The Class of 2023 completes their Affirmation Ceremony and commits to their Active Duty requirement in the Army. (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Alexa Zammit)

Niki King, Senior Manager-CSR Program Office, Campbell Soup Company

Commit your way to the Lord;

trust in him and ...He will make

yout righteousness shine like the dawn...

- Psalm 37:5-6

I have been a commited paddler in the past but sometime I just have to take a walk on the beach instead

ODC - COMMIT is the topic for Monday 15 July 2013

I'm not sure about what, though.

for odc2 - Commit

The premiere of Generation Startup at the 2016 COMMIT!Forum, the Westin Hotel in Times Square on October 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photos by Ben Hider)

Pierrot se suicident (Pierrot Committing Suicide), 1887

Adolphe-Leon Willette

Silhouette for the shadow play L'Âge d'Or (The Golden Age)

Created by Henri Rivière with Henry Somm in 1886 on the third floor of the Chat Noir's second venue, the shadow theatre became its most popular attraction. In the early days of the shadow theatre, a pianist would often improvise a musical score during the performances, while Rudolphe Salis provided lively commentaries. Using sophisticated machinery and up to twelve technicians, the productions were animated by silhouettes of zinc figures, sometimes with the addition of more detailed props and landscape elements. Light from an open flame was projected from backstage onto the figures, conjuring complex atmospheric effects. The plays ranged from solemn epics to fairy tales and satires, sometimes including archetypes from the Commedia dell'arte tradition such as the sad clown Pierrot. In L'Âge d'Or (The Golden Age, 1887), Pierrot is the tragic victim of his unrequited love for Columvine and in Pierrot pornographe (Pierrot Pornographer, 1893), he goes on trial for creating a painting of Columbine naked.

La Tentation de Saint Antoine (The Temptation of St Anthony) was the Chat Noir's first major shadow theatre production and is perhaps Henri Rivière's best-known play. Premiering on 28 December 1887, it was inspired by Gustave Flaubert's fantastical prose-poem published in 1874 about the legendary life of St Antony, who was haunted by visions and tempted by the Devil. The play chronicles Anthony's life as a hermit in the Egyptian desert and the many temptations he face, until successfully overcoming his torments.

[Barbican Centre]

Le Chat Noir - Paris, 1881 Le Chat Noir cabaret club was founded by eccentric storytelling show man and entrepreneur, Rodolphe Salis. Its eclectic interior had a medieval feel, crammed with objects and images from different eras and it soon became the exciting epicentre of the artistic avant-garde in France. Its outpouring of spontaneous poetry performances, visual arts, improvised performances, satirical songs and debates on contemporary politics became legendary. Its ‘open stage’ meant no two evenings were ever the same, with performers rising to their feet as inspiration struck or the mood took them!

Le Chat Noir is particularly known for its famous and influential shadow theatre which was initiated in 1886 by Henri Rivière. Be inspired by these shadow plays and work by other figures associated with Le Chat Noir including: artist Toulouse Lautrec, dancer Jane Avril, cabaret singer Aristide Bruand, composer Claude Debussy, poet Paul Verlaine and the group of artists known as the Incoherants whose satirical work, prefigured both Dada and Surrealism.

[Barbican Centre]

From Into the Night: Cabarets & Clubs in Modern Art

(October 2019 to January 2020)

Spanning the 1880s to the 1960s, Into the Night celebrates the creative spaces where artists congregated to push the boundaries of artistic expression. The exhibition offers insight into the heady atmosphere of Berlin clubs in Weimar Germany; the energy of Harlem’s jazz scene; the vibrant context of the Mbari clubs in 1960s Nigeria; and many more.

Taken in the Barbican

Seattle Women's March, January 20, 2018.

The Class of 2023 completes their Affirmation Ceremony and commits to their Active Duty requirement in the Army. (U.S. Army Photo by CDT Alexa Zammit)

Small Group Discussion: Education in Emergencies: Committing to the Full Continuum

The world is currently experiencing the largest refugee crisis since World War II. In this context, prioritizing education is not only crucially important, but also a smart investment—providing stability, structure, and routine, as well as enabling children and youth to build relevant skills and lead productive lives. Yet few refugee children are benefitting from this basic service: only half are in primary school, one quarter in secondary school, and one percent in higher education. At the same time, host governments face a wealth of challenges while working to absorb the massive inflows of refugees into national systems, further complicating their capacity to provide education.

In this session, the conclusion of a year-long focus on education in emergencies, participants will:

• Look at the full continuum that is needed to support school-aged children throughout their education.

• Explore the benefits of informal versus formal education.

• Discuss the shared responsibility of the private, public, and nonprofit sectors to deliver this critical service to refugees.

REMARKS:

Kelly Tallman Clements, Deputy High Commissioner, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

MODERATOR:

Dennis Walto, Executive Director, Children's Health Fund

PARTICIPANTS:

Hila Azadzoy, Co-Founder and Head of Academics, Kiron Open Higher Education

Teodora Berkova, Director of Social Innovation, Pearson

Mrs. Simone Filippini, CEO, Cordaid

Not for who want to commit suicide...low bottom.

COMMIT!Forum - October 8, 2013

Distributed Programming the Google Way

Google is known to operate one of the largest civilian computing infrastructures. These hardware resources are managed by a vast collection of software frameworks and tools, which form the basis for highly parallelized, reliable, low-latency, high-throughput applications. They also provide useful programming abstractions that speed up development and debugging. Some parts of this infrastructure, such as MapReduce, GFS, Sawzall, Chubby, Protocol Buffers, are available as open source projects or published in academic papers, while others are proprietary. Rather than dive into the dark corners of each of these tools, this talk tries to distill key design themes and patterns, which enable these unique capabilities, and can be re-used in other contexts.

Presentations: Hooking Stuff Together - Programming the Cloud

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About YOW! Australia 2010

The YOW! 2010 Australia Software Developer Conference is a unique opportunity for you to listen to and talk with international software experts in a relaxed setting.

website: YOW! 2010 Melbourne

venue: Jasper Hotel, Melbourne

COMMIT!Forum

Kamera: Nikon F3 (1989)

Linse: Nikkor-N Auto 24mm f2.8 (1970)

Film: Kodak 5222 @ ISO 400

Kjemi: Fomadon Excel (stock / 9 min. @ 20°C)

Wikipedia: Gaza genocide

December 5, 2024

Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization said in a landmark new report published today.

The report, 'You Feel Like You Are Subhuman': Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza, documents how, during its military offensive launched in the wake of the deadly Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel on 7 October 2023, Israel has unleashed hell and destruction on Palestinians in Gaza brazenly, continuously and with total impunity.

“Amnesty International’s report demonstrates that Israel has carried out acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza. These acts include killings, causing serious bodily or mental harm and deliberately inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction. Month after month, Israel has treated Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to physically destroy them,” said Agnès Callamard (b. 1965), Secretary General of Amnesty International. 

“Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community: this is genocide. It must stop now.”

“States that continue to transfer arms to Israel at this time must know they are violating their obligation to prevent genocide and are at risk of becoming complicit in genocide. All states with influence over Israel, particularly key arms suppliers like the USA and Germany, but also other EU member states, the UK and others, must act now to bring Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza to an immediate end.”

Over the past two months the crisis has grown particularly acute in the North Gaza governorate, where a besieged population is facing starvation, displacement and annihilation amid relentless bombardment and suffocating restrictions on life-saving humanitarian aid.

“Our research reveals that, for months, Israel has persisted in committing genocidal acts, fully aware of the irreparable harm it was inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza. It continued to do so in defiance of countless warnings about the catastrophic humanitarian situation and of legally binding decisions from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Israel to take immediate measures to enable the provision of humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza,” said Agnès Callamard. 

“Israel has repeatedly argued that its actions in Gaza are lawful and can be justified by its military goal to eradicate Hamas. But genocidal intent can co-exist alongside military goals and does not need to be Israel’s sole intent.”

Amnesty International examined Israel’s acts in Gaza closely and in their totality, taking into account their recurrence and simultaneous occurrence, and both their immediate impact and their cumulative and mutually reinforcing consequences. The organization considered the scale and severity of the casualties and destruction over time. It also analysed public statements by officials, finding that prohibited acts were often announced or called for in the first place by high-level officials in charge of the war efforts.

“Taking into account  the pre-existing context of dispossession, apartheid and unlawful military occupation in which these acts have been committed, we could find only one reasonable conclusion: Israel’s intent is the physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza, whether in parallel with, or as a means to achieve, its military goal of destroying Hamas,” said Agnès Callamard.

“The atrocity crimes committed on 7 October 2023 by Hamas and other armed groups against Israelis and victims of other nationalities, including deliberate mass killings and hostage-taking, can never justify Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”

International jurisprudence recognizes that the perpetrator does not need to succeed in their attempts to destroy the protected group, either in whole or in part, for genocide to have been committed. The commission of prohibited acts with the intent to destroy the group, as such, is sufficient.

Amnesty International’s report examines in detail Israel’s violations in Gaza over nine months between 7 October 2023 and early July 2024. The organization interviewed 212 people, including Palestinian victims and witnesses, local authorities in Gaza, healthcare workers, conducted fieldwork and analysed an extensive range of visual and digital evidence, including satellite imagery. It also analysed statements by senior Israeli government and military officials, and official Israeli bodies. On multiple occasions, the organization shared its findings with the Israeli authorities but had received no substantive response at the time of publication.

Unprecedented scale and magnitude

Israel’s actions following Hamas’s deadly attacks on 7 October 2023 have brought Gaza’s population to the brink of collapse. Its brutal military offensive had killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, including over 13,300 children, and injured over 97,000 more, by 7 October 2024, many of them in direct or deliberately indiscriminate attacks, often wiping out entire multigenerational families. It has caused unprecedented destruction, which experts say occurred at a level and speed not seen in any other conflict in the 21st century, levelling entire cities and destroying critical infrastructure, agricultural land and cultural and religious sites. It thereby rendered large swathes of Gaza uninhabitable.

Mohammed, who fled with his family from Gaza City to Rafah in March 2024 and was displaced again in May 2024, described their struggle to survive in horrifying conditions:

“Here in Deir al-Balah, it’s like an apocalypse… You have to protect your children from insects, from the heat, and there is no clean water, no toilets, all while the bombing never stops. You feel like you are subhuman here.”

Israel imposed conditions of life in Gaza that created a deadly mixture of malnutrition, hunger and diseases, and exposed Palestinians to a slow, calculated death. Israel also subjected hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza to incommunicado detention, torture and other ill-treatment.

Viewed in isolation, some of the acts investigated by Amnesty International constitute serious violations of international humanitarian law or international human rights law. But in looking at the broader picture of Israel’s military campaign and the cumulative impact of its policies and acts, genocidal intent is the only reasonable conclusion.

Intent to destroy

To establish Israel’s specific intent to physically destroy Palestinians in Gaza, as such, Amnesty International analysed the overall pattern of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, reviewed dehumanizing and genocidal statements by Israeli government and military officials, particularly those at the highest levels, and considered the context of Israel’s system of apartheid, its inhumane blockade of Gaza and the unlawful 57-year-old military occupation of the Palestinian territory.

Before reaching its conclusion, Amnesty International examined Israel’s claims that its military lawfully targeted Hamas and other armed groups throughout Gaza, and that the resulting unprecedented destruction and denial of aid were the outcome of unlawful conduct by Hamas and other armed groups, such as locating fighters among the civilian population or the diversion of aid. The organization concluded these claims are not credible. The presence of Hamas fighters near or within a densely populated area does not absolve Israel from its obligations to take all feasible precautions to spare civilians and avoid indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks. Its research found Israel repeatedly failed to do so, committing multiple crimes under international law for which there can be no justification based on Hamas’s actions. Amnesty International also found no evidence that the diversion of aid could explain Israel’s extreme and deliberate restrictions on life-saving humanitarian aid.

In its analysis, the organization also considered alternative arguments such as ones that Israel was acting recklessly or that it simply wanted to destroy Hamas and did not care if it needed to destroy Palestinians in the process, demonstrating a callous disregard for their lives rather than genocidal intent.

"Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community: this is genocide. It must stop now."

- Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International

However, regardless of whether Israel sees the destruction of Palestinians as instrumental to destroying Hamas or as an acceptable by-product of this goal, this view of Palestinians as disposable and not worthy of consideration is in itself evidence of genocidal intent.

Many of the unlawful acts documented by Amnesty International were preceded by officials urging their implementation. The organization reviewed 102 statements that were issued by Israeli government and military officials and others between 7 October 2023 and 30 June 2024 and dehumanized Palestinians, called for or justified genocidal acts or other crimes against them.

Of these, Amnesty International identified 22 statements made by senior officials in charge of managing the offensive that appeared to call for, or justify, genocidal acts, providing direct evidence of genocidal intent. This language was frequently replicated, including by Israeli soldiers on the ground, as evidenced by audiovisual content verified by Amnesty International showing soldiers making calls to “erase” Gaza or to make it uninhabitable, and celebrating the destruction of Palestinian homes, mosques, schools and universities.

Killing and causing serious bodily or mental harm

Amnesty International documented the genocidal acts of killing and causing serious mental and bodily harm to Palestinians in Gaza by reviewing the results of investigations it conducted into 15 air strikes between 7 October 2023 and 20 April 2024 that killed at least 334 civilians, including 141 children, and wounded hundreds of others. Amnesty International found no evidence that any of these strikes were directed at a military objective.

In one illustrative case, on 20 April 2024, an Israeli air strike destroyed the Abdelal family house in the Al-Jneinah neighbourhood in eastern Rafah, killing three generations of Palestinians, including 16 children, while they were sleeping.

While these represent just a fraction of Israel’s aerial attacks, they are indicative of a broader pattern of repeated direct attacks on civilians and civilian objects or deliberately indiscriminate attacks. The attacks were also conducted in ways designed to cause a very high number of fatalities and injuries among the civilian population.

Inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction

The report documents how Israel deliberately inflicted conditions of life on Palestinians in Gaza intended to lead, over time, to their destruction. These conditions were imposed through three simultaneous patterns that repeatedly compounded the effect of each other’s devastating impacts: damage to and destruction of life-sustaining infrastructure and other objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population; the repeated use of sweeping, arbitrary and confusing mass “evacuation” orders to forcibly displace almost all of Gaza’s population; and the denial and obstruction of the delivery of essential services, humanitarian assistance and other life-saving supplies into and within Gaza.

After 7 October 2023, Israel imposed a total siege on Gaza cutting off electricity, water and fuel. In the nine months reviewed for this report, Israel maintained a suffocating, unlawful blockade, tightly controlled access to energy sources, failed to facilitate meaningful humanitarian access within Gaza, and obstructed the import and delivery of life-saving goods and humanitarian aid, particularly to areas north of Wadi Gaza. They thereby exacerbated an already existing humanitarian crisis. This, combined with the extensive damage to Gaza’s homes, hospitals, water and sanitation facilities and agricultural land, and mass forced displacement, caused catastrophic levels of hunger and led to the spread of diseases at alarming rates. The impact was especially harsh on young children and pregnant or breastfeeding women, with anticipated long-term consequences for their health.

"The international community’s seismic, shameful failure for over a year to press Israel to end its atrocities in Gaza, by first delaying calls for a ceasefire and then continuing arms transfers, is and will remain a stain on our collective conscience."

- Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International

Time and again, Israel had the chance to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, yet for over a year it has repeatedly refused to take steps blatantly within its power to do so, such as opening sufficient access points to Gaza or lifting tight restrictions on what could enter the Strip or their obstruction of aid deliveries within Gaza while the situation has grown progressively worse.

Through its repeated “evacuation” orders Israel displaced nearly 1.9 million Palestinians – 90% of Gaza’s population – into ever-shrinking, unsafe pockets of land under inhumane conditions, some of them up to 10 times. These multiple waves of forced displacement left many jobless and deeply traumatized, especially since some 70% of Gaza’s residents are refugees or descendants of refugees whose towns and villages were ethnically cleansed by Israel during the 1948 Nakba.

Despite conditions quickly becoming unfit for human life, Israeli authorities refused to consider measures that would have protected displaced civilians and ensured their basic needs were met, showing that their actions were deliberate.

They refused to allow those displaced to return to their homes in northern Gaza or relocate temporarily to other parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory or Israel, continuing to deny many Palestinians their right to return under international law to areas they were displaced from in 1948. They did so knowing that there was nowhere safe for Palestinians in Gaza to flee to.

Accountability for genocide

“The international community’s seismic, shameful failure for over a year to press Israel to end its atrocities in Gaza, by first delaying calls for a ceasefire and then continuing arms transfers, is and will remain a stain on our collective conscience,” said Agnès Callamard.

“Governments must stop pretending they are powerless to end this genocide, which was enabled by decades of impunity for Israel’s violations of international law. States need to move beyond mere expressions of regret or dismay and take strong and sustained international action, however uncomfortable a finding of genocide may be for some of Israel’s allies.

“The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (b. 1949) and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (b. 1958) for war crimes and crimes against humanity issued last month offer real hope of long-overdue justice for victims. States must demonstrate their respect for the court’s decision and for universal international law principles by arresting and handing over those wanted by the ICC.

“We are calling on the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to urgently consider adding genocide to the list of crimes it is investigating and for all states to use every legal avenue to bring perpetrators to justice. No one should be allowed to commit genocide and remain unpunished.”

Amnesty International is also calling for all civilian hostages to be released unconditionally and for Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups responsible for the crimes committed on 7 October to be held to account.

The organization is also calling for the UN Security Council to impose targeted sanctions against Israeli and Hamas officials most implicated in crimes under international law.

Background

On 7 October 2023 Hamas and other armed groups indiscriminately fired rockets into southern Israel and carried out deliberate mass killings and hostage-taking there, killing 1,200 people, including over 800 civilians, and abducted 223 civilians and captured 27 soldiers. The crimes perpetrated by Hamas and other armed groups during this attack will be the focus of a forthcoming Amnesty International report.

Since October 2023, Amnesty International has conducted in-depth investigations into the multiple violations and crimes under international law committed by Israeli forces, including direct attacks on civilians and civilian objects and deliberately indiscriminate attacks killing hundreds of civilians,  as well as other unlawful attacks on and collective punishment of the civilian population. The organization has called on the Office of the ICC Prosecutor to expedite its investigation into the situation in the State of Palestine and is campaigning for an immediate ceasefire.

For the Hebrew translation of this press release, click here.

Source: Amnesty International - Amnesty concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza (Publ. 5 December 2024)

Meet Catherine Day.

Born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1845, she was a resident of Rochdale when this image was taken 50 years later.

She is described as being 5ft 1in in height, having blue eyes, grey hair, a fresh complexion, and being a midwife by profession.

She makes only one appearance in the records of the Rochdale Borough Police when she was convicted of frequenting and sentenced to 1 month in prison in 1895.

In full the offence is "frequenting the highway with intent to commit a felony" and it appears fairly frequently in the police records of the time. Once an offender had a number of convictions to their name, officers could arrest the individual if they believed they were acting in a suspicious manner.

What prior transgressions had placed her in this position is unrecorded.

The fact that she has no previous convictions noted in the Rochdale files would suggest that she had committed her previous offences in other towns. Perhaps she liked to travel to other local towns, where she might be less well known, to commit her crimes or perhaps she had only recently arrived in the area but the local force had been notified of her record.

After this offence she does not feature again in our records. Perhaps she changed her ways or simply moved on.

For more information about Greater Manchester Police museum and Archive please visit our website.

www.gmp.police.uk

See our set for more Faces of Crime Gone By.

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COMMIT 2014

"Commit whatever grieves you

At heart, and all thy ways,

To Him who never leaves thee,

On whom creation stays.

Who freest courses maketh

For clouds, and air, and wind,

And care who ever taketh

A path for thee to find."

- Paul Gerhard

I haven't uploaded something in a long time... So here is some catch up.

Autum is coming. This is a throwback to the long summer days.

Oh, I'm going to miss you, summer. See you again, next year!

A beautiful bridge in Stockholm, Sweden.

Svetlana had been tracking the target for a month, ever since Agent Vanessa had given her the order.

Now the permission for the assassination had been confirmed.

Svetlana wore a nice dress for the mission, with a belt, one of those she receives from France through Josephine. The woman tied a headscarf on her head, not in the Russian style, but in the Eastern style, put on black leather gloves, and covered her face with glasses.

At 21:14, the girl drove up to a house in the city center. The house was luxurious, built during Stalin's time.

Luckily, there was no concierge, and Sveta quickly went up to the floor of the house and pulled on the second, white gloves.

"Hmm, the lock has a secret," the woman said. "What a fool!"

Opening the Soviet "lock with a secret" was as easy for Svetlana as any other, it just took 10 seconds longer. Having made sure that there were no strangers on the stairs, the girl picked the lock and put the master keys in her purse.

Opening the door, Svetdana took out a flashlight and a revolver, not registered anywhere, which the agent had given her for the murder.

Sveta saw the light in the living room and went in.

The dissident, all black-haired and a scoundrel, was sprawled in a chair, reading an illegal newspaper.

Seeing the armed girl, he screamed:

- Who are you? Should I call the police now?

- And they won't help you! Sit down! - the girl smiled.

At that moment, the dissident's fat wife entered, screamed, wanted to run away, but Sveta deftly pointed the revolver at her.

- Stop! In the chair, quickly, fat woman!

Sobbing, the woman sat down in the chair.

- Do you have children, freaks? Svetlana asked.

- Don't kill the child, she's the only daughter, the man begged.

- Call her here, or I'll find her myself and blow your brains out!

- Sarah!... the woman screamed through her tears.

A dark-haired, plump schoolgirl of about 12 years old entered.

- So, girl, where do mom and dad hide the jewelry? Sveta asked smiling.

The girl with the rhinestone stared at the revolver, a puddle formed under her pants.

- Yeah, she's wet herself! Sveta burst out laughing - and now give me the money quickly! Otherwise I'll kill everyone, every minute!

The woman and the girl fearfully pulled out several boxes of gold and pearls from the sideboard, as well as several packs of Soviet rubles and German marks.

- Put everything here! said the robber, grabbing the briefcase standing on the floor and throwing it to the frightened and tearful ladies.

At that moment the man tried to rush to the curtain (yeah, where the gun was hidden, Sveta immediately realized) and Svetlana shot him dead with two shots to the head. The women screamed and rushed to the man's body.

- Well, no problem, no problem, bitch! Sveta screamed, she will know better than to disobey me!

The women, all in tears, looked at the killer with fear and anger. Svetal grabbed the briefcase and made a move as if she wanted to shoot the girl.

- Puck! - Sveta laughed - okay, bitches, live!

Sveta flew out of the apartment like a bullet and quickly jumped into the car.

Funny sign warning water board workers not to "commit a nuisance" on water board property, at the Steam Museum in Kew, London

PERMISSION TO USE: Please check the licence for this photo on Flickr. If the photo is marked with the Creative Commons licence, you are welcome to use this photo free of charge for any purpose including commercial. I am not concerned with how attribution is provided - a link to my flickr page or my name is fine. If used in a context where attribution is impractical, that's fine too. I enjoy seeing where my photos have been used so please send me links, screenshots or photos where possible. If the photo is not marked with the Creative Commons licence, only my friends and family are permitted to use it.

Somewhere in Delhi.

The premiere of Generation Startup at the 2016 COMMIT!Forum, the Westin Hotel in Times Square on October 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photos by Ben Hider)

COMMIT!Forum - October 8, 2013

COMMIT!Forum - October 8, 2013

MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber, MTA C&D President Jamie Torres-Springer, NYCT President Richard Davey, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, City Council Transportation Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers, and New York League of Conservation Voters President Julie Tighe at Bowling Green on Thursday, Apr 20, 2023 commemorate Earth Day as the MTA commits to slash greenhouse gas emissions 85% by 2040.

Levine, Lieber.

(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)

Pierrot se suicident (Pierrot Committing Suicide), 1887

Adolphe-Leon Willette

Silhouette for the shadow play L'Âge d'Or (The Golden Age)

Created by Henri Rivière with Henry Somm in 1886 on the third floor of the Chat Noir's second venue, the shadow theatre became its most popular attraction. In the early days of the shadow theatre, a pianist would often improvise a musical score during the performances, while Rudolphe Salis provided lively commentaries. Using sophisticated machinery and up to twelve technicians, the productions were animated by silhouettes of zinc figures, sometimes with the addition of more detailed props and landscape elements. Light from an open flame was projected from backstage onto the figures, conjuring complex atmospheric effects. The plays ranged from solemn epics to fairy tales and satires, sometimes including archetypes from the Commedia dell'arte tradition such as the sad clown Pierrot. In L'Âge d'Or (The Golden Age, 1887), Pierrot is the tragic victim of his unrequited love for Columvine and in Pierrot pornographe (Pierrot Pornographer, 1893), he goes on trial for creating a painting of Columbine naked.

La Tentation de Saint Antoine (The Temptation of St Anthony) was the Chat Noir's first major shadow theatre production and is perhaps Henri Rivière's best-known play. Premiering on 28 December 1887, it was inspired by Gustave Flaubert's fantastical prose-poem published in 1874 about the legendary life of St Antony, who was haunted by visions and tempted by the Devil. The play chronicles Anthony's life as a hermit in the Egyptian desert and the many temptations he face, until successfully overcoming his torments.

[Barbican Centre]

Le Chat Noir - Paris, 1881 Le Chat Noir cabaret club was founded by eccentric storytelling show man and entrepreneur, Rodolphe Salis. Its eclectic interior had a medieval feel, crammed with objects and images from different eras and it soon became the exciting epicentre of the artistic avant-garde in France. Its outpouring of spontaneous poetry performances, visual arts, improvised performances, satirical songs and debates on contemporary politics became legendary. Its ‘open stage’ meant no two evenings were ever the same, with performers rising to their feet as inspiration struck or the mood took them!

Le Chat Noir is particularly known for its famous and influential shadow theatre which was initiated in 1886 by Henri Rivière. Be inspired by these shadow plays and work by other figures associated with Le Chat Noir including: artist Toulouse Lautrec, dancer Jane Avril, cabaret singer Aristide Bruand, composer Claude Debussy, poet Paul Verlaine and the group of artists known as the Incoherants whose satirical work, prefigured both Dada and Surrealism.

[Barbican Centre]

From Into the Night: Cabarets & Clubs in Modern Art

(October 2019 to January 2020)

Spanning the 1880s to the 1960s, Into the Night celebrates the creative spaces where artists congregated to push the boundaries of artistic expression. The exhibition offers insight into the heady atmosphere of Berlin clubs in Weimar Germany; the energy of Harlem’s jazz scene; the vibrant context of the Mbari clubs in 1960s Nigeria; and many more.

Taken in the Barbican

East's goalkeeper makes sliding save--but commits handball outside the box. A new rivalry is born! The Northfield Nighthawks boys soccer team beat the storied Denver East Angels for the first time ever (six years since Northfield started playing soccer) on September 13, in a hard-fought 2-1 battle before a standing room only crowd of both East and Northfield supporters on East's home turf. 15 minutes in, East's goalkeeper received a red card for denying a clear goal scoring opportunity, and with East playing down a man for the rest of the match the momentum shifted sharply toward Northfield. Two headed goals on either side of half-time put the game out of reach despite a consolation second half free-kick goal by East. The student sections were constantly chanting back and forth in what was a thrilling match. As of September 23, Northfield's record stood at 9-0, while East had a 4-3 win-loss tally.

Apparently when the ones committing it may be police officers. On May 21, 2011 I was the victim of a robbbery of a vest hanging on a mannequin in my store. The 5 men who participated in and the two women with them who observed the robbery were/are likely law enforcement officers who may belong to the Road Dawgs MC (as they were all wearing Road Dawg Vests). The investigation has taken over three months and still no arrests. It has the unfortunate appearance that if someone has law enforcement

authority they are above the law, or the law at least slows to a trickle as far as going after the "bad" guy. Interesting is that one of the original members of the Road Dawgs in NH is a State Police Lieutenant. Also interesting is that the NHSP shift commander under the Lt's command denies Troopers are members of the Road Dawgs but when one checks the Secretary of State filings, some Road Dawgs officers are connected to the NH Department of Safety. It seems like Wanna Be Bad Boys on the weekends and above the law during the week. Reality is it seems they are nothing but thugs with badges...(person shown is a model and not an actual member of the Road Dawgs or the NHSP, she actually has good manners and integrity)

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The premiere of Generation Startup at the 2016 COMMIT!Forum, the Westin Hotel in Times Square on October 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photos by Ben Hider)

Combination of three images from the Japanese National Diet Library showing a gloomy scene depicted as a propaganda print by Toshihide. This was illustrated during the Sino-Japanese War in 1894-95. The title, 万死を冒して大同江に敵情を探, translates (according to Google Translate) to "It looks for Tekijo to Daedong to committing a certain death."

Guildford Street, London SE1

COMMIT!Forum at the Westin Hotel in Times Square on October 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photos by Ben Hider)

COMMIT!Forum Conference at the Westin Times Square on October 19, 2016 in New York City.

Donated by Rick von Holdt of the Foolproof Press for the benefit auction / holiday party to raise money for the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum.

A warning against anti-social behaviour (euphemistically meaning don't pee in this doorway) on the Clock Tower in St Albans. The building (but not the message) dates back to the fourteenth century

Upon founding the Light Foundation, Matt dreamed about starting a camp where young men could learn lifelong skills that would help them be R.E.A.L (Responsible, Ethical, Accountable, Leaders). For its 10th consecutive year, the Light Foundation’s premier program, Camp Vohokase has done just that.

Each year, Matt chooses four incoming high school freshmen from an at-risk community and asks them to commit the next four years to our leadership program, which includes 10 days at Chenoweth Trails each summer. There are always 18 boys in camp, four from each grade level, with each group coming from a different part of the country. Those locations, all with a connect to the Light Foundation, include Greenville, Ohio, where Matt grew up; Woonsocket, Rhode Island, close to where Matt holds his signature fundraising event; New Orleans, Louisiana, where a like-minded charity had asked for help; West Lafayette, Indiana, where Matt attended Purdue; Gloucester, Worcester and New Bedford, Massachusetts, all close to where Matt played during his NFL years; Hammond, Indiana, where Matt’s wife Susie grew up and identified a need for support; and new this year, Washington D.C, where the treasurer of the board resides.

The young men are required to keep good academic standing, complete a yearly community service project back home, and check in with our head counselors on a frequent basis. Program Director Edgar Flores tracks the kids’ progress year-round. He also does quarterly visits in order to foster the ongoing relationship between the campers, their class, and the foundation. By interacting with them in their own space, we can learn more about their behaviors and how those connect with their personal situations. By entering their homes, we often have the chance to stand as a united front with their parents or guardians in ensuring they’re doing exactly what they need to do to succeed. These visits are critical in reassuring to the young men that we are committed to them and serve as a true support system and not just a summer camp counselor. Not to mention, we have a lot of fun! They bond over some good grub and connect about what’s going on in their lives at that moment. Past day trips during a visit have included: Dave & Buster’s, paint balling, laser tag, amusement parks, farms, and bowling. We do try and balance the fun with more educational opportunities like volunteer community service projects, visiting local museums, or making a college visit for some of our juniors and seniors.

In return of having a good academic standing, the campers spend ten days among nature enjoying all that our beautiful facility has to offer whether it be skeet shooting, woodworking, canoeing, archery, fishing, dirt biking, etc. Despite all the fun we have here, the young men are responsible for daily chores, site visits to area businesses, and the completion of a service project around Darke County. Each night of the stay is reserved for fireside chats. These chats are structured to help create a dialogue about the very real and difficult issues these young boys face back home.

For a lot of these kids, all they need is an opportunity. We use the outdoors as a real teaching tool and a way to get kids to open up. And with us, these kids aren’t given anything. We make them work for everything they achieve. But through that they understand and value hard work, they learn work ethic, and they become proud of what they do, and want to share their accomplishments. Our hope is that after four years, each young man graduates from the program ready to become leaders in their own communities, equipped with the necessary tools and a heart for service.

In the past 11 years, 30 at-risk young men have graduated from Vohokase Cultural Leadership Camp with the tools to tap into their greatest potential as people and community leaders.