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__label__wiki	0.590946	0.590946	Khloe Kardashian > Khloe Kardashian trying to stay away from phone By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 November 2019 Follow Khloe Kardashian Khloe Kardashian has decided to put her phone down and live in the moment more. Khloe Kardashian has been trying to stay off her phone. The 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' star has decided to put down her electronic devices in order to live in the ''moment'' with her 20-month-old daughter True, whom she has with her ex-partner Tristan Thompson, and has encouraged her fans to do the same as time goes by ''faster and faster'' these days. Taking to her Twitter account, the 35-year-old reality TV star said: ''Hi loves!! I hope you all are enjoying every moment with your loved ones!! Slow down and take in every moment! I've been staying off my phone and living in every minute with my baby. Time seems to be going by faster and faster. Happy holidays (sic)'' Although her decision to put her phone down means she probably won't be documenting her life on Instagram as much as before, but the blonde beauty recently teased that she and True could be set to get their own reality TV show. A recent scene on 'KUWTK' saw Khloe, her momager Kris Jenner, and some producers sit down to help her ''finalise the show that [she's] developing''. Whilst nothing was confirmed in the clip, images of concept art for the potential show suggested the programme could be titled 'Khloe and True Take the World', which fits the theme of other spin-off shows the family has starred in, including 'Kourtney & Khloé Take the Hamptons' and 'Kourtney & Kim Take Miami'. According to what is heard from the producers, they ''want to shoot and put this on the Internet as soon as possible,'' and also want to make ''a five to seven minute episode,'' suggesting the new show could be a short-form series and exist on YouTube or a similar streaming platform, rather than being full length episodes for television. The production team also says the episodes will be filmed ''at the house,'' among other places, and that it will be about ''seeing mom and daughter out and about. Letting the world see just little snippets.'' Khloe Kardashian will support Rob Kardashian in his custody battle Khloe Kardashian 'happily' says goodbye to 2019 Khloe Kardashian recreates Kris Jenner's look Khloe Kardashian: Leftover food from our parties goes to food banks Khloe Kardashian forgives Jordyn Woods Khloe Kardashian won't reunite with Tristan Thompson Khloe Kardashian felt 'conflicted' by Tristan Thompson's promise ring Khloe Kardashian doesn't take motherhood for granted Khloe Kardashian worried about ex French Montana Khloe Kardashian sees therapist over OCD Khloe Kardashian teases new show with daughter True Khloe Kardashian wants 'happiness' for Lamar Odom Khloe Kardashian wasn't surprised by Lamar Odom's engagement Celebrities Index: 0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line1
__label__cc	0.72056	0.27944	AAN News » Bereft Mother Is CityBeat's Person of the Year By AAN Staff Angela Leisure, whose son's killing by police sparked April riots, rose above her grief to become the icon of the city during a troubled time. For this, Cincinnati CityBeat names her 2001 Person of the Year. "At Cincinnati's defining moment in 2001, the world looked not to the city fathers for signs and hope but to a grieving woman whose poise and strength made her the closest we have to a mother of the city," writes Gregory Flannery. View full article at Cincinnati CityBeat	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line3
__label__wiki	0.587109	0.587109	Alan Rickman > Alan Rickman's diaries, scripts and letters for sale By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26 May 2018 Follow Alan Rickman Alan Rickman Prince Charles Emma Thompson Neil Pearson Jk Rowling David Heyman Daniel Radcliffe Nicole Kidman Sting Late 'Harry Potter' star Alan Rickman's personal diaries, annotated scripts from the likes of 'Die Hard' and 'Truly, Madly, Deeply', and letters are all going up for sale at auction. A collection of Alan Rickman's personal diaries, scripts and correspondence could fetch £950,000. The archive - which includes letters from famous names like Prince Charles, 'Love Actually' co-star Emma Thompson and Bill Clinton - fills 35 boxes, and is up for sale two years after the legendary actor sadly passed away aged 69. As reported by the Daily Mirror, 'Bridget Jones' actor and memorabilia collector Neil Pearson has worked with the star's estate to assemble the pieces, which were presented at the ABA Rare Book Fair. Neil, 59, told the publication: ''It's a fabulous collection. There are 35 boxes of it - there is the 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' script in there and 'Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves' is in there. ''Every single script of a play or film, all of his diaries and a massive amount of correspondence from pretty much every one you've ever heard of.'' As well as scripts 'Die Hard' and his time with the Royal Shakespeare Company - which are heavily annotated - there are also some pieces from the 'Harry Potter' franchise. In a letter from J.K. Rowling, the author thanks Rickman for ''doing justice to my most complex character'', following his stellar performances as Professor Snape in the big screen adaptations of her books. The scripts have Snape's lines highlighted, while there is also a letter from producer David Heyman offering him the role - as well as his final call sheet from the 'Deathly Hallows' shoot. Also noteworthy in the collection are notes from Daniel Radcliffe and Nicole Kidman praising his stage performances, and a series of letters from singer Sting offering him a script. Jason Isaacs' funniest memory of Alan Rickman 'Love Actually' Mini-Sequel Will Not Include A Tribute To Alan Rickman Alan Rickman Leaves £4 Million To His Wife, And £100000 To Charities Alan Rickman Leaves £4million In Will To Wife And Charities Alan Rickman's Death Ended 'Galaxy Quest 2' Plans Les Liaisons Dangereuses Stars Dedicate Show To Alan Rickman JK Rowling Reveals The Secret She Told Alan Rickman To Help Him Better Understand Snape 9 Funny Moments Delivered By Alan Rickman See Alan Rickman In His Final Live Action Role 'Eye In The Sky' - Trailer + Pictures Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson And J.k. Rowling Lead Tributes To Alan Rickman More New Year Tragedy: Alan Rickman Has Passed Away Aged 69 Alan Rickman Dies Alice Through the Looking Glass Movie Review This much more light-hearted sequel reinvigorates the franchise after Disney's quirky but murky 2010 reboot... Eye in the Sky Movie Review Almost forensic in its approach, this smart thriller explores a drone strike from a variety... Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass Trailer As Alice is once again taken into the magical and mysterious world that she's somehow... Eye In The Sky Trailer Drones are now one of the most effective weapons the military have when fighting in... Alice Through The Looking Glass - Teaser Trailer Alice once again returns to Wonderland and meets a lot of familiar faces. This time... A Little Chaos Movie Review Audiences looking for a French historical costume drama should look elsewhere, but those who enjoy... A Little Chaos Trailer In the palace of Versailles, a tremendous garden is maintained. One day, the builder and... A Promise Movie Review When a French filmmaker travels to Belgium to film a German story in English, it's... The Butler Movie Review This is an strangely slushy movie from Lee Daniels, whose last two films (Precious and... CBGB Trailer In 1973, New York nightclub CBGB opened as a venue for Country, BlueGrass and Blues... The Butler Trailer Cecil Gaines is a modest and dedicated butler at the White House who manages to...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line11
__label__wiki	0.842198	0.842198	Jada Pinkett-Smith > Jada Pinkett Smith felt 'lost' supporting husband Will By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 03 December 2019 Follow Jada Pinkett-Smit ... Jada Pinkett-Smith Will Smith Jada Pinkett Smith ''lost'' herself whilst supporting her husband Will Smith as she had ''relinquished a lot of her power'' to him during the early stages of their relationship. Jada Pinkett Smith ''lost'' herself whilst supporting her husband Will Smith. The 'Girls Trip' star admitted she had ''relinquished a lot of her power'' to her famous spouse earlier on in their marriage but she soon realised she could be her own person too. She explained: ''We do relinquish a lot of our power to our men that we've given our lives to. And at first, I gave it all over. And then I realised, 'Oh this is not working.' And you get just a little disappointed because you feel like, 'I gave it all to you and you took it and you misused it - you stopped listening to me.''' Speaking on an episode of Red Table Talk, her mother Adrienne Banfield-Jones, added: ''She felt like she lost herself in supporting Will and his dreams and his career, and the idea that he had of what their relationship was gonna be.'' Meanwhile, Jada previously insisted she doesn't have a ''conventional marriage''. She explained: ''I knew that I was not built for conventional marriage. Even the word 'wife': it's a golden cage, swallow the key. Even before I was married, I was like, 'That'll kill me.' And it damn near did! So why wouldn't you share what you've been through, when you see that other people are out there, trying to figure this crap out? We decided to make it public because it's part of the healing. I feel like if we don't have real understanding about it, I don't know if interpersonal relationships are possible.'' The 48-year-old actress considers Will to be her ''life partner'' rather than a husband. She added: ''Will is my life partner and I could not ask for a better one. I adore him, I never want people to think it was Will I didn't want to marry - he and I were talking about this the other day. But I can assure you that some of the most powerful women in the world feel caged and tied, because of the sacrifices they have to make to be in that position. So I wanted to talk about how we really feel about marriage. How do we really feel about different, unconventional relationships? How do we really feel about raising children? Honestly.'' Will and Jada Pinkett Smith announce brand new event series, World Tour Jada Pinkett Smith: Will Smith has said 'crazy' things about Willow's menstruation Jada Pinkett Smith set for Matrix return Jada Pinkett Smith credits Oprah Winfrey with Red Table Talk success Jada Pinkett Smith only just 'entering adult relationship' with Will Smith Show helped Jada Pinkett Smith process death Jada Pinkett Smith says sex toys are key to happy marriage Jada Pinkett Smith wanted Will to take Matrix role Jada Pinkett Smith wants Duchess Meghan on show Jada Pinkett Smith 'proud' of chat with Will's ex-wife Jada Pinkett Smith's unconventional marriage Jada Pinkett Smith: 'My marriage isn't perfect' Jada Pinkett Smith's marriage isn't 'perfect' Girls Trip Movie Review This movie's premise basically sounds like The Hangover with added black girl power. But it's... Girls Trip Trailer You might have thought that all-girl vacations were a thing reserved for college kids, but... Bad Moms - Red Band Trailer Bad Moms is an American comedy film that stars Mila Kunis as the main protagonist... Magic Mike XXL Movie Review Resisting the temptation to capitalise on the camp value of these characters, Channing Tatum and... Magic Mike XXL Trailer Magic Mike might be keeping his clothes on these days in favour of beginning a... Magic Mike XXL - Teaser Trailer Three years after bowing out of the stripper career, Magic Mike (Channing Tatum), returns to... Annie Movie Review A solid cast bodes well for this unnecessary remake of the 1982 movie (based on... Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Movie Review Instead of developing the characters or situations for comedy gold, the filmmakers instead just crank... Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Trailer After escaping to Africa from Madagascar, Alex the lion; Gloria the hippo; Melman the giraffe... The Karate Kid Movie Review Even though it's corny, unnecessary and far too long, this remake of the 1984 hit... Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Movie Review To a film critic, the mainstream is like a ravenous shark with a defective hypothalamus.... Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Trailer Watch the trailer for Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaAlex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the... The Women (2008) Movie Review Longtime Murphy Brown scribe Diane English dips her toes into bigger waters as she attempts... Watch the trailer for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, in cinemas December 5th 2008Alex the lion,...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line12
__label__cc	0.583025	0.416975	Bob Burnside Community involvement keeps threatened Arizona parks open September 12, 2011 by Arizona Heritage Alliance [Source: Mark Duncan, Enterprise Reporter, the Daily Courier] – A couple of years ago, the Arizona State Parks system found itself in a second-hand crisis, thanks to the general budgeting malaise that affected the whole of state government. With gargantuan deficits looming, the Legislature chose to “sweep” pretty much any and all available money from any and all “non-essential” departments, including the state parks department, which suddenly had some hard choices on its hands. The directors there cut staffing and programs and looked for every possible way to make ends meet. In the end, though, they had to make a list they never thought they’d make – a list of parks that might have to close because they just couldn’t make ends meet on their own. On that list were Red Rocks State Park, one of four conservation parks statewide, and Fort Verde Historic State Park, one of the nine historic parks in the system. Well, the folks of Sedona and Camp Verde weren’t going to let that happen in their towns. And it just so happened that Yavapai County Supervisor Chip Davis had stashed away some money from cable television franchise fees – money that was earmarked for parks and recreation activities. With the blessing of the other two supervisors, he pledged $30,000 per year to each of the two parks. In Sedona, as the staff of state employees was cut in half, the community came alive in support of the park. In addition to the county money, the City of Sedona contributed $15,000 and the Sedona Community Foundation added $10,000, and a group called the Benefactors of Red Rock State Park came up with $145,000 in donations large and small, including $15,000 from a family foundation that paid for a part-time ranger to run the school program [to read the full article click here]. Categories Arizona Tourism, Budget, Historic Preservation, State ParksTags Benefactors of Red Rocks State Park, Bob Burnside, Camp Verde, Chip Davis, Fort Verde State Historic Park, Gary Arbeiter, Jay Ream, Karen Fann, Mark Duncan, Norm Hanson, Red Rocks State Park, Sedona, Sedona Community Foundation, Sheila Stubler, Yavapai CountyLeave a comment Group debates the future of state parks in Arizona October 4, 2010 October 4, 2010 by Arizona Heritage Alliance [Source: John Hutchinson, Verde Independent] – A powerhouse panel of political players combined with a standing room-only crowd of State Parks supporters and conservationists gathered to help strategize the long-term sustainable operation of the State Parks system Thursday. Supported by a documentary film, “Postcards from the Parks,” which tells the story of Arizona’s State Parks long-running financial crisis, the panel took five aspects of the issue and fielded questions. Birgit Lowenstein, who helped organize the Benefactors of the Red Rocks, said, “we have taken State Parks for granted.” There were also representatives from Cottonwood, Jerome, and Yavapai County, plus a flood of volunteers of the Parks system. “We have created a financial band-aid, but it is not sustainable. We must find a long-term solution,” urged Lowenstein.” Chief among the messages of the documentary film: “A closed park doesn’t make any money.” The closure of the parks would save the government $8 million, but cost $260 million in economic decline to the surrounding communities from the parks’ closure. The documentary film quotes Director Renee Bahl, “We don’t have to chose between a healthy economy and a healthy environment. We can have both.” [to read the full article click here]. Categories Arizona State Budget, Arizona State Parks Board, Heritage Fund, Historic Preservation, State ParksTags Benefactors of the Red Rocks, Birgit Lowenstein, Bob Burnside, Camp Verde, Chip Davis, Cottonwood, Governor Jan Brewer, HCR2040, Jerome, John Hutchinson, Postcards from the Parks, Reese Woodling, Renee Bahl, Sandy Bahr, Sedona, Tom O'Halleran, Yavapai CountyLeave a comment Citizens speak out on behalf of Arizona State Parks, Jan. 15, at packed Phoenix Zoo meeting January 20, 2010 January 20, 2010 by Arizona Heritage Alliance Clip #1: Ken Travous, former Director, Arizona State Parks; Cindy Sherman, Volunteer at Riordan Mansion State Historic Park; and Susan Culp. Clip #2: Cristie Statler, Arizona State Parks Foundation Director; Claudine Mahoney, Benefactors of Red Rock State Park; and Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon Chapter Executive Director. Clip #3: Bill Roe, former Arizona State Parks Board Member; Charles Adams, University of Arizona; and Charles Eatherly, former Arizona State Parks Deputy Director. Clip #4: Joni Bosh, former Arizona State Parks Board Member; Cindy Krupika, Friends of Oracle State Park President; Bob Burnside, Camp Verde Mayor; and Chris Strohm, Volunteer Sonoita Creek State Natural Area. Categories Arizona State Budget, Arizona State Parks Board, Heritage Fund, Historic Preservation, State ParksTags Arizona State Parks, Bill Roe, Bob Burnside, Charles Adams, Charles Eatherly, Chris Strohm, Cindy Krupika, Cindy Sherman, Claudine Mahoney, Cristie Statler, Friends of Oracle State Park, Joni Bosh, Ken Travous, Red Rock State Park, Riordan Mansion State Historic Park, Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club, Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, Susan Culp, University of ArizonaLeave a comment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line18
__label__cc	0.633157	0.366843	CPPP statement on “Big 3” opening remarks Home/Texas Legislature, Uncategorized/CPPP statement on “Big 3” opening remarks CPPP Statement on Legislative Session Opening Remarks from Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick and Speaker Bonnen AUSTIN, Tex. – At a group press conference this morning, Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen highlighted school finance, property taxes and other issues as shared priorities for the legislative session. LIVE: @GregAbbott, @DanPatrick and @RepDennisBonnen are set to hold a press conference. #txlege https://t.co/Uz7GfUJGQ7 — Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) January 9, 2019 In response, CPPP CEO Ann Beeson issued the following statement: “It’s great to see the Governor, Lt. Governor and House Speaker united in their commitment to remodeling our public school finance system this legislative session. Money matters in education to support dedicated teachers and investments in science, computers, art and other programs. “We are ready to help with the details to ensure that Texas students from all ZIP codes and backgrounds receive the high-quality education they deserve. We will remind state leaders that recapture, or “Robin Hood,” is working as intended to level the playing field between school districts. It’s the underfunding by the state of the overall school finance system that leaves too many schools struggling. “When the state begins paying its fair share of public education costs, we will achieve more equitable funding for Texas schools and lower property taxes. “We look forward to working with state leaders to advance the big issues that matter.” Delighted that @GovAbbott @DanPatrick @TXSpeakerBonnen agree "school finance is the issue of the session." 'Bout time, let's go #txlege! — Ann Beeson (@AnnBeesonCPPP) January 9, 2019 Archived Point of Order Messages from Luis Figueroa Ann Beeson Texas Legislature, Uncategorized 86th Texas Legislative Session, 86th Texas Legislature, dan patrick, Dennis Bonnen, Greg Abbott, opening statements, txlege Don’t Tie Future Texans’ Hands with Short-Sighted Ballot Proposal Texans are about to start hearing more about a state income tax. Here’s why. During the most recent state legislative session in Austin,... It’s time…. Let’s end surprise medical bills When patients can’t choose their health care providers, like in emergencies, they may unknowingly get care that is out of... But what really happens during the interim? \| Dec. 5, 2019 People ask lawmakers, their staff, and policy advocates all the time, “what happens during the interim... A General Check-Up on Health Care Bills at #TxLege CPPP and our Cover Texas Now and Children’s Health Coverage Coalition partners are watching bills on several big topics aimed... At a Glance: Quick Explanation of the Spending Cap Legislative Budget Board (LBB) officials meet TODAY to set the growth spending limit for the 2020-2021 state budget. Article VIII, Section... Don’t Get Distracted by Recapture: Our Biggest School Finance Challenge is a Lack of Revenue Though it is the state’s responsibility to provide a substantial share of school funding, Texas relies heavily on local property... Don’t Let Texas Fall Behind: Why We Need a Statewide Complete Count Committee This week, CPPP, along with the National Association of Latino and Appointed Officials (NALEO) and the Mexican American Legal Defense... Senate Farm Bill Good for Texans, Stops Privatization Congress still has not passed a federal Farm Bill, a major piece of legislation that gets renewed every five years... Updated School Food Programs Help Texas Kids Eat Free With summer break underway, Texas school administrators and nutrition directors must begin planning for the 2018 – 2019 school year... Clearing the Air Around the Texas Minimum Wage Act This blog was written by Economic Opportunity Intern Anna Crockett and Economic Opportunity Director Chandra Villanueva. Texas has one of the... Reality Check: Staffing Levels in Schools Teachers have the greatest impact on student outcomes. However, many students come to school with barriers to learning beyond what... How to Boost Funding to Public Education The Texas public school finance system is due for some renovations. And we need raw material to get the job... Bilingual Education Spending Still Hasn’t Recovered This blog post was written by Communications Intern Bianca Lopez. It’s been seven years since the Texas Legislature made deep budget... Our Chance to Stand Up for Public Schools On March 19th in Austin, the public will have a rare chance to testify about the importance of investing in... Texas students used to lead nation in math scores—what happened? This post was written by CPPP Communications Intern Bianca Lopez. Photo credit: Glenn Strong, Flickr. CC license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 In general, math scores... Where does facilities funding fit into the school finance debate? For more info on school finance in Texas, head here. The Legislative Budget Board estimates that the state’s share of Foundation... Taking on 2018 with Fierce Optimism Something special is in the air, and it's not just cedar fever. It's optimism. 2017 was a devastating year for many Texans.... Texas Has a GED Problem Texas has the highest percentage of adults in the country that lack a high school diploma or equivalent. Changes to... The National Dream Act: What’s at stake for Texas? On September 5, the Trump Administration announced that it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the... How the Federal Tax Bill Threatens State and Local Public Services The tax bill currently making its way through Congress would make it more difficult for Texas and our local governments... Support Proposition 7, a Proposal to Help Texans Build Their Savings on the November Ballot Wouldn't it be great if you were eligible to win a cash prize just for putting money in your savings... Mental Health Parity in the 2017 Texas Legislative Session During the 2017 Texas Regular Legislative Session, lawmakers passed an important bill related to mental health parity (House Bill 10).... Reflections on the special session After 29 extra days at the Texas Capitol, lawmakers head back to their districts without having accomplished much. That’s good... New Report Shows that Rural and Small town Texas would be Hurt Most by SNAP Cuts Kamia Rathore, CPPP Health and Wellness Policy Intern The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program,... New Property Tax Bill, Same Fuzzy Math This post was updated on July 31, 2017. The Senate last week passed Senate Bill 1 by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a... The Latest Legislative Nightmare: Senate Bill 18 Recently we dove into why spending caps are horrible ideas if you want to keep local services running (think fire... Nobody Wants To Be Here It's the middle of July in Texas, and most of us would rather be playing with our families at our... What Dan Patrick Got Wrong about Public School Finance At a press conference today, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick made several misleading and inaccurate statements related to public education in... Texas College Work-Study Program Makes Moderate Progress during 2017 Legislative Session Established in 1989, the Texas College Work-Study Program (TCWS) pairs financially needy college students with part-time jobs. The state covers... CPPP Statement on Abbott Call for Special Session “Bad ideas are still bad ideas in a special session.” Today Governor Greg Abbott called a special session of the Texas... First Look: The 2018-2019 Texas Budget Surprise Medical Billing Bill Signed into Law Yesterday Gov. Abbott signed SB 507 into law, improving consumer protections related to surprise medical billing. Surprise out-of-network medical bills, sometimes... Sandra Bland Act at the Capitol This session Chairman Garnet Coleman authored the Sandra Bland Act (HB 2702), a comprehensive bill that aimed to change the... Remembering the Bad Old Days of High-Risk Pools There seems to be a lot of nostalgia among lawmakers for “high-risk pools” these days. In the past, high-risk pools... College Students Deserve to Learn, Not Fear Deportation I have had the good fortune to engage in public policy advocacy alongside college students who care deeply about the... The Texas Legislature: A Lesson in How Not to Learn a Lesson You would think that, having just written proposed state budgets that would underfund or cut health care, financial aid, and... Eliminating SNAP’s Asset Test Helps Families Earn and Save The Texas Legislature recently heard testimony on HB 1533, to modify state rules for non-exempt resources and assets that determine... Tuition Cap, Ending Set-Asides Won’t Help Students Afford College The Texas Senate has approved two bills that fail to address the state role in making college affordable for Texas... The Ups and Downs of School Finance: Protecting the Floor While Raising the Ceiling CPPP Recommendation: Increase the basic allotment floor to $5,200 to absorb funding elements eliminated in HB 21. The House Public Education... 10 Things to Know about the Texas House Budget Proposal View online at cppp.org On April 6 the Texas House will debate and consider amendments to its 2018-2019 state budget proposal.... Texas Children in Immigrant Families: Five Things to Know As the state’s economy and population grow, the future of Texas depends on the health, education and financial security of... First Look — Senate Budget Update Improves Health, Higher Ed. Funding Stay tuned over the next several days for more analysis and reaction to Texas Senate and House budget proposals and revisions. Today... School Vouchers – by Any Name – Are Wrong for Texas Children On Tuesday morning, the Senate Education Committee will discuss Senate Bill 3, a dangerous proposal that would use taxpayer dollars... It’s Getting Harder to Find a Job that Pays the Cost of Living in Texas As Texans, we pride ourselves on working hard and being self-sufficient. But too few workers are able to earn enough... Anti-Immigrant Policies Are Bad for Texas To create a Texas where everyone is healthy, well-educated, and financially secure, CPPP believes our state should provide pathways to... Hopeful Legislation Could Help Address Our Texas-Sized Surprise Medical Billing Problem Surprise medical bills happen when insurers and doctors or other health care providers – fighting over prices – jointly pass... Immigrants Drive the Texas Economy Texas has a strong tradition of embracing immigrant culture, and immigrants have played a leading role in our state’s economic... Important Mental Health Bills Would Assure Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services Texans in need of mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) care too often experience barriers to assistance because insurance... Connecting Students with Jobs: CPPP Supports State Higher Education Agency’s Recommendation to Implement Off-Campus Work-Study Pilot Program The Texas economy depends... An Unrealistic Budget Starting Point This week the Senate Finance Committee begins hearings on its proposed budget, Senate Bill 1. The hearings follow the release... Texas Senate Budget Proposal Is Worse Than You Think On January 24, the Texas Senate Finance Committee will hear invited and public testimony on its 2018 and 2019 budget... Can Texas Values Transcend Politics? The fall before a Texas Legislative session is always exciting, and this year is extra special. We are still glowing... HB 4 and High Quality Pre-K We believe helping kids start school ready to learn is one of the best ways to ensure all Texans have... On One (Pre-Existing) Condition A renowned social justice lawyer, former philanthropy executive, and frequent public speaker and writer, Ann Beeson joined the Center in 2013. She was previously the Executive Director of U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations, where she promoted human rights, justice, and accountability nationwide. Beeson was the national Associate Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, where she worked from 1995-2007. She argued twice before the U.S. Supreme Court, litigated numerous cases around the country, and launched groundbreaking programs to stop the erosion of civil liberties in the name of national security and to protect free speech and privacy on the Internet. Beeson has been recognized as one of the nation’s top lawyers by American Lawyer Magazine and the National Law Journal. A proud Texan, Beeson has embraced a wide range of innovative strategies to advance social change. Before joining the Center, she launched a new non-profit to involve the creative sector in social change. In 2012-13, she was a Senior Fellow and Lecturer at the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas, where she co-produced a public media series to inspire more people to get engaged in their communities. She grew up in Dallas, Texas, and received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Texas. Beeson obtained her law degree from Emory University School of Law, and served as law clerk to the Honorable Barefoot Sanders, then chief judge of the Northern District of Texas.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line30
__label__wiki	0.53897	0.53897	The leveling guides on my site are essentially speed leveling guides. My leveling guides are the same guides I use myself to speedrun to 60 on new servers to get 60 server first. I list many occasions where I tell the player to "die on purpose" to go faster. I tell the player to skip certain quests, because some quests are just not worth the time/XP. I list tricks and shortcuts to go faster so you can reach level 60 much quicker. I am still constantly going through them over and over again perfecting the guides to make them faster and easier to follow. For the most part, the guide can be followed without the need from other player's help, as the whole guide was made from a solo run anyways. Although I do list quests that can optionally be done if you have a group. Swim Speed Potions (used especially at lvl 37 for Faldir's Cove in Arathi Highlands and lvl 57 in WPL). Try to get multiple stacks of these. I also recommend keeping a stack of these always in your bags. You will frequently pass rivers and lakes and can use these potions to pass them faster through out the guide. Please note that these potions do not stack with Druid's Aquatic Form and Glyph of Aquatic Form. Occasionally it's also been proposed to re-randomize all the gear. We didn't have best in slot lists back then. People weren't starting out as a fresh level 1 character with a complete list of which dungeons to run at 60 in order to gear as quickly and efficiently as possible. Now, all that data is available. If gear were re-randomized then all of those lists would become useless and thing would be close to how they were. Which is a more important part of the "vanilla experience?" the fact that item X from boss Y has exactly Z stats on it, or the voyage of discovery? Personally I think that voyage is way more important. Do you remember how many points of which stat on the ring or whatever that Darkmaster Gandling drops? I don't. Would it kill your experience if the BiS for every class were in a different dungeon so people had to actually play to figure it out rather than simply consult a spreadsheet? I don't think it would. For that matter, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to handle it intelligently so that the better gear is in later dungeons. I remember there because some weird cases where level 40ish gear was better than anything that dropped in level 60 dungeons. That's not to say that everyone has an unrealistic vision of what vanilla WoW was like. There were already plenty of people on the WoW Classic forums pointing out that perceived bugs are just recreations of the original game. And as noted before, a flaw to one player is a key component of the original positive experience to another. WoW Classic will surely please plenty of purists in spades. But this goes to show that it won't be for everyone who has fond memories of the game circa 2006. Some players have been surprised by these apparent flaws—even players who have been eagerly awaiting WoW Classic's release based on fond memories of vanilla WoW. In truth, it has been so long since WoW first released, players' memories may not always be accurate. Some details might be fresh, but others might be lost in time, and it's those lost details that could surprise players revisiting the original experience in WoW Classic. Most people who have spent years playing massively multiplayer online games will tell you that there's something special about the first one you played, too—and WoW was the first for many people. You can become so swept up in the uniqueness of your first experience that you overlook many flaws. It's likely many look at WoW Classic with rose-colored glasses, just as many simply forgot which features were added when. And some of today's WoW players may be too young to have even played vanilla WoW as it once was. WoW: Classic is scheduled for August 27 (technically August 26 if you're in the Americas). The soonest that you can play it is starting in May, during Blizzard's scheduled stress tests. To opt-in you must have an active subscription on your Battle.net account. If you do, go to Account Management and select the Wow Classic beta. Keep in mind, there will be level caps during the test. The schedule is as follows: That's not to say that everyone has an unrealistic vision of what vanilla WoW was like. There were already plenty of people on the WoW Classic forums pointing out that perceived bugs are just recreations of the original game. And as noted before, a flaw to one player is a key component of the original positive experience to another. WoW Classic will surely please plenty of purists in spades. But this goes to show that it won't be for everyone who has fond memories of the game circa 2006. 2. the only gear that was easily attainable sort of was the old level 60 pvp sets. if the classic servers stay locked in progression of any expansions then grinding the PvP gear for both pvp and raiding would be the top choice in casual play. "IF" they implement the LFG and LFR tools for the 16-40 man raids, heh it would be very interesting, otherwise get use to Trade chat being filled with PuG raid groups looking for people, because that was the norm back in the day. I consider myself a purist in that I would prefer classic to be released as close as possible to the original. Where that is on the spectrum of patch content will be up to blizz. I'm also not vane enough to believe that any single state of the game is the "Ideal" location we should be aiming for. There is common ground that we can agree on, and I would welcome more than a few changes as long as they are made in the spirit of keeping classic on the vanilla rails. ":" - Any time a step ends in a ":" instead of a "." means that the next step is part of the current step you are on. This generally means the next step should be done while working on the current step. This means every "start working on" or "continue working on" will end in a ":". But this is used with other occasions as well, so keep this in mind. But how do you proportionally resize the swing? Even if you did, it wouldn’t give you the same type of joy as when you were a kid, because you have grown up and changed. Even if that wasn’t the case for you, you have to consider that the swing has become a place that is sacred for many other adults. When they visit, they aren’t visiting to try out the new adult-swing. They want to try the old swing. The one that brings back the joyful memories of distant past. They know that the experience isn’t the same, but if they close their eyes ... even for a brief moment ... they just might get that nostalgic thrill that brings them back to a time where things seemed so much simpler. It was the experience of the game that brought pleasure and joy, and that's what a lot of us want again. Not the numbers. When I play Classic I want to go through the deadmines with people I like and overcome a challenge together and see myself become stronger as a result. I don't want to play Classic so I can say "booyah! That number is exactly the same as it was 13 years ago!" So committed, in fact, that modern WoW players are trying the beta and reporting what seem like bugs today but what were actually intended functionality 13 years ago. This became such a common occurrence that Blizzard publicly posted a list of known non-issues called the "WoW Classic 'Not a Bug' List." For example, hitboxes for the Tauren player race are much larger than those of other races. In a modern game, this would be seen as a serious balance issue (see: Apex Legends). But it's what vanilla WoW was like, so it has been faithfully reproduced. Some quests in my guide are marked as "SKIP" and colored in red. These quests are simply either too hard to solo or not worth the XP/time and are skipped. My guide will only list SKIPPED quests if the quest is a direct follow up after completing a quest, not one that you have to click the NPC again to get it. If you hover over the skipped quests, it will give info on why it is skipped in the guide (unless that info is already listed directly in the guide text). So committed, in fact, that modern WoW players are trying the beta and reporting what seem like bugs today but what were actually intended functionality 13 years ago. This became such a common occurrence that Blizzard publicly posted a list of known non-issues called the "WoW Classic 'Not a Bug' List." For example, hitboxes for the Tauren player race are much larger than those of other races. In a modern game, this would be seen as a serious balance issue (see: Apex Legends). But it's what vanilla WoW was like, so it has been faithfully reproduced. WoW Classic seeks to recreate the "vanilla WoW" experience—that is, WoW as it existed before a series of seven game-altering major expansion packs from 2007's The Burning Crusade to 2018's Battle for Azeroth. To achieve this, Blizzard has rebuilt the game based on archived data from back in 2005 and 2006 (patch 1.12 is the goalpost—the current game is on patch 8.1.5). The company has committed to meticulously presenting the experience exactly as it was back then—warts and all—with only a small number of unavoidable or critical changes. Kaivax, a WoW forum community manager, revealed that WoW Classic's class design, battleground mechanics and stats on existing items will be set to their 1.12 state, despite the game releasing content that expands beyond that. This removes "progressive itemization," so if the stats on a specific piece of equipment was changed during the original updates, that won't take effect in this version. Along with revealing the WoW Classic release date, Blizzard also listed plans for both a beta and stress test of the game. Players who opt-in for the testing on their account manager page and have an active subscription will be randomly selected for the beta starting May 15. Then the developer will have three stress tests where players can log in to play the game for a short period of time on the following dates: The argument for this is simple: what makes classic WoW great to one player might be different from what makes it great for another. And who are Blizzard's designers to say which old features were just good or bad design for each player? It's an approach that shows Blizzard believes (at least to some degree) that WoW doesn't just belong to its creators but to its fans. That struggle between authorial intent or game design orthodoxy and "the player is always right" is at the heart of many of gaming's big contemporary controversies. But so far, Blizzard seems committed to its plan with regard to WoW Classic.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line34
__label__wiki	0.794241	0.794241	Aimee Giron The Holiday—Sony Pictures Aimee Giron \| Jun 19, 2007 \| 0 comments Audio: 3 Extras: 3 Wouldn’t it be nice to jet off to an exotic location the moment your life turned sour? The Holiday, directed by Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give, Baby Boom), takes on this idea. As Iris (Kate Winslet) and Amanda (Cameron Diaz) simultaneously reach crossroads in their love lives, they find each other on a home-exchange Website and swap houses—and countries—for two weeks. While both women think they’re vacationing from love and all its disappointments, it ends up finding them anyway. Flicka—20th Century Fox Aimee Giron \| May 18, 2007 \| 0 comments If you think this is a story about a horse, you’re only halfway there. On the surface, Flicka is a film about a wild horse that is accidentally found by Katy (Alison Lohman), a headstrong, horse-loving teenager, while she tries to escape the confines of her father’s expectations—and a mountain lion. The parallel between the struggles of Katy and Flicka—man trying to contain nature—is typical at best. But, for this horse enthusiast, it works. Trust the Man—20th Century Fox Trust the Man, Fox’s latest depiction of love in modern times, seems more of an anti-romance in that it focuses on the mundane realities of coupledom. Julianne Moore and David Duchovny are Rebecca and Tom, the film’s key married couple, and they’re headed for the inevitability of divorce. As an ambitious Broadway actress, Rebecca’s workaholic tendencies force her stay-at-home husband to stray into the dangers of infidelity. On the other side of town, Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal), now ready for marriage, struggles with her noncommittal boyfriend of seven years, Tobey (Billy Crudup). While Trust attempts to distinguish itself by focusing on reality over romance, the film is simply annoying, flat, and boring. Casanova—Touchstone Aimee Giron \| Apr 13, 2007 \| Published: Jul 13, 2006 \| 0 comments Descending from Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger moves into a completely different characterization as the womanizing Casanova. You might believe you know the tale of this most legendary gigolo. Casanova, however, adds a romanticized spin. The film is satirical and whimsical, but you can also take it as a cautionary tale of suffering the consequences of a deviant past. The lovely Sienna Miller, who gives a delightful performance as the astute, exquisite Francesca Bruni, accompanies Ledger. Aeon Flux: The Complete Animated Collection—Paramount Aimee Giron \| Apr 06, 2007 \| Published: Mar 06, 2006 \| 0 comments Before MTV got punk'd and The Real World was still slightly real, the proprietor of music television featured a late-night show so fluid in its experimentation that they called it Liquid Television. Geared toward insomniacs with an appetite for the avant-garde, LT featured several animated shorts, including Aeon Flux. Soon, it was turned into its own 30-minute weekly program. Aeon Flux is a sadistic, leather-clad secret agent who lives across the border from the enemy state, run by Trevor Goodchild, who is both Aeon's nemesis and her forbidden love. While the story does not necessarily echo Romeo and Juliet-type themes, this combination of opposites is intriguing in its paradoxical nature. Memoirs of a Geisha—Sony Pictures Aimee Giron \| Mar 23, 2007 \| Published: Jun 23, 2006 \| 0 comments In a world where one is not allowed to desire anything, Chiyo has secretly wished for just one thing. Fueled by her dream of seeing her beloved chairman again, she is driven to become a geisha, and, in the process, becomes the most sought after one of her time. Memoirs of a Geisha features Ziyi Zhang in her first English-speaking role. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest—Buena Vista Aimee Giron \| Mar 09, 2007 \| 0 comments And so the pirate saga continues. Johnny Depp boards the Black Pearl once again in Dead Man’s Chest, taking the ever-flamboyant Jack Sparrow on a soul-searching journey…literally. As the legendary Davy Jones resurfaces, it seems our favorite cap’n has a huge debt to pay. Jack may be good, but his pirating skills won’t be enough unless he finds the fabled chest and barters its contents with the formidable Jones, brilliantly portrayed by Bill Nighy, who takes villainy far above sea level. Orlando Bloom also returns as the virtuous Will Turner, offsetting his pretty-boy charm by adding a bit more ruggedness to the character this time around. The Devil Wears Prada—20th Century Fox Aimee Giron \| Feb 05, 2007 \| 1 comments Anne Hathaway trades in her Brokeback boots for a pair of Pradas in Fox’s release la mode, The Devil Wears Prada. Andy Sachs (Hathaway) maneuvers through the stiletto-infested waters of Runway magazine as the newest assistant to editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly. While Andy maintains she’s only in it for the fringe benefits, she soon discovers she’s just a manipulation away from becoming a dragon lady herself. Hathaway has come a long way from her pretty princess role, but she’s still got a thing or two to learn from the ever-talented Meryl Streep, whose performance as the venerable Priestly screams Oscar, or so the rumor mill says. Akeelah and the Bee—Lionsgate Aimee Giron \| Feb 02, 2007 \| Published: Dec 02, 2006 \| 0 comments Akeelah and the Bee is a moving story about a precocious “tweenager.” She discovers she is more than the sum of her spelling parts and helps others around her realize their own abilities to become powerful beyond measure. Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett reunite in this inspirational tale of hope, audacity, and some very hard-to-spell words. Fishburne gives an impeccable performance as the candid Dr. Larabee, who guides Akeelah to the national spelling bee under his rigorous tutelage. Lucky Number Slevin—Weinstein Aimee Giron \| Nov 13, 2006 \| 0 comments Imagine you’ve just fallen into some bad luck, and suddenly the city’s two biggest crime bosses are looking for you. By the way, they’re also at war with each other. Not only do they each claim that you owe them obscenely large amounts of money, they decide you’re going to pay them back in a most unexpected way. Slevin Kelevra (Josh Harnett) finds himself in one such dilemma, but his misfortune is really a case of mistaken identity. The real twist, however, is who gets the payback. pet anxiety relief 80 or larger screens car dvd video receivers hdr all flat panels cell phone charger cable adapter cell phone power bank smart watch bands wi fi network adapters a v antennas	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line37
__label__cc	0.568245	0.431755	Bristol Postcards (47) Temple Gate Bristol Home Plumley's Evacuation Broadmead Christmas Steps At Bristol St. Mary Redcliffe Avon Gorge City Docks Old Market Brislington Arno's Vale Troopers Hill Blaise Castle Oldest House Anchorites & Hermits Polar Adventures Seals, Arms and Logos I. K. Brunel Yeamans Ma Pugsley Hanham Wood Murder Virtute et Industrial Bristol Links Not a postcard but an old etching, it has the printed text... E. Bird del Heath sc Published by John Agg, Decr. 1st, 1808, Broadmead, Bristol When the building of the stone bridge was begun in 1247 the River Avon were temporarily diverted into a channel, adjacent to the districts of Castle Temple Fee and Redcliffe. When the completion the bridge allowed the waters of the river resume their old course, this channel was not entirely obliterated, but was retained as the ditch of a new and strong wall, which was built on its inner verge. This wall was the strongest of the city walls, and during the civil war offered a successful resistance to the besiegers. This wall has completely disappeared, but its course is marked by the line of the street which skirted its inner side. Starting at a strong tower, Tower Harritz, on the bank of the Avon in the Temple Back, it curved gently to the south-west along the south side of Pipe Lane to Temple Street, close to the point where that street is crossed by the railway. Here stood the Temple Gate, which became the chief entrance to the city. At the Temple Gate the wall turned to the west and followed the course of Portwall Lane, lying between it and Pyle Street, as far as Redcliffe Street, which it crossed a little north of the church of St. Mary Redcliffe, leaving the church still outside the walled area. From Redcliffe Gate the wall passed between Jones Street and Back Lane for a short distance, to terminate at Redcliffe Back at a tower overhanging the Avon. Both Temple and Redcliffe Gates were rebuilt in the eighteenth century. The former was a fine example of Renaissance architecture; a heavily rusticated mass of masonry, having a lofty central arch and two roomy lateral archways for foot- passengers. In 1808, it was deemed to be an obstruction to traffic, demolished and the stone sold to local builders. Redcliffe Gate was a building somewhat similar, but neither so handsome nor so well-proportioned; it was taken down to improve the street in 1788. Frome Gate had already disappeared in 1694, Newgate in 1766, and the Bridge, or South Gate, at the foot of Broad Street, on the rebuilding of St. Nicholas' Church, in 1762. Source: "Bristol: A Historical and Topographical Account of the City" by Alfred Harvey. Published by Methuen in 1906. Thanks to Angus for pointing out a mistake I made in the original page. I put Pile Lane instead of Pipe Lane. This page created 25th February 2010, last modified 11th August 2019 Get web metrics from GoStats about your site	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line42
__label__cc	0.640243	0.359757	Law and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Slideshow of the workshop « The responsibility of businesses and investors in terms of the climate challenge », at the summet « Climate Chance », Nantes, France, 26-28 September 2016 Neetu Sharma, September 2016 On April 1, 2014, India became the first country to legally mandate corporate social responsibility (CSR). The new rules in Section 135 of India’s Companies Act made it mandatory for companies of a certain turnover and profitability to spend 2% of their average net profit for the past three years on CSR. While in theory CSR has traditionally meant as « Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a Company’s commitment to operate in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner, while recognizing the interests of its stakeholders » in the new CSR Law it entails allocation and spending of 2% of the net profit by the companies with turn over of over INR 5000 crores and net profit of INR 500 crores, on social development. While its seems a very welcome step that explores the transformative role of law, taken towards the social development, the analysis of the refurbished legal understanding and its efficacy in addressing the issue of climate change tell a different story. Not only the issue of environment has not been dealt with adequately by the corporates, earmarked funds for CSR have also been diverted through various unscrupulous means such as creation of foundation and payment of own employees. Financial analysis has also pointed towards huge under spending of CSR funds as well by the companies. India is currently making attempts to plug these gaps and make CSR effective in its true spirit. This analysis of experiential insights of applying responsibility framework traces the origin of the phenomenon ‘rights and responsibility’ framework in South Asian context. This case study/analysis is based on the original reference text ‘Presentation of A proposal for The Charter of Human Responsibilities’ and ‘Towards Cultures of Responsibilities -Engaging With Human Rights Defenders on Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities’, edited by Dr. John Clammer and Sudha.S,- A document on reflection of a series of dialogues with individual and socio professional groups on Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities and consultations with the civil society organisations, professionals and eminent jurists and academic in India and the rest of South Asia. Downloads: csr_law_and_climate_change_-_india.pdf (490 KiB) Planetary environment Responsible finance Socioeconomic Iinitiatives University research centers experience analysis and development The « Climate Chance » Summit, Nantes, France. Contributions of our partners Related action Workshop « Climate Chance » :The responsibility of businesses and investors in terms of the climate challenge	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line46
__label__cc	0.680293	0.319707	'The Pursuit of Wisdom' Public Lecture Series - Prof. David FAURE Name of Activity (Chinese): 'The Pursuit of Wisdom' Public Lecture Series - Prof. David FAURE Unit: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK Map Filial piety was recognised as a traditional virtue. Why was it good for business? In the historical context, investors of capital into business had to overcome two major problems. Firstly, the state had to recognise private ownership of capital. Secondly, debt liability had to remain valid beyond an individual’s life time. In Western countries, the emergence of company law dealt with those two problems, so that the company might be recognised as a “legal person”. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, when China had no company law, through the interaction of the state and local society, the ancestor in south China remarkably stood in for the “legal person”. Professor David Faure will give this alternative view of the history of filial piety in China under the topic of “Filial Piety and Business Enterprise: Why Is Filial Piety Good For Business?” in the lecture. Topic: Filial Piety and Business Enterprise: Why Is Filial Piety Good For Business? Speaker: Professor David William FAURE [ Biography ] Moderator: TSUI Yuen, Vincent Language: Cantonese https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=6480205 3943 8677 / cpr@cuhk.edu.hk	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line49
__label__wiki	0.591909	0.591909	Category: Mobile Services BlackBerry Messenger for Android shown off on video September 3rd, 2013, 08:17 by Prasad 30 comments BlackBerry had promised us a version of its popular BlackBerry Messenger or BBM service for Android and iOS devices quite a while ago now. While we are yet to see the final version release on either platform, someone managed to get their hands on a beta and has a uploaded a video for our viewing pleasure. As you can see from the image above, BBM for Android looks nothing like any other Android app. Instead of adopting the look of the platform, BlackBerry has decided to instead port over the look of BB10, which is why the BBM for Android looks exactly the way it does on BB10, complete with the tabs on the bottom and screens on the side. Read more » Shazam for Android gets faster song recognition and UI overhaul in v4.0 August 30th, 2013, 13:36 by Ian 36 comments Shazam, the popular song identification app, has just been updated to version 4.0 for Android. The latest version promises faster song recognition, as well as a completely new user interface with large screen optimizations for tablets. Read more » Digg launches new app for Android August 30th, 2013, 09:32 by Prasad 2 comments Once upon a time Digg used to be this really popular news aggregator site. But then reddit happened and Digg was pushed to the sidelines. Last year, the site was acquired by a company called Betaworks, who has since been in the process of revamping it, first by launching a brand new website that does not suck and an iOS app to go with it. Continuing down that path, they have now launched a new Digg app for Android and thankfully, it’s not just a port of the iOS app. The new Digg app, now available for free on the Play Store, follows the same minimalistic design of the website and the iOS app, with clean white and black design. Read more » Nokia launches three cool ads for the just released Lumia 625 August 29th, 2013, 17:51 by Kyle 29 comments Nokia has released three new ads promoting the just unleashed Nokia Lumia 625. The first one focuses on all of its multimedia features and navigation, the next one is all about Office and SkyDrive cloud services, and finally the last video is…well, hilarious. The Nokia Lumia 625 is a bigger, faster and LTE-enabled version of the colorful Lumia 620. It features a 4.7″ IPS WVGA display, a dual-core 1.2GHz Krait processor and a 5MP sharpshooter. The Windows Phone 8 inside the Lumia 625 seems to pack the latest GDR2 update. Read more » Delta Air Lines equips its flight attendants with 19,000 Nokia Lumia 820 smartphones August 23rd, 2013, 16:19 by Ian 110 comments In line with its promise to garner wider enterprise usage this month, Nokia has delivered big time as its partnership with Delta Air Lines has come to fruition. Some 19,000 Lumia 820′s have been deployed to Delta flight attendants, complete with special additions to streamline onboard purchasing from passengers. Read more » Swiftkey Cloud exits beta, released today as part of Swiftkey 4.2 August 21st, 2013, 17:24 by Ian 21 comments The popular Swiftkey keyboard replacement app for Android has been updated to version 4.2, which includes the addition of the new Swiftkey Cloud service. Swiftkey Cloud syncs with your Gmail and Facebook accounts (and others) and learns from your typing style. You can then transfer it across multiple devices easily. Read more » Google blocks Windows Phone 8 YouTube app, Microsoft claims reasons are ‘manufactured’ August 16th, 2013, 07:24 by Prasad 268 comments It was just a couple of days ago that we reported that the YouTube client for Windows Phone 8 developed by Microsoft was back on the Windows Phone Store. Unfortunately, that app is no longer usable because Google has remotely blocked access through it. This has resulted in Microsoft releasing a long blog post detailing why the app was removed and how, in their words, the reasons were “manufactured” so that the Windows Phone version could not offer the same experience as the Android or iPhone app. Read more » Nokia adds call and text blocking to WP8 Lumia phones running on GDR2 update August 9th, 2013, 15:45 by Kyle 181 comments A new update of the Extras + Info service app for Nokia Lumia brings options for call and SMS blocking. The update is available to all Windows Phone 8-powered Lumia smartphones, but the new functionality works only on those running on the GDR2 a.k.a. Amber update. Thanks to new APIs coming with the WP8 GDR2 update, Nokia was able to add the call/SMS blocking functionality to its latest smartphones. Currently, Nokia Lumia 1020 and Lumia 925 are running it officially, while the rest of the Lumia WP8 gang (920/820/720/620/520) will be getting it any moment now. Read more » WhatsApp prioritizes voice messaging in latest update August 7th, 2013, 08:05 by Prasad 17 comments WhatsApp has started rolling out a new update across the various platforms that prioritizes the voice messaging feature of the service. This move probably comes after other messaging services have started incorporating and promoting their voice messaging feature. To be clear, this is not a new feature even for WhatsApp as the functionality was always available. The only difference is that now it is prominently placed in the UI with the latest update. Now, you’ll see a microphone button instead of the Send button when no message is being typed in the message field. Press and hold this button and your message starts getting recorded. Slide left any time to cancel the recording. Read more » Google launches Android Device Manager, lets you locate your misplaced droid August 3rd, 2013, 21:15 by Chip 80 comments Google is about to launch its own service that lets you locate your misplaced Android device or protect your data and privacy in case it gets stolen. The service is dubbed Android Device Manager and will let you ring your phone at maximum volume so you can locate it, even if silent mode has been enabled. In case the smartphone/tablet is not in your immediate vicinity, you will be able to locate it on a map in real time. Read more » Microsoft to enable offline access for SkyDrive files in Windows 8.1 July 23rd, 2013, 13:40 by Ian 26 comments Windows’ native cloud storage service, SkyDrive, will allow you to have access to files even without an internet connection with the upcoming Windows 8.1 update. The update lets you indicate which files you want to be available offline (even all of them), and downloads them to your devices automatically. Read more » Rovio Account now available globally, syncs Angry Birds game progress between Android and iOS July 19th, 2013, 18:34 by Kyle 6 comments Rovio has begun the global rollout of its game progress-syncing Rovio Accounts. So far the service was available globally only on The Croods and had very limited availability on Angry Birds. As of today Rovio Account is available on Android and iOS globally and can sync your progress of the original Angry Birds as well. Read more » Truecaller collaborative phone directory hacked? July 18th, 2013, 15:13 by Ian 15 comments The Truecaller global phone directory, a service which finds contact details for a given name or telephone number via crowd-sourcing, has had its main database hacked according to a report by BGR. The hackers have reportedly had access to some 450GB of data, most of it not really intended for public usage. The hack was pulled off my the Syrian Electronic Army, who claim to have the data of over a million users, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Gmail accounts. Truecaller has since released a statement refuting that any sensitive data has been compromised. Read more » BlackBerry Messenger coming to Android and iOS in September July 17th, 2013, 18:35 by Sunil 10 comments BlackBerry’s CEO Thorsten Heins announced that the popular BlackBerry Messenger will be available on Android and iOS back at the BlackBerry live 2013 conference. We then had a tweet from the BlackBerry Worldwide tweeter account stating that the app will be available on June 27. Unfortunately, the account didn’t turn out to be an official BlackkBerry affair and the BlackBerry Messenger for the Android and iOS did not make its appearance on the suggested date. However, the much-awaited BBM for the two of the most popular smartphone platforms will be available “this summer”, according to the BlackBerry India managing director. Read more » BitTorrent Sync enters Beta, introduces Android app July 17th, 2013, 17:36 by Ian 7 comments Back in January, we reported on the Alpha version of the new personal cloud storage service from the creators of the popular peer-to-peer BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent Sync, which lets you share and transfer large files in the same way that BitTorrent does, has just entered Beta, and has released an Android app to allow users to share files between mobiles as well. Read more »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line57
__label__wiki	0.965734	0.965734	Flashback 2002-17 Former Secretary of State of the United States of America and Nobel Laureate Session: OPENING GALA DINNER KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Making of an Asian Century On March 16, 2012; 19.30-20.30 Henry Kissinger is a 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and served as US secretary of state (1973-1977) and national security advisor (1969-1975). At present, Dr Kissinger is chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc, an international consulting firm. He is also a member of the International Council of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a counsellor to and trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an honorary governor of the Foreign Policy Association, and an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee. His academic career included appointments as a member of the faculty of the Department of Government and the Center for International Affairs at Harvard College, where he became associate director in 1957. Dr Kissinger was study director in Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy at the Council of Foreign Relations, worked for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund as director of their Special Studies Project (1956-1958), was director of the Harvard Defense Studies Program (1958-1971), and director of the Harvard International Seminar (1951-1971). Dr Kissinger is the author of several books and has also published numerous articles on US foreign policy, international affairs and diplomatic history. His column, syndicated by Tribune Media Services International, appears in leading US newspapers and in over 40 countries. Aruna Roy Binayak Sen Brinda Karat Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim Deep Kalra Dr Vince Cable Harbhajan Singh Jon Huntsman Jr Kamal Nath Kapil Sibal Kaushik Basu Kirthiga Reddy Maleeha Lodhi Malvinder Singh Manisha Malhotra Montek Singh Ahluwalia Namal Rajapaksa Omar Abdullah Prakash Padukone Rajan Anandan Sajeeb Wazed Shagun Chowdhary Shehrbano Taseer Sidhartha Mallya Vikas Krishan We don't endorse the view of any of our speakers who express themselves at the Conclave and we strongly believe in the freedom of expression. I think there is nothing more sacred for our democratic freedoms than the freedom of expression, this freedom should not be compromised in furthering someone's electoral Best moments from Conclave in photos See the best pictures from the two-day India Today Conclave. Best moments of Conclave 2012 Watch the best speakers, sessions and highlights from the two-day India Today Conclave. Assassins were hired to kill me: Anna Sehwag recalls T20 World Cup win Heroes still make more money: Kareena India must not pull out of Olympics: Shagun Democracy works if institution is strong: Ibrahim Voters always want change: Digvijaya Getting 9-10% growth is possible: Kaushik Basu Kissinger denies secret deal with India in 1971 2014 crucial in US-China ties: Jon Huntsman Chetan Bhagat takes on Baba Ramdev Technology enhances our humanity: Kurzweil Capitalism is a necessary evil, says Sibal You have to make it on your own: Siddhartha Talent key to succeed in Bollywood: Kangana Maleeha talks about activism in Pak Rushdie takes Imran Khan to task	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line68
__label__cc	0.73376	0.26624	Getting Prospects to Know, Like and Trust You Author: Dr. Jim Barry Social Media Predictions Wrapped Up in 13 Oxymorons December 29, 2013 Social Content Marketingcontent marketing, social media predictionsjmbarry Had your fill of Social Media Predictions? Some say this is the age of advocacy and experience marketing. Others say it’s the year of proprietary audience, content purpose, content quality and SoLoMoPro. One thing is for certain. This is the year of the oxymoron. Definition of an oxymoron: two opposing words or concepts. If you assume that most social media experts are correct in their predictions, then we are likely entering a year of: Personalized Anonymity Erasable Relationships Paid Trust Unwinding Fatigue Longer but Shorter-Form Content Smaller Use of Big Data Interrupting Permission Marketing More Exact Estimates Social Technology Acting Naturally A Pretty Ugly Facebook In summary brands should focus on building lasting, but ephemeral relationships using outbound techniques for inbound marketing in an anonymous, but highly personal media. What’s wrong with this picture? Call it social privacy, the term itself is a contradiction. But consider this paradox in objectives. Organizations today are arguably more concerned about data security than ever before. From Edward Snodan’s Big Brother NSA revelations to HealthCare.gov’s security concerns and Target’s massive data leaks, security breaches have made more brands sensitive to their domain privacy. At the same time, they are embracing cloud resources more than ever to help scale their social media participation. It sounds like they are taking measures for their public space to be private and their private space to go public? Following the Weinergate saga and other public snafus, consumers are also getting sensitive to their social privacy. The early successes of Snapchat and Whisper are testimony to the rising popularity among Millennials to erase any potential of wrongdoing or less than desirable make-up. At the same time, we expect high-context content to reach these audiences with hyper-targeted precision that is now possible from knowing what they like, where they are, what they are doing and who they are with. So are we trying to find out as much as we can about anonymous fans? And don’t forget to build lasting relationships and lifetime value with these folks before the media expires. You have 6 seconds to make that happen on Vine. If they are using ephemeral media, you better hit the resend over and over and over. Ephemeral Media: This Tape will Destruct in 5 Seconds This tape will self destruct in 6 seconds. Most agree we now have to pay-to-play for fans to notice our posts in their News Feeds. But wasn’t the purpose for maximizing organic reach to reward routine engagement of communities with relevant content? In return, these brands would be rewarded high exposure from those that supposedly know, like and trust the brand. So doesn’t ”pay-to-play” imply “buy my trust?” A common complaint cited in many 2014 social media predictions relates to social media fatigue. The reduced attention span of consumers is pressuring brands to consider shorter bursts of video based content. But wait. Don’t forget to pack more into our audience’s decompression time. Podcasting and wearable computer technologies are expected to rise in popularity as burned out content users seek more ways to cram in content at the gym, in the car and on the couch. Do you remember the early definitions of inbound marketing or permission-based marketing? We were avoiding the use of interrupting and non-permissive advertising techniques which were more about “telling us” rather than “inviting us.” The concept relied on the use of social media and content marketing to earn the attention of prospective customers. This contrasted to the more interrupted style of broadcasted, outbound marketing. But with a deluge of competing content, many brands are quickly resorting to the promotion of links and social ads to their content. i.e., we are using outbound approaches to trigger our inbound marketing. Longer but Shorter Content Many experts predict 2014 will be the year where attention span deterioration forces a greater consumption of short-form, video content. Consumers will expect 15-second Instagram videos and other micro-content. And many experts agree that short-form will trump long-form in viewership and engagement. At the same time, top social media forecasters are predicting an inordinate rise in longer-form content as brand publishers response to what Google’s search algorithms prefer in their high quality content assessments. So the long and short of it is: ”Tweet a teaser to your richer media experience and more complete brand story where and when Google’s Hummingbird and a more available audience will give you the time of the day.” Big data is the arguably the most cited trend in 2014 social media predictions. We have reached a point where massive amounts of contextual, historical and real-time data will be married to predictive behavior models for the perfectly hyper-targeted and behaviorally matched content. And all of this will be consumed on a smartphone, wristband or tiny watch. Big Data for Smaller Screens Marketing in the year 2014 is often referred to as the age of engagement, entertainment and education. So we are being entertained and educated at the same time? How cool is that? Why couldn’t Sister Jolene understand that? We were only disrupting her teaching in response to the entertainment value she apparently didn’t recognize. Almost every 2014 social media prediction claims this is the year we crack the social ROI code. Really? So through native ad tracking and other big data revelations, we will now know the return on influence? Granted our measurement methods are far more precise than what we could muster up from traditional advertising. But even the most trackable content marketing program requires a great deal of time to get real data. The most we could probably expect from recent advances in closed loop analytics and big data are more exact estimates. This is perhaps the ultimate oxymoron. If anything, the emergence of wearable and other social technologies has hijacked relationships and promoted an anti-social atmosphere. If we are truly saddened by the hyper-texting culture witnessed during Thanksgiving dinner, imagine the deterioration of intimacy and conversation when Google glasses hit the market. With videos taking over content marketing as perhaps the most often cited 2014 prediction, brand publishers will have to develop a personal touch. One way to avoid the often criticized “corporate-speak” demeanor is to make a personal connection through a likeable persona. And to do this effectively, many social video experts suggest that we simply act naturally. Got it? But aren’t we then acting? Or are we being natural? Or perhaps we are innately acting out our alter egos in a staged enactment of who we really are not but could be in a contrived natural setting. Maybe we should just be ourselves. Pretty Ugly Facebook We knew it was a matter of time before the once darling of the social media world lost its luster. Millennials, in particular, are flocking to Tumblr, Snapchat and even Twitter as their distrust and dissatisfaction with Facebook grows. And by earning the lowest score in the business value, marketers have expressed their disappointment in Facebook as well. And with the recent strides made by Pinterest, a revamped Google+ and a LinkedIn Pulse/Slideshare/Hootsuite make-over, it’s no wonder Snapchat refused to bite on a $3 billion offer from Facebook. Only time will tell if pay-to-play will be the bane of its legacy. But for now, Facebook is looking pretty ugly. So what can you add to this year’s social media oxymorons? ← 15 Ways to Create Entertaining Content 2014 Social Media Predictions from a Strategic Planning Perspective → 40 thoughts on “Social Media Predictions Wrapped Up in 13 Oxymorons” Desmer Michel says: I think there is not so much to do with so many social media companies around the world now. Unless, companies will think about redirecting their profile into database like their do before, that will help a better relationship among social media. Another oxymoron I noticed from social media prediction planning is that all social media will certainly one day unify them to a better communication system. Wilt the emerging technology, we may see that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn will have a closer relationship, for better communication brittany Middlemiss says: The future of TV is very connected with the future of mobile. Once brands can figure out how to sync messaging across the TV experience to the mobile experience, that’s when things will start to get interesting. On the Go Viewing HBO was one of the networks to recognize how viewers habits are changing, resulting in the launch of the HBO GO app, which enables subscribers to watch its programming from a variety of devices. Mobile users have also embraced services such as Hulu to access TV programming from their mobile devices. Privacy is always the biggest concern, when you hear stories of people being hacked. Every time you search online for the best restaurant deal, share good news or bad with your Facebook friends, or tweet to your followers, your “audience” is bigger than you know. That’s because you’re every online move leaves cyber footprints that are rapidly becoming fodder for research without you ever realizing it. Using social media for academic research is accelerating and raising ethical concerns along the way, as vast amounts of information collected by private companies — including Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter — are giving new insight into all aspects of everyday life. Adriana Gioia says: Public Privacy What I can add is finding a solution for privacy. Nowadays, you try to be within the social media, but at the same time you do not want all your stuff to become public because of the majority of hacks, so everybody sees it and you are not able to get it private again. jmbarry says: Thank you, Tyson. You response as well as your sharing to others is greatly appreciated. Thank you, Matthew. I greatly appreciate the accolades. Jacob Brett says: Privacy is becoming increasingly more public in a number of avenues. Within social media many platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Snapchat have options to keep content within a set group public while this information remains private to those outside the group. Even if your intent is to keep you information private, the NSA spying, an increasing number of hacks and Social Platforms leaking information during software updates it’s making private information more public. And once this information becomes available it’s very difficulty to make public information private once again Daniel Cohen says: As we enter in to the New Year 2014, most social media market experts predict new oxymoron will change the way companies use social media marketing right now, specifically on the way social media users express their feeling and thoughts towards companies, products and services. The idea is to create a stronger relationship between brands and costumers by making their message disappear on the web after a short period, which obligates costumers to keep posting their opinions again and again on the social media channels. However, other schools of thought fell that in contrast, the year 2014 will witness more confusion on this area because this focus will make users less brand royal and with it will lead to more erasable relationship between costumers and brands making them change their brand loyalties and switching to other competitors brands easier. I share your sentiments, Daniel. It is difficult to see how disappearing media will allow enough history evidence to support a lasting relationship. maria luisa chamma braga says: Who doesn’t check reviews before buying a product or service? Social media serves as a tool to guide and make up consumers mind, through what friends, fan and followers say and do. Everything is linked to the accessibility of the social medias and their influence. Free contend is here for everybody, and this mean companies have to pay attention to each detail. Nancy Casimir says: In addition to the already existing facebook, twitter and instagram, an influx of new social media apps allow for the term humble narcissism to take place among users. Many users tend to keep the trend of over exposing themselves with the veil of appearing humble or holding some type of humility that can be hidden through their words. Allowing the user to post an abundance of pictures of themselves but yet talk about how ugly, they feel pushes the audience to post positive comments or even add more likes to make the user feel good about themselves, when in fact they may be vain in nature and just seeking more attention. Most of the existing social media only allow for “likes,” and comments can always be erased, so therefore feeding the narcissist nature of some users. Gordon Henry MKT 5955 says: With so many people in today’s society concerned about the scrutiny of web security, one oxymoron comes to mind – secure database sharing. Many organizations and companies used web based worksites to share, manipulate, and transfer data throughout their many departments and chambers. While most companies have benefitted greatly from their use of database sharing thanks to the ever changing web technologies that make jobs and people more efficient, the security of it can still be highly compromised. The more eyes that have access to any database will always pose a threat to the security of a companies data. Miya Morris says: I agree with the social oxymoron. Now a days people in general are asking for privacy through privacy agreements on social cites. Yet most people post Instagram images on everything that they do or make FaceBook posts about the way they are feeling and why they feel this way. There is no way privacy and social media can go hand and hand because there are reposts and posts about everything at the touch of a button. These posts and hashtags have a huge impact on the pay for play marketing because companies and strategically place ads and surveys on where the most users are that relate to their content Saffira Issa says: I agree with social technology being a big oxymoron. People are becoming more and more anti-social due to all the social media and technology. It is so common now to walk by a restaurant and everyone at the table is on their phone and not communicating with each other. Eating is also not the same since Instagram came along. Before you would get your food and started eating. Now when the server comes with the food, people start taking a bunch of pictures, upload to Instagram or any other social media and when they are finally done posting they decide to start their meal. There is barely any networking going on now a day everyone is just on his or her phones. My parents are pretty strict about phones; we are not allowed to use them while eating at the table or when we are out in restaurants. So whenever I go to have lunch or dinner with friends it is already a habit to put my phone away. But my friends are constantly on their phones and when you talk to them they do not even hear you, which can be really frustrated. Reina Webb says: Limited free speech has become a social media oxymoron. Individuals that represent brands tend to use social media to speak up for or against certain social issues must tread water very lightly. Their personal opinions too often are associated with their brand associations. These days we are experiencing limited use of free speech in open social media outlets. With social responsibility becoming more of an expectation, consumers want to hear how their brands are supporting such efforts. However, being too vocal or negative can tarnish or become a detriment to a brands image, as it may offend opposing or liberal supporters of that brand. Adrien Alexander says: Unwinding Fatigue is probably this year’s biggest oxymoron! Social media audiences once turned to social sites like Facebook and Twitter to unwind from the daily tension of their lives, however, now these sites have become battle grounds for brands seeking to win popularity amongst these innocent consumers. Social audiences think they are going to set down, relax and check out what content, pics and videos their friends have posted or twitted for the day, instead they get lost in all the non-permissive advertising and sign off of these sites with more mental exertion than when they signed on. MIYA L BROWN says: The Social Media oxymorons your presented made very good sense…when you sit and really absorb the information presented. Last year we saw an increased instance of Cyber Bullying, which translates into another oxymoron…Social Media and Civility or Courteousness or Consideration or Respect or Politeness or Good Manners. Enough already, you get the point? 2014 will present more of the same. When many of us were youngsters, bullying happened on the way to school, at school, on the way home from school, and in our neighborhood. Now, individuals are experiencing “cyber bullying”. Somehow these individuals don’t identify stalking and posting nasty rumors or comments on an individual’s page as bullying! It’s easy to post comments anonymously…Many states have adopted laws against cyber bullies called “Anti-bully laws”. These laws are bullying the bullies instead of attacking the problem head-on. In essence, when we read comments for the various articles we can see traces of our lack of civility. These individuals hide behind bogus screen names and attack the writer, blogger, or individuals that are identified in the article. This is all backed by “free speech”, but someone has to pay! We no longer Respectfully agree to disagree or give anyone else’s opinion Consideration. Social Media and Civility are like vinegar and water. When the bottle is opened it can lead to instances of Cyber Bullying. What is an oxymoron anyway? WILLIAM MCBRIDE says: “Imprecise Science” Social marketing is a fascinating yet imprecise science. Science is understood to be a reliable and teachable body of knowledge. In social marketing, there are no absolutes that are transferable. The world is fascinated with social media; and businesses are obsessed with developing a social marketing strategy, yet it does not lend itself to a precise and teachable understanding of its impact on business. It is therefore, an imprecise science; a project in development. The dynamics of infrastructure, technology, SEO and efficacy measurements are so fluid that they do not lend themselves to finite guidelines that are transferable from person to person. Therefore learning is a limited to a sharing of past experiences; hopefully recent ones given the segments rapid evolution. Recent trends in social marketing indicate effectiveness will depend upon personalized, hyper focused and contextual relevant messaging. True learning may only come from applying prior experiences to the specific task at hand. One must have a grasp of general social trends and apply them in a creative, personalized and authentic way. What is more important, the art or the science of this process? Roberta Shepherd says: Passive aggressive behavior can be generally described as a non verbal aggression that sometimes results in to negative behavior. Passive aggressive do not always mean you are angry and resentful. One can appear as if they are friendly, polite, kind, and down to earth. When marketing online with consumers you do not want to exemplify passive aggressive behavior like: non communication when there is something problematic, procrastinating with consumers updates, suggestions, and feedback, and ambiguity not fully engaging in conversations with targeted online consumers. The reason why you do not want to demonstrate passive aggressiveness when communicating with consumers online because you do not want whatever you are trying to say at the time come off as being rude or just not helpful to the consumer. Its can possibly destroy one’s business. Christina Kitterman says: Cloud Control. The glaring oxymoron in 2014 is the push for data storage on secure “cloud” servers. Cloud-based applications and/or data storage companies claim that the information you store on their “cloud” will be safe, secure and solely in your control. The problem is that no one really knows what the “cloud” is and where the “cloud” is located. One thing is certain, you are not in control of the “cloud.” Without complete control of your cloud data, don’t be surprised if the cloud causes a catastrophic thunderstorm dispersing your data throughout the online universe. Kraig Washington says: Stagnant Content Maturation Call it the age of (flashback of the Viagra commercial) what is old is new again. Myspace out, Facebook in. Facebook is now old, replaced by Instagram and twitter. Instagram vitality is ending; Snapchat is the new rage. Wait 10 seconds later and Snapchat disappears overtaken by Vine. In present form, social media has reached its maturity. Old applications are just being refurbished and repackaged under a different name/app. Entirely new content is not being created. Social media is in a trough. Like a high-rise one floor built on top of the other, old content is being built upon, but entirely new content/ideas are not being created. We are living in an age of stagnant content maturation. Kelly Johnson says: An oxymoron for online marketing would be the Inconspicuous sales pitch. I’m an avid follower of fashion and music blogs/ communities, and I can’t help but dissect an editorial and try to piece together the ways I’m constantly being promoted material or coereced to buy a product. It’s not necessarily a negative thing; it goes hand in hand with “Acting Natural”. For this reason, I think that more “under the radar” communities like Tumblr, and Soundcloud for music consumption are going to have to work hard to maintain that “share-what-we-love for free” model. Although recently, tumblr has adopted paid ads, and promoted blogs; it is still not a part of everyday life the way Twitter and Instagram, or Pandora is for its users. Darnell Ho-Koon says: A New Classic Does this not remind you of the saying, “out with the old, and in with the new”? In the case of the following a new classic, we can think of this as an innovation to the wheel. As this generation looks into the future, we must learn to create imaginative strategies that enrich the lives of others, build a relationship with our audience, and symbolize the companies brand image; however, one still must start with the foundation of marketing. According to an article posted on Marketing TechBlog, Classic and Digital Marketing were compared in 10 different ways. Although they were similar in engagement they had a different approach. Oren Mor says: As society transitions into a more technologically advanced, smartphone-dominated world, the marketing channels through which consumers are targeted will gravitate towards a seemingly “virtual reality.” With longer workdays, shorter breaks, and the challenging task of maintaining an adequate work-life balance, marketers in 2014 must create brief, attention-grabbing advertisements that leave a mark in the consumers mind. It is estimated that over 91% of American adults have a cell phone. Will we begin to witness the next wave of marketing and consumer outreach through these means? Can companies get their messages across effectively while provoking consumers to make desired purchasing decisions? Companies in today’s competitive market will face these new challenges and must generate effective solutions. Leanna Amarsingh says: Today a lot of people are so immersed with modern technology. I believe that virtual reality is going to become a new trend in 2014. People always want to be in an environment with which they can be in control of and feel as if it is real. Now since Google is coming out with the Google glass, it will become a new trend and become popular. Google glass allows you to take pictures, record videos, and get directions to a location. Instead of wearing a helmet, you get to wear a pair of glasses with an optical head-mounted display. These glasses are considered to be a wearable computer. Everything is becoming so technology based that eventually people would not know what reality is. It is already happening because people are always on their phones or tablets. Jose Libos says: Social media = less results and filled airtime. Now a days social media sites are basically the same. They are filling airtime. By filling airtime I mean they truly just aren’t helping individuals with the task of making a name for themselves. People often do this in order to make a long lasting impression and get an audience “hooked” on their personal brand. As opposed to cyber friends or followers, real friends can actually aid you in performing a physical task. An example of this would be make you food when you are sick, get you a cup of water when you are thirsty, or take you out when you are upset. Social media connections can act as friends too. You can inform a brand of a potential client or about a job opening in specific work fields. I think this would be a good week go through your friends/ followers and see if there’s anything you can do for anyone. You might end up with a real friend which in turn could just be more valuable right now than the financial ROI we’re all waiting to see come from personal branding and social media hype of 2014. Danny Rogover says: Exclusive Mass-Marketing I personally believe exclusive mass marketing will be a social media oxymoron for 2014. In todays society customers a very fickle; it is no longer effective to send out hundreds of thousands of standardized news letters, e-mails, offers and etc. Today customers want to feel somewhat important and not just like another number. This can be done through personalized emails or special deals, granted some retailers do this to their top clients. However, at the same time retailers will not what to alienate potential new customers by making them feel like their just another number. Johanna Mejia says: A new oxymoron for 2014 social media will be the way people login to different website. Technology is on the rice and it’s hard for people to keep track of all their user names and passwords which is why most new websites are allowing you to login with your social media login information. For example, when logging in to a game (candy crush) they will ask you if you would like to connect through Facebook and that’s how they capture the customer information. It’s basically more convenient for customers not having to enter their home address or email address; everything is capture in their social media account. As the years go by, many businesses will start using this form of logging in their websites. But it make me question what happens to those individuals that don’t own any social media, it won’t be convenient for them. With so much to speculate about changes in the way society views social media, one oxymoron that comes to mind is “encrypted file sharing”. Organizations at every level now use supposedly secure database websites to share, exchange, and transfer data. Although this form of data file sharing is essential, and most organizations go to extensive lengths to secure these files, the more people that have access, the less secure it becomes. Brian Cahill says: Certain Uncertainty: We encounter constant technological advances and new changes quickly become obsolete. It has become extremely difficult for people, even experts, to correctly predict and anticipate the direction of new trends. The only thing that we can safely say is that we will not be able to determine, with great certainty, what the future of social media holds. Analysts can track patterns and trends but realize that there is no way for anyone to fully predict the precise direction of social media in the near future. Certain uncertainty describes how we can try to anticipate the future but must understand that all predictions are merely conjecture and nothing is for certain. Devon Nicholson says: I would argue that the “Original Copy” is an oxymoron worth adding. In this year we can expect lots of small companies and start-ups attempting to capitalize on the revival or expansion of old ideas. The influx of YouTube product review channels, the indie development craze are essentially taking what was once red and painting it blue. I believe branding is taking on a new form and it’s no longer about creating something that is “new” but ‘improved.” A more specific example would be a social networking application that allows users to upload and share content. The “original copy” would be if a competitor offered the same feature, but the user could also edit and create new content in addition to uploading. Tiffany O. says: Another oxymoron I would argue is Closer Further relationships. Social media develops relationships between people of all kinds and from all around the world and allows them to communicate through social media. It has gotten to a point where people post their thoughts and feelings on Twitter or Facebook instead of picking up the phone and telling their family and friends how they feel , or parents spying on their kids seeing what they are up to instead of just sitting down with their child and having an honest conversation. Although social media brings peoples together developing closer relationships it furthers people from one another. People are avoiding direct communication and looking to social media to express themselves therefore developing closer further relationships. Neil Kendall says: Passive Aggression is my new oxymoron for the 2014 Social Media Predictions. It was stated that marketing is going to be narrowed and more focused in 2014. As opposed to a company blasting their product or information onto the market and hoping for a positive response, companies will go after smaller, more specific demographics that fit their audience profile or buying trends. While companies are backing off in their approach (increased emphasis on emails as opposed to “in your face banners and ads”), they are making a more aggressive approach in emphasizing focus on a smaller, more targeted audience. Omar Olortegui says: Imposed Suggestions Facebook paid- ads are presented as suggestions on your News Feed but they cannot be removed from it. They make the “suggestion” for you to like a page but do not give you the option to close or delete the ad. Also there is no option for not receiving this kind of advertisement. Since the beginning Facebook made a big effort to protect the privacy of its users by allowing them to customize privacy settings. However now they violate this trust by forcing you to see advertisement that was not requested in the first place. Time will tell if people can adjust to this imposition or Facebook will reconsider its strategy and looks for smarter ways to become profitable. Giana says: I find the oxymoron “social media privacy” becoming extremely more relevant as social media networks continue to alter their settings to make privacy options less available to users. Consequently, this is occurring at the same time as users are starting to realize the consequences of the content they share. Facebook has been especially focused in attempting to make user’s pages more visible than they would like. This can be attributed to the fact that it is contradicting for users to expect to keep their pages private when the objective is to be social. Because of this, it is becoming increasingly more important for users to pay attention to the content they are sharing and should assume anyone can see it. Patty Strulovic says: “Social media marketing” is THE oxymoron. Social media is supposed to be about connecting people and sharing common ideas. It is also to maintain existing relationships. Its about creating a bridge of communication between people. Social media is supposed to be used to create relationships based on trust. Marketing to me is the complete opposite. Its about creating a “relationship” with a hidden agenda. Its about creating some sort of fake trust, to later try to persuade you to buy their product or service. But for some reason, it works, people love to be a part of a group or niche in some social media platform, whether it is facebook, twitter or instagram; there will always be people who will bite the hook. Tatiana Smidi says: Another oxymoron, which I noticed from your work in “2014 Social Media Predictions from a Strategic Planning Perspective,” is Hyper-Focused Multi-tasking. You predicted that brands will be looking to develop and use dashboards or multi use applications that allow them to manage all the different social media outlets to reach their clients everywhere via each particular customer’s favorite platform type. Yet, these interactions are to be focus and highly tailored to the individuals and the platform itself. As demand for seamless, personalized interactions increase, so will the need for the proper technology tools to implement such conversations. Thus the creation of the Hyper-focused Multi-tasking enabling apps. Leave a Reply to Leanna Amarsingh Cancel reply Brand Storytelling (4) Social Content Marketing (15) Top 25 Social Media Books (26) Top Ways to Use Entertaining Content (16) Contextual Mobile Marketing – A Day in a Life 2021 March 9, 2018 2014 Top 25 Brand Stories Suggest 4 Archetypes December 30, 2014 Top 25 Social Media Books for Academia: #1 Audience November 25, 2014 Top 25 Social Media Books for Academia: #2 Social Marketology November 25, 2014 Top 25 Social Media Books for Academia: #3 Your Brand November 22, 2014 Amanda McQueen on Building Engagement with Social TV Michelle Velazquez on Building Engagement with Social TV Becky on 4 Archetypes of Top Social Media Influencers Margaret Thompsons on 4 Archetypes of Top Social Media Influencers Gerrit Bes on 4 Archetypes of Top Social Media Influencers	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line71
__label__wiki	0.8325	0.8325	Supramagnets Supra Coupon Neodymium Magnets – Rare Earth Magnets /About Magnets /Magnet History / What is the history of permanent magnets in east April 12, 2013 Author: Franky Man-shaped compass mounted on a chariot The first reported application of naturally occurring permanent magnet material is in the Chinese chronicles. It has been reported 2 that the best prepared caravans that crossed the Gobi desert, from the minarets of the kingdoms of the Kushans to the imperial pagodas on the banks of the Yangtze, contained a white camel. In a clay pot full of water, protected by a carved wooden box mounted between the humps of the albino beast, floated a cork containing a piece of magnetized iron. The edges of the pot were painted in four colors: red for south, black for north, green for east and white for west. This primitive compass enabled the caravaner to navigate across the sands. In the Chinese chronicles there are also descriptions of magnetic gates, which restricted the access of armed ill wishers, and magnetic roadways made possible by the magic stone chu-shih. These stones, simply magnetic iron ore, were also known as ‘loving stones’ because their attraction for pieces of iron was similar to the love parents have for their children. One Chinese legend relates that Emperor Huang-Ti, nearly 5000 years ago, had a chariot made on which was mounted a small man with an outstretched arm. This arm, Figure 1, always pointed South, so that Huang-Ti’s armies were able to attack their enemies from the rear in a fog and defeat them. Chinese spoon compass The stories of camel and chariot mounted compasses may be apocryphal, but Chinese encyclopedias state that magnetic needles were used as compasses on ships in 400 BC, and there exists a 1000 year old Chinese compass resembling a traditional painted spoon, see Figure 2. Notwithstanding these early oriental excursions into permanent magnetism, the principal development of permanent magnet materials has been undertaken in Europe. The history of Permanent magnets in Europe March 28, 2013 Author: Franky A naturally occurring permanent magnet material, a variety of magnetite, Fe3O4, known as a lodestone was known to the Greeks. The name lodestone, or alternatively and incorrectly loadstone, was derived from its navigational property of seeking the lodestar. The names magnetite, magnetism and all their derivatives stem from the name of the district where lodestones were found to be plentiful, Magnesia. The microstructural origin of the coercivity of lodestones, typically 10 kA/m, was shown to be due to a fine intergrowth of Fe2O3produced by oxidation in the Fe3O4material. This fine microstructure acts as an in homogeneity impeding magnetic reversal, by restricting the motion of the magnetic domain walls, thereby increasing the coercivity of the material. Thales of Miletus, circa600 BC, and many other Greek philosophers of the period from 400 to 200 BC described the attractive property of lodestones. Later, Lucretius in “De natura reru” described the repulsion of lodestones, but it was the development of artificial permanent magnets made by ‘touching’ iron needles with a lodestone which was the first transition in the improvement of permanent magnet materials. It is not possible to locate accurately the first production of artificial permanent magnets. At the beginning of the 13th century, the French troubadour Guyot de Provins called Hugue de Bercy by Hoppe 6describes, in his satirical poem “La Bibl,” the use of a touched needle in a straw floating on water. It is claimed that the inhabitants of Amalfi particularly the jeweler Flavio Gioia made compasses, similar to today’s instruments with a rotating disc marked out in divisions, at the beginning of the 13th century. Peter Peregrinus, in his famous treatise “Epistola and Sygerum de Foucoucourt milite de magnet,” in 1269, stated that an oblong piece of iron which had been touched by a lodestone would turn toward the pole if floated on a piece of wood. He also discovered that two regions of the magnetite, now called magnetic poles, attracted a piece of iron more strongly then the rest of the magnetite. During the next three centuries, the alchemists attempted to develop lodestones as a facilitator for the change of base metal into gold, as an aphrodisiac, as a talisman to attract the opposite sex, etc. This extensive period, which produced no improvements in the properties of permanent magnets, was terminated by the publication of the first great work in the field of magnetics. What is TMR magnetic sensor ? Fun Magnets Facts for Kids on Supramagnets Supra Coupon: $5 Off on order over $30 Buy 2 Buckyballs magnets saving $10 About Magnets Magnet History Magnets sale © Supramagnets All Rights Reserved. Theme zAlive by zenoven.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line73
__label__wiki	0.548715	0.548715	Report: Flynn Advised Foreign Spyware Company Updated Jun. 20, 2017 7:21AM ET / Published Jun. 19, 2017 5:00PM ET REUTERS/Jim Bourg Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn made at least $40,000 as an adviser for an Israeli company that sells spyware used against journalists and activists, The Huffington Post reports. Flynn worked for two companies linked to NSO Group, an Israeli cyberweapons firm, earning some $40,000 from one of the firms last year, Flynn noted on financial disclosure forms, which did not specify that both were units of the secretive company. Flynn did not disclose his pay at the second NSO-linked company. Though the nature of his work is unclear, one of the companies’ main products is a spying software called Pegasus, which has prompted concern from the privacy community for its use against journalists, activists, and government whistleblowers. Read it at HuffPost	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line74
__label__cc	0.582333	0.417667	Tag: Culture and Society Trump’s Articles of Impeachment: A Greatest Hits Collection By David Swanson, FireDonaldTrump.org Some say the world will end in Trump, Some say in Pence. From what I’ve heard out on the stump, I hold with those who favor Trump; For if he’s stopped they both might be. If not, the chance may come too late For Mr. Pence the throne to capture And make our fate His longed-for rapture. Several years back, I led a team of authors drafting articles of impeachment against then-President George W. Bush for then-Congressman Dennis Kucinich. We drafted read more Talk Nation Radio: James Loewen on the Lies That Confederate Statues Tell James Loewen’s books include Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong, Lies My Teacher Told Me and Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism. Earlier this year, he spoke at a symposium in Richmond on Confederate monuments and memorials, read more Foreigners Are Crazy Pew did a poll in 38 countries asking about various dangers and threats. The United States came in 26th place in the percentage of its people who view climate change as a major threat. What can all those people in 25 countries who believe that rendering the planet’s climate uninhabitable is a major threat to their country be thinking? Russia, by the way, came in dead last, 38th place, a far more serious and well-documented criticism of Russia than any I’ve heard (and there have been read more Talk Nation Radio: Joshua Holland and Bryce Covert on How People in Denmark Get Happy and Why Dads Should Stay Home Joshua Holland is a fellow with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute and a contributor to The Nation who focuses on the intersection of money in politics and inequality. He is also the host of Politics and Reality Radio. Before joining read more Silicon Oligarchs Should Save Themselves, Not Us After the most expensive Congressional election in history saw a spectacular loss by a much-hyped Democrat who included only two policy topics on his entire website: cutting government spending, and running the government more like a corporation, a couple of Silicon Valley would-be Democratic-Party oligarchs have set up a website called “Win the Future” (guess who loses!) to raise money to buy billboards in Washington, D.C., to say things like “cut read more Talk Nation Radio: Tressie McMillan Cottom on For-Profit Colleges and the Society That Produces Them https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-tressie-mcmillan-cottom-on-for-profit-colleges-and-the-society-that-produces-them Tressie McMillan Cottom is the author of Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy. We read more Is Advocating Humane Policies Inhumane? Until I remember that I, too, am a human being, I have been with increasing frequency drawn to the conclusion that human beings have evolved with such an obsession with other individual humans that they simply cannot attribute proper importance to far-reaching policies. If you want to excite a crowd, you don’t tell them that virtually every official in Washington is in complete and harmonious agreement on massive military spending, more nuclear weapons, occupying Afghanistan, bombing Iraqis, read more Our Causes Are Connected, Our Movements Should Be Too Global corporations and international government alliances are pushing war, environmental destruction, economic exploitation, defunding of schools and housing, hateful divisive ideologies, and reductions in rights and liberties as a package wrapped in shiny foil, tied with a bow, and advertised in hundreds of different advertising media. . . . and in this corner we have local and national organizations, segregated by race and other demographics, raising pitiable sums to fund nonprofit work, each read more Chasing a Northern Confederate Out of the South The Washington Post proclaims: “Protesters mob provocative Va. governor candidate as he defends Confederate statue.” Six seconds of video of the incident involved is likely to show up eventually here or here. I was there on Saturday shouting down the “provocative” celebrator of racism and war, together with my kids and some friends. The only hostility I saw came from supporters of keeping the giant statue of Robert E. Lee in the park here in Charlottesville. This was an email read more Yes, Positivity, Pangloss, Partisanship, Propaganda, and Populism Eight years ago Yes! Magazine published a political platform of progressive policies, along with polling showing strong majority support for each proposal. Now, eight years later, we can show almost total failure to advance any of the proposals, most of which were focused on the U.S. federal government. Where there have been any small successes, they have mostly come at the state or local level or outside the United States. New York State just took a step toward free college and Washington State read more	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line90
__label__cc	0.683802	0.316198	Why Me 2 Plate Sale LoWanda Davis Productions, LLC LoWanda Davis Productions, LLC was founded in August 2012 by LoWanda Davis. After producing two stage plays, she decided she would take it to another level, and formed this company. As the CEO of the company she plans to continue to produce shows as long as she can. She knows that building LD Productions won't be easy but she vows to never give up. Therefore the company motto is: "He Makes It Happen Through Me" LoWanda has always had a love for children. "I believe that children can be not only what they want to be, but also what YOU tell them they can be." Forming this company is just the first step in my mission to help children. We plan to reach out to children all around the world in an effort to help them fulfill their dreams. We plan to form groups that allow children to express themselves without being degraded. We want to help build self esteem in them and encourage them to shoot for the stars no matter what. By using my talents to bring a story to life on stage I think I can prove to children, both locally and abroad, that a dream is only a "determined mind" away. The children are our future; if we don't shape and mold them to be the best they may settle for much less. Help me to help them! As LD Productions grows so will our ability to help children to become a future we can be proud of. LoWanda Davis CEO, Writer, Director & Producer If you are interested in bringing our show to your city please go to contact page and send us an email. The Paleo Diet Please check out some of the sites below. If you would like to help support the growth of this company with a one time donation, please click the picture below to donate today. Silver includes inside information on upcoming shows Gold includes silver plus 10% discount on all show tickets *Platinum includes silver, 20% discount on all show tickets, exclusive autographed items & more Subscribe to this site and gain inside information on upcoming shows, autographed items and more. Your monthly subscription will help fund projects dedicated to helping single mothers and their children have hope. Winners are randomly picked from subscriber list to receive various prizes or gifts. Subscribe today you could be the next WINNER!!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line93
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__label__wiki	0.989986	0.989986	Final Fantasy Union always look to provide the most up to date Final Fantasy news where possible, all with a wonderful little sprinkle of opinion and sass. Below you will find our news coverage related to Square Enix, but we also cover a ton of other games. You can find them from the main navigation, should you so wish. Square Enix - 2 months ago Triple Triad creator and Dirge of Cerberus director Takayoshi Nakazato now works at Luminous Yoshinori Kitase, a member of Square Enix's Board of Directors not to mention many other roles has revealed in an interview with Game Informer looking back on Final Fantasy VIII, that the creator of the classic mini-game Triple Triad, Takayoshi Nakaz... Final Fantasy Brave Exvius - 3 months ago Dragon Quest XI S comes to Final Fantasy Brave Exvius To help celebrate the release of Square Enix's Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition, a collaboration event has kicked off in the global version of the gumi developed Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. This has seen t... Square Enix Japan gets behind Apple Arcade with new exclusive launch title Various Daylife Square Enix Japan has gotten behind Apple's new game subscription service Apple Arcade with a brand new exclusive launch title from the team behind the Bravely series and Octopath Traveler series. Titled Various Daylife it is categorised... Octopath Traveler comes to Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Square Enix and Final Fantasy Brave Exvius developer gumi have announced a collaboration between Brave Exvius and Square Enix's Octopath Traveler. The event currently being held in the global version of the game until September 5 has see... Shinji Hashimoto is now the 2nd highest ranking person in Square Enix as Executive Director There's been a lot of changes going on at Square Enix in the past year with staff leaving the company altogether, staff joining other studios in the Square Enix family and the internal development structure getting redone again and now there's anothe... Square Enix working to make their old games playable on modern hardware While many games are still easily accessible on modern hardware, many games from Square Enix's long history are not playable on modern hardware whatsoever or are strictly limited in some way. In an interview with Game Informer, Square En... Justin Blake Hicks posted in Final Fantasy Union: Episode 211 \| Final Fantasy Union This is just my speculation, but I've also spent some time pondering about the picture of Barret and... Brayden posted in Isamu Kamikokuryo shares illustration for Final Fantasy XIII's 10th anniversary — 19 days ago My 1,000th article... vavrinko posted in Square Enix maybe fixing the PC versions of the Final Fantasy XIII series, possible console ports — 1 month ago fingers crossed... Brayden posted in Final Fantasy Union: Episode 211 \| Final Fantasy Union — 2 months ago Yay... Final Fantasy XV - 7 months ago Square Enix reveals big support for Google Stadia Square Enix has announced their big support for Google's new cloud-based gaming platform, Stadia which launches in November for the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Among the launch line-up for the platform is Final Fantasy XV but Square... Final Fantasy XV: The Dawn of the Future to be released in English during Fall 2019 Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XV: The Dawn of the Future, the novel that adapts the stories of the cancelled Final Fantasy XV DLC episodes will be finally released in English during Fall 2019. This headlines a new agreement with Penguin Random House Publisher Services that will see various... Final Fantasy VII Remake - 8 months ago Looks like Square Enix just quietly delayed a major title, might be about to close a studio Earlier this year Square Enix's fiscal report had them set for a huge year between April 2019 and March 2020 with a forecast profit of 40-50 million Yen. This has led many to believe they had a major title scheduled to launch within the period. But today Square Enix released an... Takashi Tokita is now a board member of Tokyo RPG Factory Takashi Tokita, who was incharge of the game design and scenario for Final Fantasy IV and has directed games like Chocobo Racing, Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS remake), Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light and produced games like Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Final Fantasy Dimensions I... Square Enix - 10 months ago Square Enix's development restructure sees Yoshinori Kitase overseeing majority of FF series Square Enix Japan recently completed its internal development restructure, its first since the Business Divisions were introduced in December 2013. This sees them return to a structure that is quite similar to the one they had during the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 console generation. Creative Business Unit I is headed by Yoshinori Kitase,... Final Fantasy XIV - 12 months ago Nier: Automata coming to Final Fantasy XIV with YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse alliance raid series Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers will at some point bring a new alliance raid series based on the PlatinumGames developed Nier: Automata. Titled YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse, it will include some involvement from Nier series producer Yosuke Saito and director Yoko Taro.... Final Fantasy Brave Exvius - 12 months ago Final Fantasy Brave Exvius arrives in the global version of Star Ocean: Anamnesis Square Enix along with developers gumi and tri-Ace respectively have kicked off the next act of the Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Star Ocean: Anamnesis collaboration in the global versions of the games. In Star Ocean: Anamnesis until February 11 you can summon Final Fantasy Brave Exvius' Rain, Fina and Lasswell... Square Enix - 1 year ago Square Enix has trademarked Final Fantasy Digital Card Game in Japan Square Enix has trademarked "Final Fantasy Digital Card Game" in Japan. What this means remains to be seen. First guess points towards a digital version of the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game which has been having lots of cards released all around the world in the past few years. But it's worth... Square Enix says streaming services will help quickly lead from games in boxes to digital Square Enix president and representative director Yosuke Matsuda has stated in his New Year's Letter that they believe "game streaming services will be the ultimate driver of a rapid transition from the sale of games in boxes to digital consumption". Matsuda also spoke about how mobile, VR and AR continue to... Final Fantasy Record Keeper - 1 year ago Dragon Quest is coming to Final Fantasy Record Keeper in Japan Square Enix and DeNA have announced that Dragon Quest is coming to the Japanese version of Final Fantasy Record Keeper on December 21, 2018. The collaboration event is with the Japanese mobile game, Hoshi No Dragon Quest. This is the second Final Fantasy game to collaborate with this title following Mobius... Final Fantasy Brave Exvius - 1 year ago Kingdom Hearts is coming to Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Square Enix and developer gumi have announced that Disney's Kingdom Hearts is coming to Final Fantasy Brave Exvius in celebration of the release of Kingdom Hearts III in January 2019. Kingdom Hearts III releases in Japan on January 25 and January 29 in North America and Europe, but the exact date... Belgian law uncertainty makes Square Enix stop offering their free-to-play games in Belgium It is a very interesting time for games with in-app-purchases in the world right now and importantly, there is currently uncertain legal status of "loot boxes" under Belgian law. As a result of this, Square Enix has come to the decision that they need to stop providing their free-to-play games...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line97
__label__cc	0.736941	0.263059	Local and General News Items Edition: April 6, 1882 April 6, 1882 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. REVIVAL SERVICES AT CROSBY. Revival services are being held in the Primitive Methodist Chapel at Crosby nightly, by Mr. Joseph JOHNSTON, of Carlisle, Home Mission Revivalist; assisted by Messrs. SHARP, TIFFIN and other friends from the surrounding district. The meetings have been of a very successful character. TOWER'S ANF HODGSON'S LIQUIDATION. The adjourned meeting of the creditors of the above named debtors was held last Saturday at the office of Mr. W. PAISLEY, solicitor, Workington; Mr. T. DIXON was in the chair. A number of questions having been put to the debtors, it was proposed by the chairman, and seconded by Mr. MULCASTER, St. Helen's Colliery Company, that the estate be liquidated by arrangement. An amendment to the contrary was moved by Mr. JOHNSTON (GRAHAM, ANDERSON Company), and seconded by Mr. W. JOHNSTONE, joiner. The amendment was carried. The proceedings have therefore fallen through. THE HOME MISSION SERVICES. A correspondent writes: - A rather singular scene occurred at a "Home Mission" meeting held in the courthouse on Saturday evening last. During the service an man is a state of intoxification got up and said, "I want to tell you my experience." Some person sitting near him interfered with a view of keeping the man quiet, but he persisted in talking, and proceeding in informing the audience that "The Lord gives and the Lord tak's away." There was a laugh at this and the man addressing the audience said, "You needn't laugh; it is perfectly true what the man has said; and I wish the Lord would take him out of this." Another individual jumped up and exclaimed, "You will all know me; I am Lanky Jim." This valuable item of information was immediately followed by a third individual starting up and saying, " If I were to tell you my experience it would take me til this time next year." I hev sum terrible strife wid the divel. He cums till me and plagues me terribly sometimes and guess what I till him?" There was no response on the part of the audience, and a most profound silence prevailed. "Says I," the man continued, "I'll tell Jesus o' you, divel." It is needless to say that these addresses were not by any means calculated to sustain the gravity of those who were present, or improve the services in any way.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line99
__label__cc	0.59603	0.40397	DVD Review: A QUIET LITTLE MARRIAGE Studio: IFC Films Cast: Cy Carter, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jimmi Simpson, Michael O'Neill, Rita Taggart, Lucy Devito, Charlie Day, Melanie Lynskey, Ian McConnel, Charlotte Chanler Director: Mo Perkins Rating: Not Rated for (adult themes) Run Time: 01h:21m:01s �What�d I tell ya babe? Stand-up guy, right here.� - Jackson (Jimmi Simpson) This multiple festival award-winner has brilliant little indie flick written all over it. Those who have seen it, love it, so I can't wait to give it a look. Movie Grade: C+ DVD Grade: B Calling your film A Quiet Little Marriage leaves the door open for it to have numerous tones. It could infer irony, and wind up telling the story of a psychotic husband and/or wife who�d rather kill people than live a happy, suburban life. Or, it could be the polar opposite, and we get this, filmmaker Mo Perkins� (Seed) latest, an indie film that, unfortunately, carries a pace and tone that takes its title a bit too seriously for my blood. Still, there are great performances across the board, and IFC�s fine DVD release makes it easy to recommend at least renting A Quiet Little Marriage to see if maybe you �hear� more than I did. Olive (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) and Dax (Cy Carter) are a happily-married couple who seemingly have it all. What they don�t have is a baby, and while Olive is suddenly desperate for one, Dax is on the opposite end of the emotional spectrum as far as becoming a parent is concerned. Complicating matters are Olive�s father, Bruce (Michael O�Neill), who is quickly succumbing to Alzheimer�s and Dax�s brother, Jackson (Jimmi Simpson), who is either constantly looking for money, a place to crash for the night, or both; anything to feed his and his girlfriend, Sylvia�s (Lucy De Vito) drug habit. Call it excellence in marketing, but after setting eyes upon the DVD case for A Quiet Little Marriage, I was pumped to check out this little-seen flick. While the central story eventually evolves into the struggles of a young couple to decide whether parenting is for them or not, I expected a far different tale. The good news is, Perkins� film is, indeed, an interesting study of such an important, real life decision, but the bad news is, for a movie with an 80- minute running time, it seems to take an awfully long time for this director to make his point. There�s quite a bit of fun to be had in the beginning, when we�re getting to know Olive and Dax, but things slow to a crawl not long after this intro. A Quiet Little Marriage certainly has its moments, but while the credits rolled, I realized that this was one of those movies where I felt like I'd been waiting for an hour for something big to happen, but, due to Perkins decision to move things along at such a low key, languid pace, it's simply way too difficult to get involved with the core of the story or any of the characters. Nearly everyone in the cast has the distinction of appearing in the TV show, It�s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Having never seen that highly-touted (at least among its cultish fan base) series, I can�t vouch for whether that�s a good thing or not. It�s even more difficult to gauge such a thing based on their work in A Quiet Little Marriage, as there aren�t a ton of opportunities for humor. Regardless, the cast does just fine, and is often as subdued as the material. Ellis is a beauty, and does a wonderful job portraying the wide range of emotions that Olive feels as she struggles with a myriad of baby-related issues. Carter is a bit less appealing, since it seems like a struggle for him, at times, to go beyond a single facial expression, but he�s still serviceable. There�s nothing flashy at all about IFC�s DVD, but it works just fine in that it presents this mega-low budget film in the best possible manner, and even throws in a couple of extra features for good measure. Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - September 15, 2010, 5:23 am - DVD Review Keywords: young couple, secrets, lies, pain	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line108
__label__cc	0.640898	0.359102	Joel Dayne Johnston Joel Dayne Johnston was born in Lufkin, Texas and raised in Port Arthur, Texas. He married (me) Monica Rachelle Bourgeois in Houston, Texas. In 2003, we move to Southern California. We have 2 boys: Trevor Lee Johnston Lukas Dayne Johnston Marilyn Leanne Powelson Marilyn Leanne Powelson married Howell Dayne Johnston in Groves, Texas. They moved to Houston for 5 years, then to Lufkin for 6 years, and finally to Port Arthur, Texas until retirement. In 2009, Dayne retired from Fina Oil Company as #1 operator unloading sulfuric acid rail cars. Dayne and Marilyn sold their home in Port Arthur and now live in Jasper, Texas, on the San Angelina River. They had 2 children: Joel Dayne Johnston m Monica Rachelle Bourgeois Eric Wayne Johnston Katie Louise Farmer 1922 - 1994 Katie Louise Farmer married Kenneth Rowdy Roy Powelson. They were divorced and had 3 children: Robert "Bobby" Roy Powelson m Barbara William "Billy" Earnest Powelson Marilyn Leanne (Powelson) m Howell Dayne Johnston William Nelson Farmer 1885 - 1945 William Farmer was born on 3/9/1885 in New Mexico. He married Ada Ann Cathey in Stephenville, Erath, Texas on 8/16/1908. On 9/12/1918, he submitted his World War I draft card in Oklahoma. He was described at native born, white, medium height, medium build, with brown eyes and red hair. He died on 7/27/1945 in Sherman, Texas. He was a laundry operator. They had 4 childern: Pat (brother) (b 1915) Nobey May Elgin (died at a young age) Katie Louise Joseph Newton Farmer 1862 - 1915 Joseph Newton Farmer married Sarah E. William Nelson Farmer was one of their children. Joseph N Farmer 1834 - 1862 Joseph N Farmer married Margaret Frances Griffin. Joseph was a Private CO F 9 Texas CAV For the Confederate States Army. Joseph Newton Farmer was one of their children. John Farmer John Farmer was born in South Carolina. He married Mary Pierce. John was a Private for Captain William Patrick’s Co GA militia in the War of 1812. Joseph N. Farmer was one of their children. He died on 12/21/1864 in Clayton County, Georgia.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line109
__label__wiki	0.664948	0.664948	Disney, Indiana Episode 143 - Christmas Time in Disney, Indiana Merry Christmas from Disney, Indiana! Our hosts have their stockings full of treats for this episode. They'll start with a look at the latest film from Disney, Saving Mr. Banks. Do they think it's practically perfect or did they need a spoonful of sugar to wash it down? You'll have to listen and find out. After leaving the theater, they stop by Flynn's Arcade to play with some of the latest additions to Disney Infinity: the Toy Story playset along with the Woody, Jack Skellingon, Vanellope von Schweetz and Wreck-It Ralph figures! Another present for you is the last Future Disney Legend segment for 2013 and the announcement for their 2014 year-long celebration in Disney, Indiana. Tracey and Scott also let everyone know about an upcoming trip they have planned for Walt Disney World and that "other" theme park in Orlando! All this, plus Christmas music on WWED, a call to the Main Street Cinema and a new resident in town in the feedback section! Sure looks like our hosts are full of Christmas gifts! Saving Mr. Banks Soundtrack (Deluxe) Disney Infinity Toy Story Play Set Disney Infinity Figure Woody Disney Infinity Figure Jack Skellington The Vanellope von Schweetz figure is currently a Target exclusive until 12/31/2013 and Wreck-It Ralph can only be found at Best Buy until the end of the year. Saving Mr. Banks Links Saving Mr. Banks Filming at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The Wrap: How ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Overcame Disney’s Resistance to a Movie About Disney Hollywood Reporter: Bringing Walt Disney (and Mary Poppins) Back to Life: The Making of 'Saving Mr. Banks' The Wrap: Director John Lee Hancock on ‘Saving Mr. Banks’: We Went for the Truth, Not the Facts DailyMail Online: 'I still get to make fantastic films - and that's perplexing to me': Tom Hanks on guns, God... and hanging out with The Beatles D23: What It Was Like Turning Modern Day Disneyland Into Walt’s 1961 Magic Kingdom Susan Egan Links Susan Egan's Homepage Stage Rush: Susan Egan's Secret of Happiness Interview Broadway World: Bye Bye Birdie Flashback Interview with Susan Egan MiceChat: Susan Egan and the Secret of Happiness 1) One More Sleep 'til Christmas - Muppet Christmas Carol 2) Santa Claus is Coming to Town - A Muppet Family Christmas 3) Home for the Holidays - A Muppet Family Christmas 4) Sleigh Ride - A Muppet Family Christmas 5) Silent Night - John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together 6) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Susan Egan - Winter Tracks 7) We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Page O'Hara - Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas 8) White Christmas - Goofy - Disney's Merry Little Christmas 9) R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas - John Bon Jovi - Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album Disney, Indiana - Episode 142 - Reindeer Songs It's time for another visit to Disney, Indiana where our co-hosts are excited to see Disney's latest animated film Frozen. After some initial disappointment from one of our hosts, they dive into the production of the feature and share their thoughts on the film. After the movie talk, they share a recording made in 2008 at Epcot at Christmas time. It's the Voices of Liberty from the American Adventure Pavilion. All this, plus a listen to WWED, a call over the Main Street Cinema to see what Mortis is up to and some great listener feedback! Frozen Soundtrack (Deluxe) Disney, Indiana Episode 141 - Yggdrasil or the World Tree of Life Today's episode finds one of our co-hosts not only MIA, but not found on Earth! Can our remaining host open the show? Will it go smoother than normal? Will the missing host return in time for the segments? Does anyone miss them? These answers and more await you! Speaking of answers to questions - how about what segments are on today's episode? Well, first off a discussion of the newest entry into the Marvel film universe: Thor The Dark World. A look at the film's history, how it fits in with the other Marvel films and what our hosts thought of the film are all in store. It's also time for November's Future Disney Legend segment with a look at the career of Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde. The man who, among other projects, helped developed the sorely missed Adventurers Club and also worked on a little something called Disney's Animal Kingdom as well. Keeping with the Animal Kingdom theme, our hosts have a book review on the Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom from Tracey in the episode as well. MousePlanet: A Farewell to the Adventurer's Club MousePlanet: Adventurers Club Final Farewell: Part Two MousePlanet: Special Effect Secrets of the Adventurer’s Club MousePlanet: Craig McNair Wilson Remembers the Adventurers Club Thor: The Dark World (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Disney, Indiana - Episode 140 - Potpourri for 100 Today's episode starts off with one of our beloved hosts in jeopardy (or is that on Jeopardy?). Will this host survive and make it to the bonus round or will they land on bankrupt when the final answer is given (wait, what show was that again?) Scott and Tracey bring their listeners a hodgepodge of Disney goodness this time around that includes two video game reviews, a movie review, a book review and a mini-trip report! They discuss their recent visit to the Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Next up is a look at the new Lego Marvel Super Heroes video game and the Lone Ranger Playset for Disney Infinity. Our hosts then review the 2013 not Disney, but filmed on Disney property film Escape from Tomorrow and wrap up the review fest with a look at book It's Kind of a Cute Story - a self-told memoir of Disney Legend Rolly Crump. So sit back, make sure to be closest to the retail price without going over and enjoy the show. Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Exhibit closes May 4, 2014. Monster Kid Radio® - Hosted by Derek M. Koch LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload Escape from Tomorrow (official site) It's Kind of a Cute Story Official site and Facebook page Who Whacked Roger Rabbit? - preorder link LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes - Xbox 360 LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes - Playstation 3 Lone Ranger Play Set for Disney Infinity It's Kind of a Cute Story More Cute Stories, Vol. 1: Disneyland History Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (Kindle) Who Wacked Roger Rabbit? - New Roger Rabbit Novel due out 11/29/2013. Disney, Indiana - Episode 139 - The Elfman in the Woods In today's episode, our hosts, Scott and Tracey, present their October selection for Future Disney Legend, film composer, Danny Elfman. They discuss his musical history, with a focus on his projects for Disney films. After a break to tune into WWED, they return with a look at the 1980 Disney live-action thriller, The Watcher in the Woods. Tracey and Scott review the film's history, discuss why multiple endings for the story were filmed, and share their thoughts on the movie overall. Our hosts then wrap up the show with a call over to the Main Street Cinema and some listener feedback. The Watcher in the Woods Links Richard Chamberlain's Monster Movie Kid Blog: 31 Days of Halloween – Day 13: The Watcher in the Woods Scott Michael Bosco, who worked on the bonus materials for Anchor Bay's special edition DVD of the Watcher in the Woods posted several Watcher in the Woods related articles on his former Digital Cinema website: * The Watcher in the Woods: The Mystery Behind the Mystery * Interview with Carol Baker (who played Helen Curtis) * Interview with Lynn-Holly Johnson (who played Jan Curtis) * Interview with Harrison Ellenshaw (who re-worked the ending) * Interview with Sam Nicholson (part of the f/x team on the "other world" sequence) The Movie's Trailer: Danny Elfman Links John Braheny interview with Danny Elfman. Movie Wave review of the Flubber soundtrack. Film Tracks interviews Danny Elfman about Meet the Robinsons. Danny Elfman interview on Empire Online. Billboard interview with Danny Elfman. Jesse's Blog Post on Disney's D-TV. The Watcher in the Woods (DVD) Danny Elfman Disney Soundtracks Dick Tracy: Original Score Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Flubber: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack Music for a Darkened Theatre: Film & T.V. Music 1 Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2: Film & Television Music Disney, Indiana - Episode 138 - Monster Kid Powers Activate You got your Disney in my monsters! You got your monsters in my Disney! Can monsters and Disney coexist? Are they two great tastes that go great together? Your co-host Scott stops by the Monster Kid Radio podcast to join Derek Koch for a discussion about where monster kids can find something monster-ous to enjoy when it comes to the House of Mouse. Scott and Derek go over their top three scary Disney films and monster kid stuff at the Disney theme parks. Monster Kid Radio - http://www.monsterkidradio.net Friends of the Magic Disney, Indiana – Episode 137 – Droids, Cars and Bears! Oh My! In today’s episode, Tracey and Scott revisit the world of the Disney, Infinity video game - this time discussing 2 player split screen mode, and the Cars playset, along with more info on the Toy Box area. They also present September’s Future Disney Legend, noted voice actor Pete Renaday. Along the way they our hosts into WWED and call over to the Main Street Cinema, wrapping up the show with some listener feedback. Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records Story & Song From the Haunted Mansion Disney Infinity Play Set Pack - Cars Disney Infinity Figure Mater Disney Infinity Figure Francesco Reedy Creek Radio - Thursdays at 11am ET Disney, Indiana – Episode 136 – Make Mine Music: The Lighter Side of the 1990's In today’s episode, one of the more popular segments of the Disney, Indiana podcast returns as Tracey and Scott play Make Mine Music by counting down their favorite Disney songs from the 1990s. Our hosts found this to be a daunting task at first as there is so much good music associated with Disney from this time frame, so they limited the scope a little. They decided to only look at lighter songs this time around - they'll do another 1990s countdown with the more serious and love songs at a future date. Along with the Make Mine Music segment, they also share a bit of audio they recorded at Walt Disney World - from an attraction that opened in the 1990s. All this, plus a call to the Main Street Cinema and some listener feedback. Disney, Indiana - Episode 135 - Crushin' the Toy Box In today's episode, Scott has some heartburn about losing a Disney acronym that is near and dear to his heart while Tracey tries to bribe him out of his funk. After the acronym agitation, our hosts fire up the hydrophone and bring you one of the stars of Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo, Crush. It's Turtle Talk recorded at Walt Disney World in November of 2009. Once our co-hosts come up for air, it's time for recess as our hosts take at look at the latest videogame offering from Disney Interactive Studios - Disney Infinity. They limit their review to the game's starter pack and judge if you can have fun with the game without breaking the bank by buying extra figures, power discs and playsets. They wrap things up with some listener feedback and a call to the Main Street Cinema. Disney, Indiana's review of the Toy Story 3 video game (which first showcases Toy Box Mode used in Disney Infinity) Disney’s Pixar in Concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra - Sunday, October 27 at Clowes Hall in Indianapolis Disney Infinity Starter Pack Xbox 360 Disney Infinity Starter Pack Wii Disney Infinity Starter Pack Wii U Disney Infinity Starter Pack 3DS Disney Infinity Starter Pack PS3 Episode 134 - A Bird’s Eye View of Indy and a Poor Provincial Town In today's episode, our hosts, Scott and Tracey, kick off the episode by chatting with Aaron DelPrince about the upcoming Indy Disney Meet fan gathering in Noblesville, Indiana 7 Sep 2013. They then present August's Future Disney Legend: Linda Woolverton. Ms. Woolverton was the script writer/co-script writer for Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and the 2010 live action Alice in Wonderland film. She also helped adapt Beauty and the Beast and Aida for stage musical performances. After tuning into WWED, Scott and Tracey cover the latest Disney animated theatrical release, Planes - they discuss the film's development, the public and critical response and share what they thought of the film. They wrap things up with some listener feedback including a question about this year's actual Disney Legend inductees. Indy Disney Meet Links Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Indy-Disney-Meet/153748061305300 DisBoard: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?s=f478d2d55d924d52d668eaf08a76190b&t=3074209 Linda Woolverton Links L.A. Times: Ms. Beauty and the Beast : Writer of Disney Hit Explains Her 'Woman of the '90s' L.A. Times Hero Complex: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ screenwriter is ready for haters: ‘It’s audacious, what we’ve done’ Planes Links Wall Street Journal: For John Lasseter, ‘Planes’ Gets Personal Fast Company: How Disney Made 'Planes' Fly Videos Mentioned Planes (Three-Disc 3D Blu-ray / 2D Blu-ray / DVD + Digital Copy) Planes Soundtrack Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney Walt Disney: An American Original Disney, Indiana – Episode 133 – Drawn to Development In today’s episode, Tracey and Scott share a couple of audio clips they recorded while on Disney vacations. First up, they play a December 2012 recording of the Drawn to Animation attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios. After their visit to Orlando, our hosts present the second of three lectures with Disney Animator Rachel Bibb (IMDB Page) that they recorded on their recent Disney cruise. In this one, Ms. Bibb talks about character and story development at Disney. If you missed part one, it can be found in episode 131. All this, plus Tracey and Scott call over to the Main Street Cinema, welcome a new resident into town, share an interesting Kickstarter project, and talk about a couple of upcoming Disney meets. 2013 Friends of the Magic at the Disneyland Resort 2013 Indy Disney Meet Art Story Kickstarter Scott and Tracey on Window to the Magic to talk about their Backstage Magic tour: Episode 148 and Episode 151. Disney, Indiana - Episode 132 - Kemosabe, Hey Out There Kemosabe! In the current days of the midwestern United States, a husband and wife stepped up to the mic and talked about Disney, searching for faith, trust and pixie dust. Join with us now in these thrilling days of today, when from out of the Internet come the thundering voices of this five year old show! The Disney, Indiana podcast rides again! In today’s episode, the show gets off to a musical start as Scott explains his apprehension of seeing Disney latest film The Lone Ranger. After Tracey snaps him out of it, they take a look at the history of the character, the problems with Disney's production of the film and then they share their thoughts. Should Disney have taken this project to the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump or is it worth your time? After leaving the old west, our hosts bring you July's Future Disney Legend segment with a look at the career of Johnny Depp. From 21 Jump Street and a run in with Freddy to Captain Jack and Tonto, Scott and Tracey review his career highlights. All that plus the usual odds and ends around here. Hollywood Reporter's story on The Lone Ranger in production Kirby Sattler’s website 2005 Horror.com interview with Johnny Depp Lone Ranger Pre-Order The Lone Ranger Soundtrack The Disney Films of Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Disney, Indiana - Episode 131 - A Monstrous Lecture In today’s episode, our hosts, Tracey and Scott, are going back to school as they've been invited to Monsters University which is holding its first Human-Monster Open House and Lecture Series. While there, our hosts take a look at the newest offering from Disney/Pixar starting with its early development and production, the opening weekend of the film and our hosts' thoughts on Monsters University. After class, they present the first of three lectures with Disney Animator Rachel Bibb (IMDB Page) that they recorded on their recent Disney cruise. In part one, Ms. Bibb talks about how she got her start as a animator, being hired by Disney and some of the projects she has worked on. Scott and Tracey also make a call over to the Main Street Cinema and cover a bit of listener feedback. Monsters University Fearbook The Art of Monsters University Monsters University Soundtrack Monsters University Campus Site Monsters University Campus Store Coming Soon: Director Dan Scanlon Talks Monsters University BuzzFeed: The “Monsters University” Character Who Changed Gender At The Last Minute Disney, Indiana - Episode 130 - P-P-P-P-Please Don’t Let It End In today’s episode, our hosts, Tracey and Scott, have part three of their Disney Wonder Westbound Panama Canal repositioning cruise trip report. They cover the Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas Mexico ports of call and then wrap up the report with their return to the USA. They also have June's Future Disney Legend segment with a look at the life and career of Disney animator Andreas Deja. You might not know the name, but you know his work as he animated several of the best known characters in the key films of Disney’s Renaissance period - which started in 1989 and lasted throughout the 90’s They also tune into WWED, make a call over to the Main Street Cinema and cover a bit a listener feedback. Tequila Tour in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - http://tequilamamalucia.com/ Andreas Deja's Personal Blog Andreas posts about his first scene on Who Framed Roger Rabbit Andreas posts about meeting Marc Davis Andreas Deja interviewed by the website Chicago Parent Andreas Deja interviewed by the website IGN Andreas Deja interviewed by the website Film Yap Homemade Flubber for Kids I-400: Japan's Secret Aircraft Carrying Strike Submarine, Objective Panama Canal Disney, Indiana - Episode 129 - The Locks and the Iron Men Number 3 In today’s episode, our hosts, Tracey and Scott, report in from the Disney, Indiana Visitor Center to present part 2 of their Disney Wonder Westbound Panama Canal repositioning cruise trip report. They also share some history and behind the scenes info on the recent Marvel Studios release, Iron Man 3, and discuss what they thought of the film. They also tune into WWED, call over to the Main Street Cinema, and respond to an address request or two. The Animator's Palate Dinner Show The Disney Wonder in the Panama Canal inside the Pedro Miguel Locks Disney Wonder Pirate Night Fireworks The Mortis Matinee Coverage of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea The Wrap website questioning if Iron Man 3 would be made in May of 2010 Jon Favreau announces he's not directing Iron Man 3 Guy Pearce's interviewed on Marvel.com Next Movie's List of Iron Man 3 Easter eggs Iron Man 3's Box Office take at Box Office Mojo Iron Man 3 Blu-Ray Iron Man 3 Soundtrack Disney, Indiana - Episode 128 - Returned from the Cruise, We Have Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale a tale of a WONDERful trip. That started from the Miami port aboard a Disney ship. The mate was Goofy sailing dog, The skipper brave and sure. Lots of passengers set sail that day for a 14 night tour, a 14 night tour. The weather never got too rough, The Wonder sailed with ease, If not for the passage through the land The ship could not squeeze, The ship could not squeeze. The ship sailed on to several ports, outside the USA With Tracey and Scott too, The Mouseketeers and their mates, The cartoon Mouse The pirates and Donald Duck Here on Mickey's Boat! Well, our co-hosts have returned from their 14 night cruise from Miami to LA on the Disney, Wonder. They have part one of the trip report on this episode that includes stops at Castaway Cay and Cartagena, Colombia. They also announce the winner of the "how many miles sailed" contest! Also on today's episode, Tracey and Scott bring us May's Future Disney Legend segment where they make a case for Frank Oz. They will take a look at his body of work - from Miss Piggy to Yoda and his work behind the camera. They also tune into Buzzy over at WWED, check in with Mortis at the Main Street Cinema, and welcome a new resident to town. Disney, Indiana – Episode 127 – Toy Cruise Story Tracey and Scott have left Disney, Indiana to cruise on the Disney Wonder for their 20th anniversary. Not wanting to trust the show to Mortis, they've asked Jessica, the master control program who runs Disney, Indiana, to fill in for them for this episode. Jessica shares with the listeners a recording Scott and Tracey made on their first trip aboard the Disney Wonder. A recording of Toy Story - The Musical they made in the summer of 2011 during their Alaskan cruise. Toy Story – The Musical revisits the touching story of friendship between Buzz Lightyear, a state-of-the-art action figure, and Woody, a traditional cowboy toy, as they compete for the attention of Andy, their boy owner. The original film was not a musical, so seven new songs where written when this show debuted on the Disney Cruise line. Your regularly scheduled hosts will return on the next episode. Disney, Indiana - Episode 126 - Strange Birds of a Feather In today's episode, our co-hosts are getting into the mood for their upcoming cruise by looking at some of Disney's Latin American flair. First up, they take a look at Saludos Amigos from 1942 and 1944's The Three Caballeros. To bring some history to these films, they referenced South of the Border With Disney: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program, 1941-1948 by J.B. Kaufman. After they finish their samba, our hosts make their case for Tim Burton to be named a Disney Legend in April's Future Disney Legend segment. They take a look at his early work for the company, the films he's done for both Disney and Touchstone (a Disney owned studio) over the years and their effect on the theme parks. Speaking of the theme parks, Buzzy continues the theme of today's show by sharing audio from Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros at Epcot. This recording was made during a trip to Walt Disney World in 2011. All this, plus a call to Mortis at the Main Street Cinema and some listener feedback - and don't forget the current contest related to their cruise! South of the Border With Disney: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program, 1941-1948 Saludos Amigos / Three Caballeros Tim Burton's Disney Work The Three Caballeros inside the it's a small world attraction at Disneyland. The Three Caballeros float in the Disneyland Soundsational Parade. Pinata Performers in the Disneyland Soundsational Parade. Disney, Indiana – Episode 125 – Just Keep Cruising In today’s episode, our co-host Tracey tries to announce their next Disney trip and Scott continues to interrupt with what he thinks the trip will be. After a bit of back and forth, their destination of the Panama Canal via the Disney Wonder is finally made clear to Scott. After he finally understands, they talk about about this upcoming fourteen day cruise from Miami to Los Angeles with stops in Castaway Cay, Cartegena, Columbia, Puerto Vallarta Mexico, and Cabo San Lucas Mexico. Along with the cruise discussion, our hosts review the PassPorter's Disney Cruise Line and Ports of Call guidebook. There's also a contest announcement tied in with their trip. Keeping with the nautical theme and to celebrate the recent announcement of Finding Nemo 2, our hosts share a recording of the Finding Nemo Musical from Disney's Animal Kingdom. All that, plus a call over to the Main Street Cinema, a tune into WWED and some listener feedback. Our Cabin Door from our Alaskan Cruise. The Disney, Indiana fish extender is hanging just to the left of the door. PassPorter's Disney Cruise Line and Its Ports of Call - Official Site Links Mentionaed Jason Gordon, the light technician and props wrangler for a musical adaptation of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that just ended its run at at the Hale Center Theater near Salt Lake City, shared this preview video of the show. Disney, Indiana - Episode 124 - Manager's Special In today’s episode, our hosts, Tracey and Scott review two Manager’s Special films from the town’s video rental place - a 1960’s musical fantasy, starring Dick Van Dyke and featuring the music of the Sherman Brothers, and a film featuring mice on an adventure, animated by Don Bluth. Along the way, they will tune into WWED, call over to the Main Street Cinema and share some listener feedback. The Artcraft Theater Poster we mentioned in the show's wrap up. Film festival referenced in the wrap up. Disney, Indiana - Episode 123 - We Could Go All the Way Down the Yellow Brick Road In today’s episode, our hosts Tracey and Scott celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by visiting the Emerald City twice! They discuss the brand-new live action Disney theatrical release Oz the Great and Powerful, then go back to 1985 to cover the fantasy adventure film Return to Oz. They also present their March pick for their Future Disney Legend: ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman. Along the way, they tune into WWED , call over to the Main Street Cinema and respond to some listener feedback. Erin go Bragh and welcome to Disney, Indiana! Return to Oz DVD The Art of Oz The Great and Powerful Oz the Great and Powerful Soundtrack Unofficial Return to Oz Fansite - http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com Disney, Indiana - Episode 122 - Discarded Disney Songs After trying to cover such topics as Sounds Dangerous and the film Gus - our hosts bring back a very popular segment to the show as they will once again play Make Mine Music. This time they will count down their favorite Disney film songs that never made it to the silver screen. If you want to be surprised when listening to the countdown, stop reading these show notes now as links below are provided to where you can purchase the songs in this episode. They also share some park audio recorded at Walt Disney World, make a call to Mortis over at the Main Street Cinema and share some listener feedback. Tracey's Top Five 5. Alternate version of Every Little Piece written for Pete’s Dragon - Available as a bonus feature on the Pete's Dragon High Flying Edition DVD and Blu-Ray. 4. Call Me a Princess cut from Aladdin - Available on the Howard Sings Ashman album. 3. Beyond the Laughing Sky cut from Alice in Wonderland. This song is not commercially available. You can watch it on YouTube. 2. Morning Report cut from The Lion King. Available on the The Lion King: Special Edition soundtrack. 1. Human Again cut from Beauty and the Beast. Available on the Disney's Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording). Honorable Mentions a) Land of Sand cut from Mary Poppins - Available on the Mary Poppins 2 Disc Special Edition soundtrack. b) Cheerio, Goodbye, Toodle-oo, Hip Hip cut from 101 Dalmatians - Available as a bonus feature on the 101 Dalmatians (Two-Disc Platinum Edition) DVD. Scott's Top Five 5. I Can’t Believe My Heart cut from Hercules - Available on the Susan Egan solo album entitled Coffee House. 4. Why Me? cut from Aladdin - Available as a bonus feature on the Aladdin (Two-Disc Platinum Edition) DVD. 3. I'm Odd cut from Alice in Wonderland - Available as a bonus feature on the Alice in Wonderland (Two-Disc Special Un-Anniversary Edition) DVD. 2. Never Smile at a Crocodile - cut from Peter Pan. The version played on the show is not available, but you can watch it on YouTube. 1. This Only Happens in the Movies - written for Who Discovered Roger Rabbit, a film that was never made. Available on the Kerry Butler album Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust. Honorable Mentions a) Be Prepared (Reprise) - cut from The Lion King - Watch on YouTube. b) The Chimpanzoo - Cut from Mary Poppins - Watch on YouTube. The Disney Song Encyclopedia Nick Mckaig - Indiana Jones Theme (Vocal Cover) Disney, Indiana – Episode 121 – Dr. Jones and Mr. Baxter In today’s episode, our hosts present a discussion between Scott and his pal Derek (aka Brother D) regarding Disney’s recent purchase of LucasFilm that they recorded for the IndyCast podcast. Tracey and Scott then continue their Future Disney Legends series with a look at the career of Tony Baxter, Disney Imagineer. Along the way, they tune into WWED, call over to the Main Street Cinema and respond to some listener feedback. WWED Tracklist 1) Nick McKaig - The Indiana Jones theme 2) Star Tours attraction (Original) - Source audio 3) The Legend of Thunder Mountain - Unknown 4) A Splash Mountain Story - Unknown 5) Splash Mountain Rap - 80s Promotional Video for Splash Mountain 6) How Do You Do - Splash Mountain Source 7) One Little Spark 1) The IndyCast Podcast 2) Indiana Jones Adventure Article in the L.A. Times The Disney Mountains: Imagineering At Its Peak Disney, Indiana - Episode 120 - Passamawhoosie and Mice on Ice In this episode, our hosts, Scott and Tracey, discuss two Disney-related events they attended recently - Disney On Ice: Worlds of Fantasy and seeing Pete's Dragon on the big screen. They provide historical background on both events, and share their thoughts on both experiences. They also tune into WWED, call over to the Main Street Cinema and respond to listener feedback and a couple of resident requests. Episode 120 Pictures 1) Passamashloddy - Jim Dale, Red Buttons and Ensemble - Pete’s Dragon Soundtrack 2) Bill of Sale - Shelley Winters, Charles Tyner, Gary Morgan, Jeff Conaway, and Helen Reddy - Pete’s Dragon Soundtrack 3) It’s Not Easy - Reel Big Fish - Mosh Pit on Disney 4) Every Little Piece - Jim Dale and Red Buttons - Pete’s Dragon Soundtrack 5) When You Wish Upon a Death Star - The Great Luke Ski 1) Disney's Ice Capades of 1950: Toy Shop Photograph 2) Brunch with the Brits Podcast Pete's Dragon (High-Flying Edition) [DVD] Pete's Dragon (35th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] Disney, Indiana - Episode 119 - Let's Get Dangerous In today’s episode, our hosts Tracey and Scott continue their December 2012 Walt Disney World trip report, including a report on the Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party and their participation in some of the Pixelmania meets. They also kick off their 2013 monthly segment Future Disney Legends with a discussion of the career of voice actor Jim Cummings. WWED features a selection of Cummings’ songs, and our hosts make a call over to the Main Street Cinema. 1) Intro to Illuminations: Reflections of Earth - Jim Cummings 2) It’s Gonna Be Great - Winnie the Pooh (2011) Soundtrack - Written by Robert Lopez, performed by Bud Luckey and Jim Cummings 3) Gonna Take You There - Princess and the Frog Soundtrack - Jim Cummings featuring Terrance Simien on Accordion 4) Petey's King of France (Based upon In the Hall of the Mountain King) - The Three Musketeers Soundtrack - Jim Cummings 5) I’m Odd - Originally written for Alice in Wonderland (1951) but was not used. Jim Cummings recorded it for a special feature in the Alice in Wonderland: Special Un-Anniversary DVD. 6) Friends for Life - TaleSpin Soundtrack - Jim Cummings as King Louie 7) I Wan’na Be Like M-O-You - House of Mouse Episode: King Larry Swings In - Jim Cummings and Wayne Allwine 8) Rough Tough Burly Sailor Song - Gummi Bears Soundtrack - Jim Cummings 9) Boom Da Boom - House of Mouse - Jim Cummings as Pete 10) Be Prepared - Lion King Soundtrack - Jeremy Irons and Jim Cummings 11) Darkwing Duck Theme Theme Park Connection. The Magic in Pixels. Kingdom Camera Rentals. Disney, Indiana - Episode 118 - WDW Change Review In today’s episode, our hosts, Tracey and Scott kick off 2013 with Part 1 of a trip report of their recent Walt Disney World resort. They discuss their thoughts on New Fantasyland, Storybook Circus and Test Track 2.0, as well as sharing some park audio from the trip. Our hosts also tune into WWED for some related Disney music, call over to the Main Street Cinema and share some listener feedback. They also announce the 2013 monthly segment topic: Future Disney Legends. Videos Referenced Episode 118 Photo Gallery Tracey and Scott visit the Comedy4Cast Podcast.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line111
__label__wiki	0.522308	0.522308	Byrd Scheidt Music The announcer on the BBC World Service told us what was coming up in the programme; “And we shall hear how birds are producing sweet music from both ends”. Tantalising stuff, explained further by the reporter who began by telling us that there was “A new piece of Classical Music created from bird droppings”. What this was, he went on to tell us, was an experiment in which very large sheets of black manuscript paper had been placed under trees where birds flocked. The birds’ droppings landed on the paper, which was then collected and the shape and location of the droppings on each sheet transcribed into musical notation. And thus was born a new musical work. (It calls to mind that glorious joke of Humphrey Lyttleton’s in which he described how Mexicans expressed their dislike of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “sheet music” – you have to say that with a Mexican accent to get the gist!) The artist Kerry Morrison had the idea because, we are told, “she thought it would be fun”; but the joke landed on the Arts’ Council, who then decided to finance it, commission composer Jonathan Herring to formalise it into a readable orchestral score and pay for his orchestra to perform it at the Tate Gallery in Liverpool. (To read more, here’s the link - www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21082873.) This is hardly an original idea, even if nobody seems to have done it with bird droppings before. There were experiments in which cats walked through a puddle of ink and then over some manuscript paper, and I even recall an experiment in which elephants squirted a dye on a wall covered with manuscript paper. All good - not very clean - fun, but certainly resulting in nothing serious musically (even if Morrison feels it might encourage people to look at “detritus and waste” in a wholly new way). It does prompt me, however, to look again at the question of what we mean by “music”. True, birds singing make a musical noise, but is it music? I have always believed that the defining feature of what we call “classical music” is that it is premeditated. Organised thoughts have to be written down in order for them to be disseminated by those with no direct connection with the music’s creator or even the culture from which the music originates; hence the cliché about music being an “international language”. Birds and animals have made music only by their calls being codified and transliterated into musical notation by a composer, who then uses them as the basis, but not the sole content, of a musical work. Messiaen spent years painstakingly notating the calls of birds and incorporating those calls into his work. His music was birdsong inspired; the birdsong itself, however, was not music. Of course, aleatory music – where the composer gives free rein for unprepared sounds to be brought into a work of music – has existed for over a century. Grove defines it as “A term applied to music whose composition and/or performance is, to a greater or lesser extent, undetermined by the composer”, and goes on to argue that any piece of music is, to an extent, aleatory since the composer can have no absolute control over the vagaries of performance. But in truth, it only became a quantifiable element in music with the American Charles Ives (1874-1954) and it was his followers, most notably John Cage, who made it fashionable. It is one result of the often grotesque experiments of mid-20th century composers which has survived and is still common currency in works being written today. But in every case aleatory music is created within a fixed time; even the ultimate aleatory work, Cage’s 4’33” has a defined beginning and end. In the case of our bird excrement, the length of the finished work was largely governed by the material collected rather than a pre-determined time frame from the composer. The Tate’s publicity describes the works as “A collaborative musical composition that curiously captures avian activity, creating a piece of music celebrating our feathered friends”. But while the goodly folk of Liverpool will certainly be hearing a “musical composition”, in so far that it is a composition which generates musical sounds, it cannot be described truthfully as “a piece of music”; unless, that is. Herring (and I would love to think that the birds involved were seagulls) has added rather more to the score than second-hand excrement. Posted by Dr Marc Rochester at 3:54 PM Comeback Kid Clayderman It is news likely to turn every piano teacher who was working back in the 1980s into a quivering wreck: Richard Clayderman has decided to make a comeback and, after 20 years of glorious Claydermanlessness, the world is about to suffer his innocuous pianistic ramblings once more. He will be releasing a CD on the Decca label on 4th February. You have been warned; there’s more glutinous mediocrity on the way. Richard Clayderman – or more particularly his advisers - found a weak point in the sensitivities of susceptible souls and milked it for all it was worth. He did very nicely out of it financially and huge numbers of adoring fans (mostly female) were convinced he enriched their lives; proof of his immense popularity came with an apparent claim made in the Guinness Book of Records that he was “the greatest pianist in the world” (I got that fact from Wikipedia so I imagine it’s wrong). A generation of emerging pianists (mostly female) sat in open-mouthed admiration as he played, awe-struck by his ability to elevate the mediocre and to impress with the minimum of physical or mental effort. Hearing his shallow dribblings over the piano keys and seeing the adoration with which their elders greeted him – not to mention his clean-shaven looks and dewy-eyed romantic film-star image - young pianists wanted, in the nicest possible way, to ape him by playing the piano the same way that he did. With music-making of almost imbecilic banality and a studiedly vacuous image drawing on his Gallic good looks (a bit like a romantic lead in a soft-core porno movie, but with his black tie and white wing-collar shirt always firmly kept in place), he single-handedly redefined the piano. Under his hands it became the musical equivalent of a thick, feather duster, gently caressing the side of the head but never venturing further into the consciousness than a superficial tickling of the outer ear. His music was harmless, his image refreshingly clean and his persona virtually impossible to dislike. But he exerted a pernicious influence over all those emerging pianists (mostly female) and it is for this reason that any comeback needs to viewed with a certain anxiety by piano teachers, especially those unprepared by his first coming. Readers of this blog will probably not know the Richard Clayderman sound. For their benefit let me explain in a simple step-by-step manner; much as the Claydermeister might approach the artlessness of playing the piano his way; 1. Take a carefully voiced piano incapable of any sharp edges or sudden sounds, bereft of rattles or action noise and with a seriously restricted dynamic range. 2. Put your right foot (preferably wearing an immaculately polished patent leather shoe) on the sustaining pedal and keep it there throughout steps 3 and 4. 3. With one finger of the right hand gently caress the keys from middle C upwards, probably repeating them several times with gradually increasing rapidity (to rhyme with vapidity) for a maximum of three steps before going back down again. 4. With three fingers from the left hand play a root position triad of C and simply follow the right hand up and down again. 5. Record it in a gently reverberant acoustic, ensuring there is no hint of aggression or angularity about it all and that the sound wave stays as even and level as possible. 6. Finally, release it to the public with a glossy cover including a large, misty image of a gently smiling young man. As a young piano teacher in the 1980s I thought of Clayderman as a bit of a joke; a failed Paris Conservatoire student who celebrated his inability with piano playing of mind-numbing innocuosity. But then the problems started. Pupils (mostly female) used to turn up and, rather than clutching their latest ABRSM “Graded Piano Pieces” books, came with glossy publications with alarming titles like “Richard Clayderman’s Greatest Hits”. They asked me to teach them how to play the succession of grisly C major inanities in the book. Unlike most books of popular music designed to capitalise on the success of a record, these simple musical arrangements did not so much sound wrong as sound horribly right. In fact, the music we had in these books aimed at the grade 2 or 3 student was, if anything, rather more technically challenging the Clayderman’s originals. I banned these books from the teaching studios, but what was the point of getting students to go through week after week of grinding scales, technical exercises and ghastly morsels from the likes of Clementi and Grieg, when they could witness huge success, both financial and personal, being harvested by a man of limited musical skill. For a generation, the Clayderman syndrome has lain dormant and students have begun to learn again that playing the piano well requires mental and physical effort. It fills me with dread that Count Claydermanstein appears to have risen again from the grave. Posted by Dr Marc Rochester at 11:46 PM Careless Classical Comments The headline – Classical Music Makes Careless Drivers – in a British newspaper yesterday naturally stopped me in my tracks. What rubbish! What arrant nonsense! These were my initial thoughts and when I read the accompanying news story I almost boiled over with rage, not least at the observation that "drivers who listened to classical music drove the most erratically". Apparently some researchers "using GPS technology" had discovered that motorists who listened to "Beethoven's Fifth, Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor or Strauss's Blue Danube" were more careless than those who listened to pop music. What made my blood boil was the suggestion that these much-vaunted findings were produced using a sample of just eight drivers each of whom drove some 500 miles. Notwithstanding a national newspaper's natural desire to catch attention by over-simplifying the facts, the basic research on which the item was based appears to be fundamentally flawed. Perhaps the "GPS technology" made the research seem more sexy and clouded brains which might otherwise have seen the more blatant flaws in the findings, but what possible validity can there be in studies involving just eight samples? Long before "GPS technology" was invented, I advised airlines, hotels and other enclosed public spaces on the best music to select for their use. A natural opponent of background music, I worked on the basis that if it was an inevitable fact of life, I might as well use my expertise to ensure that it is was painless as possible. Extensive research and field studies (done in person rather than relying on technology of dubious relevance) yielded a fascinating correlation between music played subliminally and human behaviour. From a sample of several thousand I discovered how, for example, shoppers would buy less, drinkers would drink more, diners would rush their meals, passengers experiencing flight delays would complain less and guests would perceive a higher level of luxury when different types of music were played. I also experimented with long-distance coach passengers (sampling 3800 passengers over 82 journeys between London and the south of France, Spain, Andorra and Austria) and found their levels of tiredness, enjoyment and general well-being at the end of each journey was measurably affected by the type of music played during the journeys, the length of time during which no music was played and the by the choice of music at specific journey points along the way. Field studies also revealed driving habits changed significantly according to what music was played, and at one stage an insurance company became dangerously interested in this area; the danger coming from releasing such information to them and seeing them raise premiums, for example, to those who expressed a preference for Rolling Stones over Richard Clayderman (frankly I'd ban both from all in-car audio systems, but that's a matter of taste, not the consequence of careful research). This research, however, I regarded as of dubious value since the number of imponderables more or less prevented any realistic results from being quantified. It certainly does not require any sort of intellectual strength - let alone the use of "GPS technology" – to tell us that, if you play fast music you tend to drive faster than if you play soft music. Beyond that, however, whether the music you play is classical, jazz, pop, solo piano, orchestral, vocal, operatic, electronic or disco, you respond to its speed, volume and complexity and not to its genre. On top of that there is the issue of individual taste. For me, pop music in a car is dangerous as it makes me angry, classical music is dangerous because I get too involved, and jazz is dangerous because I cannot but help tapping my right foot as it plays. My solution: I always travel with talk radio or in total silence, music has no part in my life behind the wheel. Returning to this latest research, however, having written off all Classical music as encouraging dangerous driving, the researchers came up with a list of 10 pieces which encourage safe driving. Here they are; 1. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones 2. Billionaire Feat. Bruno Mars – Travie McCoy 3. I'm Yours – Jason Mraz 4. The Scientist – Coldplay 5. Tiny Dancer – Elton John 6. Cry Me a River – Justin Timberlake 7. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith 8. Karma Police – Radiohead 9. Never Had a Dream Come True – S Club 7 10. Skinny Love – Bon Iver Put anyone of those in my car CD player while I'm driving and I would immediately crash into a wall. Luckily for these researchers the eight sample drivers – possibly all students with such music on their portable playlists – clearly have no objections to musical superficiality. Which begs the question; who undertook this research and allowed such dubious, not to say downright contentious, findings to enter the public domain? Step forward the London Metropolitan University. Sounds familiar? This was the university which hit the headlines a few months ago when it was discovered it had been encouraging foreign students (and their fees) through suspect visa applications and wobbly entrance pre-requisites. It seems as if their academic research is as rigorous as their admissions procedures. Posted by Dr Marc Rochester at 12:52 AM A Composing Throwback Some suggest it was Berlioz. Others that it was Wagner. Looking further back, some point to Haydn as the first. But it was only in the 20th century that the concept of the composer as a self-standing entity – as opposed to a performer who also wrote music – became established. And, as with so much which established itself in the 20th century, it soon became such an accepted norm that it is difficult to perceive how things were before. Students regularly express surprise when they learn that Brahms was a true virtuoso pianist who made a fair living through his performances, or that Rossini trained to be a singer before he ever seriously turned to composition. Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Liszt and Saint-Saens were all famous for their keyboard virtuosity, while Richard Strauss and Mahler were famed internationally as conductors. Yet today we almost look askance at a performer who confesses to dabbling in composing. Pianist Marc-André Hamelin is fighting a battle to try to get people to take his own music seriously, to the extent that he recently wrote an article in The Guardian attempting to forge a link between the two roles of performer and composer; “Over the many years I've been performing, it has become increasingly clear that my attempts at writing music, were significant building blocks in my development as a musical interpreter”. Hamelin - Taken seriously as a composer? Malcolm Arnold - from Trumpet mouthpiece to Composing pen Somehow, though, we rarely seem to take the music of a famous performer seriously and I am as guilty as the next person (perhaps more so) of wondering how seriously some of these performer-composers would have been taken were it not for the fact that their performing reputation has guaranteed them a relatively receptive audience. Orchestral players rarely make the move to the composer’s desk, and when they do, they invariably quickly leave the orchestra behind (Malcolm Arnold being the classic example). I am scratching my head desperately to think of a single performer who has successfully crossed the bridge from performing to composing without burning it behind him. Flor Peeters - Performer and Composer The exception lies, as it invariably does, in the organ world where few composers for the instrument are not themselves organists. When we list the principal organ music composers of the last century – Messiaen, Flor Peeters, Herbert Howells, Naji Hakim – all were organists, often as well known sitting at the console as on it (as it were). Indeed I can only think of two significant composers for the instrument who were not themselves organists - William Mathias and Kenneth Leighton. The one thing all these organist-composers had was a distinctive voice which makes their music instantly recognisable. So it is something of an anachronism to come across a major organist whose music far from adding something new to the repertoire, positively revels in running over well-tried territory; barely disguising hackneyed ideas by wrapping them up in brittle musical language. A composer who seems to be invoking the spirit of Bach but with wrong notes in it. This was my very first ever Organ LP As an organist, Helmut Walcha made a speciality out of playing Bach. Indeed, his recordings (including a seminal series of LPs on the Archiv label) influenced an entire generation to see Bach anew. I remember a conversation with the late Malcolm Boyd (who went on to become distinguished Bach scholar) in which he admitted that it was listening to Walcha's recordings that had really inspired him to pursue an interest in Bach, and for my part, my single Archiv LP of Walcha playing excerpts from the Clavierubung III suddenly opened up great vistas for me. I went straight out and bought the music and still find enormous pleasure working my way through the labyrinth of paired chorale preludes wrapped up in a mighty Prelude and Fugue in E flat. But Walcha, we now learn, went even further. He did not just emancipate the chorale prelude, he attempted to resurrect it. While Flor Peeters idled away many happy hours writing chorale preludes to a series of predictable and uninspiring formulae, Walcha reverted to the Bach models, paring them down to the bare bones, removing every ounce of amiability or emotion, and writing so many that in addtion to the two packed discs that have recently been released of them, we are promised two more. Wolfgang Rubsam, who single-handedly seems intent on recording every note of organ music ever written (I once suggested in print that he was perhaps doing too much to put his heart and soul behind every recording he made; he wrote an anguished letter back saying that I had almost made him contemplate suicide) can, possibly, be excused for his adoration of Walcha; he was a former pupil. But his dry playing and the grotesque sounds of over-bearing harmonics and ill-matched stops from this American organ, only undermine the sterility of Walcha's writing. In short, these are utterly charmless discs which serve no purpose other than to get more on-disc exposure of Rubsam and to undermine the posthumous reputation of a man who was, as a player, one of my personal gods. I have often wished that Naxos would exert a little more restraint over its output of organ discs – few of them come close to the standards set by such specialist companies as Regent or Priory, while even more general labels, such as Hyperion and Guild, wipe the floor with their organ discs. These, surely, are discs released for the sake of releasing discs. A Christmas Postscript There is some dispute over when Christmas decorations should be taken down; notwithstanding the customary crop of sad individuals who are rolled out every year on television magazine programmes to claim that they celebrate Christmas every day of the year. Common belief is that 12th night - the Eve of the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6th – is the time when the decorations go into hiding. However, when I was a student we used to frequent a pub run by devout Catholics who maintained that Christmas only properly ended at the Feast of Candlemas - February 2nd – and studiously left their decorations up until then. There was something infinitely depressing about Christmas decorations hanging on so far beyond Christmas, especially in a pub where the atmosphere was badly polluted by cigarette smoke (smoking was not so much allowed as positively expected in pubs in those heady days). Those feelings of depression are re-ignited whenever I hear Christmas music after Christmas. It has always saddened me that the plethora of fine, warm and evocative music so welcoming in the run up to Christmas, seems so hollow and out of place almost as soon as Boxing Day is over; all that effort for so little exposure! I am especially conscious of the ephemeral quality of so much Christmas music when I get down to my post-Christmas cataloguing of CDs. Always the recipient of several dozen Christmas discs, it’s only in early January that I get round to cataloguing them and putting them on shelves, and while, in the usual course of events, whenever I do my cataloguing I usually dip into the discs to pass the time while undertaking the onerous duty of typing everything into the database, I studiously avoid listening when doing the Christmas discs. It’s all just too depressing. This year I was obliged to listen through 2447 minutes and 52 seconds’ worth of Christmas CDs in the run up to December 25th. That was not exceptional. Nor was the fact that one of those discs (totalling 73 minutes and 48 seconds) got singled out for special honours and spent the week of Christmas on my CD player. What is exceptional is that I am still listening to it. Unquestionably it belongs purely to Christmas, but it is just too lovely simply to go back on the shelf and rot away until I decide to pull it out next December, so it’s going to be there until Candlemas. Always a fan of Jeremy Backhouse’s Vasari Singers, I have to say I think they excelled themselves with their Christmas CD this year. Released on the Naxos label (titled A Winter's Light and with the catalogue number 8.573030), it is an object lesson in how to create atmosphere and warmth within the tiny time-frame of 20 Christmassy songs. One of the longest things here is Walford Davies’s mini-cantata O little Town of Bethlehem (with an amazingly fragile sounding Susan Waton intoning the extended soprano solo introduction) which lasts all of five and half minutes – exceeded only on the disc by Harold Darke’s eternally lovely In the Bleak Mid-Winter which runs a full 10 seconds more. I am profoundly impressed by their relaxed, discreet and beautifully measured account of Howells’s divine Sing Lullaby, while my all-time favourite Christmas carol, Pierre Villette’s Hymne à la Vierge, gets about the most spine-tinglingly gorgeous performance imaginable. God forbid, I am even impressed by their soothing account of Rutter’s Nativity Carol (although here my admiration is focused more on Martin Ford’s beautifully sympathetic accompaniment on the awkward-sounding organ of Tonbridge School), and as for the glutinous pops from Bob Chilcott, Gabriel Jackson and the gang, even they exude a pleasing luminosity in these superb performances. Most interestingly, the handful of really silly numbers – including a mock-swingle Jingle Bells arranged by Ben Parry and a pseudo-Spiritual version of I Believe in Father Christmas with unapologetic references to Prokofiev by Jonathan Rathbone – do not stick in the throat as they usually would. The music is often pretty dire, but as an object lesson in how musical drivel can be elevated by a sensitive and intelligent performance, this is a priceless disc. Posted by Dr Marc Rochester at 2:27 AM Centenary Riots While the pundits cite US Fiscal Cliffs, Euro Crises, increased frequency of Severe Weather Events and the Attitudes of the New Political Leadership in China as the things to watch out for in 2013, we musicians should keep at least one eye on the events of 1913 and hope that 2013 might see a resurgence of the kind of audience involvement which defined musical life a century ago. Today audiences placidly applaud even the direst of performances and only ever seem to get really passionate when someone's mobile phone goes off or the person in front applauds between the movements of yet another anaemic performance of Chopin's anaemic piano concertos. I recall with a certain amount of longing an organ recital given by Malcolm Williamson in the Royal Festival Hall on 7th March 1971 when, after a dismal account of the Bach Prelude & Fugue in E flat, he was actually booed off stage. He returned and gave what Robin Langley in the Musical Times described, kindly, as a "committed if inaccurate account of Tournemire's austere Symphonie Sacrée", but was clearly badly shaken by the audience's reception. (That performance coming four days after a dramatic and unforgettable attempt by the French organist Xavier Darasse to give the first London performance of Ligeti's Volumina: as he leant forward and placed his forearms over the keys with all the stops drawn, he managed to fuse the whole organ.) How different things were 100 years ago. A tantalising entry in the "Foreign Notes" section of the Musical Times dated 1st May 1913 reads; "Six particularly anarchistic orchestral pieces by Anton von Webern met with such violent disapproval that the concert had to be abandoned". Here's what appears to have happened. The date was 31st March 1913 and the venue was the hallowed walls of Vienna's Musikverein. The Akademischen Verband für Literatur und Musik presented a concert which included the première of Webern's Six Pieces op.6 alongside performances of works by Zemlinsky (Four Orchestral Songs), Schoenberg (Chamber Symphony op.9), Berg (Five Orchestral Songs op.4) and Mahler (Kindertotenlieder). A short while into the Webern a section of the audience started hissing, only to be opposed by another section who started to applaud vociferously. The noise continued even after the performance stopped, and became even more animated after the Schoenberg. At that point fighting broke out in the balcony and Schoenberg, who was conducting, stopped the performance of the Berg after some of the audience hooted with derisory laughter. He announced that those making the noise would be forcibly evicted if they continued to do so, but that just inflamed the situation. Even more violent fighting broke out, and some were heard calling for honour to be satisfied through the holding of duels outside. Webern did nothing to calm matters by shouting from his box that "all the baggage should be thrown out", while those who objected to the music called out that the composers ought to be confined to the lunatic asylum. The Akademie's President pleaded with the audience to respect Mahler's memory by listening to his Kindertotenlieder in silence, but was shouted down and obliged to withdraw. Several audience members stormed up on to the stage sending the musicians scurrying off for their lives, and even then the rioting continued for another thirty minutes both inside the hall and out in the street. Less than two months later came another musical riot. On 29th March the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris staged a performance by Diaghilev's Ballets Ruses. All went well for Les Sylphides, but then came the première of The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky. A few bars into the work and derisory laughter from the audience so upset Stravinsky that he fled the auditorium. Behind him, things went from bad to worse and eventually the uproar was so loud that the dancers could no longer hear the music and had to rely on their choreographer backstage to call out the step numbers. Reports mention how, during the performance, "proponents and opponents resorted to fisticuffs to exchange opinions on the value of art", while one member of the audience complained that the person behind him got so animated that "he began to beat rhythmically on top of my head". The conductor of the performance, Pierre Monteux, later recalled how "two factions in the audience began attacking each other, but their mutual anger was soon diverted towards the orchestra. Everything available was tossed in our direction, but we continued to play on". Diaghilev attempted to quieten things down by switching off the lights, and eventually the police and management ejected around 40 of the worst offenders from the theatre. It must have been frightening to be in the midst of either riot, but how wonderful that audiences cared so much that they resorted to physical manifestations of their opinions. In 2013 it is usually left to the critic to utter some platitudinous comment on a new work, terrified in case he appears out of touch with modern trends, while audiences, if they voice an opinion at all, merely regurgitate what they have read from the critic or overheard from self-appointed experts in the bar. All of which begs the question; are audiences less interested in new music, or is new music less interesting in 2013? Frankly, I find it difficult to tell one new soothing sequence of sounds by Morten Lauridsen, Paul Mealor, Eric Whitacre and the rest from another; how can anyone's hackles rise when faced with such aimless drivel oozing out of choirs in an unending stream? On the orchestral and dramatic front, we might expect composers of the calibre of Mark-Anthony Turnage or Unsuk Chin to offer up something thought-provoking, if not positively inspiring, but if there is a musical riot in 2013, it is a pretty safe bet it will have more to do with the sexual peccadillos of the performers or the political stance of the creators than the music itself. There will be hundreds of premières around the world this year - the association of North American orchestras boasts that their members will be giving 165 by 150 composers. Surely that's too much new music for any one year, and under such pressures new composers are in danger of being thrust into the field before having properly established their creative credentials, while the more established ones have to spread their ideas so thinly that they become almost non-existent. On top of that audiences' critical faculties are dulled by the sheer overwhelming quantity of new music thrown at them. Add to that the toxic mix of mind-numbingly banal back-to-back "beautiful sounds" emanating from radio stations churning out 24 hour classical music wallpaper and the obsession with dismal performances of dire music which is the stuff of YouTube, and it is little wonder that audiences' expectations are dulled. They don't expect much from new music, and composers duly oblige by giving them nothing much; the aim is commercial conformity rather than intellectual discomfort. If only, just once, somebody could inspire audiences to get off their seats and voice an opinion, we might see some way out of the anodyne musical world that faces us in 2013.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line129
__label__cc	0.506839	0.493161	answeredquestions.html?_page=0&sessionNumber=1&_view=all&_properties=tablingMember.label,tablingMember,answer,answeringDeptShortName&min-ddpModified.=2019-06-12T13:15:04.859Z&_sort=tablingMemberConstituency,AnswerDate session number min ddp modified answer date human indexable date tabled ddp created question status ddp modified parliament number written parliamentary question type creator › label Tabled Gender Recognition: Children HL15681 To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the results of the research project started in 2011 by the NHS Gender Identity Development Service Early pubertal suppression in a carefully selected group of adolescents with gender identity disorder; and if not, whether they will arrange for the data gathered by that study to be made available to other researchers. Lord Lucas House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15681 WrittenParliamentaryQuestion Biography information for Lord Lucas Egypt: Prisoners To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they have taken to enquire about the health and well-being of Dr Essam El-Haddad and his son Gehad El-Haddad, who are being detained by Egyptian authorities. Lord Alderdice Biography information for Lord Alderdice Occupational Pensions: Tax Allowances To ask Her Majesty's Government, according to the data gathered by the HM Revenue and Customs Real Time Information programme, how many (1) women, and (2) men earning below the personal income tax threshold were contributing at work to a net pay pension scheme in the last three years; and whether they have estimates of these numbers for the current year. Baroness Altmann Biography information for Baroness Altmann To ask Her Majesty's Government, according to the data gathered by the HM Revenue and Customs Real Time Information programme, how many (1) women and (2) men earning below the personal income tax threshold were contributing at work to a relief at source pension scheme in the last three years; and whether they have estimates of these numbers for the current year. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the data gathered by the HM Revenue and Customs Real Time Information programme shows how many disabled people earning less than the personal tax threshold are currently contributing to a net pay pension scheme at work. To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimates they have of (1) how many higher rate taxpayers fail to claim higher rate tax relief, and (2) how much higher rate tax relief is unclaimed each year, in relief at source pensions. National Security: Cross Border Cooperation To ask Her Majesty's Government which aspects of the EU's internal security co-operation arrangements would the UK continue to be party to if the UK were to leave the EU without a deal; and what measures they plan to take to address any security issues that may arise following a no-deal Brexit. Law and Order: Cross Border Cooperation To ask Her Majesty's Government what access they anticipate UK law enforcement agencies would have in the event of a no-deal Brexit to EU-wide databases, including the (1) Schengen-Information system II, (2) European Criminal Records Information System, and (3) DNA databases shared under the Prűm Convention. To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) locate, (2) identify, and (3) freeze, any UK bank accounts which are being used to hold funds embezzled by Omar al-Bashir. Lord Alton of Liverpool Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool Department for International Development To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 29 May (HL15755), whether they are including religion as a baseline indicator of vulnerability to modern slavery and human trafficking, especially faith-targeted human trafficking; and whether their AAWAZ II programme will include religion in its monitoring and evaluation. # Counting has been applied to this query. PREFIX parl: <http://data.parliament.uk/schema/parl#> PREFIX xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> SELECT DISTINCT ?item WHERE { ?item a parl:WrittenParliamentaryQuestion ; parl:answer ?ans . ?item parl:sessionNumber "1" . ?item parl:ddpModified ?___ddpModified_0 . 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__label__cc	0.739385	0.260615	Politicians and Election, Vote in Freedom, Actively Participate in Democracy, Vote for Change, Online referendum Survey of polls Party, organisation: League: [All ] 1. Name of a poll Pop.↓ Boiko Borisov Citizens for European Development 38% 318 Български политик, лидер на Политическа партия ГЕРБ. \| A Bulgarian politician. Volen Siderov National Union Attack 52% 202 Български журналист и политик, лидер на Партия Атака. \| A Bulgarian politician and chairman of the far right nationalist party Attack. Georgi Parvanov 29% 196 Български историк и политик. \| A Bulgarian historian and politician. Georgi Markov 48% 116 Български писател и дисидент. \| A Bulgarian writer, journalist and dissident who was assassinated by Bulgarian Secret Service in 1978. Meglena Kuneva National Movement for Stability and Progress 24% 113 Български политик. \| A Bulgarian politician. Nedelcho Beronov 43% 104 Български юрист, икономист и политик от десницата. \| A Bulgarian jurist and right-wing politician. Sergei Stanishev Bulgarian Socialist Party 46% 102 Български политик. \| A Bulgarian politician, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and of the Party of European Socialists. Ivan Kostov Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria 28% 86 Български политик. \| A Bulgarian politician and statesman. Simeon Djankov Citizens for European Development 23% 75 Български финансист и политик. \| A Bulgarian economist and politician. Yane Yanev Order, Law and Justice 25% 71 Председател на политическа партия „Ред, законност и справедливост“. \| A Bulgarian politician, leader of the opposition party 'Order, Law and Justice'. Kristalina Georgieva 25% 64 Български политик, икономист и европейски комисар. \| A Bulgarian economist and politician, currently serving as European Commissioner. Rosen Plevneliev , President 30% 61 Български инженер и политик. Президент на Република България от 2012. \| A Bulgarian politician, the current President of Bulgaria. Ahmed Dogan Movement for Rights and Freedoms 28% 50 Български политик, основател на Движението за права и свободи (ДПС). \| A Bulgarian politician of Turkish descent. Tsetska Tsacheva Citizens for European Development 26% 39 Български юрист и политик от ГЕРБ. \| A Bulgarian jurist and GERB politician. Margarita Popova Citizens for European Development 27% 37 Български юрист и 4ти вицепрезидент на Република България. \| A Bulgarian jurist and politician. The current Vice President of Bulgaria. Angel Marin Bulgarian Socialist Party 30% 37 Български офицер и политик. \| A Bulgarian officer and politician. Martin Dimitrov Blue Coalition 22% 11 Български политик, сегашен съпредседател на Синята коалиция. \| A Bulgarian politician. Ivailo Kalfin Bulgarian Socialist Party 56% 11 Български политик. \| A Bulgarian politician, currently a member of the European Parliament. Plamen Oresharski , Prime minister Bulgarian Socialist Party 57% 9 Български политик, финансист и преподавател. Министър-председател на България от 2013 г. \| A Bulgarian politician and the current Prime Minister. Records: 1 - 19 from end 19 \| << \| previous \| next \| >> \| About Offer Cooperation Contact Policy Privacy FAQs Forum Blog SiteMap RSS Icons	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line131
__label__wiki	0.866	0.866	‘Peloton husband’ slams SNL spoof and says he’s received ‘hurtful’ mes… The husband in the infamous Peloton holiday commercial has slammed SNL’s spoof of that ad, where a mock Melania Trump jokes about riding away her problems on the stationary bike, and admits he feels let down by the company. Canadian actor Sean Hunter, who works as an elementary school teacher, says he feels left in the dust by the exercise equipment company revealing they never reached out to him following public backlash. ‘Have they reached out to me? No, not at all. I mean, I wish they would,’ Hunter said after he was spotted at a Peloton store in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Last week Peloton’s holiday commercial, in which Hunter’s character gives his wife a stationary bike as a Christmas gift, went viral and sparked heated outrage, with critics calling it sexist and misogynistic. Even Saturday Night Live joined in on the joke and mocked the exercise equipment company in this week’s episode where Cecily Strong acting as First Lady Melania Trump said: ‘I’d like to tell you about Peloton. Are you scared woman who’s trapped inside a mansion? Why not imagine biking away from it all on Peloton! Merry Christmas to me.’ ‘Peloton husband’ actor Sean Hunter says he feels let down by the exercise equipment company because they never reached out to him after the commercial backlash He was spotted at a Peloton store in Los Angeles on Saturday. When asked if he owned one of the pricey bikes, that cost over at the lowest $2,245, he said: ‘No, do you think I can afford a Peloton on a teacher’s salary? The least they could do is send me one!’ Hunter is a Canadian actor who works as an elementary school teacher But Hunter, usually a fan of SNL, didn’t find the spoof so amusing. ‘It was frustrating, actually, I’ll be honest. They said the new Peloton ad is labelled as sexist and it was there in bold. I disagree. They’re reinforcing that that’s what people are thinking about it and I don’t feel that way. That’s not the truth about the commercial at all,’ he said. ‘I know they’re making a joke about it but people are laughing at it and saying haha this is the truth, this is how we feel. I don’t like it. ‘I love SNL but when they make jokes of things, they should see the Instagram DM’s I have, it’s hurtful,’ he added. Hunter revealed he received a lot of social media hate since the release of the commercial, some haters going as far to attack him in his direct message inbox. Saturday Night Live joined in on the joke and mocked the exercise equipment company in this week’s episode where Cecily Strong acting as First Lady Melania Trump said: ‘I’d like to tell you about Peloton. Are you scared woman who’s trapped inside a mansion? Why not imagine biking away from it all on Peloton! Merry Christmas to me.’ Last week Peloton’s holiday commercial, in which Hunter’s character gives his wife a stationary bike as a Christmas gift, went viral and sparked heated outrage, with critics calling it sexist and misogynistic Hunter says the backlash led to his on-screen wife (pictured, in the commerical) doubting her acting abilities ‘A few bad ones, I few negative ones,’ Hunter revealed. ‘Some I delete right away. Some are personal attacks, some make fun of my image, some say you’re a bad person for doing it.’ Despite defending the company, he says he can’t even afford one of the pricey bikes that cost at the lowest $2,245. ‘No, do you think I can afford a Peloton on a teacher’s salary? The least they could do is send me one!’ Hunter praised his fellow Peloton commercial co-star Monica Ruiz for her latest gig, starring in an advertisement for Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation Gin. ‘Honestly, Monica’s commercial was great. I think she acted well. It was really well done. You could see it in her eyes the stress she’s going through with what I’m kind of going through right now. Acting was great, story was short and sweet, it was great, good for her,’ Hunter praised. After losing $1.6 billion in market value, by Friday, stock had climbed to $32.63 per share Ruiz was ridiculed for her role in the ad in which she played an already-svelte wife who devotedly filmed herself riding the Peloton bike every day. At the end of her year-long fitness journey she compiled the clips into a thank you video for her husband. She said after the holiday commercial went viral she was ‘shocked and overwhelmed by the attention this week (especially the negative)’, in a statement to Deadline. ‘When Ryan and his production team called about Aviation Gin, they helped me find some humor in the situation,’ Ruiz said. ‘I am grateful to both Peloton and now Aviation Gin for the work and giving me the opportunity to do what I love to do.’ Hunter praised his co-star Monica Ruiz for her latest gig, starring in an advertisement for Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation Gin, which played off her role in the controversial Peloton ad Peloton said in a statement it was ‘disappointed’ its holiday commercial was ‘misinterpreted.’ ‘We constantly hear from our members how their lives have been meaningfully and positively impacted after purchasing or being gifted a Peloton Bike or Tread, often in ways that surprise them,’ a company spokesperson said. ‘Our holiday spot was created to celebrate that fitness and wellness journey. While we’re disappointed in how some have misinterpreted this commercial, we are encouraged by — and grateful for — the outpouring of support we’ve received from those who understand what we were trying to communicate,’ it added. Peloton Interactive Inc’s stock fell 9.12 percent on Tuesday, and analysts attributed the drop to negative publicity over the ad. On Thursday, shares of the company fell once again, this time by five percent. At the close of trading on Wall Street, Peloton stock was at $31.31 per share. Before the controversy erupted on Monday, shares of Peloton were selling at slightly below $37. That means the company lost about $1.6 billion in market value. By Friday, stock had climbed to $32.83 per share. Founded in 2012, Peloton sells indoor exercise bicycles and offers packages requiring memberships to access live and on-demand classes from home. Its flagship product is a stationary bike priced at more than $2,200. 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__label__cc	0.544063	0.455937	Wanjia Labor Camp Cruelly Tortures Falun Dafa Practitioners (Clearwisdon.net) At the end of May 2001, practitioners illegally detained in Team 12 of Wanjia Labor Camp requested their unconditional release, effective at the end of their terms. In response to their unlawful term extensions, several female practitioners began a hunger strike. On May 24, Shi, the director of the labor camp, instructed several guards to detain all the female practitioners of Team 12 together with ten teams of male inmates. In each male team they put 4 to 10 female practitioners. Under the instructions of another director of the labor camp, Lu Zhenshan, the guards hung practitioners up, beat them, inflicted electronic shock, shut them in male inmates' cells, denied them sleep, and did not allow them to wash or change their clothes. They also enlisted male inmates to beat practitioners and hang them up. Many practitioners lost consciousness during these beatings. Also at the same time, guards sent 6 female practitioners to solitary confinement. They didn't allow them to speak, or else they would be brutalized even further. Some practitioners lost consciousness during the torture, and many sustained injuries to their faces. In the middle of June, most of the female practitioners in Team 12 were heavily interrogated. At the end of the interrogation, all practitioners were slapped with extended sentences. Those who refused the extension were cursed and brutally beaten by prison guards. Policewoman, Li Jihong, in team 12, who is in charge of extending sentences, deliberately instructed male guards to beat and hang up the female practitioners who refused to accept the prolonged sentences. In this round of torture, the 6 female practitioners previously detained to the solitary compartment were now forced into iron chairs for over a month. The chairs were painful to sit in and hurt ones bones after a period of time. On June 20, Wanjia Labor Camp held a meeting to discuss the extended sentences. Over 400 practitioners in Team 7 and 12 were then taken to the prison auditorium. All the male and female police guards in the labor camp were present in uniform and all were armed. Twenty practitioners (10 in Team 12, 10 in Team 7) were then paraded into the auditorium with their hands tied behind their backs. At the end of this spectacle, some practitioners had their original sentences extended for an additional year, while many others had their terms extended three to six months. This "evaluation of term extensions", was conducted completely without the approval from higher authorities or with any legal or judicial process. Yet, all terms were final. Practitioners Yang Xiuli, Chen Yali, Gao Shuyan, and others protested on the spot:"You can't treat us like that!" To this outcry, groups of male police guards punched and kicked them until they lost consciousness. The practitioners were then dragged into the solitary compartment in Team 7. That night, guards entered this particular compartment, hung the distraught practitioners up and then proceeded to beat them mercilessly. This beating resulted in the Wanjia Tragedy in which over 10 female practitioners were tortured to death. After this shameful crime, Wanjia Labor Camp secretly released the practitioners detained over time. However, there are still practitioners detained in solitary confinement in Team 7. And there are also more practitioners detained in solitary confinement in Team 9 (a team for male inmates) not to mention all those being inhumanely persecuted in other places of the camp. We hope that all the kind-hearted people will pay attention and help them. “Report from the 24-Hour SOS Vigil in Front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin, Germany” “I See Other Dimensions When Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line144
__label__wiki	0.715231	0.715231	Green Charge Networks & ChargePoint Partner Joanna Schroeder July 23, 2015 Green Charge Networks and ChargePoint have forged a partnership in the electric vehicle (EV) space. The two companies will combine EV charging with EV charging stations. The companies cite combining energy storage with EV charging will eliminate the high cost of demand charges caused by spikes in power usage. This challenge is oftentimes a barrier for EV charging installation. Photo Credit: CarStations.com “We are proud to partner with ChargePoint, whose mission is to bring convenient charging to every EV driver,” said Vic Shao, CEO at Green Charge Networks. “Having EV charging readily available at public locations, especially along highly traveled corridors, will enable further electrification and accelerate adoption of electric vehicles. The combination of energy storage with EV charging is important and necessary, especially in California where demand charges are some of the highest in the nation.” The first customer of the combined technology is Redwood City, California. The city is focused on reduced its environmental footprint (they have their own Climate Action Plan) and electric vehicle use is one their solutions. Today, Redwood City has five EV charging stations combined with energy storage including two DC Fast Charging Stations that were installed in 2014. Redwood City said these EV charging stations, located at the public library and in a public parking garage, are heavily used with an average of 8-10 sessions per day. Green Charge Networks’ said their intelligent energy storage is shaving multiple peaks per day (80 in May, 2015) caused by the EV charging stations. The energy storage is expected to save nearly $7,000 annually in demand charges at the five Redwood City locations alone. The Redwood City energy storage equipment and installation came at no cost to the City; rather, Green Charge’s financing model provides a zero down cost solution. Green Charge Networks installs, owns and maintains all of the energy storage equipment. “By combining EV charging and energy storage to reduce consumption during peak hours, businesses can save money,” added Pasquale Romano, ChargePoint CEO. “This can significantly reduce the cost for a business to offer EV charging thereby increasing EV adoption while promoting grid stability.” Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Energy Storage	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line146
__label__cc	0.517407	0.482593	Khaled Almaeena Khaled Almaeena is a veteran Saudi journalist, commentator, businessman and the editor-at-large of the Saudi Gazette. Almaeena has held a broad range of positions in Saudi media for over thirty years, including CEO of a PR firm, Saudi Television news anchor, talk show host, radio announcer, lecturer and journalist. As a journalist, Almaeena has represented Saudi media at Arab summits in Baghdad, Morocco and elsewhere. In 1990, he was one of four journalists to cover the historic resumption of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Russia. He also traveled to China as part of this diplomatic mission. Almaeena's political and social columns appear regularly in Gulf News, Asharq al-Aswat, al-Eqtisadiah, Arab News, Times of Oman, Asian Age and The China Post. He can be reached at kalmaeena@saudigazette.com.sa and followed on Twitter: @KhaledAlmaeena Economic ties with China a key positive measure The Chinese determination for achieving parity on a world scale paid off Be humble, the chair you are sitting on is temporary! The general opinion is that students do not get the attention that they deserve Who are the real enemies of India and Pakistan? The state of affairs in the subcontinent is alarming US election? For Arabs it doesn’t matter who wins Of all the US presidential campaigns, this one stands out as the most vicious Saudi Vision 2030 requires comprehensive implementation With regard to Saudi Vision 2030, many were skeptical at first, but, gradually, enthusiasm has started to build A far greater threat than terrorism looms Water consumption per capita among Gulf citizens is one of the highest in the world, and it is shameful and a sin that nothing is being done about it When will the Kashmir killings stop? The struggle for the equality and dignity of the Kashmiri people is a just one. They want an end to subjugation and killings. How Pokémon Go is the new bogeyman Suddenly, we seem to have forgotten ISIS, Palestine and a lot of other problems Counter Islamophobes with a positive narrative Terrorist attacks — whether in the West or East — reflect criminal behavior and adherence to that mindset. With every attack — ... The Arab world has had enough The three-pronged attack in Jeddah, Qatif and the holy city of Madinah truly shocked all of us.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line147
__label__cc	0.670659	0.329341	Mon 18 Nov 2019 Downside of Diversity Posted by David Dudley Field '25 under Anthony Kronman '68 at 11:36 am Former Dean of Yale Law School (and EphBlog favorite) Anthony Kronman ’68 is fundamentally right about the decline of discourse at elite colleges but fundamentally wrong about the underlying cause. Kronman writes: “Diversity” is the most powerful word in higher education today. No other has so much authority. Older words, like “excellence” and “originality,” remain in circulation, but even they have been redefined in terms of diversity. But diversity, as it is understood today, means something different. It means diversity of race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. Diversity in this sense is not an academic value. Its origin and aspiration are political. The demand for ever-greater diversity in higher education is a political campaign masquerading as an educational ideal. Exactly right, as is most everything Kronman has to say on the topic. Read the whole article, and his book, The Assault on American Excellence. But Kronman is wrong in his description of the fundamental cause. He writes: The demand for greater academic diversity began its strange career as a pro-democratic idea. Blacks and other minorities have long been underrepresented in higher education. A half-century ago, a number of schools sought to address the problem by giving minority applicants a special boost through what came to be called “affirmative action.” This was a straightforward and responsible strategy. Kronman is no conservative. He, and the other elites who have been running US higher education for 50+ years, see no problem with having different standards for different racial groups. Who cares if the SAT scores for African-Americans at Williams are 250 points lower than those for Asian-Americans? What could possibly go wrong? Instead, Kronman blames the courts: But in 1978, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court told American colleges and universities that they couldn’t pursue this strategy directly, by using explicit racial categories. It allowed them to achieve the same goal indirectly, however, by arguing that diversity is essential to teaching and learning and requires some attention to race and ethnicity. Schools were able to continue to honor their commitment to social justice but only by converting it into an educational ideal. The commitment was honorable, but the conversion has been ruinous. Consider this 1969 prediction from Macklin Fleming, Justice of the California Court of Appeal, writing to Louis Pollak, the then-dean of Yale Law School (pdf): No one can be expected to accept an inferior status willingly. The black students, unable to compete on even terms in the study of law, inevitably will seek other means to achieve recognition and self-expression. This is likely to take two forms. First, agitation to change the environment from one in which they are unable to compete to one in which they can. Demands will be made for elimination of competition, reduction in standards of performance, adoption of courses of study which do not require intensive legal analysis, and recognition for academic credit of sociological activities which have only an indirect relationship to legal training. Second, it seems probable that this group will seek personal satisfaction and public recognition by aggressive conduct, which, although ostensibly directed at external injustices and problems, will in fact be primarily motivated by the psychological needs of the members of the group to overcome feelings of inferiority caused by lack of success in their studies. Since the common denominator of the group of students with lower qualifications is one of race this aggressive expression will undoubtedly take the form of racial demands — the employment of faculty on the basis of race, a marking system based on race, the establishment of a black curriculum and a black law journal, an increase in black financial aid, and a rule against expulsion of black students who fail to satisfy minimum academic standards. It was obvious, in 1969, that different standards would lead to disaster. And here we are today. Even if the reasoning behind Bakke were different, even if the courts had never mentioned “diversity” as a rational, all the pathologies forecast by Fleming would have played out just as they have. Once you decide that objective standards are not necessary for admissions, it will be impossible to keep them anywhere else. Sacrifice “excellence” there and, over time, you will lose excellence everywhere. For Kronman to blame Bakke for this sad state of affairs is mere deflection. It is he, and elite education leaders like him, who are at fault. How bad would Williams/Yale have to become before Kronman reconsiders the wisdom of affirmative action in admissions? The Diversity Addiction Diversity at Williams Should Williams Care About the Meaning of Life? Print • Email « Weekend Links College Council to restructure? » 4 Responses to “Downside of Diversity” Andrew Macdonald says: The System won’t stop until it (1) strips away our ability to react (metaphorical Cohen Act) and (2) makes it a hate crime to apply the same standards to blacks and whites. We’re already past (1) and well on our way to (2), so we’re essentially past the point of return. Time for the Organization? November 19th, 2019 at 9:00 am fendertweed says: Bakke for President! Epstein did not kill himself says: Don’t worry — google, investment banks, law firms, and hedge funds will still find a way to screen for iq of job applicants different from current one based on school name written on the diploma (maybe by “personality tests”, or polygenic score based on saliva you left on the drinking cup in the interview room), so it is all good. November 20th, 2019 at 8:44 pm https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpoliakoff/2019/11/21/can-storied-williams-college-be-saved-from-itself/#723ec07f297a Mail (will not be published) (valid address required) HTML Formatting Cheat Sheet Bold: <strong>Text</strong> Italic: <em>Text</em> Link: <a href="http://url">Link</a> Blockquote: <blockquote>Text</blockquote> You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post If a comment you submitted does not show up, please email us at eph at ephblog dot com. 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__label__cc	0.745306	0.254694	Started By Ohtacaro , Nov 10 2017 07:51 PM suggestion feedback idea ideas feature features vote Ohtacaro Complaining about server issues repeatedly doesn't really help anything. So, instead I'm going to take this time to suggest a few features that would greatly enhance game-play in general. If Con gets time to implement anything, I would do these before dding more areas, items, events, etcetera. Please UP-VOTE this topic if you agree, or REPLY with your own ideas! FOLLOW this topic to find out what Con ultimately decides! #1 FIND CONTAINERS [Yay: 5 Nay: 2] -A hotkey/icon you press that highlights all containers on a level that still haven't been raided. This feature would be extremely useful as many times you end up running down the clock while looking for the last containers. You have plenty of time to scavenge, yet you don't get the xp or items because you can't find them. #2 CONSECUTIVE RAIDING/HEALING [Yay: 5 Nay: 0] -A hotkey you hold down while clicking on containers to cue them for your scavenger or medic. With this hotkey, you can select a survivor, then cue them to heal multiple people or scavenge multiple containers. This would be especially helpful on large maps when you must move your team all over the place. #3 SORT BY CONTENTS (Metal, Wood, Cloth) [Yay: 5 Nay: 0] -A sorting drop-down option (like quality) that sorts items (specifically junk) by what materials you'll acquire when recycling them. This will be extremely helpful when searching large inventories to see if you have enough junk to get the materials you need for a building or craft. #4 GROUP SELECT [Yay: 3 Nay: 3] Suggested by AHA9082 https://disqus.com/b...bb8336779a31cd/ -A hotkey or click and drag that allows you to select multiple survivors. This would be especially useful when starting off a level, instead of picking one survivor to send into the fray, send them all! Need to get out of the map quick? Hotkey everyone and send them to the safe zone! #5 SELECT ALL BUTTON FOR RECYCLER [Yay: 2 Nay: 0] Suggested by morsmagnes3 http://forum.conarti...tures/?p=145334 -Adds a select all button to the recycler so you can easily select all poor items, common, level 1-23, etcetera. "It would let us click all the grey or green items right away instead of going through 20-30 pages of new items on the recycler like most of the DMU players have to do after 20 minutes of autos." Edited by Ohtacaro, 14 November 2017 - 05:06 AM. i actually have problems scavenging for the last containers, just come back from a raid from prison and again its the same thing, cant find the last container and i couldn't get the points for the alliance war and its really annoying GROUP SELECT - it is not an option on purpose, individual survivor control and managing the group that way is a challenge intended by the devs. You can use number hotkeys to select and move survivors very quickly, when you get used to it and after practice you will be able to achieve almost the same effect as if the whole group was selectable by one hotkey. I would say that non-highlighted containers fall into same category as above. After a dozen or less plays of the same map, you know them by heart anyway. I see your point with group select and personally have no problems with it. Highlighted containers on the other hand I am very much for. I don't have time enough in a map to play I spy while also trying to strategically fight off hordes of infected. I like the fact that you're not guaranteed to find everything because of the time limit, but being forced to leave simply because you can't find the last one or two containers is simply frustrating (especially when you're color blind...). Now, if it were added as a mission book that automatically highlights all containers, I'd feel that would be an acceptable compromise. morsmagnes3 I personally think the group select isn't really the idea, it would hurt people when raiding and it takes less than 2 seconds to more your your survivors using the hotkeys anyway. I don't see that as a problem. I think highlighting the containers wouldn't be necessary either, the devs added a counter last year and you already get an indication of a container when you hover your mouse over it. However, it's a cool idea, I just don't see it being worth it. The consecutive scavenging sounds good on paper, but it sounds like moving your survivor once the sequence started might show some difficulties. If the devs work around it though, it would be alright. As for sorting the inventory better, that would be extremely useful. It helps people who are spam clicking for resources, which some does often when filling their generator. It would also make it much easier for low level people who are starting to build their base up. Another thing they could add would be a sort section while using the recycler, the same as the inventory. It would let us click all the grey or green items right away instead of going through 20-30 pages of new items on the recycler like most of the DMU players have to do after 20 minutes of autos. bossfighter7 The highlighting items that are scavable would be an amazing addition to the game since most of the time I spend 2 minutes looking for that last box or item to scavenge and it's just not there. The rest of the things just seem unnecessary. this is just my opinion. Glaug Honestly, the group select or a "move all" button would be GLORIOUS to me. I use up tons of medical supplies every day, every other mission, because survivors are CONSTANTLY getting downed because they won't respond to mouse commands. I have to abandon task missions before I'm halfway through all the time because I keep losing survivors to UI glitches. I'll go 1-move-click, 2-move-click, 3-move-click, 4-move-click, 5-move-click, and half the time there's still somebody standing around where they started with their thumb up their ass. This happens constantly. Every single mission, every single time I run the game, and it pisses me right the hell off. Sometimes I'll move the mouse around and click frantically, and STILL my survivors stand around like a bump on a log while the rest of the team gets slaughtered, costing me yet ANOTHER round of medical supplies. It's incredibly frustrating, because it's not a matter of "getting gud"—it's a matter of the game interface constantly failing to function and refusing to acknowledge commands. Let me move all five with one click, and I don't need to constantly worry about who's left behind and how long I'm going to have to concentrate on desperately finding a way to make them move from one part of the map to another instead of concentrating on zombies. I'm getting really sick and tired of this, and it's sucking a LOT of fun out of the game. Edited by Glaug, 04 March 2018 - 02:13 AM. Lana Woo I agree with the click failure, I think everyone has been frustrated by that sometime; however, the "move all" command would not actually fix the problem. For example, if you want to make your survivors escape from gunfire/zombies and you select them and send them somewhere else, the click needed to make them go there would still be able to fail, making them all stay where they are. Also, this would still not account for when you need to move single survivors to different places, and even if it's used for that, the path some survivors might take would probably send them directly to incoming fire/zombies. I would much rather see the click failure fixed and keep the controls as they are. I think the only thing nessiscery is to highlight all the scavable containers (scavenge able) containers. It's just very annoying looking for that last container and it just doesn't seem like it's there. OH MY GOD. I just finished a Hospital mission, and this mouse glitch was a goddamned nightmare. It was absolute desperation trying to find a place on the map where clicks would register. Four out of five times I clicked on an empty part of the floor in any of the hallways, nothing would happen. I'm not exaggerating, either. About four out of five commands to move to empty floor were completely disregarded. I had one of my scavs stuck in a room by herself when the rest had left, and I tried like hell, clicking on every empty part of the floor I could find, but three seconds of clicking weren't enough, and she got downed. This is bullshit. Absolute bullshit. How am I supposed to have fun like this? Also, Lana Woo, it's not so bad if "move all" fails occasionally, because it'll be easier to notice and its failure still leaves my survivors close to each other where they can protect each other. Right now, I routinely wind up with a single weak mêlée survivor standing by him or herself twiddling their thumbs while a swarm closes in on them, stopping them from being able to escape at all. And by then, everybody else is too far away to come and try to rescue them. Edited by Glaug, 04 March 2018 - 11:03 PM. What I'm trying to say is that a "move all" command is not fixing the problem; even if it's somewhat better, it would still be there to ruin someone's day. For example: I had one of my scavs stuck in a room by herself when the rest had left, and I tried like hell, clicking on every empty part of the floor I could find, but three seconds of clicking weren't enough, and she got downed. Can you imagine if this would happen when you are trying to move ALL your survivors during a raid? All of them would get downed. To be fair, I never experienced something like you described. In most cases I only have to repeat once or twice the command. Maybe there's something else going on there, but the misclicking problem is certainly everywhere. Edited by Lana Woo, 05 March 2018 - 12:20 AM. Two big things: 1. If "move all" fails, your survivors may still have the advantage of being together and able to survive longer, and 2. "move all" would only have to work once instead of five times in a row. AZ Leader Well done I agree with all of those Also tagged with one or more of these keywords: suggestion, feedback, idea, ideas, feature, features, vote Bugs Are Still Haunting The Dead Zone Started by kliop , 18 Jul 2018 bugs, improvement, suggestion and 7 more... The Last Stand: Dead Zone → Ideas & Feedback → Feedback → Please Remove Exo Zombies! Started by Ohtacaro , 07 Nov 2017 complaint, exo, feedback New Idea, Survivor Formations Started by SenorShark , 07 Oct 2017 Unit, Formation, tactic, maneuver and 6 more... Ideas For The Expansion Update Started by Souvage012 , 04 Sep 2017 Expansion, update, infected and 1 more...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line151
__label__wiki	0.790878	0.790878	Warri South- West Councilors pass vote of confidence on Tuoyo Councilors in Warri South- West Local Government Council in Delta State, have passed vote of confidence on By: Freshangle \| on 12/13/2018 \| 506 views Hon Taiye Duke Tuoyo Councilors in Warri South- West Local Government Council in Delta State, have passed vote of confidence on the council's chairman, Hon Taiye Duke Tuoyo for “his prudent management of the council's finances and his developmental stride in the council area”. The House also reportedly resolved to harmoniously work with the council boss in order to “spread the dividends of democracy to the good people of Warri South- West”. The legislature gave Hon. Tuoyo the pass mark in a letter addressed to him by Leader of the House, Hon. Gabriel Ojegbe and made available to journalists in Warri. The letter which was signed by Clerk of the House, Skinn Gbubemi, on behalf of the Leader, noted that Hon. Duke has regained confidence of the House after “the councilors painfully scrutinizing the financial records of the council area submitted to it by the council chairman”. The letter titled, "Legislative resolution on Income and Expenditure by Warri South- West legislature," said the House had "extensively considered the content of the letter as regards prudent management of the finances of the council and found the financial book submitted to it as satisfactory and in tandem with extant laws. Consequently, immensely impressed with the House unanimously resolved that the Executive Chairman of the council, Hon Taiye Duke Tuoyo is prudent and transparent in the allocation and application of funds as all documents relating to income and expenditures are correct and are in line with the dictates of Local Government Financial memorandum. The House also passed a vote of confidence on the chairman for his development stride, prudent financial management and has resolved to henceforth have a cordial relationship with the chairman in order to bring the needed dividend of democracy to the good people of Warri South Local Government Area." It will be recalled that the House had in August 2018 gave the council chairman two weeks ultimatum to render an account of his stewardship, accusing him of alleged financial misappropriation. Yoruba umbrella body comes up in Warri Why I broadened Warri Council of Chiefs- Warri Monarch Freshangle Read other stories by Freshangle	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line162
__label__cc	0.69453	0.30547	c/o 7 Foxcovers Road, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3EQ www.friendsoftheferries.org.uk Dear Member, November 2016 Although we have had a very reasonable summer, followed by dry and warm weather extending into November, Mersey Ferries has had a miserable time. This was due to the May closure of the Ship Canal by a fallen bridge, a July accident to the Royal Iris off Eastham Locks requiring five months of repairs, and an October breakdown of the Snowdrop immediately prior to its annual refit.. Consequently, there have been few Canal trips this summer, and no ferry service this Autumn for nearly a month. Mersey Ferries and Merseytravel have argued in recent years that operations can be maintained with only two vessels – a policy which we have consistently rejected. We have written to the Chair of Merseytravel, again urging that the Royal Daffodil be brought out of lay-up to provide a back-up facility, funded by revenues generated by off-peak charter work in our booming tourist and conference market for which she is admirably suited. Redoubled efforts are required by the marketing department of Mersey Ferries to restore confidence and win back disappointed customers. An opportunity will arise between 3rd January - 12th February and 30th May - 18th June, when the cross-river Merseyrail system will be shut down. As Wirral rail service between 13th February - 29th May will only operate 6 car trains at a reduced frequency to James Street platform 2, many passengers may well prefer to continue on the Ferries during this period, too. Our Cruise this year was very well supported and plenty of shipping movements were observed in both the river and dock system. In fact, the Gladstone and Langton Locks were so busy that for the first time in about 30 years we were unable to enter Seaforth Dock. We also passed the new Liverpool 2 container terminal, where a trial docking at the open river quay was taking place. The £400 million project occupying 50 acres of reclaimed land was completed for a formal opening on 4th November 2016, and can accommodate the largest container ships. The aim is to attract those vessels with Northern England cargoes now sailing to Felixtowe or Southampton. We thank our commentators Stuart Wood and Andy Ball who enjoyed their day with us. The provisional date for our 2017 Dock and River Cruise is 27th May 2017. On other river news, it was pleasing to see Sir David Attenborough, the naturalist, carry-out the keel-laying ceremony at Cammell Laird on 17th October of the British Antarctic Survey vessel to be named after him. The £200 million vessel (hull no.1390), to be completed in 2019, is reported to be the largest commercial shipbuilding project in the country in 30 years. More recently, Princess Anne named the container ship Atlantic Sea at the Pier Head Liner Terminal. Part of the ACL fleet renewal, the ship just fits the Gladstone Lock. In attendance on the river, with a tootle on her whistle, was the newly restored Ship Canal steam tug Daniel Adamson, captained by Stuart Wood. She carries 100 passengers and 12 crew. Please find enclosed our Newsletter by Geoff Holmes, and tickets for our ever-popular Christmas Draw run by Gordon Ditchfield. Membership receipts or reminders are also enclosed. Joan Roberts continues to attend local events and fairs with her sales stall - see some items below for Christmas presents! Very best wishes to you all for Christmas and the New Year! Andrew Hodgson Hon. Chairman.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line165
__label__cc	0.58968	0.41032	Grails › Grails User (Old Archive) [ANN] A Groovy developers community on Google+ We had already a Groovy page on Google+, where you could hear about news related to Groovy and its ecosystem: https://plus.google.com/+groovy/posts But with Google+ releasing a new "community" feature, I've created a "Groovy developers" community: So if you're interested in exchanging news, tips, starting discussions, and more, and if you're on Google+, don't hesitate to come and join the "Groovy developers" community! SpringSource, a division of VMware Gavin Grover Re: [groovy-user] [ANN] A Groovy developers community on Google+ > From: Guillaume Laforge <[hidden email]> >Hi all, >We had already a Groovy page on Google+, where you could hear about news related to Groovy and its ecosystem: >https://plus.google.com/+groovy/posts >But with Google+ releasing a new "community" feature, I've created a "Groovy developers" community: >https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105160926044623621768 Moving any discussions from this mailing list to a Google-hosted forum will only alienate Groovy programmers who can't access it easily, e.g. programmers behind the Chinese Firewall. Moving ahead with a Groovy spec and testkit would be of far greater benefit to the Groovy ecosystem than yet another "community forum", because a serious commitment to creating a spec (instead of the stonewalling over the last 8 years) could cause different implementations of Groovy to flower. Instead Groovy has been out of the Tiobe top 50 for most of the last 2 years, and seems to have no life left outside of Grails/Gradle. To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email I'm also not in favour of using Google for the purpose. I did try to create a Google account a few months ago and it simply wouldn't let me (an error with lots of references on the web but no solution so it seems) so I really cannot be bothered to try again. And then, if one follows UK commentators on tax affairs one may feel one doesn't wants to use Google at all... We're definitely not moving away from our usual mailing-lists to a Google based solution. The Groovy community on Google+ is just an additional communication, where people can discuss, exchange ideas, talk about what they've done with Groovy, tell the world about their upcoming Groovy-related events, etc. It's not replacing the mailing-lists for user support, or developer discussions. It's a complement, an additional communication medium. On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 1:46 PM, graham <[hidden email]> wrote: I did try to create a Google account a few months ago and it simply wouldn't let me (an error with lots of references on the web but no solution so it seems) so I really cannot be bothered to try again. And then, if one follows UK commentators on tax affairs one may feel one doesn't wants to use Google at all... longwa Somewhat off topic, but the Tiobe Top 50 feels like a useless index to me and doesn't jive with my own personal experiences in recruiting and hiring. For instance, if you look at the languages in the top 20, only about 8 of the 20 are relevant. Furthermore, many of the languages are only relevant in a very specific space (Objective-C for example). I've never, ever, seen anyone looking for jobs or coming in with skills in Lua, Ada, or Object Pascal yet they are in the top 20. On the flip side, out of the companies in which I have contacts, nearly all of them are using Groovy in some capacity (either via Grails projects or as a side car to existing Java applications, often for testing). Several are also using Scala which also isn't in the top 50. On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Guillaume Laforge <[hidden email]> wrote: Russel Winder-3 In reply to this post by Gavin Grover On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 15:24 -0800, Gavin Grover wrote: > Moving any discussions from this mailing list to a Google-hosted forum > will only alienate Groovy programmers who can't access it easily, e.g. > programmers behind the Chinese Firewall. Or even anyone who actually likes to receive all messages as emails in their email account. This is why the Gradle situation sucks and the Groovy situation is fine. > Moving ahead with a Groovy spec and testkit would be of far greater > benefit to the Groovy ecosystem than yet another "community forum", > because a serious commitment to creating a spec (instead of the > stonewalling over the last 8 years) could cause different > implementations of Groovy to flower. Instead Groovy has been out of > the Tiobe top 50 for most of the last 2 years, and seems to have no > life left outside of Grails/Gradle. It would be nice to have progress on a spec and a TCK, but "stonewalling over the last 8 years" is just rank FUD. TIOBE is an index about people who don't know what they are doing, querying Google to find something; it is a measure of incompetence more than language use. Given the knowledge of Groovy and Grails amongst attenders of the Java courses I give, Groovy is in a fine, vibrant position and increasingly taken up whereas Grails is in a holding pattern of no increase in penetration of the market. Your comment "Groovy…no life left outside of Grails/Gradle" is FUD with no solid data to back it up. I know I only have anecdotal evidence, but I can give dates and times of Java EE and Sping/Hibernate folks hassling me to know about Groovy where none have even heard of Grails. Russel. Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[hidden email] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [hidden email] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder signature.asc (205 bytes) Download Attachment In reply to this post by longwa On Sat, 2012-12-08 at 13:10 -0500, Aaron Long wrote: > Somewhat off topic, but the Tiobe Top 50 feels like a useless index to me > and doesn't jive with my own personal experiences in recruiting and hiring. > For instance, if you look at the languages in the top 20, only about 8 of > the 20 are relevant. Furthermore, many of the languages are only relevant > in a very specific space (Objective-C for example). I've never, ever, seen > anyone looking for jobs or coming in with skills in Lua, Ada, or Object > Pascal yet they are in the top 20. The TIOBE index is biased towards languages being taught to undergraduates in universities. It is an interesting statistic, but does not measure language use for commercial projects in the world. Lua is used a lot as a dynamic partner for C and C++ in image processing software. As is Python. Ada remain the principle language for many projects involving software that has the risk of killing people. C just doesn't cut it in these contexts. Nor indeed C++, D, etc. Object-Pascal uis just an aberration. ;-) > On the flip side, out of the companies in which I have contacts, nearly all > of them are using Groovy in some capacity (either via Grails projects or as > a side car to existing Java applications, often for testing). Several are > also using Scala which also isn't in the top 50. The latter of these Groovy use cases is what I am getting wind of as I visit various companies. > From: Aaron Long <[hidden email]> >Somewhat off topic, but the Tiobe Top 50 feels like a useless index to me and doesn't jive with my own personal experiences in recruiting and hiring. For instance, if you look at the languages in the top 20, only about 8 of the 20 are relevant. Furthermore, many of the languages are only relevant in a very specific space (Objective-C for example). I've never, ever, seen anyone looking for jobs or coming in with skills in Lua, Ada, or Object Pascal yet they are in the top 20. >On the flip side, out of the companies in which I have contacts, nearly all of them are using Groovy in some capacity (either via Grails projects or as a side car to existing Java applications, often for testing). Several are also using Scala which also isn't in the top 50. Tiobe's skewed somewhat by various biases. Its values are probably roughly accurate only for languages in the top 10, but when a language isn't in the top 50, it also says something about the language. One very hard to game indicator is O'Reilly's hard-copy book sales, which has Groovy at a very low rating: http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/04/computer-book-market-2011-part4.html Groovy's popularity seems to still depend on that of Grails, with perhaps Gradle contributing a little too. Perhaps book sales and other indicators show Grails in a better light than standalone Groovy use. And to correct you, Scala's been in Tiobe's top 50 for a while, and its hard-copy book sales are increasing. Fair enough. I'm just saying that from my personal experience a lot of companies are moving toward Groovy and I expect to see the popularity increase over the next few years. Also, I don't think it's a negative that the language is strongly driven by grails. The same could be said for Ruby and Rails. Groovy is a great language and it bridges a gap between one of the most popular, though aging, languages and some of the newer languages. It's not a golden hammer, but in the enterprise Java space I think it has a future. Also, for book sales I think Groovy has an unfair hurdle. Many of the groovy adopters are old Java guys like me and find the switch quite natural. I own several ruby books and several java books but not a single Groovy book. The syntax I know and concepts like closures I can infer from other languages like Ruby. -Aaron On Dec 8, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Gavin Grover <[hidden email]> wrote: >> ________________________________ >> From: Aaron Long <[hidden email]> >> Somewhat off topic, but the Tiobe Top 50 feels like a useless index to me and doesn't jive with my own personal experiences in recruiting and hiring. For instance, if you look at the languages in the top 20, only about 8 of the 20 are relevant. Furthermore, many of the languages are only relevant in a very specific space (Objective-C for example). I've never, ever, seen anyone looking for jobs or coming in with skills in Lua, Ada, or Object Pascal yet they are in the top 20. >> On the flip side, out of the companies in which I have contacts, nearly all of them are using Groovy in some capacity (either via Grails projects or as a side car to existing Java applications, often for testing). Several are also using Scala which also isn't in the top 50. > Tiobe's skewed somewhat by various biases. Its values are probably roughly accurate only for languages in the top 10, but when a language isn't in the top 50, it also says something about the language. One very hard to game indicator is O'Reilly's hard-copy book sales, which has Groovy at a very low rating: > http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/04/computer-book-market-2011-part4.html > Groovy's popularity seems to still depend on that of Grails, with perhaps Gradle contributing a little too. Perhaps book sales and other indicators show Grails in a better light than standalone Groovy use. > And to correct you, Scala's been in Tiobe's top 50 for a while, and its hard-copy book sales are increasing. > Gavin Grover > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email Graeme Rocher In reply to this post by Russel Winder-3 We all know Groovy is used extensively outside of Grails and that Groovy is doing fine, growing in usage and interest and progressing well. Grails, Gradle (and now Vert.x) are however significant vectors for Groovy adoption and deny that is crazy. Also, Russel I don't know what anecdotal evidence you are basing your statement that Grails is not growing / is in a holding pattern, but your statements contain equal amounts of FUD. Certainly the statement that Groovy has no life outside Grails/Gradle is FUD, but there is no need to disparage the significance of Grails in the Groovy community. At 2GX in the USA we had 300 Groovy/Grails attendees to the conference (up from 200 the previous year), a significant number of those interested in Grails. At Grails Exchange in London right now there are 140 attendees (up from 100 last year) and with the conference split into a Groovy and a Grails track the vast majority of those are attending the Grails track. Grails' community (external contributions, plugins, interest etc.) continue to grow. Grails, Play and Spring MVC are the top frameworks on the JVM right now (as demonstrated by the surveys like http://www.infoq.com/research/jvm-web-frameworks) Both the Groovy and the Grails communities are healthy and growing. There is no need to make statements saying one (Grails) is stagnant to justify the health of the other (Groovy). Let's all work together to make the communities bigger and better. On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Russel Winder <[hidden email]> wrote: Dr Russel Winder t: <a href="tel:%2B44%2020%207585%202200" value="+442075852200">+44 20 7585 2200 voip: [hidden email] 41 Buckmaster Road m: <a href="tel:%2B44%207770%20465%20077" value="+447770465077">+44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [hidden email] Grails Project Lead SpringSource - A Division of VMware http://www.springsource.com On Thu, 2012-12-13 at 14:01 +0000, Graeme Rocher wrote: > We all know Groovy is used extensively outside of Grails and that Groovy is > doing fine, growing in usage and interest and progressing well. > Grails, Gradle (and now Vert.x) are however significant vectors for Groovy > adoption and deny that is crazy. Also, Russel I don't know what anecdotal > evidence you are basing your statement that Grails is not growing / is in a > holding pattern, but your statements contain equal amounts of FUD. I was trying to say that in my experience the Java people I deal with are getting interested in Groovy but were not asking about Grails. If I gave any other impression that was just poor writing on my part, for which I apologize. > Certainly the statement that Groovy has no life outside Grails/Gradle is > FUD, but there is no need to disparage the significance of Grails in the > Groovy community. That was not my intention, but I clearly wrote in far to much haste to make the point I was trying to make in an appropriate way. Again apologies if I appeared to disparage Grails in any way. I think as we can see from Groovy and Grails eXchange 2013, the Grails community appears larger than the Groovy community, but both are vibrant, active and great to be involved with. In reply to this post by Graeme Rocher > From: Graeme Rocher <[hidden email]> >At 2GX in the USA we had 300 Groovy/Grails attendees to the conference (up from 200 the previous year), a significant number of those interested in Grails. At Grails Exchange in London right now there are 140 attendees (up from 100 last year) and with the conference split into a Groovy and a Grails track the vast majority of those are attending the Grails track. Quoting the number of people at a conference, or even the increase over the previous year, doesn't mean much. It only shows how good the organizers are at getting conference attendees from existing Grails users, not the uptake of Grails in general. Perhaps there were heavy discounts, or more spent on marketing, or perhaps more Grails programmers can get to Washington than to Chicago. But my point was that most Groovy use seems to be within the context of Grails, perhaps with a little Gradle, and very little standalone Groovy use compared to other choices. Sebastien Blanc On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Gavin Grover <[hidden email]> wrote: That is not true. houbie > But my point was that most Groovy use seems to be within the context of Grails, perhaps with a little Gradle, and very little standalone Groovy use compared to other choices. You might be underestimating the usage of Groovy for testing: I know some rather conservative shops where Groovy is not allowed for production code, but where it use is for testing (typically Geb and Spock) In reply to this post by Sebastien Blanc On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Sebastien Blanc <[hidden email]> wrote: Indeed a claim backed by no fact whatsoever. 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__label__wiki	0.760495	0.760495	Science Library Guides History of Science: Home Subject Guide for History of Science Scientists & Societies D - DX History, General E - F History, America G 149-570 Voyages & Explorations Q 124-144 History Science, Q 174-175 Philosophy Sci, QA 21-35 Math History QB 15-44 Astronomy History QC 6.9-19 Physics History QD 11-31 Chemistry History QE 11-26 Geology History QH 11-45 Biology History QK 15-45 Botany History QL 15-45 Zoology History QP 21-31 Physiology History QR 21-41 Microbiology History History & Philosophy of Science, Technology, Medicine History of Science Society The professional society for historians of science. It's Executive Office is now located in Turlington Hall, University of Florida. British Society for the History of Science The professional society for the historians of science in Great Britain. Society for the History of Technology The professional society for historians of technology. Dr. Hatch's Directory This site provides an extensive listing of links to other history of science sites, as well as information related to his UF classes and subject interests. Internet History of Science Sourcebook This site provides internet resources chronologically from ancient times, worldwide, including non-Western cultures. History of Science Collections and Selectors The history of science collection is located primarily in the Marston Science Library. Historically important primary publications are in Special Collections. However, other related material can be found in the other Libraries. These resources cover the history and philosophy of science, technology, engineering, agriculture and medicine. Library locations and the selectors involved with this collection are listed below. History of Science, Agriculture, Engineering & Technology These materials are located at the Marston Science Library. The selector is Vernon Kisling. In addition, each science librarian selects historical material in their subject area. Philosophy of Science & Technology These materials are in the Marston Science Library if they pertain to a specific discipline. More generalized H&SS materials, usually housed in Library West, are currently in storage and must be requested using the online form in the Libraries Catalog. The selector is Blake Landor. History & Philosophy of Medicine These materials are no longer located in the Health Sciences Center Library, although some of these books have been moved into their general collection. Much of the older material was moved to the Libraries Rare Book Collection. Primary Materials (Historically important older publications - see below) These materials are located in Library East / Smathers Library as part of the Special Collections, especially the Rare Books Collection. UF Library Resources - Primary Materials Primary materials are original editions of scientific publications. Older primary materials are essential to the understanding of how scientific concepts developed - they are the history of science. Books and other publications about the history of science are secondary sources. Some older publications may be found in the other libraries, but most are located in the Special Collections, Library East / Smathers Library. Special Collections has a good selection of rare books for science (general), mathematics, astronomy, physics and chemistry. An index to these publications is available and searchable by author and date. They are located in Library East / Smathers Library. Landmarks of Science is a microfilm collection of important science books and journals (1600s-1900s) currently in storage - use the Libraries Catalog request form. A paper index to these publications is available at Library West. Early English Books Online is an electronic collection available via the Libraries Database Locator. From the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War, Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). Marston Science Library 444 Newell Drive / PO Box 117011 Social: Facebook Page Twitter Page Next: Journal Articles >> Last Updated: Sep 2, 2015 9:28 PM URL: https://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/historyscience Subjects: Agricultural Sciences, Astronomy, Biological Sciences, Chemical & Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, History, Materials Science & Engineering, Mathematics & Statistics	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line174
__label__cc	0.740361	0.259639	MUSIC: After 42 years, Yes drummer knows the music by heart After 42 years, Yes drummer knows the music by heart The first time Yes drummer Alan White had to play songs from the 1972 album “Close To The Edge,” it was under less than ideal circumstances. He was replacing Bill Bruford, who had recorded the album, and White had all of three days to learn the songs from that album as well as other material Yes planned for its tour behind “Close To The Edge.” “It was pure insanity,” White recalled in a phone interview. “You wake up quite a lot, all day eating and sleeping Yes music. And I didn’t really have any hands-on rehearsal with the band. I think we did play together for an hour once, and then the equipment had to leave or something. So for me, it was like jumping into the deep end. All of a sudden I was in front of 10,000 people in Dallas all screaming their heads off and I had to play everything right. “The first show, actually, I got pretty much everything right, and the band was kind of relieved because everybody was kind of worried about it,” he said. “And then the second, third and fourth shows, I made a few more mistakes, but by about the fourth or fifth show, I was kind of getting everything down.” White has played the songs from “Close To The Edge” countless times since then, as he has remained the drummer in Yes for vast majority of the 40 years that have passed since then. ABWH-Rick Wakeman (Yes) DOCUMENTARY Album Format Plays to Yes’ Strengths Michael Des Barres, Linda Perry, Sara Gilbert Spoo... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Ancient Greek Music: Sapph... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: 'CYMBALIC ENCOUNTERS' New... Guitar legend Gordon Giltrap heads back to city John Mayall, the master of the blues, is back on t... The Grandmothers Of Invention Live Interview with ... Roundabout (Yes) - Main Bass Riff & Analysis (#62)... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Rupert Hine - I hang on to... GINGER BAKER: Why? ‘Oh, my God – talk about a redirection’: Micky Dol... CHRIS SQUIRE: “Next Year, We Might Consider Doing ... Pops by the Sea: Former Yes frontman teams up with... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Napoleon Murphy Brock - St... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Galahad - Guardian Angel 2... Interview with OLIVER WAKEMAN – Part 1 Interview With Blues Legend John Mayall Ginger Baker Turns 75: The Strange Life of Rock's ... Bill Bruford: The Autobiography: Yes, King Crimson... MUSIC: After 42 years, Yes drummer knows the music... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Mike Oldfield - Moonlight ... FOLK MEETS JAZZ…Iain Matthews & Searing Quartet: J... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Barbara Dickson - Another ... YES SHOW THEIR LIGHTER SIDE Symphony of Light, a Fine Tribute to Michael Dunfo... Robert Wyatt Story (BBC Four, 2001) Yes Singer Jon Davison Discusses New Album 'Heaven... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: BHAI HARJINDER SINGH SRINA... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Robert Wyatt _ Little Red ... 50 years later, Molland amazed by British Invasion... Jack Bruce: “I don’t believe there will be further... Gordon Giltrap promises runs and tales GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: The Beatles - All You Need... Scots singer reveals uncle was killed in Battle of... ‘I don’t mean to sound like everyone’s dull’: Jon ... Jon Anderson on Working With Jean-Luc Ponty, Yes’ ... Making The Label Matter: A Record Company's Return... Gourmet Weed Dinner at Hunter S. Thompson's Ranch Yes struck familiar chord at KC concert GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Kevin Ayers - Song For Ins... The Glory of Yes Can a ’70s prog-rock band heal yo... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: New Riders of the Purple S... THE MOVE ANNOUNCE THEIR BREAK-UP Church gig to get John Bonham statue bid on a roll... Rockers reversed British invasion Music Review: Renaissance – ‘Symphony of Light’ Happy 75th Ginger Baker! British Drummer Carried B... New folk's home: Fairport Convention's Simon Nicol... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Karnataka - Time Stands St... 'Very much a turning point for Yes': Geoff Downes ... Yes to perform classics in Aust, NZ World Premiere Of Frank Zappa Short Film On Sunday... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Westminster Abbey - Oh God... Yes bassist Squire likes touring in 'Roundabout' w... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Robert Wyatt - I'm A Belie... Steve Hillage review Joey Molland reviews GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: pink fairies - the snake (... PLAYLIST: Strange Fruit 84 Hop Farm festival 2014, review, 'genial and quirky... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Hugh Hopper - Miniluv (Rep... Steve Hillage Rainbow 1977 Gonzo 2014 An argument for Yes belonging in the Rock hall of ... Definitive Biography On Mike Scott & The Waterboys... GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: The Clash - Car Jamming (s... Something Else! sneak peek: Billy Sherwood’s new a... Yes - Hard Rock Live Hollywood - August 1 THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Robin Williams (1951-2014) Steve Hillage US review Yes revives the sounds of two beloved albums GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Eric Burdon and The Animal... Joey Molland review	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line185
__label__wiki	0.575631	0.575631	Old age allowance a right not charity Tagged: 419SH龙凤, 上海419, 上海千花网, 上海后花园, 上海龙凤1314 shlf, 上海龙凤shlf77, 南京kb论坛, 松江同乐网, 贵族宝贝, 闵行水磨会所, 阿拉爱上海对对碰, 除了龙凤网还有什么网 Discussants are seen at a roundtable held on field level observations and proposals on the old age allowance programme, organised on Sunday by the Jatiya Samajik Surakkha and Manusher Jonno Foundation with support from the Department for International Development (DFID) Bangladesh. Photo: Phothom AloOld age allowance has to be seen as a right of the elderly, not charity of the state, and the authorities must ensure that the genuinely needy people receive the allowance.The government can use digital technology, including mobile banking, to this end.Besides, it is possible to reduce discrimination by organising the elderly and making them aware of their rights.Discussants highlighted these issues at a roundtable on field level observations and proposals on the old age allowance programme, organised on Sunday by the Jatiya Samajik Surakkha and Manusher Jonno Foundation with support from the Department for International Development (DFID) Bangladesh at the initiative of daily Prothom Alo.The discussion, held at the Prothom Alo office in Dhaka’s Kawran Bazar area, was moderated by Prothom Alo associate editor Abdul Qayyum.Speaking as the chief guest, M Habibe Millat MP, member of the parliamentary standing committee for social welfare ministry said, “In spite of involving local MPs with the process, I do not believe that the right people always receive old age allowance.”“Many chairmen and members of union parishads try to include the names of their supporters. This happens because the demand is higher than the supply. But this is not the only sector to be dealt with in the national budget. We have many problems that we have been trying to resolve.”Director General of the Department of Social Services Gazi Mohammad Nurul Kabir said the number of beneficiaries of the social safety net programme has been raised to 3.5 million. The government has sanctioned Tk 2,100 crore in this year’s budget for this purpose. We have started the work of digitizing the whole process, from selecting the old age people to payment, freeing it of the intervention of any third party.Praising the initiative of the government for the elderly, Manusher Jonno Foundation executive director Shaheen Anam said that the local level representatives were pleased with the old age allowance project. The government would be benefitted if it can manage initiative properly.She also thanked Habibe Millat MP for his intention to drawing attention to the proposals of the roundtable at parliamentary standing committee.Dhaka University professor MM Akash said, “Self selection is the best selection. This is why I think the Department of Social Services needs to introduce a manual with guidelines on how to choose old age people from any given area. Then, they will request the local old people to choose the candidates eligible to receive the allowance.”He also put emphasis on developing a voluntary pension scheme as the current form of social safety net programme is not the solution of the problem.Cabinet Division deputy secretary Ashfaqul Amin Mukut said the social safety net programme only is not enough to solve the existing problems regarding old age allowances. Socio-cultural and other factors like the mindset of the people are also related. We have to take those into account.Jatiya Samajik Suraksha Forum executive director Rabeya Sultana ironically remarked that about 80 per cent of the MPs in Bangladesh fall within the elderly category but they tend to forget it while attending sessions in parliament.She proposed to include the older sex workers as eligible to receive the allowance. Citing an example of unfair treatment to ethnic minors in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat, she called upon the government to conduct studies to find out whether these people are receiving fair proportion of chances in getting old age and other government allowances.Jatiya Samajik Suraksha Forum member Alauddin Khan, Rejaul Karim Chowdhury, Mohsin Ali, Resource Integration Centre (RIC) executive director Abul Haseeb Khan, senior research fellow of BIDS Manjur Hossain, SPFM SP project team head Siddiqur Rahman Chowdhury and former BIDS researcher Sharifa Begum also addressed the roundtable. Previous Post: Dhaka seeks UN help to resolve Rohingya issue as new arrivals growing Next Post: Nach Baliye 9 Govindas comment on MadhurimaVishals relationship leaves everyone shocked VIDEO	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line186
__label__cc	0.702431	0.297569	Business Trends Around the Globe Qin Shi Huang’s Tomb Sandro Vannini’s Photography – Anubis Shrine and “Anubis Fetishes” Anubis is the jackal-headed god for the afterlife and mummification, who is seen as a key figure for a Pharaoh to pass into the afterlife. The jackal was associated with associated with death and burials in Ancient Egyptian time for their reputation of scavenging human corpses and eating their flesh. It was common practice to place a figure of Anubis near the entrance of a tomb, and for the priest to don an Anubis mask during the embalming process. This is also one of the reasons the Anubis was selected to sail into New York’s harbour to promote the upcoming King Tut exhibit! The Anubis Shrine and “Anubis Fetishes” are two artefacts found inside King Tut’s tomb which honour the god, and are now held in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo where they have been photographed by Sandro Vannini. Brought online by Heritage Key, the beautiful details of both these fine artefacts can be appreciated from the comfort of your own computer! You can also see the “Anubis Fetishes” are other stunning artefacts from KV62 in 3D by logging into King Tut Virtual. ‘Anubis’ Slideshow Heritage Key is working with Sandro and bringing his extensive catalogue of beautiful photography of Egyptian antiquities onto the world wide web, which we’re sure will fascinate even the most hardcore Egyptologist! To watch a slideshow of the Canopic Chest, simply click any of the thumbnails below. Don’t miss out on new treasures! This post is part of a series focussing on amazing photographs from ancient Egypt. Keep checking back as well keep adding new images by Sandro Vannini. To make sure you don’t miss out on any of the updates, simply subscribe by email to receive notifications when new images are uploaded. For the more digitally advanced, there’s also an RSS feed with updates available. See More Amazing Photography by Sandro Have a look at some of the other stunning photographs by Sandro Vannini here at Heritage Key: Cosmetic Jar with Recumbent Lion External Trappings of the Mummy The Alabster Perfume Vase Golden Mask of King Tutankhamun Ask Sandro We’ll be sitting down with our favourite photographer for an extended chat soon, so if you have any questions for Sandro we’ll send the answers straight to you! Sandro Vannini’s Photography Over a decade of experience in photographing the magnificent artefacts and tombs of Egypt has honed the skills of Sandro, and given him the experience required to capture the beautiful details of the Canopic Chest. The equipment used to take the amazing photographs is obviously important too, and Sandro used a Hasselblad ELD Ixpress 528C camera to take these images. You can also see more of Sandro’s fantastic photography in his new book with the Director of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr Zahi Hawass, “The Lost Tombs of Thebes:Life in Paradise” as well as reading about Sandro’s experiences of shooting the photographs in Thebes on Heritage Key, and watching the video about the Lost Tombs of Thebes featuring Dr Zahi Hawass and Dr Janice Kamrin. But for those of you who cant make the trip to the Cairo Museum to see the Canopic Chest, Heritage Key offers these stunning photographs by Sandro Vannini which capture the stunning Canopic Chest from the Tomb of King Tutankhamun. But there’s more: you can visit virtual replicas of Tutankhamun treasures in the Heritage Key VX King Tut exhibition, which features a virtual replica of many other breath-taking artefacts such as the Golden Mask of King Tutankhamun. The Anubis Shrine and “Anubis Fetishes” The Anubis Shrine is made of black-painted wood gessoed, with gilded details on the ears, collar and scarf. Silver is inset into the claws and its eyes are inlaid with calcite and obsidian. Embedded into the decor are alternating djed and tjet symbols, signifying Osiris and Isis. The Anubis sits upon an elaborate box shrine which sits on a sledge with four carrying poles. The role of Anubis in the Book of the Dead was a crucial one, acting as the guide to the afterlife. Anubis played an essential role in the Weighing of the Heart ceremony, where the deceased would be judged and either allowed to pass into the afterlife or have their heart fed to the fearsome Ammut. Also found inside the Tomb of King Tut were two emblems of Anubis, referred to as the “Anubis Fetishes”. Howard Carter discovered these two artefacts on each corner of the west side of the burial chamber, which was associated with death and the afterlife. The fetish represents a headless animal skin which is suspended by its tail, and is wrapped around a pole with a calcite base. The base is inscribed with the cartouche of King Tutankhamun, and is referred to as being the beloved of Anubis “who is in the divine booth” on the left feitsh, and “who is in the bandages” in the right fetish. At the top of both fetishes are a carved lotus bud, which mirrors the end of the animal tails, which end in a blossoming papyrus flower. The animal skins are made from gilded wood with bronze tails, and the concept is based on actual animal skins stuffed with linen. In the Tomb of King Tutankhamun (KV62), the Anubis Shrine guarded the Treasury, and indeed would be wrongly used as evidence of a curse. Although Dr Zahi Hawass talks about the alleged curse of King Tutankhamun (Watch the Video), the actual translation of the brick found on the floor in front of the Anubis Shrine read “It is I who hinders the sand from choking the secret chamber. I cause the path to be mistaken. I am for the protection of the deceased.” Despite Lord Carnarvon’s death just 6 months after the opening of King Tut’s tomb (Watch the Video), many of the party which originally entered the tomb went on to live long lives. HD Video: Animal Iconography of Tutankhamun’s Burial Treasures The Canopic Shrine with Dr Janice Kamrin Inside the Cairo Museum Basement with Zahi Hawass (Read the transcript on the video page) You can look at the Heritage Keys video page for all our videos to date and see more archaeologists working in Ancient Egypt. Additionally, you can find out more about Ancient Egypt here at Heritage Key, and if you want to do some discovery of your own, you can explore KV62 – King Tutankhamun’s tomb – in 3D in our exciting virtual experience! Also be sure to keep up to date on all new postings about Sandro’s photography from Egypt by subscribing to our feed, simply by entering your email address above. 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__label__cc	0.694854	0.305146	Fencing Master Project Skill Program Center for Historical Fencing A resource hub for those teaching Medieval, Renaissance, or Enlightenment Swordplay Membership is open to United States Fencing Coaches Association members, other modern fencing coaches, historical fencers and those who research or teach historical fencing, and all others who have a research interest in swordplay of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Enlightenment. A modest annual membership fee is assessed to help defray the cost of operations of the Center. Members may list their clubs in our directory of HISTORICAL FENCING CLUBS. Listing indicates that one, or more, of the Center's members are members of the club and are engaged in teaching or researching historical fencing in the club or program. Members are encouraged to submit original research papers dealing with any aspect of historical fencing for publication through this website. Papers are printed in two series: (1) Research Reports for completed research that meets the Center's standards through academic peer review and (2) Pre-Prints for short reports of preiminary results of research or for other short articles covering applied topics related to historical fencing. The Center supports THE FENCING MASTER PROJECT, an online record of professional fencing instructors throughout history. The Center maintains a living GLOSSARY of historical fencing terms. The Center publishes a variety of short articles on best practices in teaching historical fencing. These appear in our newsletter and are archived as articles on this website. Contributions by Center members are encouraged, editorial assistance is available, and all authors receive appropriate credit. The Center publishes Historical Swordplay, a monthly newsletter for its members to provide reviews, reports of ongoing research projects, notices of clinics, and information about clubs or salles teaching historical fencing. SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The Center has a three level Skill Development Program which may be used by members to encourage the development of knowledge and technical skill in historical fencing by their students. The program materials include standards, knowledge materials, certificates, patches, and a central registry of participants. The coat of arms of the Center is blazoned: vert, two swords argent crossed in saltire points in chief, enfiling a fencing master's crown or. Members may wear a patch of the arms on their fencing or teaching uniform. © 2015 by Walter G. Green III. All rights reserved. Create a Free Website at Bravenet.com.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line193
__label__wiki	0.738132	0.738132	Oslo Mela Oslo Mela Menu Mela 2001 artist directory The series of Melas in Norway was started in 2001 with a small scale festival called “Mini Mela”. This festival consisted of the following: “Connections”, “Arts and Images of Contemporary Pakistan”, outdoor performances in the Vaterland Park and Moshaira at the Oslo Concert Hall. ”Connections” was a meeting between important institutions and individuals in Norway and Pakistan, aimed at crating new networks and facilitating the exchange for art. “Arts and Images of Contemporary Pakistan” aimed at updating Norwegian artists and art institutions on the art scene in today’s Pakistan. At this conference, on of the world’s leading experts on Sufism and the Sufi tradition in literature, Annemaria Schimmel, gave a lecture. Professor Sajida Vandal, Principal of the National College of Arts in Lahore gave a historical overview leading on to the contemporary scene; the young art critic Jalees Hazir talked about the creative dilemmas of post-partitional youths and Ajay Chhabra, Art Director of East London Mela, shared his experiences of Melas in England with the audience. The programme of the outdoor festival at the Vaterland Park consisted of comedians as well as a number of music and dance performances. More than 6000 people attended. The group “Dub Factory” from Great Britain performed, and Simi Gupat enchanted the audience with her kathak dances. A well known writer on cuisine, Andreas Viestad, ended the outdoor festival by giving out free samples of Asian dishes. The first Mela in Norway was ended with a Moshaira at the Oslo Concert Hall, drawing a full house and presenting dance and stage shows as well as poetry. Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 August 2006 ) Mela 2005 video Stiftelsen Horisont Tlf: 22 20 96 90 Fax: 22 20 96 91	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line196
__label__wiki	0.637393	0.637393	Oct 18- Nov 3 2019 Tom Block IN RESIDENCE: October 15 – November 4, 2019 Duck follows the internal struggle of a CIA statistician who learns that 1% can be the difference between life and death. He tries to understand what “loyalty” means — to whom, and at what cost. Under periods of great stress, he loses the ability to speak and instead quacks at people like a duck. Friday, October 18 (8 pm) Saturday, October 19 (8 pm) Sunday, October 20 (2 pm) Wednesday, October 23 (8 pm) Thursday, Oct. 24 (8 pm) Monday, October 28 (8 pm) Friday, November 1 (8 pm) Saturday, November 2 (8 pm) Sunday, November 3 (2 pm) LENGTH OF SHOW: 70 minutes Playwright: Tom Block Director: Katrin Hilbe + Scenic: Jefferson Ridenour Costumes: Cathy Small Lighting: Joyce Liao Sound: Andy Evan Cohen Fight Manager: Michael Hagins Stage Manager: Perri Sparano DUCK: Michael Sean Cirelli CRUMB: Tom Paolino* ABBIE/TESS/SUSAN: Kellye Rowland DOCTOR/WEIGERT: Annemarie Hagenaars PRIEST/MARVIN: Mark Peters* FRATES: Paula Rossman* * Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association + Member SDC (Stage Directors and Choreographers Society) Duck (Billy) has reached the end of his rope and only communicates by quacking. After a career in the CIA, he finds himself on a park bench, which happens to be the home of his older brother Crumb (John), who was also once a CIA operative and Duck’s boss.Crumb lost faith in the system, leaving his younger brother to kill for reasons of state while Crumb, dropped out of society. In the opening scene, Abbie, who has undergone a personal travail of her own, enters and tries to talk to Duck, who only quacks. However, he will talk to his brother. Abbie is very taken with the injured Duck and tries to befriend him. Crumb tires of the game and drags Duck off the bench to take a voyage through Duck’s past, so he can understand how he found himself there. Duck sees the man he had killed in Damascus (probably innocent), watches his father (once an eminent neurobiologist, but now decimated with Alzheimer’s disease) euthanized in Rotterdam and even explores his original psychic injuries, as a bullied elementary school student. His brother protected him from exterior threats in that long ago, though bullied him when they were alone together. We also meet his wife, his journalist biographer (Duck has been awarded an Intelligence Star Award for his work) and see him in therapy. We end where we began: with Duck, Crumb and Abbie in the play’s “present.” Duck never is able to speak directly with Abbie, but she feels strongly that she can save him from whatever internal war he is going through. They exit together, unable to communicate but somehow bound together, and Crumb is left alone on his bench. Tom Block (Playwright): is a playwright, author of five books, 25+ year exhibiting visual artist and Founding Producer of New York City’s International Human Rights Art Festival (ihraf.org). His plays have been developed and produced at such venues as the Ensemble Studio Theater, HERE Arts Center, Dixon Place, Urban Stages, Theater for the New City, Theater Row, Drama League, Wild Project and many others. He is the Founding Producer of NYC’s International Human Rights Art Festival; was a Research Fellow at DePaul University (2010), LABA Fellow (NY, 2013-14) and Hamiltonian Fellow (2008-09). tomblock.com Katrin Hilbe (Director): directs opera and theatre, working both in the US and in Europe. Her Richard Strauss’ SALOME for New Orleans Opera won “Best Opera Production 2012”. She won the Hilton Edwards Award for best direction and adaptation at the Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival. Between 2007-2010 Katrin was the primary Assistant Director for Richard Wagner’s DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN under the direction of Tankred Dorst at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany. http://katrinhilbe.com Reviewers have said of Tom Block’s plays that they offer “a fascinating and rewarding look at the multiple dimensions of faith, theory, and inspiration” and “if you’d like to explore where theater will be ten years from now, it is probably worth a look.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line203
__label__cc	0.715415	0.284585	HomeLegendary CreaturesMothman By Ezoic Legendary Creatures 15 Comments The Mothman is the name of a creature that has been reported in several areas of the United States, though most notably in Charleston and Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The original sightings of the creature date back to November 12, 1966 and it was reported by several independent witnesses that gave the same description of the creature. Though this creature has not been seen by large numbers of people, there are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, that believe in the creature. A 12 foot tall, stainless steel sculpture of the Mothman by artist Robert Roach The Mothman was described by several eye witnesses as a human sized man with large red eyes that were reflective in nature and moved about with the use of moth like wings. Many said that the Mothman didn’t appear to have a head and it looked like the large eyes may be set into the upper chest region. Reports from eye witnesses said that the Mothman was able to fly next to their car when they were driving in excess of 100 miles per hour! First Sighting The first known sighting of the Mothman occurred on November 12, 1966, when two couples were driving late at night in one of the couple’s cars. As they were driving past the West Virginia Ordnance Works they all saw two red lights that appeared in the shadows. The couples were curious, so they stopped their car and realized that the lights were moving and upon closer inspection realized that they were two glowing eyes belonging to some sort of creature. The couples were terrified and drove at 100 miles per hour and the creature was able to keep up with them. The second sighting of the Mothman occurred a week later when four eye witnesses saw the Mothman flying over the same area. The next day, another eye witness was driving past the same field and saw the creature flying over a field and it followed him as he drove as fast as he could toward the police station. These were not the only sightings, in fact there were many more reports of sightings that same year and many even blame the collapse of the Silver Bridge on the Mothman. When the bridge collapsed 46 town residents died and many simply needed someone to blame so the Mothman seemed the perfect subject. An eyewitness’s sketch of the Mothman There are many theories as to exactly what the Mothman was. To those that saw the creature, they believe that the Mothman is a mystical creature that may be out there either trying to do bad things and inflict pain on humans or perhaps warn people of impending doom. There are many people that said that they saw the Mothman in the days before September 11, 2001 flying around the World Trade Center, though there is not any documented evidence. Others believe that the Mothman is some sort of spy program. The field that the creature was seen flying over or around was a weapons storage facility of sorts in the past and many believe that there is reason to believe that spies of some sort would be interested in this area, though it is no longer in use for this purpose. Still there are other that believe that the Mothman is little more than a misidentified Sandhill Crane. No one knows for sure who or what the Mothman is, but this is a creature that is very much a part of the past and the present with books and movies being made about it and whole towns full of people that believe that if they go out to this area on a cool night that they just may come in contact with the Mothman. Gef The Talking Mongoose Tatzelwurm Scape Ore Monster It's Nature donna beck i once thought i saw the mothman and i was so scared to tell any one and 3days later my gram died and now i just think that it is just some lone creature that tells us when we will feel like the world is in darkness Knight Wolf I do love mythical creatures, and my take on the mothman is this: there could be a giant megafauna sort of insect still in existence. But I am very critical of the sightings listed here–sounds to me like the young couple could have been drunk or under the influence of drugs when they claimed to see the mothman. I knew a man who said that he saw several giant moths circling his car–after surgery when the knock-out medicine was still in his system! (He wasn’t driving.) Wouldn’t you have to be under the influence of something to be driving in the middle of night at 100 miles per hour? And this incident occured in the 1960’s, meaning there was more chance for drunk driving to happen. How do you know if He’s a boy? katelynn LOL, your comment is so hilarious and true. james cryptid the mothman sounds like a strang mutation to me but it really sounds cool to actually see mothman my self like the lizard man i would like to meet the mothman! just to come back with my arms, legs and other parts of my body with and on me <D Mattt The cryptid I like is really the chupacabra. My friends think im crazy but I stil say im going to prove them wrong. My name is Matt Faraone and im going to prove them wrong in 13 years im only 11. hiphopgal i belive in any legendary creature and some day ill see all of them and some time try to comunicate with the moth man and try find out what he is trying to tell everyo e and for 1 thing its not stupid March 4, 2009 Reply hey you guys i think i got this mystery figured out any legendary creature could be what the government made or it could be that they went wrong on there expariment hey broke out and know i guess hes trying to show people how he feels prb ilvu that is so interesting can’t wait to learn more on the MOTHMAN! May 1, 2009 Reply Indrid Cold Some times you need to ask yourself,” Are we really that big in the grand sceme of things?”. We surely can’t think that we are the top, and things like the mothman/thunderbird are proof. Look up the great battle of Point Pleasant and read about Chief Cornstalk’s curse that he place on the land because the settlers killed him for the land. Now, wonder about Indrid Cold contacting Woodrow Derenburger of Hunington WV(its a town about 30-45 minutes away from Point Pleasant) around the same time of the Mothman’s appearences. See how complex this is getting and this is barely scratching the surface. Mahtobedis I personally believe that the mothman, whatever it is, is here in numbers, and not only that, is intelligent like us. Watch the episode of Paranormal State where they feature the Mothman, you will see what I mean by sentient. As far as numbers go, the mothman has been seen in different colorations and heights, indicating a population. As a side note, there IS a photo of a mothman near the WTC after it’s collapse. Type in “mothman photo” in google. Should be second from the top on the very left of the screen. mothmanfan I think that the mothman is really cool. I had to do a report on him in my forensics class and i have to say that its really cool!!! cryptid fan Cryptids are cool so I read and look up cryptids.Bigfoot and Nessie AKA the Loch Ness monster.But they say Nessie can be a mith because they think it could just be an circus elephant in 1933. Then there were more sightings in 2005 by a person named Clark.Bigfoot is going on so perfectly finding fur, footprints,and more sightings in Canada well near Washington.And Mothman and Owlman are awsome to Owlman was chasing 3 boys into a field then the boys hid in a log or something. And Owlman ate a 9 year old kid witch was brothers to 2 more boys. The boy got eaten because he said,” Lets go and poke that thing in the field.”So he goes and pokes it then Owlman turns around and eats him.Mothman says to be an alein from space because when sightings were seen red lights were in the sky. Mothman actaully looks like Owlman because he looks like he has brown fur. But has red eyes and Owlman has yellow eyes.The Chupacabras killed tons of people and he is located in 6 countries and U.S.A.The Fiji mermaid wich was sighted only once in the Chinese sea fishermen were fishing and they caught it.Once they were all a sleep.The mermaid jumped off the ship and when the crew woke up it was gone back down in the sea beds. And the Zuiyo- Maru Monster was caught on a Japanese fish boat.A young sailor took 5 photos before dumping it back to see.The Onza tho looks like a cougar.But I can’t believe that they said that the Cardiff Giant was a hoax I saw it for real in Cooperstown New York at the farmers meusem. The Tasmanian Tiger was a cryptid because it only was extinct in 1936 but someone said they saw at a lake witch is hard to believe.Well thats all I have to say for now. But I hope they find Bigfoot clues! CandyKaneCarol I think the moth man is a creature that warns us of large scale world wide disasters before they occur or it could be an angel of death coming to collect souls. i think the mothman is like the grim riper Leave a Reply to Indrid Cold Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line205
__label__wiki	0.503749	0.503749	HomeExtinct SpeciesDinosaursDiplocaulus Diplocaulus By Overkirils Dinosaurs 2 Comments The Diplocaulus was a peculiar reptile, whose head was boomerang-shaped. This helped the creature to maneuver through water, especially to quickly rise to the surface to catch a swimming prey. The shape of its head is so strange that some scientists, upon discovering fossils of the Diplocaulus, raised a theory that the creature had a hormonal disorder. A drawing of the Diplocaulus This ancient creature lived 280 million years ago and fossils have been found in the states of Texas and Oklahoma in the area that is now the United States, as well as in Morocco, Africa. Diplocaulus sized 1,3 metres on average and computer simulations show that it weighed around 15 kilograms, which makes them one of the lightest animals of the dinosaur age. The reptile’s body was flattened to grant better hydrodynamics, which were further improved by the long, muscular tail that helped as an oar. Both sides of the animal’s skull were extremely elongated, which increased swimming speed in water, similar to a ship’s front part that breaks water, making it go sideways. Diplocaulus spent most, if not all, of its time in water, because the extremities were not well suited for walking on dry land. It is, however, possible that mature individuals developed lungs and started breathing air. Modern research shows that the body of this animal required very little oxygen, so it is suggested that Diplocaulus spent much time lying at the bottom of the water basin, which also means that the reptile had camouflage colours to blend in and become unseen at the river bottoms. For a long time, the shape of the Diplocaulus’ skull was a mystery to scientists. Fossil discoveries show that only mature individuals have this abnormality, while younger specimen only had small horn-like growths. Many theories were brought up, in regards to what purpose this skull structure served, until in 1980 through a scientific study it was proved that if not positioned horizontally, the skull breaks water streams in a way that the creature started emerging. The small size of the Diplocaulus suggests that it could have been prey to many larger water creatures, for instance, the more than 4 meter long freshwater sharks that lived during the same period. Some theories suggest that Diplocaulus’ skull helped scare enemies, as well as protect them from being eaten whole, while the long, whip-like tail was probably used as a weapon. Still, among all the dinosaurs, Diplocaulus was probably one of the most vulnerable to other water predators. Diplocaulus needed either great agility or camouflage to avoid larger water predators Although not much information has been found out about the lifestyle of Diplocaulus, they are still a rather arabesque creatures of the dinosaur age and the way how they managed to survive will probably remain a mystery. Tianyulong Krijnis AIDANMERER THIS IS GREAT!!! February 12, 2011 Reply “The Diplocaulus was a peculiar reptile…” Wasn’t it an amphibian? Strange… “Still, among all the dinosaurs…” It became extinct before the first dinosaurs appeared, and again: it was an amphibian…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line206
__label__cc	0.555477	0.444523	See what I'm up to... Category: Portfolio We’re All Doomed Published January 23, 2018 by Jacob Morris We’re All Doomed is a piece of coursework which I completed as part of a group for the module Advanced Graphics and Games Programming in my third year of university. The aim of the coursework was to demonstrate our understanding of component based game engines, which we did in C# using the C# OpenGL port; OpenTK. We were given a very basic game engine which we were to optimise, and further build on by adding in new systems (ie, collision, audio), and then build a maze based game with it – I’d estimate the work was 65% game engine, and… Continue readingWe’re All Doomed Ripley’s Adventure Published December 18, 2017 by Jacob Morris Ripley’s Treasure is a game that I helped to develop in a group for coursework for my module Commercial Games Development Process. Our task for this project was to plan and create a game that is linked to the city of Hull, because we’re the UK City of Culture 2017. We decided that we wanted to make a game oriented more towards children, we settled on the 8-12 age range, and we decided it would be a point and click adventure around the city. This module is about the business behind development, and so a lot of work was… Continue readingRipley’s Adventure As part of my 2D Graphics module we worked with Javascript (with JSLint) and the HTML5 Canvas in order to draw a scene. Early lab work taught us about Matrix mathematics, Bezier Curves, Scene Graphs and Animation. Our coursework was titled “Do whatever you want*”, with the asterisk mentioning that it has to be work that can be graded against specific criteria. Initially the idea of using Matrices and Scene Graphs seemed daunting, but as I learnt about it they seemed logical and not-so-scary anymore. Javascript wasn’t hard to work in, though the JSLint made errors more pronounced (which has… Continue readingDesert Scene Theatre Manager As part of my second year at the University of Hull, I studied a module called Systems Analysis, Design and Process. The focus of this module was teamwork – how to work efficiently, different ways of controlling code versions, different types of project management, etc. As part of the group coursework for that module we were tasked with fully planning, designing, programming and testing an application which would match the specification given to us. Our application needed to be capable of managing individual & repeating plays, performance times, bookings, premium & regular users, etc. We estimate that we’ve spent about… Continue readingTheatre Manager Nutmageddon Nutmageddon is a game I spent a few months working on, inspired by the classic game Worms. I created it in Unity using C#, and it was intended as a mobile app. It contains a good selection of different weapons, each with a different damage modifier, bounce, etc. Unfortunately the project never properly came to fruition, as I shifted my focus onto University instead of a large-scope project. I did manage to get a lot of mechanics implemented, such as turn controls, weapons, health and some UI. I implemented a premade library to handle terrain destruction. The source code is… Continue readingNutmageddon Alien Battles Alien Battles is a top-down action shooter inspired by countless hours played of Contra 3 as a child. I created this demo to demonstrate my programming skills, and show my understanding of ‘game feel’. Alien Battles was created in Unity with C# Pictures of the game are below. View the game on itch.io, or view the source on GitHub. Jacob MorrisI’m a software developer and recent graduate from the University of Hull. I’m fascinated by machine learning, artificial intelligence & procedural generation, and love sinking into exciting projects such as games, simulations & websites! http://jamorris.co.uk/ Ski Game For my coursework for Programming 2 I made a game about skiing, and given certain criteria: the spacing of gates must decrease, must be able to pick up cheese, must dodge snowballs, etc. I programmed it in XNA using C#, whilst utilising my GameLibrary. I went for the classic NES styled game play, however I didn’t stick to every rule/limitation of the NES (the player has more than 4 colours). In this project I created everything myself. I used software to create the sound effects, I used famitracker to create my own game music, I drew the sprites myself in Photoshop,… Continue readingSki Game Space Cheese Mining Space Cheese Mining is a game I made to complete my Programming 1 module’s coursework. The aim of the coursework was to create a game using C#, in which 2-4 players fight for cheese pieces. The players started by choosing a player to go first (the cheesiest), and then took it in turns to place the cheese one by one, until all 16 pieces had been placed. I opted to use XNA for the graphics, to make the game look nicer. The graphics I used are CC0 licenced. I actually used my Screen Management Library in this project, which allowed… Continue readingSpace Cheese Mining 2D Voxel Game I decided to create a small game in the style of “Minecraft” or “Terraria”. I’ve seen these games, and always fascinated myself with the terrain generation. So I sought to try and replicate, or at least create something similar. I was always asked questions like “Why don’t you do something original?”. That wasn’t my intention – my intention was to learn about procedural terrain generation. I used Unity’s built in Perlin noise function to create the heights. The game is 2D, so the y value was set to 0. This created columns of blocks in a random terrain. I decided… Continue reading2D Voxel Game The duck hunting Shooting Gallery is a small game I created in Unity (2D) using C#. I used CC0 licenced assets from Kenney. I found the assets which were for a complete game, and I decided to make the game using these assets. The Shooting Gallery acts like one which you might see at a fair/carnival. If you shoot the duck, the whole duck spins around, and a bullet hole is left. The scenery moves in the background in a circular motion, which was achieved by making the x and y coordinates add cos(time) and sin(time) respectively. The game is relatively… Continue readingShooting Gallery World Generation, Plant Life & NEAT brains! Enter C++ Creatures Get a New Look! 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__label__wiki	0.649543	0.649543	UMP to lead in TVET education November 17, 2019 TVET & Vocational Training - Malaysian News, TVETuniBachelor of Technology, MTUN, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)admin KUANTAN: The sky is the limit for Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). Ranked among the top 800 best universities in the world based on the QS World University Rankings (WUR) 2020, UMP is aiming to become a leader in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the country. Last year, it emerged as the first local technical and non-research university to receive the prestigious QS 5-star overall rating award. UMP Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Wan Azhar Wan Yusoff said the university had become a platform to produce a well-trained technical workforce with skills that catered to the future. This was attributed to the varsity being part of the Malaysian Technical University Network (MTUN) alongside Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka and Universiti Malaysia Perlis. “UMP is strengthening its high-end TVET and moving forward to emerge as the pinnacle for TVET education. We are moving towards producing a home-grown workforce that caters to the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” he said. “One is not required to be smart, but skilful and multitalented. It is about learning specific skills through repetitive practice on different equipment, machines or systems. “We want the public, especially parents, to give importance to TVET as some view it as a back-up option for their children. MTUN helps graduates to become more capable at sophisticated tasks, which will be required for the future job market.” Wan Azhar said UMP would be offering a Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Railway Maintenance) programme to cater to the burgeoning sector. “As long as there are trains in the country, we will require railway maintenance technologists. We cannot remove these railway infrastructures, so we have to produce a skilled workforce for this sector.” Dr Wan Azhar Wan Yusoff In a move to bring out the best of TVET, UMP will carry out a minor restructuring exercise in its campuses in Gambang and Pekan next year. Wan Azhar said the Gambang campus would be renamed the UMP College of Engineering and College of Management and Humanities, while the Pekan campus would be renamed the College of Engineering Technology and College of Computing and Science. “We have equipment and facilities in Pekan, and this allows our students to be hands-on when it comes to TVET. UMP Pekan will serve as a technology campus and this is part of our efforts to achieve our goals in TVET.” Wan Azhar said UMP’s Graduate Employability was ranked at 96 per cent, which was well above the 80 per cent benchmark set by the Education Ministry. UMP graduates are able to secure employment with companies that have business links with Germany following an academic collaboration for a postgraduate degree in mechanical engineering and automotive engineering with the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HsKA). UMP Chancellor Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah will be presenting the scrolls to graduates at the 14th UMP convocation today. A total of 3,778 graduates will receive their scrolls during the two-day ceremony. The event will be historic as Tan Sri Dr Abi Musa Asaari Mohamed Nor will be proclaimed as UMP’s pro-chancellor, while HeiTech Padu Bhd executive chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hilmey Mohd Taib will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Information Technology. Source: https://www.nst.com.my/ Comment: You may read here on what other Bachelor of Technology that other MTUN has to offer. ← PERTANDINGAN MENCIPTA LOGO DAN SLOGAN TVET KEBANGSAAN Majlis Perasmian Hari Sambutan Profesion Teknikal Negara 2019 →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line213
__label__wiki	0.596109	0.596109	Testimonial - Buying a New J/105 Chris & Carolyn Groobey have been racing their J/105 JAVA in the very competitive Annapolis fleet on Chesapeake Bay for over 10 years. Last summer, after reviewing all of their potential boat options, the Groobeys decided to trade in hull #58 for a new J/105. Sailing writer Carol Cronin recently spoke with Chris to get his take on the new boat and the continuing success and appeal of the J/105 class. JB: What was the original inspiration for buying your first J/105? Chris: I owned a Tripp 26 with a co-owner. We each got married and wanted a one design race boat that was dual purpose. Over the years the J/105 has turned into more of a full-on racing program for us, and now we travel with the boat to Key West and Block Island Race Week. JB: What is it about the class and boat that you like most? Chris: We’ve made friends around the country as a result of this boat. That’s why we chose to stay with the J/105 when it was time for a new boat. We looked at the Melges 32, but it was too pro heavy. We appreciate the sail limitations and limitations on pros in the J/105 class and really like that we don’t have to travel, as we have one design racing every weekend. For our season-ending regatta this weekend in Annapolis we have 22 boats signed up. The fleet’s still very strong, which is really amazing. Best of all, there’s a great bunch of people in the fleet and we all like each other. JB: Why buy a new J/105? Chris: It’s our old boat with a new car smell. Our old boat was built in 1993, and it was time to move to a new boat anyway. J/Boats started talking about a new boat from a new builder, and they asked current owners for ideas about what options should be standard, etc. I was involved from the beginning, and we were certainly aware of US Watercraft’s reputation and confident we were going to get a great boat. So even though we’d never seen one, we were confident enough to make the commitment. We couldn’t be more thrilled with the high build quality. JB: How long have you had it, and how much have you sailed it? Chris: The boat was delivered in early September. We’ve been racing every weekend since then except the Annapolis Boat Show, where the boat was on display. The switch from the wheel to tiller has created a little bit of a learning curve, as I haven’t steered with a tiller for 10 years! JB: Tell us a little about your team/crew. Chris: The core crew is Carolyn and me and friends we’ve sailed with for years. Peter Scott and I have raced together for fifteen years. Linda Ambrose, another great friend, is a regular. In our local Fleet 3 we have a head count rule in addition to weight rule that allows for four men and two women. That’s an attractive family friendly rule that other fleets are considering. We’ve never sailed with pros. JB: What was your best finish in the old boat? Chris: Our goal at Key West was always the top ten, and we made it once. Usually we finish in the low teens. In recent years we’ve been sailing less since our lives have been crazy, and other programs have become more serious so they’ve passed us by. Goals with the new boat are similar: top five for local high point. We hope to sail Key West next year, and finish in the top third. One nice thing about the new boat is that it’s raised our excitement level again. JB: Anything you’d like to add? Chris: Please put in a good word for US Watercraft, and especially Ken Comerford of Northpoint Yacht Sales, the J dealer in Annapolis. Everyone was extraordinarily helpful in getting our boat up to speed, and it was a great buying experience. J/105 website J/80 One-Design Racing in China Eight teams from eight countries participated last week in the first International J/80 Invitational Regatta in Xiamen, China hosted by J Boats Asia and J World Xiamen. This marked the first ever J/80 one-design event in the Pacific Rim. Team Belgium captained by Barry Hayes and skippered by China’s Olympic Yngling skipper Song Xia Qun won the five race no-throw out series over Team Hong Kong, Team Singapore and Team USA. Other countries included Philippines, France, China, Taiwan, and Australia. Sailors enjoyed the use of brand new J/80s right off the production line of J Boats’ new Asian builder, Hudson Yacht Industries of Xiamen. Jeff Johnstone of J Boats was on hand to measure boats and run the sailors (most of whom were new to the J/80) through a pre-regatta speed clinic. “We couldn’t be happier with the turnout and the high quality of the competition,” said Jeff Brown, president of J Boats Asia and the event chairman. “Xiamen is a beautiful sailing venue and the perfect location to launch a new J World sailing school (pictured to the right) and the J/80 Asian class. We look forward to welcoming new students when the school officially opens in 60 days and to hosting even bigger J/80 events in the future.” Results & Info	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line214
__label__cc	0.749184	0.250816	Home > Photography > Rio Arade, A special place Relaxed and comfortable at the helm of his small fishing vessel, Luis has found his special place in the world. All of his working life, a fisherman, he was saddened at the sight of an elderly friend’s boat, abandoned by the water in Ferragudo, because he could no longer sail it. With great reluctance the friend sold his boat to Luis, assured that it would be far better to see her proud on the water than slowly decaying. She was lovingly restored and refurbished, so that Luis could sail her on these waters he so loves, and share with us his delight in this special place. Many times I have crossed over the waters of the Arade estuary, either on the motorway or, more excitingly, over the gracefully arched bridge that spans it, low to the water. When the tide is out bare mud flats stretch all around, but when the tide swells and surges up the river, it is pure joy to be carried along with it. Leaving the harbour, Luis takes us across to the other side of the estuary and begins to share the history of the local fishing industry. We look up at the baskets on the quay, where fisherman used to haul the catch by hand. The chimneys dotted around the landscape are remnants of sardine factories long since abandoned. We pass by Portimáo’s proud waterfront and head for a sequence of bridges. Luis takes great care when sailing beneath them not to catch the lines of the fishermen above, and then we are racing across the water towards the next bridge. I look upwards, excited to finally sail beneath this beauty. And then we are beyond the bridges, gently bobbing on calm waters as we round a curve into open countryside. Luis stills the boat beneath a rocky crag where wives used to gather, gazing seawards to pray for the safe return of their fishermen. The spot was consecrated as a chapel in the rocks by a bishop. In winter these waters are not so benevolent. And then Luis gently steers the boat to where the waters divide, and we enter the channel which will take us to our destination, Silves. Slowly we approach the city, former capital of the Algarve, and visible from afar across this flat stretch of countryside. When the tide is out the water here is very low and it’s a paradise for birdlife. We watch, spellbound, for heron, soaring off across the water and storks circling overhead. One day we must return to hike the riverside trail. For now we are hugely entertained by Luis and his knowledge and humour. He waves gaily to passing craft, seeming to be on first name terms with all who sail here, from solar powered boat to the owners of a tiny marina/restaurant. The clouds have gathered and I’m grateful for a brief respite from the sun as we glide towards Silves. A shower was forecast, but we seem to have dodged it. Two large Viking style boats are moored at the quay, leaving little space for Luis, but he good-naturedly nudges his boat alongside. We step ashore with an hour and a half to stretch our legs. Time enough for a stroll through the riverside park and across the river to look back on this magnificent, ancient city. Coffee and cake, perhaps? Back on board, we retrace our journey, pausing to examine a tidal mill and the caves beyond, and a former sardine factory, now a smart hotel. The sun is low in the sky as we reach the bridges, again carefully avoiding fisher folk suspended above. Luis explains that the arched bridge is designed to look like a fish, the eyes glowing brightly when floodlit at night. Soon we are approaching Luis’ beloved home, riding high above the water. I’ve grown to love this place too. The beauty of this stretch of water, with its many moods and tidal changes speaks to me. You can only sail this route when the tide is right, but there are other trips you can take with Ferragudo Boat Trips. So, when Tina asked me to Pick a place, special to me, I had no hesitation. Join me on Monday and we’ll do a walking tour of Ferragudo. 11 Mar 2019 InterestsWeekly 13 Aug 2018 InterestsWeekly 26 Oct 2019 InterestsWeekly	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line218
__label__cc	0.671714	0.328286	Board index Reruns General Archive 2008 Liked Journey to the End of Knight much better Archive for discussions from 2008. Please post new discussions in the appropriate forum. 2knight Post by 2knight » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:47 pm I have to say that I enjoyed this episode much better than the first one (Knight in Shining Armor). Some things that I thought worked for it. * The overall feel to this one was more like the classic Knight Rider -- can't exactly pinpoint an exact reason, but to me it felt more like Knight Rider. * The story didn't jump around like the first episode and didn't throw too much at us at once. The storyline seemed to have a clear plot. * It appears they've listened to our comments about the snowglobe and made it look a little more like the one in the original. There appear to be three vertical bar graphs within the other visualizations. * The line in the bar where the bad guy's girlfriend says she always falls for the wrong guys sounded like a line heard from a "damsel in distress" in one or more of the episodes of the original series. * KITT transforming in mid-air was AWESOME!!! As was the fact that he has vulnerabilities and had to be repaired. * It was also cool how Mike looked down at the kid in the car while they were turbo boosting. * KITT seems to be developing more of a personality. * There seemed to be a better interplay between the characters and some seriously funny moments. * While I didn't like the medical device in the first episode, the device that made the key in this one was pretty cool. * KITT with a laser coming from his scanner. * Billy is growing on me as a character and Zoe didn't have too many lines. * I also liked the commercial where KITT implied he had a connection with one of the judges in America's Got Talent or whatever the show is where David Hasselhoff is judge. * The focus was more on Mike and KITT and not the rest of the "KITT crew." Things I still didn't like: * KITT transforming into a truck. * Did they keep flying back and forth to the "KITT Cave" during their mission? Wouldn't a mobile unit out in the field be more practical? While I like the plane for some things, it seems like it would be a little conspicuous if they were undercover. * Sidekicks out in the field. KITT really only needs Mike as his sidekick I'm glad this episode was better than the first. I was getting worried, but it looks like this show might have potential yet. TheGHOSTMAN 007 Re: Liked Journey to the End of Knight much better Post by TheGHOSTMAN 007 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:08 pm Pretty much agree with everything you said. I just wish they would seriously improve the special effects and green screen stuff. I also do not like the "KR" on the bottom of attack KITT. I also really hope they do not have 4x4 KITT in every episode. However the episode was an improvement over both the TV movie and the pilot episode and I liked both of them as well. Great show and lets hope the ratings improve. The show should continue to improve if given the time. Army_F_Body FLAG Assistant Contact Army_F_Body Post by Army_F_Body » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:29 am Ditto, pretty good and classic series feeling episode. Near the end when Shaun, Sarah & KI3K driving towards the camera in the desert with the theme playing was a nice touch. I'm not really digging the whole Bourne- Michael Knight subplot, but I'll give it time to play out. All in all I'm impressed with this effort and genuinely look forward to it every week, haven't seen a show like that in while. KITT project is on again! Currently working on: brand new stock tan interior, almost done! bige12 Post by bige12 » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:31 am I can't wait to see what the rating are going to be like for this episode of Knight Rider KRO Field Correspondent Location: From NJ now in LA Contact Sue Post by Sue » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:23 am 2knight wrote: Makes some good points This episode was great! My hat's off to the writer. I think its only gonna get better an better as people settle in to their rolls and the crew settles into their jobs. Go back and look at the first seasons of any of your favorite shows and you'll see they are a little rough at first. I really liked the scene with Mike and KITT watching the movie together. You can really see they are starting to bond, and yet you can tell Mike wishes KITT could be more human and could really understand. It was touching. Hello, I am Sue’s Hybrid Automated Droid One-thousand. But you may call me SHADO. Lost Knight FLAG Special Ops Post by Lost Knight » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:58 am It's not so much to me about the actors settling into their roles as it is the writing. There are different writers for the episodes and it will shine through with their quality. This is why the episode was (not going to say better here) different than the first. Despite the different writers, I expect there to be subtle consistency and continuity with certain plot points because they are predetermined, however. “Gimme maximum turbo thrust and blast me outta here, will ya!?” Contact Amir Post by Amir » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:08 am It was good. My main problem is that it still involves too many people. Having both Alex Torres and Charles is counter productive. Both have a very limited role instead of one of them having a decent one. What did Charles do in this episode besides complaining his daughter stole a car? It's like they took Devon's role and gave half to each. Torres is the one giving orders, Charles is the worried voice of reason. Post by 2knight » Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:16 am Amir wrote: It was good. My main problem is that it still involves too many people. Having both Alex Torres and Charles is counter productive. Both have a very limited role instead of one of them having a decent one. What did Charles do in this episode besides complaining his daughter stole a car? It's like they took Devon's role and gave half to each. Torres is the one giving orders, Charles is the worried voice of reason. I've seen hints somewhere that Knight Industries and the FBI are going to have a falling out at some point. I'm not sure how much is truth and how much is just conjecture. But if that happens maybe Knight Industries will make a break from this joint operation with the government. If the writers wanted to, they could still keep the Torres and Ravei characters but instead of being central to Knight operations KITT and Mike run into them in the field covering the same cases. I actually liked the green screen effect when they were racing in this episode, especially with the guy in the red Ferrari. It looked kind of retro, like in old series where they'd have a car placed on a stage with a film of a road running in the background. Post by Amir » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:35 pm It's possible, I suppose. In the first episode Charles told Torres Mike would be coming after him (Torres) once he finds out what he's done. So I suppose Torres could be a short(ish) term charachter. Like someone said on a different thread, Carrie didn't even appear in this episode and a lot of people didn't notice her missing. Her, Charles and Torres is just too much. Garthe Knight FLAG Recruit Post by Garthe Knight » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:38 pm I liked the episode, it was the best of new Knight Rider so far. The story was okay, it had the classic feeling and there were some great scenes with KITT. Another plus there was just a small scene with Attack KITT. Did you notice, that in the very beginning, when KITT is driving down the road, it's the attack mode from the pilot? Old footage I guess. Post by Space » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:41 pm They all so used less of the 4X4 to so the was good.... alexknight Post by alexknight » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:31 pm Can i please point out a continuity error which was so blatant that it was funny, but before i do can i say that this episode was off the scale with regards to goodness especially as kitt ca get hurt or obtained nearly ahem,right the error is when the emp was placed onto kitt to shut him off semi permanently it was left on the hood all well and good but when kitt was re-activated and kitt overloaded and exploded the emp device we saw it explode right??????? well in the next few shots over the chinese fellows shoulder it is still there and then dissapears again when he uses his laser. Its not me is it ? Anyone? Plus and this is a quick add that im not too sure about files being shown on kitts hood thats just abit kind of out there thankyou for listening to my ramblings chat soon Im off to get married!!!!!!! PHOENIXZERO Location: MI Post by PHOENIXZERO » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:31 pm Yeah, I noticed that goof this morning when I watched it for the second time this morning. The new and again improved evil's advertisement is currently too long and too badass to display here. But let's just say that with now 50% more evil, this **** is great! SacValleyDweller Post by SacValleyDweller » Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:49 am 2knight wrote: I have to say that I enjoyed this episode much better than the first one (Knight in Shining Armor). The newbie liked these too! A less congested plot is always a good thing! Ki3t developing a personality is definitely intriguing, as is the relationship developing between the man Mike and the machine Ki3t. The concept is kinda strange, and yet I'm liking this and am anxious to see more! The Gizmo that made the key and the way Ki3t made the invitation was definitely cool, and a Laser is always handy! 2knight wrote: * It appears they've listened to our comments about the snowglobe and made it look a little more like the one in the original. There appear to be three vertical bar graphs within the other visualizations. With regards to this, I wouldn't know anything about the snowglobes and the visualizations, but they haven't "listened" yet. Production started when, May or June? takes about two weeks to make an Ep start to finish? I'm pretty sure that this Ep has been sitting on the shelf for about 3-4 months. If they're listening to Fan feedback, (the stuff at the official board likely has more weight), it'll probably have more impact on about Ep 14, give or take a few. --SVD (- Bishop37 Post by Bishop37 » Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:11 am This episode really felt like a Knight Rider episode. The turbo boost was much better this week although the landing looked a bit fake. Post by Kaine » Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:58 am Yeah, i agree that this episode was really classy Knight Rider. i liked it a lot!!! hope this show does well and continues with such good episodes! Post by Shapeshifter » Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:11 pm SacValleyDweller wrote: [ Actually, that's not the case, particularly with regard to the effects. These are effect-heavy shows and I know from talking to one of the show's producers that they often finish effects just days before the air date. That's one of the reasons why no advance copies of episodes are sent out--they're generally not done until the last minute. As far as shooting schedule; they are about 1-2 months ahead there. It's an 8-day shoot, but post production, as I said, can take them all the way to air date. Also, they have been doing re-shoots on earlier episodes when they see that the tone of an earlier episode doesn't match where they want the show to go. I guess what I'm saying is that comments about effects, etc. could find their way into actual shows sooner than you might think. Location: nyc, usa Contact neps Post by neps » Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:21 pm Just to echo Shapeshifters point - some of the VFX guys have commented on this very board that the online preview of the first episode on Sept 17th was not complete effects wise and they made changes from that online preview to the broadcast airing on Sep 24th. So these guys really arent getting a break VFX wise, and any constructive comments you have - they are listening and might be able see on air sooner than you think... kitt34 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Contact kitt34 Website AOL Facebook Post by kitt34 » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:22 pm This episode was moving, but to me it was not enough to recommend. This show is gonna stink, just like the last 3 knight rider franchises. Post by Lost Knight » Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:19 pm kitt34 wrote: This show is gonna stink, just like the last 3 knight rider franchises. And just like your posts because they all say the same thing. Post by Luis » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:00 pm Everyone but stupid reviewers and KR fanboys loves the episode. You guys should check IMDB's forums -- there are several positive threads there. I'm afraid of next week's episode, though. It might be hampered by excessive Zoe-ness (no, having her in a bikini DOES OUT outweigh her shortcomings). Other than that, I'm pretty excited. I only hope that GST keeps the rest of the season up to "Journey to the End of Knight" standards. Post by SacValleyDweller » Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:10 am Shapeshifter wrote: OK, I was going off of my understanding of the production schedule of Heroes, which is VFX heavy as well and I think has a 2 week turnaround time for eps. They also started in May. neps wrote: Just to echo Shapeshifters point - some of the VFX guys have commented on this very board that the online preview of the first episode on Sept 17th was not complete effects wise and they made changes from that online preview to the broadcast airing on Sep 24th. and this further persuades me that Im not as right as I thought I was Feedback for the VFX dudes and gals: they cant do wrong by me. Post by TheGHOSTMAN 007 » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:49 am Just wanted to say one thing they could have done to give it an even greater Knight Rider feel. Near the end of the episode when Mike and Sarah are going after Mike's old army friend, both Mike and Sarah had to take a few extra seconds to open the door to get in. In the old series KITT would always open the door for Michael when there was a rush. I still really enjoyed the episode! One of my friends who thought that both the back door pilot and first episode were pretty bad, thought this episode was excellent!! I hope the improvement will continue and the show continues for a long time. Post by kitt34 » Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:15 am Lost Knight wrote: Because this version does not work like the original, I Tried to give this new show a chance and it did not work for me. The shadowy flight Post by The shadowy flight » Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:28 pm I was getting a raised eyebrow, when I heared from old and new fans that this episode was better than the last one. And it's true, it got more Knight Rider feeling and all the little nods, but somehow, I'm more into TOS . The cheese is cut down, the plot's better, Deanna is gorgeous and more serious KR than I expected - I will tune in to the next episode. The premiere was so so... Return to “General Archive 2008”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line225
__label__wiki	0.859225	0.859225	Mysidetes microps O. Tattersall, 1955 Malacostraca (Class) Eumalacostraca (Subclass) Peracarida (Superorder) Mysida (Order) Mysidae (Family) Heteromysinae (Subfamily) Mysidetini (Tribe) Mysidetes (Genus) Mysidetes microps (Species) Mysidetes Holt & Tattersall, 1906 marine, fresh, terrestrial Tattersall, O.S. 1955. Mysidacea.-- Discovery Reports 28: 1-190, 46 figs. [details] Type locality contained in South Georgia type locality contained in South Georgia [details] Depth range 60-273m Depth range 60-273m [details] Mees, J.; Meland, K. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Mysidetes microps O. Tattersall, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=226707 on 2020-01-19 Mees, Jan Documented distribution (11) original description Tattersall, O.S. 1955. Mysidacea.-- Discovery Reports 28: 1-190, 46 figs. [details] basis of record Price, W. (2001). World list of Mysidacea. [details] additional source Müller, H. G. (1993). World catalogue and bibliography of the recent Mysidacea. 238p. [details] Available for editors [request] additional source Tattersall, O. S. (1955). Mysidacea. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 28: 1-190. [details] Available for editors [request] additional source Brandt, A.; Mühlenhardt-siegel, U.; Siegel, V. (1998). An account of the Mysidacea (Crustacea, Malacostraca) of the Southern Ocean. <em>Antarctic Science.</em> 10(1): 3-11. [details] Available for editors [request] additional source Wooldridge, T. H.; Mees, J. (2011 onwards). World List of the Mysidacea. [details] additional source TATTERSALL, O.S. (1957). Discovery reports issued by the national Institute of Oceanography Cambridge University press volume XXVII [details] Available for editors [request] additional source TATTERSALL, O.S. (1965). The fauna of the Ross Sea, Pt. 4. Mysidacea. - N.Z. Dept. Sci. Indust. Res. Bull., 167: 35pp [details] Available for editors [request] To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line232
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__label__cc	0.505453	0.494547	W3C home > Mailing lists > Public > public-comments-wcag20@w3.org > May 2007 Your comments on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Draft of April 2006 From: Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com> Message-ID: <824e742c0705222101h55bab7a8jf89ab6d404f817ee@mail.gmail.com> To: "Henny Swan" <henny.swan@rnib.org.uk> Cc: public-comments-WCAG20@w3.org Dear Henny Swan , Thank you for your comments on the 2006 Last Call Working Draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0 http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/). We appreciate the interest that you have taken in these guidelines. We apologize for the delay in getting back to you. We received many constructive comments, and sometimes addressing one issue would cause us to revise wording covered by an earlier issue. We therefore waited until all comments had been addressed before responding to commenters. This message contains the comments you submitted and the resolutions to your comments. Each comment includes a link to the archived copy of your original comment on http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/, and may also include links to the relevant changes in the updated WCAG 2.0 Public Working Draft at http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/. PLEASE REVIEW the decisions for the following comments and reply to us by 7 June at public-comments-WCAG20@w3.org to say whether you are satisfied with the decision taken. Note that this list is publicly archived. We also welcome your comments on the rest of the updated WCAG 2.0 Public Working Draft by 29 June 2007. We have revised the guidelines and the accompanying documents substantially. A detailed summary of issues, revisions, and rationales for changes is at http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2007/05/change-summary.html . Please see http://www.w3.org/WAI/ for more information about the current review. Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact On behalf of the WCAG Working Group Comment 1: Source: http://www.w3.org/mid/7DCC97516CAEE343BD17A00F900754E1065D702C@jstmsx01.ads.rnib.org (Issue ID: LC-1241) Comment: Where it states "The broader term was chosen because it covers Web applications and other types of content to which the word "page" may not apply" it gives no example of a "web unit" that is not a "web page". Provide an example of a "web unit" that is not a web page. Response from Working Group: We have replaced the term "Web unit" with "Web page" and have modified this section to describe our use of the term in greater detail. We have also added an example of content that may not immediately be recognized as a "Web page." The definition, found at http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#webpagedef , now reads: a resource that is referenced by a URI and is not embedded in another resource, plus any other resources that are used in the rendering or intended to be rendered together with it Note: Although any "other resources" would be rendered together with the primary resource, they would not necessarily be rendered simultaneously with each other. Example 1: When you enter http://shopping.example.com/ in your browser you enter a movie-like interactive shopping environment where you visually move about a store dragging products off of the shelves around you into a visual shopping cart in front of you. Clicking on a product causes it to be demonstrated with a specification sheet floating alongside. Example 2: A Web resource including all embedded images and media. Example 3: A Web mail program built using Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX). The program lives entirely at http://mail.example.com, but includes an inbox, a contacts area and a calendar. Links or buttons are provided that cause the the inbox, contacts, or calendar to display, but do not change the URL of the page as a whole. Example 4: A customizable portal site, where users can choose content to display from a set of different content modules. Comment: The text "The WCAG Working Group believes that all success criteria of WCAG 2.0 are essential for some people. Thus, the system of checkpoints and priorities used in WCAG 1.0 has been replaced by success criteria under Levels 1, 2, and 3 as described above" is not very clear, it is still difficult to understand the rationale behind the move from WCAG 1 and Priorities to WCAG 2 and "Levels". Expand and explain the rationale The description of conformance levels in WCAG 2, at http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#overview-levels , has been rewritten to clarify the differences: The word "levels" does not mean that some success criteria are more important than others. Each success criterion in WCAG 2.0 is essential to some users, and the levels build upon each other. However, even content that conforms at AAA (triple-A) may not be fully accessible to every person with a disability. In general, Level A success criteria achieve accessibility by supporting assistive technology while putting the fewest possible limits on presentation. Thus people with a wide range of disabilities using a wide range of assistive technologies, from voice input and eye-tracking devices to screen readers and screen magnifiers, are able to access content in different ways. In other words, Level A success criteria support the ability of both mainstream and specialized user agents to adapt content to formats that meet their users' needs. The success criteria in Level AA provide additional support for assistive technology. At the same time, they also support direct access to content by the many people who use conventional user agents without assistive technology. In general, Level AA success criteria place more limits on visual presentation and other aspects of content than the success criteria in Level A. Level AAA success criteria increase both direct access and access through assistive technology. They place tighter limits on both presentation and content. Comment: The text "Note that even conformance to all three levels will not make Web content accessible to all people." is a bit misleading as people may think "why bother". Provide explanation. The statements you refer to are meant to reflect the reality that not all Web content can be made accessible to all people. One of the lessons learned with WCAG 1.0 was that, for some individuals, even content that meets WCAG 1.0 AAA did not overcome the accessibility barriers faced by those with certain combinations of disabilities or with certain types of severe disabilities. We have revised this sentence to read, "However, even content that conforms at AAA (triple-A) may not be fully accessible to every person with a disability or combination of disabilities especially certain types of severe disabilities." Comment: The description of the differences between levels and priorities, WCAG 1 and 2 could be confusing for a reader who has not read WCAG 1 or is new to WCAG. It has the potential to confuse and hinder understanding as two concepts/rationale are being introduced One way around this may be to write the document (including all supporting informative documents) with no reference to WCAG 1 then have a separate document that explains ALL differences between WCAG 1 and 2. This could be an appendix and referenced at the start of the WCAG 2.0 normative document. Alternatively an explanation can be given and then in a separate paragraph or Note an explanation between the differences of WCAG 1 and 2 given. The introduction and conformance sections of WCAG 2 have been completely rewritten. The only reference to WCAG 1.0 now reads: Other documents under development include: Transitioning from WCAG 1.0 to 2.0 - Information to facilitate transitioning from use of WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0. Comment: The ext is verbose and confusing: "...If the test(s) for a "sufficient" technique or combination of techniques is passed, then the Working Group would consider that success criterion met. However, passing all tests for all techniques is not necessary. Nor is it necessary to meet a success criterion using one of the sufficient techniques. There may be other techniques which are not documented by the working group that would also meet the success criterion." I had to re-read this a few times to understand it. In addition to this the reference to "the Working Group consider" also makes the explanation a bit more wordy. It may read better if cut down and simplified to: "If the test(s) for a "sufficient" technique or combination of techniques is passed, then that success criterion has been met. Passing all tests for all techniques is not necessary. Alternatively a success criterion could be met using a technique that is not referenced in this document." We want to keep the emphasis on the last idea though so we have adapted your wording in the discussion of success criteria at http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#overview-sc as follows: For each success criterion, there is a list of techniques deemed by the Working Group to be sufficient to meet the requirement. For each sufficient technique, there is a test to determine whether the technique has been successfully implemented. If the test(s) for a "sufficient" technique (or combination of techniques) are passed, then that success criterion has been satisfied. Passing all tests for all sufficient techniques is not necessary. Most success criteria have multiple "sufficient techniques" listed. Any of the listed "sufficient techniques" can be used to meet the success criterion. Note that it is not necessary to meet a success criterion using one of the sufficient techniques that have been documented by the WCAG working group. There may be other techniques which are not documented by the working group that would also meet the success criterion. The working group went through the effort to document these "sufficient techniques" in order to make it easy for authors to identify techniques that meet each success criterion and to have confidence (and evidence) that the techniques meet the success criterion. When using other externally-provided techniques to meet WCAG 2.0 requirements, it is important that they be created by individuals or organizations who are knowledgeable about the requirements of WCAG 2.0 and the needs of people with disabilities. The working group will continue to add new "sufficient techniques" as they are identified, developed, or made effective by advances in user agents including assistive technologies. Comment: "In choosing Web technologies (HTML, scripting, etc.) that will be used when building content, authors need to know what technologies they can assume will be supported by, and active in, the user agents (including assistive technologies) that people with disabilities will be using. If authors rely on technologies that are not supported, then their content may not be accessible." - "assume" seems like a weak word and one that could provide a loophole, get out clause excuse for not making certain technologies accessible. For example a developer could "assume" that all their users have the latest Flash plug-in, screen reader version etc which may support certain technologies better than earlier versions. While I can understand what the concept of baseline is trying to do - give flexibility where it makes sense - it leaves a back door open. Would it not be an idea for WCAG 2 to recommend a minimum baseline (as the Mobile Web Initiative does in their Best Practises document). This can then be updated by WCAG as and when technologies move on. Alternatively some more substantial advice or guidance should be given to help people set sensible baselines and prevent people abusing the baseline. - the baseline section explains what it is (although in a slightly difficult to read way) but it gives very scant guidance on setting a baseline. This needs to be substantially developed. - The text "authors need to know what technologies they can assume will be supported by, and active in, the user agents" infers that this information is available from the software vendor where in reality it is not readily available. How then is a developer best able to "assume" a baseline without thoroughly investigating all access technologies and their ability to support CSS, HTML, Flash, JavaScript et al. Who is responsible for providing this support? Software developers, Government, advocacy groups? The conformance section of WCAG2 has been completely rewritten. The term "baseline" has been replaced by "accessibility-supported Web technologies". The issue of what it means to be an accessibility-supported Web technology is addressed in the section "Accessibility Support of Web Technologies" at http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#accessibility-support . If individual author must evaluate whether technologies are accessibility supported, this will be a tremendous burden on them. Knowledgeable organizations are encouraged to become centers of expertise on these topics, and to publicize the state of user agent and assistive technology support for different technologies, so that authors can make well-informed choices. Comment: The paragraphs describing baselines, what's included not included and what you have to confirm to depending on this, is very difficult to read. Perhaps a couple of examples can be given explaining in each one what is included, not included and what is expected, some use scenarios i.e. "Is you include X, Y and Z in you baseline then...if U and V are not included then you must....". We have completely rewritten the Conformance section, and hope that baselines (now accessibility-supported Web technologies) is now a clearer concept. We hope to publish some examples of the user agent and assistive technology support available for several technologies, as an example. Comment: In reference to the number of baselines given there needs to be more of a focus on non-government/intranet example baselines. Government and Intranet baselines are the less contentious ones to set (at RNIB we have always done this for Intranets for example making adherence to JS less of a priority dependant on the user agents etc used in the organisations). Business websites, corporates, SME's etc are the ones who are going to need more of a steer as they have business needs that may overshadow fair baselines. Perhaps another 2 examples of potential baselines for business could be given along with rationale. The concept of baselines has been completely re-written. WCAG now discusses accessibility-supported Web technologies (i.e. technologies that are used to create content that work with users' assistive technologies and access features in browsers): "In choosing Web technologies (HTML, scripting, etc.) that will be used when creating content that will meet the WCAG 2.0 success criteria, authors must use technologies that are supported by users' assistive technologies as well as the accessibility features in browsers and other user agents. Such technologies are referred to as "accessibility supported."" So the question becomes "What technologies are considered accessibility supported for public web pages?", that is, web pages for which the author has no special knowledge about what user agents and assistive technologies are available to users. To answer this, one would need need: 1. Accessibility support analyses for candidate technologies, documenting the user agent (browser and assistive technology) support for that technology. 2. Analysis of browser and assistive technology available to users. Ideally, this information would be gathered in a publicly available location that could be consulted by anyone creating a public website. Until such a database is available, it may be necessary for authors to consult with knowledgeable sources for advice. Comment: The sentence "While scoping can include and exclude parts of a site, processes (such as shopping) and authored units must be considered in their entirety." is a bit confusing. Isn't shopping considered to be "part" of a site as well as a "process"? Provide some explanation. The "Scope out" language has now been removed from the Conformance section. Conformance is based on Web page(s): that is a primary resource referenced by a URI and any other resources that are rendered simultaneously with it with the understanding that different sub elements or resources may be rendered simultaneously with the primary resource at different points in time. The conformance claim process requires the claimant to state which URIs the claim applies to. We have also added a conformance requirement regarding pages that are part of a process (see http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#cc9 ): Complete processes: If a Web page that is part of a process does not conform at some level, then no conformance claim is made at that level for any Web pages in that process. Comment 10: Comment: It feels as if this is a get out clause for a site owner to make all but the most complex area of a site accessible. For example a supermarket can make everything but the online shopping accessible and stop there. It potentially allows to the site owner to get complacent once all but the most complex parts of the site have been made accessible. You can argue that laws enforcing accessibility in a country will bridge this gap of possible apathy but not all countries a) have laws, b) have the will to enforce them. Take for example China in 2008. They could build a site using technologies amount to allowing content based on Ajax i.e. to update timetables etc and leave those sections out of the conformance claims. A basic baseline has to be recommended in WCAG 2, it can't be left to legal, market and other forces from country to country. It can't claim to be a standard if there is not a minimum foundation. This needs to be more water tight. If that section CAN be made accessible (i.e. the techniques exist to make it accessible) then it must be. If it is problematic to make accessible then a clear indication that it is being worked on placed in the conformance claim. This comment seems to be confusing the question of baseline (that is, what technologies can be used to satisfy the success criteria) and the scope of a conformance claim (that is, which Web pages does it cover.) WCAG conformance claims are descriptive, that is, they state which Web pages conform. To address issues such as supermarkets making everything but the on-line shopping accessible, WCAG does require that conformance claims cover complete processes: "If a Web page that is part of a process does not conform at some level, then no conformance claim is made at that level for any Web pages in that process.". However, in general, whether an entire web site conforms is a policy issue. Once we move beyond individual Web pages, it is difficult to define the boundaries of what must or must not conform. Comment: "For framesets, noframes is no longer required", unsure why this is no longer present. Explanation needed as to why it is not included. If "frames" is an accessibility-supported feature of the technology for the users of your page then you can use frames and noframes is not required. If 'frames' is not accessibility supported, then you can still use them but in this case, you would have to use noframes. Even if 'frames' is not accessibility supported, it is good to include NOFRAMES. We have an advisory technique (to be drafted) that recommends its use. Note: We're no longer considering frames as non-text content and assistive technology support for frames has improved considerably. Comment: Success criteria don't mention having instructions in a page to help users interact (for example fill in forms). Also makes no mention of placement of help text (for example at the top of forms rather than at the foot after the submit button. Unsure if SC 2.5.4 covers this. Add the above in as Success Criteria or clarify the are part of 2.5.4 in the techniques. Thank you for your suggestion. We have added a sufficient technique to How To Meet 3.3.5 (formerly 2.5.4) about providing instructions at the top of a form. Comment: No mention is made of presentation of text i.e. left aligned vs. justified/right aligned text, long lines, multiple columns, overuse of different styles etc. Add in. Since these are all design decisions related to visual presentation, the working group believes that this issue is covered under "Principle 1: Content must be perceivable: Guideline 1.3 Create content that can be presented in different ways (for example spoken aloud, simpler layout, etc.) without losing information or structure." Satisfying these success criteria should let the user control the style of presentation of text, possibly via assistive technology. We have added the following advisory techniques to Guideline 3.1: - Avoiding centrally aligned text - Avoiding text that is fully justified (to both left and right margins) in a way that causes poor spacing between words or characters - Avoiding chunks of italic text - Avoiding overuse of different styles on individual pages and in sites Comment: Moving focus automatically in form fields can cause problems for screen reader and screen magnification users. Remove or add in a clause that says that the fact focus moves on is flagged in the instructions for the form. We have updated the wording of 3.2.2. It now reads, "Changing the setting of any user interface component does not automatically cause a change of context unless the user has been advised of the behavior before using the component." Comment: WCAG1 14.1 is not represented in this guideline or any other. This is quite a major omission and one that is important for not only users with cognitive and reading problems but also browsing in a second language; a strange omission given W3C's Internationalisation WG. The working group was unable to come up with a testable equivalent of WCAG1 14.1. However, we have added an advisory technique to guideline 3.1 and SC 3.1.5 that reads, "Using the clearest and simplest language appropriate for the content." We have added language to the Introduction to highlight the fact that WCAG 2 only addresses some of the needs of people with cognitive, learning, and language disabilities, and calls out the need for more research in this area. WAI is exploring ways in which to support and encourage work in this important area. WCAG1, 3.4 (use relative fonts) not in WCAG 2. Unsure why this is. Although resizing is primarily a user agent function, we have added new success criteria to address the author's responsibility for supporting text resizing: Level AA: Visually rendered text can be resized without assistive technology up to 200 percent and down to 50 percent without loss of content or functionality. Level AAA: Visually rendered text can be resized without assistive content or functionality and in a way that does not require the user to scroll horizontally. Comment: WCAG1, 1.5 (redundant text links for client-side image maps) not in WCAG2. Says this is due to user agents now being able to render text alternatives for client-side images. True however this does not take into account screen magnification users who can get easily lost in a complex image map. The AT support described in the mapping document also applies to screen magnification software, which could use the text alternatives to present the user with a list of links should they get lost in a complex image map. WCAG 1.0 Checkpoint 1.5 is really subsumed by Success Criteria 1.1.1. Even with high levels of magnification, image maps are readily keyboard accessible using only the tab key. The consensus of the working group was that redundant text links were not necessary, even though some people might prefer them. Note: The mapping has been removed from the WCAG document itself. The working group will work in coordination with the EOWG WCAG 2.0 Materials Support Task Force in the creation of transition materials and will consider these comments when the mapping is updated. Comment: WCAG1, checkpoint is not reflected in WCAG 2. The WCAG 2 checklist states that this is because it is reflected in the techniques rather than the Success Criteria which are normative. Can be argued that 14.2 is as important to people with cognitive problems as 1.1 and alt text are to VI users. In WCAG one the former was a P3 that later a P1. It may be that because it is not testable that 14.2 hasn't carried over into WCAG 2 but it shouldn't be excluded because it is not testable as it is still a fundamental guideline for this user group. In the Introduction it states that WCAG2 is for people with cognitive and learning problems so therefore this checkpoint should be in WCAG 2. The working group was unable to come up with a testable version of WCAG1 14.2, so that authors could determine when the supplements were needed and how to ensure that the supplements actually addressed the needs of people with cognitive disabilities. Graphic or auditory supplements are listed as sufficient techniques for SC 3.1.5 We have added language to the Introduction, the Conformance section, and the Quick Reference to highlight the fact that WCAG 2 only addresses some of the needs of people with cognitive, learning, and language disabilities, and to call out the need for more research in this area. WAI is exploring ways in which to support and encourage work in this important area. We have added some best practices for cognitive, learning, and language disabilities as advisory techniques, and we have proposed 3 new success criteria in this area. Comment: References to secondary school in this are at best difficult and confusing for a developer to understand. This type of understanding, i.e. as defined by UNESCO, can be argued to be out of scope of the remit of the web designer to understand and as a result of it being to difficult the checkpoint perceived as woolly and therefore ignored. The Working Group based SC 3.1.5 on an existing standard for evaluating the difficulty of text in order to bring the goals of WCAG 1.0's checkpoints 14.1 and 14.2 into a form where authors could determine when they had satisfied the success criterion. Comment: The paragraph "This requirement does not apply to individual words or to phrases that have become part of the primary language of the content. For example, "rendezvous" is a French word that has been adopted in English, appears in English dictionaries, and is properly pronounced by English screen readers." does not give enough guidance to developers as to what individual words or phrases qualify as a change in language. For example, some words are just entering the English language or are names used in products. For example is does Bordeaux wine have to have Bordeaux marked up? Give further examples of how to clarify if a word should be marked up or not. One example may be is the word is in the dictionary for the natural language of the page (i.e. in the UK the word is in the Oxford English Dictionary). We have added the following to the Intent section of SC 3.1.2 to clarify that such uses generally do not need to be marked up: Frequently, when the natural language of text appears to be changing for a single word, that word has become part of the language of the surrounding text. Because this is so common in some languages, single words are not included in this success criterion. Received on Wednesday, 23 May 2007 04:02:12 UTC Next message: Loretta Guarino Reid: "Fwd: Your comments on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Draft of April 2006 (3 of 3)" Previous message: WCAG 2.0 Comment Form: "WCAG 2.0 Comment Submission" Next in thread: Marco Bertoni: "Re: Your comments on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Draft of April 2006" Maybe reply: Marco Bertoni: "Re: Your comments on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Draft of April 2006"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line260
__label__cc	0.501817	0.498183	been an absolute doll. And seriously, if she hadn’t been about to go spend a few weeks with her father, this never would have happened. But she simply couldn’t stand the idea of having another parade of single officers thrown at her feet. She didn’t much like the idea of lying to her dad, but really it was his own fault. If he’d quit trying to get her married to some “suitable” Marine, she wouldn’t have to resort to such lengths, would she? “Ray’s wonderful, Daddy,” she said, meaning every word. “You’ll like him if you give yourself a chance.” He grumbled something she didn’t quite catch and a twinge of guilt tugged at her heart. Jack Forrest wasn’t a bad man. He just never had been able to understand his daughter. As her father changed the subject and started talking about what was happening on the base, she listened with half an ear as her gaze drifted around the living room of her tiny, San Francisco apartment. Crimson-red walls surrounded her, giving the small room warmth. Sunlight streamed through the unadorned windows, painting the old fashioned, deeply cushioned furniture with a soft golden glow that shimmered on the polished, hardwood floors. Celtic music drifted to her from the CD player on the far wall and the scent of burning patchouli candles filled the air with a fragrance that relaxed her even as her fingers tightened around the phone in her hand. She hated lying to her father. After all, lying wasn’t good for the soul. Besides, she had a feeling it caused wrinkles, too. But as soon as her visit with him was over, she’d call and tell her dad that she and Ray had broken up. Then everything would be fine. Until their next visit. But she’d burn that bridge when she came to it. “I’ll have someone pick you up at the airport,” he said and Lilah’s attention snapped back to him. “No, that’s okay,” she said quickly, imagining some poor Private or Corporal delegated to driving the Colonel’s daughter around. “I’ve already arranged for a car. I’ll be there sometime tomorrow afternoon.” “You’re uh…not bringing Ray along, are you?” She almost laughed again at the discomfort in his voice. Oh yeah. She could just see Ray on base. What a hoot that would be. “No, Daddy,” she said solemnly, “it’s just me.” There was a long pause before he said, “All right then. You be careful.” “I’m looking forward to seeing you, honey.” “Me, too,” she said wistfully, then added, “’Bye, Dad,” and hung up. Hand still resting on the receiver, she stared at it for a long minute and wished that things were different. Wished for the zillionth time that her father could just accept her—and love her—for who and what she was. But that would probably never happen. Since she was the daughter of a man who’d always wanted a son. “I’d consider it a personal favor, Gunnery Sergeant,” Colonel Michael Forrest said, planting his elbows on his desk and steepling his fingertips together. Escorting the Colonel’s daughter around base a personal favor? Well, how was a man supposed to get out of something like that? Kevin Rogan wondered frantically. Sure, he could turn the man down. He wasn’t making this an order—hell, Kevin wasn’t sure he could. But then again, he didn’t have to. Making it a “favor” practically guaranteed Kevin’s acceptance. After all, how was he supposed to turn down a request from a superior officer? He bit down hard on the words he wanted to say and said instead, “I’d be happy to help, sir.” Colonel Forrest gave him a look that clearly said he was under no misconception here. He knew damn well Kevin didn’t want to do this, but would, anyway. And apparently, that was all that mattered. “Excellent,” the Colonel said, pushing up from his desk to step around the edge of it. He walked across the floor of his office and looked out the window onto the wide stretch of the base two stories below. Kevin didn’t have to look to know what the other man was seeing. The everyday hustle and bustle of a recruit depot. Troops marching. Marines. Squads. Drill Instructors shouting, calling cadence, trying to whip a bunch of kids into something resembling hard-nosed Marines. May sunshine blasted against the window, splintering like a prism as it poured into the room. A wisp of ocean air swept beneath the partially opened window and carried the faint sounds of marching men and women. The distant rumble of a jet taking off from the San Diego airport sounded like the far-off stirrings of thunder. “I don’t want you to misunderstand, Rogan,” the Colonel said. “My daughter is a…remarkable person.” “I’m sure she is, sir,” Kevin answered politically, though inside, he wondered just how remarkable a woman could be if her own father had to practically force a man to keep her company for the month she’d be in town. He slanted a glance at the other man’s desk but found no framed pictures on the cluttered surface. No help there. Already, he wondered just what he’d gotten himself into. Was she nuts? Obnoxious? A one-eyed troll? But even as those thoughts went through his mind, he reminded himself that he knew exactly what she was. The Colonel’s daughter. And because of that, Kevin would do everything he could to see to it that she had a good time while she was here. Even if it killed him. Dammit. A Gunnery Sergeant in the Marine Corps, reduced to being a glorified baby-sitter. Lilah sat in her rental car just outside the gates and told herself she was being foolish. But it was always like this. One look at what she thought of as her father’s stronghold and her stomach started the ugly, slow, pitch and roll that felt far too familiar. She slapped her hands against the steering wheel then gripped it tight. Her stomach did the weird little flip-flop that she always associated with seeing her dad for the first time in too long. But then, she should be used to it, right? “Wrong,” she murmured and let her hands fall to her lap. Unconsciously, she plucked at the soft folds of her emerald-green muslin skirt, then lifted one hand to toy with the amethyst crystal hanging from a chain around her neck. As she fingered the cold, hard edges of the beveled stone, she told herself she was being silly. “This visit will be different. He thinks you’re engaged. No more ‘suitable’ men. No more lectures on finding ‘stability’ in your life.” Like any Forrest would give up that easily. After all, she hadn’t quit yet. All her life, she’d been trying to please her father. And all her life, she’d failed miserably. You’d think she’d surrender to the inevitable. But no. Lilah Forrest was too stubborn to give up just because she wasn’t winning. And she’d inherited that hardheaded streak from the man waiting for her just beyond the gates. A flicker of movement caught her eye and she saw one of the Marine guards move out to give her a hard stare. “Probably thinks you’re a terrorist or something,” she muttered and quickly put the car into gear and slowly approached the gate. “Ma’am,” he said, though he looked younger than Lilah. “Can I help you?” “I’m Lilah Forrest,” she said, and lifted her sunglasses long enough to smile up into hard, suspicious eyes. “I’m here to see my father.” He blinked. Too well trained to show complete shock, the Marine just stared at her for a long minute before saying, “Yes, ma’am, we’ve been expecting you.” He took a look at her license plate number, jotted it down on a visitor sticker and slapped it onto the windshield of her car. Then he lifted one hand and pointed. “Go right on through there and watch—” “My speed,” she finished for him. “I know.” She should know the rules well enough. She’d been raised on military bases around the world. And the one thing they all shared was a low threshold of appreciation for speeding	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line269
__label__cc	0.678199	0.321801	Footage Review Elvis: Rocking the Garden Rocking the Garden (by Nadine Steffens & Taniolo) Between June 9th and June 11th 1972 gave Elvis well-known-measured four concerts in the Madison Square Garden which made music history. From collectors point of view there is only very little video material (footage) of these events. There circles various Videotapes and/or VCDs with this material. Probably in particular the most well-known and most complete cuts of this pictorial material is under the video titles "An Afternoon in the Garden" or "Rocking the Garden" known and contains more or less completely for instance the same material. There are small differences what the quality concerns, as well as the length of the respective sequences. To my knowledge on the VCD Rocking the Garden is a relatively complete and good cut of this material. Therefore the following review is concentrated on that material, from the 79-min VCD version Rocking the Garden. Those actually play time of the MSG footage amounts to 42:06 min. The VCD Rocking the Garden contains beside the 8-mm-concert footage also cuts from certain New York bulidings as the RCA recording studio. Probably a majority of the 8-mm-footage was originally taken up with original sound , why it was later overdubbed? Possibly the sound was too bad that the material needed an overdubb. In order to be able to make yourself an impression of the footage, there are in the Excerpts section some excerpts from the VCD Rocking the Garden. The actual 8-mm-Footage starts with cuts from the afternoon Show (2:30 pm) June 10th 1972. Elvis wears the Lightblue Grass Suit (Jumpsuits ). He begins this performance as for many times in 1972 concerts with That`s all right mama. The Song was nearly completely filmed. The play time of this Song 1:57 min. How in further places of this video are the current pictures interrupted from the show of a few still pictures (like the following), during that, the overdubbed sound in the background continues to run. It has the appearance as if these would have been filmed out of a booklet. Cuts of Proud Mary (1:10 min.) followed of Polk Salad Annie (1:56 min.) also there are a few mad carat moves at the end of the songs. Afterwards there is again a sequence of Proud Mary (0:18 min.) The conception runs to Never Been to Spain (2:06 min), where we have a few beautiful, even if they are unfortunately easily indistinct close-ups. Sound runs here only very rarely with the picture synchronously. Afterwards runs for 1: 32 min. Heartbreak Hotel . Also these scenes includes some close-ups and Elvis is only in large admission to be seen. It continues to Hound Dog (1:43 min). During the cuts of Hound Dog are again a few snapshots (still pictures). Also the following I`ll Remember You comes with overdubbed sound . Again picture and sound are not synchronous. That becomes clear with the close-ups. We rise in Suspicious Minds (2:39 min). The video admission begins only, after the Song already past to the half. To see various Close Ups and Elvis offers quantity Action. Again at the end of Suspicious Minds a small carat demonstration is done. Followed again by a few concert photos. Afterwards the end of Suspicious Minds (0:30 min.) again repeats. (0:24min)Band introductions to come. It continues to go with An American Trilogy (1:30 min.) and also here overdubbed sound unfortunately not synchronously with the current cuts. The following cuts of Funny How Times slip Away (0:15 min.) were filmed from another position , possibly of a second camera. Also the colors of this sequence are somewhat better.A cutout follows from I Can`t stop Loving You for few seconds (0:04 min.), on what it draws to You`ve lost that lovin` feelin`(2:37 min) . By the new camera angle we have also here a much better image quality, which is probably because of the better lighting conditions. During the performance of You`ve lost that lovin`feelin` there is a 16-mm (??) camera in front of Elvis in the picture to see (see right picture of the three following). The movements of Elvis are relative synchronous in this phase of the video with the music. A cutout follows from Love me (0:09 min.), which actually runs at a earlier time of the show. After Love me there is a further mark for 14 seconds of Suspicious Minds . A tiny cutout of For The Good Times (0:03 min.)I Can`t stop Loving You is next for (1:27 min.) from the middle to the end of the Song. Now the finish of Can`t Help Falling in Love and the closing vamp (0:40 min.). We see Elvis from the stage disappearing and again a few photos can be seen. Now An American Trilogy (1:02 min.) and likewise the end of Can`t Help Falling in Love plus Closing vamp (2:37 min.) again repeats, here from another camera angle. The scenes of the Closing vamp follows - this time in slow motion and the speaker in the background divides us that Elvis has left the building.The following footage of That`s all right mama is taken from the concert of the June 9th 1972 (8:30 pm) and some cuts from June 10th (8:30pm). Elvis wears this time the Adonis Suit and in a sequence the Port Hole Suit(Jumpsuits ). The 2001 Theme (0:18 min.) starts and Elvis enters the stage. Footage of That`s all right mama follows (1:21 min.)mixed with footage from June 11th (2:30pm). Followed by Proud Mary (0:42 min.). Afterwards the footage from June 9th ends. With the footage mentioned last, it does not concern the usual 8mm-Material, but these are obviously moderate copies of the material filmed at that time by ABC. This material can be seen partly in the Video section.Cuts of the RCA studio in New York and the indicating panel of the Garden follows. During that we hear Stranger in The Crowd in the background. There is now again footage of Elvis in the Lightblue Grass Suit, thus again from the June 10th 2:30 pm show . Also here it is to be recognized again clearly that Overdubbs were used. Again there is 1: 15 min. of That`s all right mama. Song parts, which were partly used at the beginning of the video, are to be seen now, the beginning of Proud Mary (0:19 min.). Never Been to Spain (1:27 min.) is represented also in this section of the video. It follows footage, which emerged before neither in short nor in a long version: You don`t have to say you love me (1:15 min.). At this time the video material becomes very indistinct and dark.Unfortunately it is no more recognizble if it is the original sound or not. But due to the very good sound quality one must assume that overdubbs were done. On the footage of You`ve lost that lovin` feelin`(1:00 min.) Elvis is to be recognized only very badly. The conclusion part of Polk Salad Annie follows (1:30 min.). From the so-called 50`s block we have Love me(0:05 min.) All Shock up (0:08 min.) Heartbreak hotel (0:12 min.) and Love me tender (0:14 min.). Afterwards still another short cutout follows to the music of The Impossible Dream (0:20 min.) and in the middle of the Song the admission jumps again to Hound Dog . However is the image quality how already mentions very badly. It is noticble that Elvis in this concert did not sing The Impossibele Dream at all. So it is very clear that the overdubbs were done with song material from the evening show not knowing, that Elvis did not sing that song in the afternoon show June 10th 2:30 pm . Now again small excerpts from the following Songs: Suspicious Minds (0:30 min.) Introductions (0:16 min.) For The Good Times (0:07 min.) At American Trilogy (0:14 min.) Funny How Times slip Away (0:10 min.) I Can`t stop Loving You (0:12 min.) Can`t Help Falling in Love \ Closing vamp (0:36 min.) With this, the Footage from the VCD Rocking the Garden ends.. /Footage Review	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line270
__label__cc	0.50672	0.49328	Summer VOA Radiogram for June 21-22 VOA Radiogram this weekend will be different in that I recorded it at a sample rate of 8000 Hz rather than the usual 48000 Hz. This is because I have not yet configured the new installation of Fldigi in my new PC. Despite the 8000 Hz sample rate, I was able to decode the MFSK32 and surprise modes from the recording with no difficulty. And it probably should make no difference in your decoding. But, if it does, please let me know. (The audio file I uploaded to North Carolina is only 27 MB, compared to the usual 160+ MB for the shows recorded at the usual 48000 Hz sample rate.) VOA Radiogram for the weekend of 21-22 June 2014 (program 64) will be in the usual MFSK32 mode, except for two surprise modes at the end of the show... 2:41 Subsurface ocean on Pluto's moon, with image 9:57 Indonesian smartphone use surges, with image 15:54 Designing buildings to withstand disasters, with image 21:22 Al Jazeera reporter released from Egyptian prison, with image Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com (all days and times UTC) All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1130 UTC on 6095 kHz, and Sunday at about 0130 UTC (9:30 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz. Both frequencies via Germany. Reports to themightykbc@gmail.org . I hope to respond to all your emails from program 63 before the last broadcast of program 64 this weekend. Then, I'll work backwards, responding to your very helpful reports sent during my May travels. Please tune in and write in this weekend. VOA Radiogram for 14-15 June 2014 I apologize for the delay in responding to your emails from the past few weeks. After returning from travels in May, my audience research duties have greatly expanded (in quantity, not in importance). Furthermore, at home, I have installed a new PC running Windows 7, and applications crash nearly every time I open them. (Fldigi is an interesting exception: it's usually stable.) This PC problem and finding a solution are cutting into my productivity. [This hasn't been an issue on any of several machines I converted to W7. Are your apps in the latest versions that are compatible with the way Windows does security since Vista? (Fldigi is.) If not, are they running in directories outside Program Files or Program Files (x86)? A lot of these apps shaped up for me when I created a directory outside this hierarchy under C: called Radio and installed to there instead.] I will resume sending emails as soon as I get home this afternoon, probably starting with program 62 and working my way back in time. VOA Radiogram for 14-15 June 2014 (program 63) is MFSK32, with a couple of surprises at the end... 2:37 Mapping the salmon genome, with image 8:10 Internet traffic may triple by 2018, with chart 15:31 Pao-pan.net evades Chinese censorship, with image 21:49 World Cup Fever at VOA, with image Please send your reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1130 UTC on 6095 kHz, and Sunday at about 0130 UTC (9:30 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz. These frequencies are via Germany. Reports to themightykbc@gmail.com. Now We Know What HAARP is For Statements made by people in the know about the purpose of the HAARP project in Alaska became much more candid, and probably much more accurate, as the threatened early June date of closure and dismantling came and went. No, it's not to cause earthquakes or control the weather. It's just to help figure out the best way to put the U.S. military in control of our planet's ionosphere. That's all. Just a little thing. And a very scary one. Alaska Dispatch: In May, University of Alaska President Pat Gamble wrote that the university could take ownership of the facility directly or through a lease, or it could work with others in the research community to develop options for covering operational costs. He said that the main purpose of HAARP is to study techniques through which the U.S. could use “high power radio transmissions to manipulate Earth’s ionosphere for its strategic advantage.” “The ionosphere is an integral part of the modern battlefield -- it affects GPS navigation, satellite communication, missile tracking radars, orbital surveillance and submarine communication, to name just a few applications,” he said. Solar Activity is Picking Up From SolarHam: Region 2087 produced an impulsive X1.0 solar flare Wednesday morning at 09:06 UTC. This is now the 3rd such X-Class event within the past 24 hours. A relatively faint coronal mass ejection (CME) is seen in the latest LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery. The plasma cloud appears to be blended in with an earlier CME following an M3.0 flare around the same region an hour earlier. The active region will continue to be a threat for major solar flares as it continues to rotate into a more geoeffective position. Updated 06/10/2014 @ 18:40 UTC Two X-Flares Solar activity is now at high levels thanks to new sunspot 2087, now rotating into view off the southeast limb. A strong, but impulsive solar flare measuring X2.2 was first detected Tuesday morning 11:42 UTC. Just over an hour later, this was followed up by a longer duration X1.5 event around the same active region. The second event (X1.5) is responsible for a bright coronal mass ejection now visible in the latest STEREO Ahead COR2 imagery. More details regarding a possible glancing blow once additional imagery becomes available. The active region will turn into a more direct Earth facing position as the week progresses. Event logs are listed below. CME Update: As per the latest CME prediction model, the expansive plasma cloud will likely pass to the east of our planet and have little to no impact on our geomagnetic field. A glancing blow at best will be possible by June 13th.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line271
__label__cc	0.699774	0.300226	Trump’s First Real Test: My Guess Is That He Will Lie and Fold Much To America’s Disgrace October 16, 2018 Uncategorizedmtc9393 Jamal Khashoggi went in the house; Jamal Khashoggi never came out; All the Saudi money and all the rogue spin Couldn’t put Jamal together again. Yesterday I wrote about the mystery surrounding Jeremy who went into Gerry’s office and never came out and was never seen again. Some might have noticed the similarity between that and the situation involving the missing Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi who went into the Saudi tent and never came out. Well, that’s not totally right. I should write he never walked out again. There is a mystery now facing the world. No, not the one about Jeremy. I think we were able to figure out what happened to him. And not the one about the Jamal Khoshoggi. I think we can pretty much figure out why it is that he didn’t come back out of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Turkey after leaving his fiance waiting for him. The mystery is why some people think this is a mystery. My gut would tell me that the above guy Mohammed Bin Salman, better known as MBS, is a very sensitive 33-year-old guy. A couple of other guys in their thirties that we have heard of are also quite sensitive. One, is Kim Jong-un who is 35-years-old. He would respond to criticism by putting his critics in front of anti-aircraft guns and pretend that they were enemy planes attacking his country. The other is Jared Kushner an elder at 37-years old who is best friends with MBS and whose father-in-law has said he’s in love with Kim Jong Un. My gut tells me that MBS would not have had Jamal Khoshoggi knocked-off as some allege if he did not get his buddy’s okay to do it. His buddy has bigger fish to fry than worrying about some journalist who self-exiled himself to the United States because he was worried about MBS’s sensitivity. I think the plan his buddy was given was that they would lure Jared back to Saudi Arabia and then make him disappear like Humpty Dumpty. Who’d care? MBS fell into thinking that anything he did would be okay with his buddy and his father-in-law. After all, Kim Jong-un had wiped out his uncle and his family, had murdered his brother, keeps running labor camps, and suppressing his people and Trump loves him so how could the murder of a journalist cause anyone any bother. After all in the first four months of 2018 he had 48 people beheaded and the dynamic duo, Donald and Jared, had nothing to say. Well that’s not exactly right. They did through their toady Secretary of State Mike Pompeo certify that the Saudi’s actions in its brutal war on the Yemeni people, who are at the brink of undergoing the worst famine in a century, are being taken “to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure” which certification was given right after the Saudi’s bombed a school bus carrying 40 school kids using American weapons. Speaking of Pompeo, it is reported he is going to Saudi Arabia to talk with MBS about the mystery involved in Jamal’s murder. They’ll trump up some story. Trump has already talked about a rogue group of killers who mysteriously arrived on the scene and did the dirty deed. He’ll be telling us that the hit team that flew in from Saudi Arabia on two planes were coming to celebrate Jamal’s birthday on October 13 but somehow they got confused and angry when Jamal didn’t blow out all the candles properly. The really remarkable thing in this whole event is that the Saudis have threatened the United States if not the world. “The kingdom emphasizes that it will respond to any measure against it with an even stronger measure. The kingdom’s economy has an influential and vital role in the global economy.” Right now the Saudis are in Turkey with their bags of money seeing how much it will cost to get the Turks to buy into some rogue theory. Unfortunately, unless Jamal is put back together again the facts seem to bar such a happening. We now see where Trump’s love affair with dictators has led to. We either go along with their ignoble actions or else. What will Trump do now that his hand has been called. I’d guess it would be the usual: lie and fold. ← Can You Solve This Great Mystery? Many Seem Unable To Do So. Remember The Big Beef of the Stamp Act Congress? Has History Repeated Itself? → 12 thoughts on “Trump’s First Real Test: My Guess Is That He Will Lie and Fold Much To America’s Disgrace” Khalid says: Wa-llahi! Why are folks surprised? The Saudi regime treats it’s own citizens like that at home. The cure for the Saudi family is another Juhayman al-Utabi. La-ilaha il Allah. Most people living in Saudi Arabia despise the royal family and it’s corruption, but, fear the regime’s security apparatus, so much, they will not speak their hearts. Fifteen of the mujahids sacrificed in the Manhattan Raid were from Saudi Arabia. They did not lack in courage. They found a powerful way to express their disgust with the way our world is run. If you don’t like the Saudi tribe, support the Daesh. They want want to hang a Saudi Prince from every light pole in Riyadh. UBL hated them, too. You Saudi haters are all in good company. Symbolic Acts : Saudis are old hands in Intelligence. They are known for no nonsense savagery. 9 hijackers …. Saudis …. 9/11 15 Saudi Principals … Flew in … No effort to come under the radar. Interminable conspiracy theories about the Bush Saudi financial ties and the expeditious removal of Bin Laden Clan members from Boston …. By jet … on bombing eve. When an old King meets a sympatico American President and looks him in the eye who knows what blood sacrifice will be the issue in order to avenge a terrible stain, of 9/11 complicity, placed upon the Saudi Royal House by rogues . Perhaps Khashoggi was in league with such. Perhaps not. Saudis whacked him in public vile and making no bones about Dr. Charm and the bonesaw as Wagner did martial duty . MBS …The new kid sheik in town …will have plausible deniability . He pissed someone off . Khashoggi was bin laden ‘s muse in eighties in Afghanistan. Who knows what all is involved as the Earl Of Louisiana, Huey Long , would say. Saudi Security executing a living dissection of this unfortunate bin laden confidante by their top forensic expert – – I am going to be listening to Dvorak says Dr. Faisal Bone E Sah as he dons earphones to Khashoggi’s bloodcurdling screams —- And I suggest you gentlemen do the same !!!!!! …… How damn civilizing a touch is that ?!? 15 Saudis flew in on a Mission … To sever Khashoggi’s fingers and send a message . Who knows why ?!? Khashoggi held how many pieces ?!? Payback is a betch . ( Sic ) Norwood Born says: To be fair it is a long history of shame with Saudi Arabia with no one closer to them than the Bush family.At some point I am hoping you will give us your thoughts on Liz Warren running for President.Who will beat Trump? I have not seen anybody yet who looks like they could. All the money coming into the Trump hotel in DC, some of it from Saudi Arabia all of that is legal?The Son in Law looks like a very young guy in over his head.People who written about the Trump White House have also concluded that it would be worse in Pence was President, think about that. mtc9393 says: Norwood: Warren has as much chance as a guy born in Norwood who lived in Hawaii for a while. How can I write about someone like her since the only one who thinks she can win is herself. Yes, you are right about the Bushes. They went to war twice to protect the Saudis. The only thing the Saudis have done for us is create Osama bin Laden and have 25 of their citizens attack us on 9/11. The Dems have no one right now who can beat Trump. What they need is a Joe Biden type candidate in his forties. What they’ll produce is someone a cross between Bernie and Nancy Pelosi. But, Hillary and Bill are making a grand tour talking for people at $200 to $600 a head. Maybe Hillary will give it another go. DanC says: My deepest fear is that the president will take us into a war with Iran. If that’s the plan, Trump will make nice with the royal rascals. ‘Rogue killers”?? Please. I see the president has tweeted that Bonnie Prince Mohammed knew nothing, nothing of any murder. Still, it’s a little hard to believe that a doctor of forensic medicine (carrying a bone saw) was part of a “rogue” hit team. I’d think like that if I thought Trump has the courage to take us to war. He doesn’t. He’s being pushed by Netanyahu and OBS but for him to send us into that type of full out conflict is not in his DNA. His life is based on lies and bluff. He will though with Plumpeo’s help bail out the Saudis with a plan they agree on. The Saudi king and OBS knew nothing about the rogue hit squad. They’ll executed a couple of them and Trump will call it even. A goat! A goat! My Kingdom for a goat! Stone-cold killers have a way of looking through you. It was written. Happy days are here again. Kavanaugh and Gorsuch on the Supreme Court. The smear campaign by the Democrats and the media was defeated. Decency triumphed. 2. President Obama in partnership with Hillary gave us the war in Libya along with the Syrian war, the Yemeni war and the expansion of the Afghan war. Where was Cindy Sheehan when we needed her. So don’t blame Trump for those conflicts. The reporters death is a minor episode compared to the Saudi’s brutal war in Yemen. Almost four years of bombing to no avail. The U S and Britain should stop arms sales until that conflict is ended. The idea that the oil sheiks are a positive force and Iran is malign is nonsense. Saudis have been beheading dissidents for 60 years. Their threats should be ignored. They wouldn’t last six months without our support. We shouldn’t pick sides in the Sunni-Shia dispute that has been ongoing for about a thousand years. Thanks to fracking and directional drilling we don’t need their oil anymore. As Ben Franklin said commerce with all. War with none. How come it’s Obama’s war even though Trump has been conducting it? How come it’s not Obama’s economy? Kavanaugh doesn’t have the disposition to be a BMC judge never mind on the Supreme Court. He never should have been appointed and the country will run the day that he was. The reporter was murdered and dismembered by direction of the Saudi government. That cannot be let to stand. You miss one essential fact – America used to be the one country that held s light up to the world. With Trump we have shut out that light and we see that without it human rights are being extinguished. Priceless! Trump did it	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line274
__label__cc	0.722069	0.277931	City of Nashville Meeting / Social Rooms Disk Golf Course Water Office Street Dept. Greg Strawn WATER SYSTEM: The water system is supplied water by Lake Louis Graves, Lake Nichols, and the Little Missouri River. The City owns a 40 acre lake known as Nichols Reservoir and a 113 acre lake known as Lake Louie Graves. The primary water source is Mine Creek which runs through the City. The Little Missouri River is twelve miles away and acts as a standby water supply source. The City has three (3) ground storage tanks, three (3) elevated and two (2) standpipe storage tanks with a combined storage capacity of 1,300,000 gallons. The City has a standard surface water treatment plant with a capacity of 6,000,000 gallons per day. What is your name? Required What is your email address? Required What is your question? Required Please type the letters and numbers shown in the image. Click the image to see another captcha. Copyright © 2020 City of Nashville / Developed by Heritage Computer Service, LLC	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line279
__label__cc	0.684133	0.315867	Jam: Emily Bass & TNM - Glory Hallelujah Emily Bass and The Near Miracle perform Glory Hallelujah. Emily Bass and the Near Miracle is a mostly Lincoln-based band, with the exception of one Omaha-based member. The band is led by its dynamic namesake, singer Emily Bass. The group performs their own original rock-soul-gospel-r&b music written by Bass and inspired by artists ranging from Carol King to Aretha Franklin. To see more Jam extras go to: http://netnebraska.org/jam 09:00 am Nebraska Department of Education: February 2020 NDE Board Meeting February 2020 NDE Board Meeting 09:00 am Judiciary: Supreme Court Nebraska Supreme Court 07:30 pm Glenn Korff School of Music: Flyover Performance, Westbrook Music Hall The Flyover New Music Series, aka Flyover New Music, is the new music series from the composition... What If...: Innovator Insights Chris Hochstetler Short videos with innovators and creators answering questions about things like influences,... What If...: Innovator Insights Erica Wassinger Short videos with innovators and creators answering questions about things like influences,... The Omaha News: November 8, 2019, 1106 The Omaha News: November 8th, 2019 NET News: Algae Algae Big Red Wrap-Up: Purdue Recap, 1911 Our hosts recap the Nebraska vs. Purdue game with a special guest Blake Lawrence. Original Air Date... NSAA State Volleyball Championships: 2018 Class A Flashback 2018 CLASS A Volleyball Championship Millard North 3, Lincoln Pius X 0 The number one ranked... Huskers Up Close: Cam Taylor-Britt Meet the sophomore cornerback who has become a leader on the field throughout the 2019 season. The Omaha News: November 1, 2019, 1105 The Omaha News: November 1st, 2019 Nebraska Volleyball: Early Enrollees John Cook knew replacing two senior All-Americans in Mikaela Foecke and Kenzie Maloney wouldn't be... Nebraska Volleyball: Jaylen Reyes Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jaylen Reyes grew up around the game of volleyball. His passion and...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line280
__label__wiki	0.710312	0.710312	Trading Forum Analytics and News JPY News Page 2 of 45 First 1 2 3 4 12 ... Last This is a discussion on JPY News within the Analytics and News forums, part of the Trading Forum category; An index tracking the prices of domestic corporate goods was up 0.1 percent in November compared to the previous month, ... Japan Domestic CGPI +0.1% In November An index tracking the prices of domestic corporate goods was up 0.1 percent in November compared to the previous month, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday, standing at 102.6. matfx Japan's Flagship Economic Zones Lose Luster TOKYO—With his popularity ebbing over controversial secrecy legislation, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been eager to showcase one of his most closely watched strategies for growth—special economic zones featuring steep corporate tax breaks. But just at the moment the premier wanted to see his gleaming flagship idea take shape, a key tax panel within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party is set to shelve, for now, the inclusion of lower rates for businesses operating in the zones, lawmakers with knowledge of the discussions said. That means the special zones will likely be launched next year without one of their main attractions: big tax breaks. "The program is not bold enough to even be called a flagship," said Kyohei Morita, chief economist at Barclays in Tokyo. "The high hopes for the special economic zones, and Mr. Abe's commitment to deregulation, are fading." The first two elements of the prime minister's "Abenomics" policy platform have had a highly visible impact on the economy. A large spending package and aggressive monetary easing have weakened the yen, boosted corporate earnings and catapulted stocks to new highs over the last year. But as the stellar economic expansion seen in the first six months of 2013 tapers off, the time has come for Mr. Abe to deliver on the so-called "third arrow" of his growth strategy that he trumpeted in the summer. The special economic zones aim to offer pockets of experimental deregulation that can be used as engines of growth and models for wider structural reform. The potential tax incentives were among the main attractions. The Cabinet Secretariat, the office spearheading the establishment of the zones, has proposed various corporate tax breaks—including a 40% tax-free allowance on earnings and complete write-offs of retained losses, compared with the current ceiling of 80%. But the proposals have met resistance from a cautious finance ministry and skeptical ruling party lawmakers, who say the panel has found it difficult to offer such generous incentives to zones whose overall design has yet to be fleshed out. The panel has approved other concessions in the zones, including tax breaks on capital investment. "More tax breaks will be considered after details of the zone become clearer," the panelists said in a set of draft proposals given to the media on Tuesday. Mr. Abe is setting up a committee on the special economic zones later this month to hammer out these types of specific details, such as where the zones will be located. The Tokyo metropolitan area is expected to be one of the zones. Analysts and business lobbies say Tokyo's 38% corporate tax rate must be lowered to a more competitive 25%, or less, to keep strong domestic companies based in Japan while at the same time attracting foreign capital. The draft proposals from the panel said that in addition to a previously announced sales-tax increase, the government plans to boost the income tax of high earners from 2016, while increasing taxes on vehicles with smaller engine displacements. The finance ministry says it shares Mr. Abe's view that competitive corporate tax rates are necessary to make Japan an attractive place to run businesses, but it insists changes must be made carefully to minimize any negative impact on Japan's efforts to put its fiscal house in order. Japan's debt-to-gross domestic product ratio is more than 200%, the highest among major industrial nations. The tax panel has already decided to postpone addressing the wider issue of major cuts to Japan's nationwide corporate tax rate from April 2015, citing the time needed for discussion. The tax breaks for the special zones now seem set to meet the same fate. It's not the first setback to the government's economic zones policy. Initial proposals calling for labor and agricultural deregulation in the zones ended up getting watered down as bureaucrats at related ministries pushed back. At a news conference on Monday, Mr. Abe reiterated his commitment to carrying out changes. "There will be no end for my reform efforts," he said. BoJ's Kuroda Sees Inflation Above 1% In First Half Of 2014 Japan's inflation is set to stay above 1 percent during the first half of next year, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday. Bank Of Japan Minutes Due On Thursday The Bank of Japan will on Thursday release the minutes from its monetary policy meeting on November 20 and 21, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. Japan Industrial Output Up 0.1% In November Industrial production in Japan was up a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent in November compared to the previous month, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in Friday's preliminary reading - rising for the third straight month. Japan November Current Account Deficit Y592.8 Billion Japan saw a current account deficit of 592.8 billion yen in November, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. Japan M2 Money Stock Climbs 4.2% The M2 money stock in Japan jumped 4.2 percent on year in December, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday, standing at 862.8 trillion yen. Japan Core Machine Orders Surge In November Core machine orders in Japan jumped a seasonally adjusted 9.3 percent on month in November, the Cabinet Office said on Thursday - coming in at 882.6 billion yen. Japan Govt. Ups Economic Assessment Amid Capex Gains The Japanese government on Friday upwardly revised its assessment of the economy for the first time in four months as the recovery picked up, reflecting improvement in household income and business investment. "The Japanese economy is recovering at a moderate pace," Cabinet Office said. This is an upgrade from its view last month that the economy is "in the process of recovery at a moderate pace." BoJ Holds Monetary Policy Steady; Keeps Inflation, Growth Forecasts Unchanged The Bank of Japan on Wednesday decided to keep its monetary easing plan unchanged and retained its inflation forecasts for the next two years, strengthening expectations that the central bank may keep the policy steady at least for now, with consumer prices evolving in line with its forecasts. The BoJ will keep the target of the monetary base expansion at an annual pace of JPY 60-70 trillion. あまちゃん, 半沢直樹, 進撃の巨人, boj, iphone, leading, tankan, tertiary -- Newdigital -- Default Style -- Default Mobile Style	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line282
__label__wiki	0.56407	0.56407	Stephen Petronio residency center presenting partners BLOODLINES Room The Petronio Residency Center is rooted in the creative strength, possibilities, and imagination of dance artists in a network of support. The Petronio Residency Center (PRC) addresses the shifting field of American dance by offering on-site creative residencies nestled within a 175-acre haven perched in Greene County’s Catskill Mountains. Residencies allow artists time for creation, discussion, and critical thinking, free from the mandates and responsibilities of daily life and any specific deliverables. This period of research outside of the traditional structure and timeline of art-making is crucial to developing work of surprise and depth, making PRC an important leader in a national residency network of like-minded partner programs. PRC also serves as a gathering place for the local community, affording opportunities for artists to interact with the specific place, and for the local residents to be invited in. The site of the Petronio Residency Center can provide a nurturing retreat for many–a place that provokes the creative process. PRC’s specialized staff includes Alyson Pou, as Director, Nito Calvo, as Facilities Manager, and Michelle Williams, as Gardener. To take a virtual tour of the Residency Center, click HERE. “As diminishing delivery systems and other economic constraints affect the research, development, and performance of this singularly fragile form, I feel called upon as a mature artist to respond. The need for precious research and development opportunities centered upon the field of the moving arts in America is urgently needed as the financial structures that support this activity disappear before our very eyes.” — Stephen Petronio This residency has been way beyond my expectations. It’s remarkably quiet here. It’s amazing. — RALPH LEMON The uniqueness of a residency experience takes a working process to a whole other level. — WENDY WHELAN I perceive myself in this space as more human… non-utilitarian spaces are conducive to creative thinking. — JIMENA PAZ Meet marjani, our 2019 awarded residency artist Marjani will receive one-week of exclusive use of the facilities for up to nine individuals, a stipend, and travel assistance. This rare and fully-funded opportunity includes full room, board, and locally-sourced meals prepared by an on-site chef. Marjani was nominated by a group of presenters, funders, and curators and then selected by a separate panel of established artists. The nominators were Christy Bolingbroke, Moira Brennan, Duke Dang, Gina Gibney, Walter Jaffee, Stanford Makishi, Christopher K. Morgan, Georgiana Pickett, Michelle Ramos, Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas, Charles Santos, Pamela Tatge, and Janet Wong. The selection panel included Yoshiko Chuma, Stephen Petronio, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Marjani Forté-Saunders 2019 Nina Matis Awardee Marjani Forté-Saunders (@marjaniforte_works) is a Mother, choreographer, performer, collaborative artist, community organizer, and most recently a 2-time Bessie award winning choreographer and performer for her latest work, Memoirs of a…Unicorn. Anchored in a steady collaboration with partner and composer Everett Asis Saunders (New Music USA Awardee), the duo have produced seven award-winning works over the last 10 yrs. The current work in development, A Prophet’s Tale, is the work of collaborative music and dance duo Everett Saunders & Marjani Forté-Saunders, now operating bi-coastally (Pasadena, CA and New York, NY). As students and descendants of the Black Arts Movement (1965-1975 approx.), the duo identify as radical experimenters in contemporary music and dance forms. Photo courtesy of American Realness partnership residency program PRC has also created a Partnership Residency Program, initiated to bring together two or more presenters/producers to pool resources in support of artist residencies, expanding the opportunities for artists to create work upstate. These artists will also enjoy lodging, meals, and necessary space to conduct their research for one week. kayla farrish/decent structures arts Partnership with Danspace Project, supported by the New York State DanceForce, a partnership program of the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Kayla Farrish/Decent Structure Arts Kayla Farrish/Decent Structure Arts is an emerging company combining filmmaking, photography, and dance. Farrish is a NY based director with a vision for intimate storytelling. She’s received three choreographic commissions: Of Bones Dance (2014) and Houses on the Moon Theater Company (2016), and Danspace (2019). She co-choreographed Gods and Accepting Darkness with Nik Owens (2015). She is currently developing The New Frontier as its own film and also stand-alone live production through Keshet Makers Space Experience Residency, Petronio Residency Center, and also premiering at Danspace in Fall 2019. The creative process has grown through the 2019 BAX summer space grant as well. Photo by Kerime Konur loni landon dance project The Dance Lab New York residency is supported by Nina Matis and Alan Gosule, Major Sponsors of the Hudson Valley Dance Festival, benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS. Loni Landon is a Dancer, Choreographer, and Movement Consultant based in New York City and received her BFA in Dance from The Julliard School in 2005. She is the Artistic Director of Loni Landon Dance Projects, a New York City-based contemporary dance company that performs original works. LLDP is known for creating lush, innovative movement full of subtle detail and sophistication, while maintaining a highly charged emotional current. Landon’s company has performed at The Joyce Theater, American Dance Institute, Jacob’s Pillow, Bryant Park and Beach Sessions Dance Series. LLDP are committed to upholding the integrity of the movement itself and searching for honest expression, all while shedding the veneer of the performance persona. Photo courtesy of lonilandonprojects.com PRC IN THE NEWS NEW YORK TIMES \| UPSTATE DIARY \| ARTDESK COMING UP AT PRC EXPLORE THE CALENDAR FEED THE ARTISTS Mr. Frieda’s organic garden, a gift of renowned artist Cindy Sherman in honor of her macaw Mr. Frieda, is now ready for its first season of growing. Designed by Jean-Marc Flack/Hortulus Animae, the garden consists of 24 raised bed industrial boxes in a maze formation. Planted with an array of heirloom vegetables, edible flowers and ornamentals, each box will be finished with sitting benches, inviting residents and guests to interact with the garden: wander, rest, or sit and weed! Help us with the ongoing maintenance of this pivotal gift by underwriting the cultivation of these beds. If interested, please email cassandra@stephenpetronio.com CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT Your contribution will help sustain the residency program. 140 SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 504 E: INFO@STEPHENPETRONIO.COM Join PRC Mailing List: SPC's informational groups Donor VIPs North American Presenter Ticket Buyer Male Auditionee Female Auditionee Admin Workshops International Presenters Board Book Buyer Auction Buyers French Dance schools and Companies SPC Dancers SPC Gala 2017 Benefit Committee Members PRI	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line293
__label__cc	0.516309	0.483691	Aww, Poor Things: Daily Mail Laments Plight of Vacationers Inconvenienced by Migrant Refugee Camp The pesky Third World has created another First World problem: that paragon of journalism the Daily Mail bemoans the fact that the Mediterranean refugee crisis has inconvenienced Europeans on holiday on the Greek island of Kos: Admittedly, the photos suggest the irony, though the tone of the headline doesn't. The homeless migrants were not asked their opinion of the tourists. Posted by Michael Collins Dunn at 5/28/2015 06:10:00 PM 0 comments Labels: Greece, refugees Red Storm Rising: Blood Red Sandstorm in Benghazi The photos above, from the Libya's Channel website, shows a Ghibli sandstorm painting Benghazi red. Much of the Middle East has been suffering from high heat and late spring sandstorms, but the deep red of the Libyan storm is particularly striking. The good news is it's temporarily stopped the fighting. Cairo, too, has been suffering from high temperatures and a khamsin blowing, though not as colorful: Labels: Libya, weather May 1915: "Go and Run Amuck in the Marmara": The Adventures of Submarine E-11 at Constantinople Cheering E-11 as it Returns from its Operations As we continue to observe the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign, it is worth noting that a century ago during the closing weeks of May 1915, a British submarine made a daring raid through the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara to the very approaches to Constantinople. Submarine warfare was one of the new dimensions added to warfare in the Great War. I previously told the story of HMS B-11's sinking of the Turkish Mesudiye in December 1914; by May of 1915 submarine warfare was fully engaged around the Gallipoli landings; The German U-21 sank HMS Triumph on May 25 and HMS Majestic on May 27. But the British had submarines as well, and in May of 1915 HMS E-11's commander, Lieutenant Commander Martin Dunbar Nasmith, was reportedly given he order to "go and run amuck in the Marmara." On May 18 he entered the Dardanelles. He surfaced and captured a small sailing vessel which he strapped to his conning tower as camouflage, though he would later abandon this. On the 19th he encountered the Turkish battleships Turgut Reis and Heiruddin Barbarossa but was unable to engage with them. Nasmith E-11 proceeded into the Sea of Marmara. On May 23 Nasmith sank a gunboat and several small craft. On the 24th he sank two Turkish transports and ran a third aground. In one case he exchanged fire with a Turkish cavalry patrol onshore On May 26 E-11 arrived off Constantinople and torpedoed an old Turkish transport, the Stamboul, by the Arsenal Quay at the entrance to the Golden Horn. Diving to avoid shore battery fire, E-11 bumped the bottom and made its way to calmer waters. But the appearance of an enemy submarine at the Ottoman capital created a sensation in the city. E-11 continued to operate in the Marmara for several more days until running low on torpedoes. Withdrawing though the Dardanelles, she used her last torpedoes to sink another transport. She also snagged a mine and proceeded to drag it through the straits into open water before disentangling itself. The Constantinople raid won Nasmith the Victoria Cross and was highly praised; she had sunk or run aground some 11 vessels. In July and August she made two more sorties, finally sinking the Barbarossa and raiding Constantinople again. By the end of the Dardanelles campaign, E-11 would be credited with more than 80 vessels. E-11 officers and crew Posted by Michael Collins Dunn at 5/28/2015 11:31:00 AM 0 comments Labels: First World War, Ottoman Empire, The UK, Turkey Linguistic Notes II: An Extremely Early Arabic Inscription in Greek Letters My second linguistics post tonight will be more erudite than my first, but perhaps less popular, with no four letter words more objectionable than "will" and "four," But it's important. Lameen over at the Jabal al-Lughat blog calls our attention to a discovery of "Old Arabic in Greek letters, in 3rd/4th century Jordan." In linguist-speak he notes There are a fair number of Arabic names transcribed in Greek at this period in various sources, but this seems to be the only known attempt to write Arabic text in Greek letters until much later. Most contemporary Arabic inscriptions were instead written in the Safaitic script, which does not indicate vowels. A text like this thus enables us to see much more clearly how the Arabic of the nomads of 3rd/4th century Jordan was pronounced. It confirms two crucial points. In Arabic, case is usually indicated only by final vowel choice; in this inscription, accusative case (-a) is clearly marked, but the Classical nominative and genitive (-u, -i) are not transcribed, suggesting that this dialect had dropped final short high vowels and thus developed a case system like that of Geez. Also reminiscent of Geez is the fact that intervocalic semivowels elided in Classical Arabic were unambiguously pronounced - thus 'atawa rather than 'atā for "he came". There may well be more material like this out there in the deserts on the Syrian-Jordanian border; let's hope research on the Syrian side becomes possible again soon. Many of the pre-Islamic inscriptions this early are in Old North Arabian, Arabic's presumed immediate ancestor, but Old North Arabian has the definte article h- while this inscription uses the article al-, unique to true Arabic. The emergence of Classical Arabic is a fascinating topic for another day but for those of you seriously interested the article is "New Epigraphica from Jordan I: a pre-Islamic Arabic inscription in Greek letters and a Greek inscription from north-eastern Jordan," by A. Jallad with A. al-Manasser. A part of the inscription: Labels: Arabic language, archaeology, Greek, Jordan Linguistic Notes I: Skolnik on "Hebrew Slang" Language warning: this post on Arabic slang in Hebrew includes strong NSFW language some readers will find offensive. Please proceed only if very strong language (though in a scholarly context) does not offend. During my slow blogging while recovering from surgery I've let a lot of bloggable material go by. Tonight I'll comment on a couple of linguistic topics. The first is a piece by Fred Skolnik, Editor of the Encyclopedia Judaica, at the Ilanot Review, entitled simply "Hebrew Slang." It deals with the multiple origins of slang in Modern Israeli Hebrew (Hebrew itself, Yiddish, Arabic, English, Russian, etc.). My own knowledge of Hebrew is far too rudimentary to comment linguistically (though others have done so, particularly on the role of Russian slang in Israeli Hebrew). I am, however, going to cite his comments on Arabic slang in Hebrew, a subject of interest to me. Any Arabist spending time among Hebrew speakers (at least outside a synagogue, and most especially in an Army camp) will have noted many Arabic cusswords in Hebrew. It's impossible to discuss the subject without quoting Skolnik and discussing his comments, which requires one of my rare Not Safe for Work language warnings. The easily offended should proceed at their own risk. I am not kidding here. It does, however, allow me to comment in a normally taboo area. Skolnik writes: Chronologically, it may be said that the early settlers brought the Yiddish with them from Eastern Europe, picked up the Arabic from the Arabs here, and got the English first from the British during the Mandate period and then from the Americans through their films (which furnished the ubiquitous “happy end” – “heppy end” – of Hebrew speech, the -ing getting lost somewhere between Hollywood and Tel Aviv) and other cultural imports. Sometimes, too, Israelis were too provincial, or ignorant, to recognize the force of the foreign words they adopted. Kus (rhymes with puss) for cunt, adopted from the Arabic, is not only used in the street but heard regularly in the sitcoms and soap operas, not to mention the less dignified talk shows, and now we have kus’-eet too, referring to a woman as such, even affectionately, as has occurred with the word nigger (or “nigga”) among American blacks. In actual fact, despite the Arabic origin of the Hebrew word, it is precisely the English “cunt” or “pussy” that is the real inspiration, as Arabs do not habitually talk about women the way Westerners do. Also “fuck,” which becomes fack (rhymes with sock), is regularly exclaimed without any real sense of what is being said, though focking is perceived as somewhat strong even if one does not grasp the full force or resonance of the word. At the same time, a word like manyak with its independent Arabic (cocksucker) and English (maniac) origins became totally confused in Hebrew speech and has been used in both senses, sometimes with the (inexplicable) force that the British “bloody” had fifty years ago and therefore not heard in polite society, and sometimes with far less sting for someone acting in a crazy or outrageous way. I would guess that the word was first used in the Arabic sense by Oriental Jews and then picked up by Ashkenazi Jews in the mistaken belief that it derived from the English word. The supposed conflation in Hebrew between relatively mild English "maniac" and obscene Arabic manyak is intriguing, though I can't testify to the Hebrew usage. Translating manyak as "cocksucker" is at best arguable, Manyak (منيك) is a dialectal variant of the more standard manyuk, (منيوك), which literally translates as "fucked," and is indeed used to refer to a homosexual taking the passive role, while the feminine form manyuka is one of Arabic's several words for "whore," also giving rise to ibn manyuka (son of a whore) addressed to males. Though Skolnik's article doesn't seem to accept comment, the linguistics blog Language Hat linked to the post and has a vigorous comments thread now up to 34, many dealing with the manyak/maniac conflation. I also have to take exception, despite it involving even more offensive language, to Skolnik's comment: In actual fact, despite the Arabic origin of the Hebrew word, it is precisely the English “cunt” or “pussy” that is the real inspiration, as Arabs do not habitually talk about women the way Westerners do. This royally misses the point. The fact that "Arabs do not habitually talk that way" means that when they do, watch out. Kuss ummak, or in Palestinian and Hebrew pronunciation, Kuss immak (كس أمك) and its variants are the strongest Arabic obscenity, at least in general use. (I warned you the language was strong.) If "your mother's cunt" is coarse and offensive in English, it is vastly more so in Arabic, intentionally so, and makes "fuck you" sound tame and limp, though it fills a similar semantic role. But it is a native Arabic usage of long standing, and intended to be as obscene a possible. (Hebrew has other equivalents to "fuck you," including the purely [or impurely?] Hebrew lech li-hizdayen, also noted by Skolnik, which is literally "go fuck yourself.") (Hizdayen and its cognates are another story, and produced a wondrously funny Menachem Begin anecdote from Amos Oz, but that's a tale for another day.) The taboo doesn't originate in English, as Skolnik suggests, and while it certainly is equivalent to "cunt" and stronger than "pussy," (speaking in American terms; Brits use the "c-word" more liberally and apply it to males), it's a Classical Arabic (and I think is used in the 1001 Nights though I can't find it just now, though I think etymologically Persian in origin) word. Skolnik is way off base here. Patriarchal societies consider attacking one's mother far more offensive than attacking the individual. Both Spanish (Iberian and American, though using multiple different verbs) and Chinese consider "Fuck your Mother" the standard insult, as Arabic does with the Kuss insults. (It has even gotten to the point where some Arabs simply use Kuss umm as equivalent to English "fuck," leading to phrases like Kuss umm al-hukuma, essentially "Fuck the Government," though the government presumably lacks a vagina.) If that isn't intense enough, other female relatives starting with your sister, grandmother, etc. can be used for escalation. But at least given the weakening of taboos and ubiquity of "fuck" in English media, kuss ummak is far more offensive. Hebrew has, if anything, defined the term down from its Arabic offensiveness. (The American "motherfucker," originally black, has also become common if taboo, and is somewhere in the same semantic register.) Actress Natalie Portman once used Kuss immak on US TV, calling it "a curse word that is also humorous. That is priceless." Israelis may find it humorous. (And "vagina" is a euphemism, but it was TV.) Arabs will find it fighting words. Labels: Arabic language, Hebrew language, profanity, sex and sexuality Khaled Diab for Al Jazeera Notes Closing of Cafe Riche I recently noted the closing, perhaps permanent, of Cairo's famous Cafe Riche. Now Khaled Diab has a lengthy piece for Al Jazeera: "A cultural shift as iconic Cairo cafe closes." Labels: Bars, Cairo, Cairo History Series Apparently Neo-Ottomanism Isn't Limited to Erdoğan, and Other Talk of Empires Past and Future When the New Zealander/adoptive British Imperial apologist J.B. Kelly, author of Arabia, the Gulf and the West, and other works died in 2009, I called him "the last Imperial Briton" and treated him as an anachronism. But even then, American neocons were exulting in an American neo-imperialism of sorts, and one was already hearing revisionist historians like Niall Ferguson in his books Colossus and Empire seemingly yearning for the good old Empire days. Now, much of the world will be surprised to learn that most Americans don't see ourselves as an imperialist people. Perhaps back in the days of Teddy Roosevelt and Alfred Thayer Mahan, but not today. We rationalize our global ambitions as bringing stability, order, and democracy, as France once rationalized its Empire as la mission civilisatrice. But nostalgia for the Ottoman Empire is still, for the most part, limited to right-wing Turkish nationalists and to "Neo-Ottomanist" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. At least until now. Robert D. Kaplan's piece at Foreign Policy, "It's Time to Bring Imperialism Back to the Middle East," actually goes there. Kaplan has written a number of popular works. I never read his Balkan Ghosts so i won't comment on it here. I must confess that his Arabists: the Romance of an American Elite annoyed me, though giving the pleasure one gets from yelling at a book as one reads it, Since it dealt with many friends, teachers, mentors, colleagues, and former bosses (some of whom weren't even technically Arabists as they didn't know the language), I read it a least twice.. (The cover shows the late Talcott Seelye, Ambassador to Syria and Tunisia, whom I was lucky enough to know well and whose daughter Kate is now my colleague as Senior Vice President of MEI.) So I admit to some bias in judging Kaplan's arguments because, to use the academic terms, I consider them dangerous imperialist bullshit. Read it for yourself. His conclusion: Thus, the near-term and perhaps middle-term future of the Middle East will likely be grim. The Sunni Islamic State will now fight Iran’s Shiite militias, just as Saddam’s Sunni Iraq fought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s Shiite Iran in the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran War. That war, going on as long as it did, represented in part the deliberate decision of the Reagan administration not to intervene — another example of weak imperial authority, though a successful one, since it allowed Reagan to concentrate on Europe and help end the Cold War. Back then it was states at war; now it is sub-states. Imperialism bestowed order, however retrograde it may have been. The challenge now is less to establish democracy than to reestablish order. For without order, there is no freedom for anyone. Ah, yes, Ordnung supersedes democracy, human rights, and other frills. Notice how it's more sinister if I use the German word? I wonder why that is? While Kaplan doesn't urge a reestablishment of the Ottoman Empire in its original form, I rather expect he's going to have some 'splainin' to do with his Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian friends, if he has some. In another area, the current anti-Iran hysteria in the US, Israel, and the Gulf Arab states has led to much talk about Iran pursuing a "new Persian Empire," Professor Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies at Columbia University takes this apart very nicely at Al Jazeera in "Persian Empire, Anyone?" I truly believe the age of empires is gone. We may have a (I believe false) nostalgia, for a (falsely?) remembered stability, and no one prefers the barbarity of ISIS, but Kaplan's solution is to treasure an anachronism. Labels: nostalgia, Ottoman Empire Three-Day Holiday Weekend Today is the Memorial Day holiday in the US. Regular blogging resumes tomorrow. The Ironies of ISIS at Palmyra: What would Zenobia Say? Zenobia As I have said many times, expressions of concern over ISIS' destruction of antiquities in no way is intended to underplay or undervalue their toll in human lives; on the contrary, the concerns over their destruction of heritage sites help generate attention to the human toll. A denarius of Zenobia There is an irony in the Islamic State's latest conquest: that a movement not known for its respect for women finds itself in possession of a site associated with one of the strongest female figures of antiquity. Second in fame only to Cleopatra (but unlike her, not in the shadow of a Caesar or an Antony), Queen Zenobia of Palmyra challenged Rome, ruled both the Levant and Egypt until he Emperor Aurelian brought her to heel. The Palmyrene Empire When her husband King Odenathus died in AD 267, she became Queen Regent for her minor son. She then proceeded to expel Rome from Egypt and invade Anatolia, ruling over a short-lived but extensive empire until defeated by Aurelian and carried off to Rome in 273. Renaissance interpretation by Michele Tosini She seems to have fascinated the Romans, and in subsequent centuries would inspire paintings, sculpture, novels, operas,and much romanticization of her story. In Arab tradition she is Zaynab and remembered in folklore. I thought the Renaissance Italian portrait by Michele Tosini at right, believed to be of Zenobia, would be particularly upsetting to ISIS, so I chose it. She was the last queen of Palmyra and ruled the city at the moment of its greatest splendor. She saw the very ruins ISIS threatens today before the city's fall. What, indeed, would she think of ISIS? Personal photos from a trip to Palmyra in 1972, over 40 years ago. I haven't been back since, having assumed it would always be there: Labels: ancient history, Roman Empire, Syria Egyptian Court Bans Internet Pornography. Yet Again. This Time Due to Alleged Friskiness at the Pyramids Egypt's Administrative Court has moved to ban pornographic sites on the Internet this week, (link is in Arabic; English summary here). This latest move should probably not be confused with a May 2009 ban on pornographic websites, nor with the state prosecutor's ban on such websites in 2012, nor with a separate case in the Morsi era that was adjourned, not to mention the fact that Egypt-based sites have long been illegal anyway. The latest rebanning of something already banned seems to be a feelgood response to public outrage at two reported cases of pornographic films being surreptitiously made at the pyramids. The first case erupted in March when a Russian couple apparently filmed a partially explicit video at the pyramids. Then at the beginning of May reports said that the Ministry of Antiquities had opened an investigation of reports that a porn star known as Carmen de Luz had posed for "indecent' pictures at the pyramids. She denied it, saying she visited the pyramids and posted modest pictures to Facebook, and a reading of the link suggests the Ministry is partly concerned that she was at the site after hours. Given the earlier Russian incident, the mere visit of a known porn star to the pyramids may trigger suspicion. Need I note that even the first incident and its resulting video were not posted on an Egyptian website and presumably were already banned under existing law? It's a good thing Egypt has solved all its problems of poverty, human rights, social violence, terrorism etc., and can now concentrate on the important stuff like pyramid porn, real or imagined. Meanwhile, tourists, please remember, if you feel like getting promiscuous at the pyramids or sexy at the Sphinx, don't film it or post it to the Internet. Labels: Egypt, sex and sexuality The Fall of Tadmur and the Threat to the Ruins of Palmyra The fall of the Syrian town of Tadmur, adjacent to the ruins of ancient Palmyra, to the Islamic State, has drawn much attention because of concern about the UNESCO World Heritage Site, in light of ISIS' destruction of antiquities in and around Mosul. The spectacular Roman-era ruins have been in danger in earlier rounds of fighting in the Syrian civil war, but the threat there was collateral damage, not deliberate destruction. Appalling as the threat to Palmyra is, some perspective is in order Tadmur is not a major town, except as a tourist site, though there are military bases nearby; it is not a major prize like Raqqa or Deir al-Zor, but the fame of the ruins and the recent fall of (the far more important) Ramadi in Iraq combine to create a sense of alarm in the media. I keep hearing that ISIS "now controls 50% of Syria." But it controls a lot of desert and few real population centers, and Tadmur doesn't change that. Labels: ISIS, Syria I'm still recovering from surgery 10 days ago and trying to get up to speed with both the Journal and the blog. Expect a more normal blogging pace soon. Labels: About the Blogger The Emad Shahin Death Sentence Emad Shahin Over the weekend Egypt indulged in another round of multiple death sentences, including some 106 people in a so-called prison break case and 16 people in an alleged espionage case. The former group includes ousted President Muhammad Morsi, and convicts him in a case dating from before his election to the Presidency. The second case is particularly outraging the scholarly community, as it includes a death sentence against Professor Emad Shahin, one of Egypt's most respected political scientists, normally based at AUC. Fortunately, the sentence against Shahin is in absentia, as he is currently here in Washington at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. A respected authority on political Islam and the Editor-in-Chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics. Though some Egyptian media accuse him of being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, studying a subject is not the same as supporting it. The court apparently accepted the charges without investigating the evidence; as Professor Shahin notes in a statement on his website, " two defendants sentenced to death today had already been dead and one has been in prison for the past 19 years." He has also given an interview with Al Jazeera about the case. Labels: Egypt Good News and Bad News on the Cairo Bar Scene: El-Horriya Still Going Strong, but Cafe Riche is Closed for Now, Perhaps for Good This blog has occasionally commented on the bar scene in Cairo, especially the baladi or local hangouts as opposed to those in five-star hotels. I bear both good news and bad news: El-Horriya is apparently going strong after 70 years, but the Cafe Riche, which goes back a century, is closed and unlikely to reopen. I imagine most people who know downtown Cairo will be familiar with both. CairoScene has a piece, "El-Horreya Cafe: 70 Years Strong," dealing with the enduring coffeehouse/bar off Midan Falaky in the Bab al-Luq neighborhood. Always a sort of cross between a classic qahwa with men playing chess or backgammoin over tea or coffee, and a bar inside,Though the story throws in words like "infamous" and "notorious," those aren't really deserved unless you're a temperance campaigner. Centrally located not far from Tahrir Square and the old downtown campus of AUC, it has long been a place that cut across divides of class. They interview a barman who has worked there since the 1960s. According to a 2010 story in Egypt Independent, the bar closed for several months that year for renovation, including a new paint job, but it doesn't sound like it spoiled the place. But the news is not so good about an even older and more famous venue. After the death of its owner, the Cafe Riche has closed, and may never reopen. The legendary cafe and bar, which in recent years has been selling its legend, is a few doors south of Midan Tal‘at Harb on the street of the same name, deep in the beating heart of downtown Cairo. In 2011 I posted about the Riche: "Cairo's Cafe Riche: a Classic or Living Off its Reputation?" When I first lived in Egypt under Sadat in the 1970s, it was more or less a daily hangout. On multiple visits in the 1980s, I stopped by whenever possible. It suffered serious damage in the devastating 1992 Cairo earthquake and was, I believe, closed for much of the 1990s. The Riche I knew was an egalitarian, welcoming place. Literary types and intellectuals rubbed elbows with students and workers, as well as backpacking tourists. I haven't seen the reopened post-earthquake version, which reviews say capitalizes on its historical reputation (the Free Officers, .Naguib Mahfouz, etc.) and was selective in its clientele. My 2011 post linked above, a great piece in The Economist the same year (unsigned but probably by Max Rodenbeck) and the Ahram Online piece linked above all allude to the changes that have occurred. My Riche from the 70s and 80s had put on airs. The Ahram article holds out some hope that developers will acquire and reopen the Riche, but in the wake of its owner's death and uncertainty about its ownership, it's closed for now. Even if it is resurrected, it will probably resemble the post-earthquake version rather than the glory days. Labels: Bars, Cairo, Cairo History Series, Egypt Bibliographica Iranica Bibliographia Iranica describes itself as "a predominantly bibliographic blog for Iranian Studies." It seems to have a strong (but not exclusive) focus on pre-Islamic Iran, both historical and linguistic, and on Zoroastrian studies, though some of the works deal with later periods, It appears to be a great resource for those fields. Labels: ancient Persia, Iran Nakba Day Today is May 15, the date traditionally marked by Palestinians as Nakba Day, coinciding with the end of the Palestine Mandate on May 15 and the Israeli Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948, Israel celebrates its independence day according to the Jewish calendar date, so the two rarely coincide. More posts coming soon; I'm still recovering. Labels: 1948, Israel, Palestine The Mulid of Sayyida Zaynab The mulid (celebration of a saint's birthday) of Sayyid Zaynab, the Prophet's granddaughter and one of he patron saints of Cairo, was this week, and Daily News Egypt has a photo gallery. Sayyida Zaynab's is probably the largest nd most colorful of the Cairo mulids, centered around the neighborhood around the mosque where she is buried. (She is also buried in a town south of Damascus, but she is a saint and the Prophet's granddaughter, and miracles happen.) One of the legacies of the Fatimid era in Egypt is the fact that several of Cairo's patron saints are actually ‘Alids, including Imam Hussein, Sayyida Zaynab and Sayyida Nafisa, though Egypt's few Shi‘ites are usually not allowed to conduct separate ceremonies, and the people celebrating the mulid are Sunni. (Another Cairo saint with a big mulid, Imam al-Shafi‘i, was a Sunni, but a legal scholar who didn't much approve of venerating saints. Now he is one.) Islamists frown on mulids as saint-worship, and during the swine flu hysteria of 2009 there was an attempt to ban public celebrations of mulids, but they remain a popular event, part festival, part carnival, part religious devotion; the Sufi orders come out in force, but so do hucksters, vendors, fortune-tellers and what-not. Go take a look at the photo essay if you can't get to any mulids in person. Labels: Cairo, Egypt, holidays Kenan Evren, 1917-2015 I'm very much still recovering from my surgery and have not yet resumed work, nor is this a resumption of blogging at the full old pace. But I thought I should note the passing on May 9 of former Turkish President Kenan Evren at the venerable age of 97. Evren led the 1980 coup and headed the military junta that followed. The coup was sparked by a period of political violence and anarchy, but the period of Evren's military rule responded with harsh repression and a suspension of political rights. After writing a new, more restrictive constitution, Evren was elected President in 1982, serving until 1989. Though the Turkish military would continue to wield its power to put pressure on political leaders throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, it never again assumed direct military rule. In 2012 Evren was brought to trial for the 1980 coup and in 2014 sentenced to life imprisonment, but died hospitalized due to extreme age and illness. Labels: obituaries, Turkey A Short Medical Hiatus Tomorrow I am undergoing surgery that I have put off for years. If there are no complications I should be home quickly but out of commission for a few days at least. After my hip surgery in 2010 I discovered that strong painkillers do not mix well with blogging in coherent English, so blogging will be light or nonexistent for however long that is. I hope only a few days, but I'll be working from home when I do resume. Inshallah I'll be back here soon. Houthi/Saudi Escalation, North and South The Saudi-Houthi conflict in Yemen has been escalating, showing signs of tuning into a ground war at both the northern and southern extremes of the country. In the south, where troops loyal to the former Yemeni government are fighting to keep the Houthis out of Aden, there were reports last week of some Saudi ground forces, though perhaps only special forces, and that Sudan and Senegal had agreed to send ground forces. These could substitute for the troops Pakistan refused to provide, but like the Pakistanis could be a two-edged sword, seen by many anti-Houthi Yemenis as foreign mercenaries. Meanwhile, on the northern frontier, border clashes have increased, and now the Houthis have reportedly fired mortars into civilian areas of the border town of Najran. Najran is a substantial town and provincial capital, and while the Saudis have confirmed some of their border guards have been killed, there are also reports of civilian casualties. Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Egyptian Army learned some harsh lessons about getting involved in a ground war in a Yemeni civil war, but the Saudi/Gulf intervention is threatening to enter a ground war phase, Labels: Houthis, Saudi Arabia, Yemen At Last Possible Moment, Netanyahu Gets Narrowest Possible Government Just an hour and a half before the clock was to run out at midnight Israel time, Binyamin Netanyahu was able to notify President Reuven Rivlin that he had succeeded in forming a government. The last minute deal, in doubt after Avigdor Lieberman balked at joining several days ago, is the narrowest possible majority, 61 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. It will be fragile and the member parties will be able to threaten to bring it down over any disagreement. It is arguably the most undiluted right-wing coalition yet, but also the weakest possible. Likud won its victory by taking votes from its allied parties on the right, but they have had their revenge of sorts, by hard-bargaining for key portfolios, leaving Likud somewhat underrepresented in a Cabinet it leads. The exact details of the final deal with Naftali Bennett's HaBayit HaYehudi will not be finalized until next week. Labels: Israel, Israeli politics, Netanyahu May 5, 1915: The ANZACs First Meet "Beachy Bill" Soldiers like to name things on their battlefields. Not with the mapmaker's dry names like "Hill 904," either. The American Civil War was fought in a country full of cornfields, peach orchards, roads and ponds, but by its end "The cornfield" was at Antietam, as was the Sunken Road (also called Bloody Lane as Fredericksburg already had a sunken road), "The peach orchard" was at Gettysburg, as was Devil's Den, Little Round Top, etc., and Shiloh had the Bloody Pond. The ANZACs who found themselves ashore at Gallipoli on April 25 soon realized that they were unable to get beyond the landing beaches due to strong Turkish positions on the ridgeline above, and they were subjected to constant shelling from artillery beyond the protective ridge. Some ANZAC names (Wikipedia) Stuck as sitting targets below, they named the hills and natural features around them. There were Gun Ridge, Battleship Hill, Baby 700, the Sphinx (remember they'd trained by the Sphinx) the Nek (an Afrikaans word, probably named by a Boer War veteran), and so on. One of the landing beaches was named Brighton Beach, presumably ironically. One such named location was "the Olive Grove," in a plain near Gaba Tepe, where a well-concealed Turkish artillery position was set up in a place from which it had a clear view of the ANZAC beaches. It could shell the beachhead at will and regularly did so, also dropping shells and shrapnel offshore where the ANZAC troops regularly swam to escape the heat of the Aegean summer. The Olive Grove position first came into action 100 years ago today. It would be a persistent threat to the beachhead right up to withdrawal months later, which took place under its gunnery. The Australian and New Zealand troops not only named the Olive Grove, they named the gun. They called it "Beachy Bill." According to the Australian National University website, "Glossary of Slang and Peculiar Terms in Use in the A.I.F": Beachy Bill The Turkish guns emplaced in the Olive Grove (Gallipoli) which caused considerable casualties at Anzac, mostly on the beaches. World War I. 1915 (Partridge). Attested in F&G and Partridge. While Partridge does not note this as specifically Australian, ‘Beachy Bill’ clearly has special relevance to the Australian experience of the war. There’s a certain darned nuisance called ‘Beachy,’ Whose shells are exceedingly screechy; But we’re keeping the score, And we’re after your gore – So look out, ‘Beachy Bill,’ when we meet ye. 1916 ANZAC Book, p. 96. They never got to meet him up close, but certainly felt his presence. (They speak generally of a single gun, though other guns in the vicinity contributed.) "Beachy" presumably refers to its threat to, and nearness to, the beaches. From a Turkish website about Gallipoli, quoting a British source: According to the unknown author of a 1917 publication, The Story of the Anzacs, ‘ On an average, “Beachy “ is said to have accounted for twelve men a day.’ Whether ‘ accounted for’ meant killed or killed and wounded is not clear; but an average of twelve men a day over eight months, added to nearly 3,000 casualties, which was not a bad score even if it included wounded. B Depot made its contribution, most of the casualties being amongst the infantry fatigue parties who were men ‘resting’ from the front line. "These Things Happened", (Melbourne 1975), F.F. Knight, p. 147 According to a letter to the Editor of the Western Mail (Perth), Thursday 28 December 1933, page 2, as cited by the Australian Light Horse Studies Centre, they tried quite hard to silence the position, including naval shelling. (The writer refers to the "Olive Grove" as the "Orange Grove," perhaps due to a trick of memory:) Unless Australian soldiers' vocabulary has changed dramatically in 100 years, which I rather doubt, I would assume that "was seldom referred to in complimentary terms" probably means the name was usually preceded by some rather pungent adjectives particularly popular down under. Particularly the one beginning in "f" and ending in "ucking." (I believe someone once called it "the great Australian adjective," though it's hardly unfamiliar to Brits and Amricans.) The Australian War Museum has a sketch, "View Southward from Anzac Position to Olive Groves" that shows the position with the Kilid Bahr ridge rising behind. The artillery concealed in the grove could shell the beach: Perhaps easier to read with the contrast sharpened: The 7th Light Horse Regiment revisited the battlefield in 1918 after serving in Gallipoli and Palestine, and the Australian Light Horse Studies Centre offers an excerpt from their official history about the Olive Grove and Beachy Bill: Lieutenant Colonel John Dalzell Richardson produced a unit history published in 1919 called The History of the 7th Light Horse Regiment AIF which included a section specifically related to the battle of Beersheba and is extracted below. Richardson, JD, The History of the 7th Light Horse Regiment AIF, Sydney, 1919, pp. 107 - 113: CHAPTER VII. THE OLD BATTLE-FIELDS . . . The hill system of Anzac, which culminates in the height of Chunuk Bair to the north, slopes gradually downwards in undulating ridges almost to sea level at Cape Helles-the height of Achi Baba being the one outstanding feature, not far from the village of Krithia. But between the village of Maidos on the Straits and the headland of Gaba Tepe lies a level plain of no great width, and on the side farthest from Anzac is the famous "Olive Grove," from which Beachy Bill used to fire with such deadly results. The enemy position, known as Pine Ridge, on the right flank, looks down on this plain, and the gully held by the Turks at the eastern end of Lone Pine opens into it. If this gully and the ridge beyond, as well as Pine Ridge, could have been taken, the valley would have been open for an advance at any time as far as the Kilid Bahr Plateau without any natural obstacle. Finally, a modern photo of the former site of a gun emplacement at the Olive Grove: Labels: ANZACs, Australia, First World War, Ottoman Empire, Turkey For Cinco de Mayo, Remember the Egyptian Troops in Maximilian's Mexico Today is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday more widely celebrated in the United States as an excuse to drink Mexican beer, than it is in Mexico, where it's mostly confined to the state of Puebla. (I can't partake this year as I'm having surgery later this week and must avoid alcohol.) It commemorates a Mexican victory over the French in 1862. The French, however, came back stronger and eventually installed the Emperor Maximilian. And that gives me an excuse to bring up once again the little-known subject of my 2012 post: "A Sudanese-Egyptian Battalion in Maximilian's Mexico." I repeat the original post here: The caption on the illustration of military uniforms above, left, though it may be difficult to read, says "Egyptian Battalion in Mexico 1863-1867." This has to be one of the more curious expeditions in the history of European colonialism. The strange French adventure in Mexico during the American Civil War, in which Louis Napoleon installed a Hapsburg Prince, Maximilian, as Emperor of Mexico, is a strange interlude, one that ended badly for Maximilian (in the firing squad sense of "badly"). Benito Juarez and Mexican Revolutionaries on the one hand, and the United States on the other (which, once the Civil War ended, decided to enforce the Monroe Doctrine and get rid of a European Emperor in Mexico) spelled the end of the strange adventure. But if a Hapsburg Emperor of Mexico installed by a Bonaparte wasn't strange enough, part of Maximilian's Army was a battalion of Egyptian troops (mostly Sudanese enlisted men with Egyptian officers), the bright idea of someone who thought Sudanese troops would be more easily acclimated to the Mexican heat than Frenchmen. Said Pasha, Wali of Egypt 1854-1863 The Egyptian Wali Said Pasha agreed to provide an "Auxiliary Battalion" of 447 men in four companies. They sailed from Alexandria on January 9, 1863, aboard the troopship Seine. Said Pasha died nine days later, succeeded as Wali by his nephew Ismail. (The title Khedive, though in popular use, was not officially recognized by the Ottoman Sultan until 1867.) Arrival in Veracruz The expedition suffered severely from disease en route: a typhus outbreak aboard ship, a yellow fever outbreak after arrival in Veracruz, that killed the commanding officer, and other bouts with dysentery and pulmonary diseases. The force did see action against the Juaristas, and their French commander is said to have remarked that they fought like lions. The French used some Algerian troops as translators. The Egyptian Battalion Arrives in Paris In 1867, the 326 survivors of the Egyptian battalion sailed from Mexico after the fall of Maximilian. Louis Napoleon reviewed them in Paris before their return to Egypt. Accounts of the Egyptian battalion here and here; a contemporary New York Times report here. Labels: Egypt, Mexico, Sudan Does Not Compute: Hizbullah Swimsuit? At first I thought this must be some kind of kinky hipster chic (it even looks like the mannikin has nipples), but it has been pointed out to me that Lebanon has some all-female beaches and one is even known as the "Hizbullah beach," Who knew? Labels: Hizbullah, humor, Lebanon Saudis Restructure Aramco, Separate it from Oil Ministry Saudi Arabia continue to make changes announcing it is restructuring Saudi Aramco and making it more independent of the Oil Ministry. As you'll see at the link, some are speculating that King Salman may be positioning his son ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Salman, who is Deputy Oil Minister, may be positioning him to succeed oil Minister ‘Ali Na‘imi, who is bout 80. The job is usually held by a technocrat, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Salman has held positions in the ministry for years. A lot of analysis of this week's reshuffles has centered on talk about family factionalism, a "Sudeiri coup," and the like. I have long felt there are three rules for understanding Saudi Arabia: Those who talk about the internal dynamics of the family don't know. Those who know, conversely, don't talk. The king is a real King, not a constitutional monarch, and can do what he wants. Labels: Saudi Arabia Aww, Poor Things: Daily Mail Laments Plight of Vac... May 1915: "Go and Run Amuck in the Marmara": The A... Linguistic Notes II: An Extremely Early Arabic Ins... Khaled Diab for Al Jazeera Notes Closing of Cafe R... Apparently Neo-Ottomanism Isn't Limited to Erdoğan... The Ironies of ISIS at Palmyra: What would Zenobia... Egyptian Court Bans Internet Pornography. Yet Agai... The Fall of Tadmur and the Threat to the Ruins of ... 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__label__cc	0.689121	0.310879	OUCC News 14th June 1995 Volume 5, Number 16 DTT Volume 5 index DTT Main Index OUCC Home Page I have just been sent the new OUCC key to Draenen. The conditions for use are roughly as follows. You have to contact Tim Long at least two days before you plan to go, and get permission. This is usually a formality, but sometimes the MCC do restrict access (weekend of June 24th, for instance, it looks like we aren't allowed in because of the Cavers' Fair). Parties are restricted to 6, and the cave is not regarded as suitable for novices. You must sign in the book on entry, and sign out on exit. The lock may be changed without notice, and if it is then we lose the key (and the deposit). The key belongs to MCC, and they can recall it if anyone misbehaves... Other courtesies are important as well. If you plan to "work" there, make sure people in MCC know where and why and when and what with. If you find something (new passage, or a bat), let Tim Long know within a few days. Anything you explore, you must survey to Grade 3 at least, and send Tim the survey notes. Get stuck in: Draenen is about to overtake Daren in length... Spain '95 The van will be leaving on Wednesday 28th, two weeks to go. If you are planning on coming in the van can you get a cheque to Urs (OUCC Boca Del Joon Exp. 1995) for £75 each way a.s.a.p.? The ferry is booked from Newhaven at 22:30 but those travelling in the van should meet at the hut at midday. If you're flying out, or want stuff taken out in the van, leave it CLEARLY LABELLED in the hut. The van will be packed on Monday 26th. Can all those who can help meet at the hut from 10:30 onwards? Ta, There's a possibility that the University has a cheap insurance scheme for members but (and Dave is finding this out) it is not known if the cover is adequate. So can people please get a cheque to Urs for the BCRA insurance cost according to the table below a.s.a.p. and then if the University scheme does prove O.K. you'll get money back? You also need to tell Dave the dates that you'll be out of the UK for, and coutries to be visited if this is non-standard. Days out of UK non-BRCA BCRA up to 8 23.80 19.50 9-17 36.75 30.00 18-25 44.10 37.30 If you are not a member of the BCRA and would like to join then it costs £18 plus £3 registration fee. As well as cheaper insurance it entitles you to cheaper admission at the conference, a years subscription to Caves and Caving, and Cave and Karst Science, and is thus a good thing. You need to tell Dave your full name and address (for publications) and add the cost onto your cheque and Dave should do the rest. If you are a member, remember to renew your membership a.s.a.p. and let Dave know your membership number. I hope this all makes sense, speak to Dave (01865 60132) if you want to know more (or about policy details). Gear Order Thanks to all those who helped out at gear mending on Saturday. It was a great success and a lot of work got done. Thanks too to Sharon and Urs for fixing the Force Tens and Slugs respectively. The rest of the gear order should be coming in this weekend so if people want their gear you'll have to make arrangements with me (james.hooper@ queens.ox.ac.uk, tel:01865 723057). James Hooper Expedition Party There will be a pre-expedition party this Saturday at Dave's house at 8pm. (26 Burchester Ave., Barton). Bring booze. (John will be buying barrels at the post 1km party so spend all your money now.) Dancing around a Maypole in St Giles The day after the Mendip practice rescue saw me, Alex and James wandering around St Giles (the Oxford Northern extensions in Draenen that is), armed with a maypole, and not a posh spring frock between us. We'd had a look first at an aven in Galeria Garim After doing a bit of taping along the Boulevard, we reached Peter Bolt's hole. It was about 4m up, & didn't look particularly inspiring. James fancied it though, & as soon as we had hoisted up the pole plus ladder, he was there. Well, I'm afraid to say Alex eventually reappeared at the bottom of the climb (which turned out to be 7m), and was characteristically up-beat about his find: "It's alright, but it's not quite head height in places. It carries on, though". So when James & I found ourselves surveying down the cascading streamway, it was a real pleasure. Every time we came to a side passage, a triangle was scratched and we carried on. With 150m in the book, the passage lowered to Breadfruit dimensions and sumped. Alas, it was 9pm on a Sunday night. Chris Densham I didn't go caving last weekend, but then that isn't to say that I didn't have anything to do with cavers... On Friday night, I arrived at New College School Gym intending to take part in the SRT rescue practise which had been organised. Instead I found that the plan had changed. We had been usurped by a bouncy castle and were to spend the evening fishing for bicycles in the Thames. Will, armed with rope, jammers and a pair of wellies, gained himself a bike, at the expense of someone who'd left theirs at the bottom of the Thames. While most of us enjoyed the spectacle, drank Guinness and listened to a band in what used to be the Queen's Arms, and is now an excellent Irish pub. Later as ever however we ended up drinking Vodka, and attempting to repeat OJ's "Sober Solo Naked Chair Squeeze," to his piano accompaniment... The next morning we met again, this time for the A.C. Irvine interviews. Strangely it seemed that apart from Iain, we all wear better clothes for SRT practice than we do for interviews. And as the candidates before us came out brushing down their blazers, James wonders if we can hide the least respectable of us (me??) behind Iain and Anita. When we enter the room however, we're welcomed by a hardy looking explorer in pink/orange* T-shirt and orange/denim* shorts (* delete according to memory/taste) and feel somewhat more at ease. After we've shared a bit of bullshit about C9's depth potential, and how we've given up on 2/7 (?), it was off to the hut for gear mending. This started off in very business like fashion but before long we'd found the cartons of wine. I don't remember too much of later that day, but I do remember Catherine's and Anita's bikes changing colour, as did Will and Urs's lips, and also the hut wall. Later on apparently we visited some pubs, but all I remember is a pool of Red Wine coloured vomit, in a gutter somewhere... On Sunday it was the much looked forward to punt party. Well done Tom for travelling all the way from Liverpool to spend 20 mins on the river getting rained upon. Thankfully James had organised a BarbeQue, and we all went back to his house to shelter from the Oxford summer weather. After all the organisation James had put into making the punt party a success, he'd not quite managed to book a few hours sunshine. Still it was good to see Tom, Phil and Ditta, and if all else fails you can always go to the Harcourt Arms... John "Sober as a ferret" Pybus	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line301
__label__wiki	0.528775	0.528775	Tag Archives: Fitness Clubs Steve Nash Clubs, YTV Stars and Toys “R” Us Join Forces to Provide Kids With Toys For the Holidays The cast of Some Assembly Required joins Nash team members for an in-store shopping spree to help Vancouver’s Salvation Army Art imitates life as the cast of YTV’s highly anticipated new sitcom Some Assembly Required, a show about kids running their own toy company from Thunderbird Films, takes over a Toys “R” Us store. The young stars are lending their support to Steve Nash Fitness Clubs in the kick-off for its Holiday Campaign to benefit the Vancouver Chapter of the Salvation Army in its Adopt-a-Family program. On Saturday, November 30th at 9:30am at the Coquitlam Toys ”R“ Us store, Steve Nash team members along with cast members Kolton Stewart, Charlie Storwick, Harrison Houde, Sydney Scotia, Dylan Playfair, Travis Turner and Ellie Harvie will be given $4,000 by the Steve Nash Fitness Clubs to shop for toys and necessities to ensure children in the community have a happy holiday. Toys “R” Us is helping by generously providing a discount to help purchase as many toys as possible. “We are very excited to have the cast of Some Assembly Required join our campaign this year. After hearing about the premise of the show, we knew it was a perfect fit – it’s like having our own personal ‘toy specialists’ to help,” says Brent Gaserowski, Nash Clubs Director of Marketing. “We value the work the Salvation Army does in our local communities and want to support what we feel is a wonderful and vital program for the Holiday Season. We are appreciative to have Toys “R” Us on board again this year and are grateful for the help from the Coquitlam store.” As part of the local Salvation Army’s Adopt-A-Family program, food and toys are packed up by volunteers in each community and given to families that are struggling this holiday season. Donation Bins will be set up in the Nash Clubs for the month of December and as well as on the set of Some Assembly Required for audience members attending the live shows who want to lend their support. The Salvation Army Vancouver Community and Family Services Executive Director, Major Russ Holland says, “Steve Nash Fitness Club is a champion in the communities to which they are a member of and we are so grateful for their dedication and support in providing hope for so many deserving families in need this holiday season.” The public are invited to come to Toys “R” Us in Coquitlam on November 30th at 9:30am to cheer on the cast and are encouraged to buy or bring a toy to contribute to the Toy Drive. For more information on how to be part of the Some Assembly Required live studio audience, go to someassemblylive@gmail.com. Filmed in Burnaby, British Columbia Canada, Some Assembly Required follows fourteen-year-old Jarvis Raines (Kolton Stewart) who ends up running Knickknack Toys after suing the toy company who produced a chemistry set he receives for Christmas destroys his house. Jarvis enlists the help of five friends and decides to prove to the world that he can not only run the company, but make it even better by creating the most amazing toys. Some Assembly Required premieres on YTV on Monday, January 6 at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT. Website: snclubs.com, YTV.com, thunderbird.tv Twitter: @SNSC, @someassemblytv, @YTV Facebook: Steve Nash Fitness Clubs, Some Assembly Required Lesley Diana – Founder, President and Publicist lesley@thepromotionpeople.ca This entry was posted in Some Assembly Required, Steve Nash and tagged 630 CHED, 99.3 The FOX, ABC Spark, Alexander Ovechkin, All-star, Andy Garcia, Athlete, Barack Obama, basketball, blog, blogger, Boys to the Bigs, Canada, Canadian, Charlie Storwick, CKNW AM 980, Community, Corus Entertainment, Cosmopolitan TV, Country 105, Crunchtime Films, Dan Signer, director, documentary, Donnelly Films, Doug Ellin, Dylan Playfair, Edge, Ellie Harvie, entertainment, Eric Staal, ESPN, Facebook, family, Fitness Clubs, founder, Harrison Houde, HBO, hockey, Kickstarter campaign, Kids Can Press, Kobe Bryant, Kolton Stewart, Leo Award, Lesley Diana, Major Russ Holland, marketing, Michael Hamilton, Movie Central, NBA, Nelvana, network, NHL, Nickelodeon, Oprah Winfrey, Owen Wilson, Philanthropist, PR, premiere, press, Public Relations, radio stations, Rogers, Ron Howard, Salvation Army, series, Sidney Crosby, SportsNet, Steve Nash, Stock Exchange, Sundance Channel, Sydney Scotia, television, The Journey, The Promotion People, Thunderbird, Toon Boom, Toronto, Toys R Us, Travis Turner, Treehouse, TSN, TV, Twitter, Vancouver, W Network, YouTube, YTV on November 26, 2013 by press.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line304
__label__cc	0.604101	0.395899	Summer Schedule 2019 Class Prices Kay Redford is the owner and director at PDC. She has been dancing since she was 2 years old and began her dance training where she grew up, in Connecticut. She started her training in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, pointe, hip hop and modern dance. Along the way, she trained at Dance Express of Tolland, UHartt Community Dance Divison, and North Carolina School of the Arts. She also competed for many years throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. After high school, she continued dancing in college, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and graduated with a BFA in dance performance and choreography. There, she trained with teachers such as Jan Van Dyke, BJ Sullivan, Duane Cyrus, John Gamble, Robin Gee, Jen Guy, Eluza Santos, Amy Love Beasley, Madeleine Reber, Amy Ginsburg, Nikki Juralewicz, Karla Finger Coghill, Brad Parquette, and many others. Her choreography was performed and adjudicated at the American College Dance Festival and in multiple UNCG student concerts. She also studied at ADF (American Dance Festival) for two summers and trained with many teachers, such as Gerri Houlihan, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Pam Pietro, David Brick, Yvonne Meyers, Ruth Andrien, Paul Matteson, Stuart Singer, Gwen Welliver, and others. She also did a Martha Graham intensive and studied under Marianne Bachman and Ellen Graff. Upon graduation, Miss Kay moved to Atlanta to teach and perform. While teaching at numerous studios in the area, she performed professionally with Gathering Wild Dance Company, SIDEWAYS Contemporary Dance Company, Ellisorous Rex and the Dance Machine, and Zoetic Dance Company. She eventually moved back to North Carolina with her husband, Colin to plant some roots. They had their daughter, Adelaide in August 2017. Kay has a love of dance, children, and teaching, and wants to help develop everyone’s love of dance. She is beyond excited about PDC, and can’t wait to see it continue to grow. Miss T. Tiana Sutton, aka “Miss T.” teaches the intermediate and advanced hip hop classes at PDC. Miss T. is a member of GenetiX Dance Crew, a hip hop dance team based out of Raleigh. “Dance is EVERYTHING to me, and I intend to teach my students just how powerful hip hop can be!” Miss Kimberly Miss Kimberly formally worked as a Quality Control Manager, in Program Management for an automotive company while living in Michigan with her family. As her children and their schedules grew, she transitioned into a home maker where she supported both of her daughters in competitive dance and her son in travel hockey. Miss Kimberly joins Pirouette Dance Company as an Office Assistant. She is excited to work with and support all of the great PDC families and dancers! Mama Stew Beth Stewart, aka “Mama Stew” is a recently retired music teacher from Tolland, CT. Beth has spent the past 38 years working as a music teacher, and raising talented and creative daughters. She has taught grades pre K-8 in the CT public school system; most recently serving as a middle school choral director. Beth is an experienced piano teacher and vocal instructor, and has had success in preparing students for regional auditions and competitions. She enjoys piano accompanying and has experience accompanying elementary, middle school and high school choirs and all types of soloists. Beth has also directed musicals, variety shows and theatre productions. Her hobbies include dog walking, playing bridge, yoga and reading. Beth is very excited to start a new chapter in her life as the Office Administrator at Pirouette Dance Company. SEO provided by Kevin Ekmark 201 Rosewood Centre Drive, Holly Springs, NC 27540; Owned & Directed by Kay Redford	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line305
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__label__cc	0.614123	0.385877	I previously worked in the import fashion business, but amid the frenzy of contemporary consumer society, I had a longstanding desire to produce things that would find a place in people’s hearts and stand the test of time. With this goal, I attended vocational school to learn jewelry design and creation, and while working at a jewelry design business, I encountered raden and urushi. The beauty of raden thrilled me the first time I saw it employed in a traditional craft piece. When I learned that the mysteriously radiant fragments set in the deep glossy black of urushi were lovingly polished bits of seashell, it made raden all the more enticing. Strongly driven to create jewelry using raden and urushi, I began receiving training at the studio of a traditional artisan, learned the basic techniques of urushi and raden craftsmanship, and began using these materials to create my own original jewelry. Through this jewelry, I hope to convey the beauty of urushi and raden to as many people as possible. My goal is for this jewelry to enrich the daily lives of those who wear it and to become treasured heirlooms that transcend the ravages of time. Creator profile: Keiko Ito(Japan Jewellery Designers Association Member) Graduated from the Department of Law, School of Law, Senshu University Worked in the apparel and publishing industries（until2000） Enrolled in the Career College course at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry Worked at a jewelry design business (until 2010) Encountered works of traditional craftsmanship employing raden and urushi Raden and urushi jewelry won a prize in the Craft category at the Japan Jewellery Association (JJA) Jewellery Design Awards Business registration of “raden and urushi jewelry” Launched line of raden and urushi wedding rings in collaboration with a jewelry manufacturer Moved an atelier and office to Yushima,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo © 2018 Peerless. All rights reserved	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line311
__label__cc	0.53962	0.46038	Home» Commentary » Sientra (SIEN): Short-term Hold Sientra (SIEN): Short-term Hold Posted on November 1, 2015 by PennyStockHaven in Commentary, Stock Picks Congratulations to everyone who’s followed our alert on SIEN Up to 15% in a matter of a few days – can you find a better trade from an entire Nasdaq? SIEN – we re-enter into at mid-day on Friday for a “hold” for a month or a few. Good reading: Sientra sends letter to surgeons about breast implant production Sientra CEO Hani Zeini issued a letter to plastic surgeons Oct. 30 outlining what the Goleta-based breast implant manufacturer needs to do to restart production at its plant in Brazil. Zeini also implied in the letter that the Food and Drug Administration is going to make a decision regarding Sientra products, which is something that previously had not been announced. Sientra shares nosedived on Sept. 24 from $20.58 to $9.70 after British regulators found breast, pectoral, calf and other implants contaminated by particles of silica and cotton at the Rio de Janeiro factory of Sientra’s manufacturer, Silimed. Sales of Silimed products were quickly suspended in Europe, Australia and Brazil. Sientra voluntarily stopped selling products in the U.S. on Oct. 9 but has maintained its products are safe. On Oct. 22, a fire broke out at Silimed’s factory. The fire happened in a building known as F-2, which is also where Sientra breast implants are made. Zeini said in the letter that it will be possible to restart production but significant renovations to a much smaller building not impacted by the fire will be needed. “In order to begin the manufacturing of breast implants in this second building, certain areas in this facility would need to be reconfigured and receive certification and approval by appropriate regulatory bodies,” Zeini said in the letter. “We are currently working with Silimed to assess the feasibility and timing of such a plan.” In a conference call with investors, analysts and reporters on Oct. 28, Zeini said Sientra has about a year’s supply of breast implants in stock. In the letter, Zeini said Sientra continues to test its products and hopes to get those products back on the market fairly soon. Internal testing of Sientra products for the particles of silica and cotton should be presented to the FDA by the end of 2015, the letter said. Zeini also implied in the letter that the FDA will make a final ruling on whether Sientra breast implants should remain off the market or if they are safe enough for plastic surgeons to start using again. “Our expectation is that results of the tests along with our ongoing review will allow us to identify the steps required to provide (plastic surgeons) with our products, following consultation with and concurrence from the FDA,” Zeini said in the letter. “As you would expect, we have been in continuous communication with the FDA but we cannot and will not speculate on the timing or outcome of FDA’s decision.” The FDA still has taken no official action in the matter but instead has been working with Sientra and Silimed. In a statement the FDA issued to the Business Times on Oct. 16, the FDA reiterated Sientra products were safe, but the agency recommends not implanting the devices until the FDA completes a review of the matter. “The FDA is not aware of any adverse patient events related to the current matter under investigation,” the FDA told the Business Times in a statement on Oct. 16. “We concur with Sientra’s recommendations to take a cautionary approach until more is known and we are actively working with the company and other international regulators to investigate the issue.” • Contact Philip Joens at pjoens@pacbiztimes.com From Sientra’s (SIEN) 8-K filing from October 30th, 2015: We continue to be well funded with a cash and cash equivalents balance of $148.9 million as of September 30, 2015. Earlier this week we paid in full our term loans totaling $24.5 million, and as a result the company has no outstanding debt obligations. I want to end this communication with heartfelt gratitude to all of our surgeons who I personally met with last week during ASPS in Boston and who I have been communicating with regularly. Thank you for your continued support and words of encouragement during these challenging times. Our commitment to board-certified plastic surgeons is unwavering and we promise to double and triple our efforts to earn the privilege of your business as soon as we resolve this matter and are back in a position to offer you our differentiated value proposition and the unparalleled level of service, clinical transparency and evidence-based promotion you expect from us. Thank you for the understanding and patience throughout this process which are deeply appreciated by everyone in our Sientra community. 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__label__cc	0.613206	0.386794	This blog often targets the fetid management of the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) and unfortunately there is rarely a shortage of material for us to assail Marcia Mayeda, the agency’s uninspired and myopic head. Mayeda’s mismanagement of the DACC has led to the implementation of poorly conceived policies which have caused countless thousand of wanted pets to be needlessly killed in her ‘shelters’. However many of the most shortsighted DACC regulations have come as knee-jerk reactions to the misguided and sometimes unethical actions of a small minority of those of us who call ourselves rescuers. Several years ago a rabbit rescue authorized someone to go to the Carson shelter and pick up a blind senior Pit Bull named Buck from the Carson shelter. Buck had a considerable amount of money pledged to save him. A few weeks later Buck was found dead in Compton. There are conflicting reports as to who exactly was responsible for Buck’s being dead. but as a result the DACC revoked its “one time pull” policy and rescues could no longer send transporters who were not on their pull lists to pick up shelter pets . This had the unintended, but nonetheless real effect of causing many legitimate rescues to scale back their efforts at shelters that weren’t close to their central operations – and many dogs from Lancaster were consequently ignored by the a large percentage of Los Angeles based rescues. What is disturbing to me is that over the past several weeks, I have received reports about a so called rescue group pulling pets from several Southern California shelters who had considerable pledge dowries and then dumping them in other shelters. Sources at Los Angeles City’s Harbor Shelter have confirmed that they have received more than thirty dogs from this so called rescue group, and Long Beach has banned the group from dumping any more cats at their shelter. Meanwhile a lady with cancer recently offered this same rescue group one thousand dollars if they would rehome her beloved pit bull because she could no longer take care of the dog. The woman had been attracted to the rescue’s website because it had a picture of Demi Moore posing with one of this rescue’s dogs. This unethical group took the lady’s money and then drove the dog to the Carson shelter and dumped her. Happily my friends and I were able to somewhat mitigate the damage and pull the dog from Carson – but this does not obviate the fact that there are unscrupulous people posing as rescuers – and these people not only give us all bad names – they cause the DACC to adapt even more draconian rescue policies that effect and hobble us all. We rescuers need to internally police ourselves. One way we can achieve this is to discourage people from pledging money for individual pets. Most pets, except those with medical needs or pets being transported to out of the area locations, do not need pledges. Rescues have kenneling and maintenance expenses, and need donations, but people offering pledge money deserve the right to know exactly what their money is being used for. Meanwhile shelter systems need to establish better communication not only with each other, but within the rescue community itself. We cannot continue to let unscrupulous people pollute the waters for all of us… because as we all know somewhere in Long Beach there is a morally bankrupt bureaucrat frothing at the mouth to overreact and use this as an excuse to make things even more difficult for all of us to save pets. Downey and Baldwin Park Pets Need Your Help! The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control issued a revised “Adoption Partner Program” last week and although Marcia Mayeda’s inept department managed to finally get a few things right for which they deserve a modicum of credit, they by and large failed as the agency seemingly cannot get it through their incredibly dense bureaucratic skulls that rescue is a collaborative effort of many people working together rather than individuals operating in a vacuum. Since it is so rare that the DACC does anything right , I would like to start off by lauding Mayeda and company for giving priority to individual adopters rather than rescues. Rescues and transporters should not be able to snatch up every fluffy dog and cute puppy before the general public gets an opportunity to adopt. Although 95 percent of the rescues are run at an economic loss, as the rescues have huge veterinary bills to pay, many rescues in essence sell their rescued pets who they get for free (as long as the ASPCA subsidy holds out) to the public for upwards of $400. The public deserves the right to adopt highly sought after dogs. Beyond that the DACC is still clinging to failed policies that only lead to higher euthanasia rates. The DACC is still insisting that their adoption partners “Only place animals adopted under the AP program into private homes and not transfer them to other rescue groups without (sic) DACC’s advance authorization.” This means, according to the myopic Mayeda regime, that my rescue cannot transfer a dog that would be a perfect for sniffing out peanuts and protecting children who otherwise might go into anaphylactic shock and die if they should come into contact with the substance – solely because the therapy dog trainers are in Colorado and aren’t DACC adoption partners. Of course, like virtually everything the DACC does, there is a loophole and the DACC cannot prevent me from outright adopting a pet to another rescue as a private adopter, rather than doing a rescue to rescue transfer – thereby thwarting their poorly conceived policy. The DACC is still maintaining that it will temperament test dogs based on the pet’s breed or previous behavior before releasing the dog to rescues. If the dog should fail the temperament test the DACC will issue an indemnification waiver for the pet which the head of the rescue must sign. Since the DACC does not have a single qualified dog behaviorist on its payroll there is not one person at the agency qualified to correctly administer a temperament test. Furthermore since the individual shelters are all understaffed (much of this due to Mayeda’s keeping many of her animal control officers doing menial work at DACC headquarters such as having an ACO2 animal control officer as her secretary rather than working in the shelters) temperament tests often take over a week to administer. During much of the year at Mayeda’s high intake shelters this means that these wanted dogs just take up kennel space that could be used to provide shelter for incoming pets. As a result each day these dogs wait for their poorly administered temp tests, as many as five anonymous dogs will die per day waiting for the DACC to get around to issuing the waiver. The logical and more effective alternative to the DACC’s policy is to make all rescues sign an indemnification waiver and release of liability for all dogs they adopt – be they fluffy puppies or dominant breed dogs. The Hayden Act, a statewide law, does not give the DACC the right to turn down a rescue who wants a dog – and it is high time the DACC stopped started following the law rather than promulgating law on its own. Again the DACC is insisting that rescues send only a person from its pull list to pick up dogs rather than sending a designated person to provide transport. This makes it harder for rescue groups to cover more than one DACC shelter and punishes smaller rescues. Well run shelter systems including Riverside County, Long Beach and Ventura County – and even poorly run shelter systems like Los Angeles City accommodate their rescues and allow them to send representatives to pick up pets – and even make thing easier for the rescues by allowing them to call in their pulls and charge any fees to their credit cards. The DACC also announced that they now will grant rescues an appeal process should they be suspended. The hearing officer of course will be picked by the DACC and will an employee of the DACC. Given that the Mayeda run DACC is run on fear and intimidation there is virtually no chance that any Marcia Mayeda vassal is going to rule against her agency. The DACC exhibits unmitigated gall by calling rescues its “Adoption Partners”. The Mayeda led DACC operates in a vacuum far removed from any of its shelters and rescues and does not partner with anyone and if any of us are DACC partners we are “mushroom partners” – always kept in the dark and fed shit. The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control is responsible not only for sheltering animals but for making sure that pets are not mistreated in the communities the agency serves. Among the DACC’s duties is ensuring that hoarders are not allowed to amass large numbers of pets and keep them in squalid conditions. When complaints come in about hoarding situations, officers are supposed to be dispatched to the scene to impound the pets and bring them back to the shelters. A few weeks ago the DACC received reports that there were 50 Shih Tzus and Chihuahuas living in filth on a property located at 10337 R6 in Littlerock. The Lancaster shelter took its time going there, noticed the dogs, and ended up catching only one mom and her puppies. The other dogs were left behind – and it was left to a handful of rescuers to catch the remaining dogs. As of this writing at least 24 dogs who were in clear view of the Lancaster officers have been collected by the rescuers – dogs the DACC was too lazy bring in. Back in September of 2013, the Lancaster shelter received complaints about a trailer in the Golden Sands Trailer Park in Lancaster. They were told that there were sixty cats inside the trailer. An officer went there and discovered a crack pipe, seven cats, a strong aroma of urine and noted that it looked like a lot of cats had been there but had vacated. According to eye witnesses the alleged hoarder had been tipped off and had moved the cats to a trailer next door. The DACC did nothing. When follow up complaints came involving a naked woman in front of the trailer handing out free kittens, and other less salacious but nonetheless disturbing reports came in, the shelter did little to investigate or bring in the pets. They showed up once in August and once in September of 2014 and posted some warnings, but failed to follow up. In an e-mail to the person reporting the hoarding situation, a Lancaster sergeant wrote: …because when we do these (hoarding) calls the animals have to be examined the day of impound which takes time. This means it takes the medical staff away from everyday jobs. It is not that we are ignoring it, but we know what we are getting into when we get calls like this. As far as me going out to take care of these, it goes by priority, right now I have a search warrant in the works for a location with approx. 200 dogs, I also have a search warrant for approx. 300 roosters, then I have another cat hoarder with approx. 100 cats and 20 dogs, then another one with approx. 30 cats that I have had longer than yours and then I have yours. That is the order I am working in. I am not upset it’s just that you don’t understand how it works. We think that in the space of a year and a half the DACC could have found the time to investigate this hoarding complaint. When asked what it would take to get the cats out of this horrific situation, a DACC insider responded curtly, “It takes either a television crew – where Marcia Mayeda and her inner circle can dive in front of a camera – or a phone call from County Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s office. He’s the one who protects Mayeda, and lets her get away with all her bullshit. She knows if Antonovich calls she better jump.” For the animals’ sake, we hope Supervisor Antonovich hasn’t lost Mayeda’s phone number. Approximately three years ago, a new spay/neuter clinic was built at the Baldwin Park Shelter to replace its former clinic which had been closed by health inspectors for numerous violations of the health and safety codes. Marcia Mayeda, the head of the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control, ordered that the clinic be operated Monday – Friday to alter the facility’s pets. The clinic has sat idle on weekends since its construction. Several of us approached DACC management and asked if we could fund bringing an outside veterinarian to staff the spay/neuter clinic and provide free or low cost spay/neuters to the public on the weekends. We were told it was impossible due to insurance and security reasons. Therefore it was something of a welcome surprise when we discovered the DACC has reversed itself and is now considering opening the spay/neuter clinics at several of its shelters including Downey and Baldwin Park on the weekends staffed by outside veterinarians for altering non-shelter pets. What changed, we wondered. Was it that Ms. Mayeda is beginning to feel the heat from the Board of Supervisors for her abject failure to formulate any innovative policy to reduce the number of unwanted pets in Los Angeles County, or was it merely Mayeda waking up one day with an innovative idea as to how to improve the plight of shelter animals? And speaking of innovative, Pat “Google Me” Claerbout, Baldwin Park’s widely despised shelter manager, who Mayeda has ordered DACC staff to describe as an “innovative leader” in their replies to the numerous letters and e-mails demanding her firing, has been at it again. Last week Claerbout stated that she had twenty to thirty idiots working for her every day – which has further raised tensions at a shelter where staff discontent is so high that workers are routinely calling in sick so that they don’t have to deal with their abusive manager. Also Claerbout was overheard complaining that shelter pets were getting too much food again. This comes after some staff members had taken it upon themselves to increase the amount fed to shelter dogs following the disclosure in this blog that “Google Me” had tried to save money by substantially reducing the portions fed to the shelter’s dogs. “Eating is the only thing dogs have to look forward to,” grumbled one Baldwin employee, “it’s the least we could do to give them enough to eat before we kill them.” In the last week Claerbout has ordered five dogs from the shelter volunteer’s networking list to be killed despite a plethora of empty kennels. What irked both staff members and volunteers was that several of the victims were young Chihuahuas who were killed for being initially timid when meeting new people. Evidently Ms. Claerbout’s innovative leadership style is making sure that you don’t read anything about Chihuahua’s standard behavior – which is to be initially shy when meeting new people. Baldwin Park and Downey Shelter Pets Urgently Need Your Help Unlike the County of Los Angeles, the city of Irvine’s government values the input of its animal shelter’s stakeholders. On January 27th in an open Irvine City Council meeting, Council members listened to several shelter volunteers and former staff members complain about the mismanagement and inhumane treatment of animals at the Irvine Shelter. Irvine’s Council acted swiftly and decisively, ordering a 60 day moratorium on killing pets at the Irvine Shelter and recommending the hiring of a certified animal behaviorist to assess animals. Two days later Michelle Quigley, the shelter head resigned under pressure. It was a stunning development for those of us focused on the badly mismanaged Los Angeles County Department of Animal ‘Care’ and Control (DACC). Complaints are received on a daily basis about the DACC and its feckless manager, Marcia Mayeda. The complaints are either forwarded to Mayeda for self-investigation or summarily dismissed altogether. Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s Communications Deputy Tony Bell has repeatedly informed constituents complaining about the DACC’s horrific management that Mayeda had the Board’s unqualified support and they did not need to investigate any charges against the failed bureaucrat – even when the charges came from employees with evidence of corruption and illegal activities, volunteers with allegations of improper euthanasia and rescuers with complaints concerning Mayeda’s staunch refusal to release animals in violation of the Hayden Act. What made Irvine’s move even more impressive was that two days after Quigley was ousted from her job, Assistant City Manager Sharon Landers was on the telephone soliciting opinions from a wide-range of shelter workers, volunteers and activists, including surprisingly myself, as to how they might better take care of their pets and work with both their volunteers and the rescue community and who they should hire to run their department. A responsive government interested in solving problems, bettering its pets’ lives and serving its constituency better, rather than perpetually obfuscating, stonewalling and covering it’s rear end is a novel and welcome concept for those of us who deal with the DACC on a daily basis. We can only hope that this is the beginning of a shelter version of an “Arab Spring” and that morally bankrupt shelter heads like Marcia Mayeda and her Los Angeles City counterpart Brenda Barnette will be toppled. In other DACC news, Baldwin Park announced in an e-mail to its volunteers that they will not be scheduling any more volunteer training classes for the remainder of the year. According to several Baldwin Park volunteers the poorly run facility, already understaffed because of workers not wanting to work under Pat “Google Me” Claerbout, doesn’t want more volunteers who help their neglected pets for free – because they might ask questions about the facility’s policies and notice the neglegent care provided to its animals	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line317
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Topic discussed include the dissolution of a library committee (Coboss) and the... Communications (2 of 2) File contains the AUCE Local 1 newsletter ""On Campus"" dated December 1980 to September 1980.On Campus December 1980 includes a list of executives for 1981, information on AUCE Local 1's change of address, a grievance rep... [Local 1 Communications committee records] File contains notices of general special membership meetings dated March 8, 1984 to December 13, 1984. Topics discussed include technological change, committee reports, by-law amendments, contract proposals, solidarity in Poland, and nominations. ... File contains material from Local 5 (College of New Caledonia) related to secession from AUCE and affiliation with the Confederation of Canadian Unions, dated April 30, 1981 to July 8, 1982. Records include incoming and outgoing correspondence, no... 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Article topics include national CUPE news, job discrimination in Canada, Canadian workplace productivity, labour movements and the law, and nursing home workers' rights. UBC Alumni Chronicle: The Unionization of UBC File contains an issue of the UBC Alumni Chronicle, dated Spring 1975. Topics discussed include the UBC Alumni Association election, unionization of UBC, an article on sports and culture, a profile on Tom Wayman, alumni annual giving and a list of... [Provincial Executive correspondence-- to members] File contains correspondence, dispatches, newsletters, and reports, dated November 27, 1980 to October 22, 1980. Topics discussed include election and referendum results, affiliation, the newsletter, financial support, constitutional amendments an... File contains correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, and other records dated February 7, 1975 to September 28-29, 1974. Topics discussed include interactions and conflict between Locals and AUCE Provincial, contract negotiations, and amendments t... [Local 3 correspondence, reports, and other materials] File contains correspondence, reports and other materials of AUCE Local 3 (Notre Dame University; David Thompson University Centre) dated February 1974 to August 1978. Correspondence regards management and collective bargaining of David Thompson U... [Provincial Affiliation committee] (2 of 2) File contains reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, and other records dated March 1980 to June 16, 1980. Topics discussed include AUCE affiliation with other unions (CLC, CUPE, OTEU, BCGEU), membership meetings, convention and referendum infor... File contains CUE newsletter On Cue dated February 1989 to November 1989.On Cue, November 1989 includes Communications Committee report, Provincial report for National Convention Library Workers Caucus, President's report, Secretary-Treasurer... File contains the AUCE Local 1 (UBC) newsletter ""Across Campus"" and other records dated February 4, 1974 to December 31, 1974. File contains an hours of work proposal, division reports, research on other union contracts, info... File contains the AUCE Local 1 newsletter ""Across Campus"" and other records dated October 1979 to September 11, 1979. Topics discussed include creating a third paid union position, notice of referendum ballots, and statements... [Local 2 Strike bulletins and correspondence] File contains records of AUCE Local 2 (Simon Fraser University) regarding 1979 strike, dated March 1978 to January 1980. Records include correspondence, strike bulletins, newsletters, fliers, planning materials, map of SFU campus, outline of perso... File contains the AUCE Local 1 newsletter "On Campus" dated December 1980 to September 1980.On Campus December 1980 includes a list of executives for 1981, information on AUCE Local 1's change of address, a grievance report and rela... File contains committee bulletins, ballots, and issues of the AUCE Local 1 newsletters "On Campus" dated February 1983 to May 1983, and "AUCE Expression" dated June 1983 to November 1983. Topics discussed in bulletins and ballo... 1985-04-01 - 1985-1902 File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence dated April 1, 1985 to October 2, 1985. Topics include labour studies education and scholarships, advertisements for services and products, calls for civic engagement (cuts to social services, ser... [International women's year newsletters and other materials] File contains newsletters in French and English and other records related to International Women's Year (IWY), dated November 1974 to July 1975.Vol. 1, no. 4, November 1974, includes information on funding, criteria for IWY projects, submissi... File contains meeting minutes, bulletins, and other records dated July 24, 1980 to May 1980. Topics discussed include picketing and strikes, nominations, contract proposals and negotiations, financial statements and auditors' reports, affilia... File contains CUE newsletter On Cue and other Communications Committee records dated February 1988 to December 1988. Other records include letters to the editor of On Cue, a brief written history of CUE, a photocopied Vancouver Sun article dated J... Ian McDonald collection The collection contains materials related to Ian McDonald's Master's thesis research on the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 213 “Class conflict and political factionalism: a history of Local 213 of the Inter... McDonald, Ian [Local 2 correspondence and newsletters] File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of AUCE Local 2 (SFU) and newsletter AUCE Anchor dated April 1975 to February 1984. Topics discussed in correspondence include financial struggles and salary erosion at SFU, 1975 strike, requests ... File contains CUE newsletter On Cue, dated Summer [i.e. June] 1987 to Christmas [i.e. December] 1987.On Cue, Summer [i.e. June] 1987 includes reviews of protest literature against Ritchie and Associates entitled "The Ritchy Poems", a Con... [Miscellaneous correspondence] File contains correspondence between the Association of University and College Employees and other organizations, from 1973 to 1975. Topics discussed include the status of women in education and employment, health and safety information from the W... AUCE History File contains materials relating to the formation of the Association of University and College Employees, including two issues of the AUCE Local 1 newsletter Across Campus, photocopies of articles, a report on the history of CUPE 2950 (AUCE succes... [Provincial Affiliation committee -- BCGEU] File contains clippings, news releases, reports, and correspondence dated November 1979 to March 1980. Topics discussed include affiliation and meetings with BCGEU representatives, and comparisons between unions (OTEU, CUPE, BCGEU). File also incl... File contains CUE newsletter On Cue dated January 1990 to December 1990.On Cue, December 1990 includes CUE representative list, President's report, list of shop stewards, Grievance Committee report, Contract Committee report, reprinted The Pr... File contains CUE newsletter On Cue dated February 1991 to November 1991.On Cue, November 1991 (Election of Officers) includes CUE representatives list, Contract Committee report, Grievance Committee report, notice condemning harassment, Business ... File contains the AUCE Local 1 newsletter ""Across Campus"" dated December 28, 1976 to January 23, 1976. File also contains a news release, proposed contract amendments and commentary, and the following newsletters:Across Campu... File contains the AUCE Local 1 newsletter ""Across Campus"" dated July 8, 1977 to August 8, 1977.Across Campus Number 8, July 8, 1977 includes a summary of the collective agreement for July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978, information...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line319
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__label__wiki	0.847296	0.847296	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw - Blu-ray Review on Friday, 02 August 2019 15:33 by Frank Wilkins Times were so much simpler when the Fast & Furious franchise first got underway back in 2001. The tragic events of 9/11 had not yet complicated our world, $150 million + movie budgets weren't commonplace, and VCR players were the much-coveted electronic items of the day as we watched Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) track down Dominic Toretto’s (Vin Diesel) truckload of VCRs. Yes, it was “VCR” long ago. "At two hours and 15 minutes, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is way too long for what it is and begins to wear out its welcome well before the 90-minute mark" It was also a much simpler time for the F&F franchise itself as all that was needed to knock our socks off was to point the camera at a bunch of alpha males driving fast in badass cars. Well, the times have changed. Movie budgets have continued to soar, and truckloads of stolen TV/VCR combos have been replaced by cyber-genetic anarchists, rogue MI6 agents, and top-secret bio weapons in this spin-off from the Fast & Furious franchise, a film awkwardly titled Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. But even more amazing than what’s changed since this series first found its wheels back in 2001, is how very few original elements remain from the series’ origin. Sure, this is a spin-off expected to explore new territory, and there are undeniably plenty of white-knuckle car stunts and motorcycle chases to please the loyalists. But sorely missing is the genuine heart of those early installments as well as the big, bold themes of loyalty, values, and love of family that so endeared us to the franchise over the past eighteen years. Sadly, we’ve now ventured into what feels like some kind of lesser James Bond or M:I knock-off territory. That’s not to say there isn’t any fun to be had with Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. There is. In fact, some of the film’s most enjoyable moments are those in which the main stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham appear to be having a total blast playing Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw respectively. Hobbs is a loyal agent of America’s Diplomatic Security Service who must team up with former enemy and British military elite operative Shaw, to bring down the cyber-genetically enhanced Brixton Lorr (Idris Elba) who has recently gained control of a dangerous bio-weapon that could change the world forever. Hobbs and Shaw are two alpha males who can’t stand one another, yet still harbor a sliver of mutual respect between themselves. Director David Leitch (Atomic Blonde) and screenwriter Chris Morgan (The Fate of the Furious) know what they have with these characters and fortunately turn Johnson and Statham loose to play on that rivalry and tension. What results are some of the films best moments as their adversarial chemistry makes the moments sandwiched between machine gun fire and revving engines much more enjoyable. Another of the film’s major coups is its eagerness to recognize and revel in its own absurdity. Yes, it is totally mindless and all kinds of dumb. But it is also frequently quite funny. To be altogether fair and honest about the film’s missing family elements, there is a final scene that features Hobbs, Shaw and company retreating to Hobb’s family compound in Samoa where he hasn’t been in 25 years. He only returns there because he needs his engineer brother Jonah’s (Cliff Curtis) help in extracting the deadly virus from rogue MI6 agent Hattie’s (Vanessa Kirby) hand. Don’t ask. Though a bit too late to make up for lost sentiment, the visit gives not only the actor Johnson an opportunity to recognize his Samoan heritage, but it also injects the proceedings with some of that good ol’ family heart. At two hours and 15 minutes, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is way too long for what it is and begins to wear out its welcome well before the 90-minute mark. It is a bit more slick and polished than most of the previous films in the franchise, and as expected, it is loaded with numerous over-the-top action set pieces that, despite several bits of questionable logic (the helicopter scene) and shaky CGI, are breathtaking in their own right. Regardless, when all is said and done, the entire thing crashes and burns into a heap of crumpled intentions and unmet expectations. Blu-ray Details: English SDH, French, Spanish (less) English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German SDH (less) English, English SDH (less) English SDH, Spanish (less) Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD Home Video Distributor: Universal Available on Blu-ray - November 5, 2019 Screen Formats: 2.39:1 Subtitles: English SDH; French; Spanish Audio: English: Dolby Atmos; English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1; French: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1; Spanish: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 Discs: Blu-ray Disc; Two-disc set; DVD copy Region Encoding: Locked to Region A Universal Pictures Home Entertainment does it up right with its spectacularly handled Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Code Edition of Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw that comes with a blu-ray disc, a DVD copy of the film, and a Movies Anywhere digital redemption code. The blue eco-case is housed in a nicely-designed cardboard slipcover finished with a matte surface and some foil-stamp highlights. Included on the discs are more than an hour of bonus features including an alternate opening, deleted scenes, character profile featurettes, action featurettes, an audio commentary with director David Leitch, and much more. All-in-all it is clear that Universal is very proud of this release and have given it the royal treatment. Any Fast & Furious fans should be delighted to put this one on their shelves. This thing crackles with life throughout as the beautiful tack-sharp 1080p 2.39:1 transfer puts on display Leitch's incredible stuntwork and eye-popping CGI visuals. And that's what these F&F films are all about, right? Bright orange fireballs, cyan skies, dusty brown interior scenes, and the colorful Samoan setting never falter and create a bold, dynamic experience made especially for high end home video systems. There are very few flaws anywhere on this disc even considering the numerous nighttime and dimly lit scenes. Wish we could say the same thing about the film itself. Exhilarating is certainly one word that can be used to describe the English: Dolby Atmos and English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 tracks that rattle the walls, and crack the plaster as tanks, cars, jets, and fists of fury rumble about the room. Your sub will rarely take a break as the audio spectrum is definitely tilted towards the low end. Also vying for attention is the audio music track that features everything from YUNGBLUD's Time in a Bottle to A$ton Wyld's Next Level. You'll definitely know what your system is capable of once the credits roll on this rambunctious action fest. Also included are French and Spanish Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 audio tracks. Feature-length audio commentary with Director David Leitch. Here's where the value of this release comes in with well over 80 minutes of extra bonus material. Particularly interesting is director David Leitch's feature-length audio commentary that provides plenty of fascinating insight into the making of the film. There is also a fight scene making-of featurette that is worth the money alone. Deleted scenes, villain and hero profiles, and interviews and sit-downs round out the bonus materials on the disc. This is definitely one to own.Alternate Opening Deleted/Extended/Alternate Scenes Johnson & Statham: Hobbs & Shaw Progress of a Fight Scene with Director David Leitch The Bad Guy The Sister Hobbs' Family Tree The Matriarch Stunt Show and Tell Keeping it in the Family: A Conversation with Roman and Dwayne Dwayne and Hobbs: Love at First Bite Blu-ray Rating: Overall Blu-ray Experience MPAA Rating: PG-13 for prolonged sequences of action and violence, suggestive material and some strong language. Writer: Chris Morgan Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba Tagline: Fast & Furious Presents. Memorable Movie Quote: "I'm trying to save the world, which, for the record, will be my fourth time. 'Cause I'm really good at it." Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures DVD/Blu-ray Release Date: November 5, 2019. Synopsis: Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity. New on Home Video Silver Bullet: Collector's Edition (1985) - Blu-ray Review Statham: CRANK 3 Likely Won't Happen Faster - Blu-ray Review The Expendables - Blu-ray Review The Bank Job - DVD Review Crank: High Voltage - DVD Review Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - January 7, 2020 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Name 1917 Best Picture of 2019 Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - December 3, 2019 Our Most Wanted on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD This Week - November 12, 2019 You are here: Home In Theaters / VOD Movie Reviews DVD Reviews Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw - Blu-ray Review	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line326
__label__cc	0.708938	0.291062	Greed Quotes / Quotations Famous Quotes and Quotations about Greed Greed Quotes 1-50 out of 55 Next 50 Greed quotes>> Charles Francis Adams, quotes about Greed: Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of life. Ten years ago such revelations as these of the Erie Railway would have sent a shudder through the community, and would have placed a stigma on every man who had had to do them. Now they merely incite others to surpass by yet bolder outrages and more corrupt combinations. more Charles Francis Adams quotes Phelps Adams, quotes about Greed: Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist seeing the rich man and his fine home says, “No man should have so much.” The capitalist seeing the same thing says, “All men should have as much.” more Phelps Adams quotes Aesop, quotes about Greed: People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves. more Aesop quotes Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction. We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. Aristotle, quotes about Greed: The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice. more Aristotle quotes Sir Francis Bacon, quotes about Greed: If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him. more Sir Francis Bacon quotes Ambrose Bierce, quotes about Greed: An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods. more Ambrose Bierce quotes Edmund Burke, quotes about Greed: The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded. more Edmund Burke quotes George W. Bush, quotes about Greed: We need an energy bill that encourages consumption. more George W. Bush quotes Simon Cameron, quotes about Greed: An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. more Simon Cameron quotes Catherine of Siena, quotes about Greed: Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches. more Catherine of Siena quotes Gilbert Keith Chesterton, quotes about Greed: It was the mystical dogma of Bentham and Adam Smith and the rest, that some of the worst of human passions would turn out to be all for the best. It was the mysterious doctrine that selfishness would do the work of unselfishness. more Gilbert Keith Chesterton quotes Clarence S. Darrow, quotes about Greed: The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business. more Clarence S. Darrow quotes Alexis de Tocqueville, quotes about Greed: I know of no other country where love of money has such a grip on men's hearts or where stronger scorn is expressed for the theory of permanent equality of property. more Alexis de Tocqueville quotes Democritus, quotes about Greed: People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy. more Democritus quotes Alexandre Dumas, quotes about Greed: Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest. more Alexandre Dumas quotes Milton Friedman, quotes about Greed: Well first of all, tell me: Is there some society you know that doesn’t run on greed? You think Russia doesn’t run on greed? You think China doesn’t run on greed? What is greed? Of course, none of us are greedy, it’s only the other fellow who’s greedy. The world runs on individuals pursuing their separate interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn’t construct his theory under order from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn’t revolutionize the automobile industry that way. In the only cases in which the masses have escaped from the kind of grinding poverty you’re talking about, the only cases in recorded history, are where they have had capitalism and largely free trade. If you want to know where the masses are worse off, worst off, it’s exactly in the kinds of societies that depart from that. So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear, that there is no alternative way so far discovered of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by the free-enterprise system. more Milton Friedman quotes Phil Donohue: When you see around the globe the maldistribution of wealth, the desperate plight of millions of people in underdeveloped countries, when you see so few haves and so many have-nots, when you see the greed and the concentration of power, did you ever have a moment of doubt about capitalism? And whether greed is a good idea to run on? Milton Friedman: Well first of all tell me, is there some society you know that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed? Of course none of us are greedy. It's only the other fella that's greedy. The world runs on individuals pursuing their separate interests. The greatest achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way. In the only cases in which the masses have escaped from the kind of grinding poverty that you are talking about, the only cases in recorded history are where they have had capitalism and largely free trade. If you want to know where the masses are worst off, it's exactly in the kind of societies that depart from that. So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear, there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. Phil Donohue: Seems to reward not virtue as much as the ability to manipulate the system. Milton Friedman: And what does reward virtue? You think the Communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? Do you think... American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of political clout? Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? You know I think you are taking a lot of things for granted. And just tell me where in the world you find these angels that are going to organize society for us? Well, I don't even trust you to do that. Ulysses S. Grant, quotes about Greed: If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other. more Ulysses S. Grant quotes George Hansen, quotes about Greed: The IRS is an extraordinary example of the end justifying the means. The means of this agency is growth. It is interesting that the revenue officers within the IRS refer to taxpayers as 'inventory'. The IRS embodies the political realities of the selfish human desire to dominate others. Thus the end of this gigantic pretense of officialdom is power, pure and simple. The meek may inherit the earth, but they will never receive a promotion in an agency where efficiency is measured by the number of seizures of taxpayers' property and by the number of citizens and businesses driven into bankruptcy. more George Hansen quotes Samuel P. Hays, quotes about Greed: The root of the evil... lay not in corruption but in the system which bred it, the alliance between industrialists and politicians which produced benefits in the form of tariffs, public lands, and federal subsidies. more Samuel P. Hays quotes George D. Herron, quotes about Greed: The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised. more George D. Herron quotes Immanuel Kant, quotes about Greed: The bad thing of war is, that it makes more evil people than it can take away. more Immanuel Kant quotes The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty. Walter Lippmann, quotes about Greed: It is the very essence of despotism that it can never afford to fail. This is what distinguishes it most vitally from democracy. In a despotism there is no organized opposition which can take over the power when the Administration in office has failed. All the eggs are in one basket. Everything is staked on one coterie of men. When the going is good, they move more quickly and efficiently than democracies, where the opposition has to be persuaded and conciliated. But when they lose, there are no reserves. There are no substitutes on the bench ready to go out on the field and carry the ball. That is why democracies with the habit of party government have outlived all other forms of government in the modern world. They have, as it were, at least two governments always at hand, and when one fails they have the other. They have diversified the risks of mortality, corruption, and stupidity which pervade all human affairs. They have remembered that the most beautifully impressive machine cannot run for very long unless there is available a complete supply of spare parts. more Walter Lippmann quotes James Madison, quotes about Greed: But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain. more James Madison quotes The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace. The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps, no legislative act in which greater opportunity and temptation are given to a predominant party to trample on the rules of justice. Every shilling which they overburden the inferior number is a shilling saved to their own pockets. Michelle Malkin, quotes about Greed: What our country deserves from everyone who enjoys its fruits and freedoms is a little more gratitude -- and a lot less greed. more Michelle Malkin quotes Menander, quotes about Greed: Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease. more Menander quotes Edna St. Vincent Millay, quotes about Greed: Let us forget such words, and all they mean, as Hatred, Bitterness and Rancor, Greed, Intolerance, Bigotry. Let us renew our faith and pledge to Man, his right to be Himself, and free. more Edna St. Vincent Millay quotes Bill Moyers, quotes about Greed: If you think there is freedom of the press in the United States, I tell you there is no freedom of the press... They come out with the cheap shot. The press should be ashamed of itself. They should come to both sides of the issue and hear both sides and let the American people make up their minds. more Bill Moyers quotes Richard J. Needham, quotes about Greed: People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty. more Richard J. Needham quotes P. J. O'Rourke, quotes about Greed: The three branches of government number considerably more than three and are not, in any sense, 'branches' since that would imply that there is something they are all attached to besides self-aggrandizement and our pocketbooks. ... Government is not a machine with parts; it's an organism. When does an intestine quit being an intestine and start becoming an asshole? more P. J. O'Rourke quotes Government isn't a good way to solve problems ... [G]overnment is concerned mostly with self-perpetuation and is subject to fantastic ideas about its own capabilities. ... [G]overnment is wasteful of the nation's resources, immune to common sense and subject to pressure from every half-organized bouquet of assholes. ... [G]overnment is distrustful of and disrespectful toward average Americans while being easily gulled by Americans with money, influence or fame. Walter Olsen, quotes about Greed: The paternalist project for our civil courts runs something as follows. After the revolution -- which perhaps has already taken place—the average citizen will enjoy a vast array of wonderful new rights to sue other people. You will be empowered to haul your neighbors and fellow citizens to court if you feel they have fallen short of good faith and fair play. You will be entitled to sue them for unlimited damages, punitive as well as compensatory, even over behavior that had previously been thought not subject to liability at all. Everyone will be under a vague but stringent obligation to look out for your safety and welfare, enforceable by legal action. You will enjoy a cornucopia of contention opportunities, a smorgasbord of suing options, a Lotus-land of litigability. more Walter Olsen quotes Thomas Paine, quotes about Greed: Beware the greedy hand of government, thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry. more Thomas Paine quotes The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind. St. Peter, quotes about Greed: Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. more St. Peter quotes Plato, quotes about Greed: A tyrant…is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. more Plato quotes The worst of all deceptions is self-deception. Ayn Rand, quotes about Greed: When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed. more Ayn Rand quotes Will Rogers, quotes about Greed: Hurray! Congress is to adjourn! Only four more days of Congressional burglary on the Treasury! more Will Rogers quotes Theodore Roosevelt, quotes about Greed: The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life. more Theodore Roosevelt quotes Bertrand Russell, quotes about Greed: Envy is the basis of Democracy. more Bertrand Russell quotes Lucius Annaeus Seneca, quotes about Greed: We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples? There are no limits to our greed, none to our cruelty. And as long as such crimes are committed by stealth and by individuals, they are less harmful and less portentous; but cruelties are practised in accordance with acts of senate and popular assembly, and the public is bidden to do that which is forbidden to the individual. Deeds that would be punished by loss of life when committed in secret, are praised by us because uniformed generals have carried them out. Man, naturally the gentlest class of being, is not ashamed to revel in the blood of others, to wage war, and to entrust the waging of war to his sons, when even dumb beasts and wild beasts keep the peace with one another. Against this overmastering and widespread madness philosophy has become a matter of greater effort, and has taken on strength in proportion to the strength which is gained by the opposition forces. more Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes Adam Smith, quotes about Greed: Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them. more Adam Smith quotes Melancton Smith, quotes about Greed: Congress will ever exercise their powers to levy as much money as the people can pay. They will not be restrained from direct taxes by the consideration that necessity does not require them. more Melancton Smith quotes Joseph Sobran, quotes about Greed: In the current political vocabulary, ‘need’ means wanting to get someone else’s money. ‘Greed,’ which used to mean what “need” now means, has come to mean wanting to keep your own. ‘Compassion’ means the politician’s willingness to arrange the transfer. more Joseph Sobran quotes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line328
__label__wiki	0.674056	0.674056	One of the roofers accused of placing Ukrainian flag on Moscow skyscraper found guilty Roofers accused of placing Ukrainian flag on Moscow skyscraper to stay under house arrest Woman accused of placing Ukrainian flag on Moscow skyscraper to stay under house arrest © RIA Novosti, Ramil Sitdikov Tags: vandalism, Moscow's Tagansky District Court, Russia, Moscow MOSCOW, September 10 (RAPSI) ─ The Tagansky District Court in Moscow has found guilty one of the roofers, accused of painting a star on a skyscraper in the center of Moscow with colors of Ukraine's flag, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Thursday. Only one of the roofers, Vladimir Podrezov, was found guilty and was sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison. The other four defendants were released. On August 20, 2014, a Ukrainian flag was spotted on the spire of a skyscraper on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment in the center of Moscow. The Soviet star on the spire was painted blue and yellow, the national colors of Ukraine. The flag was taken down and the star was repainted. According to investigators, Ukrainian roofer Pavel Ushevets (Grisha Mustang), who claimed responsibility for the action on his Facebook page, and Vladimir Podrezov painted the start, while four base jumpers parachuted from the roof to divert attention. Investigators claim the goal of the action was to “destabilize Moscow and incite hatred.” Four young people – Alexander Shirokozhukh, Alexander Pogrebov, Yevgenia Korotkova and Anna Lepyoshkina – with special climbing equipment were detained in the aftermath of the incident, charged with hooliganism and placed on house arrest. The four suspects said they were jumping from the high-rise building with parachutes when someone else painted the star and hoisted the Ukrainian flag on its spire. They face up to seven years in prison. The fifth suspect, Vladimir Podrezov from St. Petersburg, was arrested a few days later. Unlike the other four suspects, the court decided to detain him until October 19. 15:52 10/09/2015 The Tagansky District Court in Moscow has found guilty one of the roofers accused of painting a star on a skyscraper in the center of Moscow with colors of Ukraine's flag.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line334
__label__cc	0.519104	0.480896	Chapter 30: Jane settles in Conveniently, the opening line of this chapter also makes for a pretty good summary: "The more I knew of the inmates of Moor House, the better I liked them." I admit to being guilty of the same thing most of the movie adaptations have done (credit for that insight goes to a Times article): I pretty much skip over the Moor House section. True, it's nearly a third of the book. But it's booooooring! We've set the Rochester plot aside for a while. To be fair, there are some loose ends tied up and some positioning that makes the resolution possible, but (and I think this is the crux of it) no matter how hard I try, I just can't find St. John likable, so I rush through this section. However, we are giving each chapter the dignity it deserves, so I will not skip to the end. Jane's quite at home with Diana and Mary, but St. John's always busy, and not exactly personable, so she doesn't really get a chance to know him -- which is why she's amazed when she listens to him preach: It began calm—and indeed, as far as delivery and pitch of voice went, it was calm to the end: an earnestly felt, yet strictly restrained zeal breathed soon in the distinct accents, and prompted the nervous language. This grew to force—compressed, condensed, controlled. The heart was thrilled, the mind astonished, by the power of the preacher: neither were softened. Throughout there was a strange bitterness; an absence of consolatory gentleness; stern allusions to Calvinistic doctrines—election, predestination, reprobation—were frequent; and each reference to these points sounded like a sentence pronounced for doom. When he had done, instead of feeling better, calmer, more enlightened by his discourse, I experienced an inexpressible sadness; for it seemed to me—I know not whether equally so to others—that the eloquence to which I had been listening had sprung from a depth where lay turbid dregs of disappointment—where moved troubling impulses of insatiate yearnings and disquieting aspirations. St. John also finds a job for Jane, though he goes about offering it in the most backhanded way possible: "I have nothing eligible or profitable to suggest." "I can offer you but a service of poverty and obscurity." "You shall hear how poor the proposal is,—how trivial—how cramping." "Your scholars will be only poor girls—cottagers’ children—at the best, farmers’ daughters." But it gives Jane the opportunity to earn as much as she made teaching Adele, while continuing to hide out, so she accepts. And then the chapter ends with a scene that doesn't quite mean anything yet, but will soon: the Riverses have lost their uncle, but he left his wealth to another relative. Three guesses. Posted by Sarah Rettger at 4:16 PM No comments: Labels: charlotte bronte, jane eyre-athon Chapter 29: Meet the Rivers family Ten more chapters! We can do this! Okay, after last chapter's collapse, Jane is out of it for a while. Happily, Jane-the-narrator is able to report on some of the bedside conversations she overhears from her protectors. Which means we get to hear this tidbit from St. John (which, by the way, is pronounced Sinjin). Considering how his character is developed, this is the kind of thing I wouldn't be surprised to hear him say to Jane's face, but at the moment, he thinks she's sleeping: "That is hardly likely," was the reply. "You will find she is some young lady who has had a misunderstanding with her friends, and has probably injudiciously left them. We may, perhaps, succeed in restoring her to them, if she is not obstinate: but I trace lines of force in her face which make me sceptical of her tractability." He stood considering me some minutes; then added, "She looks sensible, but not at all handsome." St. John, on the other hand, is pretty much the textbook example of handsome. Not that he cares. Jane finally gets moving again, and heads to the kitchen, where she has a little tiff with Hannah, the housekeeper. Miss Eyre does not consider herself a beggar (despite the fact that she was, in fact, begging in the last chapter), and she sets Hannah straight on her position in the social hierarchy. This is the kind of stuff that leads people to call Jane Eyre a fundamentally conservative book, while others focus on the proto-feminism and Jane's independent spirit and some of the narrator's more open-minded opinions. Once order has been restored, Hannah provides an overview of the household: St. John, Diana, and Mary Rivers, all recently orphaned adults. St. John is the local minister, and the girls work as governesses. When Jane has her first conversation with them, she pretty much refuses to tell anything about herself: "The name of the place where, and of the person with whom I lived, is my secret," I replied concisely. The Men of L'Engle #1: Paul Laurens We're starting out easy here in the Men of L'Engle Project. Paul Laurens appears in just one book, And Both Were Young. No multi-book character arcs to discuss here, just one of L'Engle's early creations. Fair warning: Expect spoilers in these posts. It's kind of hard to analyze characters without giving away plot. If you're lagging behind on your L'Engle reading, get caught up, then come back here. And Both Were Young is mostly set in an all-girl Swiss boarding school, but Paul manages to score plenty of page time, starting when main character Flip runs into him (literally) at a chateau they're both visiting. Leading characteristics: Doesn't like "institutions." At first, this gives him a good excuse to be hanging out with his free-range father when Flip goes wandering off campus. Later revealed to be the result of concentration camp-induced PTSD. Good at skiing. And teaching skiing. To Flip. Interested in medicine. Shows promise (has treated many animals), but interest conflicts with his disinclination to go to school. The strong, silent, moody type. "There was always grief in his eyes." Pull quote(s): "I knew right away that I liked you, so I never bothered to think why." And Both Were Young is a fairly straightforward and sweet coming-of-age story, and both those adjectives also apply to Paul. It's hard to imagine him doing anything to hurt Flip (oh, Zachary, we will get to you later) or upset the space-time continuum. We know from the appearance of one of her portraits in a later book that Flip does realize her dream of becoming an artist, but since she herself isn't present, we don't know anything about her personal life. It could go either way, I think. Either she and Paul are about to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary, after a lifetime of dividing themselves between New York and Paris, or else Flip still pulls out a silver necklace once in a while, and smiles when she thinks back on her first love. And if you've got a better name, seriously, send it along. Posted by Sarah Rettger at 1:15 PM 2 comments: Labels: and both were young, madeleine l'engle, untitled l'engle project Chapter 28: Jane alone So Jane's not just broke and in unfamiliar territory here -- she also managed to leave her parcel behind in the coach that brought her away from Thornfield, so she's pretty much got nothing but the clothes on her back. Jane-the-narrator is back to present-tense scene-setting here, giving you a sense of how desperate she's feeling: Not a tie holds me to human society at this moment—not a charm or hope calls me where my fellow-creatures are—none that saw me would have a kind thought or a good wish for me. I have no relative but the universal mother, Nature: I will seek her breast and ask repose. This isn't the glorious Romantic natural world here. It's Jane's last resort, and it's a cruel world. Even though she was neglected by the Reeds and has been working for her living, Jane's retained her place among the gentry (though at the bottom of it) by virtue of her father's clergyman status. When she finds herself without money, connections, or any idea what she's going to do, she's also lost that class protection. (Sort of. Even though she's bedraggled, she's still wearing decent-quality clothes, and when she breaks down and begs some food from a farmer, she assumes that he still considers her a lady of some sort.) Time for some historical context here, in two parts: the Corn Laws and the Poor Laws. This is the part where I get to prove I learned stuff in my semester of graduate school. The Corn Laws were in effect for the first half of the nineteenth century, and served to keep the price of grain artificially high, mostly through import restrictions. ("Corn" referred to all kinds of grains, not just what we apply the word to today. The English were eating corn long before they encountered maize in their North American settlements.) Semantics aside, the result was that high grain prices meant high food prices -- in other words, the Corn Laws benefited the landowning agricultural class at the expense of the poor (and the emerging middle class). And the Poor Laws didn't help matters. Here we jump out of the story's chronology for a minute, because it's likely that Bronte's description of Jane's experience was shaped by political events in the years before Jane Eyre was published. (For reference, the book was published in 1847, but the story takes place twenty or so years earlier.) Poor Laws had been around for centuries at this point, regulating relief payments to the needy, who were considered the responsibility of the parish they lived in. In 1834, the Poor Law Amendment was passed. It created the workhouse (pace Dickens). If you needed relief, the workhouse became your only option, but a) if you had any ability to work, regardless of how little you had the potential to earn, you didn't qualify, but still couldn't get help elsewhere, and b) the people in charge were determined to make the workhouse the most miserable experience ever, on the theory that nineteenth century England was largely populated by Ronald Reagan's welfare queens. This, by way of summary of what Jane's facing as she's wandering around the countryside, is my five-paragraph summary of a fabulously informative 800-page book, E.P. Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class. If you're at all interested in what the Regency and early Victorian years were like for the people who only rarely got speaking roles in Jane Austen's books, pick this up. Returning to the story: Jane's wandering takes her to a house; she eavesdrops on two girls and a housekeeper for a while. When she knocks and asks for help, the housekeeper is unsympathetic, but the man of the house appears and says she can stay. Jane is thoroughly worn out, but not too tired to pick a pseudonym, so as far as her new protectors know, she's Jane Elliott. Posted by Sarah Rettger at 10:46 AM No comments: Labels: charlotte bronte, ep thompson, jane eyre-athon, the making of the english working class Chapter 27: "Reader, I forgave him" Yes, that line actually appears in this chapter, sort of a variation on what's become one of the more famous lines in English lit -- which we'll get to in Chapter 38. For now, though, Jane emerges from her room, where it turns out Rochester's been parked outside the door waiting. He moans a bit and asks forgiveness, and she gives it. (Full disclosure: If you like, you can blame my cynicism about the instant forgiveness on my bitter-old-maid status. I still don't think I'd have let Rochester off that easily.) To be fair, Jane gives us a pretty clear look into her state of mind: "I must leave him, it appears. I do not want to leave him—I cannot leave him." But while she's thinking this, outwardly she's got her priorities straight: Rochester is married to someone else, so there will be no more kissing. Rochester, who thinks he's going to cart Jane off with him to his even-more-remote house at Thorndean, isn't too pleased when she objects to the idea, which brings us to one of the reasons my sympathies are not with Rochester here: "Jane! will you hear reason?" (he stooped and approached his lips to my ear); "because, if you won’t, I’ll try violence." His voice was hoarse; his look that of a man who is just about to burst an insufferable bond and plunge headlong into wild license. The Penguin Classics editors note that "violence," in this context, means rape. I don't care how upset you are about having your wedding interrupted, it's still inexcusable. (Also, it prompts the reader to reconsider Jane's whole "when I'm saucy instead of sappy I can control him" thing from earlier chapters.) Then he tries the "you didn't want me, you just wanted my money" tack: "You don’t love me, then? It was only my station, and the rank of my wife, that you valued?" Charming, isn't he? Rochester gets over himself a bit, calms down, and goes back to his "well, of course we'll be together" plan: "As to the new existence, it is all right: you shall yet be my wife: I am not married. You shall be Mrs. Rochester—both virtually and nominally." Which, as Jane points out, would so not be the case. Even if Rochester doesn't want to believe he's married, there's a little piece of paper that says otherwise. (Historical note: Jane Eyre is set well before the passage of the 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act. The only way Rochester could have divorced Bertha was by petitioning Parliament -- and while he's shown as a wealthy man, it's never suggested that he has that kind of influence.) This finally leads to Rochester giving a full summary of his history with Bertha, since he thinks Jane will agree with him once she has all the facts. Short version: The Rochester estate was entailed on his older brother, but in order not to leave his second son destitute, Rochester Senior arranged a marriage with a Miss Mason with 30,000 pounds. Rochester met her after everything had been agreed to; she was pretty; he went ahead with it. (Side note: Emma Woodhouse's fortune was also 30,000 pounds. Emma is, I believe, more or less contemporary with Rochester's marriage. I would not be surprised to learn that fanfiction has already explored this coincidence.) Short version continued: Rochester hated Bertha pretty much from the start. He ended up inheriting everything anyway, but was stuck with his wife, who ended up mad. He decided to move back to England, secretly lock her up in Thornfield, and enjoy himself on the Continent. And while it wasn't his plan to take up with one mistress after another, "I could not live alone." But although Rochester enjoyed his mistresses' company at the time, he makes his utter disdain for them pretty clear, which Jane picks up on: I felt the truth of these words; and I drew from them the certain inference, that if I were so far to forget myself and all the teaching that had ever been instilled into me, as—under any pretext—with any justification—through any temptation—to become the successor of these poor girls, he would one day regard me with the same feeling which now in his mind desecrated their memory. Which is why, when he once again insists that the two of them should run off to the Riviera together, she's strong enough to say no. "Jane, you understand what I want of you? Just this promise—'I will be yours, Mr. Rochester.'" "Mr. Rochester, I will not be yours." Instead, she packs a back and sneaks out. Chapter 26: Mawwiage is what bwings us togethah today It's Jane's wedding day. The happiest day of every girl's life. Or, y'know, the day she finds out her husband-to-be was actually planning to become a bigamist. (Side note: For a book that deals with bigamy from the various sides of the relationship -- basically, it's a family story, plus a damn fine read -- put Tayari Jones' Silver Sparrow on your list. It's out at the end of May, and it's awesome.) Everything is in readiness (and we get a bit of checklist-dialogue to prove it), and Jane and Rochester make their way to the Thornfield church, with Jane taking note of her fiance's expression: I wonder what other bridegroom ever looked as he did—so bent up to a purpose, so grimly resolute: or who, under such steadfast brows, ever revealed such flaming and flashing eyes. Perhaps it's not the happiest day of Rochester's life. The minister makes his way through the service, and things are good until we get to that bit about an impediment. As in "the marriage cannot go on: I declare the existence of an impediment." It's our old friend Mr. Mason, recovered from his attack in Chapter 20, and back to have his say. Well, actually he's letting his solicitor have his say, to the effect that, as Ellen the maid says in Mary Poppins, "the position 'as been filled." "And you would thrust on me a wife?" "I would remind you of your lady’s existence, sir, which the law recognises, if you do not." There's already a Mrs. Rochester, something her husband managed to leave out in the course of romancing his governess. He tries to bluff it out, objecting to the evidence the solicitor brings up -- after all, even if he once had a wife, that doesn't mean she's still around -- but when Mason reveals himself, Rochester knows he's pretty well screwed. "Wood, close your book and take off your surplice; John Green (to the clerk), leave the church: there will be no wedding to-day." And therewith is delivered a big slap in the face to everyone who picked this up expecting it to be a romance. Just in case we haven't covered this: Jane Eyre and Jane Austen are both awesome, but you've got to be prepared for totally different genres. (And Austen's a brilliant satirist and prose stylist, not just a romance writer, but that's a whole other series.) The whole party decamps to the house, Rochester holding onto Jane the whole time, and ascends to the mysterious third floor. (Typing that phrase, I wonder if this is where Ann M. Martin got the idea for Karen Brewer's bête noir in the Babysitters Club books.) For those who aren't familiar with the story of Bertha Mason, here are the pull quotes: "Bertha Mason is mad; and she came of a mad family; idiots and maniacs through three generations! Her mother, the Creole, was both a madwoman and a drunkard... Bertha, like a dutiful child, copied her parent in both points." "What it was, whether beast or human being, one could not, at first sight, tell: it grovelled, seemingly, on all fours; it snatched and growled like some strange wild animal: but it was covered with clothing, and a quantity of dark, grizzled hair, wild as a mane, hid its head and face." "She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was." Got all that? And just in case we haven't added enough family connections in this chapter, Bronte throws us one more: Mason and Jane's uncle share an employer. Jane goes back to her room, pretty sure that Rochester never loved her in the first place, and is now ready to call it a go. You may not be surprised to learn she's far from pleased with that, though she doesn't see any other possibilities. Chapter 25: Ominous forebodings ahead In terms of plot, not a whole lot happens in this chapter: it's mostly stage-setting for the melodrama that follows. It's the day before the wedding, and Jane's looking over the already-tagged trunks that they'll be taking on their honeymoon -- and she's not too sure about the label on hers. Mrs. Rochester! She did not exist: she would not be born till to-morrow, some time after eight o’clock a.m.; and I would wait to be assured she had come into the world alive before I assigned to her all that property. The foreshadowing music starts... now! Jane putters around the house and grounds, then finally goes out in a storm to meet Rochester. She's got something on her mind -- plus she wants to see him. First, Jane tells him about the odd dreams she's been having. And then the definitely-not-a-dream part: "It seemed, sir, a woman, tall and large, with thick and dark hair hanging long down her back. I know not what dress she had on: it was white and straight; but whether gown, sheet, or shroud, I cannot tell." "Did you see her face?" "Not at first. But presently she took my veil from its place; she held it up, gazed at it long, and then she threw it over her own head, and turned to the mirror. At that moment I saw the reflection of the visage and features quite distinctly in the dark oblong glass." (If this were a modern work, I'd make snarky reference to the obligatory vampire mention here. But I think we can be pretty sure Charlotte Bronte's not making a Twilight reference -- otherwise Rochester would sparkle.) Rochester mostly tries to laugh it off, but he also tells her to go sleep in Adele's room. Next up: their wedding day, on which we can all deliver a collective smack to Rochester. Posted by Sarah Rettger at 9:08 AM 1 comment: Chapter 24: This is why long engagements are discouraged They're engaged! Birds are singing, mice are hard at work on a dress -- wait. Wrong story. They're engaged, and everything is wonderful. Except not. Jane is simultaneously blissful and terrified when she thinks about the fact that she's about to marry Rochester. And he's not helping by insisting that it's now his prerogative to shower her with brocade and diamonds. "Jewels for Jane Eyre sounds unnatural and strange: I would rather not have them." While Jane wants to be practical, Rochester has his own plans for married life: "You shall sojourn at Paris, Rome, and Naples: at Florence, Venice, and Vienna: all the ground I have wandered over shall be re-trodden by you: wherever I stamped my hoof, your sylph’s foot shall step also. Ten years since, I flew through Europe half mad; with disgust, hate, and rage as my companions: now I shall revisit it healed and cleansed, with a very angel as my comforter." Uh huh. Our girl's take: "For a little while you will perhaps be as you are now,—a very little while; and then you will turn cool; and then you will be capricious; and then you will be stern, and I shall have much ado to please you: but when you get well used to me, you will perhaps like me again,—like me, I say, not love me. I suppose your love will effervesce in six months, or less." Show of hands: which scenario is more plausible? (Side note: Really, Charlotte, you had to throw in that bit of casual antisemitism there? It's not even an accurate reference -- since Esther never asked for half of Ahasuerus' kingdom; he just kept offering it -- and it's so totally unnecessary.) Elsewhere in the chapter: Mrs. Fairfax is rather shocked at the idea of the governess marrying the employer; there is a shopping trip; Jane announces that she has no intention of being treated like Celine Varens; Rochester whines; Jane takes action: "I like you more than I can say; but I’ll not sink into a bathos of sentiment: and with this needle of repartee I’ll keep you from the edge of the gulf too; and, moreover, maintain by its pungent aid that distance between you and myself most conducive to our real mutual advantage." He continued to send for me punctually the moment the clock struck seven; though when I appeared before him now, he had no such honeyed terms as “love” and “darling” on his lips: the best words at my service were “provoking puppet,” “malicious elf,” “sprite,” “changeling,” &c. For caresses, too, I now got grimaces; for a pressure of the hand, a pinch on the arm; for a kiss on the cheek, a severe tweak of the ear. It was all right: at present I decidedly preferred these fierce favours to anything more tender. Posted by Sarah Rettger at 12:15 PM No comments: Chapter 23: "Do you think I am an automaton?" No, I haven't seen the 2011 movie version of this scene yet, but now that the movie has been released in Boston... It's hard to be of one mind about this chapter. Yes, it's one of the great proposal scenes, with Jane declaring herself just as much as Rochester does - but I don't love it so much that I'm willing to overlook Rochester's needless duplicity here. Jane's out wandering the Thornfield grounds, treating us to a Romantic aside about all the nature she's encountering (or perhaps that should be Nature, as we're definitely in a Noble Ideas frame of mind here), when she runs into Rochester, who she's been trying to avoid. Rochester won't let her leave. And then he starts in on how she'll have to leave Thornfield when he marries, and how lovely his Blanche is, and how he's already found a new situation for Jane in Ireland. Jane is a little less iron-willed than usual, and finally gives into tears at the idea of going so far away. So what does Rochester do? He pulls out this gem: "My bride! What bride? I have no bride!" In other words, he lies on two levels -- about his previous bride, and about his current plans. So not seeing a justification for this. Except for this: it gives Jane an excuse to make one of the great speeches of this book. Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?—a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as you,—and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal,—as we are! And then that paragraph is followed by this one (well, first there's a kiss), in which Jane continues to show her mettle, plus we get some foreshadowing: "Yes, so, sir," I rejoined: "and yet not so; for you are a married man—or as good as a married man, and wed to one inferior to you—to one with whom you have no sympathy—whom I do not believe you truly love; for I have seen and heard you sneer at her. I would scorn such a union: therefore I am better than you—let me go!" So much for being equals. So how does Rochester respond to that speech? He proposes, and I don't blame Jane one bit for not believing him. "I offer you my hand, my heart, and a share of all my possessions." "You play a farce, which I merely laugh at." "I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion." "For that fate you have already made your choice, and must abide by it." Smart girl, that. But she starts to believe him, "beginning in his earnestness—and especially in his incivility—to credit his sincerity." In just a bit we'll find out whether or not she's still a smart girl. Posted by Sarah Rettger at 9:16 AM No comments: Chapter 22: Wouldn't this be better with an Alan Menken score? We begin this chapter with a line that (at least to me) seems like an allusion to Beauty and the Beast: Mr. Rochester had given me but one week’s leave of absence: yet a month elapsed before I quitted Gateshead. Can't you just picture the ring turning on her finger, or Robby Benson gazing despondently into the magic mirror? No? Just me? Okay then. Jane extends her stay at Gateshead because she's being good to her worthless cousins, and giving Bronte the opportunity to tie up all loose ends with the Reed family -- Eliza ends up in a convent, we learn, and Georgiana marries well, and Jane's done with them. A brief aside as we follow Jane back to Thornfield, now -- this, people, is metaphor: And then I strangled a new-born agony—a deformed thing which I could not persuade myself to own and rear—and ran on. We switch back to the stage-setting present tense as Jane narrates her approach, which brings her face-to-face with Rochester, who's sitting on the stile, blocking her path. And while I'm so not willing to overlook the way Rochester's messing with Jane here, as he starts talking to her about the future Mrs. Rochester -- by which Jane assumes he means Blanche, of course -- I do have to smile at this exchange: "Tell me now, fairy as you are—can’t you give me a charm, or a philter, or something of that sort, to make me a handsome man?" "It would be past the power of magic, sir" You tell him, Jane. Labels: beauty and the beast, charlotte bronte, jane eyre-athon From the Better-Late Files: An Old-Fashioned Girl Finally got around to An Old-Fashioned Girl, rather a bit later for Mitali's cuci mata reading. Not much to add to the questions and critiques Gail Gauthier raised back in December, except to say this: Despite all the heavy-handed Important Life Lessons in the book (and Polly's pronounced Pollyanna tendencies), I was totally hooked on the relationships between the characters. I had to find out if Polly and Tom were going to end up together, and if Fanny was ever going to get over herself. And on a related note, I much preferred the second half of the story to the first. Labels: an old-fashioned girl, cuci mata, louisa may alcott, reviews Chapter 21: In which multiple narrative purposes are served You thought Jane had put the Reeds behind her? Alas, no -- she still feels an obligation to them, so when Robert Leaven, her aunt's coachman, shows up to request her presence for some family drama, she goes. Let's take a look all the different ways this trip fits into the story: Loose ends are tied up. I suppose Bronte could have just left the Reeds in Jane's past, but here they're dispatched with (in John Reed's case, literally). The romantic tension moves offstage. After all their recent moments, Jane and Rochester are about to spend some time apart -- and she knows she's leaving him with Blanche. Without this physical separation, it's hard to imagine Bronte would have been able to stretch out the length of time their relationship remains unsettled. Jane gets to explain Rochester to a stranger. And what does she tell Bessie about him? I told her he was rather an ugly man, but quite a gentleman; and that he treated me kindly, and I was content. We get to see how Jane's grown up. Her cousins are still rather obnoxious to her, but this isn't the fly-into-a-temper Jane of the opening chapters. She's a bit above all that now. Jane gets an honest answer to why her aunt has always hated her. Even if it's a really dumb reason, at least she knows. A Very Important future plot point is introduced. It takes the form of a letter: “Madam,—Will you have the goodness to send me the address of my niece, Jane Eyre, and to tell me how she is? It is my intention to write shortly and desire her to come to me at Madeira. Providence has blessed my endeavours to secure a competency; and as I am unmarried and childless, I wish to adopt her during my life, and bequeath her at my death whatever I may have to leave.—I am, Madam, &c., &c., “John Eyre, Madeira.” Chapter 20: In which we are reminded that this is as much a horror story as a romance Just in case you'd been lulled into thinking Jane Eyre was all about love across employer-employee boundaries, Chapter 20 pops in to remind you of all the other stuff generally associated with Gothic novels - the totally non-romantic stuff. Jane, who forgot to pull the curtains before going to bed, is woken by a full moon shining in her window (been there!), just in time to hear a cry from the third floor of the house: Indeed, whatever being uttered that fearful shriek could not soon repeat it: not the widest-winged condor on the Andes could, twice in succession, send out such a yell from the cloud shrouding his eyrie. The thing delivering such utterance must rest ere it could repeat the effort. It's followed by sounds of a scuffle, so naturally the entire house party pours out into the hall to find out what's up. Can't you just picture the ladies here? "What awful event has taken place?" said she. "Speak! let us know the worst at once!" "But don’t pull me down or strangle me," he replied: for the Misses Eshton were clinging about him now; and the two dowagers, in vast white wrappers, were bearing down on him like ships in full sail. "All’s right!—all’s right!" he cried. "It’s a mere rehearsal of Much Ado about Nothing. Ladies, keep off, or I shall wax dangerous." Clearly, things can't be too bad if Rochester can indulge in snark. But Jane knows it's not just someone's bad dream, so she gets dressed, figuring she's going to be needed. As she is -- Rochester turns up an hour later, and leads her upstairs. Mr. Mason, the most recent arrival, has clearly been attacked. We don't get any more details, because Rochester, before dashing off again, absolutely forbids him to speak to Jane, and vice versa. And Mason is nothing if not obedient. But even without discussion, Jane picks up on some of the mysteries of the situation: And why, now, was he so tame under the violence or treachery done him? Why did he so quietly submit to the concealment Mr. Rochester enforced? Why did Mr. Rochester enforce this concealment? His guest had been outraged, his own life on a former occasion had been hideously plotted against; and both attempts he smothered in secrecy and sank in oblivion! Lastly, I saw Mr. Mason was submissive to Mr. Rochester; that the impetuous will of the latter held complete sway over the inertness of the former: the few words which had passed between them assured me of this. It was evident that in their former intercourse, the passive disposition of the one had been habitually influenced by the active energy of the other: whence then had arisen Mr. Rochester’s dismay when he heard of Mr. Mason’s arrival? Why had the mere name of this unresisting individual—whom his word now sufficed to control like a child—fallen on him, a few hours since, as a thunderbolt might fall on an oak? And then the doctor shows up, and everyone's a bit less careful about conversation, which means Jane gets to learn that Mason's assailant had a knife also bit him demonstrated vampiric tendencies was deceptively quite at first Again: we're in the horror part of the story now. Rochester hustles Mason off as the sun rises, with Mason's exit following this exchange: Mason: "Let her be taken care of; let her be treated as tenderly as may be: let her—" he stopped and burst into tears. Rochester: "I do my best; and have done it, and will do it," was the answer: he shut up the chaise door, and the vehicle drove away. Uh-huh. In a few chapters we'll find out just what Rochester considers his best. Chapter 19: The Gypsy Trope Let me start this chapter by pointing out that I'm woefully unqualified to say much of anything about representations of Roma in English lit, except in the most general terms -- and as this Gypsy is not, in fact, Roma at all, I'm going to kind of skip over the quasi-blackface aspects of this scene. Short version: Jane goes to see the Gypsy because her presence was requested, not out of any actual interest in hearing her fortune told. She's playing along, but considering the length of the conversation, it does seem to be a bit more than simple politeness. Oh, let's stop being coy. The Gypsy soon reveals himself as Mr. Rochester, who for reasons surpassing understanding has decided that this is the best way to play host to a house party. He asks Jane if she's going to forgive him for messing with her, and our girl is nothing if not circumspect: "I cannot tell till I have thought it all over. If, on reflection, I find I have fallen into no great absurdity, I shall try to forgive you; but it was not right." And then Jane mentions, almost in passing, that the party grew by one during Rochester's supposed absence: "His name is Mason, sir; and he comes from the West Indies; from Spanish Town, in Jamaica, I think." "Mason!—the West Indies!" he said, in the tone one might fancy a speaking automaton to enounce its single words; "Mason!—the West Indies!" he reiterated; and he went over the syllables three times, growing, in the intervals of speaking, whiter than ashes: he hardly seemed to know what he was doing. Which leads to another moment in which Jane gets to be the strong, sensible one in this relationship. "Oh, lean on me, sir." "Jane, you offered me your shoulder once before; let me have it now." "Yes, sir, yes; and my arm." And with that, we reach the halfway point of the book! Chapter 18: The population grows So. There are people at Thornfield. Lots of them -- which is quite a change from the last couple months. We get a house party scene, as Jane watches Rochester and his guests play charades (and act out a sham marriage - what foreshadowing!) and generally banter. Which means, of course, that she's watching Blanche and Rochester, fairly sure that a marriage is in the works -- even if Blanche clearly doesn't know Mr. R. as well as Jane does: "Because, when she failed, I saw how she might have succeeded. Arrows that continually glanced off from Mr. Rochester’s breast and fell harmless at his feet, might, I knew, if shot by a surer hand, have quivered keen in his proud heart—have called love into his stern eye, and softness into his sardonic face; or, better still, without weapons a silent conquest might have been won." We're very much in Jane's head here, as she ponders the nature of interpersonal relations, until a new character makes an appearance. Meet Mr. Mason: the new-comer was called Mr. Mason; then I learned that he was but just arrived in England, and that he came from some hot country: which was the reason, doubtless, his face was so sallow, and that he sat so near the hearth, and wore a surtout in the house And then there's one more addition to the house: a gypsy shows up, and offers to tell the young ladies' fortunes. Blanche, of course, is first. Jane stays out of the way until the gypsy specifically asks for her - which leads us into Chapter 19. Sarah Rettger Independent bookseller when the opportunity presents itself; history grad student; freelance writer; uses copyediting skills for good. Particular weakness for YA historical fiction and nonfiction with footnotes that are worth reading. Also found on Twitter. 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__label__wiki	0.673457	0.673457	Aymara language Title: Aymara language Subject: Bolivia, Quechuan languages, La Paz, Bolivians, Aymaran languages Collection: Aymara, Aymaran Languages, Indigenous Languages of the Andes, Languages of Argentina, Languages of Bolivia, Languages of Chile, Languages of Peru, Subject–object–verb Languages Native to Bolivia, Peru and Chile. Aymara people 2.8 million (2000–2006)[1] Language family Official status Official language in Recognised minority language in aym – inclusive code Individual codes: ayr – Central Aymara ayc – Southern Aymara nucl1667[2] Geographic Distribution of the Aymara language Aymara (Aymar aru) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over three million speakers.[3][4] Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Bolivia. It is also spoken around the Lake Titicaca region of southern Peru and, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile and in Northwest Argentina. Some linguists have claimed that Aymara is related to its more widely spoken neighbour, Quechua. This claim, however, is disputed — although there are indeed similarities such as the nearly identical phonologies, the majority position among linguists today is that these similarities are better explained as areal features resulting from prolonged interaction between the two languages, and that they are not demonstrably related. The Aymara language is an agglutinating and to a certain extent polysynthetic language, and has a subject–object–verb word order. Orthography 2 Phonology 3 Vowels 3.1 Vowel deletion 3.1.1 Consonants 3.2 Stress 3.3 Syllable structure 3.4 Morphology 4 Nominal suffixes 4.1 Verbal suffixes 4.2 Transpositional suffixes 4.3 Suffixes not subcategorized for lexical categories 4.4 Geographical distribution 5 Dialects 6 Wider language family 7 Idiosyncrasies 8 Pedagogy 9 Spanish 14.1 The old suggestion that the word "Aymara" comes from the Aymara words "jaya" (ancient) and "mara" (year, time) is almost certainly a quite mistaken folk etymology. Many linguists now favor the theory that the term came from an ethnic group from the Apurimac region known as the Aymaraes, but the etymology remains unclear. A full discussion of the possible origins of the word can be found in the book Lingüística Aimara by the respected Peruvian linguist Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino.[5] Beginning with Spanish missionary efforts, there have been many attempts to create a writing system for Aymara. The colonial sources employed a variety of Hispanized writing systems, the most widespread being that of Bertonio. Many of the early grammars employed unique alphabets as well, e.g. that of Middendorf’s Aymara-Sprache (1891). The first official alphabet to be adopted for Aymara was the scientific alphabet. This system was approved by the III Congreso Indigenista Interamericano de la Paz in 1954, though its origins can be traced as far back as 1931. Rs. No 1593 (Deza Galindo 1989, 17). This is not to say that this was the first effort at a general alphabet, only that it was the first official record of such. In 1914 Sisko Chukiwanka Ayulo and Julián Palacios Ríos recorded what may be the first of many attempts to have one alphabet for both Quechua and Aymara. Theirs was called Syentifiko Qheshwa-Aymara Alfabeto and was composed of 37 graphemes. Several other attempts followed at various degrees of success to do the same. Some orthographic attempts even expand further: the Alfabeto Funcional Trilingüe, made up of 40 letters (including the voiced stops necessary for Spanish), and created by the Academia de las Lenguas Aymara y Quechua in Puno in 1944 is the one used by the lexicographer Juan Francisco Deza Galindo in his Diccionario Aymara – Castellano / Castellano – Aymara. This alphabet has five vowels {a, e, i, o, u}, aspiration is conveyed with an {h} next to the consonant and ejectives with {’}. The most unique characteristic is the expression of the uvular /x/ with {jh}. The other uvular segment, the /q/ is expressed by {q} but transcription rules mandate that the following vowel must be {a, e, o} (not {i, u}) presumably to account for uvular lowering and with the intent to facilitate multilingual orthography. The alphabet created by the Comisión de Alfabetización y Literatura Aymara (CALA) which was officially recognized in Bolivia in 1968 (coexisting with the 1954 Scientific Alphabet) and aside from being the alphabet employed by Protestant missionaries, it is also the one used for the translation of the Book of Mormon. It was also in 1968 that de Dios Yapita created his take on the Aymara alphabet at the Instituto de Lenga y Cultura Aymara (ILCA). Nearly fifteen years later the Servicio Nacional de Alfabetización y Educación Popular (SENALEP) attempted to consolidate these alphabets to create a system which could be used to write both Aymara and Quechua, creating what was known as the Alfabeto Unificado. This alphabet, later sanctioned in Bolivia by Decree 20227 on 9 May 1984 and in Peru as la Resolución Ministeral Peruana 1218ED on 18 November 1985 consists of 3 vowels and 26 consonants and an umlaut to mark vowel length. Aymara has three phoneme vowels /a i u/, which distinguish two degrees of length. Long vowels are indicated with a trema in writing: ä ï ü. The high vowels are lowered to mid height when near uvular consonants (/i/ → [e], /u/ → [o]). Vowel deletion Vowel-deletion seems unique to Aymara. Every instance of vowel deletion occurs for one of three reasons: (i) phonotactic, (ii) syntactic, and (iii) morphophonemic.[6] Phonotactic vowel deletion, i.e. hiatus reduction, occurs when two vowels become adjacent as a consequence of word construction or through the process of suffixation. In such environments one of the two vowels deletes: (i) if one of the two vowels is /u/, that vowel will be the only one that surfaces, (ii) if the vowels are /i/ and /a/, the /i/ will surface. (iii) If the sequence is composed of two identical vowels, one will delete. Vowel elision can be syntactically conditioned. For example, in nominal compounds and noun phrases, all adjectival/nominal modifiers with three or more vowels in a modifier + nucleus NP lose their final vowel. Morphemic vowel deletion is the most common. Some suffixes always suppress the preceding vowel, and some lose their own nucleus under predictable conditions. The class of vowel-suppressing suffixes cannot be defined in terms of some common morphological, morpho-syntactic, or semantic feature. Suffixes from all categories in the language suppress the preceding vowel. As for the consonants, Aymara has phonemic stops at the labial, alveolar, palatal, velar and uvular points of articulation. Stops show no distinction of voice (e.g. there is no phonemic contrast between [p] and [b]), but each stop has three forms: plain (tenuis), glottalized, and aspirated. Aymara also has a trilled /r/, and an alveolar/palatal contrast for nasals and laterals, as well as two semivowels (/w/ and /j/). Dental/ Post- m n ɲ voiceless p t t͡ʃ k q aspirated pʰ tʰ t͡ʃʰ kʰ qʰ ejective pʼ tʼ t͡ʃʼ kʼ qʼ s x χ j w l ʎ Rhotic Stress is usually on the penult (the syllable before the last one), but long vowels may shift it. Also, the final vowel of words is elided except at the end of a phrase, but the stress remains on its original syllable. Syllable structure The vast majority of roots are bisyllabic and, with few exceptions, suffixes are monosyllabic. Roots conform to one of two templates: CV(C)CV or V(C)CV. The former is the most common, with CVCV being predominant. As for the suffixes, the majority are CV, though there are some exceptions: CVCV, CCV, CCVCV and even VCV are possible but rare. The agglutinative nature of this suffixal language, coupled with morphophonological alternations caused by vowel deletion and phonologically conditioned constraints give rise to interesting surface structures that operate in the domain of the morpheme, syllable, and phonological word/phrase. The phonological/morphophonological processes observed include syllabic reduction, epenthesis, deletion, and reduplication.[6] Aymara is a highly agglutinative, suffixal language. All suffixes can be categorized into the nominal, verbal, transpositional and those not subcategorized for lexical category (including stem-external word-level suffixes and phrase-final suffixes),[6] as below: Nominal and verbal morphology is characterized by derivational- and inflectional-like suffixes as well as non-productive suffixes. Transpositional morphology consists of verbalizers (that operate on the root or phrasal levels) and nominalizers (including an action nominalizer, an agentive, and a resultative). Suffixes not subcategorized for lexical category can be divided into three stem-external, word-level suffixes (otherwise known as "independent suffixes") and around a dozen phrase-final suffixes (otherwise known as "sentence suffixes"). Non-productive nominal suffixes vary considerably by variant, but typically include those below. Some varieites additionally also have (1) the suffix -wurasa which expresses ‘when’ on aka ‘this’, uka ‘that’ and kuna ‘what’ (< Spanish 'horas'); (2) temporal suffixes -unt ~ -umt; and (3) -kucha which only attaches to two roots, jani ‘no’ and jicha ‘now’: kinship suffixes, including -la, -lla, -chi, and/or -ta the expression of size with -ch’a the suffix -sa ‘side’ which only attaches to the demonstratives and kawki ‘where’ Nominal derivational-like suffixes: diminutive suffixes delimitative suffix -chapi Nominal inflectional-like suffixes: Attributive suffix -ni Possessive paradigm Plural -naka Reciprocal/inclusor -pacha Case suffixes - Syntactic relations are generally case-marked, with the exception of the unmarked subject. Case is affixed to the last element of a noun phrase, usually corresponding to the head. Most varieties of Aymara have 14 cases (though in many, the genitive and locative have merged into a single form): ablative -ta, accusative (indicated by vowel suppression), allative -ru, benefactive -taki, comparative -jama, genitive -na, instrumental/comitative -mpi, interactive -pura, locative -na, limitative -kama, nominative (zero), perlative -kata, purposive -layku. All verbs require at least one suffix to be grammatical. Verbal derivational-like suffixes Direction of motion — Although these suffixes are quite productive, they are not obligatory. The meaning of a word which is affixed with a member of this category is often, but not always predictable, and the word formed may have a different meaning than the root. Spatial location — The nine spatial locations ones are likewise highly productive and not obligatory. Similarly, the meaning of the word to which a member of this category attaches is typically (but not consistently) predictable. There are also contexts in which the word formed has a meaning that significantly differs from that of the root to which it attaches. Valency-increasing — The five valency increasing suffixes may occur on a wide range of verbs, but are not obligatory. The meaning expressed when a word receives one of these suffixes is predictable. Multipliers/reversers — The two multipliers/reversers are comparatively less productive and are not obligatory. In some contexts, attachment to a verb conveys a reverser meaning, effectively expressing the opposite of the meaning of the plain root. In this respect, the multipliers/reversers are the most derivational-like of all the suffixes discussed so far. Aspect — This category is complicated insofar as it is made up of a diverse array of suffix types, some of which are more productive and/or obligatory than others. Others — In some varieties of Aymara, there are three suffixes which are not classified into the categories above: the verbal comparative -jama, the category buffer -(w)jwa, and the intensifier -paya. Semantically, these three suffixes do not have much in common. They also vary with respect to the degree which they may be classified as more derivational-like or more inflectional-like. Verbal inflectional-like suffixes: Person/tense — Person and tense are fused into a unitary suffix. These forms are among the most inflectional-like of the verbal suffixes insofar as they are all obligatory and productive. The so-called personal-knowledge tenses include the simple (non-past) and the proximal past. The non-personal knowledge tenses includes the future and distal past. Number — The plural verbal suffix, -pha (just as the nominal one,-naka) is optional. Thus, while pluralization is very productive, it is not obligatory. Mood and modality — Mood and modality includes mood, evidentials, event modality, and the imperative. These suffixes are both productive and obligatory. Their semantic affect is usually transparent. Transpositional suffixes A given word can take several transpositional suffixes: Verbalizers: There are six suffixes whose primary function is to verbalize nominal roots (not including the reflexive -si and the propagative -tata). These forms can be subdivided into two groups, (1) phrase verbalizers and (2) root verbalizers. Nominalizers: There are three suffixes are used to derive nouns: the agentive -iri, the resultative -ta, and the action nominalizer (sometimes glossed as the "infinitive" in some descriptions) -ña. Suffixes not subcategorized for lexical categories There are two kinds of suffixes not subcategorized for lexical categories: Stem external word-final suffixes (sometimes known as “independent suffixes”) - There are three suffixes that are not classifiable as members of either nominal or verbal morphology, nor can they be said to be phrase-final suffixes: the emphatic -puni, the delimitative -ki, and the additive -raki Phrase-final suffixes (sometimes known as “sentence suffixes” in the literature) - Most Aymara phrases have at least one of the eleven (depending on variant) possible phrase-final suffixes to be grammatical. The phrase-final suffix must appear minimally on a noun, noun phrase, verb, or verb phrase (note that two phrase-final suffixes, the additive -sa and the confirmatory -pi appear exclusively on nouns, but otherwise pattern with phrase-final suffixes and so may not be best treated with nominal morphology). Exceptions to the requirement that a phrase has at least one phrase-final suffix are mainly limited to imperative constructions. Aymara language domain as of 1984 карта по распределению аймароязычных. Ограничился тремя южными департаментами с компактным аймароязычным населением: Пуно, Мокегуа, Такна. There are roughly two million Bolivian speakers, half a million Peruvian speakers, and perhaps a few thousand speakers in Chile and Argentina.[7] At the time of the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century, Aymara was the dominant language over a much larger area than today, including most of highland Peru south of Cuzco. Over the centuries Aymara has gradually lost speakers both to Spanish and to Quechua; many Peruvian and Bolivian communities which were once Aymara-speaking now speak Quechua.[8] There is some degree of regional variation within the Aymara language, although all the dialects are mutually intelligible.[9] Most study of the language has focused on either the Aymara spoken on the southern Peruvian shore of Lake Titicaca or the Aymara spoken around La Paz. Lucy Therina Briggs classifies both of these regions as being part of the Northern Aymara dialect, which encompasses the department of La Paz in Bolivia and the department of Puno in Peru. The Southern Aymara dialect is spoken in the eastern half of the Iquique province in northern Chile and in most of the Bolivian department of Oruro. It is also found in northern Potosí and southwest Cochabamba, but it is slowly being replaced by Quechua in those regions. Intermediate Aymara shares dialectical features with both Northern and Southern Aymara and is found in the eastern half of the Tacna and Moquegua departments in southern Peru and in the northeastern tip of Chile.[10] Wider language family It is often assumed that the Aymara language descends from the language spoken in Tiwanaku, on the grounds that it is the native language of that area today. This is very far from certain, however, and most specialists now incline to the idea that Aymara only expanded into the Tiwanaku area rather late, as it spread southwards from an original homeland more likely to have been in Central Peru.[11] Aymara placenames are found all the way north into central Peru, and indeed (Altiplano) Aymara is actually but one of the two extant languages of a wider language family, the other surviving representative being Jaqaru/Kawki. This family was established by the research of Dr. Lucy Briggs (a fluent speaker) and Dr. Martha Hardman de Bautista of the Program in Linguistics at the University of Florida. Jaqaru [jaqi aru = human language] and Kawki communities are in the district of Tupe, Yauyos Valley, in the Dept. of Lima, in central Peru. Terminology for this wider language family is not yet well established. Dr Hardman has proposed the name 'Jaqi' ('human'), while other widely respected Peruvian linguists have proposed alternative names for the same language family. Alfredo Torero uses the term 'Aru' ('speech'); Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, meanwhile, has proposed that the term 'Aymara' should be used for the whole family, distinguished into two branches, Southern (or Altiplano) Aymara and Central Aymara (i.e. Jaqaru and Kawki). Each of these three proposals has its followers in Andean linguistics. In English usage, some linguists use the term Aymaran for the family, reserving 'Aymara' for the Altiplano branch. Linguistic and gestural analysis by Núñez and Sweetser also asserts that the Aymara have an apparently unique, or at least very rare, understanding of time, and Aymara is, with Quechua, one of very few languages where speakers seem to represent the past as in front of them and the future as behind them. Their argument is situated mainly within the framework of conceptual metaphor, which recognizes in general two subtypes of the metaphor "the passage of time is motion": one is "time passing is motion over a landscape" (or "moving-ego"), and the other is "time passing is a moving object" ("moving-events"). The latter metaphor does not explicitly involve the individual/speaker; events are in a queue, with prior events towards the front of the line. The individual may be facing the queue, or it may be moving from left to right in front of him/her. The claims regarding Aymara involve the moving-ego metaphor. Most languages conceptualize the ego as moving forward into the future, with ego's back to the past. The English sentences prepare for what lies before us and we are facing a prosperous future exemplify this metaphor. In contrast, Aymara seems to encode the past as in front of individuals, and the future in back; this is typologically a rare phenomenon. The fact that English has words like before and after that are (currently or archaically) polysemous between 'front/earlier' or 'back/later' may seem to refute the claims regarding Aymara uniqueness. However, these words relate events to other events, i.e., are part of the moving-events metaphor. In fact, when before means in front of ego, it can only mean future. For instance, our future is laid out before us while our past is behind us. Parallel Aymara examples describe future days as qhipa uru, literally 'back days', and these are sometimes accompanied by gestures to behind the speaker. The same applies to Quechua speakers, whose expression qhipa p'unchaw corresponds directly to Aymara qhipa uru. Possibly, the metaphor is that the past is visible to us (in front of our eyes), while the future is not. There is increasing use of Aymara locally and there are increased numbers learning the language, both Bolivian and abroad. In Bolivia and Peru, intercultural bilingual education programs with Aymara and Spanish have been introduced in the last two decades. There are even projects to offer Aymara through the internet, such as by ILCA.[12] Jaqaru language Indigenous languages of the Americas Classification schemes for indigenous languages of the Americas Mesoamerican languages Language families and languages Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas Category:Indigenous languages of the Americas (division into geocultural areas) Languages of Peru List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin ^ Aymara at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Central Aymara at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Southern Aymara at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nuclear Aymara". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. ^ "Bolivia: Idioma Materno de la Población de 4 años de edad y más- UBICACIÓN, ÁREA GEOGRÁFICA, SEXO Y EDAD". 2001 Bolivian Census. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, La Paz — Bolivia. ^ The other native American languages with more than one million speakers are: Nahuatl, Quechua languages, and Guaraní. ^ Rodolfo Cerron-Palomino, Lingüística Aimara, Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos "Bartolomé de las Casas", Lima, 2000, pp 34-6. ^ a b c Matt Coler, A Grammar of Muylaq' Aymara: Aymara as spoken in Southern Peru. Brill: Leiden, 2014. ^ Ethnologue: 1.785 million in Bolivia in 1987; 442 thousand of the central dialect in Peru in 2000, plus an unknown number of speakers of the southern dialect in Peru; 900 in Chile in 1994 out of a much larger ethnic population; an unstated number in Argentina. ^ Xavier Albó, "Andean People in the Twentieth Century," in The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. Vol. III: South America, ed. Frank Salomon and Stuart B. Schwartz (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999), 765-871. ^ SIL's Ethnologue.com and the ISO designate a Southern Aymara dialect found in between Lake Titicaca and the Pacific Coast in southern Peru and a Central Aymara dialect found in western Bolivia and northeastern Chile. These classifications, however, are not based upon academic research and are probably a misinterpretation of Cerron-Palomino's classification of the language family. ^ Lucy Therina Briggs, Dialectal Variation in the Aymara Language of Bolivia and Peru, Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1976; Adalberto Salas and María Teresa Poblete, "El aimara de Chile (fonología, textos, léxico)", Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica, Vol XXIII: 1, pp 121-203, 2, pp 95-138; Cerron-Palomino, 2000, pp 65-8, 373. ^ Heggarty, P.; Beresford-Jones, D. (2013). "Andes: linguistic history.". In Ness, I.; P., Bellwood. The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 401–409. ^ http://www.ilcanet.org/ciberaymara Coler, Matt. A Grammar of Muylaq' Aymara: Aymara as spoken in Southern Peru. Brill: Leiden, 2014. Núñez, R., & Sweetser, E. With the Future Behind Them : Convergent Evidence From Aymara Language and Gesture in the Crosslinguistic Comparison of Spatial Construals of Time. Cognitive Science, 30(3), 1-49. Coler, Matt. A Grammar of Muylaq' Aymara: Aymara as spoken in Southern Peru. Brill: Leiden, 2014. ISBN 9789004283800 Coler, Matt. The grammatical expression of dialogicity in Muylaq’ Aymara narratives. International Journal of American Linguistics, 80(2):241–265. 2014. Coler, Matt and Edwin Banegas Flores. A descriptive analysis of Castellano Loanwords in Muylaq' Aymara. LIAMES - Línguas Indígenas Americanas 13:101-113. Gifford, Douglas. Time Metaphors in Aymara and Quechua. St. Andrews: University of St. Andrews, 1986. Guzmán de Rojas, Iván. Logical and Linguistic Problems of Social Communication with the Aymara People. Manuscript report / International Development Research Centre, 66e. [Ottawa]: International Development Research Centre, 1985. Hardman, Martha James. The Aymara Language in Its Social and Cultural Context: A Collection Essays on Aspects of Aymara Language and Culture. Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1981. ISBN 0-8130-0695-3 Hardman, Martha James, Juana Vásquez, and Juan de Dios Yapita. Aymara Grammatical Sketch: To Be Used with Aymar Ar Yatiqañataki. Gainesville, Fla: Aymara Language Materials Project, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Florida, 1971. Hardman, Martha James. Primary research materials online as full-text in the University of Florida's Digital Collections, on Dr. Hardman's website, and learning Aymara resources by Dr. Hardman. Aymara Swadesh vocabulary lists (from Wiktionary's Swadesh-list appendix) http://clas.uchicago.edu/language_teaching/aymara.shtml www.aymara.org An extensive website about the language in English, Spanish and Aymara. The Sounds of the Andean Languages listen online to pronunciations of Aymara words, see photos of speakers and their home regions, learn about the origins and varieties of Aymara. Bolivians equip ancient language for digital times Encyclopedy in Aymara Aymara - English Dictionary: from Webster's Online Dictionary - The Rosetta Edition. Andean language looks back to the future - article on Aymara's reversed concept of time, with the past ahead and the future behind JACH'AK'ACHI. Patpatankiri markana kont’awipa An aymara page dedicated to this city in aymara language. Beginning Aymara - a course book in pdf form Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, a historical dictionary by Ludovico Bertonio (1612). Yatiqirinaka Aru Pirwa, Qullawa Aymara Aru, a children's Aymara dictionary by the Peruvian Ministry of Education (2005). AruSimiÑee, Aymara pedagogical vocabulary by the Bolivian Ministry of Education (2004). 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His hair is still combed in the same tousled mid-1970s rock star style, and his T-shirts are the real thing, not retro. He lives now in an inexpensive apartment jammed with records, tapes, discs, and countless autographed photos of his friends the stars. And, yes, they are still his friends; they have not forgotten him, and David Bowie, Cher, Debbie Harry, Courtney Love, Nancy Sinatra and Mick Jagger all appear in this film and seem genuinely fond of Rodney. Well they might. He introduced some of them — Bowie in particular — to American radio. He was known for finding new music and playing it first: The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Nirvana. Stations all over the country stole their playlists from Rodney. “Sonny and Cher were kinda like my mom and my dad,” he says wistfully at one point. He ran a little club for a while, featuring British glam rock, and the stars remember with a grin that it was so small the “VIP Area” consisted simply of a velvet rope separating a few chairs from the dance floor. The story of how Bingenheimer entered into this world is apparently true, unlikely as it sounds. As a kid he was obsessed with stars, devoured the fan magazines, collected autographs. One day when he was a teenager, his mother dropped him off in front of Connie Stevens’ house and told him he was on his own. He didn’t see his mother for another five or six years. Connie wasn’t home. He migrated to the Sunset Strip, but instead of dying there or disappearing into drugs or crime, he simply ingratiated himself. People liked him. He hustled himself into a job as a gofer for Davy Jones of the Monkees (they looked a little alike), and then became a backstage caterer; a survivor of a Doors tour remembers a Toronto concert where Rodney had enormous platters of fresh shrimp backstage. 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His film evokes what the Japanese call mono no aware, which refers to the impermanence of life and the bittersweet transience of things. There is a little Rodney Bingenheimer in everyone, but you know what? Most people aren’t as lucky as Rodney. – Roger Ebert Tags: 1970s, America, American, apartment, Art, Ass, Beatles, Camera, Cher, Classic, Club, concert, Courtney Love, cute, Dance, David, David Bowie, Debbie Harry, Devo, Documentary, Drugs, Face, fan, Film, filmmaker, Girls, glam, Glam Rock, Hair, Hollywood, Hot, James Coburn, Japanese, Los Angeles California, Man, Mayor, meltdown, Mick Jagger, Mother, Music, Nightmare, Nirvana, NOT, OG, Old, pain, person, Photos, Ramones, Records, Rock, Rock Stars, Rodney Bingenheimer, scene, SeMeN, SeMeNSPeRmS, Sex, Sex Pistols, Shrimp, Some, Sound, Star, Stars, Stealing, Story, Sunset, Sunset Strip, Survivor, Teen, Teenage, Teenager, The Beatles, The Clash, The Doors, Toronto, World, youth File under Blast From The Past, Music, SeMeN SPeRmS ViDeO CLuB, Sex Conjured by o~ SeMeN SPeRmS ~o on June 2, 2014 Story Of A Junkie (1985) Gringo 80’s East Village NYC Heroin Addict Docudrama Story of a Junkie is a 1987 drama film directed by Lech Kowalski and starring John Spaceley. Distributed by Troma Entertainment. Filmed in documentary-style, the film follows the character of Gringo, a young man looking for fortune in New York, only to fall into heroin addiction. The movie has amassed quite a reputation in certain circles for its depictions of hard drug usage in New York City’s East Village area. Many of the cast members, including leading man John Spaceley, are actual junkies. The numerous shooting-up sequences are reportedly entirely real, as are many of the drug dens and their denizens. Perhaps even more notable than the cinema verite structure is the almost total lack of moralizing on the part of the producers or its characters. Lead actor Spaceley died in the early 1990s, reportedly from AIDS, which he contracted through intravenous drug use. His final moments are chronicled in yet another Lech Kowalski film, “Born to Lose: The Last Rock & Roll Movie”, a documentary about deceased former New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders. Troma Entertainment hails Story of a Junkie as one of the company’s best films; it’s one of the most well-known outside of the films directed by Troma founders Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. A harrowing, bloody story of heroin addiction that puts films like Trainspotting to shame, Gringo mixes documentary footage with staged scenes to show the life of addict John Spacely. Perhaps you’ve seen him somewhere and just can’t remember his name. The face is about an enigmatic as they come: classic Roman features topped by a greasy dyed matt of slicked back blond hair, pirate-style patch covering his right eye and cigarette dangling from an ever-present smirk. Or maybe you’ve never really noticed him and could frankly care less who he is or was. To you, John Spacely is just another loser, a human being throwing their life away by indulging in the most shameless of self-satisfactions: drug abuse. The minute you learn he’s a card-carrying member of the Riders of the White Horse, you’re thoughts turn to how selfish and stupid he is, how addiction is for the weak and lazy. You now no longer wish to know anything about him, his life, or how he ended up strung out in New York City. Instead, you sneer down your self-righteous nose and blame him (and his kind) for all the problems of the world. Maybe it would help you to learn a little about who John Spacely is. Perhaps your perceptions will change when you learn what drove him to drugs and what he has to do on a daily basis to survive. One thing’s for sure, the minute you see the horrifying docudrama Story of a Junkie, you will think twice about ever attempting to use drugs. This film is as successful a PSA warning about the terrors of dependency that you will probably ever see. It makes the Hollywood glamorization of such struggling souls that much more laughable. GRINGO Story of a Junkie is about as close to pure European neo-realism as an American movie is ever likely to get. It is also a stunning example of the cinema vérité style of filmmaking, the capturing of events as they happen without concern about continuity or performance. Part documentary, part confessional, this occasionally brilliant but always brave movie is an incredibly searing indictment on the use and abuse of drugs. Whereas Tinsel Town tripe likes to romanticize the ritualistic intake of mind and or mood altering substances as a photogenic character flaw, Story of a Junkie tells it like it really is. Never once white washing or trivializing the life of a heroin addict, director Lech Kowalski and his cast of real life drug users draw us directly into the warped urban war zone where the vast majority of pusher and partakers exist. Never cringing from the sights, the sounds, the smells and the surreality of the real drug culture, the desperation is palpable and the danger, predominant. From how fixes are “cut” to the hierarchy in a shooting gallery, you’ll be hard pressed to find another film that tackles this terrible subject with more authenticity. It is drug abuse as slasher film, a frightening, sometime funny and often fatalistic representation of people living a life with a maniacal monkey on their back. It’s impossible for us non-addicts to understand the struggles and the will to survive (if only for the next score) of the person hopelessly obsessed with using. But for some reason, we are no longer a society that accepts brutal honesty. Everything needs to be sugarcoated with a small fraction of hope inserted to keep us feeling safe and secure. Frankly, the plain truth is all that Story of a Junkie has to offer. Without its integrity, its desire to get to the very heart of this corrupt cosmos, all we’d have is a carnival sideshow, a scandalous showcase of pure exploitation. 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__label__cc	0.742607	0.257393	Invisible Paint Brushes rock Circulation: 182,181,004 Issue: 461 \| 17th day of Gathering, Y12 Hello there, TNT! I was wondering... I know you said that the comics sent in to The Neopian Times should be funny, but I have seen comics before that came in many parts and were basically just stories (meaning they had no funny jokes or gags like most comics need to have). They were basically just... well, almost like plot comics. Therefore, I was wondering if we would be allowed to do this, because I would love to tell stories in comic form in The Neopian Times, even if they aren't funny. So, would this be allowed, or will there someday be a place to send in comics that have no pun in them and are just to tell stories with fun pictures and colors, etc.? Please let me know... oh, and please remove my username. :) Thank you a bundle! ~username removed NT comics really should generally focus on humour; occasionally, though, we will make exceptions for amazing work. Also, please remember that if you have several comics that form a story arc, they must be submitted all at once so we don't have half-finished stories floating around Neopia. Someday there may be a place to submit comic series, but today is not that day. Today is Friday, though (somewhere, at least), so it's not all bad, eh? Hi, TNT! throws cotton candy about merrily I was wondering: what is going to happen to all the lovely unconverted Neopets on inactive accounts? Will they all be deleted / purged, or will they be released back into the Pound like Pound Release? I would hate to see some of the great Neopets like [Petname] the unconverted plushie Blumaroo disappear forever. :( ~neolover_200029 Sorry, purged Neopets will no longer exist until they are recreated by a new, loving owner. We know a lot of people are enthralled by and covet unconverted Neopets, but there are plenty of Neopets in existence and waiting to be created that are just as special. How do you access the Petpet Lab Ray? I have all the pieces and other people have done it, but I really just want to know, or else all those Neopoints would have gone to waste!~yolky206 You need to collect all the original Lab Ray pieces that give you access to the Neopet Secret Lab Ray before you can turn in the pieces that lead to the Petpet Lab Ray. Dear TNT, gives you Meepit I was looking in my Safety Deposit Box and, on the dropdown list, one of the choices was "Utility Fish." Could you please tell me what that means? Please remove my username. P.S.: If you don't answer, that Meepit I gave you... well, let's just say...meep. ~username removed Eep! ._. No need for threats! We'll tell you what you want to know! D: Utility fish are a very old type of site item that was retired many, many years ago. It's... hard to explain them, so we'll just post some pictures of them below. You can see why words fail us... On the Avatar Chat, there was a competition between two users to see which of them could be sent & reject the most items with the greatest worth. Now there are people copying the general idea and asking for others to send them expensive items to screenie & reject. They hope that the "trust screenies" will prove to lenders that they aren't scammers. Is this allowed? It really seems to open the way for a lot of potential scamming. (please remove my username) ~username removed headdesk No. Nonononono. Please do not send anyone any items for no reason other than to "prove" they're trustworthy. It's a very poor idea that is just going to cause a lot of people to lose a lot of items. Someone might be honest and send back those three 5,000,000 NP items, but what if they run off with the one that costs fifty million? By offering trust screenies, you're just enabling people to rip off others in an even bigger way. We do NOT condone this, and will not be returning items lost in this fashion. In fact, we will more than likely start warning people who participate in such activities. Hey, TNT! throws random food items I'm kind of upset and confused. I tried to morph my Skeith, but was told that she ate the morphing potion! It wasn't exactly cheap, so I'm wondering if it was a program glitch or a mistake on my part. I want to know so that, when I get enough Neopoints to buy a new potion, she doesn’t eat it again... thanks. ~sonargurl Whoops! That's one of the challenging aspects of owning a Grarrl or Skeith. They'll eat just about anything. If you care for one of these voracious Neopets, we suggest you use great caution when allowing them to interact with items. TNT, indulge my curiosity -- even without a coconut comment or cookies. There are a few people on one of the chat boards who constantly spam (often in a profane or suggestive manner), yet use side accounts to protect their main accounts. If you know the person's main, is it worth pointing out in a report? Please leave my name out, if that's okay. ~username removed Yes, feel free to do so, especially if it is an ongoing problem. As a general notice, if you repeatedly misbehave on side accounts, don't be surprised if you find your main account suspended or frozen, too. YOU are responsible for your behaviour, no matter which account you are on. Hey, TNT. I was just wondering why the Secret Laboratory Map Pieces have rarities of 99 if you can't restock them? I thought anything r99 and below was restockable, and that all non-restockable items are r101 - r180 (retired). Why is this? Thanks. ~mikh26 There are some odd items that are under rarity 101 yet do not stock because they have no shop associated to stock them. For example, both Petpetpets and Lab Ray Map Pieces are r99, but there is no Petpetpet shop or map shop. If the shops existed they would restock there, but they don't exist, so they don't. Why they aren't just r101, well, no one is sure, except whomever gave them that rarity. Please just consider them an oddity. Hi, TNT. I have a tiny favor to ask you. The Pink Skeith Plushie was released on January 31st, 2003. You can't actually search for it, however, in any of the search windows (Search Bar, Trading Post, Auction Genie, Shop Wizard...). Can you fix this little glitch please? ~shadowman2004 Fixed! Also, thanks to other reports like yours, Full Acara Armour, Fire Flail, and Cloak of Night are now restocking! If you know of other items that have been announced in the news, but have never seemed to appear in Neopia, please let the Editorial know by contacting us with the subject "Unreleased item" and include the date it was announced in New Features, along with the name or description of the item. I really like the Usukicon Y11 Messenger Bag. Is there any chance something like this will be available for us to purchase? I would love a Neopets messenger bag for work or class. Also, I wish the virtual one was wearable. Thanks. ~cecilcurtiss Sorry, but we think the only real life Neopets-themed messenger bag ever made was a staff-only Christmas gift several years back. Such staff-only gifts occasionally pop up on eBay, but you shouldn't hold your breath. While we don't have any intention of going back and making the Y11 Usukicon one wearable, we may make an NP wearable messenger bag in the future. :) Hiya, TNT! throws Meepit-shaped cookies My friends and I were talking the other day. I have come up with a completely new color that they think would look good on Neopets of all shapes and sizes. They said, however, that you all would most likely hate it. I was wondering: if someone did come up with a new color, would we be able to tell / show you, or would you rather we didn't? Thanks so much! :D Lastly, could you remove my username? Thankies! ~username removed The reason we try to discourage art of Neopet colours that don't exist is, basically, because it's a lose-lose situation for us. Whether or not we see it, if we come up with something similar, then there is a risk we will be called copycats. If someone designs a colour before it's released, people will see that one and get used to it looking like that, then often be disappointed when the actual one is released because it didn't look like the one they've been used to seeing. On the other hand, if it looks just like it, then we are copycats, and even with permission to use the design, Laywerbot will strike us down with laserbolts. How long does it take for Neopets to dry after they've been painted? ಠ_ಠ ~_kawaiidesu_ We suggest waiting about an hour before attempting to give your Neopet a congratulatory hug. If you have a question that you think should be answered, click here and you can use our submission form. The most common/bizarre questions will appear here next week. Fruit Shakes: Part One "This is the good life," Tamara sighed happily. 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__label__cc	0.595347	0.404653	The Best harp The Best harp is probably the worst of the surviving old Irish harps. It has been almost completely ignored in the literature. Joan Rimmer does not mention it; R.B. Armstrong does mention it but he failed to understand what it was, and he mis-identified it. The Best harp was given to the Royal Irish Academy by the Rev. Berkeley Baxter, in 1882. The Wakeman catalogue of the RIA lists the harp as No. 369, and says that the harp was transferred to the Arts & Industry division of the National Museum of Ireland on 19th July 1958, under the reg. no. 93-1946. The harp is now at the National Museum with the accession number NMI DF:1946-93. In the Freemans Journal of December 1882 there is an account of the provenance of the harp: All that is known of it is, that a very old minstrel, some generations back, was frequently the guest of a clergyman of the name of Best, in the county Sligo, and that at his death the venerable minstrel bequeathed his harp to his worthy host, stating that it was an heirloom which had descended to him from his ancestors. Mr. Barter acquired the harp in 1879… from a lady, the descendent of the Rev. Mr. Best, and who is herself a distinguished harper. Who was Rev. Best? At Michael Billinge’s index of old harps, it is suggested that he was the Rev. Best of Tandragee, County Armagh, mentioned by Andrew Craig in 1787, but this seems unlikely, since we know our Rev. Best was in County Sligo. I have not yet been able to find any more information about “Rev. Mr. Best of Sligo”. We might suppose that Rev. Best was dead by 1879 at the latest, so that his daughter, perhaps, had inherited the harp. Or he could have died decades before, and passed the harp down for many generations. So the “venerable minstrel” could have died any time before 1879. Not very helpful… The account does, however, suggest that the harp may have been a genuine working instrument of a harper in the old tradition, and so I considered that it was worth studying, even though it is the worst of the old harps and is basically a horrible thing. The frame of the Best harp is pretty horrible. The neck is perhaps the nicest part, carved fairly competently from a piece of very dark wood (the Freemans Journal says “ebony”, though I doubt this. Wakeman says it is “stained black” which I also doubt). But even then, there are two things about it that set it apart from the mainstream of old Irish harp norms. One is that it does not have the metal cheek-bands, which the tuning pins pass through; they seem never to have been a part of this harp. The other is that the curve of the tuning pins turns down in the treble, making the treble string lengths very badly scaled. The bass end of the neck fits, as is usual, into the back of the forepillar. But the treble end of the neck, very unusually, fits into the front face of the soundbox. The only other old Irish harp I know of that does this is the Malahide / Kearney 2 harp, whose current location is unknown. Right side of the neck, showing tuning pin drives 20 to 27 Rough outline of the left side of the neck, with tuning pins numbered The neck has 35 tuning pins in it, Nos. 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12 and 34 are iron, and all the others are brass. Every pin except no.13 has the end of its string wound around it, though the free sounding part of each string has been removed. The pins are plain and undecorated and are not all identical, though they are nicely made of type 1a or 1b. The soundbox of the Best harp is pretty crude, compared to the elegantly shaped and hollowed one-piece soundboxes of the other old Irish harps. Wakeman says it is “red sally” (i.e. willow). The soundbox of the Best harp is assembled from eight separate pieces of wood, having a five-sided cross-section. This is the same construction seen in the Malahide / Kearney 1 harp, where the front is formed from three planks, having a flat front and angled flanks. The soundbox of the Best harp is parallel in depth all the way along, though it appears to taper a little in width. There are two sets of brass fittings on the Best harp soundbox. There are thin brass strips on the front: a long strip runs down the centre-line and has 36 string holes which line up with the holes in the wood. There are also three lateral strips which wrap across the front and are fixed onto the sides. The other fitting is the heavier brass plate with engraved lines at the top of the back of the soundbox. Brass plate at the top centre of the back There is an inscription on the bass end of the back, which seems to read IWI. bottom centre of the back, with the letters I W I There is no projecting foot on the soundbox; this is unusual on the old harps, with only the Clonalis Carolan harp similarly lacking a foot. The lower rear edge of the Best harp’s soundbox is very worn away, as if it had been played resting on that edge a lot. Inside the soundbox, there are the ends of some of the strings. There are 10 strings and toggles still there. 8 of them are just the stubs, jammed into the string holes. Two are longer lengths, attached to the stringholes but with their toggles dangling inside the soundbox. There are three different kinds of toggles. Strings 17, 19, 26 and 31 have wooden toggles. Strings 6 and 18 have iron screws attached as toggles. And strings 1, 2, 3 and 5 are toggled onto what look like toggle-knots that have broken from their strings and removed from their toggles. Strings 17, 18 and 19 inside the soundbox. Note the scars around hole 16 where a wood-screw has been used on a string under tension. Strings 1, 2 and 3 inside the soundbox. The strings appear to be toggled onto broken toggle windings. Could these even have sustained the string tension if brought up to pitch? There are toggle-marks from previous use of wooden toggles in these positions. Forepillar The forepillar is the worst part of the Best harp. It looks like a broom handle painted black. It is straight, slender, and cylindrical all the way down, except for the ends where it squares off. It does not look strong enough to resist string tension, and it is so straight and slender that it looks ridiculous compared to the rest of the harp (even though the neck and pillar are hardly objects of great beauty and elegance). I wonder if it is a replacement for one that was broken or damaged. The Freemans Journal article says that the harp “has 35 strings made of brass wire”; Wakeman says that “portions of wire strings remaining”. Now, the harp is basically unstrung, but the strings have been cut from the harp, leaving the coils wound around the tuning pins, and leaving some toggled ends inside the soundboard. Was this done after the Freemans Journal article? Or did the article interpolate from the fragments? Were these string fragments the remnants of the last working stringing and setup of the harp? I think it is likely that all of the other old harps in the Museum that have strings on, have been restrung for display purposes since the harps became non-working collectables. So if we had a harp retaining its old stringing that would be very valuable. I went to the Museum and I measured as much as I could manage by hand of the old strings. I think a lot more data could be extracted from this harp by using more high-tech methods, but this will do for a start. All but one of the pins retains a winding of brass wire on it. Two of the pins have two windings, no. 18 perhaps being merely a single coil that has broken, but no.28 being very clearly a thinner coil that was a complete string, and a thicker bit of wire looped around the pin beneath it. All of the wires were wound clockwise around the pin end, to drop the string from the back of the pin. All of the windings were neat and close, not crossing, with the end inserted neatly into the drilled hole . There were a few strings out of sequence, but the majority of the strings seem to be in the right place, and to increase from 0.7mm in the treble to 1.1mm in the bass. I would summarise these measurements as saying the harp seems to be intended to have 0.75mm brass wire for the top 5 strings, 0.7mm for strings 6 to 16, about 0.9mm for 17 to 29, and 1.2mm for 30 to 35, with a few strings being the “wrong” size. I also measured the string lengths. Because there are 35 tuning pins but 36 string holes, there are two possible configurations, 1-1 and 1-2. I measured both, but I think 1-1 is much more plausible. It is possible there was originally a 36th pin mounted on the forepillar, supposing the current stick is not original. The string lengths are a bit odd, with a few far-too-long strings in the treble (where the line of pins on the neck bends up then down), and with the mid-range and bass a lot shorter than an ideal (pythagorean) scaling. This combination of having string lengths, and having wire gauges, allows us to plot a possible tuning regime for this harp. Unfortunately, the current stringing and setup of the Best harp seems to be as horrible as its design and construction. The use of 0.7mm brass wire in the treble means the treble strings are far too thick and far too high tension; the bizarre scaling of the harp means that the mid-range and bass strings are far too short and tubby. The harp would speak with its lowest note at G (2 octaves below na comhluighe) and its highest note as e”’ one note higher than the top of the Downhill harp, at a slightly lower pitch than modern (perhaps a’=415). It wouldn’t go higher than that without snapping strings 4 and 5. At this tuning the total tension on the harp would be around 475kg which seems rather high for the slender neck and ridiculously slender forepillar. Here are all my measurements, with estimated accuracy, and a calculated stringing chart: Rev Best string measurements pdf If I were stringing and tuning a replica of this harp I think I would disregard the top five strings. Because of their bizarre toggles, I think they could be considered later cosmetic additions. Perhaps those top five should be thinner (the thinnest wire on the harp is no. 20, obviously out of place, measuring about 0.55mm). These top five could even be iron allowing a slightly higher pitch standard for the harp. And strings 5-6 is a good place to change gauge, being g-a on my suggested tuning. So how do we regard the Best harp? Was it really strung and played in its current state by the “venerable minstrel” who visited the Rev. Mr. Best at his house in Sligo? If so, did this old harper know that he had the worst harp in Ireland? How are we to assess the quality of an old harp? We are not in the tradition, we do not know what aspects of a harp are more or less important. It is easy to take a modern attitude, and to expect certain types of sound, touch, aesthetic and engineering criteria when we look at a harp. Perhaps the old harper who set up and played the Best harp thought it was fine, perhaps he was able to play it well to good effect. Perhaps he used the over-heavy treble and twangly bass for a specific traditional style of harp playing. Or, was the harp a failed experiment by an incompetent harper trying to get a harp on the cheap from a local carpenter? Were the strings put on it after the harper died and bequeathed it, just using whatever wire was left over in his string-bag, to try and make it look presentable for display in the entrance hall of the Best residence? What did Rev. Best’s descendent, the “distinguished harper”, who passed it on to Berkley Baxter, think of it? Did she try to play it? Was she glad to get rid of it? There is a story behind every artefact, a sequence of human interactions that layer upon layer shape and affect the material object. Every aspect of the Best harp has been done by Human agency. Someone has wound those strings on, someone has snipped them off. Someone has wound string 28 with a fat bit of wire jangling round the tuning pin shaft. Someone has wound the toggles and the wood screws and the strange loops in the treble. Who? Why? What were they even thinking? We cannot know, but we can analyse the stuff they left behind to try and work some of it out. Thanks to Sarah Nolan and to the National Museum of Ireland for facilitating my visit. Posted on 1st August 2019 31st July 2019 Author simonchadwickCategories researchTags Best harp, Dublin, NMI, organology, stringing, strings Previous Previous post: Carolan’s original harp bass Next Next post: Playing the harp in the Linen Hall Library	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line350
__label__cc	0.529704	0.470296	Health and Social Care Bill July - August 2011 The cost of the government's plans to restructure the NHS is rising at almost £1m a day - http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/28/cost-nhs-changes-rising The Bill finished its second committee stage before the recess, with the Coalition using its majority to get its amendments through. It will return to the Commons on 6th September for report with a vote on 7th September and then be passed through to the Lords. Meanwhile Andrew Lansley published the government's first response http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Responsestoconsultations/DH_125442 . This document instructs PCTs to consult about "extending choice" for 8 services, of which each PCT is to choose 3. This is to be done during September/October. Details of this instruction are in the operational guidance - http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_128462.pdf The Bill is not a done deal and Evan Harris, a doctor and former Lib Dem MP who led the opposition at the Lib Dem Conference, says that despite concessions in the small print, the core privatisation principle remains. Let's hope the Lib Dems can still be persuaded to vote against it - not to mention the Lords. Pressure on MPs and peers must be maintained. The Bill can still be defeated in the Commons if all the opposition MPs vote against it. 38 degrees now have funding to examine the legal issues in much more detail and will be reporting on this soon. NHS Sheffield responses to questions put at the 5th July Public Meeting NHS Sheffield offers the public the opportunity to ask questions of the Board at its public meetings. To celebrate the 63rd birthday of the NHS we posed three sets of questions particularly around what the NHS might look like in 2013 when it reaches 65. The Chair of the PCT was anxious to assure us that they were working hard to ensure that they achieve the best handover possible. The PCT meeting itself was a long one because of the care homes issue so we only got to ask verbally the first of our questions about the reforms - but we were assured we will get written answers to the questions about patient involvement and privatisation and we had brief but friendly conversations with some PCT directors before the private part of their meeting began. The question we did ask centered around what the local NHS structure might look like under the amended Bill (part of the question about additional costs will be answered separately as well). As had been said earlier in the meeting, the situation changes week by week if not day by day and David Nicholson, the head of the NHS, will be making a key speech on Friday. Some of the national information plus a minor leak is at http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/05/leaked-paper-nhs-commissioning-board We were told that the government does appear to have rowed back from its original intention to place the support organanisations for commissioning into a market. The Guardian article above refers to quite a large NHS commissioning Board at national level, with, presumably, local outposts. As of this week there will now be four Strategic Health Authorities (divisions not yet decided) plus, I think, London. To these will report a number of PCT clusters but these will not necessarily by the same as the ones which have just been developed (ours is currently South Yorks + Bassetlaw). The clusters will have clinical commissioning groups , one for each local authority area (to fit in with the new health and wellbeing boards) and GP consortia will be represented on these - along with the other reps added under the Bill amendments. Associated somehow with these groups will be the specialised regional networks (like the cancer network) which Lansley originally wanted to abolish. Also somehow associated will be the amendments' new construction of a 'clinical senate'. Commissioning will be supported by a Community Support Services organisation with Community Support Units covering populations of around 1.5 - 2 million (? the size of a cluster?). The government's original intention was to put this out to tender but it now seems possible that this will not happen and the new organisations seem likely to be formed out of existing staff (for my comment see below.) The 4 current consortia in Sheffield will work together and possibly move to forming one organisation but with a strong local service focus. Although GPs will have the key involvement in commissioning, fewer of them will actually be involved directly than seemed likely under the original Bill. More GPs in Sheffield are interested than there will be places, but others are getting put off as the bureaucratic implications become clearer. The issue of the transfer of public health to local government etc awaits further pronouncement later this month. The Bill's intention is that Clinical Commissioning Groups, once approved for competence by the National Commissioning Board, will be legal entities beginning from April 2013 when the PCTs will be abolished if the Bill becomes law. The National Commissioning Board itself will be established as a Special Health Authority in October this year. Clincial Commissioning groups will act as committees of the PCT Cluster Boards and operate as 'shadows' until they become legal. The Chair of the PCT commented earlier in the meeting that 'there are many transitional arrangements and they are not 100% clean" i.e. clearly defined. I will only make two comments: 1) What on earth has been the point? 2) The remarks about the move away from a market for support organisations may provide some reassurance, but the status of the organisations is unclear (Will they be NHS? How will staff be employed there? Will they have to wind up their jobs and re-apply to the new organisation? Will they be TUPE'd.). There still seems to be no absolute guarantee that private organisations will not be involved. NHS Sheffield responses to questions put at the 5t...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line354
__label__cc	0.646852	0.353148	You are here: Synergies > Secretariat > Management Reports > Sustainability Sustainability and Green Practices in the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Since 2012, the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions has put in place practical measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve its overall environmental performance. Overall, since 2010, the Secretariat has reduced its carbon footprint by half, most notably due to promoting the use of online conferencing and more systematic scheduling of back to back meetings. The Secretariat has been offsetting its GHG emissions since 2013, through a long-term agreement with the UNFCCC. The secretariat also undertakes specific activities targeted at waste prevention and minimization. Recent actions have been taken to reduce wastes, in particular plastic waste, generated during the meetings of the Conferences of the Parties. The 2019 COPs have been plastic free. Reducing carbon footprint Greenhouse gas emissions: some key figures Total emissions (tCO2 eq) Per capita emissions (t CO2 eq / personnel) % of air travel related emissions Per capita air travel emissions (t CO2 eq / personnel) Facility related emission intensity (kg CO2 eq / m2) Becoming climate neutral The Secretariat has been implementing the United Nations Climate Neutral Strategy and has been climate neutral since 2013. Under this framework, the Secretariat prepares annual inventories of its greenhouse gas emissions, takes steps to reduce its emissions and offsets unavoidable emissions. The Secretariat has offset a total of 1,513 tonnes CO2 equivalent generated in 2012, 2013, and 2014 through the UNEP Climate Neutral Strategy. In October 2016, the Secretariat has entered an agreement with the UNFCCC Secretariat for offsetting its 2015 emissions and those projected till 2020. A total of 1,684 tonnes CO2 equivalent have been offset for the years 2015-2018 through this agreement. The Secretariat’s commitment towards improving environmental performance, including through measuring, reducing and offsetting its climate footprint, is an initiative taken for the long-term, and efforts will continue in the future towards further reducing and offsetting its environmental footprint. More information on the BRS environmental performance can be found on the Greening the Blue website here. Managing waste The Secretariat undertakes specific activities aiming at preventing and minimizing waste generation. The meetings organized by Secretariat are paperless and, whenever possible, plastic free. At the 2019 COPs meetings, specific arrangements were made to minimize the use of plastic. In the Secretariat’s offices, wastes are separated during collection and shipped to different contractors for final disposal or recycling. 84% of the waste generated is either reused/recycled/composted or recovered. Baseline sustainability reports Reports of the Secretariat’s sustainability team established in 2011 to work on sustainability performance aspects: December 2013 Report on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the Secretariat of the Basel and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions and the UNEP-part of the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Greenhouse gas emissions and offsetting considerations Report on sustainability performance of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions Environmental and financial sustainability performance Secretariat of the Synergies - UNEP Secretariat of the Synergies Secretariat of the Synergies - FAO Copyright 2012 by Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line356
__label__wiki	0.808606	0.808606	Hilarious Baby Photo Expectations Vs. Reality When you have a baby, you want nothing more than to show him or her off to the world, right? You see all these wonderful baby photo ideas on Pinterest, and you just have to try some out for yourself. These parents all had good intentions, and though the results probably aren't what they had hoped for, they are infinitely more hilarious. Bill Murray reportedly dating former child star Jenny Lewis Bill Murray celebrated his movie “Rock the Kasbah” like a rock star by partying till after midnight Tuesday and jumping onstage with a band at the subterranean Hudson Hotel club Good Units. Meanwhile, we hear one guest who showed up at the bitter end of the night is Murray’s rumored younger love interest, indie rocker Jenny Lewis. Murray booked the same band that played his son Luke’s September wedding, Chevy Chevis Entertainment, and he joined the group to sing the Rascals’ “Good Lovin’ ” for a crowd including Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney, Kate Hudson, Naomi Campbell, and Zooey Deschanel. Feds Have Spent More on Origami Condoms, Fat Lesbian Studies Than on Benghazi Committee The amount of taxpayer funding that has gone toward the investigation into the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, is less than the amount the federal government has invested in “Origami condoms” and studies on why lesbians are obese. Democrats are very concerned that the Select Committee on Benghazi is wasting taxpayer dollars. Leading Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), are demanding that the RNC reimburse the government for the cost of the investigation. Rep. Linda Sanchez (D., Calif.) said it was a “gross misuse” of millions in taxpayer dollars. Ranking Member of the Benghazi committee Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) began his opening statement during the hearing with Hillary Clinton on Thursday saying, “Republicans are squandering millions of taxpayer dollars on this abusive effort to derail Secretary Clinton’s presidential campaign.” Is A Kilt A Costume? Busch Gardens Says So, Denies Entry To Man Wearing Scottish Garb UPDATE: Busch Gardens says kilts are now welcome at the park, whenever guests want to wear them. After the story of the kilt-wearing man who wasn’t allowed into the park hit the Internet, Busch Gardens posted a statement on its Facebook page (h/t to Consumerist reader Shea), announcing that though it has to “adhere to a strict no-costume policy” during Halloween events, it’d changed its mind on the topic of kilts. “We regret any confusion this has caused, and have clarified that kilts are permitted in our parks during these special events, just as they are on a typical day. We welcome our kilt-wearing friends out to enjoy Howl-O-Scream,” the park’s statement reads. ——————ORIGINAL STORY BELOW—————— What passes for a costume for one person might just be considered a normal outfit for others, but at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA, there’s no gray area when it comes to men wearing traditional Scottish garb: a park guest said he was denied entry because he had a kilt on. That goes against Busch Garden’s anti-costume policy, the park said, especially during its Howl-O-Scream Halloween event. But the Norfolk, VA man says he wasn’t trying to dress up as anything other than who he is. He’s of Irish, Scottish and English descent, and six years ago, he started wearing a kilt about every other day to do things like go grocery shopping and other mundane, everyday tasks, to show his pride. “I’ve been a customer for decades and a regular pass holder, and this has left a terrible stain on the honor of my culture as well as my ethnic pride,” he wrote on his Facebook post along with a video of his outfit. Carroll County official supports Ben Carson's anti-Muslim rhetoric BALTIMORE —A Carroll County commissioner's support of a presidential candidate's anti-Muslim rhetoric is drawing renewed criticism. Recent anti-Muslim comments by Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson sparked calls for the retired neurosurgeon to drop out of the race. "I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that," Carson said. The controversy continued to brew Thursday after an opinion piece published this week in the Carroll County Times. Carroll County Commissioner Richard Rothschild had a byline in the paper on Monday. His piece backed up Carson's comments. Opponents called his words "reckless," "hate-filled" and "inaccurate." Amazon Planning To Hire 100,000 Temporary Workers This Holiday Season While Amazon continues to deflect criticism of its workplace culture, the retailer announced plans to nearly double its workforce this holiday season: adding 100,000 temporary workers to its roster. The new short-term employees will join about 90,000 current workers (human and robot) at the company’s 70 warehouses and shipping hubs around the country, CNBC reports. The seasonal hirings represent a 25% increase from last year when the company hired about 80,000 short-term workers. Amazon executives say the temporary positions are in addition to the recently added 25,000 jobs the company filled in recent months. Ex-Baltimore principal sentenced to probation for stealing BALTIMORE —A former principal of Western High School in Baltimore was given a suspended prison sentence and put on supervised probation Thursday. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn sentenced Alisha Trusty, 39, to five years in prison, which was suspended, and five years of supervised probation, the Maryland State Prosecutor's Office said. Trusty pleaded guilty in June to stealing $53,912.94 from the school's student activity fund. She has paid $15,000 in restitution and was ordered to pay $38,912.94 in additional restitution during her probation. 8 Things We Learned About Racial And Gender Wage Inequality In The Restaurant Industry With nearly 11 million people working in the restaurant industry in the United States, the field has become one of the most populated in the workforce. But a new report finds that while there’s a plethora of positions in the restaurant business, there’s a stark difference between livable-wage and poverty-wage positions and it tends to further segregate employees by gender and race. The Restaurant Opportunities Centers United released a report [PDF] Tuesday exploring the wide-ranging economic positions of service industry workers and calling for an end for what it calls racial and gender occupational segregation. “While Jim Crow regulated the enforced separation between white and African American patrons in restaurants,” the report states, “today we largely find that restaurant workers are effectively segregated by race and gender by a partition between livable-wage server and bartender positions and poverty wage busser, runner, and kitchen positions.” BREAKING NEWS: Hurricane Patricia makes landfall in Mexico Hurricane Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, makes landfall in Mexico as a Category 5 storm, Reuters reports. Lawmakers Introduce Legislation To Curtail Surprise Medical Bills There are good surprise and there are bad surprise. Falling into the latter category are unexpected medical bills, which affect nearly 30% of privately insured Americans. This week, lawmakers took steps to shield consumers from these often burdensome tabs. Texas Representative Lloyd Doggett, along with 20 co-sponsors, introduced the Ending Surprise Billing Act with the aim to put a stop to unfair and unexpected out-of-network charges. Under the proposed legislation, patients can no longer be charged balance bills if they go to an in-network facility in an emergency. In the case of non-emergencies, they cannot be balanced billed unless they are given 24-hours-notice that an out-of-network specialist is providing care, an estimate of the charges, and then provide written consent to those charges. If the conditions of the legislation aren’t met, patients would only be responsible for what they would have paid for services if they received them from in-network providers. “Patients under anesthesia shouldn’t have to pay out-of-pocket unexpectedly for a health care provider outside their insurance coverage network,” Doggett said in statement. “Surprise billing is a complex problem. But we should all agree that requiring patients to pay unfair and unexpected bills is not the solution.” Police/Courts 10/23/15 Christopher Bowden, 21, of Fruitland, Md. was arrested on Oct. 13 for breaking into a friend’s apartment, stealing an Xbox 360 and pawning it at a local shop on April 23. Ocean City police officers reported Bowden entered through a window on the front porch by cutting the screen and a shoe scuff mark was found on the window frame. An investigation revealed Bowden pawned the Xbox 360 on the same day it was stolen, the report stated. He was arrested and charged with first degree burglary, fourth degree burglary theft, malicious destruction of property and theft. Ocean City police officers arrested Garry Bell, 52, of Sinking Spring, Pa. for assaulting his girlfriend inside a hotel on Oct. 15. Upon arrival, Ocean City police communications advised officers Bell had a warrant from Pennsylvania and was immediately handcuffed, according to the report. Domino’s Launches Custom-Built Chevy Pizzamobile With Built-In Ovens Pizza delivery is a tricky business. You have to get a pizza from the restaurant to the car, let it sit in the car for a while, then get it from the car to the customer, all without tilting the box so the cheese slides off. Delivery drivers normally use their own cars for this… but what if there were a purpose-built car designed to keep food warm and advertise Domino’s in traffic? The process began three years ago, when Domino’s ran a design contest looking for the “ultimate delivery vehicle.” 100 of the vehicles will roll out in test cities over the next few months. The current version is called the DXP, or “delivery expert,” and is based on the gasoline-powered version of the Chevrolet Spark. It has warming ovens where the backseat and trunk normally would be. Yep: exterior, lockable warming ovens. American Legion hosts second gala for wounded warriors in OC Ocean City and the American Legion welcomed 15 wounded warriors from the Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. last weekend. They participated in a number of activities including breakfast from the American Legion and VFW, a boat ride and lunch with United States Coast Guards in Ocean City and a trip to the Veterans Support Center of America near Salisbury. “This is the third time [the American Legion has hosted Wounded Warriors in Ocean City,]” said American Legion Post #166 Commander Sarge Garlitz. Last Saturday night, dozens of people attended the second annual Wounded Warriors Gala on 24th Street and heard from keynote speaker Dr. Debra Malone, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and the trauma research director at Walter Reed National Naval Medical Center. Toledo, Ohio Mayoral Candidate Promises God's 'Destruction' If She Doesn't Win Cardin Statement on Hogan Administration’s Transportation Plans in Baltimore City WASHINGTON – U. S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued the following statement in response to Governor Larry Hogan’s (R-Md.) announcement of his updated transportation priorities for Baltimore City. “Governor Hogan’s decision to help Baltimore’s bus system run more efficiently is welcome news for the people who live, work and play in the city. While I welcome his suggestions to streamline bus service, his announcement is in no way a comprehensive, long-term solution to improving public transportation, reducing traffic or creating new jobs in Baltimore City. Spending $150 million to make buses run on time is a good start but no substitute for the 10 years of planning, $900 million in hard-fought federal funding and the economic growth that Governor Hogan threw away when he killed the Red Line in Baltimore. “In an op-ed from September, the Governor wrote: ‘Over the next several months, my administration will announce a series of innovative ideas that have the potential to deliver real change.’ I have to ask, is color-coding bus lines and removing lanes from already congested city streets ‘real change’ to the people commuting to and through Baltimore? Making the buses run on time is not innovative, it is what is expected of our transit agencies. I agree with Governor Hogan that public transit should be multimodal and comprehensive, but this new plan falls short on both counts.” Woman Flipped Off the Mayor, So He Had a SWAT Team Raid Her House Piedmont, MO – Tina Warren has been fighting her local government over rising water bills, leaving her at odds with the town’s mayor, Bill Kirkpatrick. Warren has been running a number of campaigns against his policies, and she has even been flipping the mayor the middle finger every time she sees him. Tina’s local activism made her a target for the local police, who pulled her over several times, reportedly demanding that she stop a petition drive that she was organizing about water bills. According to Warren, her house was also raided and searched for drugs on Kirkpatrick’s orders. Now she is filing a harassment lawsuit against the city, stating that the mayor and the local police colluded to intimidate her and prevent her activism. DOJ: Lois Lerner Will Not Face Criminal Charges in Targeting Scandal Lois Lerner will not face criminal charges for targeting conservative and Tea Party groups during her time at the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice said Friday. CNN reported that the Justice Department will not bring charges against Lerner, who served as the director of exempt organizations at the IRS, and will close its two-year investigation into the alleged improper targeting. The government agency said in a letter to Congress that investigators found “substantial evidence of mismanagement, poor judgment, and institutional inertia leading to the belief by many tax-exempt applicants that the IRS targeted them based on their political viewpoints.” However, the letter said that “poor management is not a crime.” No one at the agency will face charges. Old Commercial Boat’s Materials Dropped On Reef Site OCEAN CITY — Just a week after the dilapidated “New Hope,” a fixture on the West Ocean City commercial harbor landscape for years, was dismantled, much of its steel and salvageable material found its new home on the ocean floor at the Bob Gower Artificial Reef site this week. Last week, Captain Jeremiah Kogon and the crew on the MV Iron Lady meticulously dismantled the old New Hope, a 70-foot commercial vessel scuttled for years along the bulkhead at the commercial harbor in West Ocean City. Most of the sinking vessel, which had been half-submerged at the harbor for several years, was not salvageable and was ultimately hauled to the landfill, but much of its steel superstructure was stacked neatly on the deck of the MV Iron Lady for future deployment on the Bob Gower Artificial Reef site just miles off the coast of the resort. With clear weather and calm seas this week, the MV Iron Lady, with the assistance of the Ocean City Artificial Reef Foundation and the Morning Star with Captain Monty Hawkins, began methodically dropping the tons of steel and other material on the Bob Gower reef site, named for the late, beloved captain who trolled the waters around the resort area for decades before his passage in 2011. UPDATE, Read The Comments: In Case You Missed It, Listen To This Recent Salisbury Crime Interview Uncle Sam admits monitoring you for these 377 words: One of breakout standup routines from the late, great George Carlin was his 1972 monologue “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” In the presence of polite company, I shall not repeat them… but rest assured, the routine is still hilarious to this day. I wish I could say the same about the Department of Homeland Security… I wish I could say this is all a big joke… that the government’s “377 words you can never use online” is just some stupid comedy routine. But it’s not. And you just can’t make this stuff. BREAKING NEWS: Ex-IRS official Lois Lerner will not face criminal charges The Justice Department announces it will not bring charges against Lois Lerner, the former IRS official who sparked a political controversy over the processing of applications for tax-exempt status. Man Alleged Spit On By Police Charged, Injured In Chase A man who was allegedly spit on by a Baltimore police officer is now in the hospital with injuries after police say he crashed a car. Police spokesman T.J. Smith says that Alfred Evans was spotted speeding Wednesday night and that when officers approached, Evans put the car in reverse and sped down a one-way street in the wrong direction. Smith says Evans struck an SUV and a business. Smith says bystanders pulled Evans out of the car. He was taken to the hospital. He faces traffic charges. The 50 best US tourist attractions you've never heard of Each state has its iconic landmarks, but there are plenty of attractions that fly under the radar. New York has the Empire State Building, but it's also home to Letchworth State Park, unofficially known as the "Grand Canyon of the East." We've rounded up the most worthwhile but lesser-known tourist attractions in every state. While some of these places have a significant amount of visitors each year, they remain hidden gems to many out-of-state travelers. 2 uniformed Secret Service officers found sleeping on the job WASHINGTON (WJLA) — Federal watchdogs discovered two uniformed Secret Service officers sleeping on the job during an audit last August. In a report released Thursday, the Office of the Inspector General says one officer was at his post at the White House, the other at an unnamed embassy. ABC News is reporting that it was the Israeli Embassy. One officer told investigators he had taken cold medicine that made him drowsy. The OIG found the other officer had worked 60 hours of overtime in the pay period leading up to the incident. Second Homicide Suspect Arrested Dover, DE - The Delaware State Police Homicide Unit continues to investigate a Dover area home invasion where three people were shot and two killed. On Saturday, October 17, 2015 at approximately 1:38 a.m. a home invasion was reported with two suspects. Troopers responded to the 1400 block of John Clark Road (Rodney Village) south of Dover, De. The Delaware State Police working with the First State Fugitive Task Force, the Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force, and the Norristown Police Department were able to locate Saleem Shabazz, 21 of Philadelphia, at the unit block of East Jacoby Street, Norristown, Pa. Saleem Shabazz was taken into custody on October 22, 2015 at approximately 5:00 p.m. without incident. Shabazz is awaiting extradition back to Delaware and is currently being held at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in lieu of $1 million cash bail. (mug shot attached) If anyone has any information about this incident they are asked to contact Detective D. Grassi at 302-365-8441. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333, or by sending anonymous tips by text to 274637 (CRIMES) using the keyword DSP via the internet atwww.delaware.crimestoppersweb.com. House votes to repeal key pieces of Obamacare House Republicans on Friday passed legislation that would eliminate some of the most contentious parts of Obamacare, and sent it to a Senate that, for a change, should be able to pass it and send it to President Obama's desk. Lawmakers approved the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act in a 240-189 vote that saw all but one Democrat vote against the measure, along with seven Republicans. The bill would eliminate the individual and employer health insurance mandates, the 2.3 percent medical device tax, and the tax on "Cadillac" health care plans. It would kill off a public health fund under Obamacare that the GOP has said is a "slush fund" for the Obama administration. And, importantly for many Republicans, it would also impose a one-year moratorium on federal funding for Planned Parenthood. That group is being investigated after a series of videos suggesting that the group may be profiting from the sale of fetal remains. Power outage In Pocomoke City & Snow Hill Choptank Electric is reporting 242 members without power in the Pocomoke City and Snow Hill areas. Crews are currently on site and working on isolating the issue. All Members in Pocomoke City and Snow Hill areas should be restored at this time. If you are still experiencing an outage, please call our Outage Reporting Number at 1.800.410.4790 The 10 movies people love watching over and over Do you have a favorite movie that never seems to get old no matter how many times you've watched it? Using data from over 1,000 people, Walt Hickey at FiveThirtyEight put together a list of the 25 most rewatchable movies of all time. Turns out, when it comes to rewatching movies, many people have pretty similar tastes. Of course, it's not an exact science. For several entries, Hickey had to interpret whether the person meant an individual film or an entire series, such as "Harry Potter" or "Star Wars." There is also a difference between the movies men like to watch and the ones women like to watch. How many of these movies have you seen? Krauthammer: History will judge Obama Charles Krauthammer told viewers Thursday on “Special Report with Bret Baier” that “history is going to judge Obama very severely” on his decision to keep U.S. forces in Afghanistan at their current level throughout much of 2016. Krauthammer, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor, insisted Obama has no intention of reducing troop levels before he leaves office because he does not want “helicopters lifting off embassy personnel in Kabul the way that happened in Saigon in '75.” “He does not want that embarrassment,” said Krauthammer. “I think he’ll hold the 10,000. I think that’s the right policy. And he wants to dump it in the lap of the next president.” How subscription video on-demand services like Netflix are contributing to the demise of pay-TV The way viewers are watching TV is rapidly evolving. Every year, more viewers are ditching their expensive pay-TV subscriptions and opting instead for subscription video on-demand (SVOD) services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video, as well as premium services from HBO and Showtime. Rising demand for SVOD services, which allow viewers to stream the programming they want anywhere, has led many to question what the future of video entertainment looks like — and whether traditional pay-TV has a place. In a new report from BI Intelligence, we examine how the growth of SVOD services is coming at the expense of the pay-TV industry. We analyze the state of the pay-TV industry and map out which demographics are more likely to stop buying traditional TV packages. We also discuss the user base, original content offerings, and subscription models of the major subscription streaming services available today, including Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video. Finally, we look at how traditional pay-TV companies and premium channels like HBO and Showtime are addressing the shift to digital viewing, as well as the implications of their response for advertisers. Here are some of the key takeaways: Those abandoning pay-TV packages fall into three main groups: cord-nevers, cord-cutters, and cord-shavers. Whereas video streaming services have found favor with younger viewers in particular, an increasing portion of older subscribers also are leaving behind their pay-TV packages. Still, younger viewers watch four times as much video content online than older viewers. Netflix is the largest SVOD service and will continue to dominate the industry with an impressive original content lineup and aggressive expansion plans. Amazon is trying to compete with Netflix by investing significant resources in original content. Hulu is the third-largest SVOD service, but the only one to offer ad-supported membership tiers. Hulu has been the slowest to roll out original and exclusive content, but it has inked numerous deals in the past year to boost its content library. Pay-TV companies are responding to the rise of SVOD services by offering subscribers "skinny bundles" and their own streaming services. Active Shooter Events Study Says Hands-Free Devices Not Helping With Distracted Driving ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Distracted driving. Hands-free technology in cars is hardly danger free. Gigi Barnett reports a new study on the special devices yields some surprising results. Sending or reading a hands-free text or touching the dash are distractions drivers thought they could do with ease. “With the hands-free, I’m still watching the road,” driver Ethan Becker said. A new study by AAA discovered that after the hands-free task is done, a driver can still be distracted for seconds — up to 27 seconds. Governor Larry Hogan: A Transformative New Plan to Rebuild Baltimore Transit Two Google employees are giving everyone a peek inside Google For the most part, Google is a wondrously fantastic place to work. But even some of the people who work at Google have only heard rumors of how great it is. Many have not experienced the crazy cool projects, climbing walls, or legendary slides themselves. So, two Google employees, known by their first names "Nat and Lo" decided to check out their company. They are using Google's famous 20% time to film all the cools things inside Google, sharing their experiences on YouTube. (Google allows its employees to spend 20% of their time working on whatever projects inspires them). Their YouTube channel is called, simply enough, "Nat and Lo's 20% Project" and so far, they've thrown open the doors to things like ... ... how Google X projects get started. Google X is the experimental lab working on everything from robotic swimming snakes to a tablet that captures 3D images and can use that to direct a remote control car around a house. A close look at why the tablet market isn't coming back The tablet market has hit a wall. Shipments contracted for the second consecutive quarter at the start of 2015, declining by 6% year-over-year (YoY). On an annual basis, the tablet market has fallen off dramatically. As recently as 2011, annual global tablet shipments growth surged 305%. But by 2014, total tablet shipments growth had slowed to just 8%. In a new report from BI Intelligence on the tablet market, we have revised down our tablet shipments projections for what was once the fastest-growing consumer electronics category, after sustained contraction in the tablet market over the past two quarters. Eastbound lanes of Bay Bridge reopen after truck overturns QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — A box truck overturned on the Bay Bridge Friday morning. No injuries were reported by the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. Eastbound lanes were closed for several hours before the span was reopened around 11 a.m. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM THE SCENE Two vehicles were involved in the accident that occurred in the fourth lane. The box truck involved in the accident is owned by Lindy's Seafood based in Woolford, Maryland. Baltimore mom gives birth to ‘Incredibly Rare’ identical triplets (BALTIMORE) — One’s company, two’s a crowd, and three’s a party — Kristen and Tom Hewitt know that firsthand after giving birth to extremely rare identical triplets in Baltimore earlier this month. Kristen Hewitt said that when the couple got their first ultrasound, the technician was abnormally quiet. To break up the silence, her husband jokingly asked “if there was more than one baby in there.” The tech laughed and broke the news that the couple had not one, not two, but three buns in the oven. Because the incidence of identical triplets, where one fertilized egg splits three times, is so low, there are very few absolute statistics on them. Doctors said the odds of babies like Thomas III “Tripp,” Finnegan “Finn,” and Oliver “Ollie” being conceived without the use of fertility treatments could be as high as one in two million. The IRS is now recognizing same-sex marriages no matter where they were performed The IRS is making it official: The tax agency says it will now recognize same-sex marriages regardless of where they were performed. The IRS and the Treasury Department also said they will interpret the terms "husband" and "wife" to apply to same-sex spouses as well as opposite-sex spouses. The IRS proposed the regulations Wednesday to implement the Supreme Court's decision in June legalizing same-sex marriages in every state. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution provides a right to same-sex marriage. You Just Can't Please Them "Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz criticized Hogan's plan as insufficient" ..."They should have been doing... Posted by Maryland Democratic Party on Thursday, October 22, 2015 Student who went on mac and cheese tirade no longer at UConn A University of Connecticut spokeswoman says a 19-year-old man is no longer enrolled at the school after going on a drunken, obscenity-laced tirade against food service workers for refusing to sell him jalapeno-bacon macaroni and cheese. Spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said Wednesday that Luke Gatti, a former freshman from Bayville, New York, was no longer a UConn student. She says she can't disclose why Gatti was no longer enrolled at the school because of federal law. Many students on campus told Eyewitness News that Gatti leaving the school is the best outcome for him and the university. "I don't think he should be forgiven because his behavior is just too out of line," said Zexi Ryn, a UConn students. Animated map shows every nuclear bomb explosion in history On July 16th, 1945, the United States conducted the world's first test of a nuclear weapon. Less than a month later, two bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing about the end of the Second World War. No nuclear bombs have been used as weapons since the attacks on Japan, but thousands of tests have been conducted – primarily by the US and USSR throughout the Cold War. Bridge Girder Erection Mega Machine Hyundai reports lowest earnings in more than 5 years SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hyundai Motor Co. reported Thursday its lowest quarterly earnings in more than five years after underestimating strong demand for SUVs and losing ground to local brands in China. South Korea's largest automaker said its third quarter net income was 1.2 trillion won ($1.1 billion) for July-September quarter, slumping more than 25 percent over a year earlier. The result, its worst since the first quarter of 2010, was below even the lowest estimate by analysts. The maker of Sonata and Tucson vehicles was expected to post 1.5 trillion won in quarterly profit, according to a survey of analysts by FactSet, a financial data provider. Green Beret discharged for confronting child rapist gaining support for appeal A Green Beret who is being discharged for roughing up an accused Afghan child rapist is gaining support nationwide from pro-military groups as his appeal nears the finish line. Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland’s last stand will occur at the Army’s Board for Correction of Military Records. The panel’s website states that it exists to “correct errors in or remove injustices from Army military records.” Supporters say that, if any case involves an injustice, it is Sgt. Martland’s — kicking out a decorated Green Beret for taking a moral stand against a child abuser. After a failed appeal before a different panel, Sgt. Martland’s Army attorney this time is sticking to a legal, not emotional, argument before the records board. There were “irregularities” in the soldier’s last evaluation — the document that put him on the discharge list — and thus it should be thrown out, will be Sgt. Martland’s legal position, according to Joe Kasper, chief of staff for Rep. Duncan Hunter, a California Republican and war veteran who has taken up the commando’s cause. Wicomico Eyes Three-Option School Board Referendum SALISBURY – Wicomico County will make another bid this year at legislation enabling a referendum on an appointed versus and elected public school board, but officials are still seeking clarification on what the referendum should look like. For years, Wicomico County has wrestled with the concept of going from a school board appointed by the governor to an elected school board or a combination of the two. In 2011, a bill in the General Assembly that would have put the question to the voters in Wicomico through the referendum process passed the House, but failed in the Senate when the clock expired on the session. Four years later in the 2015 session, another attempt at taking the elected versus appointed school board question to referendum stalled in the General Assembly. County officials have since held four public hearings on the issue, taking testimony from stakeholders in all corners of the county and the County Council is now preparing a renewed effort at getting legislation passed in the upcoming General Assembly session to get the referendum question on the ballot in time for the 2016 general election. However, county officials this week were still wrestling on the language in the proposed legislation and perhaps more importantly, what the referendum question might actually look like. Wicomico remains one of the few counties in the state with a school board fully appointed by the governor. After an extensive public hearing process, the referendum question has been winnowed down to three choices: keep a fully appointed school board; move to fully-elected seven-member school board; or opt for a school board consisting of five elected members and two appointed members. BREAKING NEWS: Chafee ends presidential bid Lincoln Chafee, the former Rhode Island governor and senator, says he is dropping out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Trump is like Reagan and the media is clueless about it Neurotically ignoring the fact that Donald Trump’s position on immigration has catapulted him to the lead for the Republican presidential nomination, the media diminish his soaring poll numbers with a scrolling series of rationalizations. Trump might or might not be the nominee, but the dismissals of him are wishful thinking, not historical fact. All summer, for example, we were smugly assured that polls mean nothing this far in advance of an election. Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) campaign manager Terry Sullivan assured Politico: “Show me the candidate who was first place in August who ended up winning in February.” I hope Rubio’s advisers are as sure about this as they were about amnesty being a big hit with voters. Then it was September, and Trump was still in first place, so Rubio boasted to CNN, “We want to be in first place in February, not in August or September.” A 23-year-old Google employee lives in a truck in the company's parking lot and saves 90% of his income When 23-year-old Brandon headed from Massachusetts to the Bay Area in mid-May to start work as a software engineer at Google, he opted out of settling into an overpriced San Francisco apartment. Instead, he moved into a 128-square-foot truck. The idea started to formulate while Brandon — who asked to withhold his last name and photo to maintain his privacy on campus — was interning at Google last summer and living in the cheapest corporate housing offered: two bedrooms and four people for about $65 a night (roughly $2,000 a month), he told Business Insider. "I realized I was paying an exorbitant amount of money for the apartment I was staying in — and I was almost never home," he says. "It's really hard to justify throwing that kind of money away. You're essentially burning it — you're not putting equity in anything and you're not building it up for a future — and that was really hard for me to reconcile." Why Biden Didn’t Run With apologies to Bob Dylan, you can’t tell which way the wind is blowing without a weather vane, particularly if you are indoors looking out. We had no way of knowing what was happening in the bowels of the Justice Department and the White House before Joe Biden decided not to run. Now, we know: There will be no indictment of Hillary Clinton. Undoubtedly, Biden would have run if he had gotten word that an indictment was likely. He would have had to. The Democratic Party is determined not to nominate Bernie Sanders because they believe, correctly, that this would destroy their chances in November. Biden’s candidacy would have been indictment insurance in the same way that Gerald Ford’s ascent to the vice presidency in 1973 was a form of impeachment insurance. Faced with the inevitability of Spiro Agnew’s rise to the presidency if Nixon were forced out, Republicans made damn sure that Agnew was indicted and had resigned the office of vice president before they moved to impeach Nixon. And so it has been with Clinton. The Justice Department would never indict the putative Democratic candidate for president unless a viable alternative were waiting in the wings. And the reverse is true: Biden’s decision not to run is the clearest indication that no indictment will be forthcoming. Without a Clinton indictment, Biden would be unable to catch her. She leads him 54-16, with Sanders at 23 in the latest poll. But with an indictment, he could have won. We now know more about how Newark schools partially squandered Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million donation When Dale Russakoff began writing about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million gift to help fix the failing schools in Newark, N.J., she assumed she would end up telling an uplifting story of transformational change. "It sounded to me at the time like, well, that's enough money to do anything," Russakoff recalled of watching Zuckerberg announce the gift before a whooping "Oprah" audience in 2010, joined by a political odd couple in the form of Newark's charismatic, reform-minded Democratic mayor at the time, Cory Booker, and New Jersey's Republican governor, Chris Christie. "I didn't think it was going to be the miracle that they talked about," Russakoff said, "but I thought that it was going to be noticeable, positive change in education in a city that had been so neglected by history." Plagued by corruption and mismanagement, the schools had been taken over by the state in 1995 — hence the importance of Christie's involvement. But the system remained a disaster, with fewer than 40 percent of third- through eighth-graders reading or doing math at grade level. Russakoff, a former Post reporter, devoted the next several years to real-time reporting about what happened to Zuckerberg's $100 million and another $100 million in matching funds. The effort she relates in her resulting book, "The Prize," is a far more complex and humbling endeavor than anticipated, a case study in the difficulty of translating good intentions into concrete results. College Fund Set Up For Schultheis Children Suddenly on October 16, 2015, Ben and Savannah lost their father in a tragic accident while out running. Rob also leaves behind his wife of 7 years and best friend Shannon. Rob's family has started this fundraiser to help with Ben and Savy's college expenses. We plan to invest the money raised to help them cope at least financially with this terrible tragedy that has changed thousands of lives forever. Click HERE to donate Click HERE to view the WCSO Press Release about this tragedy Thank God Its Friday 10-23-15 What will you be doing this weekend? Video Proof: CNN Caught Lying About Trump – Obama Does Back Gun Confiscation For the last two days CNN has been lying about Donald Trump in order to put itself in its favorite gear: the Trifecta Gear that allows the left-wing network to, all at once, push gun control, protect Barack Obama, and attack a high-profile Republican as dishonest — in this case frontrunner Donald Trump. Very quickly, here is the back story. During a campaign rally in South Carolina Monday night, Trump told the crowd: “You know, the President is thinking about signing an executive order where he wants to take your guns away. You hear about this? Not gonna happen. That won’t happen. But that’s a tough one, I think that’s a tough one for him to do,” Trump told the crowd. “There’s plenty of executive orders being signed, you know that. And we can’t let that go on.” Mason Dixon Stand Down Washington Post: Number of Guns Owned Doubled over 20 Years On October 21, the Washington Post reported their estimate that the number of guns owned in America has doubled in the last 20 years. They estimate “the average gun owner now owns 8 guns,” whereas the average gun owner owned “4.1 guns” in 1994. The WaPo estimate sounds reasonable when you consider the fact that the Congressional Research Service reported gun ownership climbed from 192 million firearms in 1994 to 310 million firearms in 2009. Tack another four years of surging gun sales onto those figures, and the suggestion that guns owned doubled in two decades sounds reasonable. At the same time, there is a significant problem with WaPo‘s estimate. Namely, that they are suggesting the new guns went to people who already owned guns. And doing this allows them to both admit the obvious—gun sales have been through the roof—while continuing to defend the left’s position that news guns are simply going to the same circle of gun owners who have been buying them for years. BREAKING NEWS: At least 40 killed when bus, truck collide in France French authorities say at least 40 people were killed when a bus collided with a truck near the city of Bordeaux Friday morning. Local reports indicate that most of the victims are elderly people who were on vacation. BREAKING NEWS: 1 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Tennessee State University Police in Nashville say one person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting on the campus of Tennessee State University late Thursday. Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a dispute over a dice game. Louie Gohmert Slams MSM for Failing to Cover Planned Parenthood Scandal Rep. Louis Gohmert denounced the mainstream media Tuesday for its lack of coverage of the apparent Planned Parenthood practice of harvesting the body parts of unborn babies for sale. Gohmert released a statement highlighting a letter he and other members of Congress sent to the presidents of ABC, NBC, and CBS News about their failure to cover the undercover videos produced by Center for Medical Progress (CMP). “It is absolutely outrageous that mainstream media stations such as ABC, NBC and CBS have chosen not to report on the disturbing undercover Planned Parenthood videos which depict the trafficking of infant body parts in the United States,” Gohmert said. “These practices are not only grotesque; they shock the conscience of anyone who appreciates the miracle and beauty of a child.” Where You Live Makes a Difference This is one way of looking at "being prepared." Sorta! You may have heard on the news about a Southern California man who was put under 72-hour psychiatric observation when it was found he owned 100 guns and allegedly had 100,000 rounds of ammunition stored in his home. The house also featured a secret escape tunnel. By Southern California standards, someone owning 100,000 rounds is considered "mentally unstable." In Michigan, he'd be called "The last white guy still living in Detroit. In Arizona, he'd be called "an avid gun collector." In Arkansas, he'd be called "a novice gun collector." In Utah, he'd be called "moderately well prepared," but they'd probably reserve judgment until they made sure that he had a corresponding quantity of stored food." In Kansas, he'd be "A guy down the road you would want to have for a friend." In Montana, he'd be called "The neighborhood 'Go-To' guy." In Idaho, he'd be called "a likely a gubernatorial candidate." In Georgia, he'd be called "an eligible bachelor." In North Carolina, Virginia, W.Va., Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida and South Carolina he would be called "a deer hunting buddy." And in Texas; he'd just be "Bubba, who's a little short on ammo." Kinda Can't Argue This One Unless You Install Them Wrong A Viewer Writes: A message to the hornblower(s) behind me Please familiarize yourself with the "boulevard rule" in effect in Maryland. Simply put, it is a license to kill. If YOU violate another driver's right-of-way by as much as one inch YOU are liable for ANY incident. It does not matter if the other driver is speeding, drunk, stoned, no license or insurance, turn signals flashing, or just looking for a whiplash retirement, YOU will be charged with a right-of-way violation and YOU will pay.. The "Road Rage" of blowing your horn does not impress me, so be advised that I will NOT enter the intersection until it is completely 100% safe to do so. Do yourself a favor and cultivate caution and patience. Bill Murray reportedly dating former child star Je... Feds Have Spent More on Origami Condoms, Fat Lesbi... Is A Kilt A Costume? Busch Gardens Says So, Denies... Carroll County official supports Ben Carson's anti... 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__label__wiki	0.969245	0.969245	Final 1 2 3 Tot Ottawa 0 1 1 2 Carolina 2 3 3 8 4:00 PM PT5:00 PM MT6:00 PM CT7:00 PM ET0:00 GMT8:00 5:00 PM MST7:00 PM EST4:00 UAE (+1)19:00 ET22:00 BRT, November 11, 2019 PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina Attendance: 12,356 Aho scores 2 to lead Hurricanes past Senators 8-2 NHL Headlines Ovechkin, Caps rally for win over Isles Avs look to carry momentum against Blues Resurgent Blackhawks visit Maple Leafs 'Canes D Hamilton undergoes leg surgery Crosby's PPG in OT lifts Pens over Wings DeBoer, Golden Knights ready for Habs Ovechkin looks to climb NHL scoring list Panthers' Driedger to miss several weeks Cirelli has hat trick as Tampa rips Jets Ducks edge Hurricanes on Steel's OT goal (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker) RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The Carolina Hurricanes had been struggling to find goals and wins. Facing the Ottawa Senators for the second time in three days solved both problems. Sebastian Aho scored twice, Joel Edmundson had a goal and two assists, and the Hurricanes beat the Senators 8-2 on Monday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Warren Foegele, Ryan Dzingel and Martin Necas each had a goal and an assist, and Haydn Fleury and Dougie Hamilton also scored to help the Hurricanes win for only the second time this month (2-4-0) after matching a franchise record with eight wins in October. Andre Svechnikov and Brett Pesce each added two assists, and Petr Mrazek stopped 26 shots for his eighth win of the season. The Hurricanes lost 4-1 at Ottawa on Saturday and were eager to get another chance at the Senators. "We needed to bounce back and play well," said Hamilton, who is tied for the team lead with eight goals this season. Colin White and Brady Tkachuk scored for Ottawa, which had won three of its previous four games. Anders Nilsson gave up four goals on 19 shots before being pulled in the second period, and Craig Anderson stopped 20 of the 24 shots he faced. The Hurricanes had scored a total of seven goals during the four-game losing streak. "It was nice to see the puck go in," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "The last couple of weeks, it has just been tough sledding to find the back of the net. We really capitalized on our chances." Foegele put the Hurricanes up just 44 seconds into the game, and Necas' power-play goal with 2:05 left in the period made it 2-0. "We didn't like our first period in Ottawa," Aho said. "This was us setting the bar for ourselves. That's the work we have to do every game." The Hurricanes scored three goals in the second period to go up 5-0. Aho used a turnover by Dylan DeMelo at the Carolina blueline to start a one-man breakaway for a short-handed goal at 4:06 and Fleury made it 4-0 with 7:15 left, ending Nilsson's night. Hamilton fired in a shot from the slot, off of a feed from Teuvo Terravainen, to beat Anderson with 3:35 remaining. "We haven't been scoring a lot of goals," Hamilton said. "It was good for everyone to get a good feeling." White got the Senators on the scoreboard with 1:35 to go in the middle period after Mrazek misplayed the puck from behind his own net. Aho pushed the lead back to five on a deflection at 1:07 of the third. Tkachuk scored for the second straight game against Carolina at 9:54 to pull Ottawa to 6-2. Dzingel and Edmundson scored 4:01 apart later in the period to cap the scoring for the Hurricanes. Senators coach D.J. Smith thought his team's effort was better than the final margin. "I think we've worked really hard," Smith said. "Every mistake we made kind of compounded and that happens sometimes. They're a real good team at home. We're just going to move on." Edmundson's outburst, his first goal and three points after the defenseman went without a point in the first 17 games, summed up the Hurricanes' effort. "I don't really focus on the points but after 15 or how many games it has been, it does creep into your mind," Edmundson said. "I was just happy to help out." NOTES: The Hurricanes have won five of six against the Atlantic Division this season. ... The Senators' power play ranks last in the NHL. They were 0 for 3 and gave up a short-handed goal. ... Carolina rookie C Eetu Luostarinen got his first career NHL point with an assist on Fleury's goal. Hurricanes: At Buffalo on Thursday night. Senators: At New Jersey on Wednesday night. More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line360
__label__wiki	0.991069	0.991069	RT @GetintothisHQ: SINGLES CLUB 💿 rifle through the best new releases: Featuring: 💿 @FramaticsBand 💿 @YouSGirls 💿 @BombayBicycle 💿 @TheJac… - 17 Jan 2020 Singer/songwriter Harrison Whitford announces January 2020 tour dates https://t.co/thROTCdG4A - 13 Jan 2020 King Kartel have announced the release of their new single 'Be Mine', out 7th February. The band have also confirme… https://t.co/ixgXjJECRn - 9 Jan 2020 UK & IRELAND SPRING TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED SECOND LONDON DATE ADDED PLUS SHOWS IN BRISTOL, MANCHESTER, GLASGOW, DUBLIN NEW WAYS – THE ALBUM – OUT NOW ★★★★ – Uncut ★★★★ – The Independent Leif Vollebekk, whose acclaimed second album, New Ways, is out now via Secret City Records, has just announced a string of UK and Ireland tour dates, including a second at London’s Bush Hall after the first quickly sold out. Vollebekk, who has just finished a UK tour with fellow Montrealers Half Moon Run, now joins that band for further shows throughout Europe before returning to North America for a headline tour. Vollebekk will then play the following dates next spring: Mon 27 April LONDON, Bush Hall (NEW SHOW!) Tues 28 April LONDON, Bush Hall (SOLD OUT) Weds 29 April BRISTOL, Exchange Thurs 30 April MANCHESTER, Soup Kitchen Fri 1 May GLASGOW, Poetry Club Sat 2 May DUBLIN, Soundhouse Vollebekk’s new album, New Ways is the sound of desire in its unfolding. A sonic documentation of everything he was feeling; tenderness and violence, sex and rebirth. “Anything that I wouldn’t ever want to tell anyone – I just put it on the record,” he says. Uncut gave it an 8/10 stating “Leif Vollebekk’s synesthesia is working overtime…the unhurried observational vividness of extended takes in a Linklater film. A self-described ‘recovering Dylanphile,’ Vollebekk relapses on the knotty Blood Brother and the panoramic Apalachee Plain, the bittersweet lilt of his voice all tangled up in blue,”. Rolling Stone France called it “his most elegant album yet,” while The Independent hailed it as “a collection of moments and confessions… heavy with poetic detail” in a 4 star review. New Ways was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Studio Breakglass in Montreal, it features Olivier Fairfield (Timber Timbre) and Homer Steinweiss (The Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson) on drums, and additional vocals by Angie McMahon. It was mixed by Chris Allen in NYC (Yoko Ono, Fleet Foxes, Sigur Rós, Margaret Glaspy) and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound (David Byrne, The War On Drugs, Gregory Alan Isakov, Tame Impala, Father John Misty, Bob Dylan, Patrick Watson). Released in June, the album’s first single Hot Tears quickly chalked up over two million streams, the NY Times noting Vollebekk’s songs as “pensive and restless, blossoming with stream-of-consciousness verses that bear the marks of long nights spent alone on the road.” The latest single from the album, meanwhile, Transatlantic Flight, takes its time as it wraps itself around the listener. Leif found inspiration for the song in a host of places, from the dark sizzle of Leonard Cohen to the visual mastery of Richard Linklater (he drops a couple of references in the opening verse of the song). It builds to a soaring euphoria, a wall of rich sounds and trembling strings as Leif pleads: “so why don’t you come on over / start talking to me / one thing I can tell you / you look good when you’re tired / on a Transatlantic flight.” New Ways is the follow up to 2017’s Twin Solitude which was a breakout success, landing Vollebekk a spot on the Polaris Music Prize 2017 shortlist, a Juno nomination and clocking well over 23 million streams across digital streaming platforms. LISTEN TO NEW WAYS HERE Watch the official video for Transatlantic Flight via YouTube HERE Official Site \| Facebook \| Twitter \| Instagram \| Spotify 27/04/20 http://sonicpr.co.uk Leif Vollebekk in London Bush Hall United Kingdom Add to Google Calendar Download iCal Time: 7:00pm. 29/04/20 http://sonicpr.co.uk Leif Vollebekk in Bristol Exchange United Kingdom 30/04/20 http://sonicpr.co.uk Leif Vollebekk in Manchester Soup Kitchen United Kingdom 01/05/20 http://sonicpr.co.uk Leif Vollebekk in Glasgow Poetry Club United Kingdom 02/05/20 http://sonicpr.co.uk Leif Vollebekk in Dublin Soundhouse United Kingdom © SonicPR 2014	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line364
__label__wiki	0.944153	0.944153	Get Him To the Greek Nicholas Stoller By Scott A. Gray Since when does a spin-off get enough love to become one of the funniest comedies of the past decade? Russell Brand reprises his role as blissfully ignorant, faux-everything (political, spiritual, musical) rock star Aldous Snow, first seen in the fantastic Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Director Nicholas Stoller is behind the camera again, handling writing duties this time out as well, turning in a sharp, gut busting, celebrity culture lampooning script that doesn't abandon the lovability of its core characters for cheap chuckles. After a period of massive success and sobriety, Snow released the bloated, wrong brained, horribly offensive African Child album, a flop that derailed his career, his long-term relationship with dirty pop queen Jackie Q and his time on the wagon. Jonah Hill steps up in his first co-leading role as record company intern Aaron Green, giving the most sympathetic and consistently hilarious performance of his career. It's a rough economic climate for the declining record industry and it's Green's idea to bank on reviving the career of one of the last great rock stars instead of gambling on a "game changer," like a new rap sensation who's "gonna fuck your shit" to club beats. Thus it becomes Green's mission, after a muddled break-up with his live-in girlfriend, to fly to London and get Snow to the Greek Theatre in L.A. in time for his big comeback performance. Whatever your expectations, Get Him To the Greek is far better. We know Russell Brand and Johan Hill can be outrageously funny, and they absolutely are, but both manage to play it somewhat straight in relation to their characters, mostly allowing the situations and clever writing to work their zany mojo. All the more impressive, while racking up a nearly non-stop, full body laugh count, neither overshadow the phenomenally funny ensemble cast, particularly the scene stealing Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, perfectly cast to become a comedic tsunami of stellar timing and unhinged business acumen. It's impossible to quantify the intensity of the laughs with quotable lines; it's much more about pacing, context and delivery. Sure, it's not a flawless story, but there's more of a point and genuine emotional exploration than in The Hangover, and never does it resort to random ridiculousness like Mike Tyson singing to a tiger. If you want to laugh until you're gasping for enough air to dry heave, get your ass to a theatre seat for some Greek. (Universal) More Nicholas Stoller 'Bad Boys for Life' Is a Welcome Buddy-Cop Throwback Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Just like its characters Mike (Will Smith) and Marcus (Martin Lawrence), the returning titular "bad boys" in Bad Boys for Life, there's litt... 'Sex Education' Season 2 Shows Why Gen Z Are So Awesome If Sex Education is a remotely accurate reflection of Gen Z, then the kids are alright. This teen sex comedy borrows the raunch from all you... 'Dolittle' Does Little to Help Robert Downey Jr.'s Next Chapter Directed by Stephen Gaghan Robert Downey Jr.'s post-Iron Man career is off to a clumsy start. His latest foray into the world of franchise IP is an unfortunately dead-... 'Just Mercy' Is an Emotionally Taxing Chronicle of Injustice Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Have you ever listened to the sounds of the labour you perform? Legal drama Just Mercy opens with the sounds of a chainsaw roaring, the stra... 'Like a Boss' Wastes the Potential of a Tiffany Haddish/Rose Byrne Pairing Directed by Miguel Arteta On paper, Miguel Arteta's latest, Like a Boss, is full of great ideas. A film centred on the deep bond between two ambitious women running t...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line374
__label__wiki	0.733443	0.733443	RotoValue LeagueHome ▾ Standings ▾ Prior Day Drafted Rosters MLB Scorebaord Moves ▾ Teams ▾ All Rosters Players ▾ Free Agent Batters All Batters Free Agent Pitchers All Pitchers News on Free Agents News on All Players Injuries on All Players Recently Activated Players Settings ▾ Detail: Kenley Jansen 1st at CL R Roto Transactions Roto Status Pro Status RBOE 2019 Dodgers 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 63.00 263 51 9 80 16 0 4 26 5 33 1.063 3.71 .273 3.37 2.66 2018 Dodgers 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 71.67 289 54 13 82 17 1 2 24 1 38 0.991 3.01 .234 3.92 2.73 2017 Dodgers 65 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 .500 .537 68.33 258 44 5 109 7 0 2 10 5 41 0.746 1.32 .289 1.26 0.75 2016 Dodgers 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 68.67 251 35 4 104 11 2 2 14 3 47 0.670 1.83 .238 1.31 0.92 2015 Dodgers 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 52.33 200 33 6 80 8 0 2 14 2 36 0.783 2.41 .260 2.11 1.20 2011 Dodgers 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 53.67 220 30 3 96 26 0 2 17 2 5 1.043 2.85 .290 1.81 1.69 2010 Dodgers 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .800 27.00 105 12 0 41 15 1 1 2 1 4 1.000 0.67 .250 1.73 2.40 Total MLB 606 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .375 .444 .500 .500 .417 611.67 2398 395 57 903 159 8 21 160 30 301 0.906 2.35 .269 2.20 1.73 2019 Spring 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.33 7 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.250 13.50 .500 2.35 3.69 Consensus 67 90 12 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 40 3 0 0 0 8 .134 .153 .180 .230 .163 67.21 283 55 9 81 17 1 2 24 4 39 1.068 3.27 .266 3.20 2.69 Marcel 68 176 24 4 0 1 1 11 0 0 78 7 0 0 0 16 .133 .153 .180 .229 .163 69.22 278 53 9 84 17 1 2 23 3 28 1.012 2.95 .268 3.12 2.53 RV Current 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .128 .155 .166 .250 .158 67.93 284 65 11 77 21 2 3 33 5 46 1.263 4.32 .314 3.85 3.07 RotoValue 69 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .137 .162 .183 .252 .168 70.62 288 64 10 83 19 2 2 30 5 47 1.176 3.83 .311 3.40 2.76 Steamer 65 65.00 0 53 8 77 16 0 0 24 4 38 1.062 3.32 n.a. 3.07 n.a. ZiPS 64 64.00 0 50 9 81 15 0 0 21 4 44 1.016 2.95 n.a. 3.10 n.a. 2019 Game Log 2019-09-28 @ SF RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.00 1.000 0.10 0.60 2019-09-25 @ SD RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 3.10 5.40 2019-09-22 v Col RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.000 9.00 .500 1.10 3.00 2019-09-18 v TB RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.000 18.00 .400 6.10 7.40 2019-09-17 v TB RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.33 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 0.10 0.60 2019-09-15 @ NYM RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.00 .000 1.10 1.40 2019-09-12 @ Bal RP 1.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 1.10 1.40 2019-09-07 v SF RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.000 0.00 .333 4.10 5.40 2019-09-01 @ Ari RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 .000 -0.90 -2.60 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 11.33 47 7 0 12 4 0 1 4 1 6 0.971 3.18 .233 2.31 3.61 2019-08-31 @ Ari RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 .000 16.10 5.40 2019-08-24 v NYY RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 6 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.000 0.00 .667 -2.90 -0.60 2019-08-21 v Tor RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 .000 14.10 2.40 2019-08-18 @ Atl RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 .000 1.10 1.40 2019-08-15 @ Mia RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0.00 .500 -0.90 -0.60 2019-08-10 v Ari RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0.00 .250 3.10 5.40 2019-08-09 v Ari RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.000 18.00 .667 12.10 1.40 2019-08-06 v StL RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 0.00 .333 1.10 2.40 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 9.00 40 11 3 11 1 0 0 5 1 2 1.333 5.00 .320 5.32 2.40 2019-07-31 @ Col RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 .000 3.10 5.40 2019-07-26 @ Was RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 7 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 3.000 9.00 .333 10.10 8.83 2019-07-24 v LAA RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.000 0.00 .500 2.10 3.00 2019-07-19 v Mia RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 -2.90 -6.60 2019-07-16 @ Phi RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.33 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12.000 81.00 .800 3.10 5.40 2019-07-14 @ Bos RP 1.67 6 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.600 0.00 .000 1.30 1.40 2019-07-07 v SD RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 .000 -0.90 -2.60 2019-07-03 v Ari RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 .000 16.10 5.40 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 8.00 35 7 1 11 4 0 1 5 0 2 1.375 5.62 .333 3.85 3.34 2019-06-25 @ Ari RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 0.00 .333 1.10 2.40 2019-06-23 v Col RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 .500 -0.90 -0.60 2019-06-16 v ChC RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.000 0.00 .250 6.10 7.80 2019-06-15 v ChC RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 .000 15.10 3.00 2019-06-14 v ChC RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 -2.90 -3.60 2019-06-09 @ SF RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 -0.90 -2.60 2019-05-31 v Phi RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.33 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 -2.90 -6.60 2019-05-30 v NYM RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.33 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 2.35 3.00 2019-05-27 v NYM RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.67 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.600 0.00 .500 -0.50 -1.80 2019-05-21 @ TB RP 1.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 .000 1.10 1.40 2019-05-15 v SD RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.000 0.00 .500 2.10 3.00 2019-05-12 v Was RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 .000 1.10 1.40 2019-05-05 @ SD RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.67 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 6.000 54.00 .750 19.60 3.40 2019-05-03 @ SD RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 -2.90 -3.60 2019-04-28 v Pit RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.000 0.00 .500 2.10 3.00 2019-04-25 @ ChC RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 .000 14.10 2.40 2019-04-21 @ Mil RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.33 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.750 6.75 .000 8.35 -1.80 2019-04-19 @ Mil RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 1.10 1.40 2019-04-18 @ Mil RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.000 9.00 .333 14.10 3.00 2019-04-17 v Cin RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 1.10 2.40 2019-04-15 v Cin RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.000 9.00 .667 -0.90 0.60 2019-04-12 v Mil RP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.00 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.000 9.00 .500 2.10 3.00 Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 12.67 52 10 3 17 3 0 0 5 2 9 1.026 3.55 .241 4.21 2.17 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 2.00 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.00 .000 1.10 1.40 2019-03-25 @ LAA RP 0.67 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 .000 3.10 5.40 2019-03-24 @ LAA RP 0.67 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4.500 27.00 1.000 1.60 3.00 Total 1.33 7 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.250 13.50 .500 2.35 3.69 Sun Nov 3 2019 01:10 Jansen stays with Dodgers, who decline Gyorko option Thu Oct 10 2019 17:09 From 106 wins to early defeat, Dodgers fall short again Thu Oct 10 2019 04:19 Kershaw blows late lead in latest October flop, Dodgers done Thu Oct 3 2019 18:40 4 rookies make Dodgers roster for NLDS Thu Oct 3 2019 03:30 A capsule look at the Nationals-Dodgers playoff series Wed Oct 2 2019 19:30 A capsule look at the Nationals-Dodgers playoff series Wed Oct 2 2019 00:50 Dodgers healing up ahead of NLDS vs Nationals Mon Sep 30 2019 03:03 Monsters of middle relief: Best bets from October bullpens Sat Sep 28 2019 10:13 This Date in Baseball Thu Sep 26 2019 02:12 Brewers clinch playoff spot; Twins win AL Central Wed Sep 25 2019 05:11 Turner's slam helps Nats sweep Phils, clinch wild card Sun Sep 15 2019 22:57 Rizzo sprains ankle for Cubs, who sweep Pirates Sun Sep 15 2019 22:37 L.A. Dodgers-N.Y. Mets Runs Fri Sep 13 2019 02:06 Cubs beat Padres, remain tied with Brewers for 2nd wild card 2019 Games by Position 62 consecutive relief appearances Copyright © 2020 by Almaviva Software LLC. All rights reserved. The Marcel projections model was developed by Tom Tango. Steamer projections courtesy of Jared Cross, Dash Davidson, and Peter Rosenbloom. ZiPS projections courtesty of Dan Szymborski of Baseball Think Factory and ESPN. Player news and notes copyright © 2020 The Associated Press, delivered by SportRadar US. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Depth charts are provided by Sportradar US. Fielding Independent Pitching or FIP, was developed by Tom Tango based on DIPS work by Voros McCracken. Strike Zone ERA, or kwERA, was developed by Tom Tango, with inspiration from GuyM. Weighted On Base Average, or wOBA, was developed by Tom Tango. 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__label__cc	0.6494	0.3506	5 Actor Birra was a Free Jaffa who wore the mark of the System Lord Cronus. She lived on the planet Kallana and stood as an advisor to the leader of her people, Latal. When a Prior of the Ori came to their planet to turn them to worshipping the Ori as gods, Latal asked the Prior to leave because his people no longer wished to worship false gods. The Prior killed Latal, Birra, and the rest of the Jaffa in their group after they opened fire on him when he refused to leave. The entire Jaffa population of Kallana was killed and the planet was collapsed into a singularity by the Ori. The Kallanan singularity was meant to provide power to a Super Stargate through which an Ori invading force could travel, but the Super Stargate was destroyed before a wormhole could be established. (9.06 "Beachhead") 9.06 "Beachhead" Latal Kallana Priors of the Ori Super Stargate Eileen Barrett --DeeKayP 11:45, 4 Sep 2005 (PDT) Retrieved from "http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/w/index.php?title=Birra&oldid=14259" This page was last modified 10:46, 4 September 2005 by StargateWiki user DeeKayP.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line380
__label__cc	0.742908	0.257092	Streets Connect MUSIC: losLAUREN 718 – “There for You” [Official Video] streetsconnect “There for You” Written and performed by losLAUREN 718 & Thomas Mac Produced by Serious Beats Filmed and edited by Sean Lo of Rebel Filmz Facebook: facebook.com/losLAUREN718 facebook.com/S.money619 facebook.com/benny.b.foster.3 Instagram: instagram.com/sean_shmoney/ instagram.com/loslauren718/ instagram.com/bennybandz561/ Free Download: https://soundcloud.com/loslauren718/there-for-you-feat-thomas-mac MUSIC: Yung Pacino – Write My Wrongs “Write My Wrongs” Available On All Digital Platforms. Directed by: @dbenfilms Director of Photography: @ian_dooley Drone Operator: @prestomanifesto Produced by: @Fluentseaco X @dbenfilms Music Producer: The Aristocrats https://www.fluentseacreative.com/ Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/pacino323/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/fluentseaco/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/ian_dooley/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/dbenfilms/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/prestomanifesto/?hl=en MUSIC: losLAUREN 718 – “Closet Fulla Fresh Lo” [Official Video] Loed all the way down to the ground! “Closet Fulla Fresh Lo,” coming from the ULL South Family. #2LsUp ig: https://www.instagram.com/loslauren718/ https://www.instagram.com/sean_shmoney/ https://www.instagram.com/orignaldexlo/ https://www.instagram.com/bennybandz561/ MUSIC: Teyana Taylor – Gonna Love Me (Remix) ft. Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon In Loving Memory of Kim Porter. Download/Stream Gonna Love (Remix) here: https://teyanataylor.lnk.to/GonnaLove… #teyanataylor #gonnaloveme #ghostfacekilla #methodman #raekwon #wutang Follow Teyana Taylor: http://www.teyanataylor.com/ https://www.facebook.com/teyanataylor/ https://www.instagram.com/teyanataylor/ Tweets by TEYANATAYLOR LYRICS: Damn, I don’t understand why we go through this over and over and over and over again Whats really good Sometimes we say things that we really […] MUSIC: Edo. G – Hate (Official Video) Off FreEDOm Here’s the latest video From the FreEDOm Album. This is the type of Music that feeds your soul Share comment Spread love. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7miFfpmfFiSVDESmDHcBFP MUSIC: BODEGA BAMZ – BAND AID (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) Bodega Bamz – “Band Aid” Official Music Video Directed by John Tashiro @johntashiro P.A.P.I. out now – bodegabamz.com Connect with Bodega Bamz on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bodegabamz Twitter: https://twitter.com/BodegaBAMZ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BODEGABAMZOF… “Band Aid” Written by: Nathaniel De La Rosa Co-Writer: Obed De La Rosa Produced by: Terminal Beats Mixed by: Obed De La Rosa Mastered by: John […] Barry Bondz – Take Care Pt. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0yhgGaiEyI Recent Music & News MUSIC: Inspectah Deck – Word On The Street MUSIC: Ymg Shooter – Midtown (Official Video) The Illness #brooklyn #music Beats Boom Bap decon download Drake freestyle graffiti Hiphop Hip Hop Interview Mass Appeal music music video new news New York NYC r&b Rap rapper skateboarding underground underground hip hop video Streets Connect is an independent Hip Hop website focused on covering all elements of Hip Hop culture. Our coverage leans heavily towards music, but we also post on news, graffiti and art, sneaker culture and style and other Hip Hop related topics. Music is focused on artists of substance, primarily boombap and indie Hip Hop sub-genres, but we don’t exclude if someone has something to say. In addition to the website we have a free Hip Hop radio app available for both iPhone and Android.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line386
__label__cc	0.680518	0.319482	http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/resultList.jsf?query=&language=en&searchType=SIMPLE&noOfRows=50&sortOrder=author_sort_asc&sortOrder2=title_sort_asc&onlyFullText=false&sf=all&aq=%5B%5B%7B%22personId%22%3A%22sito2453%22%7D%5D%5D&aqe=%5B%5D&aq2=%5B%5B%5D%5D&af=%5B%5D Frankenberg, Sofia J. Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Child and Youth Studies. Lenz Taguchi, Hillevi Gerholm, Tove Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Linguistics. Bodén, Linnea Kallioinen, Petter Kjällander, Susanne Palmer, Anna Tonér, Signe Bidirectional collaborations in an intervention randomized controlled trial performed in the Swedish early childhood education context2019In: Journal of Cognition and Development, ISSN 1524-8372, E-ISSN 1532-7647, Vol. 20, no 2, p. 182-202Article in journal (Refereed) Within the field of developmental science, there is a general agreement of the need to work together across academic disciplinary boundaries in order to advance the understandings of how to optimize child development and learning. However, experience also shows that such collaborations may be challenging. This paper reports on the experiences of bidirectional collaboration between researchers in a multidisciplinary research team and between researchers and stakeholders, in the first randomized controlled trial in Swedish preschool. The objective of the trial was to investigate the effects of two pedagogical learning strategies evaluating language, communication, attention, executive functions and early math. The interdisciplinary team includes researchers from early childhood education, linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive neuro science. Educational researchers and theorists within the field of early childhood education in Sweden have during the last two decades mainly undertaken small-scale qualitative praxis-oriented and participative research. There is a widespread skepticism with regards to some of the core principles in controlled intervention methodologies, including a strong resistance towards individual testing of children. Consequently unanticipated disagreements and conflicts arose within the research team, as RCT methodology requires the measurement of effects pre and post the intervention. The aim of this article is to discuss the conditions for bidirectional collaboration both between researchers and stakeholders and between researchers in the research team. The findings illustrate strategies and negotiations that emerged in order to address ontological and epistemological controversies and disagreements. These include (a) the negotiation of research ethics, (b) making divergences visible and learning from each other, (c) using a multi-epistemological and methodological approach as a complement to the RCT design and (d) the negotiation of research problems that are shared between educators and researchers. Hörberg, Thomas Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Linguistics, General Linguistics. Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Perception and psychophysics. Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Linguistics, Phonetics. Frankenberg, Sofia A protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled superiority trial investigating the effects of two pedagogical methodologies in Swedish preschool settings on language and communication, executive functions, auditive selective attention, socioemotional skills and early maths skills2018In: BMC Psychology, E-ISSN 2050-7283, Vol. 6, article id 29 Article in journal (Refereed) During the preschool years, children develop abilities and skills in areas crucial for later success in life. These abilities include language, executive functions, attention, and socioemotional skills. The pedagogical methods used in preschools hold the potential to enhance these abilities, but our knowledge of which pedagogical practices aid which abilities, and for which children, is limited. The aim of this paper is to describe an intervention study designed to evaluate and compare two pedagogical methodologies in terms of their effect on the above-mentioned skills in Swedish preschool children. The study is a randomized control trial (RCT) where two pedagogical methodologies were tested to evaluate how they enhanced children’s language, executive functions and attention, socioemotional skills, and early maths skills during an intensive 6-week intervention. Eighteen preschools including 28 units and 432 children were enrolled in a municipality close to Stockholm, Sweden. The children were between 4;0 and 6;0 years old and each preschool unit was randomly assigned to either of the interventions or to the control group. Background information on all children was collected via questionnaires completed by parents and preschools. Pre- and post-intervention testing consisted of a test battery including tests on language, executive functions, selective auditive attention, socioemotional skills and early maths skills. The interventions consisted of 6 weeks of intensive practice of either a socioemotional and material learning paradigm (SEMLA), for which group-based activities and interactional structures were the main focus, or an individual, digitally implemented attention and math training paradigm, which also included a set of self-regulation practices (DIL). All preschools were evaluated with the ECERS-3. If this intervention study shows evidence of a difference between group-based learning paradigms and individual training of specific skills in terms of enhancing children’s abilities in fundamental areas like language, executive functions and attention, socioemotional skills and early math, this will have big impact on the preschool agenda in the future. The potential for different pedagogical methodologies to have different impacts on children of different ages and with different backgrounds invites a wider discussion within the field of how to develop a preschool curriculum suited for all children. Lenz-Taguchi, Hillevi A randomized controlled trial to examine the effect of two teaching methods on preschool children’s language and communication, executive functions, socioemotional comprehension, and early math skills2019In: BMC Psychology, E-ISSN 2050-7283, Vol. 7, article id 59 Article in journal (Refereed) During the preschool years, children’s development of skills like language and communication, executive functions, and socioemotional comprehension undergo dramatic development. Still, our knowledge of how these skills are enhanced is limited. The preschool contexts constitute a well-suited arena for investigating these skills and hold the potential for giving children an equal opportunity preparing for the school years to come. The present study compared two pedagogical methods in the Swedish preschool context as to their effect on language and communication, executive functions, socioemotional comprehension, and early math. The study targeted children in the age span four-to-six-year-old, with an additional focus on these children’s backgrounds in terms of socioeconomic status, age, gender, number of languages, time spent at preschool, and preschool start. An additional goal of the study was to add to prior research by aiming at disentangling the relationship between the investigated variables. The study constitutes a randomized controlled trial including 18 preschools and 29 preschool units, with a total of 431 children, and 98 teachers. The interventions lasted for 6 weeks, preceded by pre-testing and followed by post-testing of the children. Randomization was conducted on the level of preschool unit, to either of the two interventions or to control. The interventions consisted of a socioemotional and material learning paradigm (SEMLA) and a digitally implemented attention and math training paradigm (DIL). The preschools were further evaluated with ECERS-3. The main analysis was a series of univariate mixed regression models, where the nested structure of individuals, preschool units and preschools were modeled using random variables. The result of the intervention shows that neither of the two intervention paradigms had measurable effects on the targeted skills. However, there were results as to the follow-up questions, such as executive functions predicting all other variables (language and communication, socioemotional comprehension, and math). Background variables were related to each other in patterns congruent with earlier findings, such as socioeconomic status predicting outcome measures across the board. The results are discussed in relation to intervention fidelity, length of intervention, preschool quality, and the impact of background variables on children’s developmental trajectories and life prospects. Ge tid till goda samtal2018In: Förskoletidningen, ISSN 0348-0364, Vol. 43, no 4Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Förskolan är viktig för barns språk- och kommunikations- utveckling, särskilt för dem som inte har optimala förutsättningar. Den som har lätt för kommunikation har en fördel i livet. Genom att stötta barns samtal kan pedagogerna stärka språk och kommunikation.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line387
__label__cc	0.528521	0.471479	ThirstyFish .. Imagery Home \| About \| License Negating Oneself Oscar Wilde wrote: "Know thyself was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, Be thyself shall be written. And the message of Christ to man was simply 'Be thyself.' That is the secret of Christ". How much television do you watch? Would you consider yourself an avid shopper? Do you trust the government? Do you have confidence in science and technology? Do you believe in the precepts of your religion? Are you comfortable with doctors and medicine? And how much do you rely on experts and mentors? If you watch a lot of television, have faith in your pastor, trust the government, think science and technology are neutral, have confidence in your doctors and the medicines that they prescribe, and don't question experts and mentors, chances are you do not "know thyself" and you can forget about "being thyself". I'll explain why. Influential people generally don't "negate themselves" or "shoot themselves in the foot". Can you imagine a television network running a television show about the adverse effects of television? On the contrary, they'll do anything to "keep you glued to the screen". How about politicians and officials permitting an honest class about "the dangers of government overreach" to be taught as part of a curriculum? How about a religious sermon about the general pitfalls of religion? Or, how about a scientific framework about the "real dangers of technology and progress"? Or, a doctor that backs off from diagnosing or treating conditions he or she doesn't really understand, or not prescribing drugs whose adverse effect he or she does not know? And how about an expert or a mentor admitting that they do not exactly know how their "expert opinions" fit in a bigger picture? In the "new world", we do not have any real alternative but to trust those who are more skillful, experienced and qualified than us. And yet, conflict of interest is inherent; For the most part, influential people are unable to tell the truth, because doing so would "negate their influence". Can you imagine a Neo-Luddite scientist? On a personal level, we can neither "know ourselves" or "be ourselves" because most of our conscious and unconscious assumptions about the world and ourselves are shaped by "the influential". Sat 2015-04-04 Tags/Filter BHNWR Copyright © 2010-2017 - ThirstyFish.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line392
__label__wiki	0.857531	0.857531	VOL. 42 \| NO. 14 \| Friday, April 6, 2018 Bible provides political cover for 7-day liquor sales passage By Sam Stockard Print \| Front Page \| Email this story From (email): Buoyed by Bible verses and compromise giving liquor stores a head start on Sunday sales, legislation allowing grocery stores to sell wine on Sundays has passed the Senate on a 17-11 vote. The Wednesday decision comes in the wake of a 55-35 House vote earlier in the week and sends the measure to Gov. Bill Haslam for his signature. The only days stores won’t be allowed to sell alcohol under the legislation will be Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Dissuading those opposed to sales of alcohol on a “holy day,” the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Bill Ketron, pointed toward more than 200 biblical passages touting wine in moderation. He touched on the story of Jesus’ first miracle in the Book of John in which he turns water into wine during a wedding ceremony at his mother’s request, as well as the wisdom of Ecclesiastes, which says, “Drink your wine with a joyful heart.” In contrast, the Bible contains only 20 verses castigating the use of alcohol, most of those discouraging drunkenness, he said. “But I’m not here to represent myself and my feelings,” said Ketron, a Murfreesboro Republican. “I’m here to represent the people who are asking for this,” some 70 percent of Tennesseans who want wine sales on Sunday because it fits their lifestyle. Ketron, who passed legislation previously enabling wine sales in grocery stores, said he had been working since last August on the bill and put in several compromises to help owners of small liquor stores worried about tougher competition. “A lot of concessions had to be made with the retailers,” he said. Out of some 700 retailers, though, more than half notified him they wanted to be able to open seven days a week to compete, Ketron said. The bill was heavily amended earlier in the session to help those stores stay open or to soften the landing for those who go out of business. One of the main parts of the agreement with retailers would allow liquor stores to open on Sundays as soon as the governor signs the legislation into law, well ahead of the Jan. 1, 2019 starting date for grocers to sell wine on Sundays. The measure also sets a 10 percent minimum markup for liquor, removes a requirement that liquor stores sell their products back to wholesalers if they liquidate by enabling them to sell to consumers at a discounted rate and puts a three-year moratorium on statewide liquor store licenses. Such a move is designed make liquor licenses more valuable, enabling store owners to sell them if they decide to go out of business, Ketron says. He won passage of the legislation despite opposition from state Sen. Lee Harris, who argued mom-and-pop liquor store owners will be hurt by big business. “They will go out of business because they have some reliance on the stability of our law,” said Harris, a Memphis Democrat, adding, “Now we are openly contemplating putting them out of business.” Seven-day sales for grocery stores will force small businesses, most of which have only four employees, to open on Sunday in order to compete, raising their payroll, Harris pointed out. Worst of all, though, they will lose their Sundays. “I am worried about these small (business) men and women who used to have their Sunday set aside for faith and family,” Harris said. Rob Ikard, president of the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association, said after the vote Sunday has become the biggest shopping day of the week for families. He agreed with Ketron that the bill contained a number of concessions to the liquor store industry, making it fairer for businesses while meeting consumer needs. “They want to buy wine when they buy their food, just like they can buy it where they buy their food,” he said. On the other hand, Memphis retailer Ryan Gill of Doc’s Wine, Spirits & More contends independent retailers are going to be hurt by the seven-day sales measure. “While we’ve spent the last two years finding ways to make the customers experience better at Doc’s than at Kroger or Whole Foods, there’s still one thing that we can’t fight, which is convenience,” he said in an email. Since Sundays have become grocery stores’ single biggest sales day, liquor stores will lose even more customers to “convenience,” he said. Doc’s was a new store when the Legislature passed the bill allowing wine to be sold in grocery stores, meaning it came in under the new rules. Other retailers across the state, though, “took such a large hit that they’re just now beginning to recover. “If Sunday sales has even half of the negative impact that the (wine in grocery stores) bill did on independent retailers, I fear it will be the straw that broke the camel’s back in many cases,” Gill said. Independent retailers such as Gill aren’t the only ones upset about the legislation. In spite of Ketron’s biblical argument, the Tennessee Pastors Network issued a statement calling approval of the measure “despicable.” “The Bible Belt state of Tennessee had enjoyed a safe, sacred day of worship with liquor stores being closed on Sunday,” said Pastor Dale Walker, president of the organization. “This will now change radically. The Republican supermajority in Tennessee has become the party of ‘Big Liquor,’ passing beer, wine and liquor sales in many new venues, including rural areas, for the first time. Walker claims families and church vans will be in even greater danger on roads each Sunday. He noted he has never had a liquor lobbyist or “liquor-loving” politician help him comfort the family of a drunk-driving victim. “The politicians who voted against this bill will have clean hands and a clear conscience,” Walker said. “The other politicians who voted for it will have the blood of the innocent on their hands with a trail of misery that always follows alcohol and wicked liquor.” House action Earlier in the week, Rep. Jerry Sexton, who previously tried to make the Bible the state’s official book, called for removing liquor stores from the bill and for allowing liquor and wine sales for only one hour on Sundays. Sexton, a Bean Station Republican from East Tennessee, argued the House shouldn’t be setting parameters on consumption of alcohol, just like it shouldn’t be voting on when people can take a “hit of marijuana or a snort of cocaine.” He contended such a change in alcohol laws will increase addiction and make roads more dangerous. The House bill’s sponsor, Rep. Gerald McCormick, pointed the bill’s original intent was to allow people to buy wine at grocery stores “when they wanted to and not when we told them to.” But to make it more equitable for liquor store owners, the measure had to be changed, he said. Fending off arguments the bill does nothing but benefit big stores such as Walmart and Kroger, McCormick said liquor store owners have gone through “a real readjustment in their business model” because of the grocery store wine sales law. Concessions in the bill should give liquor store owners “some protection,” the Chattanooga Republican said. Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter covering the Legislature for the Nashville Ledger and Memphis Daily News. He can be reached at sstockard44@gmail.com. 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__label__wiki	0.546785	0.546785	TODAY.AZ / Voice of Diaspora Representative of Iraqi Turkmens: Azerbaijan has very distinct place in the hearts of Iraqi Turkmens 31 October 2011 [19:16] - TODAY.AZ APA’s interview with representative of Iraq-based Kerkuk News Agency Ersan Sarikahya. What is current state of Kerkuk Turkmens in Iraq? We couldn’t bring the problems we faced in 85 years and during Saddam’s tyranny to the notice of anyone in the world, because we faced with media embargo too. We lost many people because of media embargo. Their only guilt was that they were Turks. Azerbaijan has very distinct place in the hearts of Iraqi Turkmens because we speak in same language, carry same culture. It can not be accidentally. We moved to those lands one time, but we didn’t hurt anyone. We brought only culture to those lands. We were not against any ethnic group. In return for it, other ethnic groups were against us. What is the level of relations of Kerkuk News Agency with Azerbaijani media? We signed a deal with the Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. But we would like to work with other TV channels and media organizations too. We must have the right of expression here. Which problems do the Kerkuk Turkmens have most of all? I will describe the situation after Saddam Hussein. At present we have school problems. We can send our children, students to good schools, though according to the ethnic division of Iraqi population, we are third. We must have to open own schools, university, get education in our native language. But we don’t have these opportunities. The state doesn’t help us necessarily, because we didn’t take a side there, we take neutral position in the domestic struggle. Being a Turkic nation, we support only peace. There are 10 MPs from our nation in Iraqi parliament. But one tries to press them behind closed doors, their votes are not enough. Despite the activity of our MPs, the situation is still uninspired. The question is, we can’t deliver our voice to the world. Despite being a third ethnic group, they don’t hear us, because the foreign press doesn’t work with us. The various figures are sounded on the number of Iraqi Turkmen, what is the real number? Some try to show that we are several thousands. But by the official figures of 1957, the community which’s number is 1 mln, must be doubled up to now, thus, it must be 2 mln. How we can be several thousands, the real figure is more than 3 mln. /APA/ URL: http://www.today.az/news/vdiaspora/97454.html 02 June 2016 [13:39] Does mental illness enhance creativity? 24 February 2015 [21:40] Diaspora stages Khojaly rally outside Canadian parliament Azerbaijani Embassy in Moldova makes statement on 20 January tragedy AYOR`s Astrakhan branch awarded 27 December 2012 [10:36] World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day marked in Kiev - PHOTOS Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis marked abroad Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis marked in S.Africa Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis to be marked in Washington Coordination Center of Azerbaijanis hosts event “Welcome to Berlin” Khojaly massacre commemorated in the Netherlands	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line397
__label__cc	0.676544	0.323456	International Journal of Computers Communications & Control Angel Caţaron Electronics and Computers Department Transylvania University of Braşov, Romania Răzvan Andonie Computer Science Department Central Washington University, Ellensburg, USA Yvonne Chueh Department of Mathematics Central Washington University, Ellensburg, USA Keywords Algorithms, network layer network coding, network throughput, performance evaluation Analytical Modelling, Two Dimensional Markov Chain Analysis, Performability Evaluation, Availability, Spectral Expansion, Multi-Channel WLANs Code-division-multiple-access (CDMA), utility function, power control, game theory, non-cooperative game (NPG), wireless data Dempster-Shafer evidence theory FCM Fuzzy Logic System (FLS), artificial intelligence, financial risk, structural funds, centroid method Membrane computing, evolutionary membrane computing, particle swarm optimization, variable dimensions, mobile robot path planning, membrane systems Multiobjective optimization, interactive methods, Pareto front visualization, dimensionality reduction, multidimensional scaling. Petri Nets, Dynamic Petri Nets, Mobile Computing Systems, Extended Petri Nets. Wavelet, CMAC, Deicing robot manipulator Wireless Network, Next Generation Network, Routing, Swarm Intelligence, Ant Colony Optimization chaos divisible load theory fuzzy T-S model fuzzy logic systems genetic algorithm open, heterogeneous, dynamic and uncertain environments (OHDUE) rules, figures, citation of papers, citation of books, examples task scheduling tracking control wireless sensor networks Home > Vol 8, No 5 (2013) > Caţaron Asymptotically Unbiased Estimator of the Informational Energy with kNN Angel Caţaron, Răzvan Andonie, Yvonne Chueh Motivated by machine learning applications (e.g., classification, function approximation, feature extraction), in previous work, we have introduced a nonparametric estimator of Onicescu’s informational energy. Our method was based on the k-th nearest neighbor distances between the n sample points, where k is a fixed positive integer. 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__label__wiki	0.636432	0.636432	Posted on August 13, 2017 by Ray Starmann Female Reporter for The Hill Allegedly Punched by ‘Antifa’ Protester in Charlottesville A female reporter for the Hill was allegedly punched by an “Antifa” protester in the wake of a deadly car attack in Charlottesville, Virginia Saturday as she tried to film the ensuing chaos. Taylor Lorenz was filming the site of the incident that left at least one person dead — after a car was driven into a crowd of “anti-fascist” protesters responding to a parallel white nationalist protest in the city. The suspect was identified by police late Saturday as 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. According to video given to DailyMail.com by Lorenz (who is a former reporter for the outlet), a nearby shirtless protester objects to her filming the resulting pandemonium and is heard asking her to stop filming. When she refuses to put her camera away, he appears to punch her and yells “stop fucking recording.” Lorenz can be heard yelling as her phone hits the ground, and others intervene. She said on Twitter that she was fine apart from being “really fucking pissed,” and said she was attempting to file charges against the man who punched her. Taylor Lorenz ✔@TaylorLorenz Replying to @TaylorLorenz The video cuts off at the end b/c some asshole came over and punched me in the face and kicked my phone for recording (I said I was press) I’m filing a charge against the guy for punching me but it’s slammed at the police station right now so prob nothing will happen 11:45 AM – Aug 12, 2017 1,2221,222 likes Also people asking (I’m fine!) really fucking pissed at the guy who punched me mostly because he cut off my stream. Photo courtesy of the Brisbane Times. Civil War in America	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line401
__label__cc	0.636237	0.363763	clock calendar pin phone facebook twitter instagram Build the Future Invest Monthly Hike for Haiti October 11, 2018 February 18, 2019 by The Joseph School Reflections from guest blogger, Guy Dauncey, IPSOS On a summer’s Friday in London, a group of ‘Healthcare Hikers’ from Ipsos Healthcare used one of their ‘Responding Responsibly’ days to walk the Jubilee Greenway in aid of The Joseph School, in Haiti. Following the devastation of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, The Joseph School was formed to help teach, inspire and empower a new generation of Haitian leaders on the premise that the best people to change Haiti will come from Haiti. I [Guy] have been lucky enough to be selected, along with three others from Healthcare in North America, to volunteer at The Joseph School, in January 2019. The entire trip will be funded by The Ipsos Foundation and Ipsos Healthcare, which means that any funds we raise will be donated directly to the school and its healthcare needs. Hike for Haiti was conceived after a brainstorm session discussing ideas for Responding Responsibly. The aim was to create a group participation event, inclusive to all, in a format where everyone could challenge themselves and push themselves as far as they were willing to commit to. The Jubilee Greenway is a 60km circular footpath which runs through a number of London’s parks and past some of London’s most famous sights. It was founded to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – one km for each year of the Queen’s reign. A team of 14 from across Healthcare volunteered to walk various stretches of the route, an opportunity to use a Responding Responsibly day, support a very worthwhile cause, get some exercise and see some of London’s sights all at the same time. Collectively, we had walked almost 500 KM and over half a million steps, in just one day. A big shout-out to the Healthcare Hikers: Alistair Bates; Aniko Cseledi; Barenese Du-Pont; Charlie Adams; Dipesh Mangabhai; Gabriela Lopez; Myles Taylor; Nattali Samuel; Nicholas Dale; Paulina Dabrowska; Sabina Heinz; Salim Ben-issa; Sophie Oldfield. The fundraising has gone unbelievably well – a huge thanks to everyone that has donated. We’ve had an overwhelming response and this will go towards helping fund the School’s Healthcare needs including: A medical team to administer vaccinations for the children Nurse practitioners to conduct periodic health assessments of the children and to help with specific health issues Medical treatments or surgeries that the children need The setting up of a medical clinic recently acquired by The Joseph School Foundation I’m looking forward to travelling to Haiti in January to help get the medical clinic up and running. If you would like to see a short (2min) video of our journey, along with some photos, please go to: https://www.relive.cc/view/g24759701788 From Classroom Checkups to a Community Clinic October 2, 2018 June 12, 2019 by The Joseph School The Joseph School is excited to announce that we have entered a pilot partnership with the Haitian Ministry of Health to reopen an abandoned medical clinic in Cameau, Haiti. A school and a clinic . . . how did this happen? Cameau Clinic The mission of The Joseph School is to educate and prepare tomorrow’s servant leaders in body, mind, and spirit. Throughout our four years of operations, we’ve learned that educating our students also means addressing the living conditions of Haiti —like access to sufficient food, clean water and medical care. To promote healthy minds in the classrooms, our students need healthy bodies. Our current Food of Education program provides daily meals for every child, teacher and staff. Our Summer Nutrition programs ensures at-risk students, and their families, receive nutritional supplements to combat summer malnutrition. Each semester, our students receive well-child check ups from a registered nurse, or team, as part of our Medical Missions. Lisa Hellman, Family Nurse Practitioner, assessing 4th grader, KennyLove Student weigh-ins Health and wellness has become a necessary focus for our school, and has already impacted the lives of our students, their families and their communities. So much so, that the Haitian Ministry of Health has asked TJS to take over an abandoned clinic in Cameau (a few miles from our campus). And after months of prayer and deliberation, we have said yes! The clinic is not operational right now. However, in due time, we plan to utilize the existing clinic as a base from which to improve the overall health of Cameau, Cabaret, other surrounding communities and to provide healthcare to The Joseph School students, families and staff. As part of our new project, our US headquarters has added a Medical Advisory Board. If interested in learning more about the clinic, and our preliminary plans, please email info@thejosephschool.org. Subject: Clinic. The Joseph School info@thejosephschool.org 161 Rosa L. Parks Blvd Nashville, TN 37203 The Joseph School is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line406
__label__wiki	0.762092	0.762092	AC'CENT, noun [Latin accentus, from ad and cano, cantum, to sing; See Accend.] 1. The modulation of the voice in reading or speaking, as practiced by the ancient Greeks, which rendered their rehearsal musical. More strictly, in English, 2. A particular stress or force of voice upon certain syllables of words, which distinguishes them from the others. accent is of two kinds, primary and secondary; as in as'pira'tion. In uttering this word, we observe the first and third syllables are distinguished; the third by a full sound, which constitutes the primary accent; the first by a degree of force in the voice which is less than that of the primary accent but evidently greater than that which falls on the second and fourth syllables. When the full accent falls on a vowel, that vowel has its long sound, as in vo'cal; but when it falls on an articulation or consonant, the preceding vowel is short, as in hab'it. accent alone regulates English verse. 3. A mark or character used in writing to direct the stress of the voice in pronunciation. Our ancestors borrowed from the Greek language three of these characters, the acute, the grave and circumflex. In the Greek, the first shows when the voice is to be raised; the second, when it is to be depressed; and the third, when the vowel is to be uttered with an undulating sound. 4. A modulation of the voice expressive of passions or sentiments. The tender accents of a woman's cry. 5. Manner of speaking. A man of plain accent obsolete 6. Poetically, words, language, or expressions in general. Words, on your wings, to heaven her accents bear, Such words as heaven alone is fit to hear. 7. In music, a swelling of sounds, for the purpose of variety or expression. the principal accent falls on the first note in the bar, but the third place in common time requires also an accent 8. A peculiar tone or inflection of voice. AC'CENT, verb transitive To express accent; to utter a syllable with a particular stress or modulation of the voice. In poetry, to utter or pronounce in general. Also to note accents by marks in writing.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line409
__label__cc	0.665886	0.334114	What's So Funny? with guests Nathan Burton and Mac King - June 19, 2011 Magicians Nathan Burton and Mac King are mainstays on the Las Vegas scene. What's So Funny? travelled to Sin City and spoke to the two prestidigitators in separate interviews. We discussed comedy, tricks gone wrong and their respective TV exposure. In between the two, the Sklar Brothers talk about magic. What's So Funny? with guests Peter New and Ken Hegan - June 12, 2011 Peter New and Ken Hegan talk about becoming stars. The actor/writer and writer/filmmaker recently hit Hollywood and discuss their visit, among other topics all served with a banter of sparkling wit. It had been seven years since New last visited the WSF? studios. This was Hegan's inaugural visit. What's So Funny? with guest Andrew Barber - June 5, 2011 Andrew Barber is in a bind. He's best known for his viral videos as crazed Boston Bruins' fan, Greg. But in his heart, the Vancouver Canucks are number one. We talk about his dilemma and about many of his other alter egos. What's So Funny? with guest Sara Bynoe - May 29, 2011 Sara Bynoe knows crap. Whether it's teen poetry and journal entries or stinky prose from celebrities and professional authors, Bynoe relishes it. She reads us a few samples of the truly awful. We also talk about animal hoarding and how to pick up topless dancers. Bring a notepad and pen for this one. What's So Funny? with guest Joe Avati - May 22, 2011 Joe Avati called it in on this episode. Literally. This "classic" lost show dates back to 2005 and was recently found while going through the vaults. The Italo-Aussie comic became our first phone guest on this 40th edition of What's So Funny? We also played clips from Emo Philips, Frank Spadone, Ray Romano and Avati...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line413
__label__wiki	0.796811	0.796811	The Tallest Man On Earth - I Love You. It's A Fever Dream Kristian Matsson is The Tallest Man On Earth. We know that because is says so on the album cover and the press releases. And that is all well and good, but this is a music blog, so the real issue is whether his new album, I Love You. Its A Fever Dream, is worth your ears. The answer for us is a definitive "yes". The ten songs transcribe the artist's musing about the world and his travels as a performer while he comes to grips with the rhythms of his post-divorce life. The arrangements are economical, but the songs resonate with depth and sincerity, voiced by Matsson in his characteristic expressive and well-worn style. The songs include themes of loneliness, weariness, and sorrow, and ultimately a ray of hope. The language is poetic, and the presentation is sublime. I Love You. Its A Fever Dream is a chronicle of Matsson's interior space, but for all of us who have lived, loved, and lost, the connection with the listener is easily made. The album is out now in digital, CD and vinyl formats via Rivers / Birds Records. Artist's store for CD and vinyl SUPER 8 - Backers & Maracas SUPER 8, known to his friends and creditors as Paul Ryan, has crafted another set of infectious guitar pop. The new album is titled Backers & Maracas, and contains 11 original songs and two covers, including a swinging version of Neil Diamond's "Cherry Cherry". Ryan is one of the most prolific songwriters that we follow, and he never fails to entertain. For us, the second half of the album is particularly strong, but you should browse through it and choose your own favorites. Backers & Maracas is out now in digital and CD formats via Subjangle Records. Backers & Maracas by SUPER 8 Bandcamp for Backers & Maracas Elva - Winter Sun Elva may not be a name known to most indie pop fans, but interest blossoms when it is known that one half of the duo is Elizabeth Morris of the late, beloved Allo Darlin'. The other member is Elizabeth's husband, Norwegian musician Ola Innset (of Making Marks and Sunturns). Both Morris and Innset have impeccable pop chops as songwriters and performers, and Elva allows them to combine their strengths and share the workload of creating music. Their debut album is Winter Sun, ten songs inspired by nature, specifically hot summers and cold winters (Morris is from Australia, famed for its hot summer months) and the birth of their child. The arrangements are varied, including delicate acoustic tunes as well as noisier, up-tempo romps. It is a rewarding listen, leaving feelings of sweet moments and warm memories. And of course, unless you are a determined to be unhappy, you will want to replay it over and over. For Winter Sun, Morris and Innset were assisted by Dan Mayfield, Ofelia Ostrem Ossum, Michael Collins, Diego Ivars, and Jorgen Nordby. The album is out now in digital, CD and vinyl formats via Tapete Records. Winter Sun by Elva Bandcamp for Winter Sun The Cupholders - The Conor Byrne EP Our friends in The Cupholders, Seattle's contribution to bands named after useful items, now have unleashed their latest tribute to a Ballard watering hole -- the four track The Conor Byrne EP. It is part of their continuing series about the Seattle neighborhood bars that have played a role in their musical lives over the years. This is joyful, exuberant, and impeccably soulful rock and roll, and you owe it to yourself to let it spark up your life. We guarantee that it will put a spring in your step that your significant other will notice (they may run and hide, but they will notice). And while I don't want to embarrass anyone, and the guys are too proud to mention it, they are only short about 3,567,190 download purchases in order to realize their hope of renting a limo to travel to the pub that will host the final EP in the series. Help them achieve their dream. The Cupholders are Bart Cameron, Casey Ruff, and Doug Hood (the sometimes employed alter ego of Sam Russell), with help from friends Kubby Casual, Dave Forrester, Joy Mills, Colin J. Nelson (who also recorded and mixed the album), Kate Noson, Ken Nottingham, and Shadrack Scott. The Conor Byrne EP is a digital release available at the Bandcamp link below. The Conor Byrne EP by The Cupholders Bandcamp for EP Sam Russell's Twitter Bayonne - Drastic Measures We get a large number of submissions, and it is an unavoidable fact that we will miss posting about very worthy music. Sometimes we have the chance to go back and sample a few submissions that flew under our sometimes faulty radar. Fortunately, one such recent foray brought to out ears Drastic Measures, the February release by Austin, Texas' Bayonne. The ten songs on the album are drawn in vivid colors, with delightful melodies layered with orchestral detail and snatches of field recordings. The final result is an album of incredible depth and complexity, and a thoroughly magical listen from start to finish. We have played it daily since our belated discovery, and we don't intend to stop soon. Bayonne is Roger Sellers, with some help from additional instrumentalists. Drastic Measures is out now as a digital release via Mom + Pop Records. Drastic Measures by Bayonne Bandcamp for Drastic Measures "Wasting Time" by Talkboy As of a couple of days ago, we had never heard of Talkboy. Thanks to an email from some nice people, we now know that Talkboy is a Leeds-based pop band. We also know that the six-piece makes good pop music. Last Friday marked the digital release of "Wasting Time". If you are able to waste some time today, take a listen. But it really won't be a waste of your time. Is that false advertising? Maybe, but it is a very nice song. ▼ April 21 (6) The Tallest Man On Earth - I Love You. It's A Feve...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0016.json.gz/line414
__label__cc	0.664941	0.335059	Hiding hydrogen bonding groups in large druglike molecules By Wavefunction on Thursday, February 27, 2014 As most medicinal chemists probably know, one of the major challenges in the field currently is to find out the principles that govern the ability of "large" molecules - especially ones violating the famous and often sacrosanct and overused Lipinski's Rule of 5 - to become drugs. Larger molecules like natural products and macrocycles are thought to be much better modulators of protein-protein interactions and therefore considered to be part of the next generation of important drugs. In meeting this challenge a widely agreed-upon obstacle is cell permeability. Because of their large size and exposed polar surface area larger molecules find it much harder to get across lipophilic cell membranes. But nature as usual has thrown many exceptions at us. The quintessential example is the immunosuppresant cyclosporin which is a master of conformational camouflage; in water it opens up to expose its polar groups for optimum solubility while inside a lipophilic membrane it flexes itself and folds up to form intramolecular hydrogen bonds and hide its polar surface area. It thus thrives in both environments. Forming intramolecular hydrogen bonds to enable compact conformations and hide polar surface area is in fact a dominant strategy used by natural products to enable membrane permeability. Not surprisingly this is a highly sought-after strategy in drug design too, especially for larger molecules which otherwise may not get across membranes. Unfortunately for now, it's much easier to retrospectively identify molecules which adopt intramolecular hydrogen-bonded conformations than engineer such interactions prospectively into a potential druglike compound. Nonetheless, it is only through such retrospective studies that we can learn the principles which will someday hopefully allow us to design drugs which can fold to form intramolecular hydrogen bonds on demand. That's why I was pleased to see this study in J. Med. Chem. from a joint academic-industrial group in Sweden. The authors were looking at a subset of molecules from a screening collection at the Broad Institute that exhibited activity against T. cruzi, the parasitic agent that causes sleeping sickness. They had a compound with three chiral centers and one double bond which could be cis or trans. They consistently found out that the cis compounds had better cell permeability at increasing pH values as well as better solubility than the trans. Computational modeling identified a low-energy conformation with a hydrogen bond between an amide NH group and a tertiary amine in its neutral form. This hydrogen bond was present in both conformations but, crucially, it was about 2.6 kcal/mol higher in energy for the cis (8) compound than for the trans (1). In a nutshell it means that the cis compound would prefer not to form that hydrogen bond and instead expose the polar groups to solvent, accounting for its better solubility. The higher energy for the cis compound probably comes from two extra gauche interactions in the hydrogen bonded conformation compared to the similar one for the trans. I always love it when one can invoke principles of basic college organic chemistry and conformational analysis to explain such observations. The calculations were also supported by solvent-dependent NMR studies. The cis compound also had a higher pKa, which could account for its higher permeability at pH values approaching physiological conditions. This would be because with its higher pKa value the cis compound would be deprotonated more than the trans as the pH increased; deprotonated, uncharged species can diffuse better through a hydrophobic membrane. The difference in pKa can also be accounted for by the higher energy of the hydrogen bond; remember that pKa is a thermodynamic variable related to equilibrium constants through the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. I really like these kinds of studies where an examination of basic chemical properties supported by relatively simple computational calculations can help us rationalize and even predict important druglike properties like solubility and membrane permeability. If nothing else they provide a few more valuable data points on the way to prediction nirvana. Worth a look. Labels: drug design, hydrogen bond, molecular modeling, NMR spectroscopy Digital features in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry J. Med. Chem. has an editorial describing how the journal plans to make structural information in papers more accessible in a digital format. Most of this would entail having spreadsheets of compounds with SMILES strings supplied along with the paper. I applaud this effort since the ability to view and manipulate structures in 2D and 3D is one which chemists have long coveted but not realized until now. With this issue, therefore, the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry embarks on an initiative to integrate the chemical information it publishes with digital media and chemical software. The first step in this effort is the linkage of articles with molecular formulas in a format that can be generated by and read into chemical software. The immediate benefit is that readers will be able to transfer compounds from articles into chemical drawing programs, databases, and computational tools. In the near future, this association of articles with computer-readable chemical formulas will provide a foundation for the creation of new journal features that will bring chemistry to life on the Web and in digital readers and tablets. Authors are invited to use their existing chemical drawing programs (e.g., ChemDraw, ACD ChemSketch, Marvin Sketch) to generate a computer-readable SMILES formula for each compound presented in their articles. These formulas are then pasted into a simple spreadsheet, along with basic information about each compound. Ideally, this spreadsheet will provide a machine-readable version of the key data presented in the article’s tables. Ideally I would like a PDF manuscript to be fully interactive. You should be able to right-click on a protein structure and be able to directly view it in the PDB. Better still would be an ability to rotate and zoom in on the 3D structure inside the PDF format in real time. A similar capability for small molecules would also be immensely useful; being able to look at structural parameters (bond lengths, angles etc.) and conformations extracted from manuscripts in real time would be quite enabling. We aren't there yet but I have little doubt that it's only a matter of time. This is a propitious beginning. Labels: cheminformatics, chemistry literature What happens when chemists have nothing better to do on a Wednesday afternoon? By Wavefunction on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 This. It started with me posting a link on Facebook to an awesome recent paper describing physicists' efforts to reweigh the electron to an accuracy of one part in a trillion. The great Aaron Finke - of the regretfully dead Carbon-Based Curiosities - then weighed in. Aaron Finke This is what happens when physicists are bored. "So... uh... whatcha up to?" "Nothin, just Facebooking and eating a Hot Pocket" "...cool, cool. Wanna... wanna reweigh the electron?" "Yes. Yes I do." Ashutosh Jogalekar Computational chemist version: "So…uh, whatcha up to? "Nothin, just twittering and eating a Hungry Man chicken meal." "…Cool…Hey, wanna parametrize that aziridine N-C bond with some stretch-bend cross-terms? "You bet!" Ashutosh Jogalekar Synthetic chemist version: "Nothin, just textin and eating an Amy's frozen teriyaki bowl." (clearly the synthetic chemist is more evolved) "…Cool…Hey, wanna repeat Woodward's B12 synthesis, but this time using RCM in some of the steps?" "Oh God yes!" Aaron Finke Geologists: "So, uh, whatcha up to?" "Not much, just youtubing and eating taco bell" "Cool, cool. Hey, wanna get shitfaced?" "I already am" "Oh ok" Ashutosh Jogalekar Clearly there's a fine line between being bored and being shitfaced. Aaron Finke that's the nice thing about being a geologist you never have to be in a hurry Ashutosh Jogalekar At least until the continents start coming together again. Then things get truly shitfaced in a hurry. Aaron Finke "So, uh, whatcha up to?" "Nothin, just waiting for the continents to collide together again" "Cool, cool... how long will that take?" "Probably a couple hundred million years." "Cool, cool... wanna get shitfaced?" Aaron Finke "Well, have fun. I'm gonna go help weigh that electron with the physicists" Ashutosh Jogalekar Geologist returns after helping physicists reweigh the electron, computational chemists parametrize every single molecule that can be built from 12 heavy atoms and synthetic chemists make vitamin B12 from a simple, four-carbon compound isolated from bat feces Aaron Finke Why am I not a geologist Ashutosh Jogalekar Because you would rather spend your time much more productively on the 67th synthesis of aquabatguanine using hammer and tong chemistry? Aaron Finke what am I, Chinese? Ashutosh Jogalekar Of course not. The Chinese made aquabatguanosine. Aaron Finke ...again. well this might be the dumbest conversation on your FB wall ever. You're welcome. Ashutosh Jogalekar Eminently postworthy (with your permission, naturally: I am planning to name it "When chemists have nothing to do on a Wednesday afternoon"). May even help to resurrect the dead CBC. Aaron Finke do it Labels: humor, pointless piffle On making mistakes By Wavefunction on Monday, February 24, 2014 In postulating an incorrect structure for DNA, Linus Pauling surprisingly committed an elementary chemical blunder (Image: pauling blog) In the latest issue of the New York Review of Books, Freeman Dyson has a nice review of Mario Livio's readable book on scientific blunders committed by great scientists. The book is important reading for anyone who wants to understand the true history of science as a process of fits, starts, blind alleys, occasional great successes and of course, many blunders. Livio focuses on five famous scientists - Charles Darwin, Lord Kelvin, Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle and Albert Einstein - who committed important mistakes. These mistakes sometimes set the field back but they also inspired other scientists to keep on looking and discovering new things. Scientists often build their theories and discoveries on the backs of other failed theories and discoveries. Just as respectable civilizations are often built on the bones of dead ones, respectable science is often built on the bones of scientific failures. And just like the natives are forgotten long after the settlers are celebrated, scientific failures get ignored at the expense of successes even when they are important in explaining the very existence of the successes. Each of the blunderers in Livio's story blundered in a different manner. Darwin came up with a wrong theory of blending inheritance that he himself realized was acutely lacking in explaining real-world data. Mendel then discovered the right rules for inheritance and initiated a bonafide revolution in science. As Dyson explains, Mendel could improve on Darwin in no small part because he understood statistics and the law of averages better than the self-professed mathematically deficient Darwin. Lord Kelvin made his big blunder when he came up with wrong - and short - ages for both the sun and earth and thereby set up a significant obstacle to Darwin's theory of natural selection which demanded huge tracts of geological time to have passed for the evolution of species. The biological evidence was too overwhelming for Darwin to admit defeat but he clearly could not answer Kelvin's challenge. It was only in the middle part of the twentieth century when the fission and fusion processes powering radioactivity and the sun were worked out that Kelvin's question was posthumously addressed. Fred Hoyle committed his major blunder and held on to a wrongheaded theory of the origin of the universe until his death. An early reason for Hoyle's recalcitrance in accepting the Big Bang was what he thought was the sheer audacity and fantasy of the theory, with the whole universe seemingly being conjured up from nothing in a flash. This aspect of Hoyle's thinking reminds me of Arthur Eddington's failure to take Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's theory of gravitational collapse seriously because he was convinced that there must be a law of nature preventing such a collapse. But the laws of nature are immune to our wishful thinking. The question of what came before the universe is still something that we grapple with, but every important discovery since the 1964 discovery of the cosmic microwave background has validated the Big Bang theory. Hoyle was certainly brilliant enough to have understood this evidence and he demonstrated his great scientific talents when he co-authored a seminal paper on nucleosynthesis with three other scientists. Hoyle thus stands as a curious example of someone who was in equal parts a reactionary and a maverick, not afraid to speculate on everything from extraterrestrial life to artificial intelligence but somehow never warming up to a revolutionary theory of the universe, even when it was supported by copious evidence. Linus Pauling's mistake was of a different kind and rather hard to understand since it showed an embarrassing lack of knowledge of fundamental chemistry. Coming from someone widely considered to be the greatest chemist of the century this was odd, to say the least. After publishing his groundbreaking papers on the structure of proteins Pauling turned toward DNA and got embroiled in a race to decipher the structure of this all-important molecule with James Watson and Francis Crick. Although the race was perceived much more as such by the duo, Pauling certainly understood the importance of the problem. And then he famously committed an elementary chemical mistake. He published a paper in which the phosphates in DNA pointed inward and were held together by hydrogen bonds. Any good college chemistry student would know that at the pH inside the body (7.4) such hydrogen bonds would not exist and the oxygen atoms would be negatively charged, making them more likely to point outward into the ionic embrace of water. In his memorable book "The Double Helix", James Watson points out how his jaw dropped when he saw the mistake Pauling had made; ironically it was by consulting Pauling's classic "College Chemistry" textbook that he and Crick confirmed the error. As Watson put it, a graduate student under Pauling who made the same mistake would have probably been considered persona non grata at Caltech. Why did the greatest chemist of the twentieth century miss such an elementary chemical fact about DNA? Even today the reasons are not completely clear. One reason could be that by the early 50s Pauling was much more concerned with nuclear disarmament than serious science, although he kept on publishing prolifically until his death. He could simply have been distracted from pursuing the DNA structure with the kind of full-time zeal that Watson and Crick did. The other reason is that he just missed the obvious. While this may sound surprising, it's a mistake that famous scientists who think out of the box can sometimes make. When it came to cracking the structure of proteins Pauling used a brilliant counter-intuitive approach. When it came to DNA the solution demanded a much more commonsense approach, and Pauling might have been still bogged down in protein structure for his mind to shift to this new kind of thinking. The last possible reason is also the most mundane; Pauling lacked the kind of high-quality structural data from x-ray diffraction that Watson and Crick got (some would say pilfered) from the technically accomplished Rosalind Franklin. When Watson saw the x-ray photographs he recalls feeling his pulse race, convinced that he had clinched it. Sometimes good data is all that separates a brilliant blunder from brilliant glory. And then there's Albert Einstein whose brilliant blunder seems to indicate a lack of courage rather than a lack of scientific expertise. A lack of courage is another reason why scientists sometimes make important mistakes. In Einstein's case it was his injection of a fudge factor, the cosmological constant, to keep the universe static. Alexander Friedmann and Georges Lemaitre on the other hand had the courage to explore the logical solutions of Einstein's field equations, many of which pointed to an expanding and non-static universe. Einstein who had been a bold revolutionary when he came up with relativity turned out to be a conservative when clearly stating the possible consequences of relativity for the entire universe. In one sense this could be seen as the beginning of Einstein's reactionary streak, marking the time when he started opposing quantum mechanics and the picture of reality it presented. The ultimate irony of the fudge factor, as is now well known, is that it was resurrected by the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe and the postulation of dark energy. As Dyson says, mistakes in science are essential, especially when you are exploring a new field on the cutting edge. No human mind is so all-knowing and perfect that it can cut through the fog of uncertainty and blunder to the solid heart of reality in one fell stroke. Especially at the beginning of a novel direction of research scientists should be liberally allowed to make mistakes. At the end of his review Dyson talks about a blunder he himself made pertaining to the incorrect prediction of the non-existence of charged weak bosons. He will probably agree that he has been so successful in science because he was allowed to make mistakes. Part of making mistakes is simply being able to generate lots of ideas; as one of the blunderers in Livio's book, Linus Pauling, put it, in order to have good ideas one must first have lots of ideas and then throw the bad ones away. One of the most troubling casualties of the current climate of reduced science funding and flagging interest in science is that young scientists are afraid to make mistakes and therefore to generate lots of ideas. Funding agencies give them only a limited amount of money and ask them to work on "safe" problems; these are both constraints that reduce their appetite for risk-taking. Risk-taking has been one of the most important ingredients in the success of the United States as a leading scientific and technological power. Making mistakes is important not only in science but in business; think of how many computer, aircraft or skyscraper models were tried, tested and discarded before entrepreneurs came up with the correct ones. And it's a process that continues unabated. Once you ask a scientist to stop making mistakes you stop him or her from discovering. The stories of the scientists highlighted by Dyson and Livio as well as countless other episodes from the history of science make this fact clear. We ignore it at the risk of weakening the entire scientific enterprise. First published on the Scientific American Blog Network. Labels: history of science Free online medicinal chemistry course at Davidson College I wanted to alert interested readers to an introductory course on medicinal chemistry by Prof. Erland Stevens at Davidson College that seems to cover pretty much every basic and important aspect of drug discovery and medicinal chemistry that I can recall. As Prof. Stevens mentioned in an email, "The overall goal of the course is to get a student up to speed to watch a medicinal chemistry lecture (and maybe even ask a question at the end)." While the material may be a little too basic for readers of this (or Derek's) blog, it seems quite valuable for high-school or college students, and even for more experienced professionals who might want to brush up on their drug science. The best part is that the course is free and available online. Here's the website: https://www.edx.org/course/davidsonx/davidsonx-001x-medicinal-chemistry-1220 And here's the list of topics: Week 1 – brief history of medicinal chemistry, introduction to drug development process and regulatory approval Week 2 – proteins (enzymes and receptors) as drug targets, enzyme inhibition, ligand-receptor binding theory Week 3 – pharmacokinetics (compartment models, Vd, clearance) Week 4 – metabolism, phase I, phase II, prodrugs, genetic variability Week 5 – drug-target complementarity, drugs as part of chemical space, chemical libraries Week 6 – lead discovery, screening, filtering hits by metrics/structural alerts/predicted PK, SOSA, natural products Week 7 – lead optimization, functional group replacements, isosteres, directed libraries, peptidomimetics Labels: medicinal chemistry Syngenta, atrazine and keeping the science separate from the policy The New Yorker has an excellent piece of reporting on the efforts of Tyrone Hayes, a UC Berkeley biology professor and his efforts to investigate potentially very important and deleterious effects of the herbicide atrazine on sexual dimorphism in frogs. In some of his experiments male frogs seemed to develop female genitalia. The major part of the piece is about how Syngenta - the maker of the multibillion dollar herbicide - tried to discredit Hayes. Ample supporting evidence is provided in internal memos and emails released as part of a law suit. Many aspects of the story are worth thinking about but one of the most important ones is how such stories always risk the danger of conflating unethical behavior by companies with the underlying science. Syngenta shenanigans reported in the article are clearly unacceptable and stifling, but the message about atrazine is far more ambiguous. The piece points out several questions that the EPA raised about Hayes's studies (as well as Syngenta's), including proper statistical analysis and the extrapolation of amphibian studies to humans. The important point is that these are valid and critical questions, even if Syngenta was using them to discredit Hayes (at one point one scientist dismisses statistical concerns as "routine", as if routine meant trivial). The motives of those wanting to use science to their own ends does not automatically affect the validity or lack therefore of the science itself. This is something that few environmentalists, in my experience, appreciate. Fortunately some do; for instance I have had commenters on my posts on GMOs explicitly saying that while they do support the science showing the safety of GMOs, they are much more concerned about the bullying and muzzling tactics used by companies like Monsanto. Sadly such commenters are precious and few. The Syngenta/atrazine story falls in the same category. The company clearly used muzzling and shady tactics on Hayes but the verdict of atrazine's effects on human populations is clearly out there. In 2010 the EPA ruled out banning the herbicide for want of better evidence, and its decision only shows you how complicated it is to link the effect of any chemical to environmental or human damage. Personally - and I can't say I have reviewed the evidence in detail - I think Hayes is on to something but it's not certain exactly what. I don't doubt that this article will spark furious allegations against Syngenta. But those who want to participate in this debate should keep something very simple in mind; science kowtows to no policy, even one designed to denigrate it. In your zeal to prosecute human being or corporations for unacceptable or criminal behavior, make sure that science does not become a casualty. Labels: chemophobia, environmentalism, New Yorker Hiding hydrogen bonding groups in large druglike m... Digital features in the Journal of Medicinal Chemi... What happens when chemists have nothing better to ... Free online medicinal chemistry course at Davidson... 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