taking everyone's temperature and reviewing health surveys that patrons answer on the honor system.

But other businesses, especially in the hospitality industry, are proceeding with caution. A "no shirt, no vaccine, no service" policy may come across as inhospitable, many say, and may turn of customers who restaurants need now more than ever. Also, many bars and restaurants are loath to take on the burden of vaccine enforcement, on top of what they already do, checking ID's to make sure everyone's legal to drink, and constantly policing customers who may have had too much to drink.

That said, establishments that are still struggling to survive a year into the pandemic are not ruling it out. Doug Bacon, president of Red Paint Hospitality Group, owns eight bars and restaurants in Boston; four remain closed, and four are open, but still unable to make money because of pandemic restrictions limiting capacity. If requiring vaccine passports would mean he could fully reopen, he says, "I might have to give in to that. "

Bacon says he's more open to requiring vaccine passport checks for staff. In the past year, all four of his open places had to shut down for a week or more, because an employee tested positive.

"We had to sanitize the whole restaurant and have everyone tested," he says. "Perishable food had to be thrown away, and I had no income, and I paid my staff and all my suppliers and my landlords while were closed, so it's been a tremendous additional financial burden on top of everything else."

Ultimately, some are hoping vaccine passports, will prove one last bitter pill to swallow to help hasten a return to normal. It may be the carrot that induces more people to vaccinate. Or, as with so much else that's been politicized during this pandemic, it may be seen as more of a stick, that only deepens divisions, stokes resentment and leads those who've been vaccine-hesitant to dig in their heels even more.

"This is just one more thing to throw in the mix that's going to divide our country even more," Young says.

[xamosnews]

Τη γλίτωσε ο Σιμάνσκι https://xamos.gr/ti-glitose-o-simanski/?feed_id=131452&_unique_id=6071e46bbd789

[spoilersgr]

Και Σιμάνσκι και Αραούχο! Ζήτημα χρόνου είναι η αγορά του Νταμιάν Σιμάνσκι από την ΑΕΚ, αφού η Ενωση έφτασε σε συμφωνία με την Αχμάτ Γκρόζνι για τον Πολωνό χαφ. Οταν η συμφωνία ανάμεσα στην Γκρόζνι και την ΑΕΚ για τον Σιμάνσκι γίνει και επίσημη, ο παίκτης θα βάλει την υπογραφή του σε τετραετές συμβόλαιο, το οποίο θα τεθεί άμεσα σε ισχύ, αφού οι υποχρεώσεις της ομάδας θα διαρκέσουν και τον Ιούλιο. Από τον Γιώργο Σηφάκη Παράλληλα, κανονικά στο ρόστερ της ομάδας θα βρίσκεται και τον Ιούλιο ο Σέρχιο Αραούχο, αφού η ΑΕΚ και η Λας Πάλμας συμφώνησαν σε παράταση δανεισμού του Αργεντινού παίκτη για ακόμα έναν μήνα. Μετά την καταβολή των 200.000 ευρώ που είχαν οριστεί σε περίπτωση που δεν ενεργοποιούνταν εντός προθεσμίας η οψιόν αγοράς για τον παίκτη, οι δύο πλευρές συμφώνησαν σε καταρχήν επέκταση του δανεισ��ού του για έναν μήνα. Για το μέλλον του παίκτη θα πάμε σε νέο γύρο διαπραγματεύσεων, με την Ενωση να φιλοδοξεί αρχικά να επεκτείνει τον δανεισμό του παίκτη μέχρι το καλοκαίρι του 2021. Το μόνο σίγουρο, πάντως, είναι ότι η ΑΕΚ δεν θα στερηθεί των υπηρεσιών του Αραούχο μέχρι το φινάλε των φετινών αγωνιστικών της υποχρεώσεων. Ο Χουλτ Αντίθετα, χωρίς τις υπηρεσίες του Νίκλας Χουλτ θα αναγκαστεί να πορευτεί η ΑΕΚ μέχρι το τέλος της σεζόν, αφού ο παίκτης δεν θα συνεχίσει την καριέρα του στην Ενωση και θα σταματήσει να υπολογίζεται με το τέλος του Ιουνίου. Την εξέλιξη είχε επιβεβαιώσει χθες και ο τεχνικός διευθυντής της ΑΕΚ Ιλια Ιβιτς με δηλώσεις του στη σουηδική ιστοσελίδα aftonbladet. Συγκεκριμένα, σε ερώτηση για το αν θα ανανεώσει ο Χουλτ, ο Ιβιτς απάντησε: Οχι, όχι. Είναι ελεύθερος, δεν έχει συμβόλαιο. Και αναφορικά με το αν θα παίξει με τη φανέλα της ΑΕΚ τουλάχιστον μέχρι το φινάλε τ��ς σεζόν, ο Σέρβος επιβεβαίωσε: Οχι, δεν νομίζω. Τέλος, για την ερχόμενη Τετάρτη αναβλήθηκε η δίκη στην Επιτροπή Δεοντολογίας για την υπόθεση της Συμμορίας και μία ημέρα μετά αναμένεται να καταθέσουν οι μάρτυρες Μελισσανίδης και Αλαφούζος.

[machinehead]

RE:  PINEAPPLE SUNFLOWER SEEDS AND MORE

I don’t know if any you have tried this ridiculous experiment with sunflower seeds and/or pineapple, but the comments and this music video by nut job/ Head Case Floyd MC BBQ have kept me in stitches!! @mcbbq - Big Loads (music video):  https://youtu.be/s7wqVXBTRHI

And I couldn’t stop laughing at this photo:  https://instagram.com/p/BU4jHD1FDj_/ Dyin’ ova' here! This just in; my A&R head honcho Monte Conner tells me that veteran music manager Scott Koenig claims that pure Pumpkin Seed Oil produces HUGE loads! One more thing to try I guess... I have yet to see any results, but it is supposed to take a couple weeks. Below are 3 of the most interesting replies I recieved regarding muslim/gay friends. From:  Peter Southwood Sunflower seeds and pineapple - no fucking idea. Sounds like bullshit. Muslim Friends - Apart from having very few friends anyway, none at the moment. However, I have known plenty, and the one thing I know is that they are people first, Muslim second (unlike the majority of Christians I have met). The Muslim community in the UK don’t even recognise jihadists as being Muslim. They don’t want the three pricks who attacked London on Saturday to be buried with Muslims. Kathy Griffin - It’s all a matter of perspective. If there weren’t beheadings by extremists in the middle east, would we see the picture in a different light? If this were during the election campaign, would we see it as less disgusting? With what Trump has said about Muslims, trying to ban them from going to the US, people could see the image as a jihadist with the presidents head, and therefore an attack on America. Personally, I have no problems with the picture; not funny nor satirical, but controversial and too easy to be misinterpreted by those who want to. Gay friends - Can’t say much about having gay friends; as I mentioned before, I have very few friends as it is, let alone gay ones. However, being gay myself, I find it funny that it’s frowned upon in the metal community. Let’s face it, one of the most popular rock singers was gay (Freddie Mercury), and the main figure behind the leather look that a lot of metal bands and fans adhere to, Rob Halford, got his look from the Leather scene in the gay community! Personally, I’m not worried about being open at a metal gig. In fact, whilst queuing outside the Hammersmith Apollo to see you guys, I got speaking to a couple of others. When they asked if I was married, I told them that my boyfriend and I were waiting for a while. We then went on to have a fucking fantastic time inside. The fact that I’m in the UK and not the US may explain it somewhat; there’s no-where near the level of bigotry over here. There are still some fucktards, but I’ve been lucky enough not to have come across them (not that I would, even if they wanted it!) From:  Waseem Ahmed Mr Flynn A 43 year old Londoner here who’s been listening to your music since 1994, well-kept digipaks of Burn My Eyes and TMTC proudly sat in my music collection, along with your other releases. And a muslim too. And I naturally know shedloads of muslims, both professionally and personally. Last Sunday, I was on the underground on my way to the theatre in the Covent Garden area with my kids. My sister sat opposite me, still heavily mourning the loss of her childhood favourite Chris Cornell. I received a text from a friend in Paris asking me to be careful as emotions would be running high following the London Bridge incidents. I responded that I’d be fine, "I’m wearing a Machine Head t-shirt so everyone will love me." Then it hit me. We’ve reached a point in London, one of the most awesome multicultural cities in the world, where we are now having to explain ourselves and how we differ to the maniacs that wreaked havoc in Manchester and London. Passing questions. All politely asked though. Are you ashamed about what they did? You’re not like those other muslims are you? At that moment, protecting me from any glare was my Bloodstone & Diamonds tour t-shirt. Damn, bad times. My 9-year-old boy is going to his first gigs this year, ticking off Linkin Park and Metallica of his wishlist. He’s scared after hearing about the Ariane Grande concert incident. I’ve told him he will be safe as security has increased everywhere. Fortunately he’s not cottoned onto the muslim label thing yet. That would be heartbreaking to see. I’ve been gigging in London since the age of 17. Classic venues such as The Marquee and Astoria have gone. One thing has remained. The camaraderie at metal gigs, irrespective of faith, skin tone or whatever. Everyone looks after everyone and we’re all there for the same thing. Together. Irrespective of the nonsense taking place in the world, I hope this bond remains throughout my lifetime and beyond. Well now you kinda know another muslim, although via email. If you’re ever in London and fancy a hearty home cooked curry, you’re most welcome to join me and my family. I’ll invite my gay work colleagues too. They are awesome too. And one’s a diehard metaller and one my favourite gig buddies ☺ All the best Waseem From: Svetlana Simanski Subject: Muslims and pineapples Hey Robb, I just read your TGJ email and laughed a lot - what a mix of topics and - since I'm already craving for new MH stuff - I thought the email would maybe an update. Anyway... as a straight girl I have been confronted with the pineapple-hypothesis several times in my life and - until today - in my opinion this is just a way to get girls into BJs a little more. :D Men can never get enough, so they invented this hoax to maybe achieve exactly this. And yes, I already tried to prove the hypothesis. Guess what, the pineapples had no effect at all. If you've ever tasted cum in your life you might know why pineapple-flavor sounds like a nice game-changer. So much on this topic. Now lets get to the muslims. I'm 28 years old right now and I am from Germany. After WW2 there came many guest-workers from Turkey to help us out here, to rebuild the country and most of them stayed, had families and their kids had families themselves, but I never was in touch with them. I met some in my time as a student at university, but never was closer friends with one so I didn't have a chance to get to know the culture or the religion. So, honestly, I had some prejudices. Not from my own experience, but from the word that spread. I live in a big city and we have to deal with some issues here. There are places you shouldn't visit after dark or even whole parts of the city which are not completely safe for white girls in black clothes and without a hijab. Well, of course I had kind of an inner fight with myself and these prejudices. I didn't want to have them at all and since we welcomed like two millions of refugees in Germany over the past two years I decided to work this out for me. Can you believe we still have Nazi-stuff going here in Germany? Didn't they learn anything from history or is it just a story, a bad fairy tale for some people? Honestly, I don't get it. Anyway I took a new job offer at a stationary youth welfare institution and had no idea what to expect. This was kind of an experiment for me and I started six months ago. I work there with 22 refugees. With kids. They came all the way without their parents or any other relatives. The youngest one is 15 years old and he arrived in Germany when he was 13. He did the whole fucking trip vom Afghanistan to Germany by himself. This age I played with barbie or tried out how to look good with make-up. Those were my problems. Wow... I thought I had to go through some things in my life, but I realized it was nothing compared to what they did to come here. What they had to do in their countries to basically survive. They killed for the Taliban to save their families. Can you imagine? No, neither can I. So now I know like 26 muslims (my boss and some coworkers are muslims as well) and I love them all. The kids are so kind and so cute, help- and respectful. You can't imagine. For me this changed everything in my life. Before this job I couldn't image to have a romantic relationship with a muslim, now I can. Besides... they're all a little too young, but in ten years from now... I'd see a bunch of handsome and polite young men from Afghanistan and I can tell you, there are some really, really special characters among them. Just awesome. I got to know their culture a little bit, their habits and routines in religious practice and I even started to learn a little Persian. My job is to look after them in any situation and explain the pitfalls of german bureaucracy. We are also friends somehow, they tell me stories about their lives in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Eritrea - sad and happy ones - and this is basically all I need. This job just gives me back so much. The love and the kindness you get back from these kids is amazing. It took some time to realize: I'm part of their lives now, I am somehow their sister, mother, aunt and friend at the same time. I can't write down all my experiences here, but I wanted to let you know at least a small part of my story and how this job changed my view, my behavior, my thinking and the way I speak to others about muslims or their culture, especially from Afghanistan. I'm hoping my English isn't too bad and you can somehow imagine what I tried to describe. Hope to see you in Germany in 2018. I'll be there, somewhere in the crowd. Cheers from Germany, Svetlana

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