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__label__wiki	0.889624	0.889624	May 23rd Thu, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM \| S-klub Ingmar Bergman – Jan Mikulášek PERSONAS Divadlo Na zábradlí Prague With “Nordic profoundness” and tested by fate, the tenants of an unspecified flat find themselves in an existential tangle of disturbing, gloomy as well as tragicomic stories. A take on the key films and peculiar poetics of the film world legend – in theatrically condensed dramas directed by Jan Mikulášek. music supervision and directed by Jan Mikulášek translated by Zbyněk Černík and Dagmar Hartlová dramaturgy Dora Viceníková stage design and costumes Marek Cpin premiere 6 December 2018 characters and cast Von Merkens' mother Dita Kaplanová Elisabeth Vogler, Jenny Magdaléna Sidonová Alma, Von Merkens Jana Plodková Marianne Petra Bučková Eva, Liv Barbora Bočková Death, Von Merkens Jiří Vyorálek Johan, Lindhorst Jakub Žáček Block, Johann Vojtěch Vondráček “The founding fathers (of our theatre) – Ivan Vyskočil and Jiří Suchý – introduced themselves with the playful music show If a Thousand Clarinets, while at present the director Jan Mikulášek is dragging the prolapsed spiritual guts of Bergman’s characters across the stage. One could not come up with a more cruel image of how the world changed,” comments the critic Richard Erml on the daring dramaturgy of a piece created to celebrate the 60 anniversary of the Divadlo Na zábradlí theatre. The director Jan Mikulášek concentrates the vast film oeuvre of Ingmar Bergman in to several intimate dramas. The key characters of the legendary films The Seventh Seal, Scenes from a Marriage, Autumn Sonata, Hour of the Wolf and Persona meet in them to play a decisive game of relationships. The cold Scandinavian interior witnesses unsettling, raw as well as tragicomic stories and turns them into a claustrophobic purgatory. We see another distinctive and original testimony backed by brilliant acting performances on the scale of minimalist whispers to expressive cries demonstrating the great coordination and connectedness of the ensemble as well as the sense for smart repertoire choices. “Under the neat surface of an almost three hour long production, we see the unsettling grimace of familiar trauma and anxiety. The extent of mutual cruelty among close people is staggering. Mikulášek breaks Bergman’s dark chords into humorous tones which often bring relief. (…)” MARIE RESLOVÁ, AKTUALNĚ.CZ, 9 December 2018 “The present ensemble of Divadlo Na zábradlí is able to breathe stage life into the merciless, burn-out and inhuman world of Mikulášek. With their remarkable skills and astonishing technique, they keep the audience on the edge of their chair, ready, almost in awe. It is as if a visitor to Prada, Madrid, finds himself in a hall with the huge paintings of Goya’s Ghosts.” RICHARD ERML, REFLEX, 51–52/2018 After unfinished studies of directing at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, Jan Mikulášek (1978) became the artistic director of the children's theatre Polárka in Brno, and later the Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava (2005–2007) where he produced various extraordinary pieces (Three Sisters, Wild at Heart). He began working as a freelance artist in 2007, but continued to work with the company as a guest director (Eugene Onegin, 1984, The Wild Duck, Wuthering Heights). He also worked with the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava (Queen Margot, Gottland) or with Husa na provázku theatre (Hamlet). Among his most celebrated works, mention should be made of the productions at Reduta Theatre in Brno entitled The Elementary Particles, The Correspondence V+W, Europeana and Golden Sixties. In 2013, when the artistic director of the Reduta theatre in Brno took over direction of Divadlo Na zábradlí, Mikulášek became the main director and created pieces such as Grey Seventies (2013), The Stranger and Hedonists (2014), Doctor Zhivago and Hamlets (2015), Obsession (2016), AnderSen (2017) and Woodcutters (2018). He produced The Cremator (2016) and Marysha (2017) at the National Theatre. Mikulášek's directions have won critical and audience acclaim, chiefly thanks to highly stylized acting, grotesque overstatement, and excellent work with visual and musical elements. His directorial style is distinct for its play with context and thematic associations, displaying inspiration in the world of cinema and film narration. Apart from directing, he also composes stage music and teaches at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. The work of Jan Mikulášek has been systematically featured at the Flora Theatre Festival. There was also a program section including five of his newest productions in 2012. Divadlo Na zábradlí celebrated its 60th anniversary last year. Soon after it was established in 1958, it became a seedbed of Czech Theatre of the Absurd thanks to the director Jan Grossman and the dramatist Václav Havel. Several film directors of the Czech New Wave found a home there since they were not allowed to produce films during the normalization era (e.g. Jiří Menzel, Jaromil Jireš, and primarily Evald Schorm). The period of director Petr Lébl began in 1993, however, after his tragic death, David Czesany became the artistic director in 1999, followed by the dramatist and director Jiří Pokorný in 2003. As of the 2013/2014 season, the management of the theatre was assumed by the former artistic director of the Reduta Theatre – Petr Štědroň, who also brought with him the dramaturge Dora Viceníková, the director Jan Mikulášek, and the stage designer Marek Cpin. They reopened several productions from Brno in Prague (Europeana, Bourgeoisie, and Cabaret Kafka) and continue in their journey with original productions (Hedonists, Obsession, Hamlets,Velvet Havel), adaptation of non-dramatic texts – be it letters (Correspondence V+W), diaries (Golden Sixties) or novels (The Stranger), the only exception being the staging of Bernhard’s drama Woodcutters awarded the Theatre Newspaper Award in 2018. Directors such as Jiří Havelka, Jan Frič, Anna Petrželková Davidová, Miloš Orson Štědroň or David Jařab who became the second in-house director of the theatre, cooperate with the scene. The theatre has always been highly esteemed in the Czech Republic as well as abroad. It triumphed at the Theatre Critics' Awards in 2014 where the production Velvet Havel scored in all eight categories. Divadlo Na zábradlí has been a regular guest at the Flora Theatre Festival. All the above mentioned productions were featured at the festival in the past. photo: KIVA news \| about festival \| programme \| contact Divadelní Flora © 2018-2019 Flora Theatre Festival, z.s. Kosinova 874/7 represented by Vladimír Foret, Petr Nerušil and Simona Vičarová, committee members Reg. No.: 08464987 Tax Identification No.: CZ08464987 Bank: ČSOB Olomouc Bank Account No.: 290054671/0300 BIC/SWIFT: CEKOCZPP Organizer of the 23. Flora Theatre Festival: DW7, o.p.s. Dolní náměstí 23/42 represented by Jan Žůrek, director	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0128.json.gz/line0
__label__cc	0.683017	0.316983	Daniel Larrieu's Pierrot is in black \|In Live Daniel Larrieu’s Pierrot is in black. Not a mourning kind of black, rather the color of the night all wrapped up in its mysteries and transparency games. A gracious, clever like a cat Daniel Larrieu appears on stage with his customary lightness and impertinent gesture. A dancer, choreographer, author, gesture consultant, he who has a fondness for the shadows comes back in the spotlight with his latest piece Littéral, for which he is all of the above. Daniel Larrieu in Littéral by Araso A 2017 creation, the work gathers six dancers and just as many brooms, which are suspended or held. The performers, whether males or females, successively put on the Pierrot dress over their ecru tights and baby pink skirts. The acting’s subtlety sets the accuracy of the gesture by the milligram, with mime and repetitions. The dance is the non-dribbling type, conscientiously avoiding the prettiness trap. Littéral is an infinitely poetical piece, in which everything was chosen with care until the traditional brooms made in France. It releases a sweetly dated, regressive perfume that gives way to aesthetics’ pleasure. Littéral was presented by the Théâtre de l’Aquarium on June 17th 2017 in June Events Festival. Illustration © Araso	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0128.json.gz/line2
__label__cc	0.730575	0.269425	Mariano Fortuny: silk for the gods \|In Exhibitions In more than a century of fashion, nothing came close to defying the fabric’s supreme luxury. We owe Mariano Fortuny a unique holistic artistic approach, which gave birth to one of Venice’s most sumptuous palace. Painting, panelling, sculpture, embroidery, textile dance together the song of art and science in an orgy of beauty. To close Paris Fashion Week, Palais Galliera opens its new exhibition, Fortuny, a Spaniard in Venice. The monastic ambiance of the show along with a refined scenography appear to clash with a hyperactive Fortuny, curious of everything and holder of multiple patents. The Hellenics, starring the Delphos dress, the Knossos shawl and their likes have made history. Glorified by Marcel Proust, they sit there as silent witnesses of the past. The minimalistic environment is the scenery of a well-documented, researched typology, ranging from Venice to the East. Palais Gallaiera’s latest show will most certainly prove appealing to purists and other foes of extravaganza. Fortuny, a Spaniard in Venice, from October 4th 2017 to January 7th 2018 at Palais Galliera. Visuals © Araso ADAGP	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0128.json.gz/line3
__label__cc	0.715266	0.284734	Building 1 of Business Park Varna / 2005 Total built-up area 14 328.40 м2 / Design 2005 Investor: Business Park Varna Stages: preliminary, technical & working design This is the first building from the Business Park Varna complex and the office, storage and commercial areas are purposed for rent. The comfort of the tenants is ensured by snack-bars, fitness and underground parking. Building 1 is situated in the northwest corner of the estate, right next to the entrance/exit road of the plot on the Sofia-Varna highway. The terrain changes its height in southeast direction and the building rises at its highest part. Enough parking lots for visitors and workers are organized on the terrain level, as well as an official parking in the underground level, accessible through a ramp. There are two pedestrian approaches towards the building- one from the north and one from the east. Commercial area for industrial goods, divided into different units accessible from the atrium and from outside, is located on the ground level. There are storages to the south, which can either be used separately, or together with the commercial areas, and are accessible from outside through a ramp and a car-park right next to it. There is a conference hall with a depository next to it for multifunctional configurations, facing the main entrance. A snack-bar and a caf? with their own entrances from outside and separate kitchens, accessible from the south ramp are also designed. This building has a central atrium, around which the different entrances on the ground level are organized. It also ensures enough light for the inner office areas of the building. The vertical communication cores have lobbies on each floor, oriented towards the atrium. Two panoramic and two regular lifts with stops on each level are designed. There are storage areas, a fitness centre, parking lots, a security centre and hygienist premises in the underground level. Materials used in the fa?ades’ treatment are: - Elalbond cladding, color by RAL 9007 on door frames and peaks - structural curtain wall with vertical caps colored by RAL 9007 - ceramic cladding Creaton in two colors – dark-grey and light beige - shading louvers on the fourth floor in the same color as the Etalbond cladding.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0128.json.gz/line7
__label__wiki	0.789052	0.789052	Hover over the image to enlarge Click the image to enlarge Sophie Dunlop The Leopard back to the Artist page back to the Stockroom page Simon Chan has established a reputation as a professional gallery director who has helped many aspiring artists by showing them in his Art Atrium Gallery. Mixing exhibitions of established artists with younger artists, he has created a perfect way to promote living artists in difficult times. Simon has also endeavoured to get prominent figures in the art world to open his exhibitions, which is a good way to publicise and promote younger artists. I commend Simon’s activities, and hope that the artists he has promoted will not forget who first gave them a helping hand. It is the first step up which counts so much in today’s very competitive art world. Lou Klepac OAM Art historian, Author, Curator & Publisher Art Atrium is the invention of Simon Chan, an Architect who has a passion for art, especially indigenous art and architectural drawings. He is one of the few people with the breadth of experience and opportunity to hold such shows at his gallery that demonstrate his discerning eye and appreciation for the unusual and the best of art. Professor Philip Cox AO Professor of Architecture UNSW & Founding Partner of Cox Architecture Simon Chan is a practising architect with a passionate commitment to promoting contemporary art that reflects Australia’s multiculturalism, and in which Australian Indigenous art has an important dynamic presence. In 2009 he founded Art Atrium in Bondi Junction to provide a dedicated space that would allow him to share his artists’ works with audiences, and also to enjoy the physical experience of curating the exhibitions. I have observed the superb way he manages the launch of these events, and I know that all of his artists appreciate the encouragement and advice that he never hesitates to offer. Dr. Mabel Lee PhD FAHA Adjunct Professor of Chinese Studies, School of Languages & Culture A18, The University of Sydney Simon has established an active platform at Art Atrium to encourage cross cultural expression and collaboration among artists from different cultural background. I was honoured to open an exhibition of Chinese Australian women artists, as well as to conduct an Artists in Conversation event when artists directly communicate with art lovers. His passion towards art goes beyond his Gallery, and leads him to generously support art endeavours in public art institutions. He offers guided tours as a Community Ambassador at Art Gallery of NSW, and also serves as a Director on the Board of VisAisa which plays a vital role in promoting Asian art in Australia. Yin Cao Curator of Chinese Art at ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES I love the paintings I have bought from Art Atrium - they have really struck a chord. It's also been an absolute pleasure talking with and buying from Simon; it's clear he's in it for the love of the art and that makes the whole experience so much less 'transactional' and more emotional. Amanda Falconer Management consultant & business storytelling specialist Art Atrium 12 Daniel Street (Entrance on Daphne St at corner of Daniel St) Botany NSW 2019 info@artatrium.com.au © Art Atrium 2020 All Rights Reserved \| Powered By Netstripes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0128.json.gz/line9
__label__wiki	0.680006	0.680006	Neath Port Talbot street lighting It is reported that the street lights are in a dreadful state and need a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to restore them. One hopes that the opportunity is taken to remove the unsightly remains of the previously upgraded street lights (picture). It seems that, once again, because of government rules regarding large capital expenditure, a public-private partnership is "the only game in town" for the county borough. This party has often criticised PPPs and PFIs (Public Finance Initiatives) as they are applied to schools, hospitals and similar institutions. However, unlike a school or hospital building, user demands from a streetlight are relatively simple and unchanging - that it works, it stays upright, it looks OK - so the relative inflexibility of PFI is less of a problem. There is also less scope for the private partner to load unforeseen charges on the back end. Liberal Democrat councils like Islington, Cambridge and Redcar & Cleveland have therefore instituted, or are about to institute, PPPs for street lighting with only a few misgivings. One of these is, that if the PFI partner fails to deliver, the local authority is over a barrel and in a weak position to allow enforcement action to take any time (especially in the winter). If it decides to guarantee a remedy, (eg demanding a bond), it is likely to increase the price demanded by the partner. The cost benefit analysis must also include realistic provision for the Council's legal services. So, clearly, the choice of partner is crucial (the provider of the Crymlyn incinerator is an instructive example) and there must be safeguards in place. - Frank Little Female prison for Wales - second thoughts On 13th August (see archives), we started a campaign for women from South Wales, committed to gaol, to be housed nearer their home towns. Our thought was that it would aid rehabilitation and also be less hard on their families. However, campaigners for women have since pointed out that the existence of a local prison is more likely to encourage magistrates and judges to sentence women to prison, where they now impose non-custodial sentences. This is against a background that in England and Wales: In the last decade the women’s prison population has more than doubled. Over one third of women in adult prisons had no previous convictions, which is more than double the figure for men The majority of the sentenced female prison population are held for non-violent offences. Much of the rise in the female prison population can be explained by a significant increase in the severity of sentences. In 1991 eight per cent of women convicted in the Crown Court of motoring offences went to prison. By 2001 that had increased to 42 per cent. A women convicted of theft or handling at the Crown Court is now twice as likely to go to prison as in 1991. At the magistrates’ court, the chances of a women receiving a custodial sentence have risen seven-fold. (Source http://www.inside-out.org.uk/news/news_201205BLF.htm) Cilfrew and Trebanos planning decisions We understand that the controversial matter of blasting at Trebanos has now been referred up to the Department of Trade and Industry. However, the planning committee held last week did approve the construction of plant to service the gas pipeline within the community of Cilfrew, in spite of the opposition of John Warman (Liberal Democrat, Cimla). The Neath Guardian reports that some councillors were advised by council's monitoring officers not to vote. This is likely to form the basis of an application for judicial review, which Cilfrew residents are investigating. If Britain is to avoid dependence on Russia's Gazprom for its gas supplies in future, then the pipe from Milford Haven is essential. Transfer stations are needed at intervals to distribute the gas into local networks. However, Cilfrew's case, backed up by engineering advice, is that there are other suitable sites for a gas transfer station in the area which are less of a potential danger to residents, and do not create traffic hazards. Labour minister endorses LibDem councils In her opening speech to the Labour conference in Manchester, local MP and minister without portfolio at the Cabinet Office, Hazel Blears said: "Look around the great cities of Britain, go to Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff or Newcastle, and you can see a new confidence, a new Renaissance. "The British entrepreneurial spirit flourishing against a backdrop of economic stability and renewed public services." I am sure that Rodney Berman, Liberal Democrat leader of Cardiff City Council, would welcome that endorsement, as will the Liberal Democrats of Newcastle-upon-Tyne who increased their majority at the local elections in May this year. And while Leeds may not be in Liberal Democrat hands, if you approach the city from the south-west, you will pass through the second-greenest council in England, Kirklees. The green initiative was taken by the former Liberal Democrat-led administration. Media - the good guys We try not to be totally negative in our comments, so as a counter-balance to the previous posting, here are some names of journalists who have given the conference serious coverage. Serious, but not earnest, a thought which naturally leads to the name of Michael White (pictured) of the Guardian. His public interview of Ming Campbell at the conference was a model of what these things should be: probing, not hectoring; and conducted with humour, but not maliciously so. Trivia there was, but it formed only a small part of the interview. White's sympathies are clearly with Labour. He is an Atlanticist, rather than a European, and he also disagrees with us over proportional representation, but he is a fair reporter of the old school. Another good old-fashioned journalist is Patrick Hannan. His style on Radio Wales' "Something else" and "Call to Order" is also to probe with humour. More acerbic is Andrew Rawnsley, who nevertheless was fair in chairing a lively Brighton fringe debate on the Liberal Democrats and the media. It is hard to discern where Rawnsley's sympathies lie, but the impression that he is particularly tough when interviewing prominent LibDems, suggests that he might be a closet party follower. A usually quite partisan Labour supporter is Steve Richards of The Independent. However, in his column of 21st September, he discussed dispassionately Liberal Democrat tax policies and their implications for cooperation with other parties in the event of a balanced parliament. "Anyone who listened to the [tax debate] would recognise this is a left-of-centre party, gripped by the need to redistribute widely, and to raise cash for some expensive spending commitments, such as the abolition of top-up fees for students," Richards wrote. "Those speaking in favour of the new economic package argued passionately that the proposals redistributed more extensively than the party's previous policies. Opponents of the proposals protested that there was a need to redistribute more widely still." Richards added: "It was a good debate, and one the two bigger parties would be too scared to stage." Finally, David Hencke, the Westminster correspondent of the Guardian, cuts through the superficial assessments of the party and our leader. Of the Liberal Democrats, he writes (in "The House Magazine"): "They have lost support in the [opinion] polls, but not in elections. Since Menzies' leadership, they have taken a seat from Labour in Dunfermline and came within 600 votes of taking Bromley & Chislehurst from the Tories. Neither of these results - particularly the slump in Tory support in outer London - were picked up in the Westminster village. And council by-elections show a similar trend." And on Ming Campbell: "His detractors cite his age, his laid-back approach, and fear that when it comes to the next general election, he will perform badly in comparison with the dynamic young David Cameron and the experienced and streetwise Gordon Brown. His supporters think his gravitas, his diplomatic ability to heal breaches between warring factions, his principled stand over the war in Iraq, and defence of individual civil liberties, will chime with the electorate." What these writers have in common is the perception that elections are not just a horse-race, but are about people and policies, and that few men and women go into politics as knaves and liars. Demise of TV political journalism The one thing that spoiled the view from the conference hotel in Brighton this week was the burnt-out shell of a pier. I did think of using a picture of this as a symbol of what has happened to the once-glitzy Conservative campaign, but I see that the Tories have now done this for themselves with a replacement of their once-proud blue dragon with a squiggle. Perhaps it is more representative of what has happened to political reportage on national TV, on BBC in particular. (I am sure that HTV did their usual sound job, but, sadly, I didn't have the equipment in Brighton to check on the media back home.) Nick Robinson's idea of deep analysis at the conference was to tote a life-size cut-out of Menzies Campbell along the sea-front and to ask holiday-makers some facile questions. On the late-night news programmes, there was a vague attempt to build up Charles Kennedy as a threat to Menzies Campbell's leadership. Not only was this scuppered by CK's competent, but uninspiring speech, but also by his own clearly sincere statement of gratitude and loyalty to Ming. TV ignored the rousing speeches by Nick Clegg (crime and civil liberties), Chris Huhne (environment) and Ed Davey (renewable energy). The very ubiquity of these three could even have given the media a better story than the one they went with: fresh challengers for the leadership. More seriously, the media did a disservice to the British public by not presenting the very distinct agenda which our main speakers laid out. Liberal Democrats are green, and in government We have long suspected the Green Party of being little Englanders. A few years back, their official policy was to quit the European Union. They now realise that the best way of changing the EU's protectionist policies is to fight from the inside, but their attitude to the rest of Europe is still rather equivocal. The confirmation came this morning, on Radio Wales, when the Green Party Wales Campaign Coordinator (or some such title) stated as fact that our party is not only not really green, but where it has any power, it puts anti-green measures into effect. We suggest to her that she looks at the largest (in area) nation of the United Kingdom, ruled from Edinburgh since 1999 by a coalition of Labour and Liberal Democrats.(The photo shows Willie Rennie MP for Dunfermline having a diagnostic check at the LibDem conference.) Nicol Stephen, the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and deputy First Minister, holds the key portfolio of Enterprise. Liberal Democrats led the way in Scotland in improving their resource management through the National Waste Strategy based on the three Rs - Reduce - Re-use - Recycle and by setting a Recycling Target of 55% for 2020. They are well on the way to meeting the first stage of that target by reaching a level of 25% this year which will put Scotland ahead of England and Wales. Scottish Liberal Democrats also led the way on Renewable Energy by setting a Target of 40% by 2020. This was double the target of 20% set by the UK Government for the same period. Nicol Stephen confirmed in Brighton last Monday that, while Labour in Westminster is behind its target, the Scots are ahead of theirs. (PS - I have just learned that Green councillors in York have voted against eco-housing and a flagship world class sustainable recycling centre and in favour of higher ticket prices on park and ride. What was that about power and anti-green policies again?) Liberal Democrat Conference Diary - The Finale Liberal Democrats Conference Diary - Day 4 Liberal Democrat Conference Diary - Day 3 Well since it's Conference Season, here is the first entry in the Conference Diary. I don't know why, but the diary has begun on day two. There will be one small video released each day of the Conference at Brighton. Liberal Democrats – The Real Alternative to Labour in Neath Port Talbot County Borough. Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democrats prove that we are the Real Opposition to Labour within the Borough. While the rest of the opposition groups remain silent, on many important issues, the Liberal Democrats are actively campaigning all year round, not just at election time, calling the Labour Administration to account. Baglan Energy Park Press Reports 2003: Baglan Energy Park to Employ 6,000! True Figures 2006: Baglan Energy Park Employs just 379! I’m sure that I’m not the only person who thought the estimation of 6,000 Jobs that would be created by the Baglan Energy Park was optimistic. Quite interestingly, former Council Leader Noel Crowley passes comment some 18 months (19th March 2003) previously in the Evening Post that “There are as many people working in the Baglan Energy Park now as BP used to employ...” After some investigation and asking ex-employees of BP Baglan Bay how many used to work at the site, the answer came back at around 2,300 at its height. So, how many people are employed by the Baglan Energy Park? Following a request for information, under the Freedom of Information Act, back in February 2005 from the WDA the true figures for the number of people employed within the Energy Park, back then, was 280. More recent figures provided by the WDA/ WAG put the numbers of people employed in the Energy Park at 379 people. Basically the increase in numbers of people employed in the energy park has been some 99 in the past eighteen months. Another way of looking at it would be 66 per year. At this rate it will be September 2035 before the Energy Park employs as many people as BP Baglan did at its height, and, it will be September 2091 before it employs the 6,000 that the Press originally published in 2003! We believe that the potential of the Energy Park is enormous and we urge NPTCBC to be more proactive in publicising the merits of the park to the business community. - Gary Lewis Nick Clegg discusses his first six months as Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg discusses his first six months as Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary discussing the failures of Labour and successes of the Liberal Democrats in tackling crime and anti-social behaviour. Policy Discussion at Tonmawr Community Centre Monday 25 September 7:30pm Come to Tonmawr Community Centre on Monday, 25th September at 7.30 p.m. to meet and question Liberal Democrat candidates for next year’s Assembly elections. Also hear about Liberal Democrat tax proposals, and other policy matters being discussed and agreed upon at our conference in the coming week. Ask about any other Liberal Democrat policies. Most importantly: tell us what we can do for you. From the inception of Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democrats, we have made a point of holding our monthly meetings in different parts of the County Borough. As interest in the Liberal Democrats, and disaffection with New Labour, have grown, we have been invited to many more local community centres away from the main towns of Neath Port Talbot county borough. This month, we are grateful to new members Des and Annette Sparkes for the chance to visit Tonmawr and learn first hand of the concerns of the people of Pelenna ward. I guarantee that at least one of your candidates for next year’s assembly elections will be on hand. Clare Short delivers yet another Blow to the Government It would seem that the Knives are out for Clare Short at Westminster. Her attack on the Government this week in a letter she sent to the Independent has ruffled Labours feathers to a degree where they are considering disciplinary action against the former Cabinet Minister. More discerning for them is her intention to resign at the next election and campaign for a Hung Parliament. I never thought I would ever say this, but I find myself in agreement with Claire Shorts comments. It is what we, as Liberal Democrats, have been banging on about for years – Electoral Reform is long overdue. Below is an extract from her letter, judge for yourself: "Cabinet government has gone, the House of Commons - with guillotines on all business - is weak and ineffective, and the rise of the third party means our electoral system is ever-more distorted. The vote in 2005 of 9.54 million was the second-lowest Labour vote in post-war Britain. With the support of only 22 per cent of the electorate, we see power more concentrated in a No 10 that consults no one, engages in deceit over matters of profound importance and is not held to account by Cabinet, parliamentary party or the wider party. The Prime Minister’s powers of patronage turn too many MPs into obedient ciphers who await the call to ministerial office or quiet elders who await the House of Lords." "The Labour Party has lost its way, our constitutional arrangements are broken and the gap between the political elite and the country grows ever wider. At the same time, Britain has become more unequal, violent and unhappy. And the world is in desperate trouble." "My conclusion is that the key to the change we need is a hung parliament which will bring in electoral reform." If you agree or disagree with Clare Shorts comments then you can enter the debate at The Taking Power Forum. - Richie Northcote Vehicle Child Restraint - New Law The new law regarding regulations governing the use of child car seats will come into force on Monday 18 September 2006 with many people still completely unaware of this change. There has been a clear lack of publicity on this matter so for clarity sake the new law can be found at: http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk [Superseded link http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/childcarseats/childcarseats.htm replaced 2011-10-11 - FHL] The main reason for this change is clearly illustrated as: "When a vehicle is involved in a crash it comes to an abrupt halt. If not restrained, occupants will have their own crash into the vehicle structure. Restraint systems are therefore designed to help keep people away from the vehicle structure and to distribute the forces of a crash over the strongest parts of the human body, with minimum damage to the soft tissues." "Adults are restrained by a three point seat belt. This is designed for adults and not for children. Children are not small adults. They are proportioned differently and their key organs are in different places. Their tissues have different strengths and weaknesses and their needs change as they grow. Therefore they need a child restraint system to cope with the different stages of their development." However, what strikes me as bizarre is that families have to ensure that these extra child restraints are fitted to the family vehicle (which on average, is normally driven carefully and to the speed limit) and Taxi-Cabs (which on average, try to get you to your destination as fast as they can so that they can race to their next fare) are exempt from this legislation! Where is the sense in that? Perhaps somebody can explain this to me because no matter how hard I try, I just cannot comprehend the reason for such an exemption. Ask a policeman electronically If you click on the link below, you will get through to the South Wales Police Authority / How to contact the Authority. http://www.south-wales.police.uk Towards the bottom of this page is an email link to email the constabulary. All members who have sent an email to this address have had it bounced. We would be glad to hear from any readers of this who have successfully communicated with the South Wales Police via email. (There are no prizes!) Fun and politics in the sun It was meant mainly as a social occasion, but politics did intrude on the barbecue at Sheila Waye's place last month. Returning Officer Paul Meara took the opportunity to dot the i's and cross the t's of Sheila's adoption as candidate for Neath in next year's assembly elections. (See the complete slate at www.southwaleslibdems.org.uk) Of course, a speech was called for and the photo shows Sheila waxing passionate about her aim of restoring quality to public services in Wales, especially the NHS. But the abiding memory was of good food, drink and chat on a beautiful late summer day. Running commentary from the Westminster stadium "Well, Mark, it looks as if New Labour are about to make a substitution." "Yes, John, they had to do something. Blair has got to be the man to come off. He is on his own up there and not getting any support from his team. Mind you, he doesn't help himself by holding on to the ball and following his own devices." "Do you think that's the result of what people are saying is the undue influence of his personal manager, Bush?" "That could be. It's certain as can be that he's lost the trust of his team, and now the crowd are getting on his back. They're calling for their favourite, Brown, to come on." "But he's a traditional sort of left-winger, isn't he?" "He used to be thought of in that role, yes, but he is not as strongly left-sided as you would think. It will be a straight swap up front, with exactly the same game plan." "Mark, what are the implications for the Wales and Scotland matches?" "Well, they must stand a better chance with a settled formation, but unless they change their strategy ..." "Sorry, Mark, must interrupt you there, something amazing's happening on the bench. They've got the numbers ready, but they're not holding them up. Blair is definitely coming off, but when? It beats me, are they going to leave it too late, I wonder?" Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin (February 22, 1962 – September 4, 2006) The world today mourns the loss of a true naturalist. Love him or loathe him, this man brought the wilderness to life and captivated his audience in a way that none before him were ever able to. He managed to reinvigorate interest in the natural environment, and, had a remarkable charisma the world will sorely miss. Many disagreed with his methods, but personally, I believe that the work and efforts of Steve Irwin will be remembered for decades to come, not least for his true belief in the conservation of the natural environment. Inconsistencies in magistrates' sentences I’m sure that regular readers of the Neath Port Talbot Guardian couldn’t help but see the front page headlines “I Won’t Pay” in the 31st of August edition of the paper. It would appear that a Cwmavon man has been fined a hefty £320 for dropping a cashpoint receipt. The article then goes on to say about other cases where people have faced hefty fines for littering, £275 for dropping a cigarette butt at the Tesco Store in Neath Abbey, £260 for dropping a wrapper in McDonalds in Afan Way. The Guardian then goes on to break down the costs of the fine imposed on the man from Cwmavon: The actual fine was £100, costs were £220!!! Cashpoint Man stated in the article: “When it happened I wasn’t aware that I had dropped anything... I was followed by two council officials who came onto me to say I had dropped a bit of paper. I had been to the cash point because I was doing my shopping. My cash point receipt must have fallen outside my wallet.” It would appear that from the article the costs were for the time spent in NPTCBC perusing the case. Commenting in the article, Council’s Assistant Solicitor Mr Michael Shaw said: “The costs are calculated very simply on the basis of officer’s time and a contribution to prosecution costs…The magistrates are given a schedule of costs before hand and it is up to them what they want to impose; but the costs submitted are the costs to the authority.” So, it is up to the Magistrates if they wish to allow such costs!!!!! With such generous costs being awarded to the council, perhaps they could afford to empty the dog bins in the county more often; the dog bin in the George Memorial Park, towards the entrance to St. Theodore Road has been overflowing this week! Additionally, in the article, comparisons were drawn with an assault case where the fine was £75 with £50 costs. There is quite an inconsistency here, where someone who drops a receipt gets fined £100 with £220 cost while someone who assaults someone gets fined a lesser amount (£75) and lesser costs (£50). Such inconsistencies in sentencing aren’t that uncommon. A Guardian article from 22nd April 2004, “Victims lose out after theft of holiday funds”, describes how someone (with no previous convictions) cheated her eleven friends of just over £1,000 and received a custodial sentence of three months. Another Guardian article from 18th March 2004 reports that a Social Worker, who stole just over £7,000, received a twelve month sentence suspended for two years. The victim, a 92-year-old woman, was a client of the social worker. The Social Worker stole an amount which was seven times the amount the person who stole from her friends, stole from someone who was her client (she was in a position of trust, and that trust was broken) and the person the social worker stole from was a vulnerable adult. Surely, a custodial sentence was more appropriate in the case of the Social Worker rather than the woman who stole from her eleven friends? Gary Lewis WELL DONE JOHN WARMAN The South Wales Evening Post has reported this week that Liberal Democrat Councillor for Cimla, John Warman has been plodding the streets collecting signatures for a petition against the relocation of the Neurosurgery Department to Cardiff. By-Election Watch August 2006 The Liberal Democrats gained 5 seats, held 1 and lost 1 The Labour Party held 1 seat The Conservative Party gained 1 seat, held 5 and lost 1 Independent Candidates held 1 seat and lost 3 Plaid Cymru lost 1 seat The clear victors in August’s by-elections, once again, were the Liberal Democrats by gaining 5 seats, holding 1 and losing 1. (+4 seats) See the full results below: By-Election Results: Thursday 31st August 2006 Chepstow TC, Thornwell Lab 176 (50.0), Con 112 (31.8), LD Henry Ashby 64 (18.2). Majority 64. Turnout 19%. Lab hold East Staffordshire BC, Town Con 664 (64.9; +24.1), Lab 255 (24.9; +3.3), UKIP 104 (10.2; +10.2), [Ind (0.0; -37.7)]. Majority 409. Turnout 20.9%. Con hold Llanbadarn Fawr WCC, Sulien LD Bob Morris 192 (90.6), Con 20 (9.4). Majority 172. Turnout 15.2%. LD gain from PC Tonbridge and Malling BC, Ightham Con 352 (53.9; -20.6), LD Rebecca Hunt 301 (46.1; +20.6). Majority 51. Turnout 42.5%. Con hold Uttoxeter PC, Town Con 588 (58.1), Lab 247 (24.4), UKIP 102 (10.1), LD 75 (7.4). By – Election Results: Thursday 24th August 2006 Elmbridge BC, Walton Central Ind 656 (50.0 –2.7) Con 482 (36.7 +5.1) LD 115 (8.8 –0.1) Lab 59 (4.5 –2.2) Majority 174. Turnout 28.8. Ind hold Harrow LBC, Harrow Weald LD P Scott 1288 (46.9 +12.0) Con 1088 (39.6 –6.1) Lab 295 (10.7 –8.7) Green 74 (2.7 +2.7) Majority 200. Turnout 33.5 LD gain Con Stratford upon Avon DC, Alcester Con 798 (53.5 +22.4) LD Karyl Rees 638 (42.8 –13.9) UKIP [0.0 –6.6]. Majority 160. Turnout 31.82. Con gain LD Southsea TC, Craneswater Con 470 (55.3) LD R Inkpen 379 (44.6) Majority 91. Turnout 21.37. Con hold By-Election Results: Thursday 17th August 2006 Lewes DC, Ouse Valley and Ringmer LD Peter Gardiner 715 (43.7; +21.6), Con 521 (31.8; +6.5), Seagulls 359 (21.9; +21.9), Lab 41 (2.5; -10.7) [Green (0.0; -7.0)] [Ind (0.0; -32.4)]. Majority 194. Turnout 33.4%. LD gain from Ind Caradon DC, St Cleer and St Neot LD Bob Emuss 519 (58.8; +23.3), Con 363 (41.2; +16.0), [Ind (0.0; - 39.3)]. Majority 156. Turnout 24.6%. LD hold Enfield LBC, Turkey Street Con 877 (40.1; -0.2), Lab 874 (40.0; +11.3), UKIP 174 (8.0; +8.0), Save Chase Farm 133 (6.1; +6.1), LD David Peters 77 (3.5; +3.5), Green 51 (2.3; +2.3), [Ind (0.0; -30.0)]. Majority 3. Turnout 24.7%. Con hold Highland Council UA, Lochardil LD David Henderson 514 (43.9; +43.9), Ind 263 (22.4; -32.4), SNP 212 (18.1; +18.1), Lab 108 (9.2; -7.0), Con 49 (4.2; +4.2), Ind 26 (2.2; -52.6). By – Election Result: Thursday 3rd August 2006 Eden DC, Orton with Tebay LD M Wilcox 165 (50.5 +3.1) Ind [0.0 –52.6] Majority 3. Turnout 29.8. LD gain Ind Liberal Democrats – The Real Alternative to Labour... Nick Clegg discusses his first six months as Liber... Policy Discussion at Tonmawr Community Centre Mond... Clare Short delivers yet another Blow to the Gover... 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__label__cc	0.725329	0.274671	Carnegie Mellon University Counterpoint The A Cappella Blog The Recording Rant It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, this is not a repost from December. My Christmas is the end of the college semester, when so many groups decide to display their hard work and money spent by releasing their albums. Months and months have been spent finding new, creative ways to reinvent songs that have usually been recorded before, but these groups have unique takes on these songs that make them worth listening to; or so we hope. Isn’t that why you buy an album? We hope that what we find inside that professionally designed cover is a new experience of songs that we might have heard before, or a song that is so well-done that we get on iTunes to grab the real thing. We wait patiently for the CD release concerts, willing to pay what we do knowing that our interest will be spiked and once again we will find new inspiration in this genre that we have invested so much in. Much like Christmas, though, there are gifts every once in awhile, like the two-sizes-too-big sweaters from a crazy aunt, that you were hoping would for once be something that you actually wanted. Every year you open that box and find the same thing. In a cappella, that is too often the case. “Fix you”. Those two words have appeared on more a cappella albums than I care to count for the past few years. Anybody could make the same case for “Hide and Seek”. These are songs that have ruled the track lists for numerous CDs, but this year was a year of a swing in the trend. While there were repeats, which are going to happen eventually no matter how unique you might think your choice in songs is, they were done with their own style. I credit music directors and producers who are aware of the possibility of “Viva La Vida” appearing on ten to twelve albums this year, in realizing that making their version different could make all of the difference when they are being reviewed or listened to by any general a cappella enthusiast. Now, while I would love to reveal what I have personally discovered in a majority of the albums released this season, I would rather leave it to you to judge on your own. In these albums though, you might wonder what it is that is making you so excited about the music. Well… It’s the arrangements. A part of it is the talent. Another part is the producer. In some cases, a large part of it is the producer. What sets albums apart from each other, is the fresh ideas that come about with each passing semester. A prime example of this is the Stanford Harmonics’ version of “The Sound of Silence”. If you live under a rock or are new to a cappella, find a way to get your hands on this song. It is a classic, yes, but done in a way that you have never heard before. It will inspire you and drive you to arrange if you are a music director. Charlie Forkish has truly set himself apart from the competition. I credit the producer as well (you know who you are), but in my mind, the thing that makes an album worth your time and money, is its ability to set itself apart from the competition. In the now, very crowded genre of a cappella, a fresh take on a song or maybe an original or not so popular title, is a great way to keep your group from becoming just another needle in the proverbial haystack. Any of you who are starting a new project, or considering doing so, should keep this in mind. It will give you a real shot at standing out amongst the giants. Helpful tip: check out the Brown Jabberwocks’ new album when it releases. You won’t be disappointed. By Mike Chin on May 13, 2009 in The Recording Rant • Permalink Mike Chin Mike Chin co-founded The A Cappella Blog in 2007. He continues to share leadership responsibility for the site, overseeing columns, reviews and features as the content manager. He currently lives in Georgia. Email Website @miketchin © 2007 - 2020, The A Cappella Blog. All rights reserved. About Contact Contribute Terms Open Letters Newsline Event Reviews Interviews 200 Reasons To Love A Cappella The 5s Absurdist A Cappella Ask ACB At the Movies The Best I've Seen Campus Connections CD Reviews The Competitor's Edge Diva: The A Cappella Comic Dos and Don'ts Dynamics For Your Own Good Friday Factoid Give It the Old College Try Guest Columns How To The Importance of… In Their Own Words International Spotlight Measure for Measure Members Only Not So Different Practical A Cappella Proverbappella The Recording Rant Recording Recommendations The Round Table The Run Off Simply A Cappella Social Networking Statistical Findings Tributes Tuesday Tubin' TV The Unauthorized History of the Acapocalypse Groups Photos Book Categories Groups Photos Book	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0128.json.gz/line19
__label__cc	0.724599	0.275401	Creating an Impressive Web Presence The sponsors of Voice Acting For Dummies are offering this guest blog post that I thought would be helpful to actors and writers. Enjoy! An effective Internet marketing strategy is one of the keys to a successful voice acting business. Your business needs a multi-pronged approach to ensure positive results. One of the first things any voice actor needs to do before jumping in full force to self-market is to build a website. This website can be a traditional one or it may be having a profile on a voice-over marketplace. Most people have both. In the following sections, we focus on how you can build your web presence with a personal website that you can be proud of, how you can utilize social media, how you can maximize how people can locate your presence, and how you can advertise online. (We discuss a marketplace site in the “Utilizing a Voice Acting Marketplace Website” section in this chapter.) Building a personal website When you modestly invest in securing a domain name and hosting a website for your business, you’re able to use this virtual real estate to maintain an aesthetically pleasing and up-to-date website that promotes your voice. In other words, you have a place to hang your hat and show people who you are and what you’re about. Many voice actors prefer to brand their websites using their name, while some take a more creative approach with how they are branding themselves. When picking your domain, you need to factor in availability, how easy it is to spell/type, and also how well the domain name reflects your brand. Even if you aren’t a computer genius, you can find innovative ways that beautifully reflect your business while giving you the ability to update your content easily using a content management system such as WordPress. Look on websites like NetworkSolutions, Yahoo!, and GoDaddy to see if the domain name you want to buy is available. After you know that your desired domain name is available, secure the name by purchasing it and perhaps even extending your ownership by more than just the one-year option. You also need a web-hosting package. In the event that the company you bought your domain name from doesn’t provide a web-hosting package, you can find several good web-hosting companies out there, including www.hostgator.com, www.rackspace.com, and www.1and1.com. After you have a web host, one of your first orders of business should be to install a content management system (CMS) such as WordPress. A CMS gives you the flexibility to update your content as often as you want. You don’t need to know about computer programming to have a beautiful and functional website. These platforms allow you to change the graphics and text of each page using a WYSIWIG editor (“What you see is what you get”) that also helps you to rank higher in the search engines. Wondering what you should write On your website, highlight and promote your abilities so clients know what you can do. You’re the only one who knows exactly what you are great at, so make sure you prominently and honestly feature those skills. Along the same lines, your spelling, grammar, and choice of words definitely impact your audience. If you write in the third person (he, she) rather than the first person (I), you can use your name in the body of your profile and increase your visibility in the search engine. Whichever you choose, use it consistently. Telling customers what you can do for them Clients require your services because you can do something for them that they can’t do for themselves. As a result, you want to write text for your website that addresses their needs while respecting the fact that they need something specific and have limited time to find what they’re looking for. Some needs that someone requiring your services may have include artistic and technical needs. The customer expects that most voice actors can also serve as audio engineers to a degree, meaning that you can record your own voice, make edits, and also present the best audio quality possible. Some may even expect that you can include music or sound effects, or you can draw upon the talent of other voice actors when producing their project. Refer to the later section, “Filling out your profile” for more help. That section focuses on using a voice acting marketplace website, but the same premises apply about how you can write compelling text about yourself and your abilities for your website. Marketing on social networks These days it’s not just about who you know, it’s about how many people you know that matters. Social media now plays such an important role in getting more friends — and thus more business prospects. With social media, virtual friendships have increased the number of friends and potential networks you are connected to. You can have similar interests and business goals with those friends, which in turn allows you to share opportunities and successes in your voice acting career. The three main social media sites that we suggest you use to market your voice acting include Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Avoiding social media burnout If you’re feeling overwhelmed by social media and social networking, you may find that maintaining too many profiles on social networks may become one more thing on your to-do list or the straw that breaks the camel's back. Having several profiles on social media can also become addicting if you’re constantly updating, tweeting, or reading what others are doing instead of actually doing anything yourself. Social media has a lot of noise, so be careful and spend your time social networking wisely. Understanding how to build a web presence including more on social media, search engines and advertising is important. Are you ready to learn more about voice acting? To discover more about this exciting field and the book, visit VoiceActingForDummies.com. Stephanie Ciccarelli and David Ciccarelli are the founders of Voices.com, the largest global web hub for voice actors. Over the past 9 years Stephanie, David, and their team have grown Voices.com from the ground up to become the leader in the industry. This article was originally published in Voice Acting For Dummies and has been republished with permission from John Wiley and Sons, Inc. The Book Blogger Fair Continues! Today we have a synopsis of Hiding The Smile By Charlie Boucher. Tammy has managed to survive Dame Arlington-Aird’s Academy so far by pretending to be mad. It’s made a refreshing change and has certainly helped keep the school bullies at a distance. Tammy has learned that if there’s one thing school bullies don’t like, it’s unpredictable behaviour in their victims. When Cole joins the school, however, things change. Tammy finds in the new girl a person who is as much an outsider as she is, and who is prepared to make an effort to befriend the school lunatic. School has become a more bearable place until Tammy discovers in Cole a madness that goes much deeper than mere disguise. And suddenly it’s not just school that makes Tammy feel alone and hunted. Cole is working up a desire for blood as well as friendship, and if Tammy can’t give her one, then she’ll have to give her the other. If the revelation that Cole is a vampire weren’t enough to deal with, the school bully, Juliana, is determined to put Tammy in her place. Belinda, a girl with a penchant for gambling, has discovered Cole’s secret and is attempting to oust Tammy from the position of Best Friend by becoming a vampire too. A brutally frank policeman is asking uncomfortable questions about dead schoolgirls, and one of the school secretaries is taking far too much interest in Tammy’s personal life. Tammy’s father, the one constant object of hatred in her life, might turn out to be the one person she can trust. If Cole doesn’t get to him first. Hiding The Smile is available at Amazon now. Hiding The Smile news can be followed at www.facebook.com/tammysintrouble Charlie Boucher’s author page is at www.facebook.com/bouchercharlie Charlie blogs at charlieboucher.blogspot.co.uk Hiding the Smile by Charlie Boucher Free E-Book by Tuan Ho Tuan Ho offers a free copy of The Oldest Man in the Universe as part of the Book Blogger Festival. Carlos Ricardo Miccapo is the oldest man in the universe and he's experienced all that life has had to offer. When there is nothing left to explore and experience - is life worth living? His closest friends from across countless galaxies will find out as they gather for one last time at the edge of the universe. The Oldest Man In The Universe is guaranteed to be one of the most profound and imagination-expanding short stories you'll read in your entire life. Download your free Copy of The Oldest Man in the Universe by Tuan Ho at http://amzn.com/B00AYSMSTE Guest Post from Doug Ten Rose Day Two of the Book Blogger Fair Features a Guest Post by Doug "Ten" Rose Defeating the Bait-and-Switch http://www.fearlesspuppy.org You may be asking, “What is the old psychological bait-and-switch move?” I’ll tell you. It’s the oldest trick in the book. It is often done without the awareness of the perpetrator. More often than not the perps aren’t even in touch with themselves enough to realize they’re doing it. (Occasionally, it is a more malicious and intentional form of manipulation.) Let’s say that you are Party B. A fellow staff member—or even your boss, or a co-worker who wants to climb the ladder of success over your dead body, your mother, teenage son, or whoever—is Party A. (If you are already saying, “Hey I’m the A. Let that other pain-in-the-butt be Party B,” then your chances of avoiding the pitfalls of the psychological bait-and-switch are very good!) You are a nice, friendly, kind, and cooperative person. Party A is a nasty, sarcastic, wired-up type who loves to screw and manipulate people. Party A people are warped, frustrated, and believe that since they have no happiness or sense of self-worth, neither should anyone else. They love to pull your chain, wouldn’t climb off your back if you bought them a diamond-studded rope ladder to do it with, and they live to annoy. As usual, you are trying to be nice to everyone. You speak to Party A as you would to anyone else—intent on a happy and harmonious relationship. But Party A doesn’t know how to handle this. The rip in the fabric of this person’s reality tells him or her that it’s an either-me-or-you, dog-eat-dog, take-advantage-before-being-taken-advantage-of world where being aggressively defensive is of paramount importance. These attitudes usually result in behavior that is nastier than a pickled egg fart collection in an airtight room. Day after day you try to be nice to this person in the hope that your goodness will prove contagious. Mr./Ms. A stays deaf to your most cordial approaches and continues to dump bucket loads of irritating drama into your life. Sooner or later it happens. You lose it. After what seems like eons of dealing with this situation in a civilized manner, you just can’t take it anymore. You give Party A a rebate on the ration of shit that he or she has been shoveling in your direction for so long. After a good ten minutes of yelling at each other, you stomp away with your blood pressure raised and your day ruined. You’re now as stressed out, aggravated, and miserable as A has always been. You’re soured and angry. 220Defeating the Bait-and-Switch This is you now! The attack on your peace of mind is no longer singularly directed from an external, defensible source. It now has an internal base that’s a lot more dangerous to you. The nastiness of A, formerly a minor influence outside of your psyche, has now eaten away slowly but steadily at your patience and compassion until it has succeeded in boring a hole right through your previously harmonious state of mind. Your structural integrity has collapsed and is now being eaten by your newly acquired chemical imbalance, which is a direct result of your newly acquired psychological imbalance. Your stomach may hurt, your head may ache, and your happiness is in pain. As this happens to folks like us, Party A people will be laughing their asses off! They may have had a conscious plan to do you in, but more likely they’re so out of touch with themselves that they don’t even know what they did. They’re happy anyway. A subconscious mind can be a dangerous thing. That’s why so many of Earth’s most famous wise folk have spent so much of their time moving their subconscious depths to the conscious surface. So now A is happy and B is ragged out. Anyone walking into a room where both A and B are present would be fooled. It would appear that Party A was a B and that Party B was an A—and in fact, until B regains composure and simple sanity, that indeed has become the truth of the situation! Every time A comes into the room, B gets nervous, aggravated, and apprehensive. Party A’s job of making B a lesser human is completed. B has now effectively taken over the job that A was doing. B is now busting his or her own chops and getting on his or her own nerves. Party A doesn’t even have to be around! B will still be nervously concerned with what A might do or say next. Party A, thoroughly satisfied with the success of this process, is now more B-like in demeanor—relaxed and happy. Party B, on the other hand, is now suffering a self-engendered attitude attack as well as the real attacks on his or her peace of mind that Party A may still be generating. In addition, B has to deal with the degree of self-loathing and embarrassment caused by losing composure in public and embracing an inferior mind set. The bait-and-switch is complete. Maybe the rest of the staff will outsmart Beryl. Maybe they will snap back into happiness, realizing that what they want to be is more important than what any negative external influence wants them to be. The only way to win this game is to not play. 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Thank you. $21 in print e-book $5.75 ISBN#978--0615781181 Doug “Ten” Rose may be the biggest smartass as well as the wisest and most entertaining survivor of the hitchhiking adventurers that used to cover America’s highways. He is the author of Fearless Puppy on American Road and Reincarnation Through Common Sense, has survived heroin addiction and death, and is a graduate of over a hundred thousand miles of travel without ever driving a car, owning a phone, or having a bank account. Ten Rose and his work are a vibrant part of the present and future as well as an essential remnant of a vanishing breed. Leather to the Corinthians by Tom Lucas The Book Blogger Fair is Underway! Guest Post from Tom Lucas Give Me My Salvation! An Apocalyptic War between Fast Food and Free Will Arises! Gather round all you tattooed, lost soul wandering, Wi-Fi/Lo-Fi mutants! Come! Come listen to the hypnotic beat of my drum! Join me on trip to the Village, a strange and surreal place, where an epic battle will determine the fate of the human race! The GENERAL is determined to win this war as the insane clown insurgent wants to settle a score! He’s got a bone to pick with his nemesis the KING, the mad ruler of the Village who only cares about celebrity status and bling! You will meet a young SOLDIER, who fights to survive the melee, as he loses his humanity along the way! Leather to the Corinthians is an absurd postmodern fable that defiantly flips a middle finger at modern American life. Through the perspectives of its multiple characters, it explores the absurdities of organized religion, the military, big business, fast food, advertising, sex, and the media. Witty, with bitter undertones, its story possesses a satirical spirit as it plays with traditional story structure, phrasing and cultural references. Its multiple layers encourage return visits as its characters have many more unique tales to tell. Learn more about Tom Lucas by visiting his blog: www.readtomlucas.com Paperback: 6x9 Pages: 284 ISBN-10: 0988526107 ISBN-13: 978-0988526105 LCCN: 2012919854 Language: English List Price: $12.99 Copyright 2012,Tom Lucas; First Edition BISAC: Fiction/ Science Fiction/Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic; Fiction/Science Fiction/Military; Fiction/Dystopian; Fiction/Satire Release: December 2012 “The King untied his cheesy cape and removed his fake beard. Strangely, suspenseful music began playing through the castle's public address system. Stripping down to his fresh underwear, the King then bolted down the dimly lit hall to the escape pod at its end. Popping the pod's stay-fresh seal, the King snuggled into its cockpit. Years of preparation led him through the launch procedures and soon the pod was airborne, flying through the hazy sky.” “With the high holiday of Yeaster quickly approaching, Father Everhard contacted his publicist in order to promote his latest production of The Passion Play of the Red J. As the highest ranking local representative of the faith, it was Everhard's job to create big attendance numbers for a stellar performance…. Father Everhard stood up in the green room of the Village's favorite religious squawk shows, From Nuts to God. Each week several handfuls of viewers tuned in for redemption and other valuable prizes.” “ConPollo held a meeting with his new team. As he sat before his troops, he pondered the mission that they were about to undertake…The screaming throng of actors who, of course, really wanted to direct, stormed off towards their target. ConPollo sprinted after them to keep up. It was all he could do to follow his highly energized method actor army.” “The Soldier was now truly sentient...His brain was flooded with sensory information. His eyes viewed an H.U.D. that provided him with layer upon layer of information….His mind seemed to move more quickly, its ability to analyze stimulus was far beyond its normal scope. In what would have taken minutes to sort out before, occurred in milliseconds for him now.” “The Sixth and final Seal is the big doozy, the ultimate kick in the pants: the Take-Me-Away-Born-Again Rapture Fiesta. At this point nothing matters— steal a TV…return your movies late…eat fatty foods…act like Scott Baio in the morning… the President will announce full disclosure…there is a freaking meteor about to hit Earth and life expectancy has gone from 74.5 years to roughly ten minutes or so.” Praise for “Leather to the Corinthians” " A perceptual Pandora's Box cracks open as one gets a sense of being transported into a surreal, video game-like, sci-fi world where consumption and confusion rule...A cerebral roller coaster ride that keeps readers on their temporal toes!" - "Hunter S. Thompson meets Monty Python meets the Marx Brothers meets Naked Lunch...A punning pastiche of the verbal kitsch of late twentieth/early twenty-first century America" – IndieReader "Leather to the Corinthians is a relentless and sprawling metalingual allegory reminding us to step back and examine our fast-food culture, and insta-grab reflexes." - Z. Massad "Leather to the Corinthians" is like a slightly more coherent and tightly structured Naked Lunch, infused with the same kind of surreal satire and black comedy that William Burroughs so brilliantly employed.” -M. Seminara "Leather is an all-purpose tome for the jaded, overworked, underpaid, and exhausted members of society…. An interesting mix of sci-fi and satire makes this a book that could become the next cult classic!” -V Janik “Leather to the Corinthians is my response to an insane world. I was not born into an influential family. I am not a member of the Star Chamber. I don't have many opportunities to directly create change. I do have my voice, and that is what I have chosen to use. If you are fed up with the ridiculousness of big business, politics, mass media, fast food, organized religion, et al...if you enjoy underhanded satire, science fiction, fantasy, the surreal, comic books, video games, and a good laugh -- you'll dig my book.” -Tom Lucas Official Websites: Blog: www.readtomlucas.com Twitter: @readtomlucas Facebook: Tom Lucas (author) Fan-Demonium: www.churchofthebigredj.com Videos & Multimedia: Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Room1331 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/readtomlucas Book Blogger Fair Participants An impressive line-up of authors will be sharing their thoughts with readers of Adele Park's Quirky Audio Books Blog during the upcoming Book Blogger Fair. Readers can learn about new authors and even win some free stuff. Make sure to join the fun July 22-26 http://www.bloggerbookfair.blogspot.com/ Tom Lucas Leather to the Corinthians: http://amzn.com/0988526107 Doug Rose Fearless Puppy: http://www.fearlesspuppy.org Tuan Ho The Oldest Man in the Universe: http://www.thenoifmatrix.blogspot.com/ Charlie Boucher Hiding the Smile: http://www.thenoifmatrix.blogspot.com/ Book Blogger Fair Writers from all around the world are poised to participate in 2013 Book Blogger Fair happening July 22-26. This event provides authors with a wonderful opportunity to share ideas and promote their work with other writers. Unlike some virtual book tours, the BBF is a free service coordinated by Kayla Curry and her associates, Fel Weitzig and Pereza Thompson http://bloggerbookfair.blogspot.com/p/about-blogger-book-fair.html. The Book Blogger Fair pairs up authors within specific genres. Participants write blog articles germane to their work and exchange them with other writers during the fair. Additionally, the BBF offers a number of events including contests, Q & A sessions with authors and give-aways. Some of this year's events include an Art Fiction Gala and a Flash Fiction Challenge http://bloggerbookfair.blogspot.com/p/events_5.html. Writers who participate in the BBF are automatically entered into the Readers Choice Awards. Readers can vote for their favorite books, with the winner receiving a button for their blog and an Amazon link for their book posted on the BBF website for one year http://bloggerbookfair.blogspot.com/p/readers-choice-awards.html. The Book Blogger Fair also benefits readers by offering free product from numerous writers as well as a $.99 sale offered for specific works. Readers are encouraged to take advantage of all the action during the annual Book Blogger Fair http://bloggerbookfair.blogspot.com/p/about-blogger-book-fair.html. In celebration of the BBF, I will be offering free copies of Yikes! Another Quirky Audio Book to any interested listeners July 22-26 http://www.yikesaudiobook.com. If you would like to receive a free copy during the BBF, please e-mail quirkyaudiobooks@infowest.com. Jackie, Ari and Jack -- The Tragic Love Triangle by January Jones In Jackie, Ari & Jack – The Tragic Love Triangle, author January Jones blows the lid off Jacqueline Kennedy's image of being a meek woman who was a victim of tragic circumstances. People interested in the Kennedy Family saga will enjoy this new take on assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Jones lays out a theory which involves Ari Onassis as the architect of the murder. She suggests that even if Jacqueline didn't know about it before hand, she may have helped in the cover up. Jones theorizes that Jacqueline made a full scale effort to marry a wealthy man, believing it was her destiny to be rich and powerful. To her chagrin, Jacqueline discovered the Kennedy Family kept a firm grip on the purse strings, prompting her to seek out other means of financing her expensive tastes. Ari Onassis, with all his wealth as a shipping magnet, seemed to fit the bill perfectly. Jones suggests that Jacqueline and Ari were involved in a love affair prior to the shooting death of JFK. While the late President's sexual affairs were common knowledge, it's possible Jacqueline was engaging in extra marital relations as well. What did Ari get out of the deal? In addition to being seen with a beautiful woman on his arm, Jacqueline delivered power, prestige and connections that Ari wouldn't otherwise have had. Jones notes that Ari had been an overnight guest at the White House on many occasions before the murder. The night JFK was shot, he flew to Washington to be at Jackie's side. The idea of Camelot is examined at length in this book, naming Jacqueline as the author of this modern day myth. Jones believes Jacqueline was so concerned with her image that she concocted a fairytale scenario which the American public was eager to buy. I would highly recommend Jackie, Ari & Jack – The Tragic Love Triangle by January Jones to all Kennedy aficionados. At the very least, this book will provide a fresh theory for the mysterious murder of JFK. If Camelot exists, it probably doesn't match the colorful fantasy concocted by the late Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Audiobook Review of "Life" by Keith Richards There are two things that stick out about the audio book, Life, by Keith Richards. One: it's 22.5 hours long. Two: it's worth the listen. Oh, and it's also a great value. Life is a cross-country drive's worth of entertainment for $39.98. Put another way, one hour of solid rock legend costs less than a cup of gas station coffee. If you're craving a wild trip without any consequences, Life is a magnificently cheap thrill. The Rolling Stones have authored so many chapters in the annals of rock-n-roll history you'd have to be living in another dimension not to know something about the band. Musicians come and go, but the Stones have been cranking out tunes people still want to listen to for the last 50 years. It's hard to argue with the staying power of a band like this. Life opens with an amusing antidote about Richards and Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood being pulled over for drugs in the redneck backwaters of Arkansas in 1975. Jail time was avoided but the judge (rumored by Richards to be highly intoxicated at the time) confiscated his hunting knife and insisted they pose for pictures. In 2008, Presidential hopeful and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee tried to shed his nerd image by masterminding a pardon for Richards. Such is the charmed life of one of the most notorious rock stars the world has ever known. Life is loaded with intriguing tales about Richards' outrageous lifestyle, but also catalogs an obsessive devotion to his craft. A picture emerges of a man more concerned with creating music than being a member of the rock-n-roll aristocracy. Fame and fortune come off as being an accidental perks. Naturally, there are scores of women, but again, this isn't presented as a primary goal. Richards appears to gravitate toward women with extraordinary personalities and talent such as Anita Pallenberg. Later, he marries Patti Hansen, a successful American model. Between the two women, Richards fathers five children, one of whom dies as an infant while Richards is out on tour. And then, of course, there are the drugs. Who can resist such a voyeuristic peep into someone else's private hell? Richards recounts his heroin addiction and the legal problems it caused in frank detail. He looks upon the ordeal almost like a neutral third party, neither bragging about it nor engaging in the sanctimonious disapproval of someone who has since discarded a bad habit. Also tantalizing are the juicy bits concerning Richards' numerous spats with Mick Jagger. Reality TV has nothing on this group. Their relationship, spanning more than 50 years, begins with them living together in a filthy flat, stealing food just to stay alive. They'll go on to sleep with each other's girlfriends and sling not-so-subtle jabs through the press. Richards displays an undying amount of respect for Jagger's music writing and entertainment abilities, all the while maintaining an annoyance with the man himself. In general, the audio book version of Life is narrated in a very compelling manner. The listener is drawn in and made to pay attention to even mundane details. The only thing that doesn't quite mesh is the changing of the guard with the narrators. Speaking in first person for Richards, Johnny Depp voices the first five discs and then abruptly stops. From there, Joe Hurley picks up the narrative and continues until Johnny Depp suddenly re-emerges on disc ten. Richards puts in a few words himself, providing comments on the front end of the audio book, and carrying the torch for the last disc and a half. Life can be described as one long Keith Richards song minus the guitar riffs. If Richards is to be envied, it shouldn't be for the trappings that come along with supreme notoriety. What this cat nabbed was the ability to follow his passion. Those who aren't fascinated by Keith Richards before hearing Life certainly will be afterwords. Posted by Adele Park at 11:34 AM No comments: TheBook Blogger Fair Continues! Today we have a s... Jackie, Ari and Jack -- The Tragic Love Triangle b...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0128.json.gz/line20
__label__cc	0.501789	0.498211	Home » Projects » Rebekah Scott Hall Conditions Assessment Rebekah Scott Hall Conditions Assessment Rebekah Scott Hall east facade (1905-06, Morgan & Dillon), Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA Designed by renowned Atlanta architect Thomas H. Morgan of Morgan & Dillon, Rebekah Scott Hall was constructed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. The second oldest permanent building on the Agnes Scott College campus in Decatur, Georgia, “Rebekah” was slated for extensive rehabilitation in 2014. APPS was selected as the historic preservation consulting firm for the project. Contractors Donaldson & Pierson began construction of the load-bearing brick building with limestone accents in June 1905. It was dedicated on May 30, 1906, and the first students moved in during September of that year. Notable architectural features include two cupolas, seven chimneys, a wrap-around verandah with star-patterned balustrade, decorative eave brackets, and a double front-entrance door with leaded glass sidelights and a four-lite arched fanlight. The ground floor historically housed the dining hall, kitchen, chapel, meeting rooms, and parlors, while the upper two floors were dormitories. Today the dormitories remain upstairs, but the ground floor now has a central lobby, the Katherine Woltz Reception Room, and the College Admissions, Development, and Marketing & Public Relations offices. For the project, Laura Drummond of APPS with Jean Spencer, preservation consultant and paint conservator, investigated the building, taking photographs, and collecting mortar and paint samples. Paint analysis was performed by Frank Welsh of Welsh Color & Conservation, Inc., while David Arbogast of Arbogast Mortar Analysis tested the mortar and stucco samples. Laura’s report included a building description, a building chronology, an assessment of the exterior conditions, and prioritized maintenance recommendations. Laura Drummond examines the south cupola Rebekah Scott Hall front entrance	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0128.json.gz/line23
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__label__wiki	0.627617	0.627617	AUT LibraryAUT AUT Library Choose Open Access journals Get Published: Choose Open Access journals This guide is about how to publish in scholarly journals and is specially for new and emerging researchers. Publishing strategy Choose journals Publish with Tuwhera Open Research Choose a conference Author rights & copyrights ISBN and legal deposit in NZ This page contains the following two sections: 1. How to select an open access journal for publishing? 2. Types of OA journals Select an Open Access journal for publishing Choose a journal OA publisher list Research funders' OA policy Retractions 1. Choose an open access journal Scopus and Web of Science index open access journals. Select the Open Access checkbox on a search result to find the OA journals met your search criteria. Find a journal form the Directory of Open Access Journals 2. Find information about a journal on its website: Are there any documentation on mission statement, scope, policy, and submission requirements? Does the journal website provide information about the publisher? Are articles peer-reviewed? How does the journal handle the peer-review process? Who are the editors and members of the editorial board? What is the copyright agreement? Do you need to pay for an article processing charge in order to publish your article? What about the quality of articles in this journal? Has the journal had an ISSN (International Standard Serial Number)? Is this journal registered in the Directory of Open Access Journals? Is this journal a member of Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association? Is the journal a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)? 2. Journal impact Use the following key tools to find journal impact metrics, ranking, and to compare your targeted journal with others within the same discipline: Journal Citation Reports (JCR) - evaluate and compare journals using citation data Compare Journals in Scopus - compare and analyse up to 10 journals Scopus Journal Metrics - search for journal metrics - CiteScore, SNIP and SJR Find more details on our online guide Research Impact 3. Indexing Check whether your chosen journal is indexed by following library databases or Google Scholar: Ulrichsweb: Global Serials Directory Other databases, such as EBSCO databases, ProQuest databases, Wiley Online Library, etc. 4. Do your own research Ask around - Your colleagues may know the journal. Check who have published in this journal - Well-known authors? Your colleagues or other researchers you known? 5. Think, Check, Submit checklist The Think,Check, Submit website provides a checklist for assessing the credentials of a journal or publisher. 6. Find journals' policies on SHERPA Find OA publishers and the article processing charge information on this webside. RoMEO colours SHEPA RoMEO uses different colours to help highlight publishers' archiving policies. Publisher copyright policies and self-archiving information Search journal copyright policies on this RoMEO website. Many journals including some prestigious journals provide OA publishing options to authors . The following are some well-known OA journals that you may publish with: Australian OA journals Cambridge Journals Heliyon - Elsevier's new Open Access journal IEEE Open Open Library of humanities Oxford Fully Open Access Journals PLoS Collection Royal Society Open Science ScienceDirect Open Access Journals SpringerOpen Journals Taylor & Francis Open Journals Wiley Open Access Journals Find research funders' open access policies on the Sherpa Juliet website There are some publishers acting unethically especially when it comes to OA journal publishing. The following common signs of predatory journals may help you identify these journals: misleading metrics hijacked version of other well published journals fake editorial boards, or names and affiliations of the editorial board members are not presented clearly claimed to be indexed by key databases or Directory of Open Access Journals when they are not reproduce articles from other academic journals charge APC fees to publish a manuscript in a short time, e.g. 2-4 weeks. send spam emails to invite researchers to publish articles with their journals unprofessional website, e.g. poor writing, with commercials advertisements, unclear location a journal title may be "American journal of ...", but the location of the publisher is in an Asia country some of these journals are published in a website that contains a large number of open access journals across a wide range of disciplines You may like to read the following recent studies on the issues of the increasing number of predatory open access journals: Dobusch, L., & Heimstädt, M. (2019). Predatory publishing in management research: A call for open peer review. Management Learning, 50(5), 607–619. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507619878820 Priyadarshini, S. (2018). India targets universities in predatory-journal crackdown. Nature, 560, 537-538. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06048-2 Shen, C. & Bjork, Bo-Christer. (2015). Predatory’ open access: a longitudinal study of article volumes and market characteristics. BMC Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0469-2 Laine, C. & Winker, M. A. (2017). Identifying predatory or pseudo-journals. Retrieved October 12 2017, from http://www.wame.org/identifying-predatory-or-pseudo-journals. Eriksson, S. & Helgesson, G. (2017). The false academy: Predatory publishing in science and bioethics. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 20(163). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-016-9740-3 What do you do it you think a publisher is engaging in unethical practices? COPE, the Committee on Publication Ethics has some useful guides. The top 10 retractions of 2016 Retraction policies of top scientific journals ranked by impact factor Types of OA publishing Benefits of Open Access There are mainly two types of OA publications: Green OA refers to research papers deposited in a digital archive/repository. There are two types of repositories: An institutional repository (IR) is provided by a research institution. The repository at AUT is Tuwhera Research Outputs. Discipline-specific repository. Well-known examples include arXiv for physics and mathematics and PubMed Central for biomedical and life sciences journal literature. Gold OA refers to peer reviewed articles published in online open access journals that are free to the public. Author or the author's institution is usually required to pay an article processing charge (APC) fee in order to publish articles in OA journals. or a combination of the above Hybrid OA: some subscription-based journals are "hybrid" with a portion of articles being open access and the rest of articles are available to subscribers only. Authors of accepted articles in the hybrid model are often required to pay an article processing charge (APC) fee. Find publishers' APC fees on SHERPA RoMEO. You may find the following study on tracking article processing charges at the University of Canterbury an interesting read: Angelo, A., & Lund, P. (2014). An evolving business model for scholarly publishing: exploring the payment of article processing charges (APCs) to achieve open access. Retrieved from http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/9730 Benefits of OA publishing: Reach a more diverse audience and disadvantaged communities Research shows that publishing via Green OA leads to increased rates of citation OA enhances universities research profiles Publicly funded research should be made publicly accessible Research funders will achieve better returns from their investment Quicker turn-around time Find more details on our Open Access guide. << Previous: Choose journals Next: Publish with Tuwhera Open Research >> URL: https://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/getting_published Subjects: Research Support	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0128.json.gz/line26
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__label__wiki	0.761016	0.761016	Nehaniv, “The segmentation of speech and its implications for the emergence of language structure (2003) by C Lyon, B Dickerson, C L Venue: Evol. Comm Add To MetaCart Sorted by: Citation Count Year (Descending) Year (Ascending) Recency What is Needed for a Robot to Acquire Grammar? Some Underlying Primitive Mechanisms for the Synthesis of Linguistic Ability by Caroline Lyon, Yo Sato, Joe Saunders, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv "... A robot that can communicate with humans using natural language will have to acquire a grammatical framework. This paper analyses some crucial underlying mechanisms that are needed in the construction of such a framework. The work is inspired by language acquisition in infants, but it also draws on ..." A robot that can communicate with humans using natural language will have to acquire a grammatical framework. This paper analyses some crucial underlying mechanisms that are needed in the construction of such a framework. The work is inspired by language acquisition in infants, but it also draws on the emergence of language in evolutionary time and in ontogenic (developmental) time. It focuses on issues arising from the use of real language with all its evolutionary baggage, in contrast to an artificial communication system, and describes approaches to addressing these issues. We can deconstruct grammar to derive underlying primitive mechanisms, including serial processing, segmentation, categorization, compositionality, forward planning. Implementing these mechanisms are necessary preparatory steps to reconstruct a working syntactic/semantic/pragmatic processor which can handle real language. An overview is given of our own initial experiments in which a robot acquires some basic linguistic capacity via interacting with a human. I. (Show Context) ...vel processing such as the perception/production of syllables. B. Segmentation Information theoretic methods can show that segmenting speech into appropriate chunks makes communication more efficient =-=[30]-=-. From the point of view of the perceiver, when a speaker produces a syllable it will activate some of the same neural structures, as if the hearer is about to produce that syllable [31]. When a strin... The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution by Maggie Tallerman, Kathleen R. Gibson "... A handbook of this size, with contributions from over 50 scholars, covers a wide range of subjects and this volume makes a significant contribution to furthering interest in the evolution of language. Topics from diverse disciplines related to the evolution of language are presented, a number of the ..." A handbook of this size, with contributions from over 50 scholars, covers a wide range of subjects and this volume makes a significant contribution to furthering interest in the evolution of language. Topics from diverse disciplines related to the evolution of language are presented, a number of them open to controversy or undecided opinion. The editors come from complementary backgrounds of linguistics (Tallerman) and neurobiology and anatomy (Gibson). The book is divided into five sections, each preceded by a useful introduction by both of the editors: animal studies, human biology, the prehistory of language, the development of a linguistic species and language change in historical times. There is much to commend in this handbook, with wide coverage of many fields, but there are also some notable omissions, particularly on the extensive research in neuroscience in the last decade. The contributions from empirical studies that can throw light on controversial issues is uneven, and some omissions could lead to mistaken impressions about overall work in the field. However, there is much valuable material in this handbook. The first section Insights from comparative animal behaviour gives an excellent overview, and some fascinating detail, ...mall vowel systems, through a process of maximizing acoustic distinctiveness in the hearer together with acoustic ease in the speaker. (Information theoretic approaches can also address these issues (=-=Lyon, Dickerson, & Nehaniv, 2003-=-) ) The discussion of computational models leads on to a brief chapter by Graf Estes (chapter 64) reporting that statistical language learning has been observed in a number of investigations with huma... DEVELOPING AGENTS THAT CAN SPEAK WITH HUMANS: POINTERS FROM THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE by Caroline Lyon, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv "... To interact in a natural manner with humans robots must “understand ” some ordinary speech, however limited. This paper addresses a preliminary issue: the need to process short sequences of words as grammatical fragments, evidenced by empirical linguistic observations. The evolution of language can ..." To interact in a natural manner with humans robots must “understand ” some ordinary speech, however limited. This paper addresses a preliminary issue: the need to process short sequences of words as grammatical fragments, evidenced by empirical linguistic observations. The evolution of language can inform the development of agents ’ communication, and insights from ethology, anthropology and neuroscience suggest that evolved sequential processors are probably exaptations. Possible steps in the emergence of compositionality also indicate a need to process sequences of linguistic items as units. Recent results from neuroscientific research suggest ways in which serial processors might be modelled 1. ...n, using Information Theoretic analysis, that processing speech in grammatical segments could confer an evolutionary advantage, before the benefits of having a full hierarchical grammar are realised (=-=Lyon, Dickerson, & Nehaniv, 2003-=-). Segmented speech is better understood than an unsegmented stream, and a stage in the evolution of language could have had its own benefits before the advantages of a full grammar were realised. 5.1... Evolutionary fitness, homophony and disambiguation through sequential processes. Paper presented at by Caroline Lyon, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Ra Warren, Jean Baillie - the 1st International Workshop on Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication , 2004 "... Human language may have evolved through a stage when words were combined into structured linear segments, before these segments were used as building blocks for a hierarchical grammar. Experiments using information theoretic metrics show that such a stage could have its own evolutionary advantage, b ..." Human language may have evolved through a stage when words were combined into structured linear segments, before these segments were used as building blocks for a hierarchical grammar. Experiments using information theoretic metrics show that such a stage could have its own evolutionary advantage, before the benefits of a full grammar are obtained. This hypothesis is approached by examining the apparently ubiquitous prevalence of homophones. It shows how, perhaps contrary to expectation, communicative capacity does not seem to be adversely affected by them, and they are routinely used without confusion. This is principally explained by disambiguation through syntactic processing of short word sequences. It indicates that local sequential processing plays an underlying role in language production and perception, a hypothesis that is supported by evidence that small children engage in this process as soon as they acquire words. Experiments on a corpus of spoken English calculated the entropy for sequences of syntactically labelled words. They show there is a measurable advantage in decoding word strings when they are taken in short sequences, rather than as individual items. This suggests that grammatical fragments of speech, could have been a stepping stone to a full grammar. ...ence, and a decline in entropy is associated with an increase in predictability, an improvement in the efficiency of decoding and comprehensibility [16]. For a simple introduction to this concept see =-=[17]-=-. A standard reference is [18]. Taking the proposition that we are implicitly aware of syntactic categories or part-of-speech tags, we investigate whether tag strings are more easily decoded if they a... Entropy Indicators for Investigating Early Language Process by Caroline Lyon, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Bob Dickerson, Hertfordshire Al Ab - In AISB'05: Proceedings of EELC'05 "... We examine evidence for the hypothesis that language could have passed through a stage when words were combined in structured linear segments and these linear segments could later have become the building blocks for a full hierarchical grammar. Experiments were carried out on the British National Co ..." We examine evidence for the hypothesis that language could have passed through a stage when words were combined in structured linear segments and these linear segments could later have become the building blocks for a full hierarchical grammar. Experiments were carried out on the British National Corpus, consisting of about 100 million words of text from different domains and transcribed speech. This work extends and supports the results of our previous work based on a smaller corpus reported previously. Measuring the entropy of the texts we find that entropy declines as words are taken in groups of 2, 3 and 4, indicating that it is easier to decode words taken in short sequences rather than individually. Entropy further declines when punctuation is represented, showing that appropriate segmentation captures some of the language structure. Further support for the hypothesis that local sequential processing underlies the production and perception of speech comes from neurobiological evidence. The observation that homophones are apparently ubiquitous and used without confusion also suggests that language processing may be largely based on local context. 1 Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57‐65. Plagiarism is Easy, but also Easy To Detect by Caroline Lyon, Ruth Barrett, James Malcolm "... This paper will first take an overview of plagiarism as a problem, particularly in the field of Higher Education. It will give an outline of pedagogic issues, and approaches to reducing the problem. A significant deterrent is the practice of running students’ work through plagiarism detectors, and e ..." This paper will first take an overview of plagiarism as a problem, particularly in the field of Higher Education. It will give an outline of pedagogic issues, and approaches to reducing the problem. A significant deterrent is the practice of running students’ work through plagiarism detectors, and ensuring that students realise how effectively this can be done. New research indicates that electronic copy detection can also be applied to Chinese text, as is currently done for English and for programming code. We describe one such detector, the Ferret, outlining its application to English text and its potential for use in other domains including Chinese language. 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__label__wiki	0.621686	0.621686	NEWS - Olaf FINALLY coming to DHS, Zootopia characters debut in Hollywood, character cuts and a new show at WDW, and much more! Tweet DisneyDan Thursday, February 18, 2016 10:20:38 AM Let's start today's news in Walt Disney World, where this week has seen the start of some unfortunate character cutbacks. At Epcot you can no longer meet Chip, Dale, Tigger, Winnie the Pooh or Princess Aurora, while at the Magic Kingdom Lady Tremaine is on her way out, too. The schedules no longer list those characters, and their spots are empty. Hopefully we will see improvements in other areas in the coming months, and these cuts are just temporary in order to bring new experiences to the parks. Having said that, while there have been definite cut backs, at least one new character will be joining the roster, at Disney's Hollywood Studios (though with a loss of the six others I mentioned above, it's a little bit of a stretch to call it an addition). 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I thought the crowd scenes ably directed, something one certainly cannot take for granted in terms of contemporary stagecraft. It was good to have no apology made for twin bêtes noires of liberal fascism: cigarettes and bull-fighting. The management of the Deutsche Oper had of course been place in an impossible position; this course was certainly far preferable to cancellation. Those who lament current directorial trends could do worse, however, than sample a few precursors and to recognise that it takes a producer of true genius – Patrice Chéreau springs to mind – to present something that will not quickly date. Better this, however, than the mindless populism of Francesca Zambello’s ‘West End spectacular’ approach for the Royal Opera; quite apart from the latter’s sheer untimeliness, at least with respect to anywhere east of the Met, it inflated Bizet’s opéra comique into something quite alien. There was, in general, an intimacy to the Beauvais-Schuhmacher production that worked well on its own terms. Angelika Kirchschlager’s Carmen would, I suspect, have been the principal attraction for much of the audience, even had this not been a revival. There were a few moments in which she let her acting get the better of her vocal skills, but hers remained a keenly observed portrayal. Indeed, for the most part, stage presence and singing could not be disentangled, which is just as it should be. There was sexiness aplenty in the first two acts, without ever descending into a loss of dignity. Moreover, one could feel keenly the fatal transformation in Carmen’s character by the fourth act. Massimo Giordano projected both ardour and weakness as Don José. His is an impressive voice although, in repertoire such as this, he would do well to suppress the Italianate sob that too frequently intervened here. Still, one could readily relate to his anguish, even if it occasionally veered a little close to melodrama. Michaela Kaune offered a beautifully sung Micaëla. The smaller roles were generally well taken, Andrew Ashwin proving an especially winning Moralès; his career should be one to watch. And the children’s chorus was deservedly cheered; this was an estimable contribution indeed. The only real disappointment was Raymond Aceto’s Escamillo. Although he had a certain swagger on stage, it was never matched by his generalised vocalism and sometimes uncertain intonation. It was difficult to understand why Carmen might have chosen him. Yves Abel handled Bizet’s score well, if without the fire that marks out the more notable interpretations. Care had clearly been taken to make the orchestra sound credibly French, not least when it came to some delectable woodwind solos. A notable instance was the flute solo in the second entr’acte, although sadly a sustained barrage of coughing ruined what should have been a truly magical atmosphere. Abel showed sound judgement in eschewing Ernest Guiraud’s once fashionable recitatives in favour of the original spoken dialogue. The conclusion, however, was disappointingly low-key, seeming rather to fizzle out from exhaustion. This was not a Carmen for the ages, but it marked an impressive debut for Kirchschlager and, especially given the difficult circumstances, should be accounted a success for the company. Posted by Mark Berry at 6:57 pm Labels: Angelika Kirchschlager, Bizet, Carmen, Deutsche Oper, Massimo Giordano, Michaela Kaune, Søren Schumacher, Yves Abel	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0128.json.gz/line90

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