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__label__wiki	0.571062	0.571062	Mia Reeve’s faith, trust and sense of security were all taken away in the blink of an eye. In need of a fresh start, she settles into a new town and begins to make a new life. Tristan Chamberlain has always kept girls at arms length and he has no intention of changing. He’s caring, smart, handsome, but he’s also dealing with a lifetime of guilt that’s slowly but surely destroying him. Sometimes the thing that you run from is the one thing that will save you. Separately, they’re both free-falling. Together, they’re about to find that love can create the strongest safety net of all. I really, really enjoyed this story. I also really, really disliked it. This was one of the times I did not write a review immediately after I finished the book. I needed to think about what I read and process not just how it made me feel, but all other aspects like plot, writing style, and characters that set my final rating between 3.5-4 stars. What I liked : -Writing style: fluent, poignant, and passionate. One of the reasons why I could.not.stop.reading. - Secondary characters. Darby and Trace rocked the house. - Plot: the past/present POVs really created tension and kept the ball rolling. - Explaining the nitty-gritty scenes. Full details at some parts were appropriate and other blackout scenes were appreciated. What I didn’t like : - Stan and Mimi. The nicknames, I mean. What’s wrong with calling them Tristan and Mia? Those are perfectly beautiful and catchy names. To me, Stan sounds like a forty year-old senator and Mimi a stripper name. - The secondary characters stole the show. This is supposed to be Tristan and Mia time, their story, and though I truly enjoyed Darby and Trace more than them, their story should’ve been moved to book 2, where the author even announced that there would be one for them, titled “Catch and Release.” - Not all the bad guys got justice. They ALL deserve to rot in a hellhole. - The cliffhanger. I probably should clarify my definition of a cliffhanger. I perceive a standalone to have a fully resolved ending and (preferably) an HEA, though it’s not necessary. The ending of this one won’t kill you, but it definitely left me with my mouth hanging open. Like “this was ending with such a nice epilogue and you drop this on me now ?” So what’s this story about? Mia Reeve is hiding. Her life hasn’t been an easy one, and the choices her Dad made really screwed her over. In one night, Mia’s trust, faith, and sense of direction is taken away, and she suffers daily nightmares as a result of her traumatic event. The book begins with Mia as a freshman in college, skittish and dubious in her surroundings. Cue THE Tristan Chamberlain, the sexy, commitment-phobe who walks into her life. She dislikes him on sight. “I owe you one…or two. How about you let me know when you want to collect on that.” -Tristan Christ, he really must think he’s God’s gift to women. -Mia However, the attraction between the two is undeniable, and as they grow closer in their friendship, their feelings for one another intensify. “I think slow is out the window, Mimi. I’m falling for you, big time. I never thought I would ever have something like this, never believed that I deserved it at all, but I’ve changed because of you.” Their relationship builds up slowly, and partly because of the MASSIVE secrets these two are hiding. Ugh. Just thinking about them made me want to go punch some holes in the wall. I have to admit here, I applaud Mia’s leap of faith in trusting Tristan with her past. I would have gone bat-shit crazy and eventually end up in a lunatic asylum. By far, my most favorite character is DARBY! This chick not only kicks some serious ass, she’s also one of the most faithful, accepting, and deep characters I’ve ever read about. A best friend that any girl is lucky to have. Like I mentioned, I was much more interested in Trace and Darby’s relationship than Tristan and Mia’s. Maybe because their’s was much more complex and I was so certain that Tristan and Mia were going to end up together? That being said, it does not mean I didn’t like Tristan and Mia. I did, and I was completely invested in their emotional journey. Some of those twists and turns left me gasping and “oh no-ing,” so I was definitely there with them. Overall, this story was extremely well-written (minus the cliffhanger) and I’d recommend it to any NA reader who enjoys the bad boy reformed theme!! Ella Fox is a thirty-something (not that far off from forty) author who writes like a woman possessed whenever she gets the chance! She is the author of The Hart Family Series, The Renegade Saints Series and The Catch Series. When she’s not writing, Ella indulges the gypsy in her blood and travels the country. Ella loves reading, movies, music, buying make-up, reading Tmz, Twitter and pedicures… not necessarily in that order. She has a wild sense of humor and loves to laugh. Her favorite thing in the world is hanging out with her family and watching comedy movies.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line799
__label__wiki	0.628649	0.628649	The Golden Age of Television For the love of TV Posts by Show April 29, 2014 / Katie Man Season 6, Episodes 21 and 22 In the season finale of Parks and Recreation, everyone is “moving up”, just like the title suggests. Leslie leaves the Pawnee Parks Department and takes a job with the National Parks Department, Tom opens up Tom’s Bistro, and Ben is suddenly cool in the least cool way possible. (The super dorky, super complex board game that Ben invented, “Cones of Dunshire”, has become an unexpected hit.) Not only are our favourite characters moving up in the world, but the town of Pawnee is moving on as well. With the Unity concert, the town celebrates it’s past victories and solidifies its communal spirit after a rocky merger. Ginuwine sings a salute to Lil Sebastian. Other rockstars sing a tribute to Lil Sebastian. Basically everyone bonds, once again, over that magical miniature horse. The episode, while funny and entertaining, was mostly your average feel-good Parks and Recreation finale. Until the last minute and a half. It’s been a while since I was excited to write about Parks and Recreation. Over the course of seasons 4-6, I’ve enjoyed regular smiles and chuckles while watching my favourite residents of Pawnee, but it was the kind of enjoyment felt when eating at your favourite restaurant. You know what you’re going to order, you know what it will taste like, and you will probably forget about your meal by the next day. I haven’t felt surprised by Parks and Recreation since April and Andy’s wedding in season 3. In those last minutes of “Moving Up”, when the camera zoomed out on the photo of the “ol gang” to reveal a bustling national parks office, three years in the future, I felt as energized as I ever have while watching Parks. The writers made a very smart move by jumping three years into the future. We skip over all that boring pregnancy and child-rearing and skip directly into a very intense, very interesting moment. Leslie and Ben rush their triplets off to Aunt April and Uncle Andy, step into the elevator and are on their way to meet some “very important people.” In those few small actions, we realize that Leslie and Ben are both successful, they are both mentally managing parenting three young children, and they still have a close relationship with two of their best friends. Work, family and friends. Everyone still has perspective on what is important. But in those last few moments, the show emphatically shifts away from being a relationship-based sitcom and reminds the viewer that Parks and Recreation is, and always has been, a workplace comedy. Yes, family and friends are important, but the show is named after a Department for a reason. It’s time for Leslie to fill in the pit or build the park, on the national scale. While I wouldn’t implore new viewers to watch this episode, (the episode may not be a good introduction to the series) I do suggest that new viewers (or old viewers that dropped off in the last couple of years) keep an open mind about season 7. If “Moving Up” is any indication, I have a really good feeling that the show will be funny and fresh next season. And since it is likely that season 7 will be the last for Parks and Recreation, there is every reason to expect that the creators will take risks and surprise us, just like they did with this season finale. Moving Up, Parks and Recreation, TV ← Dynamic Duos Email Roundtable #40 – Orphan Black → Best Episodes (8) Best ofs (7) Email Roundtables (56) Variety Shows (1) Bob's Burgers Breaking Bad Broad City Brooklyn Nine Nine Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cheers Christina Hendricks comedy Community David Simon Don Draper Downton Abbey Enlightened Freaks and Geeks Friday Night Lights Game of Thrones Girls Gravity Falls Hannibal Homeland Inside Amy Schumer It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Jeff Probst Justified Kroll Show Louie Mad Men Masters of Sex My So-Called Life Netflix New Girl Orange is the New Black Orphan Black Parenthood Parks and Recreation Pawn Stars Project Runway Reign Seinfeld Slings and Arrows Survivor The Americans The Hour The Office the Simpsons the Wire Top Chef Treme TV Twin Peaks goldenageguest ivanhenwood Katie Man kwoloszyn Archives Select Month January 2021 April 2017 October 2016 August 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 Follow The Golden Age of Television on WordPress.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line803
__label__wiki	0.82926	0.82926	Local Leaders Urge House Leadership to Amend Infrastructure Bill July 1, 2020 By Curtis Sloan Washington, D.C. — In a GoRail letter delivered yesterday to Reps. Pelosi, Hoyer, McCarthy, DeFazio and Graves, 34 community, business and economic development leaders across the nation called on the lawmakers to find a bipartisan fix for rail provisions in the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2) that could undermine the nation’s freight rail network. The letter was timed to coincide with full House consideration of the legislation this week. The controversial policies, introduced as part of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s surface transportation reauthorization legislation in early June and passed along party lines in committee on June 18, include a litany of prescriptive mandates and new requirements. From operational directives and provisions that roll back efficiency to mandating one-sided studies and procedural obstacles that hinder innovation and potentially reduce future capacity, the rail sections of the Moving Forward Act ignore the lessons of smart, balanced policy. Taken together, the provisions could erode railroads’ ability to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions, in turn undermining their capacity to make needed investments in the rail network so critical to the nation’s economic development and recovery. With freight railroads already managing a 28% decrease in carloads from COVID-19, now is not the time for experimental policies that could place railroads at a competitive disadvantage and lead to more freight on the roads and subsequent increases in pollution and congestion. The letter, which represents organizations and leaders in 20 states, emphasizes the freight rail success story since balanced regulations were introduced in 1980. The $710 billion that freight railroads have privately spent on network maintenance and growth since the Staggers Rail Act touch every part of the nation—extending economic connections for communities, saving taxpayers money, cutting congestion, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. While the letter signers applaud House leadership for working toward a multi-year reauthorization of surface transportation programs, they argue that these policymakers should work together to amend H.R. 2’s rail provisions to “reflect the nation’s bipartisan interest in preserving a healthy freight rail network.” Infrastructure legislation has traditionally convened legislators across party lines—a recognition of how our foundational transportation systems build economic growth and quality of life. Now is not the time to break with that productive American tradition. We urge Congress to stick with a balanced approach to rail policy that continues to strengthen America’s safest and most sustainable way to move freight over land. Policy Issues, Regulation By Curtis Sloan Curtis Sloan became Vice President of GoRail in 2013. He started with GoRail as a field organizer building support for freight rail and the CREATE Program in Illinois in 2004. Get to know Curtis	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line807
__label__wiki	0.764359	0.764359	Mapping H4K20me3 onto the chromatin landscape of senescent cells indicates a function in control of cell senescence and tumor suppression through preservation of genetic and epigenetic stability David M. Nelson1,2, Farah Jaber-Hijazi1,2, John J. Cole1,2, Neil A. Robertson1,2, Jeffrey S. Pawlikowski1,2, Kevin T. Norris3, Steven W. Criscione4, Nikolay A. Pchelintsev1,2, Desiree Piscitello1,2, Nicholas Stong5, Taranjit Singh Rai1,2,6, Tony McBryan1,2, Gabriel L. Otte7, Colin Nixon2, William Clark2, Harold Riethman5, Hong Wu8, Gunnar Schotta9, Benjamin A. Garcia10, Nicola Neretti4, Duncan M. Baird3, Shelley L. Berger7 & Peter D. Adams1,2 Histone modification H4K20me3 and its methyltransferase SUV420H2 have been implicated in suppression of tumorigenesis. The underlying mechanism is unclear, although H4K20me3 abundance increases during cellular senescence, a stable proliferation arrest and tumor suppressor process, triggered by diverse molecular cues, including activated oncogenes. Here, we investigate the function of H4K20me3 in senescence and tumor suppression. Using immunofluorescence and ChIP-seq we determine the distribution of H4K20me3 in proliferating and senescent human cells. Altered H4K20me3 in senescence is coupled to H4K16ac and DNA methylation changes in senescence. In senescent cells, H4K20me3 is especially enriched at DNA sequences contained within specialized domains of senescence-associated heterochromatin foci (SAHF), as well as specific families of non-genic and genic repeats. Altered H4K20me3 does not correlate strongly with changes in gene expression between proliferating and senescent cells; however, in senescent cells, but not proliferating cells, H4K20me3 enrichment at gene bodies correlates inversely with gene expression, reflecting de novo accumulation of H4K20me3 at repressed genes in senescent cells, including at genes also repressed in proliferating cells. Although elevated SUV420H2 upregulates H4K20me3, this does not accelerate senescence of primary human cells. However, elevated SUV420H2/H4K20me3 reinforces oncogene-induced senescence-associated proliferation arrest and slows tumorigenesis in vivo. These results corroborate a role for chromatin in underpinning the senescence phenotype but do not support a major role for H4K20me3 in initiation of senescence. Rather, we speculate that H4K20me3 plays a role in heterochromatinization and stabilization of the epigenome and genome of pre-malignant, oncogene-expressing senescent cells, thereby suppressing epigenetic and genetic instability and contributing to long-term senescence-mediated tumor suppression. Cellular senescence is a stable proliferation arrest associated with an altered pro-inflammatory secretory pathway and an important tumor suppressor mechanism [1, 2]. For example, in response to acquisition of an activated oncogene, primary human cells enter a proliferation-arrested senescent state (oncogene-induced senescence (OIS)) [3–6]. Replicative senescence (RS) imposes an upper limit on the proliferative capacity of normal cells and also serves a tumor suppressor role [7, 8]. The altered secretory pathway of senescent cells, the so-called senescence associated secretory phenotype (SASP) [9–11], also contributes to tumor suppression by promoting clearance of senescent cells by the immune system [12–14]. Extensive chromatin changes are apparent in senescent cells [5, 15–24]. Importantly, the chromatin structure of senescent cells contributes to senescence-mediated tumor suppression [5, 22]. Chromatin changes in senescent cells are perhaps best illustrated by senescence-associated heterochromatin foci (SAHF) [15]. These punctate heterochromatic foci have been proposed to promote silencing of proliferation-promoting genes and/or dampen the DNA damage response in senescent cells to maintain cell viability [15, 25]. SAHF result from compaction of individual chromosomes and are enriched in a number of chromatin-associated proteins, namely histone variant macroH2a, HMGA proteins, and HP1 proteins [15, 16, 22, 26, 27]. In addition, SAHF exhibit a layered structure comprised of an H3K9me3-rich core of DNA that ordinarily replicates late in S phase in proliferating cells surrounded by an outer H3K27me3-rich domain [18]. Other studies have shown changes to the genome-wide distribution of some histone and DNA modifications in senescent cells compared with proliferating cells. In senescent cells, lamin B1 is degraded by autophagy [28–31] and this is associated with chromatin changes in and around those regions that, in proliferating cells, interact with nuclear lamins, the so-called lamin associated domains (LADs) [32]. For example, senescent cells harbor large-scale domains of H3K4me3- and H3K27me3-enriched “mesas” and H3K27me3-depleted “canyons” [20]. Mesas form at LADs, whereas canyons form mostly between LADs and are enriched in genes and enhancers. Loss of gene-repressive H3K27me3 at canyons correlates with up-regulation of key senescence genes. Some DNA methylation changes are also focused on LADs. Specifically, LADs undergo DNA hypomethylation in senescent cells [21]. Conversely, many repressed cell cycle genes gain DNA methylation flanking their promoter transcription start site and this may contribute to repression of those genes and stable senescence-associated proliferation arrest [21]. Given these precedents, other histone and chromatin modifications are also likely important in senescence. In this regard, the abundance of a specific histone modification, H4K20me3, has been previously reported to increase in senescent cells (both OIS and RS) [33], prematurely aged (progeroid) cells [34], and physiologically aged tissues [35]. Conversely, abundance of H4K20me3 and the enzyme primarily responsible for its deposition, SUV420H2, decrease in cancer cells [36–40]. Moreover, SUV420H2 suppresses the tumorigenicity of induced pluripotent stem cells and invasiveness of breast cancer cells [40, 41]. Together, these data suggest a model whereby SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 enforce a barrier to cell transformation and tumorigenesis that is played out, at least in part, in senescent cells and aged tissues [42]. In terms of mechanism, H4K20me3 has been proposed to suppress transcription and recombination and/or control telomere elongation [41, 43–47]. A recent report showed that recruitment of H4K20me3 and the enzyme primarily responsible for its deposition, SUV420H2, to rRNA genes and IAP repeats leads to chromatin compaction at these repeats during cell quiescence and differentiation [48]. However, the genomic distribution and function of H4K20me3 in senescent cells has not been investigated. Here, we combined an epigenomic profiling approach and functional assays to better understand the role of SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 in senescence. Based on these data, we propose that elevated H4K20me3 in senescent cells contributes, at least in part, to stabilization of the senescent epigenome and genome, thereby stabilizing the senescent phenotype and, hence, long-term senescence-mediated tumor suppression. Senescent cells accumulate elevated levels of H4K20me3 In order to investigate the potential contribution of H4K20me3 to the senescence program, we first set out to better characterize the regulation and distribution of the mark in senescent cells in vitro. To accomplish this, low passage proliferating primary human IMR90 fibroblasts were infected with either control retrovirus or a virus encoding constitutively activated H-RAS (H-RASG12V) to induce OIS. As expected, compared with control-infected cells, cells expressing oncogenic H-RASG12V acquired an enlarged, flattened, senescent morphology, accompanied by an increase in senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA β-gal) activity (Fig. 1a; Additional file 1: Figure S1a). In addition, the H-RASG12V-expressing cells underwent a proliferative arrest as evidenced by a marked reduction in 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine (EdU) incorporation (Fig. 1b; Additional file 1: Figure S1b). Consistent with a reduced proliferative capacity, the H-RASG12V-expressing cells also exhibited additional biochemical markers of cell cycle exit, including decreased cyclin A expression and p16INK4a induction, further confirming senescence (Fig. 1c). Concurrent with the onset of OIS, the mutant H-RASG12V-expressing cells exhibited a progressive increase in H4K20me3 abundance relative to total histone H4 levels (Fig. 1d; Additional file 1: Figure S1c, d). The observation that senescent cells harbor higher levels of H4K20me3 than proliferating cells was further confirmed using two additional validated antibodies in both RS and OIS cells (Fig. 1e; Additional file 1: Figure S1c, d). Consistent with previous reports [48–50], H4K20me3 levels also increased in quiescent cells relative to proliferating cells, but to only a fraction of the level observed in senescent cells (Fig. 1f). Deposition of H4K20me3 is predominantly catalyzed through the activity of the histone methyltransferase SUV420H2 [46]. Consequently, we next sought to determine whether the marked elevation of H4K20me3 levels in senescent cells occurs as a consequence of increased expression of SUV420H2. In fact, using an antibody to SUV420H2 validated against ectopic expression and knock down of SUV420H2 (Additional file 1: Figure S1e, f), only minimal changes in SUV420H2 protein expression were observed in both RS and OIS cells (Fig. 1g). Thus, the increase in H4K20me3 in senescent cells occurs independent of increased expression of SUV420H2. Senescent cells accumulate elevated levels of H4K20me3 in vitro and in vivo. a Quantification of SA β-galactosidase-positive (SA β-gal+) IMR90 cells 3–12 days after infection with either empty vector control (CON) or H-RASG12V virus. b Cells from a were pulse labeled with 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine (EdU) and positive cells scored. c Western blot of indicated proteins in whole cell extracts of cells from a. d Western blot of H4K20me3 and histone H4 in whole cell extracts from c, normalized for total histone H4 content. e Western blot of histone H4 and indicated H4K20 modifications from whole cell extracts of proliferating (PRO), replicative senescent (RS), control-infected proliferating (CON) and H-RASG12V-infected senescent (OIS) IMR90 cells, normalized for total histone H4 content. f Western blot of H4K20me3 and histone H4 from whole cell extracts of proliferating (PRO), RS and quiescent (QUI) IMR90 cells, normalized for total histone H4 content; (s) and (l) denote short and long autoradiographic exposures, respectively. Experiments in a–f are representative of at least five similar experiments. g Western blot of SUV420H2 and GAPDH from whole cell extracts of PRO, RS, CON, and OIS cells. h Immunofluorescent images of H4K20me3 staining in CON and OIS cells 12 days after infection. i Quantitative image analysis of H4K20me3 immunofluorescence in CON and OIS cells (181 CON and 129 OIS cells were scored). j Relative percentages of the different methylation states of H4K20 in PRO and RS cells as determined by quantitative mass spectrometry; error bars represent standard error of the mean. k Immunohistochemical images of human melanocytic nevus (N) and overlaying epidermis (E) stained with antibodies against Melan-A and H4K20me3. The arrow indicates a non-nevus epidermal melanocyte. Data are representative of at least ten different human nevi To further evaluate the increase of H4K20me3 in senescence, OIS cells were subjected to indirect immunofluorescence staining for the modification. In contrast to control-infected proliferating cells, which exhibited a relatively uniform, faint, diffuse nuclear staining pattern for H4K20me3, H-RASG12V infected OIS cells displayed a more heterogeneous staining pattern, often characterized by greater overall fluorescence intensity and the presence of variably sized puncta (Fig. 1h, i). A similar increased fluorescence intensity and punctate nuclear pattern of H4K20me3 was detected in RS cells relative to low passage proliferating (PD22) cells (Additional file 1: Figure S1g). In order to more quantitatively assess the abundance of H4K20 modifications in senescent cells, total histones were extracted from proliferating and RS cells and subjected to analysis by quantitative mass spectrometry. Whereas the trimethylated state accounted for only 0.2 % of all H4K20 residues in low passage proliferating cells, the abundance of the modification increased 190-fold to comprise 38 % of all H4K20 residues in RS cells (Fig. 1j). Of note, the increased level of H4K20 trimethylation was accompanied by a decrease in H4K20 monomethylation (H4K20me1) and dimethylation (H4K20me2), suggesting an overall conversion of H4K20me1/2 to H4K20me3 in senescent cells. To determine whether senescent cells also harbor elevated levels of H4K20me3 under physiological conditions, the abundance of the modification was assessed in primary human tissues containing senescent cells. Human benign melanocytic nevi, neoplastic lesions of the skin comprised largely of OIS melanocytes [3, 51], were subjected to immunohistochemical evaluation of H4K20me3 abundance. Compared with the largely non-senescent keratinocytes and Melan-A-expressing melanocytes within the epidermal layer, senescent melanocytes residing within the body of the nevus displayed higher levels of H4K20me3 (Fig. 1k). This suggests that increased H4K20me3 is a bona fide epigenetic feature of cellular senescence in vivo. A specialized distribution of H4K20me3 in senescent cells Since H4K20me3 shows such a marked increase in senescent cells, we next wanted to know its nuclear and genomic distribution in senescent cells. First, we analyzed its distribution throughout the nucleus by immunofluorescence staining. The distribution of H4K20me3 in OIS cells showed no obvious relationship to some nuclear foci characteristic of senescent cells, namely PML nuclear bodies and DNA damage foci (γH2AX and 53BP1; Fig. 2a–c) [52–54]. However, H4K20me3 in senescent cells revealed considerable spatial overlap with SAHF (Fig. 2d) [15]. Line scan analysis of proliferating and senescent cell nuclei further confirmed the co-localization of H4K20me3 foci and SAHF in senescent cells (Fig. 2e). Moreover, in senescent cells, H4K20me3 co-localized in foci with H3K9me3, a histone modification that is highly enriched in those regions of the genome that replicate late in S phase in proliferating cells and are also folded into the core of SAHF in senescent cells (Fig. 2f, g) [18]. Similar results were obtained with RS cells (data not shown). Senescence-associated heterochromatic foci (SAHF) are enriched for H4K20me3. a Immunofluorescent images of control (CON) and OIS cells co-stained with antibodies against H4K20me3 and PML. b Cells from a stained with antibodies to H4K20me3 and 53BP1. c Cells from a stained with antibodies to H4K20me3 and γ-H2AX. d Cells from a co-stained with 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) and an antibody against H4K20me3. e Linescan intensity analysis of H4K20me3 and DAPI fluorescence intensity profiles along the arrows indicated in d. f Cells from a stained with antibodies to H4K20me3 and H3K9me3 and DAPI. g Linescan intensity analysis of H4K20me3 and H3K9me3 and DAPI fluorescence intensity profiles along the arrow indicated in f To define the genomic distribution of H4K20me3 at higher resolution, we applied chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-seq), using two independent antibodies highly specific for H4K20me3 (Additional file 1: Figures S1c, d and S2a, b; Additional file 2: Table S1) and an antibody to total histone H4, to proliferating and RS cells. Although the overlap of peaks obtained with the two antibodies was significant in both proliferating and RS cells, the extent of overlap was much greater in RS cells. Subsequent analyses were geared towards understanding the role of H4K20me3 in senescent cells. Since H4K20me3 has previously been reported to be enriched at constitutive heterochromatin, including telomeres [47, 49, 55–57], we first considered the possibility that increased H4K20me3 in senescent cells is largely localized to these regions. However, quantitative analysis revealed no enrichment in senescent cells compared with proliferating cells of ChIP-seq reads aligning to TTAGGG telomeric repeat sequences, regardless of whether the number of reads was normalized to input chromatin or histone H4 ChIP (to correct for any effect due to shortened telomeres in RS cells; Fig. 3a). Indeed, there was a tendency for H4K20me3 at these regions to decrease, although this was not significant. Similarly, H4K20me3 decreased, rather than increased, at subtelomeric regions (Additional file 1: Figure S3a). Moreover, ChIP-quantitative PCR (qPCR) to determine H4K20me3 enrichment in the 17p and 18q subtelomeric repeats close to the telomeric ends also showed no increase in senescent cells (Fig. 3b, c) and, in fact, a significant twofold decrease close to the chromosome 17p end (Fig. 3b). Taken together, these results indicate that the increase in H4K20me3 in senescent cells is not due to its increase at telomeric or subtelomeric sequences. ChIP-seq confirms enrichment of H4K20me3 at SAHF in senescent cells. a H4K20me3 enrichment at telomeric repeat sequences relative to DNA input (left) and histone H4 (right) in proliferating (PRO; blue) and RS (red) cells. The % mapped H4K20me3/% mapped control was calculated separately for each antibody and control. Mean value (n = 2) was plotted with standard error of the mean (SEM). b Quantitative PCR of H4K20me3 ChIP enrichment at 17p telomeres normalized to H4K20me3 ChIP enrichment at the β-globin locus in PRO and RS cells; error bars represent SEM of three experiments (two experiments with the Millipore 04–079 antibody and one experiment with the Cell Signalling 5737 antibody). c Quantitative PCR of H4K20me3 ChIP enrichment at 18q telomeres normalized to H4K20me3 ChIP enrichment at the β-globin locus in PRO and RS cells; error bars represent SEM of three experiments (as in panel b). d Total number of overlapping H4K20me3 peaks identified with both antibodies (intersection) in PRO and RS cells and significantly different (false discovery rate (FDR) <0.01) peaks between PRO and RS cells determined by DiffBind. e Total number of base pairs comprising H4K20me3 peaks identified with both antibodies (intersection) in PRO and RS cells and significantly different (FDR <0.01) peaks between PRO and RS determined by DiffBind. f Number of H4K20me3 DiffBind peaks from d that increase and decrease in RS cells relative to PRO cells. g Observed overlap and expected overlap (enrichment compared to random) between base pairs covered by RS H4K20me3 DiffBind peaks with base pairs covered by H3K9me3 peaks in senescent cells (empirical p < 0.001). h Observed overlap and expected (enrichment compared with random) overlap between base pairs covered by RS H4K20me3 peaks (intersection of both antibodies) with base pairs covered by H3K9me3 in senescent cells (empirical p < 0.001). i Mean RS and OIS H4K20me3 (normalized to histone H4) and OIS H3K9me3 (normalized to input) enrichment profiles (read count) at a composite H3K9me3 peak. j Observed/expected overlap (log2 fold enrichment compared with random) between base pairs covered by RS and OIS H4K20me3 peaks, RS H4K16ac peaks, DNA hypermethylated in RS regions, and DNA hypomethylated in RS regions with H3K9me3-marked late-replicating regions, H3K9me3-marked not late-replicating regions, and late-replicating regions not marked by H3K9me3. k Mean difference (RS − PRO) in H4K20me3 enrichment, H4K16ac enrichment, and percentage of methylated CpGs at a composite H3K9me3-marked late replicating region To map regions of statistically significant H4K20me3 outside of these highly repetitive sequences, domains of enrichment over background histone H4 (i.e., peaks) were identified using SICER. Only significant peaks identified with both H4K20me3 antibodies from the two independent RS experiments were considered specific and evaluated in subsequent analyses. In total, 2836 H4K20me3 peaks were identified in proliferating cells, whereas senescent cells contained 35,535 peaks (Fig. 3d). Although the mean peak length was unchanged between proliferating and senescent cells (Additional file 1: Figure S3b), the senescent H4K20me3 peaks spanned a considerably larger portion of the genome (38 Mb) than the peaks in proliferating cells (3 Mb) (Fig. 3e). An increase in the number of H4K20me3 peaks and the number of base pairs covered by H4K20me3 was also observed in OIS cells (Additional file 1: Figures S2c, d and S3c, d). To compare the spatial distribution of H4K20me3 across the genome between proliferating and RS cells, regions of H4K20me3 differential enrichment between the intersection of the proliferating and intersection of the RS replicates were computed using DiffBind [58]. Diffbind uses edgeR to identify significantly differentially bound sites between two conditions, with multiple replicates per condition. In total, 22,955 statistically significant peaks of H4K20me3 differential enrichment were identified between the proliferating and RS cells (Fig. 3d). These peaks spanned 41 million total base pairs (Fig. 3e), accounting for approximately 1.4 % of the human genome, with a mean peak length of 1659 bp (Additional file 1: Figure S3b). Consistent with the previous intersection analysis, the vast majority of the 22,955 differentially enriched H4K20me3 peaks identified between the proliferating and RS states were more highly enriched in RS compared with proliferating cells (Fig. 3f). Similar results were obtained in OIS cells (Additional file 1: Figure S3c–e). Thus, the accumulation of H4K20me3 in senescent cells, previously observed by western blot, immunofluorescence, and mass spectrometry, is similarly observed by ChIP-seq. In light of the previous immunofluorescence data showing co-localization of H4K20me3 and H3K9me3 in senescent cells (Fig. 2f), we first compared the genomic distribution of H4K20me3 with the genomic distribution of H3K9me3 in senescent cells, previously published by Narita and coworkers [18]. Considering either peaks of H4K20me3 determined by DiffBind or base pairs within the two antibody intersection, there was a highly significant two- to threefold enrichment of H4K20me3 overlap with H3K9me3 in RS cells and a three- to sixfold enrichment in OIS cells (Fig. 3g, h; Additional file 1: Figure S3f, g). Strikingly, the mean enrichment profiles of RS and OIS H4K20me3 at a composite H3K9me3 peak (assembled from all H3K9me3 peaks [18]) were coincident with H3K9me3 and comparable to the composite analysis of the immunofluorescence imaging data (Fig. 3i, and compare to Fig. 2g). Narita and coworkers previously reported a spatial association between late-replicating regions of the genome and H3K9me3 in SAHF, suggesting that late-replicating regions marked with H3K9me3 are repositioned during senescence to form SAHF [18]. Concordant with this, H4K20me3 was enriched at H3K9me3-marked late- and not late-replicating regions in both RS and OIS [21, 59] (Fig. 3j). However, we observed under-enrichment of H4K20me3 at those late-replicating regions not marked by H3K9me3 (Fig. 3j). To obtain a more integrated view of chromatin modifications in senescent cells, we also performed these analyses on our previously published datasets [21, 60]. A histone modification linked to chromatin decompaction, H4K16ac [61], was depleted from H3K9me3 and late-replicating regions in RS cells. Conversely, these H3K9me3-enriched and late-replicating regions tended to undergo DNA hypomethylation in RS, as indicated by under-enrichment of DNA hypermethylated regions and enrichment in hypomethylated regions (Fig. 3j). A composite analysis of all H3K9me3 regions confirmed that these regions lose DNA methylation and H4K16ac but gain H4K20me3 in both RS and OIS (Fig. 3k; Additional file 1: Figure S3h). In sum, H4K20me3 and H3K9me3 co-localize in RS and OIS cells at SAHF, whether assessed by immunofluorescence or ChIP-seq, and recruitment of H4K20me3 to these regions is specifically linked to the presence of H3K9me3, not replication timing, and coupled to coordinated changes in H4K16ac and DNA methylation. Next, we assessed differentially enriched H4K20me3 peaks identified by DiffBind at other features of the genome sequence. H4K20me3 was selectively enriched in RS and OIS cells at some repeat elements, namely long terminal repeats (LTRs) and satellite repeats (Fig. 4a). Interestingly, although H4K20me3 was not enriched at all transposable elements (long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs), short interspersed nuclear element (SINEs), LTRs, and DNA transposons (TEs)), it was enriched at the more evolutionarily recent TEs and under-enriched at the more ancient TEs (Fig. 4b, c) [62]. Similar results were obtained by analysis of LINEs only (data not shown). Strengthening the relationship between H4K20me3 at some classes of repeats, we also observed a marked enrichment of H4K20me3 at families of repetitive coding genes in both RS and OIS (Fig. 4a). Indeed, enrichment of H4K20me3 was most marked at a relatively small number of genes (Fig. 4d), largely comprising members of repetitive gene families, including genes encoding ubiquitin-specific proteases, protocadherins, and olfactory receptors, but most notably zinc finger proteins and olfactory receptors (Fig. 4e–h; Additional file 1: Figure S4a; Additional file 3: Datasets 1 and 2). Interestingly, this massive enrichment of H4K20me3 at repetitive genes was not markedly associated with their level of expression in RS and OIS cells determined by RNA-seq (Additional file 1: Figure S4b, c (coefficient of determination (R2) = 0.0108 and 0.001 for RS and OIS, respectively); Additional file 2: Table S2). H4K20me3 is frequently enriched at ZNF and repeat class genes in senescent cells. a Observed overlap/expected overlap (fold log2; enrichment compared with random) between base pairs in RS and OIS H4K20me3 DiffBind peaks, RS H4K16ac DiffBind peaks, DNA hypermethylated in RS regions, and DNA hypomethylated in RS regions and base pairs covered by specified genomic features. b Observed overlap/expected overlap (fold log2; enrichment compared with random) of RS H4K20me3 DiffBind peaks (in base pairs) and transposable elements (TEs). The x-axis shows TE evolutionary order ranked from most ancient to most recent, as defined previously [62]. c As in b but using OIS H4K20me3 DiffBind peaks. d All coding genes ranked by RS and OIS H4K20me3 enrichment (read count) at gene body normalized to histone H4. e Gene families represented among the 500 gene bodies most highly enriched for H4K20me3 in RS cells. f As in c but for H4K20me3 in OIS cells. g Gene families represented among all genes in the genome. h UCSC Genome Browser view of histone H4 and H4K20me3 ChIP-seq reads aligned along a 500-kb segment of chromosome 19 in proliferating (PRO) and RS cells The senescence program in part reflects a pattern of altered gene expression characterized by the stable repression of proliferation-promoting genes and upregulation of SASP genes [63]. Therefore, we compared gene expression with enrichment of H4K20me3 at gene bodies (excluding the aforementioned repetitive genes) in senescent cells. In proliferating cells, there was no particular relationship between gene expression and enrichment of H4K20me3 (Fig. 5a, b); H4K20me3 was depleted from genes regardless of their level of expression. In contrast, in both RS and OIS cells, H4K20me3 was more enriched at bodies of repressed genes than expressed genes (Fig. 5c, d). However, altered H4K20me3 did not correlate strongly with changes in gene expression between proliferating and senescent cells (Pearson correlation coefficient = −0.09 and 0.09 for OIS and RS, respectively, at genes that significantly change expression between control and senescence), suggesting that the switch from proliferation to senescence is accompanied by relative enrichment of H4K20me3 mostly at repressed genes that do not change expression between proliferation and senescence. Scatter plots confirmed that the greatest increase in H4K20me3 in RS and OIS occurred at genes that were already low or unexpressed in proliferating cells (Fig. 5e, f). H4K20me3 genic enrichment in senescent cells occurs at lowly expressed and unexpressed genes. a Mean H4K20me3 enrichment (read count) normalized to histone H4 in proliferating (PRO) cells across the gene body (transcription start site to transcription end site) of all non-repeat class coding genes divided into quartiles on the basis of expression level (Q1 = highest expression, Q4 = lowest expression, UN = unexpressed (FPKM = 0)). b As in a but evaluating H4K20me3 enrichment in control (CON) cells. c As in a but evaluating H4K20me3 enrichment in RS cells. d As in a but evaluating H4K20me3 enrichment in OIS cells. e Scatter plot according to the R function “densCols” comparing H4K20me3 ChIP enrichment difference (RS-PRO) at gene bodies normalized to histone H4 and expression level (FPKM) for all genes in PRO cells (control for RS cells). Colors are determined by the density of data points at each point of the chart, moving from low density (blue) to high density (red). f As in e but comparing H4K20me3 ChIP enrichment difference (OIS-CON) and expression level (FPKM) for all genes in CON cells (control for OIS cells) SUV420H2 reinforces OIS and promotes tumor suppression Since H4K20me3 increases in both RS and OIS cells, we next sought to determine whether its elevated abundance is sufficient to trigger cellular senescence. IMR90 cells were stably infected with retroviruses encoding either of the H4K20 histone methyltransferases SUV420H1 or SUV420H2 or a control virus (Fig. 6a). Ectopic expression of either SUV420H1 or H2 caused a marked elevation of nuclear H4K20me3 abundance (Fig. 6b, c). Both enzymes also produced a compensatory decrease in H4K20me1 abundance, similar to H-RASG12V (Figs. 1e, j and 6b). Of note, SUV420H2, but not SUV420H1, induced upregulation of H4K20me3 in a punctate pattern reminiscent of its localization in senescent cells and more punctate DAPI stain, suggestive of partial—but clearly incomplete—SAHF formation (Figs. 2 and 6c). Moreover, by ChIP-seq we confirmed that IMR90 cells ectopically expressing SUV420H2 exhibited a fourfold increase in H4K20me3 peaks compared with control cells (Additional file 1: Figure S5a–d). H4K20me3 peaks in SUV420H2-expressing cells showed a significant overlap with H4K20me3 peaks in RS and OIS (Additional file 1: Figure S5E) and were similarly enriched at some repetitive regions, including repetitive gene bodies, LTRs, satellites, and some more evolutionarily recent TEs (Additional file 1: Figure S5f, g). Despite these elevated levels of nuclear H4K20me3 spatially distributed similar to in RS and OIS cells, the SUV420H2- and SUV420H1-infected cells continued to proliferate normally for many population doublings (Fig. 6d), maintained cyclin A expression compared with control cells, and failed to detectably induce p16INK4a (Fig. 6a, e). We conclude that elevated H4K20me3 is not sufficient to induce acute proliferation arrest (or accelerate RS) in primary IMR90 cells. Elevated H4K20me3 levels reinforce a stable proliferative arrest in senescent cells. a Western blot of indicated proteins from whole cell extracts of IMR90 cells 12 days after infection with vector control (CON), Myc-tagged SUV420H1 (H1), Myc-tagged SUV420H2 (H2) or H-RASG12V (OIS). b Western blot of histone H4 and indicated H4K20 modifications from whole cell extracts described in a, normalized for total histone H4 content. c Immunofluorescent images of Myc-tagged SUV420H1 or SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 in CON, H1, and H2 IMR90 cells from a. d Growth curves expressed as cumulative population doublings for CON, H1, and H2 IMR90 cells measured for 38 days after infection. e Western blot of indicated proteins from whole cell extracts of CON, H1, and H2 IMR90 cells from d 3 and 38 days after infection. f Western blot of indicated proteins from whole cell extracts of CON and H2 IMR90 cells collected 5, 10, or 15 days after infection with either vector control (CON) or H-RASG12V (OIS); (s) and (l) denote short and long autoradiographic exposures, respectively Next, we asked whether SUV420H2 might enforce establishment and/or maintenance of OIS. Stably infected control cells or cells ectopically expressing SUV420H2 (from Fig. 6a–d) were subjected to secondary infection with either an empty vector retrovirus or virus encoding oncogenic H-RASG12V and assayed at sequential time points for markers of proliferation and senescence. Within 5 days of infection with H-RASG12V, both control and ectopic SUV420H2-expressing cells displayed features of cell cycle arrest (decreased expression of cyclin A and PCNA and reduced pRB phosphorylation (based on increased mobility in SDS-PAGE and reduced reactivity with anti-ppRB (Ser780)) and markers of senescence establishment (reduced expression of lamin B1, induction of p16INK4a and p21) (Fig. 6f). Decreased expression of EZH2, a histone methyltransferase that deposits H3K27me3 and whose downregulation contributes to upregulation of p16INK4a in senescence [64], was also observed in both control and SUV420H2-expressing cells upon H-RASG12V infection. Both control and ectopic SUV420H2-expressing cells infected with H-RASG12V displayed robust SA β-gal staining, confirming comparable induction of senescence in both cases (Additional file 1: Figure S6a). However, on examination of specific cell cycle markers 15 days after H-RASG12V infection, notable differences were observed between the control and ectopic SUV420H2-expressing cells despite equivalent expression of H-RASG12V. Compared with control cells, SUV420H2-expressing cells exhibited enhanced repression of cyclin A, PCNA, lamin B1, EZH2, and pRB hypophosphorylation and upregulation of p16INK4a and p21. Consistent with enhanced senescence in SUV420H2-expressing cells and compared with control/H-RASG12V cells, these cells consistently exhibited a lower frequency of dense crystal violet stained cell colonies appearing >15 days after infection with H-RASG12V (Additional file 1: Figure S6b). These results suggest that, although elevated H4K20me3 is not sufficient to arrest unstressed normal proliferating cells nor to accelerate RS or enhance the induction of OIS, high levels of SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 can enhance stability of the OIS program in IMR90 cells. To test the proliferation and hence tumor suppressive properties of SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 in another model, we turned to human HT1080 cells [65]. The cell of origin of these fibrosarcoma cells is presumably phenotypically closer to mesenchymal IMR90 fibroblasts than is the case for most commonly used epithelial-derived carcinoma cell lines. Moreover, these cells harbor an activated N-RASQ61K allele and homozygous deletion of p16INK4a [66, 67]. Consistent with a tumor suppressive role for SUV420H2 and/or H4K20me3, HT1080 cells showed decreased expression of SUV420H2 compared with proliferating and senescent IMR90 (Fig. 7a) and decreased H4K20me3 compared with RS IMR90 (Fig. 7b). In fact, mining of data in the cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics database confirmed that expression of SUV420H2 is typically downregulated in tumor compared with corresponding normal tissue (Fig. 7c). To test whether downregulation of SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 confers a direct proliferative advantage on these transformed cells, HT1080 cells were infected with either an empty vector retrovirus or virus encoding SUV420H2 and assayed for H4K20me3 abundance. As anticipated, ectopic expression of SUV420H2 induced an elevated level of H4K20me3 in the HT1080 cells (Fig. 7d; Additional file 1: Figure S6c). Ectopic expression of SUV420H2 and the commensurate increase in abundance of H4K20me3 failed to restore full senescence in the HT1080 cells (data not shown). Cell cycle analysis by propidium iodide staining and pulse labeling with 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine (5-BrdU) revealed a modest decrease in S phase and increase in G2/M in SUV420H2-expressing cells (Fig. 7e, f; Additional file 1: Figure S6d). The altered cell cycle distribution of the SUV420H2-expressing HT1080 cells was paralleled by a diminished rate of proliferation compared with control HT1080 cells (Fig. 7g). To test whether these effects of SUV420H2 depend on catalytic activity, we tested a SUV420H2 mutant (SUV420H2(N182A,Y217A)) previously reported to lack methyltransferase activity in mouse [68, 69]. Although this mutant was modestly under-expressed relative to the wild-type protein (Additional file 1: Figure S6e), it was profoundly impaired in its ability to elevate H4K20me3 in HT1080 cells and failed to show a trend towards decreased cells in S phase and increased cells in G2/M phase and completely failed to slow the growth of HT1080 cells (Additional file 1: Figure S6f, g), suggesting that the proliferation-inhibitory effects of SUV420H2 depend on methyltransferase activity. Reintroduction of SUV420H2/H4K20me3 attenuates the proliferative capacity of SUV420H2/H4K20me3-deficent HT1080 tumor cells. a Western blot of SUV420H2 and β-actin from whole cell extracts of proliferating (PRO) and RS IMR90 cells and HT1080 cells. b Western blot of H4K20me3 and histone H4 from whole cell extracts of PRO and RS IMR90 cells and HT1080 cells. c SUV420H2 expression in various human cancers relative to the reference population (either all tumors that are diploid for the gene in question or, when available, normal adjacent tissue). Data obtained from the cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics. X-axis, cancer type: (1) acute myeloid leukemia, (2) acute myeloid leukemia, (3) bladder urothelial carcinoma, (4) bladder urothelial carcinoma, (5) brain lower grade glioma, (6) breast invasive carcinoma, (7) cervical squamous cell carcinoma and endocervical adenocarcinoma, (8) colon and rectum adenocarcinoma, (9) glioblastoma multiforme, (10) glioblastoma, (11) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, (12) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, (13) kidney chromophobe, (14) kidney renal clear cell carcinoma, (15) kidney renal clear cell carcinoma, (16) kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma, (17) liver hepatocellular carcinoma, (18) lung adenocarcinoma, (19) lung adenocarcinoma, (20) lung squamous cell carcinoma, (21) ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma, (22) pancreatic adenocarcinoma, (23) prostate adenocarcinoma, (24) sarcoma, (25) skin cutaneous melanoma, (26) stomach adenocarcinoma, (27) thyroid carcinoma, (28) uterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma. Y-axis, difference in SUV420H2 expression (Z score, normal/cancer). d Western blot of indicated proteins from whole cell extracts of HT1080 cells infected with vector control (CON) or MYC-tagged SUV420H2 (H2). e CON and H2 HT1080 cells were pulse labeled with 5-BrdU, fixed, and stained with propidium iodide. Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis to determine cell cycle distribution based on propidium iodide. f FACS analysis of cells from e to determine proportion of cells in G1, S, and G2/M phases based on 5-BrdU and propidium iodide; error bars represent standard deviation (SD; n = 2). g Growth curves expressed as log cumulative cell number for CON and H2 HT1080 cells measured for 32 days after infection. h Mean volumes of tumors formed after subcutaneous injection of CON or H2 HT1080 cells into CD-1 nude mice (Crl:NU-Foxn1 nu); n = 3 mice/group, error bars represent SD (representative of two independent experiments). i Maximum growth rates for tumors formed by CON or H2 HT1080 cells in h expressed as mm3/day; n = 3 mice/group, error bars represent SD (representative of two independent experiments) To test whether elevated SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 can restrain tumor growth, HT1080 cells stably infected with either control or SUV420H2 retrovirus were injected subcutaneously into the flanks of 6-week-old CD-1 nude athymic mice (Crl:CD1-Foxn1 nu) and tumor volumes measured at regular intervals. Mice injected with control-infected HT1080 cells formed significantly larger tumors than mice injected with HT1080 cells harboring elevated H4K20me3 through ectopic expression of SUV420H2 (Fig. 7h). Indeed, the maximum growth rate for tumors derived from control HT1080 cells was 3.8 times faster than that of the SUV420H2 expressing HT1080 cells (5.6 mm3/day versus 1.5 mm3/day; p = 0.0047; Fig. 7i). In sum, although SUV420H2 is unable to induce frank senescence in these p16INK4a-deficient cells, elevated levels of SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 modestly impair proliferation in culture and markedly suppress tumorigenesis in xenograft assays. Several previous studies have pointed to the functional significance of H4K20me3 in senescent and progeroid cells [33, 34]. Here we have confirmed that H4K20me3 is also upregulated in senescent cells in vivo, specifically OIS melanocytes. Compared with proliferating cells, H4K20me3 is relatively enriched in both RS and OIS cells in at least three features of the genome. First, based on immunofluorescence and ChIP-seq analysis, H4K20me3 is enriched in heterochromatic SAHF. Here, H4K20me3 co-localizes with another heterochromatic modification, H3K9me3. H3K9me3 is indirectly responsible for recruitment of SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 to chromatin [49, 55], and in SAHF, H4K20me3 specifically overlapped with H3K9me3, not late-replicating DNA. Thus, H3K9me3 is likely responsible for recruitment of H4K20me3 to SAHF. Previously, we showed that telomeres are largely excluded from SAHF in RS cells [70]. In line with this initially surprising observation and enrichment of H4K20me3 in SAHF, we show here that telomeres and subtelomeres do not gain H4K20me3 in RS cells but rather show a tendency to lose this modification. Together, our results and those of Narita and coworkers [18] indicate that SAHF are assembled from late-replicating regions of the genome marked with H3K9me3 and H4K20me3, but excluding some late-replicating sequences, such as telomeres [70]. These H3K9me3-marked SAHF regions are also depleted of H4K16ac and DNA methylation. The observation that ectopic expression of SUV420H2 in cells creates H4K20me3 foci in DAPI-dense SAHF-like structures, albeit not as well formed as in RS or OIS cells, suggests that SUV420H2/H4K20me3 is partly causative for formation of SAHF. However, changes in other modifications, H4K16ac and DNA methylation, might be essential for full SAHF formation. Second, in RS and OIS cells, H4K20me3 is markedly enriched at the gene bodies of some clusters of genic repeats, such as genes encoding ZNF proteins, olfactory receptors, and protocadherins, and also some non-genic repeats, such as LTRs, satellites, and other evolutionarily recent TEs. In fact, previous studies in proliferating cells have shown some basal enrichment of H4K20me3 at transcriptionally silent and/or repetitive sequences, including ZNF genes [44, 49, 55–57]. At such sequences, H4K20me3 and other heterochromatin marks have been proposed to suppress recombination [43–46]. Conceivably, the increase in H4K20me3 at gene repeats in senescent cells reflects this role in suppression of recombination between homologous repeat sequences. Similarly, at some non-genic repeats, elevated H4K20me3 might be involved in suppression of recombination. In addition, in light of recent reports indicating a tendency for expression and transposition of retroelements in senescent and aged cells [71–73], H4K20me3’s preferential targeting to the most evolutionarily recent and retrotransposition-competent TEs (LINEs) might reflect a role in suppression of retrotransposition, another threat to genome stability. Third, in contrast to proliferating cells, RS and OIS cells show marked enrichment of H4K20me3 at bodies of repressed genes relative to expressed genes. Interestingly, however, this does not predominantly reflect increased H4K20me3 at genes that are expressed in proliferating cells and repressed in senescent cells. Rather, in senescent cells, H4K20me3 is gained mostly at genes that are lowly or unexpressed in both proliferating and senescent cells. This suggests that H4K20me3 does not play the role of a “switch” between proliferating and senescent cells but perhaps is more involved in a “lock down” of the already-repressed epigenome. Consistent with this idea, while elevated SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 did not detectably impact proliferation of primary human fibroblasts, they did reinforce OIS-associated proliferation arrest. Moreover, elevated SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 markedly reduced tumorigenicity of oncogenic N-RASQ61K-expressing HT1080 cells [74]. Together, these results suggest that increased H4K20me3 does not directly induce senescence in normal human cells but can reinforce senescence and slow tumor progression in oncogene-expressing cells. While the underlying mechanisms remain to be determined, based on analysis of the ChIP-seq data, we speculate that increased H4K20me3 can stabilize both the epigenome and the genome and hence suppress epigenetic changes and genome rearrangements that promote clonal outgrowth in environments with strong selective pressure, for example, escape from OIS in vitro or clonal evolution of tumors in vivo. At least in the case of benign human nevi, OIS cells can persist in the tissue for decades [3, 51]. Long-term maintenance of tumor suppression in oncogene-expressing senescent cells likely depends on an exceptionally high level of epigenomic, transcriptomic, and genomic stability; not only because an activated oncogene is one step on the road to cancer, but also because such oncogenes often possess the ability to wreak further genetic and epigenetic havoc on the host cell. Accordingly, we hypothesize that increased H4K20me3 in senescent cells and aged tissues acts as a barrier to cancer through enhanced preservation of epigenetic and genetic stability, for example, by suppressing genome rearrangements that might allow escape from senescence and, hence, tumor progression. Elevated H4K20me3 also caused accumulation of HT1080 cells in G2/M phase of the cell cycle and modestly slowed proliferation in HT1080 cells. The mechanism underlying this is unknown, although it might reflect the known role of histone H4 methylation in kinetochore assembly [75]. If so, elevated H4K20me3 might have multiple tumor suppressor functions. Previous reports showed that abundance of H4K20me3 is increased in senescent cells, progeroid cells, and aged tissues [33–35] but decreased in cancer cells [36–39]. Senescent cells are known to accumulate in some aged tissues [76–78], suggesting that the increase in aged tissue might reflect accumulation of senescent cells. Alternatively, the increase in aged tissue might reflect a stress response distinct from senescence, as has been suggested for some other histone modifications [79]. On its own, elevated H4K20me3 is unable to induce senescence and proliferation arrest. This is not surprising given the concerted changes in H4K16ac and DNA methylation described here, as well as of other histone modifications [20]. However, elevated SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 can reinforce senescence-associated proliferation arrest and retard tumorigenesis of cells harboring an activated oncogene. Thus, accumulation of H4K20me3 in senescent cells and aged tissues might counter accumulation of pre-malignant oncogene-expressing cells and other damaged cells in aged tissues [80]. By extension, this can explain why H4K20me3 is decreased in cancer cells [36–40]. Downregulation of H4K20me3’s tumor suppressive function in oncogene-expressing and other damaged cells that accumulate with age is expected to confer a growth and selective advantage on the nascent cancer cell. So, while many unanswered questions remain, this study advances our understanding of the complex and contrasting regulation of H4K20me3 in senescence, aged, and cancer cells. This first comprehensive description of H4K20me3 in the chromatin landscape of senescent cells is a critical landmark contribution to understanding its previously invoked diverse functions in cell senescence, genome stability, ageing, and tumor suppression. These results corroborate the emerging view of chromatin in senescent cells as a specialized landscape that underpins the stability of the senescence phenotype. Specifically, these results implicate SUV420H2 and H4K20me3 in stable oncogene-induced senescence-associated proliferation arrest and tumor suppression. Human nevus tissues Human nevus tissues were fixed in 10 % (vol/vol) buffered formalin for 1–3 days and embedded in paraffin following routine histology procedure. Sections of unremarkable human skin and benign nevi were evaluated by a board-certified dermatopathologist (HW). IMR90 human diploid fibroblasts were obtained from the Coriell Institute (Camden, NJ, USA) and cultured in 3 % oxygen in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) supplemented with 20 % (vol/vol) fetal bovine serum, 2 mM L-glutamine, 25 U/ml penicillin, and 25 μg/ml streptomycin according to the suggested guidelines. IMR90 cells were considered RS when no proliferation was observed for a 2-week period following the final passage and most cells displayed senescence markers (SA β-gal, 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine (EdU) incorporation-negative, p16INK4a expression, SAHF). For induction of quiescence, cells were transferred to growth medium containing reduced serum (DMEM + 0.1 % fetal bovine serum, 2 mM L-glutamine, 25 U/ml penicillin, 25 μg/ml streptomycin). Seventy-two hours after splitting, the cells were harvested and assayed for hallmarks of proliferation arrest and senescence. The cells were considered quiescent if they no longer proliferated but also did not exhibit markers of senescence (SA β-gal activity, p16INK4a induction). HT1080 human fibrosarcoma cells were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA) and cultured in DMEM supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum, 2 mM L-glutamine, 25 U/ml penicillin, and 25 μg/ml streptomycin according to the suggested guidelines. Plasmids and retroviral infection The following plasmids were obtained as gifts of Bill Hahn and Bob Weinberg: pBABE-puro, pBABE-puro-H-RASG12V, pBABE-neo, and pBABE-neo-H-RASG12V. pBABE-puro-Myc-SUV420H1 and pBABE-puro-Myc-SUV420H2 were generated by subcloning the respective full-length open reading frames from pC1-HA-SUV420H1 and pC1-HA-SUV420H2 (obtained as gifts of D. Alan Underhill, University of Alberta) into pBABE-puro-Myc using conventional molecular biology methods. The enzymatically inactive form of human SUV420H2, SUV420H2N182A,Y217A [69], was generated by site-directed mutagenesis PCR using pBABE-puro-Myc-SUV420H2 as template. For induction of OIS, IMR90 cells were infected with control pBABE-neo or pBABE-neo-H-RASG12V and selected in 500 μg/ml neomycin. H-RASG12V-expressing cells were considered OIS 8–10 days later, at which point they expressed the same markers of senescence as RS cells (see above). Immunofluorescence, SAHF, and SA β-gal staining Indirect immunofluorescence and SAHF staining assays were performed according to standard protocols and/or as previously described [15, 16, 81]. Antibodies raised against H4K20me3 (Millipore, 04–079; Active Motif, 39180), PML (Santa Cruz, sc-5621), 53BP1 (Cell Signaling Technology, 4937), γ-H2AX (Millipore, 05–636), H3K9me3 (Abcam, ab8898), and Myc (Santa Cruz, sc-40) were obtained from the respective vendors. SA β-gal staining was performed as previously described [76]. Whole cell lysates were fractionated by SDS-PAGE, immobilized to PVDF, and subjected to Western blotting as previously described [81]. Antibodies raised against Ras (BD Biosciences, 610001), cyclin A (Santa Cruz, sc-751), p16INK4a (BD Biosciences, 551154), β-actin (Sigma, A1978), H4K20me3 (Millipore, 04–079 (see Additional file 1: Figure S1c for specificity); Active Motif, 39671 and 39180), histone H4 (Active Motif, 39269), H4K20me1 (Millipore, 04–735), SUV420H2 (Abcam, ab91224), GAPDH (Cell Signaling Technology, 2118), Myc (Santa Cruz, sc-40), H4K20me2 (Active Motif, 39174), lamin A/C (Cell Signaling Technology, 2032), lamin B1 (Abcam, ab16048), PCNA (Cell Signaling Technology, 2586), p21 (Abcam, ab7960), Rb (Cell Signaling Technology, 9309), phospho-Rb Ser780 (Cell Signaling Technology, 9307), and EZH2 (Cell Signaling Technology, 5246) were obtained from the respective vendors. This was performed as described previously [81]. Briefly, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections were deparaffinized, rehydrated, and blocked for endogenous peroxidases and underwent antigen retrieval according to antibody specifications. Tissues were incubated overnight with the following primary antibodies: anti-human melan A clone A103 (M7196; Dako), anti-H4K20me3 (04–079, Millipore and cs5737, Cell Signaling). Secondary antibodies used for 3,3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB)-based immunohistochemistry were either EnVision + System-HRP Labeled Polymer Anti-mouse (K4001; Dako) or EnVision + System-HRP Labeled Polymer Anti-rabbit (K4003; Dako) based on primary antibody host species. Peroxidase activity was revealed using DAB (K3468; Dako). Samples were then counterstained with hematoxylin, dehydrated, and coverslipped. Quantitative mass spectrometry was performed as previously described [82]. Briefly, total histones were acid extracted from proliferating and replicative senescent IMR90 cells with H2SO4 and treated with propionyl anhydride. Bulk histones were then digested with trypsin, labeled with d10-propionic anhydride, separated by HPLC, and subjected to LC-MS/MS. The relative abundance of each histone H4 lysine 20 modification was derived using the EpiQuant analysis package [83]. Proliferating and RS, control and OIS, and control and SUV420H2 IMR90 cells were cross-linked with 1 % formaldehyde, quenched with 125 mM glycine, detached by scraping, washed with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), and collected by centrifugation. Cross-linked cells were pre-extracted with (1:1) modified nuclear lysis buffer (mNLB):immunoprecipitation dilution buffer (IPDB) (35 mM Tris–HCl pH 8.0, 75 mM NaCl, 5.5 mM EDTA pH 8.0, 3 mM EGTA pH 8.0, 0.5 % SDS, 0.5 % Triton X-100) supplemented with 10 μg/ml aprotinin, 5 μg/ml leupeptin, and 50 μg/ml PMSF and sonicated at a density of 2 × 107 cells per 1 ml cold (1:1) mNLB:IPDB plus inhibitors. Sonicated chromatin solutions were cleared by centrifugation, diluted with IPDB (20 mM Tris–HCl pH 8.1, 150 mM NaCl, 2 mM EDTA, 1 % Triton X-100, 0.01 % SDS) to a final mNLB:IPDB ratio of 1:10, transferred to microcentrifuge tubes containing antibodies (from Millipore (04–079) and Cell Signaling Technology (5737); Additional file 1: Figure S1c, d) pre-bound to Dynabeads M-280 Sheep anti-Rabbit IgG magnetic beads (Life Technologies), and incubated overnight at 4 °C with rotation. The ChIP reactions were washed twice with IPDB, once with high salt wash buffer (20 mM Tris–HCl pH 8.0, 500 mM NaCl, 2 mM EDTA, 0.1 % SDS, 1 % Triton X- 100), once with LiCl wash buffer (10 mM Tris–HCl pH 8.1, 250 mM LiCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1 % NP-40, 1 % deoxycholic acid), and twice with 1× TE. Beads were aspirated to dryness, resuspended in 500 μl IP elution buffer (50 mM Tris–HCl pH 8.0, 300 mM NaCl, 10 mM EDTA pH 8.0, 1 % SDS) and 0.5 μl 100 mg/ml RNase A and incubated at 65 °C for 4–6 h. To each tube, 6 μl of 20 mg/ml proteinase K was added and the tubes were incubated at 45 °C for 12 h. ChIP DNA was purified by phenol/chloroform extraction with ethanol precipitation, resuspended with 20 μl nuclease-free dH2O, and quantified using the Qubit dsDNA HS Assay Kit and a Qubit fluorometer (Life Technologies). ChIP-qPCR of telomeric-adjacent sequences The 17p qPCR assay is designed 426 nucleotides away from the beginning of the TTAGGG repeat tract. Therefore, when used to measure H4K20me3, the assay measures enrichment in both the telomere repeat tract and the telomere proximal region. The same is true of the 18q qPCR assay, which is located 444 nucleotides away from the TTAGGG repeat tract. Enrichment at each telomere was normalized to the β-globin locus (a locus that shows no substantial enrichment in either proliferating or RS cells by ChIP-seq (data not shown)), i.e., [tel]ENRICHMENT = [tel]IP/[β-globin]IP. 17p primers were: 17pA (forward), GTTTTCACCTGTTTTGGTCTTC; 17pB (reverse), GGATCCTTGCACAGGAATAAAC. 18q primers were: 18qA (reverse) TGACAGTGGTGTCCAGTGGT; 18qC (forward), CACAGGGATGGTTAGGTATCTC. Beta-globin primers were: forward, AGGACAGGTACGGCTGTCATC; reverse, TTTATGCCCAGCCCTGGCTC. Next-generation sequencing and analysis ChIP-sequencing libraries were prepared using 10 ng ChIP DNA, adaptors and primers from Illumina, and the NEBNext® ChIP-Seq Sample Prep Master Mix Set 1 (New England Biolabs) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Libraries were hybridized to Illumina flowcells using the TruSeq SR Cluster v2–cBot-GA kit and cBot instrument and subjected to 75–76 cycle, single-end sequencing using the TruSeq SBS Kit v5-GA kit and Genome Analyzer IIx sequencer (Illumina). Paired-end reads were aligned to the human genome (hg19) using a splicing-aware aligner (TopHat2) [84]. Only unique reads were retained (Additional file 2: Table S1). Reference splice junctions were provided by a reference transcriptome (Ensembl build 73) and novel splicing junctions determined by detecting reads that spanned exons that were not in the reference annotation. Aligned reads were processed to assemble transcript isoforms and abundance was estimated using the maximum likelihood estimate function (cuffdiff) from which differential expression and splicing are derived [85]. Genes of significantly changing expression were defined as FDR corrected p value ≤0.05. WGBS-seq Whole genome bisulfite sequencing data were aligned and processed to hg19 as [21]. The percentage methylation at each CpG site was calculated as [21]. ChIP-seq single-end reads were aligned to the human genome (hg19) using the Bowtie2 alignment software [86] (Additional file 1: Table S2). Regions of H4K20me3 and H4K16ac occupancy were determined using SICER (v1.1) [87] using a redundancy threshold of 1, window size of 200 bp, fragment size of 150, effective genome fraction of 0.75, gap size of 200, and R of 0.01. Histone H4 was used as the control for the RS and OIS models and input DNA was used as the control for the SUV420H2 ectopic expression model. For each condition (proliferating and senescent), the intersection of peaks called using both antibodies was determined using the bed tools intersect tool [88]. Differentially bound regions were determined using the R (v3.0.2) package DiffBind (v1.8.3) [58]. The count parameters used were: minOverlap = 1, bCorPlot = FALSE, insertLength = 150, score = DBA_SCORE_READS_MINUS. The analysis parameters used were: bTagwise = FALSE, bFullLibrarySize = TRUE, bCorPlot = FALSE, method = DBA_DESEQ2. Regions of significantly differential occupancy were defined as FDR corrected p value <0.01. ChIP-seq signal The ChIP-seq signal for any given window was calculated as the total number of fractional reads within a window divided by the window length, with the product divided by the total number of reads in the dataset divided by one million. For a normalized window the ChIP-seq signal of the control was subtracted from treatment. In Fig. 4b, g the values were normalized by the addition of the lowest signal to all signals. For all plots the pooled reads from all replicates were used. H3K9me3 peaks The senescent H3K9me3 peaks were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE38442) and converted to hg19 using UCSCs liftover tool [89]. H3K9me3 peak enrichment composite profiles To generate H3K9me3 peak enrichment profiles, the area between each H3K9me3 peak was divided into 50 windows of equal size (each corresponding to 2 % of the total peak region). Fifty additional 100-bp windows were prepended (appended) to the start (end) of the peak region to provide genomic context. The average normalized ChIP-seq signal was then calculated for each window. H4K20me3 and H3K9me3 were normalized to histone H4 and input DNA, respectively. SAHF composite profiles To generate SAHF enrichment profiles, the area between each intersected late replicating region and H3K9me3 peak was divided as the H3K9me3 peak enrichment composite profiles. The mean difference (replicative senescent minus proliferating or OIS minus control) in normalized ChIP-seq signal and percentage methylated CpGs was then calculated for each window. H4K20me3, H4K16ac, and H3K9me3 were normalized to histone H4, histone H4, and input DNA, respectively. Spearman correlation coefficients for expression versus ChIP enrichment To generate Spearman values the ChIP-seq signal was calculated at the gene body of all genes within the gene set. Spearman values were calculated using the R (v3.0.2) method cor.test. Overlap plots The overlap between two sets of regions was determined using the bedtools tool intersectBed under default parameters [88]. Observed-to-expected overlap Overlaps were computed on a per base pair basis between two datasets (A and B). For every region within A, the number of base pairs that were occupied by a region within B was computed. A permutation test was performed in order to determine the background genomic average expected overlap. We generated 10,000 sets of regions with properties (length distribution and chromosome distribution) equal to set B. Randomly generated regions of B were prevented from being generated within unsequenced regions of the genome (as defined by the UCSC mapping and sequencing track - "gap"). The overlap of A and B was repeated for each randomly generated set of B to determine the average expected random overlap. P values were estimated empirically from the observed overlaps of the randomly generated sets. Genomic features Coding genes were defined as all Ensembl genes (version 73) of Gene Biotype protein coding and status known. Promoters were defined as the region spanning ±2 kb of the outermost transcription start site of each coding gene. Exons, 3′ UTRs, and 5′ UTRs were defined as the corresponding Ensembl (version 73) regions for known coding genes, and introns as the corresponding genic but not intronic regions. RNA genes were defined as all Ensembl non-coding, non-pseudo genes. Repetitive elements and CpG islands were obtained from UCSC (hg19). CpG island shores were defined as the 2 kb flanking the CpG island and CpG island shelves as the 2 kb flanking the shores [90]. Hypermethylated and hypomethylated regions were obtained from GEO (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE48580 = GSE48580) and converted to hg19 using UCSCs liftover tool [89]. Early/late replicating regions were mapped previously [21] and converted to hg19 using UCSCs liftover tool [89]. H4K20me3 abundance at telomeres by ChIP-seq To map telomeric reads, a 1-kb telomeric repeat (TTAGGG) sequence was generated and reads aligned using the Bowtie2 alignment software. The percentage of mapped reads for H4K20me3, histone H4, and input was calculated for proliferating and senescent cells. The ratio of percentage mapped reads H4K20me3/percentage mapped reads control was then plotted. H4K20me3 enrichment at TE subtypes by evolutionary order To determine the enrichment at TE subtypes, for each set of DiffBind peaks, the observed/expected fold overlap with each TE subtype was calculated. TE subtypes were obtained from UCSC. Next, the evolutionary order of each TE subtype was determined as described previously [62]. The Cancer Genome Atlas SUV420H2 expression The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA; http://cancergenome.nih.gov) SUV420H2 RNA-seq expression Z scores for each cancer type and sample was obtained from cBIOPortal (http://www.cbioportal.org/about_us.jsp). Boxplots in Fig. 7c were generated using R (v3.0.2). The bottom and top of the boxes correspond to the 25th and 75th percentiles respectively, and the internal band is the median. The plot whiskers correspond to the most extreme value within 1.5 x interquartile range. cBIOPortal definition of Z scores For mRNA and microRNA expression data, we typically compute the relative expression of an individual gene and tumor to the gene’s expression distribution in a reference population. The reference population was either all tumors diploid for the gene in question or, when available, normal adjacent tissue. The returned value indicates the number of standard deviations away from the mean of expression in the reference population (Z score). This measure is useful in determining whether a gene is up- or downregulated relative to the normal samples or all other tumor samples. Xenograft experiments Five-week-old, female CD-1 athymic nude mice (Crl:NU-Foxn1 nu) were obtained from Charles River Laboratories and equilibrated to the institute animal facility for 1 week. 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Work in the lab of DMB was funded by Cancer Research UK (C17199/A13490 and C17199/A18246) and the Wales Cancer Research Centre. Work in the lab of SLB was supported by NIA PO1 AG031862. Work in the lab of PDA was supported by NIA PO1 AG031862 and CRUK C10652/A16566. The H4K20me3 ChIP-seq datasets are archived to the GEO database under accession numbers GSE59316 and GSE81969. The RS RNA-seq, OIS RNA-seq, histone H4, and H4K16ac ChIP-seq, H3K9me3 ChIP-seq, and whole-genome bisulfite sequencing datasets are available in GEO under accession numbers GSE53356, GSE52848, GSE56307, GSE38442, and GSE48580, respectively. DMN conducted the bulk of the experiments. FJH also made a substantial contribution to experiments. JSP, KTN, NAP, DP, TSR, GLO, CN, and WC carried out additional experiments. JJC performed the bulk of the data analysis. NAR also made a substantial contribution to data analysis. SWC, NS, and TM carried out further data analyses. DMN, JJC, and PDA provided substantial and critical intellectual input. FJH, NAR, HR, HW, GS, BAG, NN, DMB, and SLB provided further intellectual input. PDA and DMN conceived the project and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. The use of human nevus tissues, obtained from patients under written informed consent, followed the guideline of an institutional review board-approved protocol (IRB 06–813, Fox Chase Cancer Center). All experimental methods were compliant with the Declaration of Helsinki. Animal experiments were conducted at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research under license from the UK Home Office (PPL 60/4079) and utilized protocols approved by the institute’s animal welfare and ethical review body. Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK David M. Nelson, Farah Jaber-Hijazi, John J. Cole, Neil A. Robertson, Jeffrey S. Pawlikowski, Nikolay A. Pchelintsev, Desiree Piscitello, Taranjit Singh Rai, Tony McBryan & Peter D. Adams Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK David M. Nelson, Farah Jaber-Hijazi, John J. Cole, Neil A. Robertson, Jeffrey S. Pawlikowski, Nikolay A. Pchelintsev, Desiree Piscitello, Taranjit Singh Rai, Tony McBryan, Colin Nixon, William Clark & Peter D. Adams Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK Kevin T. Norris & Duncan M. Baird Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02903, USA Steven W. Criscione & Nicola Neretti The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA Nicholas Stong & Harold Riethman Institute of Biomedical and Environmental Health Research, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE, UK Taranjit Singh Rai Epigenetics Program, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA Gabriel L. Otte & Shelley L. Berger Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 19111, USA Hong Wu Ludwig Maximilians University and Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CiPSM), Biomedical Center, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany Gunnar Schotta Epigenetics Program, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA Benjamin A. Garcia David M. Nelson Farah Jaber-Hijazi John J. Cole Neil A. Robertson Jeffrey S. Pawlikowski Kevin T. Norris Steven W. Criscione Nikolay A. Pchelintsev Desiree Piscitello Nicholas Stong Tony McBryan Gabriel L. Otte Colin Nixon Harold Riethman Nicola Neretti Duncan M. Baird Shelley L. Berger Peter D. Adams Correspondence to Peter D. Adams. Six additional supplementary figures and legends. (PDF 10.1 MB) Descriptive statistics for H4K20me3, histone H4, and input DNA ChIP sequencing reads from proliferating (PRO) and RS, control (CON) and OIS, and CON and H2 IMR90 cells. Table S2. Descriptive statistics for RNA sequencing reads from PRO, RS, CON and OIS IMR90 cells. (DOC 75 kb) Additional file 3: Dataset 1. Ranked list of the 500 genes containing the greatest H4K20me3 enrichment in RS cells. Dataset 2. Ranked list of the 500 genes containing the greatest H4K20me3 enrichment in OIS cells. (XLS 109 kb) Nelson, D.M., Jaber-Hijazi, F., Cole, J.J. et al. Mapping H4K20me3 onto the chromatin landscape of senescent cells indicates a function in control of cell senescence and tumor suppression through preservation of genetic and epigenetic stability. Genome Biol 17, 158 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-1017-x DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-1017-x Cell senescence Tumor suppression SUV420H2/H4K20me3	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line819
__label__cc	0.707033	0.292967	Adult Programming Information Weekly: (English Learning): Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:30-7:30PM Location: Community Education Center (700 Lincoln Pkwy) Description: For any level of English. The classes include basic vocabulary, reading, writing, and conversation in English. Thursdays from 5:45 - 6:45 PM Location: Community Education Center (700 Lincoln Parkway) Description: Get your groove on with Victoria Nolasco for FREE Childcare available for kids 5 years and younger Have questions? Email Victoria: vicorianolasco1983@icloud.com Dakota Prairie Adult Basic Education: Mondays & Wednesdays, 9:15-11:30AM Description: Free classes for adults who need to brush up on basic skills, complete their GED, prepare for college, or improve their English. Adult Conversation Class: This event has been postponed until further notice. Please check back here or on the Greenvale Park Community School Facebook for future updates. Description: Hosted by our Carleton College partners. This class revolves around conversation practice in English. Aztec Dance: Fridays, 5-7PM Location: GVP Community School Description: Learn more about Aztec dance with Clarita Kell! HealthFinders Diabetes Class Description: The diabetes program is a group-based approach to providing participants with the tools to manage diabetes at home. PTO Meetings: Occurs once each month. Refer to our calendar for updated information. For the foreseeable future, these meeting will be held virtually via zoom Description: This group allows parents and teachers to work together to support GVP! Special Events/Classes: This program has been postponed until further notice. Please check back here or on the Greenvale Park Community School Facebook for future updates. Description: Family events are hosted on a bi-monthly basis. Past events have included: “Ride Around School”, “Dr. Seuss Night”, and “Awesome Art Adventures”. Growing up Healthy This program has been postponed until further notice. Please check back here or on the Greenvale Park Community School Facebook for future updates. Description: Growing Up Healthy works with partner organizations such as GVP Community School, along with immigrant and refugee families, to transform communities through cultivating neighborhood leadership, fostering social connectedness, and collectively advocating for change within neighborhoods and systems. Annual Community School Events for the family: These events have been postponed until further notice. Please check back here or on the Greenvale Park Community School Facebook for future updates. PTO Family Fun Night Día de los Muertos Celebration Family Holiday Pictures Evening of the Arts Gecko Fun Run	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line823
__label__cc	0.670075	0.329925	Gymbits Random tidbits from the world of gymnastics Posts Tagged ‘2017 World Championships’ 2017 World Championships I have so many fantastic memories from the 2017 World Championships that I don’t even know where to start! It was my first time going to a Worlds, and one of the most exciting things was just seeing the gymnasts in real life. I chatted with Yvonne Tousek and Cristina Bontas (both super friendly!), and got my picture taken with Daniela Silivas, Dominique Moceanu, Ekaterina Lobaznyuk, Amy Tinkler and Brittany Rogers. We saw sooooo many gymnasts roaming the stadium too…everyone from Marian Dragulescu to Ragan Smith on crutches to Svetlana Khorkina. Here are some of my favourite things from the Montreal Worlds, in no particular order: I loved the dramatic music and the way each gymnast was introduced with a burst of dry ice (is that what that was?!) and 10 flames. Poor Weng Hao (CHN), Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) and Zou Jingyuan (CHN) didn’t get the flames because they were standing too far off to the side, and no one wants to see a gymnast get singed eyebrows. Nadia Comaneci (ROU) was interviewed on stage each of the four days of finals (she even did her famous floor pose!), and Max Whitlock (GBR) came out on the floor on the final day to talk about winning Pommels. The organizing committee definitely kept the crowd entertained, not only with the fun intros, but also by having the “present cam” and by having the audience vote for their choice of “rotation” music. I think I have a new favourite! Elena Eremina (RUS)! She is such a beautiful gymnast, and she looks cheerful and sweet. I never paid much attention until I saw her on YouTube looking overjoyed that teammate Angelina Melnikova had won floor at the 2017 European Championships…a final she herself was also competing in. It’s great she came away from her first Worlds with a silver and a bronze, but I would have preferred to see her win Uneven Bars! Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) was absolutely amazing on Vault. She competed a layout front full (a bit piked) and a Tsukahara-1.5 with among the best form seen in the final. I wish she could have snuck in for a medal. Similarly, the very enthusiastic Jorge Vega Lopez was phenomenal and it would have been cool to see him bring some hardware back to Guatemala. Zou was unbelievable on Parallel Bars. He has absolute control over his body and has mastered this event. He and Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) ended up miles ahead of a strong field of finalists. I was also thrilled to see Hidetaka Miyachi (JPN) on High Bar. His double-twisting layout Kovacs is out of this world!!! It was such a shame when he missed the tucked version…. Kenzo Shirai (JPN) was on fire!!! He is absolutely phenomenal on Floor and Vault. His twisting is indescribable; his quadruple twist looks like a triple, his triple-twisting Yurchenko looks like a double…and he does it all with immaculate form (and a smile on his face! OK, not really). He won Floor by a margin 1,100 times greater than the margin by which he won Vault. It was fun seeing the Twitter exchange between Morgan Hurd (USA) and JK Rowling! Surprise medallists…at least, surprises to me! Tim Srbic (CRO) nailed his full-twisting double layout to stand atop the High Bar podium. Almost, not a huge shock, but it’s always kinda cool when a newby like Hurd steps up and wins gold (in the All Around , no less!). I breathed a sigh of relief when Mai Murakami (JPN) finally got a gold medal after ending up in 4th in the All Around AND on Beam. Brooklyn Moors (CAN) totally deserved the Longines Award for Elegance. What a gorgeous floor routine, complete with a Podkopayeva mount. Yul Moldauer (USA) was a picture of consistency. He’s such a neat and tidy gymnast. I love Shirai, but I would have been cool with Moldauer winning the Longines Award. Whoa – only 2 gymnasts managed to score in the 13s on Beam in the All-Around finals: Tabea Alt (GER) and Eremina. And by that, I mean that the 13s were the HIGHEST scores! Nina Derwael: Belgium’s first medal! She’s been scooping up Uneven Bars medals at various meets for years now, so it as great to see her win bronze at her first World Championship! Ellie Black (CAN) was a total crowd favourite. It was deafening in the stands before, during and after each of her routines. For her to finish 2nd AA (just 0.1 out of 1st!) was thrilling for the home crowd. DISAPPOINTMENTS: This didn’t turn into the Kohei Uchimura (JPN)-Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) showdown that I was hoping for. I can’t even describe how sad I was when I heard that Uchimura was injured and I realized I wouldn’t see him compete in Montreal. I didn’t even see him in the stadium, and he was the one I was most excited to see. 🙁 All the other injuries: Larisa Iordache (ROU), Ragan Smith (USA), Yang Hak Seon (KOR), Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)…. It’s so sad when that happens after all their hard work (not to mention the severe thinning of the field when top contenders are forced to withdraw). Russian David Belyavsky’s heartbreak on High Bar was awful; the Men’s AA was truly a highlight – a real nail-biter! It was so sad for all the gymnasts who fell, especially Randy Leru (CUB) who looked devastated after he sat down his gorgeous double-twisting double layout off High Bar in the event final. It was also a major bummer for his teammate, Manrique Larduet, to come away from these Worlds without a medal. I wanted to see Lieke and Sanne Wevers (NED) (I did see them in the crowd a few times!), Eythora Thorsdottir (NED) and Catalina Ponor (ROU), but unfortunately they didn’t make finals. Weng’s Pommels was simply sublime, but a slight glitch on the dismount and a lower D-score was enough to leave him in 6th. It was kind of fun booing with everyone else when his score came up and we realized he was not in the medals. (Oh! The video doesn’t do the routine justice. In real life, his body line was gorgeous…here, it just looks REALLY GOOD.) So all in all, it was a great meet and I had an amazing time with my sister in Montreal. We left the city with fabulous memories. I hope another competition of this calibre come to this corner of the world in the near future. 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__label__cc	0.733338	0.266662	Regional Local Leaders to Cuomo, Lawmakers: Bring Uber to Upstate NY Local Leaders to Cuomo, Lawmakers: Bring Uber to Upstate NY Friday, December 23, 2016 at 12:49 pm \| כ"ג כסלו תשע"ז ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Mayors and county executives are urging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to authorize Uber’s upstate expansion. The elected officials made their plea in a letter that comes as the legislature considers holding a special session this month that could include debate over granting Uber’s proposed expansion. The letter states that visitors to upstate are “stunned” when they learn that the region doesn’t have Uber. It goes on to say that Uber could reduce drunken driving while providing a useful service that helps local bars and restaurants. Those signing the letter include the county executives of Monroe and Dutchess counties and the mayors of Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica and Binghamton. State law now prohibits Uber from operating outside of New York City. The app-based ride-hailing service has long pushed to enter upstate’s largest cities. Uber, Lyft Service in Upstate NY, Long Island Starts June 29 New York Briefs – August 28, 2014 Order to Remove Homeless From NY Streets Faces Challenges 2 More Charged in Slaying of Cuomo Aide New Tappan Zee Bridge Hits Construction Milestone	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line827
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__label__cc	0.515079	0.484921	aCommerce 1,000 - 50,000 employees About aCommerce Retail, Sales & Consumer Goods What it does: e-commerce, customer support, e-store development, logistics, performance marketing and shop-in-shop e-marketplace. Best known for: aCommerce claims to be the biggest e-commerce enabler for end-to-end and ala carte solutions in Southeast Asia. Staff stats: More than 1,400 employees. The good bits: The company provides overseas relocation for graduates coming from outside of Thailand. The not so good bits: Some entry-level roles in the company work on a one-year contract. The aCommerce story aCommerce operates as a regional end-to-end logistics service provider for e-commerce in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. John, Paul and Tom Srivorakul established the company in 2013 with $3.1 million of initial funding mostly from NTT DOCOMO Ventures. aCommerce subsequently raised $10.7 million in 2014 from a Series A funding, which was the largest of its kind in Thailand for a startup group. The company’s average inbound units reach 1.5 million per month across five offices, seven fulfilment centres and 18 hubs. More than 260 clients use their services including Abbott, L’Oréal Group, LINE, Nescafé and Unilever. Most people apply for jobs at aCommerce online or through campus career fairs. The actual process varies on the person’s location: aCommerce might process an internship for an online marketing role in just one day. The screening process begins with shortlisting CVs from candidates followed by a phone interview. Graduates should expect to wait 18 days on average to know the outcome of their application. The company takes 27 days on average to process applications. It might be shorter or longer depending on the role. Some candidates who apply through their college or university may only wait for a week to know the results, while others can expect to wait for over two months. Candidates should prepare for technical interview questions. Some candidates may also need to wait over two months for the result of their application. Try to keep busy as it can take a month for the company to contact candidates after receiving their application. aCommerce usually hires across their regional offices in Southeast Asia, but there might be instances when vacancies are only concentrated in some countries. Recent graduates can join the company as marketing planning and strategy analysts, or store operations executives. aCommerce doesn’t require experience in e-commerce, marketing or merchandising for store operations executives, but they are more inclined to hire individuals who meet this qualification. The same preference applies to market planning and strategy analysts. aCommerce sometimes recruits NetSuite Administrators who must be willing to relocate to Thailand. The company doesn’t specify the years of experience to be considered for the role, but experience in the role and automation tools among other related skills are necessary. Fresh graduates can apply as AMT specialists. You should have a minimum GPA of 2.75 based on a 4.0 scale, a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science or IT. University degree holders can also join aCommerce as graduate data engineers, graduate quality engineers and graduate software engineers. aCommerce doesn’t publicise the salaries for most positions, especially in the Philippines. The actual compensation also depends on your home country: Junior-level account managers and product managers earn an average of at least IDR7.5 million and IDR8.9 million per month, respectively. Employees enjoy flexible work hours, free snacks, health insurance, paid courses, maternity and paternity leave credits. Project managers earn between PHP72,000 and PHP77,000 per month on average, while operations managers’ median salaries range from PHP120,000 and PHP129,000 per month. The company pays interns from SGD780 to SGD830 per month on average. Business intelligence analysts earn SGD3,000 per month on average, while brand commerce managers earn at least SGD4,000 per month on average. Standard benefits include basic health insurance and paid time off. aCommerce provides employees with free lunch daily, remote work options, annual leave that increases by one day every year, healthcare and dental insurance, and a 5 per cent provident fund contribution. Employees with newborn children also receive THB10,000, and fathers can take 10 days of paternity leave. There are also company discounts for employees’ purchases, performance bonuses and frequent company events. Some employees seem to have little confidence in the company’s top management group. These people still recommend aCommerce for fresh graduates, even if they are only under contract for one year. Untrained managers might be a problem for newcomers. Some employees, however, still believe that they learn a lot about the e-commerce industry by working for aCommerce. The work environment can be fast-paced due to swift changes in business processes. Most employees recognise the value of the company’s comprehensive benefits package, particularly free lunches every day. Some of them believe that aCommerce can improve by providing a clear and structured career path. It’s possible to be stuck in the same role for several years, according to them. aCommerce’s business rivals include ARI Network Services, GroupBy, HuiMin and MyShopIq. The vibe of the place Job security tends to be the most common setback of working for aCommerce. A one-year contract may be favourable if you don’t expect to stay long at the company. aCommerce remains a good choice for overseas technology graduates, partly because of the chance to travel and work in Thailand. Locations With Opportunities Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore Hiring candidates with qualifications in Engineering & Mathematics Copyright 2021 © GradThailand. Graduate Jobs, Internships & Programs in Thailand	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line829
__label__wiki	0.660546	0.660546	Greece extends lockdown past two months Greek NEWS, Latest News by Gct Head of Civil Protection and deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias announced on Friday the existing lockdown extension for one more week. The lockdown restrictions that were supposed to end on January 11 will be in force until 6:00 a.m. Monday, January 18, 2021, he said. The operation of click away services for retail stores, bookstores and hairdressers remain suspended, other business activities are suspended as before. Also, nail salons remain shut down; churches are closed to the faithful, the ban on hobby fishing and hunting remains in force. According to media information, the experts of the Infectious Diseases Committee are in favour of postponing the resumption of click away to another later date, which will be determined depending on the epidemiological data. To leave their homes, Greeks still must send an SMS to a government hotline number 13033 that includes their reason for movement, and the use of masks is mandatory everywhere when not in the home. Currently, the country is under a curfew from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM, and only those who are going to or from work or have an emergency have permission to break it. Greece records 721 cases, 386 intubations under strick lockdown A total of 721 Covid-19 cases were diagnosed in Greece on Friday, which is 211 more than the 510 cases recorded in the country just one day earlier, on Thursday. Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority declared a new compulsory seven-day quarantine for any passenger flying into the country from abroad, including from European Union member countries, up to and including Jan. 21. Passengers will also face spot rapid tests on arrival. At the same time, all are still required to prove a negative coronavirus test a maximum of 72 hours before arrival and fill in a passenger locator form. Rapid tests on arrival are compulsory for passengers arriving from the United Kingdom, who will only be able to leave their quarantine if they test negative for COVID-19 at the end of the seven days, the announcement said. The Civil Aviation Authority also announced an extension to the flight ban from Turkey and Spain’s Catalonia region until Jan. 21, as well as the ban on arrivals for non-EU citizens except those from the UK, Singapore, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates. Tags: Covid, greece, Greece news, Greek news, lockdown, Nikos Hardalias, Rapid test, sms Russian Ambassador to Greece: This Was Russia's Role in the Greek Revolution of 1821 New exhibition for royal carriages as former Tatoi Royal Estate begins renovations On this day in 1822, Haiti became the first country to recognize an independent Greece Paul Antonopoulos January 16, 2021 Only Greece shows ‘green’ zones on European coronavirus map Greece and Cyprus maintain high recycling rates in European Union Alex Constantine January 15, 2021 Hellenic Post taking a stand to stamp out bullying Rizogalo- Rice Pudding Recipe Greek PM congratulates PlaisioBots team for winning gold at the International Robotics Olympiad for Youngsters On this day in 1822, Haiti became the first state country to recognize Greece’s independence… The Greek Muslim spies of Rhodes claimed they barely spoke to each other, but evidence reveals they lied Despite 52-year-old cook Mehmet Nezadin claiming he had “minimum contact” with Sebahattin Bayram, the Secretary… Greece is the only country to show mostly green zones on the European Center for… Greece and Cyprus have both recorded high recycling rates of plastic packaging waste in the… The Hellenic Post (ELTA) has released a commemorative series of stamps dedicated to putting an end to bullying at…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line832
__label__wiki	0.562895	0.562895	From Q With Love: 12 Best Bond Watches Category: Style 55 years is a long time for a movie franchise to stick around. Since Sean Connery delivered his first lines in 1963’s Dr. No the world has seen the fall of the USSR, the first man land on the moon, computers the size of rooms shrink down to pocket-sized gadgets, and countless other shifts in geopolitics, culture, and business. So why is it that some slick British spook with a specific taste in cocktails has managed to weather all this change? In part, it’s because Bond is a kind of cultural chameleon. The character first written by Ian Fleming in his 1953 novel Casino Royal, reflects the tastes and preferences of whatever moment he’s in. One of the best ways to track that change over time? By looking at Bond’s wrist. To help track this story, we compiled a list of what we think are some of the best Bond watches. From Connery’s slick, quick-wit to Craig’s gruff, moody demeanor, we’ve got it all covered. Rolex Submariner 6538 When people think of Bond watches, this is what comes to mind. The Rolex 6538, often referred to as either a ‘big-crown’ Rolex or just simply as the ‘Bond Rolex,’ was produced during a short five year period between 1954 and 1959. The case of this watch measures in at just 38mm, and holds a Rolex Caliber 1030 self-winding movement. In part because of their connection to that first James Bond film, Dr. No, these watches can fetch upwards of $100,000 when put up for sale at auction houses or online. Movie: Dr. No Bond: Sean Connery Purchase: $100,000+ Breitling Top Time 007’s mission in Thunderball was a difficult one – find two stolen NATO nuclear warheads. To aide him in his search, Q equips bond with a modified Breitling Top Time Chronograph with a geiger counter. While that special add-on surely was helpful to Bond in his mission to save the world from the evil and secretive organization Spectre, the watch itself didn’t need any help. First introduced by Breitling in 1964, the chronograph features a clean, attractive look that doesn’t suffer from overcrowding despite its two sub-dials. The watch didn’t feature an in-house movement from the Swiss watch brand, but a third party manufacturer by the name of Venus. Specifically, Breitling’s Top Time first used a Venus 178 manual winding chronograph. Movie: Thunderball Purchase: $2,500+ Connery wasn’t the only Bond to sport a Rolex Submariner. Moore strapped one on his wrist in Live and Let Die. This particular watch left an impression on a lot of watch and film fans – though not for the normal reasons. Moore’s reference 5513 had jagged teeth along the bezel which raised themselves up and spun to cut free him of the ropes that bound his hands in a climactic scene (That prop went on to be sold at auction for upwards of $200,000 – making it one of the most expensive watches without a movement in it). The market version of the watch, manufactured between 1966 and 1984, didn’t have this wild feature, but it did boast a caliber 1530 mechanical movement, which soon after its introduction was changed to a 1520 movement. Both movements drive a trio of hands around a two-lined matte dial adorned with large, luminescent indices. Depending on what kind of dive watch you get your hands on – these can go for as high as $20,000. Movie: Live and Let Die Bond: Roger Moore Hamilton Pulsar P2 2900 James Bond, for better or worse, always seems to have the latest and greatest gadgets. Audiences have grown to love that quality in Bond, but it has the unintended effect of dating the films. The Hamilton Pulsar (like most other digital watches worn by Bond) was, at the time of filming 1973’s Live and Let Die, a groundbreaking watch. Not only was it the first electric watch with no moving parts, but it was the only one in the world to display time using a new technology called LED. At the time of filming, the watch (which apparently was inspired by another, more famous film – 2001: A Space Odyssey) cost as much as a Rolex. Seiko 0674 5009 One thing that the Pulsar lacked that mechanical watches didn’t was a date and seconds function. Seiko made up for that with their 0674 5009 LC. The watch indicated AM and PM and digitally displayed the day of the week. For the folks on the production team for the film, The Spy Who Loved Me, that wasn’t quite enough to make it Bond-worthy. They added in a special ticker-tape function for when M wanted to get in touch with 007 and couldn’t get to a payphone. Movie: The Spy Who Loved Me Seiko M354 Memory After releasing their 0674, Seiko really doubled down on the calendar function. This newer version worn by 007 in Moonraker featured a full calendar that could display any month in an 80 year period. Along with its ability to display the day, date, and full calendar – it could be pre-programed to remind you of specific dates – even when years in the future (though we’re not sure why you’d want to do that). Bond found the watch useful – but not for any of the above stated reasons. Instead of reminding himself to get Q a birthday present in a couple months, he used it to detonate a bomb. Movie: Moonraker Seiko 7549-7009 In 1975, a man in Hiroshima sealed a letter, scratched out the address of Seiko’s Headquarters in Japan, and dropped it in the mailbox. The contents of that letter – a complaint from a professional saturation diver, claiming the company’s watches just weren’t robust enough – would send the company down a path that ended with the reference 7549, affectionally called the Seiko ‘Tuna Can.’ This watch, worn by Moore in a diving scene in 1981’s For Your Eyes Only, was purpose-built to perform under a tremendous amount of pressure. As a result, it has a titanium monocoque case and a valve that releases gases like hydrogen and helium from the casing. Movie: For Your Eyes Only Seiko 7A28 7020 Quartz Chronograph Quartz movements, as we know, ended up powering a lot more than just digital watches. The technology eventually broke into analog formats – like with the Seiko 7A28 7020. The watch was the first chronograph to feature a Quartz movement, and unsurprisingly, James Bond was eager to wear it on his wrist. The appearance of the watch in the 1985 A View To A Kill put a real feather in the cap of Seiko’s executives, who developed the watch in large part to take on the Swiss. Movie: A View To A Kill Tag Heuer 980.031 Professional For the most part, product placements in 007 movies are cut and dry. Luxury watch brands are always eager to let you know that their timepieces were strapped on the wrist of the world’s most famous British spook. Yet, there is a bit of debate over whether or not a Tag Heuer watch showed up on two-time Bond Timothy Dalton’s wrist in the 1987 film The Living Daylights. While it wasn’t noted in the film’s credits, Bond watch fanatics have pointed out that Dalton looks to be wearing a Tag Heuer 980.031 Professional dive watch. The timepiece is a stand-out one, featuring a glow-in-the-dark dial and PVD black body. Movie: The Living Daylights Bond: Timothy Dalton Omega Seamaster 300m Chronometer After years of dabbling in Japanese watches, Pierce Brosnan sports a Swiss watch in his inaugural role as Bond in Goldeneye. It isn’t until Brosnan’s second film as 007, Tomorrow Never Dies, that the character ditches Quartz for Omega’s in-house 1120 movement. That movement drives a date window and three hands with luminescent markings around the blue dial, and can keep ticking up to 1,000 feet under water thanks to the sturdy waterproof 41mm steel case. Movie: Tomorrow Never Dies Bond: Pierce Brosnan While the tone of Bond movies has changed drastically since Brosnan’s exit as 007, Omega has remained the official watch of everyone’s favorite British spook. In the 2012 film Skyfall, Craig sports a timepiece from Omega’s Planet Ocean Line – a watch with a 42mm case, unidirectional bezel, and transparent caseback that reveals an in-house Caliber Omega 8500 movement with a 60 hour reserve and self-winding mechanism. Movie: Skyfall Bond: Daniel Craig Vintage Omega Chronograph Caliber 321 Craig’s Bond, unlike just about every other, isn’t quite as enamored with all the new beeping and booping gadgets that could be at his disposal. Taking a cue from the Bourne series, this Bond is one that is comfortable carrying little more than a pen. He’s also a bit nostalgic. Opting for vintage cars, old-school dress, and – as we find out in Spectre – mid-century watches. In the last scene of Spectre, eagle-eyed fans of the series caught a glimpse of a vintage Omega Chronograph Caliber 321 on his wrist. The watch measures in at a much smaller 35mm in diameter, features three sub-dials, and a trio of thin gold hands that are driven around the off-white dial via a Lemania caliber 321 movement – the same used in the original Speedmaster. This James Bond fellow has pretty good taste. Movie: Spectre Greatest Action Movies Of All Time Interested in a little more than just James Bond and his fancy watches? Take a look at our thorough rundown of the best action movies of all time. More From Style These REC Watches Feature Dials Made From Two Of Carroll Shelby’s Mustangs Swiss-made timepieces derived from the legendary 'Green Hornet' & 'Little Red.' NEZUMI & RUF Join On A Chronograph Watch For Classic Racing Enthusiasts Inspired by a rich history of automotive excellence & Porsche passion. The 20 Best Lightweight Spring Jackets For Men Keeping you warm and dry in the event winter rears its ugly head. 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__label__wiki	0.509465	0.509465	Features Nicaragua The Woman Who Helped Nicaraguan Demonstrators Who Lost an Eye June 26, 2019 June 26, 2019 Circles Robinson 0 Comments Irela Carolina Iglesias Aleman benefitted 15 persons with her humanitarian aid program with eye prostheses By Arnulfo Aguero (La Prensa) “I did it as a mother, as a human being; this is not for politics or interests, but because of humanism,” explains Irela Carolina Iglesias Aleman. Photo: Jader Flores / La Prensa HAVANA TIMES – While Ortega’s dark forces were shooting rubber or lead bullets at students and bystanders during the months of the 2018 protests, Irela Carolina Iglesias Aleman became an “angel of light and life” by providing a charitable hand, cry with them and share happy moments in the new stages of their lives. A business administrator, mother of two and owner of a beauty shop, they came to call her “doctor.” Her relaxed face, smiling and many times worried was seen in the corridors of hospitals, clinics and in the same National Ophthalmological Center (CENAO), where she arrived the first time after finding out that Roberto Jose Rizo Valdivia, a student of the National Agrarian University (UNA), had lost one of his eyes. On Thursday, April 19, 2018, the image of Rizo Valdivia went viral on social networks and impacted everywhere. A rubber bullet hit his eye, and he in despair and bloody sought help, but they were surrounded by riot police, which prevented him from seeking medical attention. Iglesias Aleman went to CENAO and contacted his relatives, to help them with the purpose of buying a prosthesis. The next day, she managed to meet Rizo, and also discovered eight more young people who had lost one of their eyes. In those days, the outbreak of social protests was rising tension, students and self-convoked demonstrators raised their voices against the unjust Social Security reforms that mainly affected negatively the elderly. Iglesias Aleman remembers that not all those affected who lost their vision were in the protests or in the barricades, they were simply going to work or to classes when the shooting occurred. Yelsin Perez Zamora with his prosthesis in the left eye. When he left his job in Colonia Miguel Gutierrez a rubber bullet fired from a police patrol hit him. He is one of the 15 beneficiaries. Photo: Oscar Navarrete / La Prensa On April 25 she created the Ocular Prosthesis Program for Students and opened a Facebook page. “In less than 24 hours it was possible to raise funds for the purchase of the first nine prostheses,” Iglesias Aleman recalled. Tears of joy filled her heart when the specialist who makes the prosthesis contributed with a fifty percent discount, to leave them at five-hundred dollars. Then appeared victim number ten, the young Claudio Perez Lovo, and another five more in the following months. In total fifteen young people, plus Yaser, who was shot in the head, an injury that made him lose sight in both his eyes. Iglesias Aleman got him a crutch and medicines for seizures. She has not seeing him again. Injured were looking for her Her humanitarian work became known and she began to be requested by other people who had relatives of wounded people who asked for help to cover hospitalization costs and medicines or plates, because many “were wounded in arms, legs and abdomen,” she recalls. In addition to Roberto Rizo Valdivia, young people from Managua, Masaya and Matagalpa lost their eyes: Carlos Edwin Sevilla Loaisiga, Yelsin Jose Perez Zamora, Claudio Perez Lovo, Giovani Guido, Agner Davila, Pedro, Kevin, Wendell, Jhazell, Norvin, Jairo, Melvin, among others. Among those injured in their eyes are Bryan Bonilla, Roberto, Daniel, Efrain. For his part, Francisco was treated for an illness and he underwent a cornea transplant, recalls Iglesias Aleman. “Some doctors from the United States donated the cornea and one lady paid the expenses of the operating room and medical fees,” she explained. Organizations, such as the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights (ANPDH), acknowledged last year that from April 19 to July 25, 2,720 people were injured. Programs continue with its emerging help The young Claudio Perez Lovo was the first of the young people to receive the prosthesis, on May 16. The last one to receive it was Melvin, on October 17 of last year. This emerging aid program continues to provide humanitarian aid for some of the wounded of 2018. A young man who was recently released is awaiting to receive a second prosthesis. During his captivity he did not receive the necessary medical treatment. Although many live the consequences of their wounds and refuse to receive psychological treatment, these orbital implants have come to raise their self-esteem and improve their aesthetic image, says Iglesias Aleman. When recounting her humanitarian work, she says that her program has benefited some seventy people, from April of last year to date, 36 of them lost one of their eyes and the rest were wounded in arms, legs and abdomen. And so what was initially called the Ocular Prostheses Program for Students, now has been updated to the Ocular Prostheses and other Injuries Help Program. She acknowledged that she has counted on the support from friends, inside and outside the country, of Diego (the ocularist), doctor Juan Carlos Rivers, Funides, of hospitals and private clinics. “I did it as a mother, as a human being, this is not political or for other interests, but because of humanism,” Iglesias Aleman explains her social assistance motivation. And she confesses that for her humanitarian efforts, she does not seek recognition, because what she has done “would be done by any mother of a family who loves her children.” Create a Foundation Since five years before Iglesias has dedicated part of her time to visit two nursing homes for the elderly and children with cancer. She has always had the dream of creating a foundation, an idea she hopes to achieve when the country achieves stability and overcomes the crisis. She said that she has been called by Conanca, because several children with cancer have lost their eyes. They have bought some prostheses because they are expensive. 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__label__wiki	0.782638	0.782638	Hudson County, NJ North Bergen/Guttenberg West Hudson Hudson County View Home Hoboken Hoboken finalizes $30M purchase of BASF property, site of new resiliency park Hoboken finalizes $30M purchase of BASF property, site of new resiliency park John Heinis Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer signed the closing documents to finalize the $30 million purchase of BASFâ€™s 6.1-acre property, the site of the planned Northwest Resiliency Park. A rendering showing where the Northwest Resiliency Park will be built in Hoboken. Photo courtesy of the City of Hoboken. By John Heinis/Hudson County View Plans are already underway to create a temporary 4-acre “pop-up” park so that the community can start to enjoy the benefits of this historic acquisition by this summer, the city said in a news release yesterday. â€œI am very excited to complete this land acquisition and be on our way to creating Hoboken’s largest park,â€ Mayor Dawn Zimmer said in a statement. â€œThis new land will provide an incredible recreational and leisure park opportunity for our community while making our City much more resilient against future storm events with the green infrastructure design.” Zimmer also thanked the city council, the state Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as BASF, “for their strong support of this important project.” The purchase of the park property is funded through a low-interest loan from the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Fund Program, which includes 19 percent principal forgiveness for the green infrastructure components. Additionally, the debt for the loan is financed through Hobokenâ€™s Open Space Trust Fund. A Hoboken Parking Utility (HPU) bond is financing the parking garage portion of the land acquisition. The marks the end of a years long project, which finally began to pick up steam when the council approved a $16.7 million bond to acquire the six-acre BASF,Â a large chemical manufacturing producer, property back in September 2015. The planning process for the permanent 5.4 acre â€œresiliency park,â€ which will be the cityâ€™s largest park, will start in the new year. The project will include at least 1 million gallons of underground storm water detention as well as a large new above-ground parking garage â€“ the first municipal garage in western Hoboken. The site has been remediated, capped, and deemed completely safe for the communityâ€™s use by a Licensed Site Remediation Professional. “Acquiring BASF was a cornerstone of why I ran for office in 2007,â€ added 5th Ward Councilman Peter Cunningham, who supported the project from the start. â€œI am so proud of and excited about this accomplishment to establish an amazing park and its amenities for Hoboken for decades to come.” Furthermore, the public is invited to help develop and finalize plans for the temporary â€œpop-upâ€ park, with potential amenities such as a multi-sport field, game center, play equipment, and more. The January 19 meeting at the Jubilee Center, located at 601 Jackson St., will also provide an overall update on resiliency efforts across the City. The meeting is scheduled to run between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. On a parallel track, the City will be proceeding with the planning, engineering, financing, and permitting for the permanent Northwest Resiliency Park, including the stormwater detention infrastructure and parking garage. The intent is to design a park with a mix of active and passive recreational space with green infrastructure and an underground detention system to hold at least 1 million gallons of stormwater to help prevent flash flooding, officials said. The city is also partnering with North Hudson Sewerage Authority to separate the sewer system in the area around the park, build a new stormwater outfall, and construct a pump on-site to channel stormwater runoff from the new underground detention system to the Hudson River. It’s official – the City now owns 6 acres in NW Hoboken for our largest park! We will be transforming the area into a pop-up park by summer pic.twitter.com/4pO0NDKZ7e â€” Dawn Zimmer (@dawnzimmernj) December 20, 2016 Hoboken officials break ground on Northwest Resiliency Park, largest of its kind in NJ Hoboken council approves first reading of new Suez deal that promises major upgrades Hoboken council to vote on $135k settlement for freedom of speech violation suit Hoboken Assemblywoman, councilwoman continue to push for instant runoffs Citing ‘massive vote-buying,’ Hoboken Mayor Bhalla vetoes runoff ballot question For 3rd time in a month, Hoboken council moves forward with ballot runoff question basf property Dawn Zimmer Northwest Resiliency Park Previous articleRoque defense, state AG’s office frames case for the jury during closing arguments Next articleWest New York Mayor Felix Roque’s fate now lies in the hands of the jury 18-year-old Jersey City man sentenced to 18 years in state prison for killing 16-year-old Hudson County ferry study focuses on Jersey City’s Bayfront in latest virtual session Bayonne man assaults, spits on Hoboken cops after being charged for smashing windshield Sign up for the Hudson County Review newsletter Hudson County View is an independent media outlet covering news and politics for Hudson County, NJ, and all of its municipalities. 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__label__cc	0.713265	0.286735	The Tiny Manger With That One Big Word By Ron Hutchcraft It was right after my wife's emergency open heart surgery, just days before Christmas. There were tubes everywhere and no trace of Christmas in that room. Until I got a tiny ceramic manger to put on her tray table: Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, and one little word just under the star - HOPE. Pretty appropriate, because hope is why Jesus came, to give us what we could never have any other way. The hope of having every sin forgiven, of knowing you have a love you'll never lose, and heaven on the other side. But that hope came at an unthinkable cost. God's Son dying on a cross paying for our every sin, but then rising from the dead to give us life. The Bible says, "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." My wife recovered from that surgery, but one May day she was suddenly gone, and my heart was broken. But the hope held firm. It's a hope you could have this Christmas. Just contact us at 888-NEED-HIM or ChatAboutJesus.com. When Jesus comes, hope begins.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line862
__label__wiki	0.517317	0.517317	How have exams worked at KTH during the pandemic? How is the exam process working today? What solutions are now being used when exam rooms with written papers are largely being replaced with digital alternatives? We asked Stefan Stenbom and Elin Lindblad in KTH’s working group for the digitalisation of education. From mid-March to August 2020, all exams at KTH were organised remotely. “In the autumn, about half the exams were organised on campus and the other half online,” says Stenbom, who heads the KTH working group for the digitalisation of education. Digital oral examination has increased the most – students meet a teacher via an online app where they answer questions and present their solutions orally. Elin Lindblad Various forms of home exams have also been commonly used, where students are given a set time to solve one or several problems, with access to aids such as course literature and the internet. “One solution that has attracted a great deal of attention is a written digital exam monitored by webcam via Zoom,” says Stenbom. “KTH has a long tradition of exams via written papers in an invigilated environment, and the Zoom-monitoring solution is most like this kind of ordinary exam, in practical terms. Elin Lindblad, deputy head of the working group and head of the digital examinations team, explains: “Those of us in the working group for the digitalisation of education have been developing solutions for exams in our existing systems since March, such as our teaching platform Canvas, online meetings via the Zoom app and specific exam tools such as Möbius. Right now, for example, specific exam rooms are being created in Canvas automatically for all examination occasions. “Teachers can prepare and hold their exams there, while at the same time, we can ensure that only students that have registered for the exam can access the exam room,” says Lindblad. What are the biggest challenges for teachers and students in this context? “It is primarily often a case of uncertainty about how best to make use of the opportunities technology can offer,” says Stenbom. “Webcam monitored exams can sometimes also feel a bit invasive and infringing on the student’s integrity, and less legally certain, compared to an invigilated environment in a physical room. This can create anxiety and stress in students and personnel.” Lindblad emphasises that the rapid switch has made it difficult for many teachers to keep pace with communication and preparatory work ahead of exams. “That circumstances can change at short notice is a big challenge for everyone involved.” What is your take on why there has been an increase in the number of disciplinary cases? “That the more unusual forms of examination that have been implemented instead of exam rooms as a matter of urgency, and the more long-term solutions are both being formally tested via disciplinary cases is a positive,” says Lindblad. “One of the important lessons we have learnt is how the way an exam is worded can be varied to make the legal grounds more certain for students.” Has the new situation given you any take-aways? “A PriU [Prioritised Educational Issues] Group has started work on assessment and examination methods, where teachers get together to discuss long-term solutions. We are now shifting our focus from immediate digital replacement to more educational developments,” says Lindblad. “Moving forward, we see a need for support organisations and administration for several forms of exams, similar to the support that is already available for paper-based exams on campus at KTH.” Katarina Ahlfort Photo: KTH What types of exams have proved to be the most successful? Stefan Stenbom: “When the teacher integrates the examination process into the course rather than viewing it as a separate part of teaching.” “Combining several ways of examining students, such as written/oral, monitored/unmonitored, by hand/by computer, theoretical/practical, shows what a student does and does not understand.” “That students have to demonstrate their proficiencies in several different ways is especially important from an accessibility perspective. During the pandemic, Funka (compensatory support for students with disabilities) has received many cases from student that have not been given the compensatory support they are entitled to. For example, a student can perhaps have a disability related to written exams but not to oral exams, or vice versa. “If possible, aim for an authentic examination, that consists of addressing problems similar to the kind of problems they would face as a professional engineer, architect or teacher.” Here you will find more information on KTH examinations Page responsible:Marianne Norén Belongs to: Current Last changed: Jan 04, 2021 The training sessions were carried out during November and December and the participants posted pictures from their various activities in the competition app We +. IT Support in KTH Active Together This autumn’s session of the KTH Active Together competition during November and December attracted 739 employees that carried out different types of ... The invitations to the various activities that the students could sign up for. Fun Zoom activities made Christmas less lonely Hello there Alexandra Leyton, communications officer at EECS. You were the project manager for social activities for international students at EECS du... Finnveden leaves his position as Vice President After almost ten years Göran Finnveden leaves his position as Vice President for Sustainable Development at KTH. “He has done a tremendous job and im... How is the exam process working today? What solutions are now being used when exam rooms with written papers are largely being replaced with digital a... New Head of School at EECS Welcome to KTH, Sonja Berlijn, our new Head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). How does it feel? Upgrade of KTH email system Tue 2021-01-12 - Mon 2021-02-01, 01:00 2021-01-12T00:00:00.000+01:00 2021-02-01T01:00:00.000+01:00 Upgrade of KTH email system (Upgrades) Upgrade of KTH email system (Upgrades) Registration for the Teaching and Learning autumn courses opens on 18 January 2021-01-18T09:00:00.000+01:00 2021-01-18T09:00:00.000+01:00 Registration for the Teaching and Learning autumn courses opens on 18 January (Miscellaneous) Registration for the Teaching and Learning autumn courses opens on 18 January (Miscellaneous) On the relation between paperboard properties and packaging performance Location: Live-streaming via Zoom: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66805496924, Stockholm Doctoral student: Gustav Marin , Hållfasthetslära 2021-01-18T13:15:00.000+01:00 2021-01-18T13:15:00.000+01:00 On the relation between paperboard properties and packaging performance (Licentiate seminars) On the relation between paperboard properties and packaging performance (Licentiate seminars) Workshop on the basics of Canvas (19/1-2021) Tuesday 2021-01-19, 13:00 - 15:00 2021-01-19T13:00:00.000+01:00 2021-01-19T15:00:00.000+01:00 Workshop on the basics of Canvas (19/1-2021) (Workshops) Workshop on the basics of Canvas (19/1-2021) (Workshops) Webinar: AIMES - Crossing Borders with Ujjwal Neogi Wednesday 2021-01-20, 11:00 - 12:00 Lecturer: Ujjwal Neogi, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Laboratory Medicine 2021-01-20T11:00:00.000+01:00 2021-01-20T12:00:00.000+01:00 Webinar: AIMES - Crossing Borders with Ujjwal Neogi (Lectures and seminars) Webinar: AIMES - Crossing Borders with Ujjwal Neogi (Lectures and seminars) Student stories: "To study in pandemic times" Lunch 'n' Learn seminars Location: Online via Zoom: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/829795643 2021-01-20T12:15:00.000+01:00 2021-01-20T13:00:00.000+01:00 Student stories: "To study in pandemic times" (Lunch 'n' Learn seminars) Student stories: "To study in pandemic times" (Lunch 'n' Learn seminars) Service window 2021-01-21T16:00:00.000+01:00 2021-01-21T16:00:00.000+01:00 Service window (Upgrades) Service window (Upgrades) Being new in Sweden might be a challenge Activities at KTH Relocation Lecturer: KTH Relocation 2021-01-21T16:00:00.000+01:00 2021-01-21T17:00:00.000+01:00 Being new in Sweden might be a challenge (Activities at KTH Relocation) Being new in Sweden might be a challenge (Activities at KTH Relocation) Webinar: AIMES - Crossing Borders with Zhenan Bao Lecturer: Zhenan Bao, Stanford University 2021-01-21T17:00:00.000+01:00 2021-01-21T18:00:00.000+01:00 Webinar: AIMES - Crossing Borders with Zhenan Bao (Lectures and seminars) Webinar: AIMES - Crossing Borders with Zhenan Bao (Lectures and seminars) Operational status for employees	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line868
__label__wiki	0.58193	0.58193	MoviesMarvel There Was a Very Sneaky Captain America Easter Egg in Avengers: Endgame We All Missed Steve takes up a worthy weapon. Photo: Marvel Avengers: Endgame might be Tony Stark’s story but it is, for better or worse at times, in many ways equally a love letter to Chris Evans’ journey as Captain America. So maybe it’s not surprising that one of the film’s most devilishly-difficult-to-spot Easter eggs in a cheeky callback to one of Cap’s cinematic foes. London-based VFX house Cinesite—one of the myriad who worked on bringing the behemoth that Endgame is to life—shared a demo reel of its work on the film this week, now that it’s hitting American shelves for its home release and is about to drop in the UK in a few weeks’ time. The reel covers everything from Nebula’s cybernetic arm flicking space junk at Tony Stark to the recreation of the dangerous environs of Morag. But it also reveals that Cinesite helped tuck away a very familiar face in Steve and Tony’s time-trip back to SHIELD circa 1970... All of the Coolest Trivia Revealed on the Avengers: Endgame Blu-ray When the newly crowned highest-grossing film of all-time comes home, it doesn’t need many bells and Zola makes his bonus appearance. Image: CineSite Yup: That’s Arnim Zola (Toby Jones), from Captain America: The First Avenger, digitized and hidden away on a tiny screen in the background as Tony works his way through his father’s workplace to find the Space Stone! Considering that within the timeline of the MCU, Zola dies in 1972, it’s a sneaky bit of foreshadowing for the former Hydra scientist turned...well, not-so-former Hydra scientist working to corrupt SHIELD from within by uploading his consciousness into a computer network, as we see him do in The Winter Soldier. Zola gets a passing mention in Endgame from Howard Stark regardless, but this is a fun, if practically impossible to spot, Easter egg appearance for him, too. For more, make sure you’re following us on our new Instagram @io9dotcom. James is a News Editor at io9. He wants pictures. Pictures of Spider-Man! Fanamir I didn’t miss this! I actually pointed it out to a friend in the theater. My friend didn’t see it. I actually have no clue how, since this video underscores just how far back he is. I was just, for some reason, looking at the right spot at the right time?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line869
__label__wiki	0.76506	0.76506	This freaky lizard lived in an isolated desert 250 million years ago Whoa, get a load of this thing. It’s called Bunostegos — a cow-sized pareiasaur that roamed an ancient desert of Pangea during the Upper Permian era. Its discovery suggests that a part of the supercontinent contained an ecosystem all its own. The Pangea supercontinent may have been a single landmass, but paleontologists now suspect that certain animals were locked into its central region for upwards of millions of years. Geological data shows that this desert region, what is now Niger, was extremely dry, which worked to discourage some animals from passing through, while keeping those within it from venturing out. The result: Very little intermingling between species — and an ecosystem largely separated from the substantially larger one surrounding it. As for Bunostegos, it’s name means “kobby [skull] roof.” It was a cow-sized, plant eating reptile with a bumpy skull and bony armor down its back. Its features suggest that it was more closely related to older and more primitive pareiasaurs, leading to the conclusion that its genealogical lineage was isolated for millions of years. That, or its features were the result of convergent evolution. Read the entire study at the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: “The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger—VII. Cranial anatomy and relationships of Bunostegos akokanensis (Pareiasauria)” Image: Marc Boulay. Frank B. Chavez III Shouldn't a stormtrooper be riding that thing looking for droids?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line870
__label__cc	0.715974	0.284026	Amazon DealsNew How Bar Code Scanner Works? January 8, 2021 by swetha Whenever we visit a supermarket, have you noticed the cashier checking each and every item and scanning something on them using a device? We believe everyone has seen it happen, so do you know about the process, and why does the cashier do that? Each and every product that we purchase, regardless of its cost, has a unique coding scheme mentioned on the packaging. Those lines of codes are also addressed as Barcode which can only be scanned by using a barcode scanner. So, if you wonder how that works and what information a barcode usually contains, stay on this article and read it until the end to know about it in detail. Let’s start then! What is a Barcode Scanner? Before we discuss how a barcode scanner works, we should read about what a barcode scanner is and for what purpose it is used for. Usually, in stores where managing inventories is a big task, we need to use a barcode scanner to keep a record of the products. Barcodes are an encrypted code that consists of a sequence of linear lines along with a UPC number of 12 digits, which is unique for every product. While the first six digits of a barcode hold the information about its manufacturer, the following five next numbers have details about the product itself. The 12th digit of the barcode is just used for verification at the time of scanning whether the barcode is scanned properly or not. So, to decode these details out of a barcode, scanners are used as they come with dedicated chipsets with decrypting algorithms programmed on them. Barcode scanners are of various types, some are wireless, wired, and some differ in their scanning methods. However, the basic function of every barcode scanner remains the same, which is to scan a code and decode the information that’s encrypted into it. How Barcode Scanner Works? We hope it’s clear to you what a barcode and barcode scanners are. So, to know about its working, we will have to dive a little deeper into the details. Thus, if you are curious to know how a barcode scanner functions and scans codes, make sure to read this section very carefully. We are dividing the whole scanning process into four simpler stages so that you can understand it in a better way. The Scanner throws a ray of light or lasers to scan the Barcode That’s the first step that a barcode scanner does when you push the scanning button of the scanner. While some advanced scanners capture an image of the whole barcode at once, some barcode scanners do the job by partially scanning the barcode line by line. The Rays are reflected back at the Scanner and fall on the light sensor Once the light rays fall on a barcode, the light which is reflected back has variations since the darker lines of the barcode don’t reflect back as much light as the empty spaces between them do. With this phenomenon, the light sensor detects the width of the dark lines in barcode and easily distinguishes between their widths as well. The Scanned Code is pushed for decoding As we discussed earlier, barcode scanners have dedicated chipsets with decrypting algorithms programmed on them. Based on the scanned barcode as fetched by the light sensor, the white spaces which reflect back good light rays are counted as 0s, and the black lines that don’t reflect light back are counted as 1s in the array of code. The code is decrypted into this binary sequence because a barcode scanner is usually connected with a computer. And, that’s not a new thing to tell that computers only understand the binary language. Code is further decoded into important information on the computer The scanners are only capable of decoding the barcode sequence into a binary sequence, that’s why we need to take help from computer software to decode the binary sequence into simpler language for our understanding. The scanned binary sequence can be as long as 128 bits, so the software approaches to break down the sequence into smaller sections and decode them separately. Once the information is decrypted completely, you can get to read the following information: The type of Barcode which has been scanned by the scanner. Details of the Product, such as its name, price, etc. Barcodes are highly useful in maintaining inventories as you can keep proper records of every product if it moves in or out of the inventory. These days, barcodes are even being used to keep a record of vaccinations provided at certain places, so everyone needs to have proper knowledge about these things. We often see such things around us but only a few get curious to know more about them. We hope you have a better understanding of barcode and barcode scanners by reading this article. In case you feel we have missed out on something to tell or have any other doubts regarding the topic. You can leave your thoughts down in the comments section and share them with us. Barcode Scanner Guide 7 Best Barcode Scanners in India: 2021 Reviews Top 5 Best FingerPrint Scanner in India 2020 Single Function And Multi-Function Printer: Which… Types of Laser Printers - How to Pick the Right One? Complete Guide to Inverter AC Problems and Solutions Affiliate Disclosure \| Disclaimer \| Terms and Conditions © 2021 Home Zene • Built with GeneratePress <# if(ThriveComments.current_user.ID){#>href="https://homezene.com/wp-login.php?action=logout&_wpnonce=847b953de3"<#}#>><#= ThriveComments.util.render_label('logout_change') #>	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line874
__label__wiki	0.847635	0.847635	Police Officer Wants to Sue 50 Cent for Defamation After Rapper Accused Him of Domestic Violence: Report Jamie McCarthy, Getty Images It looks like 50 Cent could end up in more legal trouble soon after posting an Instagram post that levels an accusation against a police officer he's had problems with in the past. According to a report the New York Post published on Tuesday (March 24) afternoon, Deputy Inspector Emmanuel Gonzalez is looking to sue Fif for defamation after the rapper accused him of domestic abuse in an Instagram post on Monday night (March 23). In 50’s IG post, he shared a split photo of himself and officer Gonzalez and wrote in the caption, “Remember Commanding officer Emmanuel Gonzalez, who was bust down to auxiliary. he caught a DV domestic violence case he punched his wife in the face. This guy was just no good.” An insider close to Gonzalez reportedly told the newspaper that the officer vehemently denies the accusation and is now thinking about taking legal action against the Power co-producer. “This incident that 50 is claiming on Instagram is a complete fabrication,” said the source. “There hasn’t been any domestic violence incidents with Gonzalez and his wife recently nor ever. This is a complete troll hit job from 50.” This report is the latest chapter in the feud between Fif and Gonzalez. It started one year ago when 50 called the NYPD the biggest gang in New York. Gonzalez, then a commanding officer of Sunset Park’s 72nd Precinct in Brooklyn, then reportedly responded by telling other policemen to shoot 50 Cent on sight during a roll call. From there the Queens rapper launched a social media campaign to have him fired. Earlier this month, 50, who stopped touring due to the coronavirus crisis, celebrated on his IG account of Gonzalez's transferral to the NYPD’s Auxiliary Police Section. The move is reportedly considered a demotion from his former position, much to 50's glee. "Remember this guy Commanding officer Gonzalez from the 72 percinct, They bust his ass down to auxiliary no more Strap just a flash light and badge.LOL HaHahahahahah,” 50 wrote in his IG post. According to the New York Post, the New York Police Department denied the move had anything to do with Gonzalez's feud with 50. XXL has reached out to 50 Cent's rep as well as a rep for the NYPD for comment. See 50 of the Best Candy References in Hip-Hop Source: Police Officer Wants to Sue 50 Cent for Defamation After Rapper Accused Him of Domestic Violence: Report Filed Under: 50 cent	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line876
__label__wiki	0.607464	0.607464	Human rights Opinion/Analysis Palestine Rising Physical Violence against Palestinian Child Detainees Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank during the first half of 2015 suffered increasing levels of physical violence, according to Defense for Children International Palestine research.Data compiled by DCIP since January 2015 shows that 86 percent of Palestinian children experienced some form of physical violence during their arrest or interrogation, a 10 percent increase from 2014. Unlike their Israeli counterparts, Palestinian children have no right to be accompanied by a parent and, in the majority of cases, no access to legal counsel during interrogation. Ill treatment of Palestinian children remains widespread and systematic in the Israeli military detention system as children arrested by Israeli forces arrive at Israeli interrogation centers blindfolded, bound and sleep deprived, according to DCIP documentation. Israeli forces used blindfolds and hand ties on almost all the children interviewed by DCIP, and in nearly 55 percent of cases they succumbed to strip-searches once in custody. Children continued to report they signed documents during interrogation drafted in Hebrew, a language they do not understand. DCIP documented four cases involving the use of solitary confinement for interrogation purposes by Israeli forces, a practice that amounts to torture under international law. “For over a decade, ill treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system has been widespread and systematic,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, Accountability Program director at DCIP. “Recent amendments to Israeli military law simply serve to improve the appearance of the military detention system and have failed to practically address the abuse of Palestinian children.” A UNICEF report released in February found that ill treatment of Palestinian child detainees remained widespread and systematic despite recent changes to Israeli military law. According to the report, Israeli authorities have, since March 2013, issued new military orders and taken steps to reinforce existing military and police operating procedures related to the detention of Palestinian children. However, evidence collected by a UNICEF-led working group since 2013 shows continued and persistent reports of ill treatment against Palestinian children by Israeli forces. Lawmakers in both the United Kingdom and United States have recently called on their respective governments to hold Israel accountable for ill treatment of Palestinian child prisoners. In the U.K. House of Commons, a motion was tabled on July 13 condemning the ill treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention. The motion calls on the British government “to demand immediate action from the Israeli government to behave in line with international law.” In the U.S., 19 members of Congress sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on June 18 urging him to prioritize the issue of Palestinian child detainees in Israeli military detention. The letter noted that “Israel’s military detention system targeting children is an anomaly in the world,” and that ill treatment of Palestinian children is “widespread, systemic and institutionalized” throughout the detention process. A U.S. government human rights report released in June also highlighted ill treatment of Palestinian child prisoners and denial of fair trial rights in the Israeli military courts. Impunity for violations is a significant obstacle. In June, DCIP filed two complaints to the Israeli Military Police Criminal Investigations Division involving the use of excessive force during the arrest of two Palestinian children. Of nine complaints filed by DCIP in 2014, one investigation was closed without charge and the other eight remain pending. Around 500 to 700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12, are arrested, detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military detention system each year. The majority of Palestinian child detainees are charged with throwing stones. In addition to physical and psychological abuse during arrest and detention, Palestinian child detainees are overwhelming denied bail and routinely held in pretrial custodial detention for up to several months. International juvenile justice standards, which Israel has obliged itself to implement by signing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991, demand that children should only be deprived of their liberty as a measure of last resort. Israel is the only country in the world that automatically prosecutes children in military courts that lack basic and fundamental fair trial guarantees. Since the occupation of Palestinian territory in 1967 by Israeli forces, Palestinian children have been charged with offenses under Israeli military law and tried in military courts. Israeli military law is only applied to Palestinians even though Israeli settlers live in the same territory. No Israeli children come into contact with the Israeli military court system. At the end of May, a total of 163 Palestinian children were imprisoned in the Israeli military detention system, according to the Israel Prison Service. Human rights International Politics Israel Israeli attacks Israeli Politics Opinion/Analysis Palestine Jan 15, 2021 If Americans Knew Gaza Siege Gaza Strip Holy sites Human Interest Human rights Israeli attacks Israeli Settlement News Report Non-violent action Palestine West Bank Jan 15, 2021 PCHR Bethlehem Human rights News Report Palestine Prisoners West Bank Cancer-Stricken Detainee Enters Serious Health Condition Army Abducts A Palestinian Near Jericho January 15, 2021	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line883
__label__wiki	0.57414	0.57414	Packing Them In Posted on Nov 1, 2009 :: Down Time Posted by Insight Publications, Insight on Business Staff Writer Robinson Metal hosts employees and customers in style for every Packers home game The Lambeau Field neighborhood is already deep into game-day party mode by 9 a.m. Cars line the streets and populate the lawns just north of Lombardi Avenue, and the air is filled with the aroma of grilled brats and burgers. Tailgating is a well-known tradition around Lambeau Field and in other parking lots on the south side of Lombardi, but the festivities extend to this side as well. The stadium looms over a modest home on Shadow Lane, which looks like your basic middle-class ranch house from the sidewalk. In the backyard, which borders Lombardi Avenue, De Pere-based Robinson Metal has created a Packer fan’s wonderland. In the corner stands an 11-foot-tall replica of the Lombardi Trophy, created in stainless steel by Robinson employees. A long garage, open on three sides, has been converted into a warming house and food serving line. Picnic tables dot the yard. A turnstile guards the entrance to the yard from Lombardi Avenue. Inside the house, walls are lined with Packers photos and mementos. It’s a blue-collar setting and could be your neighbors’ backyard, if your neighbors decided to invite over a couple of hundred of their closest friends. In the midst of all this – among 200-plus Robinson employees, family members and customers – Robinson Metal President Darrell LaCrosse and Tom Verboncouer, Robinson’s sales and marketing manager, survey the scene with obvious pleasure. “We don’t go for ostentatious functions,” says LaCrosse. “We’re all big Packer fans and we were just looking for a low-key way to entertain our employees and customers.” Robinson bought the house earlier this year, so this is the company’s first season entertaining here. “Until now, we had a bus and some tents in the parking lot that we used for entertaining before games, but if the weather was bad, it sometimes affected our turnout,” says Verboncouer. “We usually had 150 or so turn out, but sometimes they didn’t come until closer to game time if it was cold and windy. Here we have shelter and warmth to keep everyone comfortable.” This isn’t one of those really bad days, though the temperature hovers in the 40s all morning under overcast skies. Plenty of people occupy the picnic tables, while others stay warm beneath the infrared lights in the converted garage and a few stay even warmer inside the house. At a picnic table, Paul Shields, a Robinson customer from Philadelphia, enjoys a brat as he casts an admiring glance across Lombardi Avenue at Lambeau Field. It’s his first visit here. “I’m a lifelong Eagles fan like my father,” says Shields. “The Eagles are my team and Philadelphia is my town, but I’ve always said that if I had the chance to attend a game anywhere else in the NFL, it would be right here,” he says. “This is like the mecca of football.” Before long, Shields and his fellow Philadelphians are passing through the backyard turnstile, out onto Lombardi Avenue and across the street to soak in the atmosphere of Lambeau Field. Verboncouer says he gets that reaction all the time from out-of-town guests. “We get customers here from California to New York to Florida,” he says. “Besides the Philadelphia people today, we have some here from Utah. Almost always, when people come from other parts of the country, they’re excited to see Lambeau Field. It’s a big part of the total experience when we bring them here to see our operations.” Robinson’s connection with the Packers goes beyond typical fandom. The company produces the stainless steel footballs that sit atop the Walk of Legends monuments near Lambeau Field, the fencing inside the stadium and shelving around the columns in the Atrium and stadium concourses. It’s obvious, though, that game days are a special part of the Robinson connection with their employees, their customers and the Packers. “This is our way of giving back,” says Verboncouer.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line887
__label__wiki	0.745785	0.745785	IRDC at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed This year, the Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrates its 20th anniversary and whilst off-duty grand prix heroes' wow fans on the Goodwood hill climb, the forest alongside will again echo with the sound of historic and modern rally cars driven in anger as the Festival showcases the best of loose-surface driving on its exciting Forest Rally Stage. Once again the IRDC is delighted to assist rally stage director Rick Smith, facilitating Goodwood's VIP guest rides in the rally cars. During breaks in the stage action, UK rally 'treasure' Tony Mason; international co-driver, pundit, commentator and raconteur, will attend the IRDC's gazebo 1:00pm - 2:00pm Friday to Sunday to sign his new book 'Mason's Motoring Mayhem'. Conspicuously placed in the rally paddock, the IRDC gazebo provides a little peace and tranquillity for tired members visiting the festival and all are welcome to visit. International Rally Driver's Club chairman Shaun Martin; who will spend the weekend wearing a radio headset and directing the operation said, "It's a privilege for the IRDC to be offered the opportunity to provide support and assistance to the Goodwood rally stage organising team in the running of this very popular part of the festival. Many of the drivers taking part are members of the IRDC and we always enjoy meeting the many guests of Lord Marches' who will be taken around the rally stage in a variety of modern and historic rally cars ." Throughout the three days of the Festival over 50 cars are expected to tackle the demanding rally stage at the top of the Goodwood estate. These cars range from early Sixties favourites like the Saab 96 and Mini Cooper S, to the ubiquitous Ford Escort and iconic Lancia Stratos. Inevitably, there will also be examples of the awesome fire-breathing Group B era such as the Audi Quattro S1, Metro 6R4 and Ford RS 200, rubbing shoulders with the high-tech WRC machines of today. The Goodwood Festival of Speed starts on Thursday 11th July with the 'Moving Motor Show' and the Festival runs Friday 12th - Sunday 14th	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line889
__label__cc	0.544018	0.455982	Biowaste management in Italy: Challenges and perspectives The aim of this work is the development of a methodology for the technical and environmental assessment of biowaste valorization in 2G biorefineries. Italy was chosen as case study, considering years 2016–2017. Approach: the Italian context was evaluated through the following key parameters: Gross domestic power, climate, demography, and population density distribution described the Italian framework. The four most abundant biowaste categories were defined through their amounts and geo-localization: wastewater and sewage sludge (WSS, 4.06 Mt/y), organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW, 1.7 Mt/y), agricultural livestock waste (ALW, 5.7 Mt/y), and waste deriving from the food industry (FIW, 2.6 Mt/y). The geo-localization and quantitative evaluations of the available biowaste amounts were aimed at defining the dimension and localization of the biorefinery plant and at optimizing supply and transport chains, while the qualitative characteristic were aimed to evaluate the most promising process among thermo-valorization (TH) and anaerobic digestion (AD). Results: All considered biowastes were appropriate for biorefinery processes, since carbon content exceeds 40% and the carbon–nitrogen ratio was between 10 and 30. All biowaste categories were evaluated as feedstocks for two biorefinery processes: anaerobic digestion (AD) and thermo-valorization (TH) with energy recovery. Compared to TH, AD achieved in all cases the best performances in terms of produced energy and avoided CO2 emissions. The primary energy production of AD and TH for WSS, OFMSW, ALW, and FIW were respectively: 7.89 vs. 2.4 kWh/kg; 8.7 vs. 2.6 kWh/kg; 10.85 vs. 5.5 kWh/kg; and 12.5 vs. 7.8 kWh/kg. The main findings of this work were: the adoption of AD was technically more suitable than TH; AD increased the avoided CO2 emissions of 10%–89.9% depending on biowaste category. Biowaste management in Italy: Challenges and perspectives / Demichelis, F.; Piovano, F.; Fiore, S.. - In: SUSTAINABILITY. - ISSN 2071-1050. - STAMPA. - 11:15(2019), pp. 4213-4233. Titolo: Biowaste management in Italy: Challenges and perspectives DEMICHELIS, FRANCESCA Piovano F. FIORE, SILVIA Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11154213 sustainability-11-04213_final.pdf versione a stampa 2a Post-print versione editoriale / Version of Record Visibile a tuttiVisualizza/Apri	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line891
__label__cc	0.702293	0.297707	My Legend Still Exists in the Cultivation World Chapter 4: Refining Pill for the First Time Have a dropped novel you want to read more chapters of? The bookstore employee noticed a youngster staring fixedly at a book, so he approached him warmly, “This book captures the story about the Patriarch of the Frostcloud Sect, Daoist-Master Jing Yuan, who came from a village, and gradually grew up to become a stalwart in the cultivation world. He was fortunate to have had received guidance from an immortal, thus begun his journey in cultivation, and in the process, gained tens of thousands of disciples, attracted numerous confidantes, and eventually became a legend in the cultivation world.” Jing Yue was dumbstruck. He understood certain parts of that introduction if he twisted some facts around, but confidantes? Wait a minute, how many women were he acquainted with in the past? The confidante whom he attracted, could it be that old hag Fairy Chi Lian? Or that demonic woman, Rakshasa Yun? When he got no response from the youngster, he assumed that the boy was uninterested in that story, and continued, “If you don’t like this one, there’s the Adventures of Jing Yuan, or Memoirs of Jing Yuan.” … Jing Yue remained unresponsive. The staff rolled his eyes around sneakily and lowered his voice, “We’ve got another one here, Jing Yuan’s Sx Escapades, that book’s not on display.” Jing Yue, “…” When the heck did he have any sx escapades? Besides, was it really alright for the staff to promote porn to a ten-year-old? The staff did his job very professionally, and continued talking, “Apart from Daoist-Master Jing Yuan, there are others as well, that…” Jing Yue could not help but interrupt, “I’m sorry, I don’t have any money.” The smile froze on the guy’s face, but he was not allowed to be rude, “No problem, please feel free to browse around.” When his ears finally got some rest, his divine consciousness was disturbed by the blue phoenix, “This shopkeeper has such a good temper. We won’t get the chance to slap their faces if we met this sort of people all the time.” Jing Yue, “Another word from you and I’ll slap your face instead.” The blue phoenix quickly shielded its mouth with both wings. The next day, Jing Yue followed Old man Liu up the mountains for herb-picking. When he saw the entire hill covered with Aquafragrant Flower, he could not help but be dazzled by the sight. In just a few thousand years, a flower that was once extremely rare ended up being a weed that no one cared about, growing luxuriantly everywhere. Unfortunately, he had just guided Qi into his body and could not refine a Foundation Establishment Pill yet. However, he could use the Aquafragrant Flower as a medicine regulator to enhance the effects of low-level pills, except no one would be so extravagant in the past. Jing Yue guided Old man Liu in picking a full basket of useful herbs and headed back home, before sending the blue phoenix to bring Lil Pebble out, to avoid them from disrupting his pill refining process. He planned to refine the Blood Replenishment Pill, commonly found in the markets. At his current level, he could only refine a low-level pill consumed by Body Forging cultivators. Jing Yue lighted up the furnace and arranged the Aquafragrant Flowers neatly. Generally speaking, once the herbs were picked, it must be stored in a Qiankun pouch, otherwise the medicinal properties would inevitably be lost. By using his divine consciousness, Jing Yue selected a few stalks that were still well-preserved and ground it into a fine powder with intrinsic vigor. Initially, Old man Liu was skeptical about Jing Yue’s pill refining ability. Although he was very secretive, unlike ordinary children, he was only about ten years old after all. After he saw Jing Yue’s skill as he handled the herbs, however, he could not help but adjust his expectations. He looked on as Jing Yue transferred the fine powder into a porcelain bowl, before he squeezed a few drops of juice from the Blood Tiger Vine Fruit into the bowl, and added a few roots from 2 or 3 different types of herbs. After mixing it evenly, the concoction was poured into the furnace. Old man Liu hesitated for a moment before he asked, “Are you making the Blood Replenishment Pill?” Jing Yue, “Yes.” Old man Liu, “How come you’re not using Sunclear Grass and Rehmannia Root?” Jing Yue, “The effect from the Aquafragrant Flower will be much better.” Old man Liu was unconvinced; he had never heard that the Aquafragrant Flower could nourish the blood. Jing Yue ignored him and focused on controlling the fire temperature. The furnace he bought was of the lowest quality; he had to adjust the fire manually and must not be distracted. After about 15 minutes, the smell of medicine wafted from the furnace and permeated the room. Old man Liu exclaimed in surprise, “Such a strong aroma, is it done already?” Jing Yue did not even bother lifting his head, “It’s too soon.” He threw the final ingredient into the furnace and started forming hand seals. Jing Yue was an accomplished alchemy master in his past life, and the hand seals he knew numbered well into the thousands. He selected the most suitable hand seal from his repertoire, his alabaster-like fingers changed constantly, and the quick movements passed in a flash. He acutely felt that the flow of his hand gestures as well as his five senses were more agile compared to before. After some consideration, he realized that it must be due to the Omnispirit Body and one of the benefits of having it. From Old man Liu’s viewpoint, he was under the impression that Jing Yue’s movements were akin to flowing water, pleasing to the eye. At first glance, he looked like a fairy child that people would revere. He was lost in the experience and unaware of the time passing, until Old man Liu suddenly realized that the scent of medicine had disappeared! Could it be… it had failed? This very moment, Jing Yue’s right hand turned over and flicked up, the lid of the furnace flipped open following his hand gesture, and little pellets of brown pills appeared at the bottom of the furnace. 8 pills, high-quality. Jing Yue sighed quietly in his heart. He had not refined pills for quite a while and was out of practice. His control over the fire was far from perfect, otherwise there would more than this number, and he would not fail to produce premium-quality pills. “Eight… eight pills?” Old man Liu was astounded. Jing Yue merely used a meager amount of herbs and so little time, but he managed to produce 8 pills in one pot, and no wasted pills! Although the Blood Replenishment Pill was a low-level mortal grade pill, as far as he could remember, even an Elder from the Hall of Fiery Pill could not achieve such a high rate of success! Old man Liu stared at Jing Yue with a complicated look in his eyes. Who was this person? Was he a traveling disciple from a great cultivation school? Or an old monster that possessed this youthful body? While Jing Yue tidied up the furnace, he said, “You’re overthinking things again.” Old man Liu who was busted, “…” So, he’s an old monster then! Jing Yue looked at the weather outside, “We’ll sell the pills in town this afternoon.” Needless to say, Old man Liu had no objections. Therefore, in the afternoon, 3 humans and one ‘pheasant’ appeared in Minisun Town again. They arrived at the market, paid 500 coppers as per the trading procedure, and Old man Liu walked directly towards an empty space. Jing Yue, “Wait a minute.” Old man Liu turned around and saw Jing Yue tweaking his fingers, divining for a moment before he said, “The west indicates good profit for today, follow me.” Jing Yue found a tiny space amongst the hustle and bustle and squeezed inside. The vendor beside him was a little annoyed, but looking at Jing Yue’s adorable porcelain face, his heart softened and he shifted a bit to the side, giving a snide glare at Old man Liu instead. Old man Liu, “…” After setting up the stall, Jing Yue started to day-dream. Shouts were heard from the vendors peddling their wares, but the stall they had set up remained silent. The surrounding vendors saw that they were merely selling a few miserable pills, and very soon lost interest in them. Seeing all the passersby but none came close to their stall, Old man Liu could not help his anxiety. Just as he was about to call out, he was stopped by Jing Yue. “Don’t waste your energy. Just wait.” Just like that, they sat there doing nothing for almost an hour, before three burly men approached from the distance. Liu Yi was a famous rogue cultivator in Minisun Town, a level 6 Body Forging in his twenties. Although he was not considered very talented, he was quite well-known in a town with a population of a few hundred thousand. This day, he had a conflict with a stranger, not expecting the other party to be a level 7 Body Forging cultivator. Needless to say, Liu Yi was not a match for him and was beaten up, suffering from internal injuries. If his brothers had not arrived in time, he might have lost his life! His brothers brought him to a medical hall immediately, and the physician saw to his wounds. However, he was told that there were no suitable pills available for sale in the medical hall or other medicinal shops to treat his internal injuries. It turned out that the Megasun hidden realm would appear in a few months, and many cultivation families in Megasun City would purchase pills from surrounding towns for the younger generation as preparation to enter the realm. On this particular day, those people had coincidentally visited Minisun Town and wiped out the entire stock. With no other alternative, Liu Yi and his gang could only try their luck at the market. At this moment, Liu Yi was being supported by his brothers. He was already frustrated enough that he was not able to get any medicine, but along the way, most of the stall vendors seemed to be very afraid of him, shirking their necks and lowering their heads, and that cowering look added to his fury! He was not a hooligan! Liu Yi was fuming mad when suddenly, his gaze met with a pair of clear, bright eyes. That person was a young man. Sensing the look, Jing Yue returned it without any fear, his mouth lifted at the corners, and he said smilingly, “This brother, are you interested to buy pills? Blood Replenishment Pill, fresh from the furnace.” Liu Yi immediately felt comforted, as if the fiery hot weather was suddenly refreshed by a cool breeze. He got his brothers to bring him over there, while asking, “How much are you selling it for?” “Fifty taels of silver.” “I’ll take… what? How much?!” Liu Yi’s voice went an octave higher, and the surrounding vendors quailed in fear and moved out of the way. Although pills were generally expensive, a normal Blood Replenishment Pill would only cost one or two taels at the most, and a better quality pill would fetch about ten taels. Only high-quality pills mostly sold in medicinal shops would be tagged at fifty taels. Could this boy be playing him out? Liu Yi’s mood took a turn for the worse. Not only him, even Old man Liu looked stunned. But Jing Yue said earnestly, “This pill of mine is comparable to a high-quality pill, so shouldn’t it be priced as such?” “Brat, are you tired of living? How dare you make a fool out of us?” Liu Yi’s brothers bellowed in anger, their voices like the roar of lions, and Lil Pebble got so scared that he dived into Old man Liu’s arms. Even the blue phoenix that never stopped hollering about slapping face was dumbstruck, curling itself into a furball. Only Jing Yue remained calm, “This brother can give it a try before paying.” He had full confidence in his pills. Besides, the market was managed with proper security; he was not worried about being fleeced. Liu Yi looked at him in uncertainty, but the boy’s eyes were full of sincerity, and did not seem to be bluffing him. In his heart, he started to question if the pill was indeed of high quality? He took out a pill from the wooden box, placed it under his nose for a whiff, and instantly felt rejuvenated. Liu Yi could not help but take another look at the boy. He was able to tell that it was indeed a Blood Replenishment Pill. Why not… give it a try? Liu Yi steeled himself and swallowed the pill in one gulp. A warm current instantly flowed into his internal passage, bringing a strong life force with it, and he could not help but tremble in ecstasy. He acutely felt that the injured internal organs were slowly healing. Just as he was basking in bliss, suddenly, a wave of pain assaulted him. It turned out that the medicine effects had broken through the blood clots that were blocking his meridians, and as a result, even his old wounds showed signs of recovery. The others did not know what happened to him internally, but when Liu Yi suddenly turned pale and groaned, their hearts constricted. The short-tempered burly man pointed a long spear at Jing Yue, “What did you feed Big Brother with?” Jing Yue pushed the pointed tip away lightly and sighed, “You are too impatient.” His tone was as if he was an elder preaching the juniors, and the burly man was so angry that he almost had the urge to attack. The burly man turned around and saw that Liu Yi had opened his eyes. “Ahah-ahh-ahhh, slapped face, slapped face!! What’s he going to do next? Is he going to become your follower from now on, ready to be at your beck and call, or is he going to declare his ownership over you and take you under his wing, or is he going to deny everything and give you another opportunity to slap his face again?” The blue phoenix watched as Liu Yi approached Jing Yue solemnly, a benign smile on his face. “He’s coming! He’s coming! I bet he’s going to take you in!” Blue phoenix stared unblinkingly as Liu Yi slowly knelt down and started counting the number of pills that were displayed. The very next moment, with a speed of lightning, he rolled up the linen on the floor that held the items, threw down a pile of silver taels, turned tail, and ran for his life. He left behind the brothers that were frozen in place, mumbling, “Big Brother…” The wind was getting cold. lennie	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line894
__label__wiki	0.510041	0.510041	From outright denial to blame-shifting: three guises of genocide denial in Rwanda By Helen Hintjens and Jos van Oijen Posted on August 6, 2020 August 7, 2020 Genocide denial is an obstacle to meaningful reconciliation and healing in Rwanda, a country struggling to recover from the deep scars left by the 1994 genocide. In this article, Helen Hintjens and Jos van Oijen show that genocide denial has evolved over time, shifting from outright denial to relativizing the genocide by referring to other forms of violence, or recasting it in a way that shifts the blame to the victims and perpetrators while keeping bystanders such as international organizations out of the spotlight. According to Human Rights Watch, in 100 days from April to July 1994, some 500,000 to one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were murdered in Rwanda on the orders of the state. The ‘dark side of democracy’ involved mass citizen participation (forced as well as voluntary) in killings and the failure of weak UN forces and unwilling Western governments to protect the victims. Genocide Watch recognizes denial as one of ten stages of genocide, and recent literature is emerging on this topic in Rwanda. Genocide denial is an obstacle to meaningful reconciliation and healing in this country. Even 25 years after the genocide, leading suspects are still being found and tried; only some will fully admit to what happened in Rwanda in 1994. At least three different types of genocide denial—there are probably more—are evident, starting shortly after the genocide and continuing to present. Moreover, organized denial started before 1994 to cover up genocide preparation. It is important to recognize genocide denial in all its forms in order to prevent future justification of state violence targeted against minorities. The three forms of collective genocide denial, literal (1994-1998), interpretative (1998-2003), and implicatory (2003-present), do overlap, but one form is more pronounced in each period. These are discussed below Literal denial (1994-1998) Literal denial claims no genocide took place. It involves systematically negating the facts of genocide and keeping silent about genocidal plans and killings. Within and outside Rwanda, literal denial was widespread among leaders and followers of the Hutu Power. Governments represented in the UN Security Council who had a responsibility to act avoided using the word genocide, and this literal denial was because they did not wish to get involved. Even before genocide ended, literal genocide denial started in Europe, spread by groups with close ties to genocidaires before 1994. This included the French government and the White Fathers, Catholic missionaries from Belgium. After the genocide, literal genocide denial became a defence strategy of genocide suspects at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Attorneys such as Christopher Black and Peter Erlinder believed the denial narratives of their clients and became activists on their behalf, claiming convicted perpetrators were actually political prisoners—victims of an international conspiracy led by the US and the UK. Several scholars and journalists with little prior knowledge of Rwanda or the genocide were influenced by these lawyers. A good example is the case of Edward S. Herman and David Peterson who published several books and articles claiming the accepted history of the genocide was based on a ‘complex of interwoven lies’. They downplayed the organizing capacities of the Rwandan state, denying that the Hutu Power regime was even ‘capable’ of planning and managing genocide. Interpretative denial (1998-2003) Once a firm historical record of the facts had been established, around the late 1990s, literal denial became more difficult to sustain. Testimonies from survivors and studies by Human Rights Watch and other NGOs made literal denial almost impossible. As a result, interpretative denial became more pronounced. This involved distracting attention from genocide by highlighting other crimes committed around the same time or afterwards that were not classified as genocide, in order to relativize genocide. Interpretative denial means that the ‘drama’ of violence is acknowledged, but is recast as something other than genocide. Facts are twisted to deny that the killings constituted genocide. Interpretative denial started when the international media swallowed tales of seemingly two-sided ‘tribal violence’ in Rwanda. The killings were justified as self-defence, part of civil war or ethnic self-determination of the ‘majority’ population. In this way, genocide becomes no more than ‘blood-letting’ or massacre. A popular form of interpretative denial implies that the Tutsi minority more or less committed suicide. They first waged war against the Hutu majority, and then were wiped out in retaliation. It is claimed Hutu soldiers and civil defence militia had no choice but to defend themselves against an invading Tutsi rebel army. In this way, a deliberate campaign of extermination of up to a million unarmed civilians was rationalized by portraying victims as casualties of civil war—a war supposedly caused by victims themselves. By portraying selective slaughter as self-defence, or part of civil war and ethnic self-determination by the ‘majority’ population, interpretative denial conveniently reworks the facts of genocide as something else. Narratives of interpretative denial suggest someone else was responsible for the killings, not Hutu Power organizers, not the Rwandan state. Victims are blamed, which may seem absurd. However, for perpetrators and their allies, this reinterpretation of genocide allows them to maintain a positive self-image. One form of collective genocide denial, the ‘double genocide thesis’, bridges interpretative and implicatory genocide denial. Implicatory denial (pre-1994, post -003) Implicatory genocide denial acknowledges that genocide took place, but involves explicit counter-accusations to blame the ‘other side’. In Rwanda, implicatory denial involved conspiracy theories that preceded the genocide and were later revived and expanded upon. In the early 1990s, Hutu Power media claimed the Tutsi intended to wipe out the Hutu majority. This fear-mongering was intended to justify the creation of so-called self-defence militias, really death squads, like the notorious interahamwe, who in 1994 were deployed to kill Tutsis in their homes, at roadblocks, even in schools, hospitals, and places of worship. The ‘double genocide’ thesis suggests the Hutu were themselves victims of genocide, perpetrated by the Tutsi dominated RPF. After the genocide against the Tutsi, this theory was used to suggest moral equivalence. It was claimed all sides were equally guilty of heinous war crimes. More recently, this narrative has evolved further to claim the RPF – not the Hutu Power elite – somehow masterminded the genocide against the Tutsi. According to journalist Judi Rever, the genocide against Tutsi was secretly planned, ignited, and fuelled by the RPF. It is claimed this was planned to generate international support and sympathy for the RPF seizure of state power in Rwanda. At the same time the RPF is accused of planning a genocide of Hutus, and slaughtering and demonizing the Hutu majority. Implicatory denial is a bit like fake news, suggesting, ‘things are not what they seem’. Evidence is taken out of context or made up to ‘reveal’ a secret conspiracy. Literal genocide denial is relatively easy to challenge. Interpretative and implicatory genocide denial are more difficult, since they are not about denying facts, but about reinterpreting what lies ‘behind’ facts; what they mean. This suggests there are hidden truths behind the facts, often as with fake news, on the basis of hearsay and unsubstantiated evidence. More than 25 years after the Rwandan genocide, organized denial persists. An obstacle to peace and mutual understanding So, can laws and prosecutions prevent organized, collective genocide denial in Rwanda and elsewhere? Some think they can. Yet the problem is that genuine criticism of the present Rwandan government can sometimes be prosecuted as genocide denial. Unrecognized RPF crimes have meant that few soldiers have come to trial for killing Hutu during the civil war and in the years thereafter, in neighbouring Congo (DRC). This background helps politicize debates around genocide denial. Yet consistent and sincere efforts to combat genocide denial need to continue, and should not be misinterpreted as unconditional support for the current government. This blog article was first published here and is based on the article ‘Elementary Forms of Collective Denial: The 1994 Rwanda Genocide’. Helen Hintjens is Assistant Professor in Development and Social Justice at the ISS, working in the field of migration. Jos van Oijen is an independent researcher from the Netherlands who publishes on genocide-related issues in various online and print media.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line895
__label__cc	0.645871	0.354129	THE CLANDESTINE Brought to you by the KCL Women and Politics Society. Inspiring Womxn Socio-Economic Class Sex & the Body Structural Sexism Violence Against Womxn Womxn on Intersectional Feminism Info: Next Meeting Previous Texts Meet the Current Events Reporters Meet the Regular Contributors Category: Gender The History of Intersectionality: What Can the Women’s Movement Learn From Its Past? The women were able to bring their case to trial based on race discrimination, or gender discrimination, but not both Queering the Curriculum: We Are Not Something To Be Feared By schools hiding any traces of homosexuality from their curriculums, it becomes that much harder to gain acceptance from their peers, teachers, and even families. The Myth of the Manly Man Wearing whatever you want can be empowering, especially when our world in so many ways still dictates our behaviour according to a misconstrued conception of our gender. Liberation Theology: The Forgotten Allies. Part 1: The Feminists Traditional theologies in the Abrahamic faiths have reinforced the idea of a binary world where the male and female should be strictly segregated. Behind the pro-democracy protests in Thailand: The Tampon Tax In the case of Thailand, menstruation products are significantly costly and inaccessible. ‘Tangerine’, Film Review: A Powerful Voice for Trans Street Culture he strength of friendship between women prevails over all in ‘Tangerine’ The Evolution of Women War Correspondents since World War II These hidden figures of the great wars have contributed much more than you can image to History. Gendered Nation and Nationhood: The Case of Irish Nationalism Few topics of study overlap as often and extensively as nationalism and gender studies do. ‘She Chose It’: How I Found Out Sexual Harassment and Feminism Are Still Very Misunderstood Valeria Sinisi García is a Spanish and Italian student, in her last year of a BA in International Relations. She is the Regional Editor for Latin America in the student-led magazine ‘Dialogue’. Her main research interests include climate change and its intersection with human rights, as well as issues regarding Latin America, international law, feminism,… “I am Speaking!” Welcome to the Clandestine’s new column, Children of the Patriarchy! Every other Wednesday we will post a column on anything and everything patriarchy related. Whilst most of us are already painfully aware of the patriarchal structure surrounding us, we often do not realise how deeply rooted its effects are. That’s why we are here! Every… Jack the Ripper, true crime, and victim-blaming: Why we need to stop objectifying murder victims Whilst all these women were assumed to be prostitutes, there is only conclusive evidence that two of them were. His victims were mostly guilty of being lower class or homeless. Spikes in Child Marriage Evidence a ‘Shadow Pandemic’ Amidst the Covid-19 Outbreak The pandemic could lead to an extra 13 million child marriages over the next decade. The History of Intersectionality: What Can the Women’s Movement Learn From Its Past? January 15, 2021 Queering the Curriculum: We Are Not Something To Be Feared January 13, 2021 Social Media and Class Performativity December 11, 2020 The Myth of the Manly Man December 10, 2020 Liberation Theology: The Forgotten Allies. Part 1: The Feminists December 7, 2020 America’s Biggest Security Threat Is Domestic: It’s White Supremacy December 4, 2020 The Tate Strike and the Casualisation of Labour in the Art World December 2, 2020 Behind the pro-democracy protests in Thailand: The Tampon Tax November 30, 2020 Brought to you by the KCL Women and Politics Society	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line898
__label__cc	0.681342	0.318658	The KCOM Advantage Bonnie’s Bio Jon’s Bio Strategy & Branding Integrated Public Relations Lifestyle & Retail Public (Gov’t Agencies) Media Track Record Public/Private Partnerships Community Connecteurs Multi-Unit Integrated Marketing & PR Web/Online Experience Home » Blog » "40s 50s Fabulous" Wellness Competition » PROMISE HEALTHCARE PRESENTS WOMEN’S “40s, 50s, & FABULOUS” WELLNESS COMPETITION IN BOCA RATON PROMISE HEALTHCARE PRESENTS WOMEN’S “40s, 50s, & FABULOUS” WELLNESS COMPETITION IN BOCA RATON Competition and Reception Is Part of Promise’s Corporate Initiative To Promote Wellness In Headquarters Home City And In The Communities Served By Its 15 Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC) Hospitals In Seven States In support of its corporate and community wellness initiatives, Boca Raton-based Promise Healthcare is presenting a Women’s “40s, 50s, & Fabulous” Wellness Competition that will culminate with ten finalists vying at a runway competition followed by a celebratory reception at Carmen’s At The Top Of The Bridge Hotel on Wednesday, January 18, 2011 at 6 p.m. The event and reception is open-to-the-public and will benefit the League for Education and Awareness of Human Rights. Held to increase awareness of the benefits of incorporating wellness into a woman’s daily activities and recognize women in Promise’s home community ages 40 and above who embrace and exemplify a healthy and fit life and style, the competition begins with online registration followed by one-on-one interviews that narrow down the field to the final ten to hit the runway at the Bridge Hotel. The event is part of the upcoming The Battle of Florida festivities that will lead up to the collegiate football all-star championship game to be coached by awarding-winning football legends Bobby Bowden (for the north team) and Howard Schnellenberger (for the south team) at the new Florida Atlantic University Stadium on Saturday evening, January 21, 2011. According to Promise Healthcare’s Women’s “40s, 50s & Fabulous” Wellness Competition Executive Director Carmel Pasquale, qualifying candidates will be interviewed with the ten finalists notified. Finalists will then hit the runway at the Friday, January 18th reception in both fitness attire and with dresses provided by LUCX Boutique, and be asked to share 1) why they place priority on wellness, and 2) their secrets to achieving a well-balanced life and style. All finalists will receive prizes for their participation; the first place winner will become a Promise Healthcare ambassador of well-being locally and in its Promise hospital markets, and enjoy a three-night vacation getaway for two at the Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa on the island’s largest stretch of pristine Palm Beach, including airfare. “It is important to me and our company that we take a lead role in inspiring and motivating an on-going dedicated ‘wellness’ mindset and practice for our employees, patients and the communities our hospitals serve,” noted Peter Baronoff, Chairman, CEO and President of Promise Healthcare, a leading national long-term acute care (LTAC) hospital company providing critically ill patients with multi-organ and chronic conditions with the benefit of extended time to effectively hasten recovery and achieve personalized goals. “As a healthcare provider, employer of more than 4,000 staff at two hospital companies serving eight states, community leader, son and father, I am personally committed to making a difference in South Florida and beyond. If, through our Promise health and wellness initiatives, our team is able to ignite a legacy in wellness and well-being…we will be delivering exponentially.” Through community awareness initiatives and programs like this that are actively embraced by major corporations such as Promise Healthcare, Pasquale notes “we can help women feel good about themselves by empowering them as they go through life changes, becoming healthier, wiser and more successful than ever before. As I have seen it proven many times over, ‘if you can change your mind, you can change your life’.” Pasquale’s passion for fitness stems from her experience as a lifelong athlete who grew up participating in all levels of sports including basketball, lacrosse, track and field, etc. She utilized the dedication she had as an athlete to pursue a career in modeling and later as the owner of health clubs, spas and beauty salons. While raising her two now-grown boys, her focus was always on health and nutrition that motivated her to become formally trained and educated as a top chef focusing on diet and nutrition. Pasquale has now turned her passions into an overall fitness program for Promise Healthcare to help women develop their mind, body and spirit. Event sponsors include Promise Healthcare (presenting sponsor); Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa; Life Time Fitness; Boca Raton Bridge Hotel; Jody Jack & Co. Hair Salon; MedeFile International, Inc.; LUCX Boutique; Nussentials/JBK Naturals; Weiss, Handler, Angelos & Cornwell, P.A.; Gary Rack Restaurant Management Group; Sapoznik Insurance and Joseph Mirrione. Tickets are $25 per person; reception will include hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer, and soft drinks. For more information, and to register to participate or purchase tickets to Promise Healthcare’s Women’s “40s, 50s, & Fabulous” Wellness Competition, visit www.fabulouswellnesscompetition.com or call Kim Wade at Promise Healthcare, Inc. at (561) 869-3100. For more information on Promise Healthcare, visit www.promisehealthcare.com. BRANDS WE'VE IMPACTED KCOM Connect About K-COM Industries & Concentrations Portfolio Coming Soon! Sitemap \| Pivacy Policy Copyright ©2012 Kaye Communications. All Rights Reserved	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line899
__label__cc	0.557287	0.442713	FOG VISION: Some questions only become clear when you are lost in the fog There is nothing to do but watch. Like an avalanche of clouds, the fogbank spills off the peaks of the Brooks Range and swallows us, cutting off the horizons as surely as a shroud. Moments ago, we could see for miles. Now, even the rocks at our feet are fuzzy and indistinct. Compared to the noise and clatter of the floatplane that dropped us here a few hours ago, deep in the heart of Alaska’s Gates of the Arctic National Park, the ridge seems startlingly quiet, as if the fog has obscured even the sounds around us. To hike any further would be to risk a blind encounter with an unknown ledge, so we sit on our backpacks and wait. Fogbound. In the slow hours that follow, my mind drifts back to our flight in and the smug pilot. Barrel-chested and as square-jawed as a cartoon character, he was glad to take the money for the flight in for six backpackers but was not a big fan of backcountry hiking. And, he wasn’t afraid to let us know about it. “Why bother hiking at all,” he asked over the headsets during the flight in, “when I can show you the whole place from the air in comfort and have you back at the lodge for lunch?” I had only laughed at the time, feigning that it was too loud in the bush plane to talk but now, with time on my hands and the fog growing thicker, the question comes back to me like a burr. Why not just fly? Why do we take on the inherent difficulties of hiking – the bugs, the sore feet, the fog banks? He had meant it as a joke, I think, but my inability to articulate an answer suddenly feels as heavy as the weather. Just then, a noise from the fog. Thinking “grizzly” we all sit up, tensed, peering into the grayness. Nothing. Then a woof and a clatter of hooves. Caribou on the ridge to escape the mosquitoes. I make a mental note to look for tracks when the fog clears. Caribou on the ridge mean that there is a relatively easy way down. I settle in again, pull my hood over my eyes and return to the question. There is an undeniable ease in flying. The plane could have whisked us around the bowl-like ridge we’ve been hiking the last few hours in less time than it took us to put on our packs and cinch all the straps. But as fast as a plane travels, there are some distances it can never bridge. What you see from a plane window remains forever behind plexiglass, with all the reality of a museum display. You are sealed in a climate-controlled capsule, cut off from all your senses but the sense of sight. You cannot feel the first stirring of the wind on your face that means rains. You cannot smell the land. Once, not far from this ridge, I stumbled upon the carcass of a Dall sheep, rank and half-eaten. The repugnance of death filled the air like smoke. From the tracks, I knew a grizzly was not far off but I lingered, caught by the rawness of it all. Despite the rankness that clawed at my nose, I forced myself to breathe deeply, to take it all in. From the air, the kill site would have occupied little more than a strangely stained spot on the tundra. From this close up, it was as real and raw as life and death. Despite hundreds of hours of arctic flying time, the pilot was quick to tell us that he has never strayed more than a mile from his plane in the park – a fact he is proud of. To him, the park that he flies over every day remains an abstraction of lines on the maps that ride on his lap like an apron on his flights. Backcountry travelers, however, discover other meanings within those lines – the sudden jutting of a cliff that cuts off a hiking route, the skin-numbing cold of a stream crossing that on the maps is just a thin blue line. A sound like wind in the reeds startles me from my thoughts – raven. Through a tear in the fog, it appears suddenly, cawing once in surprise and then flaps off. It is a good sign. The fog must be thinning above us, though the mist still seems as thick as gray curtains. But those curtains might be lifting. The raven’s flight is encouragement enough for us to at least give it a try. We get up stiffly, put on our packs and begin walking, slowly, into what we hope is a thinning fogbank. From a plane, we would have missed the raven’s call, its croak of surprise, the sound of its wingbeats. We would have missed the clatter of the caribou hooves. We wouldn’t have had to spend waiting on this ridge but then speed and ease of travel have little to do with wilderness. So much is lost in translation when you view only the map-like contours of the land from the comfortable seat of a plane from above. Perhaps the unpredictability of time spent with your feet on the land, the possibility of suddenly coming across a grizzly, or the simple, unspeakable beauty of new ice forming on a pond, are reason enough to get us out of the machinery and propel us on blistered feet in our slow, earthbound hikes. Standing at the lip of the ridge, we can see the fog slowly unraveling below. I realize then that I may never have a quick answer to the pilot’s question. We hike to get closer to the heart of something, a thing that can be as difficult to grasp as a handful of fog. Whatever the reasons, it cannot be explained in a few words shouted over the roar of a bush plane engine. Perhaps there are no answers. Perhaps there is no need for any. In the end there is only this: On some nameless pond not on his maps where he set down before the clouds closed in, the pilot is still sitting in his plane, fogbound, staring at the blinking lights of his instrument panel, waiting. Miles away, six hikers drop easily from the ridge following a line of caribou tracks and a raven’s flight that will lead us into the fog-fringed valley below that is just now opening like a welcoming hand, waving us home. For more stories like this please visit my website at www.jeffrennicke.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line903
__label__wiki	0.689468	0.689468	Jerome County and City News Jerome High School News Spotlight on an Administrators and Teachers Spotlight on Students World and National News The Roaring Times 2020 Election: How Is It Going to Affect the Jerome High School Student Body? Battle of the Bridge Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death Reaches Small Community November 8Joe Biden Wins 2020 Presidential Election! Adisynn Billiard and Makayla Griner\|September 27, 2020 “This is everything, Twin is our biggest rival, and just to come back and beat our rivals across the bridge means everything.” – Senior, Dalan Thompson Twin Falls- The Jerome Tigers played the Twin Falls Bruins on Friday, September 18, 2020, at Twin Falls High School. This year’s game should have been played in Jerome, in Tiger territory, but due to scheduling issues, the Tigers took on the Bruins at their home field in Twin Falls. Jerome beat Twin 14-7. This is the first time Jerome beat Twin Falls two consecutive years in a row. This win was important to the Tigers because they have been rivals for years. According to coach Gambles, the Jerome Tiger’s Varsity football coach, when asked if the Bruins was the Tiger’s biggest rivalry he said, “Yes, for sure.” The crowd supported the rivalry with posters and flags that hailed, “BEAT TWIN”. Coach Gambles went on to mention that success really comes down to the athletes. “Mostly the kids (Varsity team) believing they could do it. It starts with the kids with their attitudes. We also beat them (Bruins) last year.” Junior, Colton Elison, also commented on the Tiger’s success over Twin Falls. When asked about the Tiger’s defense he said, “They are the reason we won the game.” The first quarter in the rivalry game ended with both teams at 0-0. There were numerous punts and turnovers, but neither team could score. However, with only 36 seconds left in the second quarter, quarterback Dalan Thompson passed the ball to tight end Gavin Capps for a touchdown. This put the Tigers on the scoreboard 7-0, leading going into the second half. Both defenses held each other off until half way through the fourth quarter when Twin was finally able to score. It came down to the wire, but Senior running back Kyle Craig sealed the game with a 15 yard touchdown with only 34 seconds left in the game. The Twin Falls offense tried to answer back and tie the game with a “hail mary” attempt in the end zone, but the pass was defended and Jerome won. Jerome takes on Canyon Ridge, another rivalry next week . Elison commented about how the Tigers prepare for the game, “The same as every week. We look at the Canyon Ridge game like we look at all games. They’re all important especially now that we are in conference play.” With half of the season under their belt, Elison feels good about the remaining games. “We have a real chance to win the conference. We just have to prepare for each game and keep winning.” Jerome is currently tied for conference leader with Minico, with each having one conference win and no conference losses. Although the upcoming game with Canyon Ridge is important, October 9ths game in Minico could determine who will be the conference leader. The Return From Christmas Break How Social Media Affects Teenagers Favorite Fast- Food Joints School Rock Vandalized “Trump 2020” Jerome High School Dress Up Days COVID Outbreak in the 9th Grade: What is Wrong with the Freshmen? Will Jerome Schools go Into Orange? Bullying at Jerome High School: How can we stop it? Senior Night: An Early Goodbye Hey, Kassi! The student news site of Jerome High School	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line906
__label__wiki	0.729388	0.729388	Karachi Observer Pakistan's First online City News Magazine All About Karachi Baldia Town Karachi Bin Qasim Town Karachi Gadap Town Karachi Gulberg Town Karachi Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town Karachi Jamshed Town Karachi Keamari Town Karachi Korangi Town Karachi Landhi Town Karachi Liaquatabad Town Karachi Lyari Town Karachi Malir Town Karachi New Karachi Town North Nazimabad Town Karachi Orangi Town Karachi Saddar Town Karachi Shah Faisal Town Karachi SITE Town Karachi Karachi Stock News Who is who in Karachi Moringa superfood plantation drive seeks to curb malnutrition in rural Sindh by karachi • November 23, 2020 • 0 Comments The Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam and the Aga Khan University will plant 40,000 moringa tree seedlings in Matiari, a rural district in central Sindh, in an effort to improve the health of malnourished mothers, children and adolescents in the area. Malnutrition is a major public health problem in Sindh with more than four out of ten children suffering from stunted growth, according to the National Nutrition Survey 2018. The province also has Pakistans highest prevalence of underweight children at 41.3 per cent and children suffering from wasting, or being too thin for ones height, at 23.3 per cent. A poor diet is one of the key causes of malnutrition. Most poor families in rural Sindh eat a monotonous diet ofrotiand a single vegetable dish every single day, said AKUs Professor Asad Ali who is leading the project on behalf of the University. Moringa or the drumstick tree contains a wide variety of essential nutrients and since the tree can easily grow in dry desert-like conditions, it is a common sense crop for rural Sindh. Every part of the fast-growing, drought-resistant moringa, native to the Indian subcontinent, is edible and packed with nutrients such as protein, potassium, calcium, zinc, vitamins and antioxidants. The leaves of the Moringa tree can be easily chopped and cooked with lentils or vegetables. Its pods, which taste similar to French beans, can be stir fried or used in soups. Better still, the roots are also edible. AKU, working in partnership with the Sindh Agriculture University, SAU, will plant a 40,000-tree moringa nursery in Matiari, easily accessible to the villagers of the area. Free access to the nursery will help provide families with a more balanced and nutritious diet. Besides this communal resource, another 12,000 tree saplings have been distributed to households in the area. AKU and SAU teams will be encouraging families to use the leaves, pods and seeds to improve their diet. To help women cook healthier meals, a series of easy-to-follow video recipes have been made available in Sindhi. Although Moringa is not new to us, we didnt realise its benefits until the Aga Khan University team visited our village, said Kabeer Palipoto, a 65-year-old resident of the village of Wali Mohammad Abro in Matiari, who has planted 20 saplings. They briefed us about its benefits and showed us how to cook it with vegetables or meat. Moringa is considered to be one of the global superfoods: its leaves can be dried and turned into a powder rich in calcium, vitamin A and protein, which is packaged and sold at a high price in urban Pakistan. Oil from its seeds, which has similar properties to olive oil, also sells at a high price in the international market. In the long-term, the partners in this initiative will be encouraging villagers to harvest the moringa leaves and seeds as a cash crop. We will be teaching people how to plant and take care of these trees so that they can harvest them and take full advantage of the medicinal and nutritional value of the tree, said Professor Muhammad Ismail Kumbhar, chairman, department of agricultural education extension at the SAU. The moringa plantation drive will benefit both the health of Matiaris people as well as its environment, added Professor Asad Ali. The Universitys field research centre in Matiari, operating since 2003, develops evidence-based initiatives to achieve targets under the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, which calls on countries to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030 and to address the causes of preventable deaths in newborns and children. The moringa tree plantation campaign has been funded by the Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Fund for the Environment, a US$ 10 million fund dedicated to practical solutions to environmental problems. 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__label__cc	0.507314	0.492686	Homepage / News Scientists find new information about embryo implantation Charlotte Maden Progress Educational Trust [BioNews, London] Scientists at the University of Oxford, UK, believe they have identified the way in which embryos implant in the uterus, providing essential information which may be used in the future for infertility treatments and offering hope to thousands of infertile couples. Implantation of an embryo to the lining of the mother's uterus is an essential process that takes place at an early stage of development. The embryo initially attaches and forms a contact with the uterus lining, which triggers a cascade of signals in both the embryo and the uterus. This allows cells from the embryo to start moving across into the uterus, finding blood vessels in the mother and eventually forming the placenta. Problems in the implantation process can lead to loss of potential pregnancies, even in couples trying to conceive without infertility problems. Current estimates suggest that infertility affects one in seven couples in the UK, with around 32,000 couples seeking infertility treatment each year. It is thought that a significant number of these patients could be infertile as a result of implantation problems. The team of scientists, led by Professor Helen Mardon from the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Oxford, along with Professor Anne J Ridley at King's College, London, added embryos to a layer of cells from uterus lining in a culture dish to mimic events in the womb. They were then able to video embryos implanting themselves in the cell layer, allowing the scientists to dissect the molecular processes involved. Their findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Their investigation led them identify two proteins that are essential players in the implantation process. They are from the Rho GTPase family of proteins, and ensure that cells in a particular part of the uterus lining move out of the way of the 'invading' embryonic cells. Professor Mardon said: 'We have shown that two proteins, called Rac1 and RhoA, control the invasion. The first stimulates cells in the womb lining to move and allow the embryo to invade and implant properly while the second inhibits this. We believe this controlled balance of the two proteins is critical for successful implantation of the embryo. If the balance of Rho GTPases is altered, the cells of the womb lining don't migrate and the embryo doesn't implant'. The findings bring new hope to people with infertility issues. The new information will help the understanding of how this process works, and therefore aid 'the development of drugs to help embryos implant properly', said Prof Mardon. http://www.BioNews.org.uk © Copyright Progress Educational Trust Reproduced with permission from BioNews, an email and online sources of news, information and comment on assisted reproduction and genetics. Add to Favorites \| Reply to Ad \| Tell Your Friends Date Added: 06 October 2008 Date Updated: 06 October 2008 CharlesDekly 10 June 2017 d32fg6xl wh0cd792118 [url=http://clonidine.us.com/]clonidine over counter[/url] stuart alun jones 23 March 2013 having read this report,my wife has had problems with implantation, is there any product or food that you would recommend that would help us in anyway? Nora V 01 February 2013 Embryo implantation site I wonder if these findings could help experts predict where in the uterus an embryo will implant. If the proteins mentioned are critical to implantation, is there a way to determine which uterine segment contains the greatest amount of these proteins? I wonder if areas of implantation also contain the most vibrant blood vessels or healthiest tissue. If so, perhaps this could provide insight into low implantation complications, resulting in placenta previa. gaurav 16 August 2011 clinical work that's very interesting but we need to work more on this research, so that it will become commercially available for human welfare... thanks GOD 4 making genes.. a clue to solve puzzle .. suhas mhaiskar 03 July 2011 new reasons for ivf failures endometrial receptivity is the key factor in getting sucess. This research may improve sucess by improving the recetivity 1. Join special class "Embryo Transfer catheters in IVF" by Clinical & Embryology Academy of ART by i-Ceat for Young IVF & Embryology Practitioner 2. Mechanism identified to keep sperm swimming straight 3. Course Name : Establishing & Equipping a New IVF Laboratory 4. i3 Session SESSION 46: MY MOSAIC EMBRYO 5. ART & Embryology training program The Developing Human 3. Emotionally and Physically Preparing for IVF 4. New Zealand committee proposes legalisation of prohibited fertility practices 5. Three million IVF babies born worldwide	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line914
__label__cc	0.678164	0.321836	Chipotle Mexican Grill, West Northwest Highway, Dallas, TX, USA 3701 West Northwest Highway, Dallas, 75220 Texas, United States Symptoms: Diarrhea Are a bowl with steak. Within 30 min sick to my stomach. Been bad for 36 hours Chipotle Mexican Grill, East Commons Avenue, Aurora, CO 80016, USA Symptoms: Diarrhea Cramps Headache “Sunday January 10, I'm thinking that it was possible eating there I'm just feeling sick. I started feeling sick the day after I ate (I started getting symptoms like diarrhea and headaches and irritability and stomach cramping). All of this was around the time I ate there. See Less” Chipotle Mexican Grill, Galleria Boulevard, Roseville, CA, USA Symptoms: Diarrhea Nausea Vomiting Other “Got food at 2:30pm went home which is 2 minutes from the chipotle I ate the food with in 30 minutes I was in the bathroom sick. After the bathroom I went down stairs and vomiting started. I have been back in the restroom 5 times with upset tummy See Less” Jack in the Box, 4402 Maple Avenue, Dallas, TX, USA “I didn't eat anything at all that day until about 330 or so when I stopped for burger. I was sick for 9 days unable to eat anything but survived on grape juice, water, apple juice, and finally rice on the 9th day. I was off work, was in extreme pain as my belly hardened and had severe cramps so ba... See Mored that I could barely walk. I lost time from work and kept calling in to tell them what shape I was in. I called them at the time and they offered no compensation whatsoever. They basically blew me off. I could have died, I'm sure of it. I didn't go to the doctor because I knew they couldn't really do much for it but my employer at the time would have a record of the time I was not at work during that year. It happened on 11/28/2017 See Less” Zoe’s Chicken salad, Zoës Kitchen, Abrams Parkway, Dallas, TX, USA Symptoms: Diarrhea Nausea Zoës Kitchen, Abrams Parkway, Dallas, TX, USA “Tonight - immediately after eating chicken salad. I haven’t eaten anything in the past 8 hours, ate the chicken salad, and had immediate diarrhea and some nausea within 10-15 minutes See Less” V-Eats, Gulden Lane, Dallas, TX, USA “Impossible Burger I ate, got sick. The other people are the same thing and are fine. See Less” Bacon, Dallas, TX, USA “Had a home. I eat this bacon all the time made by A restaurant in my neighborhood I just ate 2 slices of bacon, a whole grain English muffin with butter and jelly. See Less” Wingstop, Abrams Road, Dallas, TX, USA “Small 6 pc wing combo See Less” IHOP, Forest Lane, Dallas, TX, USA Symptoms: Nausea Vomiting “Milk and cookies pancakes made me so so sick and I barely ate them See Less” Flatbread Co, Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX, USA Symptoms: Nausea Diarrhea Other Cramps Sweating “11/14/20: I am a healthy 25 y/o with no health or medical conditions and have rarely had food poisoning in the past. I felt fine as I ate a small pepperoni flatbread pizza. About 45mins-1h later I had sudden onset nausea, stomach cramps, sweats, and diarrhea See Less” Nabisco Nutter Butter Cookies, 7-Eleven, 2691 John West Rd, Dallas, TX, USA Symptoms: Nausea Diarrhea Vomiting Other Cramps Dehydration Fatigue 7-Eleven, 2691 John West Rd, Dallas, TX, USA “I bought a 4 pack of Nabisco Nutter Butter Cookies and shortly after biting into the first cookie I noticed an overly oily unusual taste and smell! Approximately 7 hrs later I had the worst constipation and stomach cramps ever. Feels like my intestines, my colon and my back were damaged whether I’m... See Morewalking sitting and even more excruciating when I’m trying to have a bowl movement! This has been going on for about 5 days and is accompanied with fatigue, dehydration, irritation, muscle and vain pains. Ive been drinking of plenty of water for dehydration and I noticed an improvement with the looks of on my veins but they were bulging and green, and my veins are always hard to see and find. I have 1 of the horrible smelling cookies and I’m still having the symptoms, can I sue them after a doctor visit and poisoning is determined?? I’m almost sure this is the case! See Less”	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line916
__label__cc	0.557158	0.442842	Published in IxDA 2021 Awards Jury Announced We are beyond thrilled to announce the Jury for the 2021 Interaction Awards. From our 2021 Jury Chair, May-Li Khoe: Together, the Jury’s experiences represent fields from speculative design to game design; early to late stage careers; organizations in entertainment, education, business to business, and more; very early stage companies to very established institutions; hardware, software, art, activism, teaching; and everything in between. They also bring with them a vast array of intercultural perspectives and backgrounds, having straddled cultures, places, and fields, and having created change both with the margins and at the center. … Read more in IxDA · 4 min read ·2 days ago Welcoming Amazon Design as our 2021 Exclusive Partner 2021 Interaction Awards ceremony accessible to everyone for the first time IxDA is pleased to welcome Amazon Design as our exclusive partner in presenting the tenth anniversary edition of the Interaction Awards. This partnership demonstrates Amazon’s support of IxDA’s mission to improve the human condition through interaction design. “Amazon Design is honored to help IxDA make this year’s Interaction Awards presentation accessible to everyone for the first time. We believe that the inspirational work being recognized here will not only challenge practicing professionals but encourage a revolution of future designers to Think Big and do even bigger.” — Corey Dangel, Executive Producer, Amazon Design Community Leader. As a platform, IxDA provides an opportunity for interaction design professionals from around the world to come together to learn and share. Through the Interaction Awards, that theory and practice is evaluated and celebrated, honoring the very best examples of interaction design. … Raise a glass! Announcing our 2021 Shortlist After several weeks of hard work by Peer Reviewers, the Awards team, and finally input from our esteemed 2021 Jury, we’re thrilled to share the 43 projects representing 21 countries that have been selected for inclusion in our 2021 Interaction Awards Shortlist! Everyone who submitted projects contributed to the incredibly diverse body of work featured. Even if you didn’t make it this year, we deeply value the work you put into your submissions. We’re truly inspired by the overall quality and level of excellence seen throughout all submissions. Whether shortlisted or not, all entrants are warmly encouraged to make their great work the focus of talks, case studies or presentations at IxDA local groups and in classrooms around the world. … Welcome Indie makers and designers! Hello IxDA Community 👋🏽 I’m so excited to announce that this year, for the first time ever, IxDA is able to provide a discount for indie and non-profit submissions. Thanks to feedback from artist-designer April Soetarman, we realized that people working independently may not be able to enter without a bit of a boost. The team took this feedback and made it happen. We hope that it encourages those of you we know are out there, making magic happen on a shoestring budget, out of your own deep independent creative drive. Here’s a quick refresher on why submitting is a great… Deadline Extension — 2 more weeks to submit your best work! We’re happy to announce the new extended submission deadline of Sunday, 15 November at 11:59 PDT. This year, it’s easier than ever for individuals, students, and companies to submit work: Entry fees have been reduced by 50% Students can enter their first project for FREE Submissions are accepted in ANY language No video is required for first round submissions Any work done in the last 2 years is eligible If you’re worried that your work couldn’t compare, check out our last blog post for examples of why you should ignore that negative voice in your head. Have any questions? Check out our Help section for FAQs or ask us awards@ixda.org … Your time to shine — Award Submission Deadline is 31 Oct! Winners at the 2020 Interaction Awards ceremony in Milan, Italy. There’s one week before the Awards submission deadline on 31 Oct and you should seriously consider entering your best work. Here’s why… In February every year, the IxDA community celebrates the winners of the Interaction Awards. As “the Oscars” of the Interaction Design industry, the Interaction Award is so prestigious that even to be a finalist bestows credibility to the designers, school, or company involved. They are, by the simple virtue of their selection, deemed to be the best. Your work deserves consideration. Winning the Interaction Award helps YOU stand out. As each designer and entity (school, agency, or organization) strives to stand out in an increasingly competitive and changing market, winning the Interaction Award sets you apart from competitors and differentiates the quality of your achievements from others. … May-Li Khoe Announced as 2021 Interaction Awards Jury Chair The Jury Chair is one of the most vital roles for the Interaction Awards to fill each year — helping curate and lead the jury, while ensuring the very best work is recognized. This person also takes on the responsibility of accounting for diversity, and responding to submissions ethically in a way that reflects the global community. Design in Perilous Times is our theme for Interaction 21, and as part of Interaction Week, the Awards team is excited to see submissions that address the issues facing the world today. … Pssst! We’ve launched a podcast! The 2021 Interaction Awards cycle is in full swing! Submissions are open and we’re seeing amazing work from our community coming in from all over the world. The Awards team is working overtime to help get the word out to ensure that the submissions reflect the diversity of our community, and meet our goal to shine the spotlight on the best examples of our craft from all parts of the globe, and from as diverse a range of creators as possible. And, we’re even trying a few new ideas this year, and preparing a few surprises for the community! Even though the Awards have been going for 10 years, many people in our community still don’t know that there’s an award that celebrates excellence in our craft. Others think of the Awards merely as a ceremony at the end of Interaction Week right before the final party. Yes, there is an Awards ceremony, but there’s so much more. The Awards help us communicate to the world, “This is how great interaction design looks and behaves.” So, to help us celebrate these examples of excellence in our craft, and share the amazing stories behind the design we’ve launched a podcast! … A Love Letter to the Interaction Awards It is a new Awards year, and while it has been a unique and challenging year so far, the start of a new cycle has us reminiscing about the Awards in years past. Since the Awards were founded in 2012, the two of us have attended all 10 ceremonies. We have both come to think of the Awards, which are usually held on the final night of the conference, as the crescendo to a week of seeing our international cadre of design friends and heroes. The Awards ceremony has always been our opportunity to end Interaction Week with inspiration. … ·Feb 24, 2020 Interaction Awards Announcing our 2020 Winners Founded by the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in 2010 and first presented in 2012, the annual Interaction Awards celebrate design thought leadership and innovation around the globe. Each year, award recipients comprise a showcase demonstrating how interaction design impacts and improves human lives. This year’s Interaction Awards projects had difficult and diverse problems in their sights: from improving the lives of asthma patients to building interactive worlds of play, to optimizing hotel housekeeping management to teaching kids coding, the 2020 Finalists tackled issues both practical and playful, and were compassionate yet ambitious. On 7 February 2020, the winners were revealed at the annual Interaction Awards ceremony on the closing night of Interaction Week 2020 in Milan, Italy. The range of work answers the question, “What is interaction design?” by showcasing that there is no one answer. The honorees are 12 projects from a shortlist of 68, selected by an international jury from 202 submissions representing 24 countries. Notably, this year’s Awards include the first Best in Show project from India, which accounted for almost 10% of this year’s submissions. Without further ado, we are honored to present the winners of the 2020 Interaction Awards! … IxDA Interaction Awards IxDA’s Interaction Awards recognize and celebrate examples of excellence in Interaction Design across domains, channels, environments and cultures.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line917
__label__cc	0.651806	0.348194	FROM THE ANIMAL ZODIAC TO THE HUMAN ONE From the Animal Zodiac to the Human One (ru) Every age has its own astrology and the Age of Aquarius is no exception. Obviously, new Aquarian astrology is to appear, and it needs a new Zodiac. That’s what the New Age is demanding. I would like to propose that the existing Zodiac is the child of the Age of Pisces and thus does not fit the New Age. The existing Zodiac creates much confusion Almost all astrologers know that in fact there are several Zodiacs and that at least three of them are identical in nomenclature. They are the sidereal, the tropical and the fixed Zodiacs (Let me remind you that 0 degrees of Aries is now 6 degrees of Pisces in the fixed Zodiac). As a result of all this we are always confused. Constellations are confused with signs, the fixed Zodiac is confused with the moving one, and this goes not only for the general audience, but for astrologers themselves. A new Zodiac (i.e., new sign names for the tropical Zodiac) would eliminate such confusion. The existing names are so visual that they create the illusion of easy interpretations, making them too primitive. This tempts many to enter the path of pop-astrology. Incidentally, new names would help professional astrology to distance itself from yellow-press astrology. Psychological meaning On the one hand, we keep repeating that all the Zodiac signs are equal and that there are no good or bad signs. On the other hand, many of the sign names sound like a medical diagnosis. The medical profession long ago switched to Latin names for diseases which few laymen understand. I know several people who were ashamed of their sign. We, astrologers, may find it strange, but sensitive people are somewhat shocked by such names as Scorpio, Cancer, and Pisces. Due to the fact that Zodiac sign names seem to be easily understandable, people fall into the trap of their knowledge It is not the signs that influence people, but their names. You are lucky if you happen to be a Sagittarius or a Leo. For me personally, identifying with my sign played a very big (though not positive) part at a certain point in my life. A friend of mine, a very sociable person, became less talkative after he had learned that he was Pisces. A married couple, a Leo and an Aquarius divorced upon receiving information about their signs, etc. Moral problems There is a moral aspect to the problem. Twenty years ago Soviet press сited the following example of reactionary oppression: the ban on teaching Darwin’s theory of human evolution in some American schools. In fact, it was a wise ban. We are not concerned here if this theory is true for the biological human being. Instead, let us imagine its impact on the forming self-realisation of a person. If my ancestors were monkeys, lots of restrictions are lifted. What’s so bad about resembling ones ancestors in behaviour once in a while (sometimes, the resemblance is rather strong)? Of course, such thoughts are half-unconscious. But it remains a fact that in the end such kinship undoubtedly strengthens the already strong animal side in humans. It calls us backwards, not forward. Similarly, being a Leo, I may allow myself to growl, while Tauruses are allowed to bellow. In short, it’s funny to discover various atavisms in oneself. And why should they be fought if they are but a reflection of the cosmic plan? This may not appear too serious, but this type of impact occurs on the unconscious level. Outdated ideas on the structure of the universe In the previous age the Zodiac comprised a belt of approximately 8 degrees in width which embraced the ecliptic on both sides. Such is the maximum distance of the 7 visible planets. Now that new bodies have been discovered in the Solar system, the belt should be widened so that it covers not 12 (14) constellations, but 24 constellations. The widening of the Zodiac belt is in harmony with the new age with its tendency to stress the vertical dimension and to move from the flat plane towards volume. The current Zodiac is a heterogeneous mixture where everything is humped together, horses and people You don’t have to be a zoologist to see that mammals are crossed with arachnids and creatures of myths. If the Zodiac is an animal circle, what are Virgo, Gemini and Aquarius doing there? If it is a circle of life, what is an inanimate object, Libra, doing there? Another mark of fish age can be seen in the abundance of water (wetness), as the three water signs were joined by Aquarius; Capricorn, too, can’t hide its fish tail. It is important to note that the lion’s share of criticisms of astrology refers to the Zodiac. It is easily understandable: on the one hand, the Zodiac is easy to notice for the general public. On the other hand, those who criticise astrology reason thus: since they’ve been sticking to this pattern for so long, it must be the core of astrology, on which the whole system is based. We know it’s not true; and the more surprising it is to state that astrology is such a conservative science. Try finding another science that would work with one and the same pattern for 2000 years (I mean the Zodiac) and would bare teeth at any attempt to indicate that the pattern is worn-out. It resonates with the primitive layer of individuality, the layer of self-identification with one’s totem (this mostly goes for animal signs). In this respect, it’s not hard to understand the scientific establishment: they feel that there must be something in it, otherwise the system of notions would not have survived for 2000 years. But since they do not know astrology, their criticisms are confined to rather helpless attacks on the mummified Zodiac as compared to other astrological factors. Houses, planets and aspects keep evolving; something new appears there all the time. But the Zodiac is practically unchangeable. All of us will feel much better when we give up the old pattern. And critics of astrology would have to study it before being able to criticise. Thus, we’ve listed 7 reasons for switching from our Zodiac to an Aquarian Zodiac. What should the New Zodiac be like? One thing is clear: it should bear the mark of Aquarius. But first let’s try to make sense out of Aquarius. What is it really doing? They say, it pours the water of knowledge on the humanity. Several questions arise at this point: why is knowledge symbolised by water? why is a fixed sign spreading substance when, by definition, it should concentrate it? finally, why is an air sign called Aquarius? I think we shall come closer to answering these questions if we remember that water traditionally symbolizes life, the instinctive-sensual origin (Moon), and that Aquarius is also called the Human or the Angel, i.e., a human free of all the earthly and animal aspects. According to the esoteric astrology, the human realm is ruled by Mercury and Saturn, dry and barren planets which are very strong in Aquarius. It is also common knowledge that the Moon, the most watery of all the planets, is not on good terms with Aquarius. Now we’ve come to the key thesis. All the above seems to hint at the fact that Aquarius is not watering humanity with the water of cosmic wisdom, but is gathering excess moisture (the animal origin), taking it away from humanity to pour it out elsewhere. Thus, the pathos of Aquarius is in separating the natural and the divine origins in human beings and in overcoming the instinctive-sensual origin with reason. Aquarius was called Water-gatherer, and now it is called Water-bearer, which also indicates the fact, that it works with water, manipulates it and does what he wants with it. It is curious that Aquarius is often strong in the charts of medics-experimenters and generally in those of biologists, medical doctors and physiologists, i.e., people who manipulate the processes of life. It is as if Aquarius is outside the natural world; it creates artificial nature. This is one of the most important indicators of the New Age. It is not by chance that Serpent-holder is trying to get in the Zodiac as the 13th sign. A Human being struggling with the Serpent. Here one can see the same plot-line: a human being fighting the natural, animal origin. According to one of the most widespread versions, Serpent-holder is no other than Asclepius, the famous healer whose art was so great that he could bring people from the dead. The appearance of the Serpent-holder also indicates the crisis of the old Zodiac and the emergence of a new one from its depths. Indeed, number 13 is also number 1 in the next dozen. When talking about the turning of ages, we usually look at the movement of the spring solstice point. There is an opinion that the movement of the winter solstice point is no less important. At the beginning of World War II the winter solstice point was projecting on the border of Serpent-holder, and one can consider this to be the beginning of the age of Serpent-holder. It is not so important what age is coming now. What matters is that the agelong struggle of humans with the animal nature (first of all, inside themselves) has reached its peak, and if astrologer want to stay abreast with times, the natural Zodiac should be replaced with human one. The existing natural Zodiac is based on the change of solar energy. This change is especially noticeable in areas with certain climate. Now that people have spread all over the planet, the old energy pattern has lost its meaning. The development of new energy technology makes humanity even less influenced by the changes in the solar energy. Finally, the traditional Zodiac function of structuring time has practically disappeared. Indeed, what’s more important for a modern human: the beginning of a month or the Sun entering the next Zodiac sign? The most important moment of the Zodiac cycle, the spring equinox, passes almost unnoticeable for non-astrologers. No one will argue that most of the population structures time according to the usual calendar rather than the Zodiac and the ephemeris. And, making calendars used to be one of the main functions of astrology. Astrologers watched time, and time used to be their responsibility. During the Age of Pisces calendar time and ephemeris-Zodiac time separated. It appears that true cycles were of little interest to the fish astrologers. Isn’t having one’s own, secret calendar a typically «fishy» thing? I believe it would make sense to base the New Age Zodiac, the human Zodiac, on normal modern calendar. I think this mistake should be corrected. We should return the calendar into the realm of astrology. Until we assimilate the civic calendar, we can not step out on the wide all-human arena. This is what the new age is calling for. Let us not forget that astrology is a science of time and has no right to ignore the commonly-accepted system of time measurement. Several years ago I started to analyze our usual calendar. There is an opinion that it’s far from the basics of life, that it’s too formal and conventional. It is an erroneous opinion. How can it be merely conventional if people live according to it? Can we plan a marriage ceremony for a Sunday if marriage registration offices are closed on Sundays? No matter what the aspects are, students never start school on August 1, but always on September 1. And finally, of course, the most important day of the year is January 1, not March 21. The energy-saturation of the New Year celebration is such that I started noticing that the Zodiac coordinate of December 31/January 1 is acting as a sensitive point. Modern new year also has a certain cosmic meaning: it’s near the Galaxy Center and Earth perihelion to the Sun. In a word, January 1 is the natural beginning of the New Zodiac. I believe it would make sense to base the New Age Zodiac, the human Zodiac, on normal modern calendar. My research shows that people born in one calendar month but in different Zodiac signs nevertheless have very specific common characteristics. People born on one and the same day of the week have a lot in common. The weekly cycle, unbroken since the days of Creation, is harboring huge prognostic and descriptive potential. Undoubtedly, the calendar should be studied from the typological point of view on people born in different years, months and weeks. The numerological approach can prove very productive in this. Of course, now we are just standing by the cradle of Aquarian astrology and there is much work to be done… © Boris Israitel First published in NCGR Newsletter August/September 1996 Photo above © Kosinskaya Tatyana/Shutterstock.com, photo article © Barandash Karandashich/Shutterstock.com Alexander2020-03-23T16:31:30+00:00 © Copyright 2019 -- \| Boris Izraitel \| All Rights Reserved \| Privacy Policy \| Powered by Grebennikov Verlag FacebookInstagramYouTubeVkEmail Почти 40 лет изучаю астрологию, более трети века консультирую клиентов. Пишу статьи для астрологических журналов различных стран. Выступаю с докладами на международных конференциях. Являюсь членом международной ассоциации NCGR. Имею сертификат NCGR третьего (высшего) уровня. Интересуюсь антропологией, астрономией, психологией, социологией. Чем знаки зодиака отличаются от зодиакальных созвездий? 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__label__cc	0.746942	0.253058	Economist Harry Holzer on minimum wage increases and job losses Economist Harry Holzer pinged me yesterday re this piece by Ben Spielberg and me on the dust up in Birmingham, AL around their local minimum wage. Harry felt we gave much too short shrift to the the research showing job loss impacts from minimum wage increases. So, him being a reasonable guy, and me being the same, I invited him to write down his thoughts about this. I offer some responses below. Do Local Minimum Wage Increases Never Reduce Employment? Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown University My friend Jared Bernstein and I have largely similar views on most economic issues, especially regarding the labor market. For instance, when it comes to raising the minimum wage, we both support increases at the state or federal levels up to $10 an hour, and usually oppose much larger increases to $15. (I am also skeptical of going as high as $12, though I am not sure Jared shares this concern). So I was surprised by Jared’s column (with Ben Spielberg) in yesterday’s Washington Post, which seems to argue that increases at the city or county level never lead to employment losses there. Bernstein and Spielberg’s main point is to criticize a proposed new law, passed by the legislature in Alabama, that would forbid any city to raise its minimum wage or impose other mandates on employers, like providing modest paid sick leave to its workers. Like them, I would find such a law both foolish and offensive. The Alabama law was passed in response to a vote by the Birmingham city council to raise the city’s minimum wage up to $10 an hour over two years. This is not such an egregiously large increase – though I would want to know about a bit more about average wages and skill levels in Birmingham before fully endorsing it. Nevertheless, even if it caused some modest shift in employment over time out of Birmingham and towards other localities in Alabama, it is hard to see how such an increase would be so disruptive to business there as to merit such a draconian response by the legislature. Yet, in making this argument, Bernstein and Spielberg also overstate their case, and throw caution to the wind. For one thing, they cite just two studies of the minimum wage literature – one by Card and Krueger (on fast food restaurants in New Jersey and Pennsylvania) and one unnamed (by Arin Dube and his coauthors). But David Neumark and William Wascher have written well-known and credible critiques of both studies, and found larger negative employment effects in their work. In this research, small tweaks to the methods used can generate very different findings – and we need to present all of them (and to use an average of their estimated effects) in any honest discussion of the likely effects of a specific minimum wage increase. There are other studies that are relevant here as well. Aaron Yelowitz of the University of Kentucky has analyzed the effects of large local minimum wage increases in Santa Fe and found sizable impacts on unemployment there. A new paper by Peter Brummund and Michael Strain, recently posted at the American Enterprise Institute, studies employment effects of minimum wage increases across county lines and finds that the size of effects often depend on several different circumstances – such as whether or not the new minimum is indexed against inflation (which worsens effects on employment) and the average wage level in the county at the outset (with lower levels tending to worsen employment losses). And some recent research suggests that the effects of minimum wage increases are fairly nuanced, and therefore harder to discern in the traditional studies, which look only at short-term employment effects on broad groups. For instance, Jonathan Meer and Jeremy West find that minimum wage increases do not cause large short-term employment losses, but rather slower employment growth over a longer time period for low-wage groups where they occur. And Jeffrey Clemens of UC San Diego finds substantial negative effects on employment of very specific groups more directly affected by the minimum, like young high school dropouts. In fact, he finds a nearly 6-percentage point drop in the employment of dropouts below the age of 30 as a result of the federal minimum wage increase in 2007-09, though effects on broader groups are much more modest. A denial of the true research evidence on minimum wage increases has led some cities to increase their minimum wages up to $15 an hour, as Bernstein and Spielberg note. Perhaps Seattle and the Sea-Tac region in Washington state can afford such increases without creating major employment losses; but similar increases in Los Angeles and Washington DC (where voters in a recent referendum voted to go to a $15 minimum before a local judge put it on hold) could have serious negative effects on the employment of large groups of very unskilled workers in these cities. Piling on with additional measures such as extremely generous paid family leave and other worker protections, as the DC Council is trying to do, would likely drive many employers over the river to Arlington VA over time (or cause DC employers to economize on their hiring, perhaps by mechanizing more of their operations). Yet nothing in the Bernstein-Spielberg piece seriously acknowledges these likelihoods. There are, of course, large benefits in minimum wage increases that also must be weighed against these losses. But much of the wage increases will accrue to middle class youth or part-time second earners in middle class families, while the high school dropouts suffer the largest job losses. In short, the debate over the effects of the minimum wage needs less absolutism on both sides, and a more nuanced discussion of their pros and cons. Like Bernstein and Spielberg, I condemn a thoughtless new law in Alabama that needlessly ties the hands of local city councils to enact moderate wage increases. But I hope Jared and Ben will also be more careful in their future writing to acknowledge a broader range of research evidence on this issue, and to urge more moderation in the discussion. [Back to me: Many reasonable points here. Speaking for myself, my goal in the WaPo piece was to point out the egregious intervention by the legislature to block the local council’s initiative, one that I judge, based on the full spate of the research, including that cited by Harry above, is likely to have its intended effect of helping the majority of low-wage workers affected by the raise. I have, as HH notes, argued that $15 is too high a min wg in certain parts of the country–and thus too high for a federal level, at least w/out a very long phase in. Min wg expert Alan Krueger recently wrote, in this spirit: “Research suggests that a minimum wage set as high as $12 an hour will do more good than harm for low-wage workers, but a $15-an-hour national minimum wage would put us in uncharted waters, and risk undesirable and unintended consequences.” The challenge in assessing the empirical min wg literature is that while there are papers that find negative results, as HH correctly notes, there are many that do not. Moreover, the magnitude of the negatives matter. Negative elasticities (i.e., job loss effects) well below ‘1’ imply many more beneficiaries–“more good than harm” as Alan K puts it–than those hurt by the increase. So, as is so often the case in empirical economics, we have to humble about our knowledge. I think it is fair to summarize this huge and contentious body of research as follows: moderate increases in minimum wages have their intended effects. What’s moderate? History suggests increases that capture less than around 20% of the low-wage workforce in their sweep fit this definition. But others may draw defensible lines in other places, both lower and higher. As I read the state wage data for AL, the Birmingham proposal is moderate by this criterion, as HH suspects. And I’m very glad to hear him agree with me and Ben re the oppressive preemption of the state legislature.] Share the post "Economist Harry Holzer on minimum wage increases and job losses" Categories: New Posts, Wages \| 13 Comments » 13 comments in reply to "Economist Harry Holzer on minimum wage increases and job losses" Craig Duncan says: Thank you for this useful summary: “I think it is fair to summarize this huge and contentious body of research as follows: moderate increases in minimum wages have their intended effects. What’s moderate? History suggests increases that capture less than around 20% of the low-wage workforce in their sweep fit this definition. But others may draw defensible lines in other places, both lower and higher.” I particularly like the “20% of the low-wage workforce” criterion. But one follow-up question: how is “low-wage workforce” defined? That is, where’s the cutoff between non-low-wage workforce and low-wage workforce. Jared Bernstein says: Good ?. I mean the bottom 20% of wage earners. So the top of the sweep is the 20th %’ile wage, though I don’t mean to imply this is some fixed rule–it’s all much squishier than that. “As I read the state wage data for AL, the Birmingham proposal is moderate by this criterion, as HH suspects.” Any particular piece of data you are looking at? Average hourly earnings? Medium income? Good ?. Unpublished EPI data on wages by percentile in AL. Denis Drew says: If a higher minimum wage brings more dollars to lower wage workers — both directly and via pushing up other wages — those extra dollars will be diverted from purchases that higher wage workers/consumers would have made to purchases that lower wage workers/consumers choose instead. Instead meaning that no overall loss of demand would occur. Since consumers have some tendency to purchase more from firms that employ workers at their own wage level the overall result may be some higher wage job loss. Think car purchases. 1/ll/14, NYT article “The Vicious Circle of Income Inequality” by Professor Robert H. Frank of Cornell: “… higher incomes of top earners have been shifting consumer demand in favor of goods whose value stems from the talents of other top earners. … as the rich get richer, the talented people they patronize get richer, too. Their spending, in turn, increases the incomes of other elite practitioners, and so on.” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/business/the-vicious-circle-of-income-inequality.html?src=me&_r=0 If Americans in 1968 had been asked — when the minimum wage was $11; at half today’s per capita income — what it might take for the minimum wage to be reduced almost four dollars almost fifty years later what could they have conjectured: a comet strike, a limited nuclear exchange, chronic world plagues? Working two jobs has become such a ubiquitous situation at today’s low low skilled wages that losing low skilled jobs could be balanced off by those happy to quit one. Instead (there’s that word) probably more of today’s unemployed (I’m thinking Chicago’s 100,000 gang bangers) would be entering the labor market. Remember when manufacturing jobs fed many minority families? Today’s gang bangers — and my old gang, American born taxi drivers — would gladly work for HALF today’s wages, if this were the year 1916, because they would have understood that that was the most the much less productive economy of that time (everybody’s reading Gordon) could pay. In the era of ubiquitous up-to-date kitchens and four-wheelers no man of spirit is going to slave for $400 a week — no cab driver of spirit for $500 for 60 grueling hours except maybe if they are escaping a virtually distant year in a distant land. A $15 minimum wage would directly shift 5% of income from the 55% who earn 90% to the 45% who earn 10% (or from the 54% who earn 70% but that’s another topic). The 65% of McDonald’s customers who come through the drive through have to eat (33% labor costs; 25% price increase) — if $15 pushed Walmart’s average wage to $17.50 (claim average is $12.50) the price increase would be a whopping 3%. The beauty of collective bargaining is that you know you have squeezed the max the consumer (the economy) is willing (is able) to pay. Given that per capita income grows maybe 20% every ten years, how is the economy (the consumer) not able to shift 5% more to lower wage workers — maybe 10% over time as we rebuild union density (simply make union busting a felony just like any other market coercion starting in progressive states — but that’s another topic). Long overdue to get low skilled jobs up to $600-800 — there was no comet strike. https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160229/garfield-park/distressed-communities-report-shows-big-divide-between-north-south-sides?utm_source=Chicago&utm_campaign=4799720c52-Mailchimp-CHI&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4061d3bea7-4799720c52-170386705 ” Based on the organization’s definition of “distressed,” nearly 40 percent of Chicagoans live in distressed ZIP codes. ‘ “Chicago is really striking,” said Kenan Fikri, ‎EIG’s manager for Research and Policy Development. “Over 1 million Chicagoans live in these distressed ZIP codes.” ‘ ” These ZIP codes are almost all on the West and South sides. Garfield Park-centric 60624, where 65 percent of adults don’t work and the poverty rate is at 47 percent, is the city’s most distressed ZIP code. It also ranks as the 338th most distressed ZIP code in the United States. ” I should add that EITC shifts only 1/2 of 1 percent of income — in an economy where 45% are earning less than the minimum wage should reasonably be. The economy can pay (the consumer is willing to pay) unskilled labor $600-800 a week. The money was there in the supermarkets; it was there for the cab drivers — desperately got to test the market to find out if it’s there. Rima Regas says: It seems it wasn’t that long ago that we were talking about the multiplier effect of putting cash into people’s hands. We didn’t get more stimulus when it became clear we needed more and now we have an economy that has been punishing the precariat for far longer than any previous bubble or recession, with inequality growing wider and opportunities for new professional labor participants being far less quantitatively and qualitatively than they were for their parents. Add to that the extreme rise in housing prices due to the demand rise in rentals following the recession and lower wages, and a rise in the minimum wage to a living wage becomes an imperative. Now, to the critique here… A rise to $12 an hour will fall well below the actual living wage. As it is, while $15 an hour is good, those earning it will still depend on overtime hours if they can get them, and part-time jobs. In cities like LA, NYC, DC, Boston, a living wage is closer to $30 an hour than $15. Obstruction in Congress and the lack of economic policy have forced the issue and inequality is now being dealt with on the other end of things, with the #FightFor15 and the anti-establishment sentiment among voters. Whether that translates into sweeping change come election day is yet to be seen this cycle, but if there is no major change come November, that change will come two years later and again in four years. The situation that millions have been living in is untenable, and I include myself among those Dr. Guy Standing of London School of Economics calls the “precariat.” Finally, a rise in demand is needed. I still see established businesses failing or paring down, even in areas that are considered upper middle class. Dan Riker says: Last year the City Club of Portland appointed a committee to study whether Portland should have a minimum wage higher than the state’s minimum wage of $9.25/hour and also whether the pre-emption statute that prevents local jurisdictions from having minimum wages higher than the state’s should be repealed. The committee concluded the answer to both questions was yes. The state legislature just last week approved a minimum wage provision that will set three levels of the minimum wage according to geography – rural areas – midsized – and Portland metro with the top rate getting to $14.75 in six years. There are two proposed ballot referendum petitions underway, either one of which would bring about a faster increase to a higher minimum wage, one of them would set it at $15.00. Under almost any scenario Oregon will have the highest minimum wage yet enacted by any state. However, because the inflation adjuster in the present minimum wage is temporarily removed from the new one until the top rate is reached, when that top rate is reached it probably no longer will be considered a “living wage.” Thus, the effort here to achieved a true “living wage” for anyone working fulltime probably will continue. In any case, the City Club report is extremely well done. They did a thorough review of virtually every bit of research ever done on the minimum wage. I also recommend the studies done by the University of Washington School of Social Work on what is required to have a minimum life-supporting income in 37 states, including Oregon. Their study of Oregon is referenced in detail in the City Club Report. The evidence in favor of raising the minimum wage by a substantial amount is overwhelming favorable. I was not on the committee but I am serving on the Advocacy Committee that is promoting the Club’s findings. Here is a link to the City Club report: http://www.pdxcityclub.org/Files/Reports/MinimumWage-CityClubofPortland.pdf Thanks for the info! Go Oregon! urban legend says: “Never” kind of stacks the deck, but it’s hard to imagine that there is ever a net loss of jobs when it has been a long time since the previous raise. We always seem to forget that competitors all face pretty much the same cost pressure, so competitive disadvantage is rare. That means it’s a matter of elasticity of demand for the goods or services provided by minimum wage or near minimum wage labor. It seems unlikely that raising the cost of a fast food hamburger a nickel or a dime to cover a cost increase for labor would have any effect on fast food sales, given that it serves a niche in a market basket that serves many purposes besides eating per se. There are positive cost effects as well (lower turnover and training costs), and positive demand effects — more money for local clientele — that will tend to moderate the need to raise prices. There will never be a final answer in any given scenario. It’s always popular with workers, regardless of whether it would meet the approval of economists of every stripe. It’s never popular with small business people, who have the best ability to tug at our heartstrings to oppose a raise and will always threaten job losses. So whenever you can get it done politically, you should do it, but do it in a way that shows you do care about small business — gradual and all that. The threat of job loss is too nebulous to suggest doing otherwise, with most of the studies showing that to be a bogus claim. Especially when it has been several years, the small business objection will be pro forma, since even they will sense that their customers have too little money to buy what they are offering. Kevin Rica says: IIf we are even discussing whether there may be enough jobs available to absorb the unskilled labor force in the $10-$15 range we are illustrating (and causing) the rage behind the rise of Donald Trump. If he got elected and actually did reduce the labor force by 8 million FTE, the bottom end of the wage scale would rise into the $10-$15 range BECAUSE there isn’t enough unemployment. Can’t have it both ways. (As Dean Baker so rightly noted in “Are We Suffering from Too Many or Too Few Workers?” http://cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/are-we-suffering-from-too-many-or-too-few-workers.) Interestingly enough, the Gal Who Gets It (GWGI) is Peggy Noonan who explains why the peasants are revolting here: http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-the-rise-of-the-unprotected-1456448550. HRH (Her Royal Hillary) and many of the fashionable ones may find the peasants revolting, but don’t get it. But the peasants understand basic supply and demand when it comes to their jobs. Frank Stricker says: Just catching up to this debate. I will take Harry Holzer seriously when he pairs is worries about a high minimum wage to worries about the superrich and all the income they are sucking out of the economy. One reason wages are so low–no higher in real terms than they were in the 1970s–is that so much of the added income the economy produces goes to the top 10% and esp. the top 1%. Leave a Reply to Frank Stricker Cancel Reply	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line924
__label__wiki	0.822649	0.822649	India needs more reforms, states must take lead: Amitabh Kant December 8, 2020 December 8, 2020 by kjmhost.com NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said it is difficult to carry out tough reforms in India and emphasised that more reforms are needed to make the country competitive in the global environment. Addressing a virtual event organised by Swarajya magazine, Kant said for the first time, the Centre has carried out hard reforms across sectors, including mining, coal, labour, agriculture, and the next wave of reforms must be pushed by the states. “Tough reforms are very difficult in the Indian context, as unlike China we are a democratic nation. We should not spread our resources too thin, but focus on creating global champions. You needed political will to carry out these reforms (mining, coal, labour, agriculture) and many more reforms still need to be done,” he said. It is not easy to compete against China without hard reforms, Kant said. “This government has demonstrated political will to carry out hard reforms,” he added. The Niti Aayog CEO stressed that the next wave of reforms must come from states. “If 10-12 states will grow at higher rates, then there is no reason why India won’t grow at higher rates. We have asked union territories to privatise discoms. Discoms must become far more competitive and provide cheap power,” he said. Replying to a question on protests by farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, against the Centre’s new farm laws, Kant said the agriculture sector needs reforms. “It is very important to understand this that MSPs (minimum support price) will be there, mandis will remain…farmers must have a choice to sell their products as they benefit out of this,” he noted. On sourcing of raw material for manufacturing electric batteries in India, Kant pointed out that lithium (which is used for manufacturing batteries) is available in large quantities across the world, including Australia. “We don’t anticipate any shortage of lithium,” he said. On Modi government’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative, he said it is not about looking inwards, but unleashing the potential of Indian companies. The government has identified 10 champion sectors for production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme and these sectors will play a major role in making India a manufacturing hub, and give the country economies of scale, Kant said. “The PLI scheme is going to provide a huge opportunity to these sectors for 4-5 years to export,” he added. Noting that India must technologically leapfrog, Kant said it is also important for the country to get into sunrise industries. Kant also noted that there is a need to bring down logistics costs. The country must also embark on sustained and well planned urbanisation which is the next big driver of growth, he said. Kant pointed out that the government support so far was across 90 per cent of product lines and to 86 per cent of exporters, and yet India’s exports were not growing. “We need to create an ecosystem to enable private enterprises to thrive at the global platform,” he said. Festivity brings back cheer to small businesses: Report Citi names first woman boss for its MENA business	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line928
__label__wiki	0.623336	0.623336	Last edited by Murn 6 edition of Valley of the Lawless found in the catalog. Valley of the Lawless by M. Lemartine Published January 2000 by Ulverscroft Large Print . Westerns, Westerns - General, Linford Western Library (Large Print) Comradeship and vengeance are two of the major themes behind the plot. We have the three brothers, operating above the law and willing to literally die for one another. Vengeance propelled Forrest to make his attackers pay right away, as it also. Overview of Valley of the Lawless, , directed by Robert N. Bradbury, with Johnny Mack Brown, Joyce Compton, George Hayes, at Turner Classic Movies. The USA Today bestselling Ralph Compton series continues When a bunch of ruffians rob a bank in the sleepy town of Alpine, its only natural for the locals to be alarmed. But this gang and its leader, Cestus Calloway, are not common criminals/5. The Lawless School provides the right education for kids on the wrong side of the law. M Freeman has been homeschooled her entire life. So M has no idea just how unusual her education has been - not until she leaves home to attend the prestigious (and mysterious) Lawless School. Suddenly, it's very clear to M that her tutors have been preparing her all along for a life of crime.3/5(1). Read the full synopsis of Valley of the Lawless, , directed by Robert N. Bradbury, with Johnny Mack Brown, Joyce Compton, George Hayes, at Turner Classic Movies. Romer Zane Grey (October 1, – March 8, ) was the eldest son of novelist Zane was born October 1, at Lackawaxen, Penn. Zane and Dolly Grey had three children: Romer, Betty, and Loren. Romer was named after an uncle Romer Carl Grey, known as Reddy his youth Romer was very much "a chip off the old block.". Three essays chretien et les elections Traffic engineering practice A journey to China Dog With the Golden Eyes Boom town blues The necessity of reformation, in order to avert impending judgments. 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Price New from Used from Hardcover "Please retry" $ $ $ Paperback "Please retry" 4/5(1). Valley of the Lawless book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers.3/5. COVID Resources. Reliable information about the coronavirus (COVID) is available from the World Health Organization (current situation, international travel).Numerous and frequently-updated resource results are available from this ’s WebJunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The merciless execution of a nester brought wandering gunfighters Shane Preston and Jonah Jones to Wolf Valley, and the minute they arrived, open war was declared in no uncertain terms. But all the odds were stacked against them. They were two men against an army of gun-toughs. The local sheriff was in Boormann’s pocket. But they found out that there was no quite in them. Lawless—previously published as The Wettest County in the World—was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and one of the San Francisco Chronicle’s 50 Best Books of the Year. His first novel, The Third Translation, was an international bestseller, translated into fourteen languages worldwide/5(). This book is a wonder—a dark, tragic Appalachian ballad come to full, lush life.” —Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne, author of Holding On To Nothing. “In her memoir, In the Shadow of the Valley, Bobi Conn recounts the nesting doll of her life, from growing up in a Kentucky holler to /5(). This book is a wonder—a dark, tragic Appalachian ballad come to full, lush life.” —Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne, author of Holding On To Nothing “In her memoir, In the Shadow of the Valley, Bobi Conn recounts the nesting doll of her life, from growing up in a Kentucky holler to eventually becoming a mother of two. But before the promised land, the route there is labyrinthine, complete with moving walls and /5(). Lawless Valley is just where George O'Brien is headed for after being released on parole. O'Brien was set up for a robbery that he didn't commit in conjunction with his father. The father committed suicide rather than be taken or so the official story has it. O'Brien hasn't bought it at all and he's out to clear his and his father's name/10(77). Lawless book series by Jeffrey Salane. Book 1. The Lawless School provides the right education for kids on the wrong side of the law. M Freeman is an only child who’s been homeschooled her entire life. So M has no idea just how unusual her education has been — not until she leaves home to attend the prestigious (and mysterious) Lawless School. This book is hard to read, but the reward is a deeper understanding of what it means to be poor and white in modern America. Hers is the story of poverty in Appalachia, with its long history of addiction, and depression. From the beginning, Appalachia was a lawless place, attracting the rebels who refused to follow laws or rules/5. Lawless Valley is a American western film directed by David Howard from a screenplay by Oliver Drake, based on the short story "No Law in Shadow Valley" by W. ed and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it opened on November 4, The film stars George O'Brien and Kay SuttonMusic by: Roy Webb. Lawless () Plot. Showing all 6 items Jump to: Summaries (5) Synopsis (1) Summaries. Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits. —IMDb. Lawless was a fun middle-grade read that I know I can get more out of when I read it again. This action-packed "spy" book is about eleven-year-old M (yes, that's her name). We're eased into the strangeness of her life till now--a homeschooled education in profiling people, spotting forgeries, taking in her surroundings, lying, planning escape routes--when she's suddenly taken from her home /5. Valley of the Lawless. Valley of the Lawless is a American Western film directed by Robert North Bradbury and written by Charles F. Royal. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Joyce Compton, George "Gabby" Hayes, Frank Hagney, Dennis Moore and Bobby Nelson. The film was released on Januby Supreme Pictures. Valley of the Lawless () Pressbook This pressbook for Johnny "Mack" Brown's Valley of the Lawless is red, white, and blue all over. Brown appeared in Dell comics and on Wheaties boxes as well as making over a hundred cowboy movies. Lawless is a American crime drama film directed by John screenplay by Australian singer-screenwriter Nick Cave is based on Matt Bondurant's historical novel The Wettest County in the World (). The film stars Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Guy Pearce. The film is about the violent conflict between three Music by: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis. Lawless is the third book in the King series. It’s Bear’s story and I’ve been looking forward to it ever since I met him in King. I loved King and Doe in the first book of this series, but I was honestly most intrigued by the side characters, Preppy and Bear. After reading the prologue of Bears book, I was hooked/5. This is the Order of Dusty Richards Books in both chronological order and publication order. List verified daily and newest books added immediately. Ambush Valley () A Good Day To Kill () Arizona Territory () Pray for the Dead () Deadly is the Night The Lawless Land () Servant of the Law () Rancher's Law ( Valley of the Lawless () Plot. Showing all 2 items Jump to: Summaries (2) Summaries. Bruce Reynolds is looking for his grandfather's map to a hidden supply of gold. When Garlow sees Amos Jenkins with the map he kills him. Cliff Graves witnesses the murder and jealous of Reynolds for taking away his girl friend Joan, blames him for the crime. Author: Randy Denmon; Publisher: Pinnacle Books ISBN: X Category: Fiction Page: View: DOWNLOAD NOW» An Ugly Place To Die There's nothing pretty about Mexico in On the verge of a bloody civil war that's spiraling out of control, it's no place for hotheads or weak hearts--a place where only real men surviveif they're lucky.Matt Landry is fed up with politics and his life in Washington as a delegate. So he returns to Wyoming Territory to marry his fiancé Adrian Driscoll, an elegant young woman he met during a brief courtship in Cheyenne. With Adrian as his bride, he.Lawless was everything I've waited for in a book for the last 2 years from this author! While the characters aren't entirely brand new as we've met them before in the hood rat series, they are new enough to be a breath of fresh air/5. gama-uk.com - Valley of the Lawless book © 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line930
__label__cc	0.623459	0.376541	2021 WEBINAR Dominate Digital Ebook Lawnbot.biz Wins $20,000 In Start Garden 100 ideas Demo Day by 09khines \| Sep 20, 2019 \| Uncategorized \| 0 comments Contact: Kendall Hines, 616-450-2395, Kendall@lawnbot.biz (Grand Rapids, Michigan – 09/15/2019) Lawnbot.biz, a company that provides intuitive chatbot sales & payment platforms to lawn care companies has won $20,000 of funding from the local DeVos Family start-up incubator Start Garden (located in Grand Rapids, Michigan). Before the winners were announced Tuesday evening at 20 Monroe Live in downtown Grand Rapids, the 100 finalists presented their ideas in a public event. They included 28 tech-related ideas, 27 products, 18 services, 15 food-related ideas, seven social impact initiatives and and five retail ideas. They were among more than 800 people, the bulk of them from Michigan, who pitched business plans, inventions or ideas to the competition. Each category had knowledge experts as judges and out of the 100 finalists, Lawnbot was one of 10 winners taking home $20,000 to continue developing its business further. Lawnbot.biz, is an instant sale generator in an instant-messaging format that is white labeled to fit any company and its set of services that it sells. The application uses proprietary technology to measure the square footage of a lawn in real time, recommend a custom treatment plan and provide a quote for services. “We understand that people are busy,” Hines notes, “and we wanted to make purchasing lawn care simple and frictionless for our rapidly expanding customer base.” The web chat application can be accessed 24/7, allowing customers to get quotes on their time and at their own pace. Lawnbot was born in the winter of 2018. Created by Kendall Hines, a 28 year old entrepreneur who owns a lawn care firm in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Over the past six years, he’s grown his client base from 100 to around 2,000 accounts by changing the way he sells the service, via a chatbot platform he’s developed & many other innovative sales strategies, now he is selling his platform to companies all across the United States & The United Kingdom. Lawnbot has 3000+ chats & $200,000 dollars in closed sales through its platform since started its beta test in the spring of 2019. “Lawnbot makes it quick, secure and painless for people and lawn care companies to do business, within a simple 2 minute chat conversation,” Hines said. “In an industry that tends to be on the laggard side of things, Lawnbot’s mission is to allow consumers to buy lawn care like they would on amazon..instantly!” Hines plans to use the $20,000 to continue acquiring clients via digital marketing & industry trade shows. For more information, please visit www.Lawnbot.biz Made with 💚 in Grand Rapids, Michigan ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, SERVICEBOT® 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line934
__label__cc	0.720906	0.279094	Does Ultra Eliminex Really Work? Главная › Health › Detox › Does Ultra Eliminex Really Work? Ultra Eliminex Positive Review (Amazon) Ultra Eliminex Negative Review (Amazon) Can I use Ultra Eliminex for THC detox to pass a drug test (to pass a urine drug test)? Yes Can I use Ultra Eliminex for weed detox (to pass a saliva test) Yes Does it claim to flush cannabis from the blood quickly? Yes How to Use Ultra Eliminex to cleanse piss of marijuana Directions: Shake, drink, pee, then take your tests for drugs. Where to buy Ultra Eliminex near me? Walmart, GNC, https://herbalclean.com/products/ultra-eliminex-premium-detox-drink How long does it last? Works the same day lasts 5 hours or more. Ultra Eliminex Instructions: Shake the bottle. Drink the entire bottle of Ultra Eliminex for THC detox. Pee frequently. Alfalfa Leaf Extract Biotin is B7. It will make your pee yellow and may be measured in saliva or urine (Bristol, 2012). 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Retrieved 7 20, 2018, from https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0002934302012445 Venkatratnam A, Lents NH. Zinc reduces the detection of cocaine, methamphetamine, and THC by ELISA urine testing. J Anal Toxicol. 2011 Jul;35(6):333-40. PubMed PMID: 21740689. 1 Manufacturer, Support, Certificates 2 Add Ons 3 Pros and cons 5 Q&A about Ultra Eliminex 6 Ultra Eliminex by Herbal Clean Review 6.1 Positive Ultra Eliminex Reviews 6.2 Critical Ultra Eliminex Review: This article about Medical Marijuana was published on August 7, 2018 and updated on May 21, 2020 . Medical facts in this article was checked and article was medically reviewed by our Leaf Expert Medical Team . Author of this checked article is Daryl Seldon (MS) who is expert in Medical Marijuana Share Tweet Leaf Expert Need to Pass a Drug Test? 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__label__wiki	0.788476	0.788476	Lealty Denise Richards Quits RHOBH As Sources Reveal Why She Left — Fans In A Frenzy Over The News In a move that is not surprising to many people, Denise Richards is not coming back to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The news broke just before the second part of the reunion aired. This season of RHOBH was centered around the takedown of Denise since the absence of Lisa Vanderpump is something that the cast and producers were worried about. The first half was based around the mother of three saying that she didn’t want her kids to hear adult conversation that turned into Lisa Rinna, Kyle Richards, Erika Jayne, and Teddi Mellencamp assuming that she called them bad mothers. https://www.instagram.com/p/CE754PeBvKL/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading Once Richards refused to entertain the conversation by leaving filming multiple times, Brandi Glanville came back with a jaw-dropping story. The alum revealed that she hooked up with Denise and was then given the cold shoulder because the Bold and the Beautiful actress never wanted her husband to find out. Richards denied the accusations and, once again, refused to film with the ladies as they piled on to her about the accusation. Unfortunately, Denise was not interested in getting a redemption season. Variety exclusively reported that she would not be back for the next season. Later on, sources revealed that Denise simply doesn’t need the job. She was making time for it in between projects as something fun to do, but now that she’s seen how vicious the women were towards her — she doesn’t want to be a part of it. Bravo fans immediately reacted to the news via social media. While some are celebrating the news because Denise refused to entertain the story, others are upset that she’s leaving. There is also the point that fan-favorite newbie Garcelle Beauvais may no be returning because she previously said in an interview that she and Denise made a pact that they would only return together. ‘Sucks that this group of women bullied another housewife off the show. First LVP, now Denise,’ one Instagram user wrote. https://www.instagram.com/p/CE7y1VuDFK1/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading ‘She was never honest about anything. Won’t miss her,’ said another. This person wrote: ‘Garcelle better not leave! She is the only one that is willing to make these women uncomfortable and I live for it! Denise was a bit of a disappointment, when she kept running away and contradicting herself.’ What do you think of Denise quitting? Popular News Entertainment Read More: Denise Richards Quits RHOBH As Sources Reveal Why She Left — Fans In A Frenzy Over The News « Humans behind 70% fall in world's wildlife over last 50 years Meghan Markle And Prince Harry ‘Overjoyed’ To Finally Be Financially Independent – No Longer Receiving Money From Prince Charles! » CD Projekt Red Apologizes For Cyberpunk 2077’s Buggy Launch, Addresses Why They Didn’t Delay It Again © 2021 Lealty — All rights reserved	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line938
__label__wiki	0.521472	0.521472	Read, Listen & Learn Service Organizations Help Prevent Loss of Eyesight in India Rotary Clubs help provide eye care to poor people living far from cities and others in need of treatment. Transcript of radio broadcast: This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Almost forty years ago, a community service organization started providing eye care in Gujarat State, in western India. The Rotary Club of Navsari operates an eye hospital and nine area eye centers in and around the Navsari District. Rotary says its services are for the poorest people. The group opened the hospital, the Rotary Eye Institute of Navsari, in nineteen seventy. Institute officials say India has only about one ophthalmologist for every one hundred twenty thousand people. The Institute, however, has ten such specially trained eye doctors. The Rotary Eye Institute of Navsari has restored or improved the eyesight of thousands of patients. Many people with eye problems cannot easily get to a big city for examinations and treatment. They live in villages far away and have no transportation. The Rotary Eye Institute established eye centers called camps in places far from the city. Teams from the institute travel as far as one hundred fifty kilometers to see patients. People go to their nearest camp, where medical workers examine their eyes. The workers look for conditions including glaucoma, night blindness and other problems. Some people are found to have cataracts, abnormal growths on the eye that can lead to loss of eyesight. Hospital officials say India has about thirteen million people with the condition. Cataract patients get free operations to correct the problem. Doctors also examine them for other medical conditions. Rotary groups also operate eye banks. Doctors at these centers replace damaged eyes with the healthy eyes of donors who have just died. One such center is the Rotary Rajan Eye Bank. It operates in cooperation with the Rajan Eye Care Hospital in Chennai. The Eye Bank opened in nineteen ninety-six. Hundreds of patients have received new corneas from donors since then. The cornea is the clear front part of the eye that transmits light. Hospital officials say two million people in India are blind because of problems of the cornea. The Rotary Rajan Eye Bank holds continuing eye donation campaigns. It urges people to leave the gift of sight to others when they die. And that’s the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jerilyn Watson. Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our programs are at voaspecialenglish.com.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line940
__label__wiki	0.892804	0.892804	Coming Soon to the Office: Facebook at Work A screenshot from Facebook's new service aimed at professionals called Facebook at Work. (Courtesy: Facebook) Coming Soon to the Office: ‘Facebook at Work' Facebook recently estimated that each of its users spends an average of 50 minutes a day on the company’s online social network. But the company wants to find ways to increase the time spent on Facebook and two other services, Instagram and Messenger. A new product aimed at capturing our interest is called Facebook at Work. Some businesses bar workers from using Facebook (openly) on the job. Now those individuals actually can use the service -- at least for work purposes. Facebook at Work is separate from a users’ personal Facebook. So people will need to sign up with the company for a new account. The idea, however, is exactly the same as Facebook – to connect as many users as possible, this time in the workplace. Same Facebook look The look and feel of Facebook at Work is just like the old Facebook. There are groups to join, a News Feed to read, and instant messaging to stay in contact with co-workers. Naturally, users can add and share comments, photographs, videos and information about the company and its offices. “A connected workplace is a more productive workplace,” explains the official Facebook at Work page. Facebook at Work was first announced about two years ago. Since then, the company has been testing the service with several large companies. A screenshot from Facebook's new app aimed at professionals called Facebook at Work. (Courtesy: Facebook) One of those businesses is the Royal Bank of Scotland. Its Director of Design, Kevin Hanley, told Business Insider the service has been helpful to the bank’s 100,000 employees. “I think Facebook lets us communicate, discuss and solve problems that other solutions, such as email, simply can’t.” Hanley told the website that within his company, 90 percent of employees who tried Facebook at Work remained active from month to month. Faces much competition Facebook at Work will be competing with other workplace products or services already in use. These include LinkedIn, Slack, HipChat, Microsoft’s Yammer and Salesforce’s Chatter. According to the technology website TechCrunch, Facebook at Work will be launching in London on October 10. The site said it had seen invitations to the launch event that have been sent out. Facebook has not yet confirmed a date for launching the service. I’m Bryan Lynn. Bryan Lynn wrote this story for VOA Learning English, based on information from Facebook, and reports from TechCrunch and Business Insider. George Grow was the editor. We want to hear from you. Would you like to use Facebook at Work in your workplace? Write to us in the Comments section, and visit our Facebook page. network – n. group of people who know each other or work together account – n. agreement allowing a person to use a particular website or service New Tech Tools Might Help Americans Choose a President Video Calling Services Compared Facebook CEO Gives Pope Drone During Vatican Visit	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line941
__label__wiki	0.544412	0.544412	Camino Royale Posted on October 14, 2019 by JoeNazare Can I get a “Yeah, bitch!”? El Camino, the feature-length sequel (now streaming on Netflix) to the Breaking Bad series, had a lofty standard to live up to, but thankfully manages to do just that. The film steers viewers right back into the seedy world of Albuquerque, whose sun-drenched streets have been the setting for some extremely dark doings over the years. In a strict sense, the film picks up where the series finale left off–with Jesse’s escape (courtesy of Walter White) from enslavement by Uncle Jack’s outlaw gang. The title El Camino actually refers to the getaway car, formerly owned by Todd, that Jesse (the sensational-as-always Aaron Paul) drives as he speeds away from the carnage at the compound. He isn’t able simply to ride off into the sunset, though (otherwise there would be no need for this follow-up); much of the narrative thrust here comes from Jesse’s labors to avoid a prompt re-capturing by the local authorities now hunting him. Yet mimicking the workings of Breaking Bad, the film does not unspool its story in a merely linear fashion. There are a series of flashbacks employed, which also gives director Vince Gilligan the opportunity to bring back a host of characters from the TV series (some of whom were killed off along the way) in new, never-before-glimpsed scenes. These revisits with old friends and enemies are skillfully done, filled with poignant moments and smoothly sequeing into earlier points on the BB timeline. The one exception I would note involves psycho Todd (played by Jesse Plemons), who appears inexplicably and conspicuously chunky in his flashback scenes (seriously, dude, you couldn’t have dieted for this role?). Perhaps the greatest gain from the back-and-forth cutting of the film’s narrative is the light shed on Jesse’s character. Even though he is no longer locked in a cage like a filthy animal, Jesse isn’t necessarily free. El Camino does a fine job of demonstrating the psychological trauma that lingers after the physical ordeal has ended. The presentation of additional scenes from the former captivity narrative chillingly evokes the torture and torment Jesse was forced to suffer, and his present-day recall of such Gothic experiences clearly reveal a haunted figure. There is undeniable darkness here, but again in keeping with the precursor series, also terrific instances of humor. The hysterical banter between Badger and Skinny Pete alone makes this film a must-see for fans. At the same time, El Camino features a fine shading of crime noir, especially as Jesse crosses paths with some dangerous con men after the late Todd’s stash of illicitly-gained cash. With a two-hour drive time, El Camino can’t adopt the same deliberate storytelling approach of Breaking Bad, but the pacing of the film nonetheless feels pitch-perfect. Scenes of frantic action and sweat-wringing suspense are balanced with quieter, more tender moments. While the film doesn’t quite achieve the same gravitas as the series, it does make for a quite satisfying sequel. Jesse Pinkman (basically a good kid who found himself partnered with a bad man) has always been the show’s closest thing to a moral compass, and it is undoubtedly rewarding as a viewer to watch Jesse finally get the ending he deserves. One final thought: the stories for two of the major characters from Breaking Bad (Walt and Jesse) are now complete, but there is still another loose thread remaining. Even as El Camino furnishes a strong sense of closure, it also spurs anticipation, and curiosity about the ultimate fate of everyone’s favorite shady lawyer (turned Cinnabon manager). The new season of Better Call Saul cannot come soon enough. This entry was posted in AGTV, Cinemacabre by JoeNazare. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line944
__label__cc	0.721167	0.278833	Fringe review: Ensemble SU — The Party by Philip Gowman posted 31 Aug 2017 17 Aug 2019 updated 17 Aug 2019 in Festivals \| Events \| Music. 2 minute read Photo: Ensemble Su Facebook page Ensemble SU is a five-piece fusion group formed in 2010 and led by Jihye “JJ” Hur on 25-string gayageum with Yein Kim on haegeum, Myunghyun Park on cello, Sangjung Lee on keyboard and Deokhwan Kim playing Korean and western percussion (and not to be confused with a similarly named jazz / gugak fusion trio based in Germany). They came to Edinburgh with a varied playlist juxtaposing more traditional music with modern compositions. The first set started with a quiet piece for gayageum and haegeum during which sadly the musicians had to battle against the sounds of muzak from the restaurant next door. Once they were joined onstage by their colleagues for the remainder of the set the distraction became less noticeable. As I sat trying to analyse the rhythmic patterns in the second and third pieces (Song of the Spirit and Red Moon) I noticed that they were predominantly five beats to the bar, and I began regretting that I obviously hadn’t been paying enough attention at the various music talks I’ve been to at SOAS, to know whether this is a particularly common time signature in Korean traditional music (or indeed in contemporary gugak fusion). As if to pick up on my ruminations, JJ announced the first of the western music cover versions in the set: a take on possibly the most famous of recent pieces composed in 5 in a bar: Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck’s Take Five. It worked surprisingly well, though I would have welcomed more exploration of the middle 8, with its liltingly melodious chord progressions, to complement the thorough treatment of the ostinato that opens and closes the tune. One discovery from this performance: the 25-string gayageum is a surprisingly good instrument for jazz improvisation. A lively changgu solo in the pungmul tradition gave the other members of the quintet time to go offstage and do a costume change before returning to perform another crowd-pleaser: a medley of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody and A-ha’s Take on me, which again worked surprisingly well. The set ended with three works composed for the band, one of them by the keyboard player – all extremely pleasing. The full playlist was as follows: Bul no ha (two instruments: Gayageum, Haegeum) Song of the spirit Red moon (JS Park) Korean percussion (Sul jang gu) Medley in time (Love of my life, Bohemian Rhapsody, Take on me, Viva la vida) Walking with the wind (Sangjung Lee) Festival (BR Kim) Arirang rhapsody Smooth criminal (encore) Filed in: Edinburgh Festival & Fringe \| Event reports and reviews \| Korean traditional music \| Live music reviews \| Percussion \| World music Musicians: Ensemble SU Event tags: Edinburgh 2017 Brief Fringe review: Mind Goblin Fringe review: Kokdu - The Soul Mate	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line951
__label__wiki	0.951924	0.951924	Dancing On Ice return confirmed following cast fears over coronavirus – here’s when it starts It’s nearly that time of year again where a whole host of skating pros and their celebrity counterparts will take to the ice to add a sparkle to our January in hit show Dancing On Ice. The start date of the highly-anticipated show has been confirmed by ITV and it will be going ahead despite the cast’s fears over the coronavirus. Fronting the popular show will be presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and you’ll be able to tune in from Sunday 17 January at 6pm on ITV, which is when the hit show makes its return. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter . You can sign up at the top of the page. ITV tweeted: “Confirmed: Dancing on Ice returns Sunday 17 January at 6pm on ITV. "Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby once again return to present the show and the expert Ice Panel of Torvill and Dean, John Barrowman and Ashley Banjo." Each week twelve celebrities will skate live with their pro partners in a bid to impress both the panel and the viewers. Dancing On Ice star Vanessa Bauer's relationship history as she's 'linked to hunky personal trainer' Holly Willoughby says she wants baby number four after cooing over Rochelle Humes’ new arrival There’s a hot lineup of celebrities this year, with the likes of Rebekah Vardy, Billie Faiers, Jason Donovan and Joe-Warren Plant skating onto the ice. The pros and their partners have been already been training for months on the ice in a bid to be crowned champion. However there have been reports the celebs and skaters are nervous about everything coming together for the live shows. Holly Willoughby’s top ten fashion moments of 2020 from presenting Pride of Britain to Dancing on Ice A source told The Sun: “Everyone is worried to be honest. "They can't practise and the celebs are nowhere near the standard they usually are. "There's people scrambling around backstage with no real idea how it's going to come together. It's a bit of a mess!" Despite this, rules have been put in place to manage the celebrities and their partners during filming. An ITV spokesperson said: "We have stringent protocols in place to ensure the health and safety of all our contributors and staff which are routinely monitored and updated to reflect the current guidelines." Getting ahead of the game, former TOWIE star Billie Faiers wowed fans with some behind-the-scenes footage of her skating. The Mummy Diaries star reposted footage of herself performing from skating partner Mark Hanretty’s Instagram Stories. Dancing on Ice’s Joe Swash pays disc… Joe Swash in shock as he and Alex Mu… Holly Willoughby stuns in shimmering… Joe Swash reveals gruelling Dancing … Meanwhile, Emmerdale star Joe-Warren Plant and pro partner Vanessa Baeur have been getting hours of practice under their belts. This has been followed with reports that Joe has fallen victim to the Dancing On Ice curse. Emmerdale star Joe-Warren Plant's life and relationships as he prepares for Dancing On Ice debut Billie Faiers wows in impressive behind-the-scenes footage from her Dancing On Ice training The star broke up with his girlfriend Nicole and moved in with his mum following a reportedly intense row over the amount of time he's been spending with his DOI partner Vanessa. A source told The Sun : "Joe has been staying at his mum's place in Blackpool after moving out but of course he still has training commitments because the show will be starting very soon." You can see the rest of the full line-up for Dancing on Ice 2021 here. Tags: Dancing on Ice Hurler of the Year: Gearoid Hegarty, Tony Kelly and Stephen Bennett in mix as All-Star nominations announced Shamir Shares Stellar Visual for "Diet" Supermarkets accused of hiking petrol and diesel prices as lockdown hits Watch Colbert's 'Adventures of Mike Pence' Cartoon From Old 'Jonny Quest' Footage (Video)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line954
__label__wiki	0.646878	0.646878	Mac History 1998: Good-bye Newton; Hello OS 8.1, WallStreet, and iMac In 1999, I wrote, “Was it only last year that Apple went from beleaguered to industry darling? Released the amazing iMac? Ran a profit every quarter?” Good-Bye, Newton Alas, Newton, we barely knew you – which was adequately borne out by sales figures. Apple was bleeding in many areas: printers, monitors, computers (too many models), and more. It pared down the printer line, the monitor line, and the computer line. And it killed the best PDA (personal digital assistant) the world had known, the Newton. With the school-oriented eMate (a Newton laptop with a keyboard), Newton was starting to make inroads into new markets, but Apple chose to cut its losses. This set the stage for Palm to take over the PDA market – it was smaller and more affordable than Newton and already had two-thirds of the market in 1997. In 1999, Palm held 85% of the PDA market. Microsoft tried to compete with Windows CE, but it made slow progress against the dominant platform. Today these platforms are more often seen in smartphones than in dedicated PDAs. Rumors were that some of the Newton technology would reappear in a consumer portable, which came to market as the iBook in 1999. There was no Newton technology there, although Newton’s handwriting recognition software would eventually make in into Mac OS X 10.2 as Inkwell, where it only worked with a graphics tablet. After creating the PDA market with the Newton in 1993 and leaving it in 1998, Apple eventually returned to it with the iPhone and iPod touch starting in 2007. OS 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1 Mac OS 8.1 was a free maintenance upgrade to Mac OS 8 that was released in January 1998. The big improvementm was HFS+, a new filing system that allowed far more efficient use of hard drive space and for the first time supported partitions bigger than 2 GB. The original HFS went back to the Mac Plus and System 3.2 of 1986, which needed to support drives 20 MB and larger along with nested folders. As drives grew past 100 MB or so, it became evident that HFS was wasting a lot of space because of the way it allocated space The HFS model can handle a maximum of 65,536 blocks of data per volume. Hard drives typically use 512 byte sectors, so those blocks must be multiples of 512 bytes. For partitions up to 32 MB, the sector size and allocation block match at 512 bytes, but beyond that the allocation block jumps to two, three, or more sectors. On a 2.1 GB hard drive, the minimum allocation block was 63 sectors or 31.5 KB! HFS+ increases the maximum number of allocation blocks by several orders of magnitude. The normal allocation for a larger hard drive was now 4 KB, which meant small files no longer tied up as much space on the hard drive. The size of the allocation block is variable under HFS+, something Alsoft took advantage of with its $20 Plus Maker software. I used Plus Maker to convert my 2.1 GB HFS hard drive into an HFS+ drive with 512-byte allocation blocks. Since I do a lot of web work, which involves a lot of small files, I increased free space from about 430 MB to over 945 MB, more than doubling my free space! Mac OS 8.1 gave way to 8.5, which was the first Mac OS to require a PowerPC. The PowerPC native drivers improved performance, especially over a network. Unfortunately, a rare disk bug was soon uncovered that took several months to resolve. Once Apple determined the cause of the bug, it released the Mac OS 8.5.1 update. The other biggie under 8.5 was Sherlock, a search engine that worked as well on your local hard drive, a server volume on your network, or the Internet itself. Power Mac and PowerBook Developments Apple bumped the Power Mac G3 to 300 MHz in March, followed by 333 MHz and 366 MHz versions in August. The “Revision B” Beige Power Macs were aimed at the pro market even more than the Rev. A models had been. In addition to faster CPU speeds, you could buy the faster models with SCSI hard drives and a 1 MB level 2 (L2) cache. In May, Apple released a completely redesigned PowerBook G3. Code named WallStreet, the new ‘Books came in a curvy case, ranged in speed from 233 MHz to 292 MHz, had three different display options, and included two drive bays, which could hold batteries, a floppy drive, an optical drive, a Zip drive, or a hard drive. These had a 66 MHz or 83 MHz system bus, up from 50 MHz in the previous G3 PowerBook, and can support up to 512 MB of RAM (up from 160 MB in Kanga). With two batteries installed, it was possible to get 5-6 hours of field time. The original family of WallStreet PowerBooks wasn’t without its problems. The entry-level 233 MHz model had no L2 cache, which made it significantly slower than the 250 MHz model, and the 13.3″ display often developed problems due to the way its video cable was routed through the hinge. And speaking of hinges, the biggest flaw in the WallStreet design was the hinge – the clutch can eventually give way, which means the display won’t stay in an upright position. The iMac will probably take top billing as the most significant computer of 1998. Not only did it single-handedly show the world how cool Apple is, it became the top selling model for several months, drove the PC industry to finally use those USB ports they’d been building into some PCs since early 1996, and helped Apple turn an already profitable year into an incredible success. The original iMac was introduced in May and shipped in August. It had a 233 MHz G3 CPU, the same level of performance as the entry-level Power Mac G3 introduced in November 1997. The iMac had 32 MB of RAM, a 4 GB hard drive, a 24x CD-ROM, ATI Rage IIc graphics with 2 MB of video memory (expandable to 6 MB), a 15″ display, an IrDA port, and no floppy drive. This was the beginning of the end for built-in floppy drives at Apple, and the PC industry would eventually follow its lead. The iMac supported resolutions to 1024 x 768 on its CRT display, although it tended to be a bit fuzzy at that setting. Apple officially claimed the iMac could support 128 MB of RAM, but as higher capacity memory modules became available, users found that most 128 MB, some 256 MB, and even some 512 MB modules worked, giving a maximum RAM capacity of 1 GB. G3 iMacs also allow use of IDE hard drives up to 128 GB in size. Apple updated the iMac in October. The Revision B model shipped with Mac OS 8.5, ATI Rage Pro graphics, and 6 MB of video memory. Other than that, it looked and worked just like the Rev. A model. On August 31, 1998, Apple discontinued all support for 68000- and 68020-based Macs, most 68030-based Macs, several LaserWriters, and the entire (long discontinued) Apple II line. Intel had been losing market share on the low end to AMD and others for years – even big companies like Compaq adopted non-Intel CPUs for some less expensive models. Intel addressed this with the Celeron (or, as Steve Jobs called it, Celery) processor, a Pentium II with no backside cache. Dumb. It flopped. So Intel released Celeron II (a.k.a. Mendocino), with a built-in 128 KB L2 cache – much smaller than Pentium II’s 512 KB (don’t want to compete there), but twice as efficient than the original cacheless “Covington” Celeron. Windows 98 finally shipped in June 1998, making Windows less Mac-like, more proprietary, and more bizarre than ever before. (Using a web browser as your OS interface? I don’t get it.) Personal Perspective As a longtime Apple user (Apple II+, circa 1979) and Mac lover (since I got my Mac Plus circa 1990), I was thrilled to see Apple turn a profit, have the most popular computer in the world, and quickly respond to a serious (albeit rare) bug in Mac OS 8.5. As a longtime proponent of older Macs, I was disappointed that Apple dropped support for so many older models – but I realize they were probably carrying a lot of dead parts inventory, which this allowed them to liquidate. The iMac led to a whole new class of website, the iMac site, of which The iMac Channel (now part of Low End Mac) was a good example. Well before the first iMac shipped, Apple fans rose up in numbers to create pages and entire sites dedicated to a decidedly revolutionary computer: new styling, new bus, same familiar Mac OS. It was the year Low End Mac grew from a personal website into a leading resources on older Macs. It was a very good year. Next – 1999: Faster iMacs, Smurf and G4 Power Macs, Lombard, and the iBook Keywords: #imac #wallstreetpowerbookg3 Short link: http://goo.gl/WdvJa3 searchword: machistory1998	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line955
__label__wiki	0.879414	0.879414	Melodrama keeps its honor intact Movie: The Widow of Saint-Pierre Length: 1 hour, 50 minutes Studio: Lions Gate Films Website: http://lionsgatefilms.com/epk/widowstp/index.htm Cast: Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica Director: Patrice Leconte Screenwriter: Claude Faralo Music Score: Claude Faralo WorkNameSort: The Widow of Saint-Pierre Our Rating: 3.50 The central crisis of "The Widow of Saint-Pierre," a French film from director Patrice Laconte, is the planned execution of a murderer, but the movie is less interested in examining capital punishment than in lauding the virtues of honor and stifled passion. Its romantic plot is all about savoring the sweet (for the viewer) agony of unexpressed love and undeserved punishment. Extended silences punctuate the script, mirroring the quiet, snow-blanketed landscape of its Newfoundland island setting. These pauses are also a strategy for getting around saying very much. This movie relies on broad strokes, not nuanced analysis. Set in 1850, "The Widow of Saint-Pierre" looks beautiful and stately yet approachable, much like its star, Juliette Binoche, who regularly supplies an extra beat of edgy emotion to her roles. Binoche plays Madame La, a woman who, as one stiff-collared town official puts it, "has such modern ideas." These ideas boil down to being straightforward in her conversation and actions, qualities encouraged by her husband, the Captain (Daniel Auteuil, who worked with Laconte on Girl on the Bridge). The Captain and Madame La enjoy a rather un-19th-century marriage and a hungry sex life. Nonetheless, the story depends on certain Victorian emotions: This is the kind of movie where Madame La's nerves get wracked by the mere sight of a murderer. The secondary characters mostly follow this mannered, proper code. For example, the men gathered in a smoking room can't fathom why Madame La married beneath her station. "She lets her passions guide her," one man explains, to which another offers the type of stern warning that serves to succinctly sum up Madame La's predicament: "Let's hope her 'passions' don't take her too far." All this disproving talk comes after Madame La befriends the shaggy murderer Neel Auguste (Yugoslav director Emir Kusturica, in his acting debut), whose crime was not one of passion but of drunken stupor. Laconte stages an impressive early sequence where Neel and his accomplice are transported from the court to the jail to await, respectively, death and deportation; the camera regularly gives us Neel's point of view as he's sitting on the rickety horse-drawn cart, his eyes scanning the faces of the townfolk who watch from doorways and windows, growing ever more abusive. The Captain is in charge of Neel's custody, and after Madame La asks the prisoner to help her build a greenhouse, the residents grow to accept him, then even admire him. He does manual labor around town and then matter-of-factly returns to his cell -- his unlocked cell. The townfolk have plenty of time to become fond of him, since Neel can't be executed until France locates a spare guillotine and puts it on a boat bound for Saint-Pierre. The problem never becomes more complicated than this: The residents like Neel and don't want him killed; the town officials won't budge on his sentence. As the Captain's superior says of Neel, "His popularity is a nuisance." At heart a melodramatic epic, "The Widow of Saint-Pierre" uses a heavy hand. As Neel becomes more of a part of the community, the action is interspersed with shots of the boat carrying the guillotine -- which might as well be captioned "Impending Doom." Likewise, scenes regularly end with a long, meaningful stare. But the film manages to be restrained, too, and Auteuil in particular gives an impressive, layered performance. The movie won't prompt debate -- Neel is sympathetic basically from the get-go, so we never feel as if he has been "redeemed." But time spent in the company of such a professional, accomplished director and his marvelous cast is time well spent. The Gist Film	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line962
__label__wiki	0.513116	0.513116	Epcot to close two attractions, including one of its most popular thrill rides by Ken Storey Photo via Disney Sum of All Thrills at Epcot in Innoventions East. Epcot has a number of rumors regarding updates to Future World, but while rollercoasters and '80s music may be on the horizon,in the meantime, it's more gloom and doom for the community of tomorrow. Two of the last three remaining exhibits in Innoventions will be closing mid-September. First on the chopping block is StormStruck, an interactive attraction with various mini-exhibits where guests learn about how to prepare their homes for hurricanes and other storms. Then guests enter into a 3D theater where water misters, industrial fans and immersive 3D helps simulate a hurricane. The attraction opened in 2008 with few updates over the years. It rarely sees waits of any length these days. The second attraction inside Innoventions to close is Sum of All Thrills. This thrill ride allows guests to design their ride by selecting different "coaster" sections and themes. Guests can then ride the "coaster" they just designed via a KUKA arm simulator. Even with four KUKA arm simulators, Sum of All Thrills on busier days can have some of the longest waits in all of Epcot. The ride, while dated by today’s simulator standards, still offers a versatile experience that nearly anyone (48 inches or taller) can enjoy. Sum of All Thrills was rumored to be closing earlier this summer when the website associated with the attraction stopped allowing for videos to be accessed on it. Sum of All Thrills, when it opened in 2009, was the first ride in the Orlando market to make use of KUKA technology and was the first ride within Innoventions. Both Sum of All Thrills and StormStruck will close on Sept. 13. With these two exhibits closing the only attraction left in all of Innoventions is Colortopia; that exhibit opened less than a year ago, but it’s believed it will close sooner than later to make way for a top to bottom update to Innoventions. Innoventions East has seen each of its exhibits close over the past year as sponsorships have expired, just like what happened to West before it completely closed. Innoventions West was closed completely in April 2015 after the last of its exhibits ended their sponsorship deals. Since then, a small part of Innoventions West has been redesigned as a character meet-and-greet. Disney hasn’t released any details on what will be replacing Innoventions East or West and the rumor mill has been quite quiet on the subject. In the meantime, Innoventions East will continue to be a great place to cool down in the AC and, you never know, you might even find that perfect paint color for that next project around your house. The Gist Epcot WDW Innoventions Sum of All Thrills StormStruck Photo Via Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer/facebook New musical playground comes from Epcot to College Park by Martina Smith \| Oct 20, 2016 Photo Via Visit Orlando Visit Orlando turns to IBM's Watson for new augmented reality app by Ken Storey \| Aug 29, 2016	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line963
__label__cc	0.66374	0.33626	Current: Pragya Jaiswal About Pragya Jaiswal Born: Saturday, January 12, 1991, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Awards: Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South Profession: Actress, model Height: 5 ft 7 in Weight: 55 Kgs Nationality: Indian Pragya Jaiswal Biography Pragya Jaiswal was born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh State, India, 12th January 1991. She's an Indian movie actress and model. Personal Life: Jaiswal was raised Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. She graduated from the Symbiosis Law School in Pune. She has participated in a number of beauty pageants and became a successful model during her initial days at Symbiosis University. She received Symbiosis Sanskritik Puraskar on 22 January 2014 for her achievements in the area of art and culture. Jaiswal made her debut in a two-language South Indian film entitled Virattu / Dega Tamil and Telugu released in 2014. In 2015, she appeared in Mirchi Lanti Kurradu, a Telugu movie and later in Krish 's(the director) story Kanche. Jaiswal 's role in Krish's Gabbar Is Back had previously been auditioned. She did not play that role, but later Krish gave her the leading role in Kanche. She played Seetha Devi, the daughter of a rich landlord who falls in love with Hari Babu (Varun Tej), later on fighted during World War II. She mostly earned favorable reviews on her performance. This film was awarded the 63rd National Film Award in Telugu. She played a cameo role along with Bellamkonda Sreenivas, Rakul Preet Singh and Jagapathi Babu in Jaya Janaki Nayaka 's movie. She performed for the song "Anandam" in Devotional, Hathiram Bhavaji 's biographical film, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao for Om Namo Venkatesaya of Akkineni Nagarjuna in 2017. Brand Ambassador: She was the brand ambassador for R.S. Brothers and South India Shopping mall for 2016–2017 years. Pragya Jaiswal Galleries Pragya Jaiswal (High Definition Photos) Added on December 8, 2019 Pragya Jaiswal @ Hiya Designer Jewellery Showroom Launch - HD Gallery Pragya Jaiswal @ Telugu Cine Rathasarathula Rajotsvam Curtain Raiser - HD Gallery Added on August 26, 2019 Pragya Jaiswal @ BoConcept Grand Opening Photos - HD Gallery Added on August 8, 2019 Pragya Jaiswal @ Salon Hair Crush Launch Party - HD Gallery Pragya Jaiswal at SIIMA 2018 (Day 1) Added on September 15, 2018 Pragya Jaiswal at SIIMA 7th Edition Curtain Raiser and Short Film Awards (High Definition Photos) Pragya Jaiswal at Ramana-Laya and Anindith Reddy-Shriya Bhupal Weddings (High Definition Photos) Added on July 6, 2018 Pragya Jaiswal at VRK Silks Launch (High Definition) Pragya Jaiswal at Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018 (High Definition Photos) Pragya Jaiswal at Big Bazaar Donation Drive (High Definition) Added on June 9, 2018 Added on April 25, 2018 Pragya Jaiswal (High Definition) Pragya Jaiswal at edom Jarcar Offer Winners Announcement (Posters) Added on February 12, 2018 Pragya Jaiswal at Achari America Yatra Pre-Release Event (Posters) Added on January 20, 2018 Pragya Jaiswal (Posters) Pragya Jaiswal at B New Mobile Store Launch Added on December 20, 2017 Pragya Jaiswal at South India Jewellers (High Definition) Added on September 9, 2017 Pragya Jaiswal - HD Gallery Added on May 7, 2017 Added on March 1, 2017 Pragya Praghya (Posters) Pragya Jaiswal Filimography Achari America Yatra Vishnu Manchu, Pragya Jaiswal, Brahmanandam, Tanikella Bharani, Kota Sreenivas Rao, LB Sriram, Posani Krishna Murali, Prudhvi, Praveen, Vidyullekha Raman, Prabhas Srinu, Pradeep Rawat, Thakur Anoop Singh, Master Bharat, Miles Dewar, Kateryna Dronova, Satya Krishnan, Joe Monroe, Rocket Raghava, Raja Ravindra, Tom Ricciardelli, Liam Scanlan, Geetha Singh, Supreet, Venu Tillu, Surekha Vani Sekhar Chandra G Nageshwar Reddy Dega Praghya, Erica Fernandes NA NA Gunturodu Manchu Manoj, Pragya Jaiswal, Rajendra Prasad, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Rao Ramesh, Sampath, Prudhvi, Praveen, Satya, Gemini Suresh and Kasi Viswanath Sri Vasanth SK Satya Kanche Varun Tej, Pragya Jaiswal, Nikitin Dheer, Srinivasa Avasarala, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, Sowcar Janaki, Anoop Puri, Ravi Prakash, Satyam Rajesh, Posani Krishna Murali, Lasha Kankava, Singeetham Srinivasa Rao Chirantan Bhatt Krish Kurukshetram (3D) Darshan Thoogudeep, Arjun Sarja, Sneha, Nikhil Gowda, Sonu Sood, Ambareesh, V. Ravichandran, Ravi Shankar P, Meghana Raj, Shashi Kumar, Pragya Jaiswal, Pavithra Lokesh, Ananthnag, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Shashikumar, Ramya Nambeeshan, Aditi Arya, Srinivasa Murthy, Yashas, Chandan, Srinath, Haripriya, Anupama Chopra, Bharat Gowda, Rockline Venkatesh Harikrishna Naganna Mirchi lanti Kurradu Abhijeet Duddala, Pragya Jaiswal NA NA Nakshatram Sundeep Kishan, Regina Cassandra, Sai Dharam Tej, Pragya Jaiswal, Tulasi, Shivaji Raja, Raghubabu, Praksh Raj, Tanish, Mukhtar Khan, Sai Kiran Mani Sharma Krishna Vamsi Om Namo Venkatesaya Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty, Pragya Jaiswal, Ashmita Karnani, Jagapathi Babu, Saurabh Raaj Jain, Brahmanandam, Aditya Menon, Rao Ramesh, Raghu Babu, Pruthviraj, Vimala Raman MM Keeravani K Raghavendra Rao	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line964
__label__cc	0.646444	0.353556	Koslov on ‘Managed Retreat’ From Rising Waters July 25, 2019 /0 Comments/in Luskin in the News Liz Koslov /by Mary Braswell Assistant Professor of Urban Planning Liz Koslov spoke to Vice about “managed retreat” as a strategy for coping with climate change — and perhaps creating a better quality of life. Faced with rising sea levels, some communities lobby for protection from walls and levees. Staying in place is seen as a sign of resilience, moving away a sign of surrender. Koslov noted that walling off cities could create “provinces of the wealthy” that bring about environmental and social havoc. “You could end up with these walled city-states and then everyone else is just left to fend for themselves,” she said. Managed retreat — moving populations away from an environmental threat in a carefully planned strategy — can be empowering and restorative if the people involved have a voice in the move, she said. Koslov, who has a joint appointment with UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, is currently working on a book based on her fieldwork on Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy. Park on California as Ground Zero for Climate Disaster 'We Set Our Destiny,' Becerra Says of Fellow Californians LCI Experts on Drinking Water Crisis in the Antelope Valley Wildfires Don’t Have to be ‘Bad,’ Author Says Enhancing the Resiliency of L.A.’s Water Supply Through Recycling Cuts in Transit Service Will Hurt Low-Income Riders, Taylor Warns Matute on L.A. Transit Challenges Holloway on Protections for LGBTQ Travelers	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line967
__label__wiki	0.552248	0.552248	Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Circle of Life (1994 Video) Hide Spoilers Helpfulness Review Date Total Votes Prolific Reviewer Review Rating Filter by Rating Clear 10/10 9/10 8/10 7/10 6/10 TheLittleSongbird21 December 2011 "From the day we arrived on the planet, and blinking stepped into the sun..." I love Disney, and the Disney Sing-along series. And The Lion King is my second favourite Disney film after Beauty and the Beast. This Christmas gave me an opportunity to revisit these sing-along videos, and Circle of Life turned out to be one of my favourites. Circle of Life starts wonderfully, with one of the best and spirit-rousing beginnings of any Disney movie(my favourite is the one for The Hunchback of Notre Dame) in Circle of Life. I Can't Wait to be King looks just as vibrant and great fun, but Circle of Life gives me that extra something. Other highlights are the poignant Part of Your World, the fun and underrated Prince Ali, the jazzy Everybody Wants to be a Cat and Belle, which sets the tone of Beauty and the Beast beautifully. Anybody who loves Jiminy Cricket will find him every bit as likable and as thoughtful, and we are treated to Cliff Edward's immortal rendition of When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio, one of the most inspiring and heart-melting Disney songs of their cannon, not to mention nostalgic. What makes Circle of Life not quite perfect? The added songs for me. Hakuna Matata is fine, but Yummy Yummy, W-I-L-D and Jungle Rhythm are forgettable and very unnecessary, at least in my opinion. Other than that, it is one of the best of this series and very close to perfect. 9/10 Bethany Cox Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line968
__label__cc	0.559823	0.440177	Choose Lethbridge Business Investment Profile A Bright Choice For Enjoy Lethbridge A Bright Choice Our Lethbridge Team Lethbridge Experience Downtown In Downtown Lethbridge, you’ll find the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG), which showcases works by established and up-and-coming local, national and international contemporary artists. Steps away from the SAAG are the Casa interdisciplinary community arts centre and a walkable, character-rich business community with an ever-growing roster of independent boutiques, cafes, live music venues and restaurants. In the middle of it all is Galt Gardens, the city’s urban oasis and home to a year-round slate of events, including Love and Records (western Canada's largest outdoor record fair), Oktoberfest, Shakespeare in the Park, Lethbridge Pride Fest, National Aboriginal Day celebrations and many more. At the nearby Galt Museum & Archives, explore Lethbridge’s history or take in the breathtaking views of the iconic CP Rail Lethbridge Viaduct, the longest and highest trestle bridge in the world, and the Oldman River Valley, part of our network of more than 1,740 hectares (4,300 acres) of parks and natural areas and home to the Helen Schuler Nature Centre and historic Fort Whoop-Up. For more on downtown Lethbridge, including a business directory, visit the website. There has been more than $1billion worth of non-residential construction in Lethbridge over the past 10 years. Economic Development Lethbridge 308 Stafford Drive South Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 2L1 info@chooselethbridge.ca Choose Lethbridge \| chooselethbridge.ca © 2021 Economic Development Lethbridge.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line971
__label__cc	0.525736	0.474264	Home Politics Voters advised to value elections Voters advised to value elections Nov 28, 2018 Samuel Majamanda Politics 0 The National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Public Trust has told voters to attach more value to elections as they are part of development. The organisation in conjunction with the Blantyre Press Club (BPC) held a public debate at Ntaja in Machinga aimed at soliciting citizens’ views on the importance of participating in an election such as the one in 2019. Speaking during the debate, NICE Coordinator for the south Enock Chimkuntha said it is very important for Malawian citizens to fully recognize the relevance of participating in elections in order for the next election to be fully patronized. “In an election we choose leaders to spur development both at national and local authority level, as such elections should be considered as part of development, rather than simply a process of dealing with bad leadership,” said Chimkuntha. He further advised people of the area to ensure that they open up their minds to manifestos of all political parties in order for them to be able to sample and select the ones that will benefit national development. Commenting on the issue, Secretary General for Blantyre Press Club Simeon Shumba advised the citizens to seek development through wise voting for leaders with passion to develop Malawi. He added to say that citizens must consider voting leaders on all the three positions namely President, Member of Parliament (MP) and Councilor on May 21 next year as a way of achieving full representation of the citizens at local and national level. Discussions during the debate revealed that a good percentage of the participants were not satisfied with the way most political leaders carry out their responsibilities after winning an election, hence not seeing the need to continue voting. However, speaking in an interview, Group Village Headman Ntaja said civic education and encouragement from different electoral players are to help the citizens to understand the relevance of voting hence increasing numbers of voters for the forthcoming election. “Some people have lost hope because of lack of trust in some leaders that they have been electing; however we have been telling them that staying away from the election is not the best solution because in the end they will let the bad leaders to continue ruling, and we hope that this message will diffuse into the communities and every eligible voter will turn up for the elections on May 21 next year,” said GVH Ntaja. Earlier this year, Blantyre Press Club entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Initiative for Civic Education which among other things exists to address issues of lack of misinformation among eligible voters in readiness for the 2019 tripartite elections. National Initiative for Civic Education Nice Trust Monada’s Idibala Challenge lands Muslim women in hot soup Amachita Zozizwa visuals unleashed	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line981
__label__cc	0.523529	0.476471	manoa.hawaii.edu/sealearning Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$field_standards_ngss_pe_linking in tsi_preprocess_field() (line 294 of /webinfo/vhosts/manoa.hawaii.edu/docroot/sealearning/sites/all/themes/tsi/template.php). Notice: Undefined index: #options in include() (line 82 of /webinfo/vhosts/manoa.hawaii.edu/docroot/sealearning/sites/all/themes/tsi/templates/field--taxonomy-term-reference.tpl.php). Notice: Trying to get property 'vocabulary_machine_name' of non-object in include() (line 82 of /webinfo/vhosts/manoa.hawaii.edu/docroot/sealearning/sites/all/themes/tsi/templates/field--taxonomy-term-reference.tpl.php). Understanding Sea Level Rise NGSS Performance Expectations: 5-ESS2-1 Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. Clarification Statement: Examples could include the influence of the ocean on ecosystems, landform shape, and climate; the influence of the atmosphere on landforms and ecosystems through weather and climate; and the influence of mountain ranges on winds and clouds in the atmosphere. The geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere are each a system. Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to the interactions of two systems at a time. Ocean Literacy Principles: OLP 1.D OLP 6.F ACTIVITY: Simulating Sea Level Rise This activity builds on the content below to help students understand how the atmosphere interacts with the hydrosphere. Greenhouse Gas Presentation The above teacher guide is a presentation about the greenhouse effect (from the original SEA curriculum). Note: the pdf has presenter notes in yellow boxes in the upper, left corner. Earth's Systems Earth’s surface is a complex and dynamic set of interconnected systems—the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere (Fig. 1)—that interact over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Weather and climate are shaped by the complex interactions of the ocean, the atmosphere, sunlight, clouds, ice, land, and life forms. Earth’s biosphere has changed the makeup of the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere over geological time. Geologic events and conditions have also affected the evolution of life on Earth. Components of Earth’s systems may remain relatively stable, change slowly, or change abruptly, with significant consequences for living organisms. Changes in one system can cause further changes to that system or to other systems—often in surprising and complex ways. This topic explores how humans have contributed to the influence of the atmosphere on landforms and ecosystems through weather and climate. Weather is all around us and has a profound influence on our day-to-day lives. Weather affects how and where we live, what we do each day, what we wear, and what we eat. Weather describes the day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere at a particular location. While weather varies from day-to-day at any particular location, over the years, the same type of weather patterns generally re-occur. This recurring weather pattern is known as climate—the average weather conditions in a particular place over a long period of time. Climate change is a broad term that describes the changing of environmental conditions throughout the Earth’s history. Changes in climate can result from natural events, such as volcanic eruptions, changes in the Earth’s orbit, or changes in the amount of energy released from the sun. Human activities also affect the chemical composition of the atmosphere and influence the Earth’s climate. The predicted effects of current climate change vary by location and, as a result, climate change will have different effects on humans and ecosystems—depending on their location on the planet. In general, scientists belonging to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) conclude that global climate change is expected to lead to the following changes of our Earth’s weather and climate patterns over the next century: increased air and sea temperatures (Fig. 2) rises in sea level changes in weather patterns more frequent storms other extreme weather in some places changes in the seawater chemistry due to increased carbon dioxide concentrations A Warming Atmosphere Since the start of the Industrial Revolution in the 1700's, humans have been drastically increasing the amount of gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels and deforesting (removing trees and green plants). The most significant climate change in modern times is the warming of our Earth. Earth’s temperature has increased by 0.7℃ (1.3℉) over the last 100 years. The naturally occurring gasses in the atmosphere act as a greenhouse—trapping heat energy from the sun, which gives them the name greenhouse gasses. Greenhouse gases are actually very important to making Earth a habitable place to live. Without the blanket of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, Earth would be, on average, about 15℃ (60℉) cooler, making our climate much colder. Sea Level Changes With increases in CO2, evidence of Earth’s warming can be found worldwide. In particular, many of the world’s glaciers are retreating, melting, or shrinking—not only in area but also in thickness. In Alaska, an average of 1.8 m (6 ft) of glacier thickness is being lost each year. This is more than twice the annual rate observed from the 1950s to the mid-1990s. Sea level is also rising—over the last hundred years, sea level has increased an average of 15 cm (7 in.). Melting glaciers account for some sea level rise. Warming ocean temperatures also contribute to higher sea level because water volume expands as water warms (assuming that pressure stays the same). TRADITIONAL WAYS OF KNOWING: Climate Change Climate Change Impact in Hawai'i The most immediate change threatening Hawai‘i and other Pacific Islands will no doubt be a result of sea level rise. Recent IPCC projections are for a sea-level rise of 48 cm (about 1.5 feet) by 2100. Globally, 100,000,000 people live within approximately 1 m (3.3 feet) of present day sea level, including most of Hawai‘i’s population. Rise in sea-surface temperatures (SST) will also contribute to complications. Some effects of sea level rise and warming are: Increases in intensity and frequency of storm surges, Increased coastal erosion resulting in loss of land and livelihood from tourism, loss of important wetlands and mangroves, Reduced availability of fresh water due to seawater intrusion into Hawai‘i’s coastal freshwater aquifers Rise in SST are redicted to be 1.4–5.8°C (2.7-7.7°F) Impacts on fisheries as reefs decline and influence other species of fish that depend on the reef VOICE OF THE SEA: Sea Level Rise and the Ala Wai Canal National Estuarine Research Reserve System NERRS: Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels VOICE OF THE SEA: King Tides Sea Level Rise Viewers Use these web mapping tools to visualize community-level impacts from coastal flooding or sea level rise (up to 10 feet above average high tides). 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__label__wiki	0.518359	0.518359	By: Mari Makatsaria October 1, 2020 October 15, 2020 Culture, Food, Style, TravelBeverly Hills Gucci, Gucci, Gucci Osteria, Gucci Osteria Beverly Hills, Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura, Gucci Osteria Massimo, Massimo Bottura Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, CA: I tried Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura. Here’s my experience. * New posts go up every Thursday, so come back next week for another day of exploration, or a roundup of my favorite spots and fashion trends! I shouldn’t have dallied in the shower, I think. Maybe my makeup routine could’ve been shorter. Sitting at a red light, all I can think about is — I don’t want to be late. Though that’s my typical sentiment any time I have to be somewhere at a certain time, the feeling is especially amplified today. I send a frowning glance at the GPS, which keeps adding more minutes to my route. My brain starts racing, already practicing what I’d say in my defense. How I’d beg. Who I’d shamelessly blame. It took a month and a half to get that table, dammit. I really don’t want to be late. Luckily, the time ticks back down, and I make it there at 12:30 p.m. on the dot. I hop out of the car and make a beeline to the illuminated sign that reads Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura. The private entrance of the restaurant, which sits at the street level right next to its Beverly Hills flagship store, feels a little bit like a secret — even though it’s out in the open. That’s because, in the midst of Rodeo Drive’s dizzying flash, it’s easy to miss. When I step inside the entrance hallway, I’m greeted by a wallpaper of blooming flowers set against a rich blue ground and juxtaposed by colorful birds and branches — and a friendly hostess. Coming up right after a well-coiffed, suited-up guy who just got turned down for a reservation, I proudly announced mine. “Wonderful,” The hostess’ mask climbs up her nose as she smiles. She guides me to an elevator at the end of the hallway while giving me a quick spiel about new Covid-19 rules and etiquette. (Note: you are required to wear masks while walking to and away from your table. You are allowed, I’m told, to take it off briefly while eating and taking photos). The elevator opens up to a tree-print wallpapered lobby and a rooftop outdoor terrace. True, the osteria overlooks one of the loudest streets in Beverly Hills — one that always seems stuck with a looped soundtrack of over-revving exotic cars, hubbub of tourists and the occasional honk of an annoyed middle-class local just passing through — barely any of that makes its way to the rooftop. And when it does, it isn’t really bothersome. I assume that’s because the ambiance cultivates a certain calm feeling. Antique ornate mirrors, Italian marble floors and lavish carpets are juxtaposed with wicker chairs and greenery that are decidedly Californian. Though some 6,400 miles from Italy, the place clearly aims to convince its patrons they’ve been whisked off somewhere else — where Italy and California hold hands and become one. The waiter gently places a napkin on my lap immediately upon seating. He brings me water, slips a leather placemat on the red-marble countertop, and keeps the chitchat light — something I’m grateful for, given the fact that his Italian accent, muffled by his mask and shield, makes him really hard to understand. Then, I’m left alone to visually digest my surroundings before my blogger friend and fellow fashionista, Kristin, gets here. I don’t say this outright when Kristin arrives but, having had the best of it, I have high standards when it comes to Italian food, and I expect the full fruition of those standards here at Gucci Osteria. The fact that I’d sound like a complete prick isn’t lost on me. But when you have to wait over a month for a reservation at a restaurant that slings $40 handmade tortellini, you can allow yourself to be a bit of a prick. You can have high standards — correction, you should. (In all fairness to the osteria, its five-course, $135 tasting menu is more than reasonably priced). Aside from mild, leftover bitterness over a long wait for a table, I have nothing against the place. In fact, there’s a little cheerleader in my head waving her pom poms, angling for a win, hoping my taste buds love what I throw at them today. The truth is, I’ve been obsessing over Chef Massimo Bottura ever since I saw him on the very first episode of Netflix’s Chef’s Table. Massimo, with his strong ideas, knack for clashing flavors, quirky dish names and avant garde plating, is a force to be reckoned with in the kitchen. Case in point: Tucked away in the city of Modena, the chef’s Osteria Francescana, which has garnered three Michelin stars, was the first Italian restaurant to be named the world’s best. We tried to leave room for Modena in our Italian itinerary, but in the midst of ticking off the country’s other sensational, must-see destinations, it just didn’t work out. Neither did dinner at Gucci’s first restaurant near the Uffizi in Piazza Signoria during our stay in Florence. So, when I heard Massimo was bringing his opuses to California — and to Beverly Hills’ Gucci, of all places — I shrieked in excitement, and after a few minutes of letting the news churn in my mind, cocked my head to one side with curiosity. Osteria Francescana is a quiet, pared-down kind of place. The walls are a blue-ish gray, the color of a cloudy sky, and even its main door looks like, well, not much really. There, the food does all the talking. But how is the food going to fare here? And after reading a few dispassionate reviews and complaints about the hyperbolized prices, will it be worth it? Our lunch starts with bread, as all good things do — a soft, perfect sourdough and flaky, melt-in-your-mouth lavash, served with ricotta and mildly salted butter sprinkled with bee pollen. On that first bite, I raise my right hand, press my thumb and index finger together and draw a straight horizontal line in the air. A gesture that means, “Perfetto!” Next comes the main attraction, the Tagliolini Alfredo. What makes it so special? Well, lots of things, including the shigoku oysters, bits of chicken skin and the vibrantly green pasta itself. But really, what takes center stage here are the two tongues of sea urchin. It tastes just hours out of the sea, as though the scuba divers who usually harvest the spiny-shelled creatures from the depth of the ocean just handed them over to the busy chefs in the kitchen. “It tastes like the ocean,” I tell Kristin. Not like fish, no. It’s as though the ocean itself was creamed and turned into custard — delicate, slightly sweet and briny. The delicacy might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but when it’s done right like this — man, it’s good. The question of dessert is still up in the air. That’s what happens when there are too many good options. So, we opt for the waiter’s recommendation, “Oops I broke the meringue,” which reminds me of another iconic dish served at Massimo’s Osteria Francescana called “Oops! I dropped the lemon tart.” If you’ve watched the Netflix episode, you’ll know that the idea came about when Massimo’s sous chef Taka Kondo accidentally dropped the lemon tart right before serving it. To Kondo, it was a travesty. To Massimo, it was an opportunity — a chance to serve something in a way that’s humorously fresh, easy to eat and most importantly, deliciously imperfect. The meringue-based dessert at Osteria Gucci is another iteration of that years-old mistake-turned-art, and when it’s placed in front of us, we gasp. A thin layer of meringue (which boasts a pattern matching the plateware), sits cracked on top of a mystery inside. We linger there. For too long. I don’t want to break it, which sounds so silly, given the fact that it’s already broken. But you can’t really know the true brilliance of a dish until you taste it, so I tap the tip of my spoon and shatter the delicate sheet of meringue to reveal raspberry and chopped almonds on top of a final surprise — shiso. Shiso is an herb from the mint family that’s often used in Japanese cooking, and in this dish, it coaxes out a certain bitter, citrusty brightness. As I nurse the last bite of our dessert, petting it with my spoon, dragging the moment out, I think of the food and how it’s so different from anything I’ve had in Italy, but equally so full of heart. It’s not “Italian” the way nonna makes it. No, Massimo’s dishes don’t involve generous helpings of pasta, gloppy-but-tasty lasagnas and large grilled slabs of meat glistening with pan juices. And really, if that’s what you’re expecting — well, stop. If you’re trying to see the restaurant as anything else other than what it so honestly claims it is, you’re seeing it in error. As the NY Times put it, which I really think says a great deal about the place, Massimo “cooks food that’s about Italy and family and history and memory and art, yes, but ultimately his eclectic platings and flavor combinations reflect the miasmic workings of his own mind.” Hips Don’t Lie Maxi Dress Green & Blue Hologram Jungle Print Mules Posted by:Mari Makatsaria Solvang, CA: What is this Danish town like during COVID-19? Did ‘Emily in Paris’ satiate my wanderlust?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line989
__label__cc	0.73824	0.26176	Sermon 3. The Sin of Unbelief Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 14, 1855, by the "And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thingbe? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt not eat thereof"-2 Kings 7:19. ONE WISE man may deliver a whole city; one good man may be the means of safety to a thousand others. The holy ones are "thesalt of the earth," the means of the preservation of the wicked. Without the godly as a conserve, the race would be utterlydestroyed. In the city of Samaria there was one righteous man-Elisha, the servant of the Lord. Piety was altogether extinctin the court. The king was a sinner of the blackest dye, his iniquity was glaring and infamous. Jehoramwalked in the ways of his father Ahab, and made unto himself false gods. The people of Samaria were fallen like theirmonarch: they had gone astray from Jehovah; they had forsaken the God of Israel; they remembered not the watchword of Jacob,"The Lord thy God is one God;" and in wicked idolatry they bowed before the idols of the heathens, and therefore the Lordof Hosts suffered their enemies to oppress them until the curse of Ebal was fulfilled in the streets of Samaria, for "thetender anddelicate woman who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness," had an evil eyeto her own children, and devoured her offspring by reason of fierce hunger (Deut 28:56-58). In this awful extremity the one holy man was the medium of salvation. The one grain of salt preserved the entire city;the one warrior for God was the means of the deliverance of the whole beleaguered multitude. For Elisha's sake the Lord sentthe promise that the next day, food whichcould not be obtained at any price, should be had at the cheapest possible rate-at the very gates of Samaria. We may picturethe joy of the multitude when first the seer uttered this prediction. They knew him to be a prophet of the Lord; he had divinecredentials; all his past prophecies had been fulfilled. They knew that he was a man sent of God, and uttering Jehovah's message.Surely the monarch's eyes would glisten with delight, and the emaciated multitude would leap for joy at theprospects of so speedy a release from famine. "To-morrow," would they shout, "to-morrow our hunger shall be over, and we shall feast to the full." However, the lord on whom the king leaned expressed his disbelief. We hear not that any of the common people, the plebeians,ever did so; but an aristocrat did it. Strange it is, that God has seldom chosen the great men of this world. High placesand faith in Christ do seldom well agree. This great man said, "Impossible!" and, with an insult to the prophet, he added,"If the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be." His sin lay in the fact, that afterrepeated seals of Elisha's ministry, he yet disbelieved the assurances uttered by the prophet on God's behalf. He had,doubtless, seen the marvelous defeat of Moab; he had been startled at tidings of the resurrection of the Shunamite's son;he knew that Elisha had revealed Benhadad's secrets and smitten his marauding hosts with blindness; he had seen the bandsof Syria decoyed into the heart of Samaria; and he probably knew the story of the widow, whose oil filled all the vessels,and redeemedher sons; at all events the cure of Naaman was common conversation at court; and yet, in the face of all this accumulatedevidence, in the teeth of all these credentials of the prophet's mission, he yet doubted, and insultingly told him that heavenmust become an open casement, ere the promise could be performed. Whereupon God pronounced his doom by the mouth of the manwho had just now proclaimed the promise: "thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof." Andprovidence-which always fulfills prophecy, just as the paper takes the stamp of the type-destroyed the man. Trodden downin the streets of Samaria, he perished at its gates, beholding the plenty, but tasting not of it. Perhaps his carriage washaughty, and insulting to the people; or he tried to restrain their eager rush; or, as we would say, it might have been bymere accident that he was crushed to death; so that he saw the prophecy fulfilled, but never lived to enjoy it. In his case,seeing was believing, but it was not enjoying. I shall this morning invite your attention to two things-the man's sin and his punishment. Perhaps I shall say but little of this man, since I have detailed the circumstances, but I shall discourseupon the sin of unbelief and the punishment thereof. I. And first, the SIN. His sin was unbelief. He doubted the promise of God. In this particular case unbelief took the form of a doubt of the divine veracity, or a mistrustof God's power. Either he doubted whether God really meant what he said, or whether it was within the range of possibilitythat God should fulfill his promise. Unbelief hath more phases than the moon, and more colors than the chameleon. Common peoplesay of the devil, that he is seen sometimes in one shape, andsometimes in another. I am sure this is true of Satan's first-born child-unbelief, for its forms are legion. At one timeI see unbelief dressed out as an angel of light. It calls itself humility, and it saith, "I would not be presumptuous; I darenot think that God would pardon me; I am too great a sinner." We call that humility, and thank God that our friend is in sogood a condition. I do not thank God for any such delusion. It is the devil dressed as an angel of light; it is unbelief afterall. At other times we detect unbelief in the shape of a doubt of God's immutability: "The Lord has loved me, but perhapshe will cast me off to-morrow. He helped me yesterday, and under the shadows of his wings I trust; but perhaps I shall receiveno help in the next affliction. He may have cast me off; he may be unmindful of his covenant, and forget to be gracious."Sometimes this infidelity is embodied in a doubt of God's power. We see every day new straits, we are involved in a net ofdifficulties, and we think "surely the Lord cannot deliver us." We strive to get rid of our burden, and finding that wecannot do it, we think God's arm is as short as ours, and his power as little as human might. A fearful form of unbelief isthat doubt which keeps men from coming to Christ; which leads the sinner to distrust the ability of Christ to save him, todoubt the willingness of Jesus to accept so great a transgressor. But the most hideous of all is the traitor, in its truecolors,blaspheming God, and madly denying his existence. Infidelity, deism, and atheism, are the ripe fruits of this pernicioustree; they are the most terrific eruptions of the volcano of unbelief. Unbelief hath become of full stature, when quittingthe mask and laying aside disguise, it profanely stalks the earth, uttering the rebellious cry, "No God," striving in vainto shake the throne of the divinity, by lifting up its arm against Jehovah, and in its arrogance would "Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Re-judge his justice-be the god of God." Then truly unbelief has come to its full perfection, and then you see what it really is, for the least unbelief is of thesame nature as the greatest. I am astonished, and I am sure you will be, when I tell you that there are some strange people in the world who do not believethat unbelief is a sin. Strange people I must call them, because they are sound in their faith in every other respect; only,to make the articles of their creed consistent, as they imagine, they deny that unbelief is sinful. I remember a young mangoing into a circle of friends and ministers, who were disputing whether it was a sin in men that theydid not believe the gospel. Whilst they were discussing it, he said, "Gentlemen am I in the presence of Christians? Areyou believers in the Bible, or are you not?" They said, "We are Christians of course." "Then," said he, "does not the Scripturesay, 'of sin, because they believed not on me?' And is it not the damning sin of sinners, that they do not believe on Christ?"I could not have thought that persons should be so fool-hardy as to venture to assert that, "it is no sin for a sinner notto believe on Christ." I thought that, however far they might wish to push their sentiments, they would not tell a lieto uphold the truth, and, in my opinion this is what such men are really doing. Truth is a strong tower and never requiresto be buttressed with error. God's Word will stand against all man's devices. I would never invent a sophism to prove thatit is no sin on the part of the ungodly not to believe, for I am sure it is, when I am taught in the Scriptures that, "Thisis thecondemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light," and when I read, "He that believethnot is condemned already, because he believeth not on the Son of God," I affirm, and the Word declares it, unbelief is a sin. Surely with rational and unprejudiced persons, it cannot require any reasoning to prove it. Is it not a sin for a creatureto doubt the word of its Maker? Is it not a crime and an insult to the Divinity, for me, an atom, a particle ofdust, to dare to deny his words? Is it not the very summit of arrogance and extremity of pride for a son of Adam to say,even in his heart, "God I doubt thy grace; God I doubt thy love; God I doubt thy power?" Oh! sirs believe me, could ye rollall sins into one mass,-could you take murder, and blasphemy, and lust, adultery, and fornication, and everything that isvile and unite them all into one vast globe of black corruption, they would not equal even then the sin of unbelief. Thisis themonarch sin, the quintessence of guilt; the mixture of the venom of all crimes; the dregs of the wine of Gomorrah; itis the A1 sin, the master-piece of Satan, the chief work of the devil. I shall attempt this morning, for a little while, to shew the extremely evil nature of the sin of unbelief. And let me say here, that unbelief in the Christian is of the self-same nature as unbelief in the sinner. It is not the samein its final issue, for it will be pardoned in the Christian; yea it is pardoned: it was laid upon the scapegoat's head ofold: it was blotted out and atoned for; but it is of the same sinful nature. In fact, if there can be one sin more heinousthan the unbelief of a sinner, it is the unbelief of a saint. For a saint to doubt God's word-for asaint to distrust God after innumerable instances of his love, after ten thousand proofs of his mercy, exceeds everything.In a saint, moreover, unbelief is the root of other sins. When I am perfect in faith, I shall be perfect in everything else;I should always fulfill the precept if I always believed the promise. But it is because my faith is weak, that I sin. Putme in trouble, and if I can fold my arms and say, "Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord will provide," you will not find me using wrongmeansto escape from it. But let me be in temporal distress and difficulty; if I distrust God, what then? Perhaps I shall steal,or do a dishonest act to get out of the hands of my creditors; or if kept from such a transgression, I may plunge into excessto drown my anxieties. Once take away faith, the reins are broken; and who can ride an unbroken steed without rein or bridle?Like the chariot of the sun, with Phaeton for its driver, such should we be without faith. Unbelief is the mother of vice;it is the parent of sin; and, therefore, I say it is a pestilent evil-a master sin. "Law and terrors do but harden, All the while they work alone: But a sense of blood-bought pardon Will dissolve a heart of stone." Methinks the tale of Calvary is enough to break a rock. Rocks did rend when they saw Jesus die. Methinks the tragedy of Golgothais enough to make a flint gush with tears, and to make the most hardened wretch weep out his eyes in drops of penitentiallove; but yet we tell it you, and repeat it oft, but who weeps over it? Who cares about it? Sirs, ye sit as unconcerned asif it did not signify to you. Oh! behold and see all ye that pass by. Is it nothing to you that Jesusshould die? Ye seem to say "It is nothing." What is the reason? Because there is unbelief between you and the cross. Ifthere were not that thick veil between you and the Saviour's eyes, his looks of love would melt you. But unbelief is the sinwhich keeps the power of the gospel from working in the sinner: and it is not till the Holy Ghost strikes that unbelief out-itis not till the Holy Spirit rends away that infidelity and takes it altogether down, that we can find the sinner coming toput his trust in Jesus. Faith fosters every virtue; unbelief murders every one. Thousands of prayers have been strangled in their infancy by unbelief.Unbelief has been guilty of infanticide; it has murdered many an infant petition; many a song of praise that would have swelledthe chorus of the skies, has been stifled by an unbelieving murmur; many a noble enterprise conceived in the heart has beenblighted ere it could come forth, by unbelief. Many a man would have been a missionary; would havestood and preached his Master's gospel boldly; but he had unbelief. Once make a giant unbelieving, and he becomes a dwarf.Faith is the Samsonian lock of the Christian; cut it off, and you may put out his eyes-and he can do nothing. And, oh! do you not know that unbelief kept Moses and Aaron out of Canaan? They honored not God; they struck the rock whenthey ought to have spoken to it. They disbelieved: and therefore the punishment came upon them, that they should not inheritthat good land, for which they had toiled and labored. Let me take you where Moses and Aaron dwelt-to the vast and howling wilderness. We will walk about it for a time; sons ofthe weary foot, we will become like the wandering Bedouins, we will tread the desert for a while. There lies a carcass whitenedin the sun; there another, and there another. What means these bleached bones? What are these bodies-there a man, and therea woman? What are all these? How came these corpses here? Surely some grand encampment must havebeen here cut off in a single night by a blast, or by bloodshed. Ah; no, no. Those bones are the bones of Israel; thoseskeletons are the old tribes of Jacob. They could not enter because of unbelief. They trusted not in God. Spies said theycould not conquer the land. Unbelief was the cause of their death. It was not the Anakims that destroyed Israel; it was notthe howling wilderness which devoured them; it was not the Jordan which proved a barrier to Canaan; neither Hivite or Jebusiteslewthem; it was unbelief alone which kept them out of Canaan. What a doom to be pronounced on Israel, after forty years ofjourneying: they could not enter because of unbelief! Not to multiply instances, recollect Zechariah. He doubted, and the angel struck him dumb. His mouth was closed because ofunbelief. But oh! if you would have the worst picture of the effects of unbelief-if you would see how God has punished it,I must take you to the siege of Jerusalem, that worst massacre which time has ever seen; when the Romans razed the walls tothe ground, and put the whole of the inhabitants to the sword, or sold them as slaves in themarket-place. Have you never read of the destruction of Jerusalem, by Titus? Did you never turn to the tragedy of Masada,when the Jews stabbed each other rather than fall into the hands of the Romans? Do you not know, that to this day the Jewwalks through the earth a wanderer, without a home and without a land? He is cut off, as a branch is cut from a vine; andwhy? Because of unbelief. Each time ye see a Jew with a sad and somber countenance-each time ye mark him like a denizen ofanotherland, treading as an exile in this our country-each time ye see him, pause and say, "Ah! it was unbelief which causedthee to murder Christ, and now it has driven thee to be a wanderer; and faith alone-faith in the crucified Nazarene-can fetchthee back to thy country, and restore it to its ancient grandeur." Unbelief, you see, has the Cain-mark upon its forehead.God hates it; God has dealt hard blows upon it: and God will ultimately crush it. Unbelief dishonors God. Every other crimetouches God's territory; but unbelief aims a blow at his divinity, impeaches his veracity, denies his goodness, blasphemeshis attributes, maligns his character; therefore, God of all things, hates first and chiefly, unbelief, wherever it is. II. This brings us now to conclude with the PUNISHMENT. "Thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof." Listen unbelievers! ye have heard this morning your sin; nowlisten to your doom: "Ye shall see it with your eyes, but shalt not eat thereof." It is so often with God's own saints. Whenthey are unbelieving, they see the mercy with their eyes, but do not eat it. Now, here is corn in this land of Egypt; butthere are some of God's saints who come here on the Sabbath, and say, "I do not know whether the Lordwill be with me or not." Some of them say, "Well, the gospel is preached, but I do not know whether it will be successful."They are always doubting and fearing. Listen to them when they get out of the chapel. "Well, did you get a good meal thismorning?" "Nothing for me." Of course not. Ye could see it with your eyes, but did not eat it, because you had no faith. Ifyou had come up with faith, you would have had a morsel. I have found Christians, who have grown so very critical, that ifthewhole portion of the meat they are to have, in due season, is not cut up exactly into square pieces, and put upon somechoice dish of porcelain, they cannot eat it. Then they ought to go without; and they will have to go without, until theyare brought to their appetites. They will have some affliction, which will act like quinine upon them: they will be made toeat by means of bitters in their mouths; they will be put in prison for a day or two until their appetite returns, and thenthey willbe glad to eat the most ordinary food, off the most common platter, or no platter at all. But the real reason why God'speople do not feed under a gospel ministry, is, because they have not faith. If you believed, if you did but hear one promise,that would be enough; if you only heard one good thing from the pulpit here would be food for your soul, for it is not thequantity we hear, but the quantity we believe, that does us good-it is that which we receive into our hearts with true andlively faith, that is our profit. But, let me apply this chiefly to the unconverted. They often see great works of God done with their eyes, but they do noteat thereof. A crowd of people have come here this morning to see with their eyes, but I doubt whether all of them eat. Mencannot eat with their eyes, for if they could, most would be well fed. And, spiritually, persons cannot feed simply with theirears, nor simply with looking at the preacher; and so we find the majority of our congregations comejust to see; "Ah, let us hear what this babbler would say, this reed shaken in the wind." But they have no faith; theycome, and they see, and see, and see, and never eat. There is some one in the front there, who gets converted; and some onedown below, who is called by sovereign grace; some poor sinner is weeping under a sense of his blood-guiltiness; another iscrying for mercy to God: and another is saying, "Have mercy upon me, a sinner." A great work is going on in this chapel, butsome ofyou do not know anything about it; you have no work going on in your hearts, and why? Because ye think it is impossible;ye think God is not at work. He has not promised to work for you who do not honor him. Unbelief makes you sit here in timesof revival and of the outpouring of God's grace, unmoved, uncalled, unsaved. But, sirs, the worst fulfillment of this doom is to come! Good Whitefield used sometimes to lift up both his hands and shout,as I wish I could shout, but my voice fails me. "The wrath to come! the wrath to come!" It is not the wrath now you have tofear, but the wrath to come; and there shall be a doom to come, when "ye shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof."Methinks I see the last great day. The last hour of time has struck. I heard the bell toll itsdeath knell-time was, eternity is ushered in; the sea is boiling; the waves are lit up with supernatural splendour. Isee a rainbow-a flying cloud, and on it there is a throne, and on that throne sits one like unto the Son of Man. I know him.In his hand he holds a pair of balances; just before him the books,-the book of life, the book of death, the book of remembrance.I see his splendour, and I rejoice at it; I behold his pompous appearance, and I smile with gladness that he is come tobe "admired of all his saints." But there stands a throng of miserable wretches, crouching in horror to conceal themselves,and yet looking, for their eyes must look on him whom they have pierced; but when they look they cry, "Hide me from the face."What face? "Rocks, hide me from the face." What face? "The face of Jesus, the man who died, but now is come to judgment."But ye cannot be hidden from his face; ye must see it with your eyes: but ye will not sit on the right hand, dressed in robesof grandeur; and when the triumphal procession of Jesus in the clouds shall come, ye shall not march in it; ye shall seeit, but ye shall not be there. Oh! methinks I see it now, the mighty Saviour in his chariot, riding on the rainbow to heaven.See how his mighty coursers make the sky rattle while he drives them up heaven's hill. A train girt in white follow behindhim, and at his chariot wheels he drags the devil, death, and hell. Hark, how they clap their hands. Hark, how they shout."Thouhast ascended up on high; thou hast led captivity captive." Hark, how they chant the solemn lay, "Hallelujah, the LordGod omnipotent reigneth." See the splendour of their appearance; mark the crown upon their brows; see their snow-white garments;mark the rapture of their countenances; hear how their song swells up to heaven while the Eternal joins therein, saying, "Iwill rejoice over them with joy, I will rejoice over them with singing, for I have betrothed thee unto me in everlastinglovingkindness." But where are you all the while? Ye can see them up there, but where are you? Looking at it with youreyes, but you cannot eat thereof. The marriage banquet is spread; the good old wines of eternity are broached; they sit downto the feast of the king; but there are you, miserable, and famishing, and ye cannot eat thereof. Oh! how ye wring your hands.Might ye but have one morsel from the table-might ye but be dogs beneath the table. You shall be a dog in hell, but not adogin heaven. But to conclude. Methinks I see thee in some place in hell, tied to a rock, the vulture of remorse gnawing thy heart; andup there is Lazarus in Abraham's bosom. You lift up your eyes and you see who it is. "That is the poor man who lay on my dunghill,and the dogs licked his sores; there he is in heaven, while I am cast down. Lazarus-yes, it is Lazarus; and I who was richin the world of time am here in hell. Father Abraham, send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of hisfinger in water, to cool my tongue." But no! it cannot be; it cannot be. And whilst you lie there, if there be one thingin hell worse than another, it will be seeing the saints in heaven. Oh, to think of seeing my mother in heaven while I amcast out! Oh, sinner, only think, to see thy brother in heaven-he who was rocked in the selfsame cradle, and played beneaththe same roof-tree-yet thou art cast out. And, husband, there is thy wife in heaven, and thou art amongst the damned. Andseestthou, father! thy child is before the throne; and thou! accursed of God and accursed of man, art in hell. Oh, the hellof hells will be to see our friends in heaven, and ourselves lost. I beseech you, my hearers, by the death of Christ-by hisagony and bloody sweat-by his cross and passion-by all that is holy-by all that is sacred in heaven and earth-by all thatis solemn in time or eternity-by all that is horrible in hell, or glorious in heaven-by that awful thought, "forever,"-I beseech you lay these things to heart, and remember that if you are damned, it will be unbelief that damns you.If you are lost, it will be because ye believed not on Christ; and if you perish, this shall be the bitterest drop of gall-thatye did not trust in the Saviour.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line994
__label__cc	0.527948	0.472052	Miami Hurricane, February 08, 1949 The Miami VOLUME XXIII UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES, FLA, FEBRUARY 8, 1949 No. IS Students Aid Skeleton Drive ¥ * ¥ ¥ ¥> ¥ New Structure To Replace Temporary Classrooms The University of Miami is fast becoming one of the greater institutions of higher learning in the United States. If it is to achieve this goal it will need support and as an unendowed university this support must come from those who should be most interested in its growth—the students and alumni. Our university has never had an endowment, yet it has continued to grow. When, in the early life of the school, support was needed, the students were among the first to offer aid. The university has continued to be a student supported institution. Once again our school is asking for help, help in bettering its facilities for the students. The old “skeleton” which for over twenty years has remained both an eyesore and a U-M trademark could, if completed, handle all the classes which are at present held in the shacks. The University is asking the help of the students in the drive to complete this building. Interest and support shown by THE TOWER of the proposed new building. students are the seeds from which outside interest grows. Many people, interested in the growth of the University of Miami have pledged donations; many more are willing—if the students themselves prove their interest in the skeleton project It is up to all of us to give our support to the university; if we don’t, no one else can be expected to do so. If our university is to mean anything and is to be of material value to us in later life, each of us must do his part We urge every student to contribute that support so necessary to make the University of Miami truly great Dr. Ashe Lauds Student Spirit I am delighted to hear that the student body is about to initiate a campaign to raise $50,000 toward the completion of the Skeleton. Sfnae this long-abandoned structure Was ta have been the first Univerrfty building, I am naturally intensely eager to see it completed and brought to usefulness. There can be no finer demonstration to those outside our University of the gzeapnfradi—rt value of the Skeleton completion than the financial support for the project by the student body. Your gifts will have a value far beyond the dollars you raise, for they will give great encouragement to each of the other groups now helping us to “finish the job." Perhaps most important of all is the manifestation of fine school spirit which your desire to help represents. When this job is done, you will have set a standard for the students who follow you which will be difficult to surpass. Bowman F. Ashe President Campus On Display Room N-206, headquarters for the student drive, will have a scale model of the campus, as it will appear when all building is completed, on display. Members of the board of governors will be on hand with complete Information concerning the drive. Donations Reach $100,000 Mark In Skeleton Fund Gifts totaling $100,000 have been received toward the completion of the skeleton it was announced recently. This is enough to pay for two large lecture hells, or ten classrooms in the building. Julian S. Eaton, chairman of the board of trustees, made a personal gift of $10,000, with an additional $5,000 pledged bg die Coconut Grove Exchange Bank, of which Eaton is president. $10,000 was also donated by Margaret Ann Super Markets, Inc. Robert Marshman, president of the firm, is a member of the Citizens Board of Greater Miami. In addition, the receipt of a gift of $10,000 from George Farkas was announced by the University. Owner of valuable real estate on Flagler St., and a major stockholder in Hartley’s, Inc., Farkas stated In making his gift that he counted ft a great privilege to have a part In tbe important growth of the school. The largest gift, to date, is $3M00 from a local business firm, which has asked to remain anonymous for the present Henry O. Shaw and Max Orovitz, chairman and co-chairman of the Citizens Board, announced that their board members have already contributed $40,000 toward the objective. The 26 members who have made this gift with an average contribi-tion of more than $1,000, are Henry O. Shaw, Max Orovitz, J. N McArthur, Harold Landfield, T. B. Shelley, Thomas OH. DuPree, Ray M. Earnest Dr. J. Holden Beckwith, E. L. Cotton, Alfred J. Lewallen, C. Limmiatis, Frank N Holley, George J. Bertman, Clark R. Parker, Benjamin Meyers, Byron A. Sparrow, D. Earl Wilson, A. L. Reynolds, Dr. A. H. Welland, Dr. F. E Kitchens, Jacob Cher, David B Alter, Jr., C. J. Bryson, Harry Hood Bassett Plato Cox, and A. Goodman. University of Miami students are going to have an opportunity Unique in college life—the privilege of helping to hulld their University. This will not be in an abstract sense, such as keeping academic standings high or building the reputation of the school, but active participation in the campaign to construct another part of the most modern and Streamlined university in the world. / \ A .spontaneous student-sponsored campaign was announced today for funds to complete the 22-yeer old skeleton building into a Structure larger and even more beautiful than the Memorial Classroom building. Headed by six volunteers dubbed the student board of governors, the drive answers a long-awaited chance for the students to show outside Contributors that they are wholeheart- edly behind any project which means so much to the school, and to'thqftt personally. Classrooms Seating mo 2,000 student, sufficient to reidsca] the temporary wooden shacks erected two years ago to meet the G.I. emergency, will occupy most of the building, ft Will oontain two lecture THE MIAMI HURRICANE SPECIAL EDITION EDITOR ... Tom Bottomley LAYOUT . Bob Gelberg NEWS Joyce Cortland George Monahan EDITORIAL .... John Christy PHOTOGRAPHY MacDonald Ores Fred Fleming halls and ten offices. There will be rooms equipped for visual education and with air conditioning. His-panic-American Institute offices, reception rooms, and a small library will provide a focal point for the School's inter-American activities. Thia will be the Main classroom building of the University, and will be approached via a wide street to be completed afterwards. Students Will participate actively rfiU far funds by contribut- li) the drill ing « minimum hi $3.00 each. U enthusiastic cooperation is received, the 10,000 students should shortly rook up $30,000. This is enough Tnboky/ Jfo btiikl si* classrooms or one largo lecture hall. Onus Unction will begin immediately upon collection of the complete amount set as i Since the general dri^ than a month ago, has received $100,000 in gifts from several individuals and concerns in Greater Miami- The skeleton could be finished within three months, construction experts state, and the hot, uncomfortable temporary shacks would ba torn down to nuke room for more campus expansion. One of the mast important steps in the building of the cuwpus will then be completed. Is \|his worth $3.00? THE ONLY WAY the drab, barren skeleton building can be made to look good is to perch a pretty girl on it. Valerie Henszey serves the purpose here. Title Miami Hurricane, February 08, 1949 Physical Description 1 volume (2 pages) Full Text The Miami Hurricane I u JDt VOLUME XXIII UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES, FLA, FEBRUARY 8, 1949 No. IS Students Aid Skeleton Drive ¥ * ¥ ¥ ¥> ¥ ¥ ¥> ¥ New Structure To Replace Temporary Classrooms Help Yourself The University of Miami is fast becoming one of the greater institutions of higher learning in the United States. If it is to achieve this goal it will need support and as an unendowed university this support must come from those who should be most interested in its growth—the students and alumni. Our university has never had an endowment, yet it has continued to grow. When, in the early life of the school, support was needed, the students were among the first to offer aid. The university has continued to be a student supported institution. Once again our school is asking for help, help in bettering its facilities for the students. The old “skeleton” which for over twenty years has remained both an eyesore and a U-M trademark could, if completed, handle all the classes which are at present held in the shacks. The University is asking the help of the students in the drive to complete this building. Interest and support shown by THE TOWER of the proposed new building. students are the seeds from which outside interest grows. Many people, interested in the growth of the University of Miami have pledged donations; many more are willing—if the students themselves prove their interest in the skeleton project It is up to all of us to give our support to the university; if we don’t, no one else can be expected to do so. If our university is to mean anything and is to be of material value to us in later life, each of us must do his part We urge every student to contribute that support so necessary to make the University of Miami truly great Dr. Ashe Lauds Student Spirit I am delighted to hear that the student body is about to initiate a campaign to raise $50,000 toward the completion of the Skeleton. Sfnae this long-abandoned structure Was ta have been the first Univerrfty building, I am naturally intensely eager to see it completed and brought to usefulness. There can be no finer demonstration to those outside our University of the gzeapnfradi—rt value of the Skeleton completion than the financial support for the project by the student body. Your gifts will have a value far beyond the dollars you raise, for they will give great encouragement to each of the other groups now helping us to “finish the job." Perhaps most important of all is the manifestation of fine school spirit which your desire to help represents. When this job is done, you will have set a standard for the students who follow you which will be difficult to surpass. Bowman F. Ashe President Campus On Display Room N-206, headquarters for the student drive, will have a scale model of the campus, as it will appear when all building is completed, on display. Members of the board of governors will be on hand with complete Information concerning the drive. Donations Reach $100,000 Mark In Skeleton Fund Gifts totaling $100,000 have been received toward the completion of the skeleton it was announced recently. This is enough to pay for two large lecture hells, or ten classrooms in the building. Julian S. Eaton, chairman of the board of trustees, made a personal gift of $10,000, with an additional $5,000 pledged bg die Coconut Grove Exchange Bank, of which Eaton is president. $10,000 was also donated by Margaret Ann Super Markets, Inc. Robert Marshman, president of the firm, is a member of the Citizens Board of Greater Miami. In addition, the receipt of a gift of $10,000 from George Farkas was announced by the University. Owner of valuable real estate on Flagler St., and a major stockholder in Hartley’s, Inc., Farkas stated In making his gift that he counted ft a great privilege to have a part In tbe important growth of the school. The largest gift, to date, is $3M00 from a local business firm, which has asked to remain anonymous for the present Henry O. Shaw and Max Orovitz, chairman and co-chairman of the Citizens Board, announced that their board members have already contributed $40,000 toward the objective. The 26 members who have made this gift with an average contribi-tion of more than $1,000, are Henry O. Shaw, Max Orovitz, J. N McArthur, Harold Landfield, T. B. Shelley, Thomas OH. DuPree, Ray M. Earnest Dr. J. Holden Beckwith, E. L. Cotton, Alfred J. Lewallen, C. Limmiatis, Frank N Holley, George J. Bertman, Clark R. Parker, Benjamin Meyers, Byron A. Sparrow, D. Earl Wilson, A. L. Reynolds, Dr. A. H. Welland, Dr. F. E Kitchens, Jacob Cher, David B Alter, Jr., C. J. Bryson, Harry Hood Bassett Plato Cox, and A. Goodman. University of Miami students are going to have an opportunity Unique in college life—the privilege of helping to hulld their University. This will not be in an abstract sense, such as keeping academic standings high or building the reputation of the school, but active participation in the campaign to construct another part of the most modern and Streamlined university in the world. / \ A .spontaneous student-sponsored campaign was announced today for funds to complete the 22-yeer old skeleton building into a Structure larger and even more beautiful than the Memorial Classroom building. Headed by six volunteers dubbed the student board of governors, the drive answers a long-awaited chance for the students to show outside Contributors that they are wholeheart- edly behind any project which means so much to the school, and to'thqftt personally. Classrooms Seating mo 2,000 student, sufficient to reidsca] the temporary wooden shacks erected two years ago to meet the G.I. emergency, will occupy most of the building, ft Will oontain two lecture THE MIAMI HURRICANE SPECIAL EDITION EDITOR ... Tom Bottomley LAYOUT . Bob Gelberg NEWS Joyce Cortland George Monahan EDITORIAL .... John Christy PHOTOGRAPHY MacDonald Ores Fred Fleming halls and ten offices. There will be rooms equipped for visual education and with air conditioning. His-panic-American Institute offices, reception rooms, and a small library will provide a focal point for the School's inter-American activities. Thia will be the Main classroom building of the University, and will be approached via a wide street to be completed afterwards. Students Will participate actively rfiU far funds by contribut- li) the drill ing « minimum hi $3.00 each. U enthusiastic cooperation is received, the 10,000 students should shortly rook up $30,000. This is enough Tnboky/ Jfo btiikl si* classrooms or one largo lecture hall. Onus Unction will begin immediately upon collection of the complete amount set as i Since the general dri^ than a month ago, has received $100,000 in gifts from several individuals and concerns in Greater Miami- The skeleton could be finished within three months, construction experts state, and the hot, uncomfortable temporary shacks would ba torn down to nuke room for more campus expansion. One of the mast important steps in the building of the cuwpus will then be completed. Is \|his worth $3.00? THE ONLY WAY the drab, barren skeleton building can be made to look good is to perch a pretty girl on it. Valerie Henszey serves the purpose here.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line998
__label__cc	0.630791	0.369209	McPherson Buzz Neufeldt Sees Value in Windbreaks January 21, 2020 January 20, 2020 Editor 27 Views McPherson County Soil Conservation District By Cindy Baldwin INMAN – Harry Neufeldt, Inman, knows the value of a good windbreak. That’s why he chose to plant trees when the aging windbreak on his homesite was no longer doing its job. Neufeldt is being recognized at the McPherson County Conservation District annual meeting Jan. 27 with a windbreak award. The original three-row cedar windbreak on the north side of his home was planted by his father, Dave Neufeldt, nearly 100 years ago. Harry Neufeldt grew up on the farm and moved back to it in 1984. The current house was built by his father in the early 1950s on the site of the original home. The windbreak had done its job during that time, sheltering the house. But several years ago, signs of its age became apparent. “The trees had grown to where the branches were high enough above the ground that they no longer did a good job of breaking the wind,” Neufeldt said. So, 10 years ago Neufeldt decided to solve the problem. He developed plans for a new windbreak on the north edge of the existing one. The windbreak has nearly 100 trees planted in three rows, two rows of red cedar trees and one row of a hybrid evergreen. The trees were purchased from the Schroeder Nursery, Moundridge. At the time, Neufeldt made one concession to his age. Instead of the bareroot plants often used in establishing a windbreak, he purchased all the trees in two-gallon pots. “I planted the potted trees, because I was 80 and wanted to get some good out of them,” he said. The new windbreak was planted in an area that had been grass, which he described as “tough digging.” Each row has 35 trees, and he is proud to say that the trees have not only survived but thrived. Most are nearly 20 feet tall and have filled in nicely. But, they didn’t do it on their own. Neufeldt hand watered the trees with a ¾” garden hose whenever he thought they needed it. He quickly learned that watering went much faster with the ¾” hose than the ½” one he first used. A three-minute soak with the larger hose proved to be the right amount of water. Even though the windbreak is well established now, he continues to water the trees during dry spells. He left the existing grass between the tree rows and keeps it mowed, cutting down on competition for water. The tree rows are mulched with oak leaves that blow into the windbreak from trees in the farmyard. An easy, no-cost way to keep down weeds. While many windbreaks also have plantings of smaller trees or bushes, Neufeldt said he decided that because of the bushes already planted around the house, they were not necessary for the windbreak. The biggest problem Neufeldt has had to fight in keeping the windbreak healthy is bagworms – a constant battle. When the trees were shorter, he sprayed them by hand and was able to keep the pests under control. Now the tops are out of his reach, and he is looking at other options. In addition to the red cedars and hybrid evergreens, Neufeldt also planted five pin oaks at the end of the windbreak to add some ornamental color to his yard. He has additional oaks, maples, pears, a wild mulberry and an American Elm in his yard and is quick to say he enjoys his trees. He had also planted 25 pine trees, but pine tree wilt took a toll and only two are left. While Neufeldt waters the windbreak trees individually with a hose, he has developed an irrigation system for the other trees in the yard. A circular dam is built around each tree with an opening on one side so water can flow into and fill the reservoir area. They are constructed so he can turn on a faucet on the side of his house and water flows through channels to each tree and bush, including a bed of knock-out roses, he waters. He also provides nutrients for the trees and bushes by spreading used coffee grounds – which he gets from a McPherson coffee shop – around the base of the plants. Neufeldt says the coffee grounds make the leaves shine. Neufeldt is now nearing 90, still tending his trees and enjoying the birds and wildlife that visit his yard – including some friendly foxes. The work has all been worth the benefits, he said. “It’s good therapy to take care of the trees. It keeps me busy,” he said. “And, the windbreak really helps on the heating bill. No doubt about that.” It’s often said that people plant trees for the benefit of the next generation. Neufeldt is proof that while that is true, the tree planter can also reap the benefits of well placed and maintained trees. And, in the tradition of his father and his examples, his son has just planted a 1/8-mile-long windbreak on his place. The appreciation for a good windbreak continues. ← Traffic Stop Tuesday – Turning Community Events Jan. 21-Feb. 4 → Upcoming American Red Cross Blood Donation Opportunities Dec. 4-31 December 4, 2019 December 4, 2019 Editor Traffic Stop Tuesday – Basic Speed Rule January 14, 2020 January 10, 2020 Editor Homicide Investigation in Elk County September 24, 2020 Buzz Staff Get news delivered to your inbox! McPherson County 911 January 15, 2021 Buzz Staff Lakeside Disc Golf Course Closed for Renovations McPherson Museum & Arts Foundation to host pop-up exhibition exploring the 15th Amendment Person of Interest Sought in Death Investigation McPherson Buzz is an independent, locally owned, online news publication centered on local news. This completely free publication is for the residents of the McPherson area. It is produced by locals who care about the community. Filling a need for a local news outlet, The Buzz strives to provide timely and innovative coverage of local sports, politics, events, education and the people of McPherson County. We want to know what you think. For questions, concerns and suggestions for our publication contact us any time at editor@mcphersonbuzz.com. Buzz Posts Jonathan Coachman Likes The Buzz Copyright © 2020. All rights reserved. Powered by www.omni21.com. November 13, 2020 Buzz Staff McPherson Daily 911 February 19, 2020 Editor	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1006
__label__cc	0.625972	0.374028	Office of Patient Experience Celebrating 10 years of HOPE & JOY A decade ago, Scott Newport created the Evan Newport HOPE Award to honor his son's memory. What began as a small effort has grown to encompass the entire health system. The Evan Newport HOPE Award recognizes individuals and teams who show an exceptional commitment to the philosophy of patient and family centered care. In 2019, there were more than 100 nominees from throughout Michigan Medicine. Congratulations to the finalists and winners of the 2019 Evan Newport HOPE Award! Dan Cronin, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine Winner - Individual HOPE Award, Adult Services Dr. Cronin consistently models the ideals of patient and family centered care. He recognizes that patients and their family members are often going through some of their darkest moments, and thus makes an intentional effort to be sure they feel seen, heard, valued and cared for. He recognizes that patients don’t see the countless hours of behind the scenes clinical reasoning and team discussions – but recognizes the power of the connection and the interactions that build a trusting relationship. Within that relationship, no matter the outcomes, healing occurs. Dr. Cronin has been known to tell his team “our patients don’t know we care about them,” so it is important to demonstrate that care. He aims to ensure that his patients not only receive great care, but that they feel greatly cared for. His peers note that Dr. Cronin seems to have an uncanny ability to allay fear and support patients where they are, recognizes that patients can be full partners in their own care, and then champions the inclusion of patient and family perspectives with his team, including in his role educating future physicians through initiatives in the medical school. Above all, he is recognized by colleagues, learners, and patients as as being "exactly the kind of person you would want to be your doctor." Austin Michalski, RDN, CNSC Registered Dietitian, Brandon NICU, Patient Food and Nutrition Services Winner - Individual HOPE Award, Children's, Women's, and Psychiatry Services Austin has a unique ability to get to know his patients, and generously shares his knowledge to make the care team stronger. Parents have stressed that Austin provides a reassuring familiarity for babies and sticks by families to ensure the nutrition is tailored to their needs. Austin is known as an advocate for patients and families– often prompting the care team to think critically about what would work well for a family taking home a medically complex child for the first time, and is welcoming of parents participating in conversations about care. As one mother shared, “Nothing is more important to NICU parents than watching their babies grow and thrive.” Austin carves out a sacred space for each of his patients and families, and brings his commitment to patient and family centered care with him in all his work. He has a track record of speaking up for the patient and family, even when that can be uncomfortable. Austin advocates not just at the point of care, but is working with a team proposing a milk donation program for moms that can’t breastfeed but want to help other families and babies - further demonstrating his commitment to supporting patients and families throughout their care. Cardiac Rehabilitation Orientation Team, Cardiovascular Medicine Winner - Team HOPE Award, Adult Services Diane Perry, MS, ACSM-CEP, Carolyn Palka, MS, ACSM-CEP, Sandy Schick, Patient Advisor This team has embraced the core principles of patient and family centered care in every aspect of their program. They have worked shoulder to shoulder with patient and family advisors to improve not only the patient experience, but the quality of the cardiac rehabilitation orientation program – and those patient advisors now co-lead the orientation alongside staff. After engaging patient and families, this team transformed the cardiac rehabilitation orientation from one that centered around paperwork, to one that is centered around the patient story and the emotional aspects of recovery that is needed to be successful in cardiac rehab. By working with the patient and the family caregivers as partners, they have made improvements that not only lead to greater satisfaction, but to better outcomes for the patients. By listening to their patients experiences, the orientation program leads began to address the emotional aspects of living with heart disease can get in the way of better outcomes. This team is bringing patients, family members and staff together in new ways to create a supportive community – and they keep evolving to continuously improve. Non-Abusive Psychological and Physical Intervention (NAPPI) Implementation Team Winner - Team Award, Children's, Women's, and Psychiatry Services Nicole Figueroa, Rhonda Shultz, Sarah Holley, Amal Dahmani, Michelle Stanely, Deb O’Neil, Laura Ready, Gabbi Foster, Joy Dettore, Jaci Michetti, Gretel Quitmeyer, Susan Maycock This team has responded to patient, family and provider needs to implement a comprehensive, compassionate approach to deescalating and supporting patients and families that are struggling emotionally and behaviorally during their hospital stay. This work sprang from evidence based research, identifying new practice guidelines that changed the way front line staff help families adjust and cope with the very stressful and sometimes traumatic health experiences. They aim to ensure greater staff safety and effectiveness, and ensure the patient and family voice is represented. In addition to providing holistic, trauma-informed care to patients, this team has rolled out this effective program throughout the Children's and Women's hospital, and is now expanding to the adult hospitals. In Michigan Medicine's ongoing efforts to ensure safety to all, this team has taken on a tremendous effort that has already helped teams support patients and families who may be at risk for struggling emotionally or behaviorally during their stay. They focus on empowering the bedside staff to have the needed skills in supporting their patients with dignity and respect, and without harm. Individual Finalists - Adult Services Susan M. Blaisdell Administrative Specialist, Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Division Many people bring their mittens out this time of year. But each year, Susan and an army of volunteers make hand-stitched "mittens" that are filled to the brim with care items to help chemotherapy patients pass the time during their long hours of infusion. What she began as a way to support a young colleague in 1999 has grown into an annual volunteer-driven labor of love for adult chemotherapy patients. To date, more than 8,800 patients have been delighted to receive this gift when they arrived for treatment around the holiday season. Susan is described by her peers as “filled with joy”, and not only does her job exceptionally well, but she makes purposeful efforts to spread her joy to others. Julia Huang, BSN, RN, CCTC Registered Nurse, Transplant Center Julia makes a lasting impression with her patients and their families as a nurse working with liver transplant recipients, where she follows patients throughout their lifetime. She recognizes that involving the patients and their family in their care is a key aspect of having successful outcomes. She sees advocating for the patient voice, respecting patient and family choices, and safeguarding the patient's dignity as the important components of creating a therapeutic and supportive relationship with patients and families. Julia shares that working in transplant has shown her how important it is to celebrate the milestones, and to work diligently to offer information, encouragement, and compassion to patients and their families. Sarah Merita Judson Administrative Specialist, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Sarah is known to exemplify an ongoing commitment to improving the patient and family experience. Although she is not directly involved in clinical patient care, she makes an incredible difference to patients and their families. She is warm and engaging, and has a communication style that allows her to be incredibly effective in her ability to help patients and families navigate a complex system, while they are often dealing with devastating health issues. No matter how sensitive the situation, Sarah rallies with compassion and composure – helping patients and families solve problems big and small. When she does not know an answer, she works to find it or connect patients with the right contact, ensuring that patients get the information they need and don't get left behind. Beyond the countless "in the moment" efforts, Sarah follows up, reaches out, and she builds relationships. Nicole Pratt, LLMSW Social Worker/Eviction Prevention Coordinator, Community Health Services - Housing Bureau for Seniors Nicole is armed with empathy as she works in her role with older adults that are facing eviction. In what can often be an intense and grueling time in their lives, Nicole brings warm and supportive communication, and is often pulling the levers with resources and support to help. She recognizes that dignity and respect are often lacking in her clients lives, so she centers on those ideals as a way to build back empowerment. Nicole believes that an ideal patient experience is one where a client feels involved and empowered and can move forward with a sustainable care plan. She notes that "it’s important to meet clients where they are, but not leave them there." Team Finalists - Adult Services Emergency Critical Care Center (EC3) Team Division of Critical Care/Emergency Medicine The Emergency Critical Care Center (EC3) improves patient access to timely and high quality patient centered critical care, and ensure seamless transitions from the emergency department to the inpatient intensive care units. This team works tirelessly to care for the sickest patients that need emergent care, providing ICU-level care in the emergency department setting. But, despite the fast pace, they still make time for what matters most to our families – even recently supporting and facilitating a wedding ceremony on the unit, so that a mom on end of life care could be present to see her daughter’s special day. The team rallied to arrange food, cake, handmade decorations, and took special care to dress and style the patient for the celebration, which included photos for the family to treasure. The family was able to share their first dance, enjoy a toast to their happiness, share cake and a wonderful meal, all in the presence of their loved one, who passed away the following morning. Gender Affirming Healthcare Improvement Team This interdisciplinary work group has been working collaboratively to improve gender-affirming health care at Michigan Medicine. The diverse team of more than 40 individuals has worked across the health system to identify areas where we could improve the services, resources, and quality of care and experiences for gender affirming patients. Reviewing policies, practices, care pathways and barriers have been a labor of love as the team moves forward to ensure that each patient is treated with dignity and respect through holistic, compassionate care. Michigan Medicine Security Services University of Michigan Division of Public Safety and Security The Michigan Medicine Security (MMS) team is driven by the principles of patient and family centered care to create an exceptional experience for our patients and families. They aim to ensure that everyone in the community - patients, families, visitors and staff - are supported in a way that reduces risks, alleviates anxiety, and creates an experience that surpasses what they might expect. MMS is on the roadways and in the parking structures, in the emergency departments, and at the surgery suites, on the inpatient units and at the outpatient clinics, in the lobbies and corridors, and at off-site buildings. They rescue turtles from busy traffic, ducklings from storm drains, run to fire alarms, celebrate happy news with patients, jump start vehicle batteries, and comfort the community through challenging times. They keep people safe during a mental health crisis, find lost phones, screen visitors, create Lego towers with our patients, offer a safe and reassuring presence, and everything in between. Most importantly, the MMS team values the opportunity to share more than public safety, but to share humanity, and add a little light to someone’s day. Individual Finalists - Children's, Women's, & Psychiatry Services add image here Nicholas Campbell Unit Custodian, Environmental Services Nicholas makes a difference every day by showing compassion and empathy to every patient and with each encounter. Environmental Services staff are often in and out of our patient’s rooms, so have a real impact on their experience. Nick not only provides great customer service, but actually look for opportunities to connect with each patient, family member, and visitor– and shines a light through his warmth and generosity, and by treating others as he would want to be treated. Laurie B. Purcell Health Center Manager, Briarwood Family Medicine Laurie is recognized by her peers as someone that lives our mission to provide the best care to our patients. In addition to being caring and supportive of her team members, she leans in when people have a need and remains creative and flexible to better serve patients and families. Laurie rallied with her team to offer later clinic hours, video visits, and Saturday flu clinics – making it better for patients, and staff are supported in a way that make them more connected. Jeffrey L. Myers, MD Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Quality, Department of Pathology Dr. Myers has taken the concepts of patient and family centered care into uncharted territory. Progress in patient experience advancement has been limited in areas less familiar or less visible to patients and families – until now. Recognizing that pathology touches the lives of nearly every patient who looks for hope, Dr. Myers and his team have truly partnered with patient and family Advisors to rethink how pathology services can be offered. Sharing data with patients is just one component of the “nothing about me, without me” mantra of Dr. Myers and his team, leading Pathology to sparking many lights in new places. Cosmas Van De Ven, MD Division Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Dr. Van De Ven engages the entire family to ensure that he is supporting the patient and their partner, well beyond the pregnancy and delivery. He is well known for ensuring that all patients are treated with dignity and respect. With high risk pregnancies, the experiences can range from celebrations to challenging conversations and decisions – and Dr. Van De Ven approaches these with incredible grace and sensitivity, making space for each unique experience. He further strengthens the connection to the patient and family through his team approach. Team Finalists - Children's, Women's, & Psychiatry Services Cystic Fibrosis Center Pediatric Program Pediatric Pulmonology Through every intervention and interaction, the Cystic Fibrosis Center Pediatric Program strives to ensure that they are partnering with the patient and family in their care. With a strong team approach, the team actively involves patients and families in identifying, designing, and implementing improvements. Their inclusive approach ensures the patient perspective is incorporated, and work to support their young patients through many challenges, while also focusing on making their stays as rich as possible, considering the many days they spend inpatient. They are creative in the ways they engage patient advisors, including virtual meetings to ensure everyone has a chance to participate. Preparing Children for Surgery Team C.S. Mott Children's Hospital PACU Parents have shared that having a clear understanding of what to expect, can make or break a care experience. This may especially true with surgery. In 2014, this multidisciplinary team gathered to create a consistent message and guidance for pediatric surgery, which can be anxiety producing for patients and parents alike. Anchoring their work in patient and family feedback, this team created a portfolio of materials, including a video showing the day of surgery through the eyes of a patient to help ensure the best experience – and outcomes - possible. Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools Vision Program Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences/Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools By providing health care services to children through the public school system, the Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools is a model of community engagement. Providing vision services in the Flint and Ypsilanti schools, including glasses delivered to the school to avoid disruptions for families, models dignified care that arose out of community identified needs. This multidisciplinary team that bridges healthcare into the community helps remove barriers to the best care. Creative collaboration and a focus on understanding patient and family needs are at the core of this team's work, which continues to expand to serve students in different communities. The Evan Newport HOPE and JOY Awards Ceremony 2019 2018 HOPE & JOY Awards celebrate exceptional commitment to patient experience If you have an idea for a patient experience project or an agenda topic for a Patient & Family Advisory Council discussion, please click on the link below. North Ingalls Building patient-experience@med.umich.edu amudali@med.umich.edu Access at Michigan Medicine Paws4Patients Resources for Patients and Families HOPE Story Go Blue Huddles Improving Communication Improving the Patient Experience Recognition and Gratitude Patient Experience Learning Forums Patient Story Library Creating Positive Interactions Patient Experience (PX) 101 Patient and Family Advisors Patient and Family Advisory Councils HOPE Ambassador Program	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1008
__label__wiki	0.548213	0.548213	"History, Legend, and Poetic Tradition in Melville's "The Scout toward Aldie"" by Cook, Jonathan A. - ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 17, Issue 2, June 2003 \| Online Research Library: Questia Ahab Beckons: In your "insular Tahiti"... Ahab Beckons: In your "insular Tahiti"...: These recordings of M-D could ease the monotony of isolation. All are available as free, downloadable .mp3 files. So load up your audio ... Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul (Official Audio) By a Vermonter In a letter dated April 16, 1852 to London publisher Richard Bentley, Herman Melville offered to issue Pierre anonymously or under a pseudonym: ... it might not prove unadvisable to publish this present book anonymously, or under an assumed name:—* "By a Vermonter" say.... * or "By Guy Winthrop." --The Letters of Herman Melville, ed. Merrell R. Davis and William H. Gilman (Yale University Press, 1960) page 151. Bentley and Melville could not agree on terms, as chronicled by Hershel Parker in Herman Melville: A Biography Volume 2, 1851-1891 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002; paperback 2005) pages 107-108. Pierre; or, The Ambiguities was published in New York by Harper & Brothers at the end of July 1852 with Melville's name on the title page. One of the pen-names suggested by Melville in April 1852 might have been influenced by the popularity of "Pumpkin Pies," a poem that enjoyed a good run the year before in New York and New England newspapers. "Pumpkin Pies / BY A VERMONTER" was first published on July 8, 1851 in the New York Tribune. With the same credit line "By a Vermonter," the verse tribute to "Pumpkin Pies" was reprinted in the Boston Journal on November 18, 1851. Boston Morning Journal - November 18, 1851 "Pumpkin Pies" appeared on page 2 of the Boston Morning Journal for November 18, 1851--the same issue that featured John S. Sleeper's favorable review of Moby-Dick on the front page. Without crediting the Tribune, the Pittsfield Sun reprinted "Pumpkin Pies--By a Vermonter" on August 21, 1851. Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) August 21, 1851 via GenealogyBank In the Pittsfield Sun, as in the New York Tribune, the poem was subscribed "Pavilion, N. Y., 1851," possibly giving the place and year of its composition. The part of the heading omitted in the Pittsfield Sun indicated an original contribution "For the Tribune." In the fourth stanza, first line, the New York Tribune printed "hight": See, on yon melon-covered hight.... The spelling "hight" occurs frequently in Melville's Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (1876). Compare these instances of "hight" with "yonder" and "yon": Of yonder Quarantanian hight --Clarel Part 2 Canto 18 Mark'st thou the face of yon slabbed hight ⁠-- Clarel Part 2 Canto 30 But the spelling "hight" has been regularized to "height" in the Pittsfield Sun and Boston Journal, as in some (not all) other reprintings of "Pumpkin Pies." New York Tribune - July 8, 1851 <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1851-07-08/ed-1/seq-8/> PUMPKIN PIES . . . For The Tribune. BY A VERMONTER. LET some folks boast of spicy mince, Care not a fig for such do I; Or largely talk of sweetened quince, Fine as the luscious grapes of Lintz, Plums doubly dipped in Syrian dye-- I deem them tasteless all as flints, Compared with one good pumpkin pie. I know our pumpkins do not claim The honored growth of foreign soil; They never felt the torrid flame, And surely they are not to blame, Though reared not by the bondman's toil, In climes where man, to burden tame, Unpaid consents to tug and broil. Talk not of vineyards breaking down, And fields that droop with oil and wine, Where burning suns with ripeness crown The sweets that man's best manhood drown, By lying poets sworn divine. I rather have than all--don't frown-- The product of my pumpkin vine. See, on yon melon-covered hight, My chosen fruit, like globes of gold, Lies ripening in the sunbeam's light; Ah, 'tis a stomach-staying sight, And soon, to house them from the cold, Shall freemen with strong hands unite, Paid laborers and freemen bold. And then the girls who make our pies, Bless them! all other maids outshine, Their raven locks, and hazel eyes, And cheeks, whose ever-changing dyes The lily and the rose combine, Make mad the hearts that lose the prize Of all this loveliness divine. Vermont! thou art a glorious State, Though small in acres and in skies; But 'tis not length that makes one great, Nor breadth that gives a nation size. Thy mountains and thy mountain air Have reared a noble race of men, And women, fairest of the fair, Their labors and their love to share. Where shall we see thy like again? I love thee all, which most I shan't advise, Thy mountains, maidens, or thy pumpkin pies. Pavilion, N. Y., 1851. More 1851-2 reprintings of "Pumpkin Pies / By a Vermonter" Sat, Jul 26, 1851 – 4 · New England Farmer (Boston, Massachusetts) · Newspapers.com Buffalo, NY Courier, July 12, 1851 Boston, MA New England Farmer, July 26, 1851 New Haven, CT Columbian Register, July 26, 1851 Jamaica, NY Long-Island Farmer, July 29, 1851 The Clinton Republican (Wilmington, Ohio) August 1, 1851 Fort Covington, NY Franklin Gazette, August 2, 1851 http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031574/1851-08-02/ed-1/seq-1/ Rockford Forum (Rockford, Illinois) August 6, 1851 Pittsfield, MA Culturalist and Gazette, August 20, 1851 Norwalk, CT Gazette, October 28, 1851 Greenfield, MA Franklin Democrat, November 17, 1851 Albany, NY Evening Journal, November 26, 1851 Malone, NY Frontier Palladium, November 27, 1851 Portland Transcript (Portland, Maine) November 29, 1851 Buffalo, NY Morning Express, December 1, 1851 Milwaukee Weekly Wisconsin, December 10, 1851 Massachusetts Cataract (Worcester and Boston, MA) December 11, 1851 Poughkeepsie Journal, December 13, 1851 Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, December 17, 1851 Greenwich, NY Union-Village Journal, December 18, 1851 Manchester, New Hampshire Granite State Farmer, January 7, 1852 Watertown Chronicle (Watertown, Wisconsin) January 14, 1852 Labels: A Vermonter, Boston Journal, New York Tribune, Pierre, Pittsfield Sun, poetry, Pumpkin Pies, Richard Bentley Albatrosses' Life-Long Bond Begins With Elaborate Courtship – Ep. 3 \| Wi... Omoo in Syracuse NY Syracuse Daily Star - May 14, 1847 From the Syracuse Daily Star for Friday, May 14, 1847; found in the digital archives of Tom Tryniski at fultonhistory.com. The Daily Star was then published by Kinney & Marsh. Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, New York) New Publications. OMOO, A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS, By the Author of "Typee," Published by the Harpers, New York. It would be difficult to name a work of recent publication, so well designed as "Omoo" to interest and instruct. The author's work published last summer had a great run, and the unique character of the incidents and the felicitous style in which they were given, gained for it high admiration. "OMOO" is in reality a continuation of 'TYPEE," but by no means so intimately connected with it as to mar the interest of the work, of and by itself. The work is chiefly interesting from the vivid idea it imparts of the manners, customs, and general character of the inhabitants of the Islands, and life on board a whalesman; yet there is a vein of clever humor and philosophy running through almost every page of it which cannot fail of being well relished. The author has passed through scenes of the most exciting interest; and in the book before us has given his experience to the public in a very felicitous and agreeable style. The work is for sale by HALL & DICKSON. On the same page, Hall & Dickson's ad for Omoo called it "a splendid thing." Labels: James Kinney, Omoo, Reviews and Notices, Syracuse Daily Star Free Soilers Autolycus and Honestus talk politics Hon. Joshua Reed Giddings of Ohio This imaginary dialogue between Massachusetts Free Soilers is from the Boston Morning Journal, Monday, October 27, 1851. Volume 19, no 5741; page 1, columns 2-3. Honestus speaks for the high aims, Autolycus for the grimy practice of coalition politics. Charles Sumner is not named directly, but the speakers would have regarded his election to the U. S. Senate as a recent Free Soil "success." Named party leaders include Joshua R. Giddings, Salmon P. Chase, and Horace Mann. Founded as a Whig newspaper, the Boston Journal was still edited by "Captain Sleeper," the retired seaman and nautical writer John Sherburne Sleeper aka "Hawser Martingale." Sleeper promptly reviewed Moby-Dick in the Boston Journal on November 18, 1851. SCENE—State street. Enter HONESTUS and AUTOLYCUS, two Free Soilers, meeting. Autolycus. Ah, my dear friend Honestus, I am heartily glad to see you. It seems and age since we met, and indulged in a pleasant political chat. Allow me to congratulate you on the success of our party schemes—on the organization of the coalition after some little trouble, and the glorious prospects ahead. Honestus., (gravely.) What prospects do you allude to? Autolycus. Why, of course to the overthrow of the Whig party, and the triumph of the Free Soilers and the Democrats. Honestus. I much fear that this triumph is not in store for us. If I mistake not, these coalitions—these bargains between two parties of opposite political principles, for the spoils of office—do not suit the genius of Massachusetts folks. Although it has once been successful, it does not follow that the same cunningly devised scheme can be repeated, without meeting the fate which its profligacy deserves. Autolycus. Hey day, what have we here? I thought you were a Free Soiler—one of us—and of course an advocate for the coalition and the other measures recommended by the leaders of the party. Honestus. You know I always have been—and I now assure you that I am a Free Soiler, in the proper sense of that term. But it does not follow that I can therefore lend my sanction and aid to measures, which, as an honest man, I must condemn. The coalition which is so eagerly embraced, I am sorry to say, by so many advocates of Free Soil—who ask no questions of their Democratic associates, but are ready to swallow, without even a wry face, not only Democratic measures, but the most crooked, indigestible pro-slavery Democrats in the State—is not calculated to maintain the respectability of our party. Indeed, the corruption is too palpable. The veil is so flimsy that any man may see through it, and know that place has more to do with the arrangement than principle. Indeed, many honest Democrats are disgusted with it, and have cut loose from the whole. Autolycus. Well, what of it? If you can point out any other way by which we can defeat the Whigs, and get offices for ourselves and friends, I should be glad to know it. Honestus. Why should we look for offices—we, who profess to act on the broad and immutable basis of philanthropy—who claim to be stimulated by a deep and inherent love of the whole human race? The approval of our own consciences, is surely reward enough for actions growing out of such pure and hallowed feelings. Autolycus. Pooh, my friend, you are behind the age. Such notions are antiquated, puritanical and obsolete. Who ever heard of a political party organized for any other object, than to control the government, and get a share—a lion's share—of the lucrative and honorable places? The maxim that "every thing is fair in politics," is sanctioned by custom through many ages, and we ought not to be the first to dispute it. Can you, or any reasonable man, think that our eloquent stump orators, who are now thridding the State and inveighing so vehemently against the Whigs, would indulge in such a terrible expenditure of breath and words, to say nothing of the wear and tear of that conscience, which your prate about so much, were it not with the blessed expectation of securing offices of emolument, provided the Coalition is triumphant and the Democrats stick to the bargain? Honestus. These principles may suit your notions of propriety but they do not correspond with mine. I embarked on this political crusade, and joined the Free Soil standard, because I saw it raised in behalf of HUMANITY and FREEDOM—little thinking that I should be auxiliary to the contemptible work of glorifying disappointed politicians, and foisting noisy demagogues into office. To be plain, I am dissatisfied with the conduct of the Free Soil leaders, and the undignified and unscrupulous tone of the Free Soil presses in the State. I despise this coalition—this fraternizing with Locofocos, whose principles I always detested, and among whom, it is clear as any proposition in Euclid, that the whole Free Soil party will be merged in less than six months? Autolycus. It may be so. Things more unlikely have taken place before now. But surely, my friend, you are an advocate of the great "reforms" which were introduced into the Legislature the last session, and which are to be perfected next year, if we—that is, the coalition—get the upper hand in the Legislature! Honestus. What is there in the character of these reforms which can induce me, as an honest man looking to the good of his fellow-men, to give them my support? you know as well as myself, that all this agitation about "reform" is a mere clap-trap, to gull the people and make capital. But the signs of the times show that the multitude will no longer submit to be gulled. Autolycus. But my dear sir, these are Democratic measures—popular of course, and as such must have the support of our party. They are a part of the bargain! Honestus. True, but that does not increase their value in my estimation—nor does it look well to see the Democratic party, our dear brethren if I must call them so, who have always opposed manufacturing corporations in the abstract, as an item in their political creed, bringing forward and passing with our assistance, a law to multiply them by thousands, and another which virtually offers a premium for the multiplication of banks, to which a few years ago, they professed their abhorrence! And as for this lien law, which was thought would be popular, and was enacted for the sole purpose of catching the votes of mechanics, it is found in practice to be detrimental to their interests. In Boston alone, since it has gone into operation, it has kept thousands of dollars out of their pockets, to my certain knowledge. The secret ballot law, for which the coalition have claimed much credit, and which is clogged with an immense quantity of useless and expensive machinery, is another of these boasted reform measures, which the people never asked for, and which is about as useful in Massachusetts where every man can boldly look his employer in the face, and vote as his own sense of duty dictates—as a fifth wheel to a coach. And then there is all this gabble about amending the Constitution, and putting the State to the expense of several hundred thousand dollars, for remedying evils which have not even an imaginary existence.— This is all mere humbug, a most shallow device got up for political effect, and you know it. Autolycus. Well, well, my dear sir, we must have some ground to stand upon—some measures to talk about—and these will answer as well as anything else. It will not do to be too nice. Honesty and consistency are good enough things in their way, but will not do for us in the present stage of our political existence; and if we, that is, the leaders of the Free Soil party, stuck as closely to conscience and high moral principle as we profess, what reward could we expect for the great sacrifices we have made? But soaring above these things we go for the "Higher Law." Surely you cannot object to that. Honestus. The higher law! So you would let the promptings of a fanatical spirit override the Constitution of the country, and convert it virtually into a tabula rasa, on which any man may scribble what he pleases. Those minds which can be influenced by such a consideration must be weak indeed. For my own part whatever laws are enacted by the government of the people, under which I live and enjoy many blessings, I conceive myself bound to obey. Such is the duty I owe to myself, my country and my God! Autolycus. My friend, you must not be too scrupulous. Having abandoned conscience, we must hold on to this "Higher Law." Why, you would knock away at a blow our firmest, and almost our only support. You must not be too severe on our system of policy, which is a little loose and profligate, perhaps; but recollect that a desperate cause requires desperate measures. It is true our original platform has slid from under us, but we have still a great and noble object in view, the destruction of the Whig party in the Commonwealth. Honestus. To build up Locofocoism on its ruins! Autolycus. That of course will be the result. Indeed, some of our most zealous and influential leaders, as Giddings, Chase, and Mann, have already espoused the cause of Democracy, and battle manfully against the Whig principles which they once were so eager to defend. Honestus. Such conduct is not entitled to respect, but must be censured by every unprejudiced politician. Certain I am that I shall not emulate their example. To be frank with you, I cannot cherish these feelings of bitter hostility against the Whigs, having been for many years in their ranks, and being fully aware that the proud eminence which Massachusetts now occupies among the States, is mainly owing to the wise measures adopted through a succession of years by Whig administrations. Autolycus. I was a Whig once as well as yourself. Who was more zealous in behalf of Whig principles and Whig men, or who warred more fiercely against the Locos? But my merit was not appreciated—which is now no longer the case—and my services were unrewarded; and now no scruples of conscience will prevent my becoming a Democrat, perhaps a National Democrat, provided the Free Soil party becomes defunct. But believe me, we shall fight hard for victory. If there be any virtue in "stump speaking," the victory will be ours! Honestus. You may rest assured that the people will not be deceived a second time. You will find that these outpourings of "slang-whanging," both on the stump and in the columns of our papers, will be thrown away. The people require something more than bold assertions and bitter invectives. I know there are many men who from pure motives have joined and hitherto acted with the Free Soil party, but who have no sympathies with a Locofoco or an Abolitionist. At any rate I can speak for myself—and nothing would induce me to vote for such men as Ithamar W. Beard, or Samuel E. Sewall. [Exit Honestus. Autolycus, (alone.) On election day we shall find that man among the missing, or enrolled in the Whig ranks. This is the curse of honesty! Well said the poet— "Thus conscience does make cowards of us all!" But he may not be so very honest notwithstanding. Perhaps he adopts the principle that "rats will desert a sinking ship." And, I must confess, matters and things look squally enough. There is nothing left for me, however, but to stick to the Coalition as long as it will hold together, and if we are defeated, the arms of the Locofocos are open to receive me. They will gladly enfold me in their warm embrace. Coincidentally, the Boston Journal characterized Abolitionist Free Soilers as "real sons of Ishmael," shortly after Moby-Dick was first published in America. As reprinted in another Whig newspaper, the weekly National Aegis (Worcester, MA) on November 19, 1851: THE GROWTH, PROSPECTS AND END OF THE FREE SOIL PARTY. This party — if such a faction is entitled to the name — was organized to oppose the election of General Taylor in 1848. That it has had in its ranks a great deal of talent and ability—a great deal of cunning and hypocrisy—the elements of success in a good cause, and the power to sustain a bad one, no one will deny. It commenced trade — for it has been a trading concern from the beginning — with a capital of about 12,000 Abolitionists — real sons of Ishmael, whose hands had been against every man's for years, and who had been so long in a hopeless minority, and who were so perfectly accustomed to contending against overwhelming odds, that they formed the best nucleus for a new party which could possibly have been found.... National Aegis - November 19, 1851 via Genealogy Bank Labels: abolitionists, Boston Journal, Charles Sumner, Free Soil party, Horace Mann, John S. Sleeper, Joshua R. Giddings, Moby-Dick, Politics, Salmon P. Chase, Whigs More evidence for another London Morning Herald review of THE WHALE In the earlier post on Looking for another Whale review, I guessed there might be another and perhaps more substantial review of Melville's novel The Whale, as the First British edition of Moby-Dick was titled. Here's more evidence of the still-unlocated review from the advertisement by Melville's publisher Richard Bentley in the London Globe on November 26, 1851. Bentley's ad in the London Globe gives another quotation from the "Morning Herald," praising Melville's Whale as "Unquestionably the production of no ordinary mind." That makes two differently worded endorsements of The Whale in the London Morning Herald, neither of which appears in the early notice of October 20, 1851. As shown previously, another Bentley ad supplied a different text: "This remarkable novel will be read with great delight." Again, neither quotation that Bentley ascribes to the Morning Herald appears in the one review we already knew about, transcribed on page 353 in Herman Melville: The Contemporary Reviews, edited by Brian Higgins and Hershel Parker (Cambridge University Press, 1995; paperback 2009). Found online at The British Newspaper Archive <https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/>. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. London Globe - November 26, 1851 NEW WORK by the AUTHOR of "TYPEE," &c. In Three Vols, post 8vo. THE WHALE. By HERMAN MELVILLE. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. "Contains graphic descriptions such as we do not remember to have met with before in marine literature." --Athenaeum. "A work of great power and beauty." --Morning Post. "Unquestionably the production of no ordinary mind." --Morning Herald. "Intensely interesting. It is not a mere tale of adventure, but a whole philosophy of life that it unfolds." --John Bull. "A singular novel. The satire is biting and reckless." --Spectator. "Displays an unusual power of enchaining the interest." --Morning Advertiser. "The raciest thing of the kind that was ever produced." --Evening Paper. "A most extraordinary work." --Britannia "Melville's greatest effort." --Atlas. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. The same quotation from the London Morning Herald occurs as the last of eight blurbs in Bentley's ad in the Morning Post on November 18, 1851. So then, the yet-to-be-found Morning Herald review of The Whale was evidently published after October 20 and before November 18, 1851. Most likely after November 8, 1851, the date of the Britannia review also quoted in Bentley's ads. The Britannia quotation got added to Bentley's list of newspaper blurbs by November 11th, before anything from the Morning Herald. Best guess for now, around the 14th of November 1851. We will see, hopefully. Scans of the 1851 microfilm now ordered from The British Library - Digitisation Services. Tue, Nov 18, 1851 – 1 · The Morning Post (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com Looking for another Whale review https://melvilliana.blogspot.com/2020/02/looking-for-another-whale-review-in.html Labels: London Globe, London Morning Herald, Moby-Dick, Reviews and Notices, Richard Bentley Apostrophe to a Whale From the Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette (Devises, Wiltshire, England) October 30, 1851; found at The British Newspaper Archive <www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk>. Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette - October 30, 1851 Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. APOSTROPHE TO A WHALE.— The following apostrophe, addressed by the whaling Captain to the head of a captured whale lashed to his ship's side, is from a publication entitled The Whale, by Herman Melville:— "Speak, thou vast and venerable head," muttered Ahab, "which, though ungarnished with a beard, yet here and there lookest hoary with mosses; speak, mighty head, and tell us the secret thing that is in thee. Of all divers, thou hast dived the deepest. That head upon which the upper sun now gleams, has moved amid this world's foundations. Where unrecorded names and navies rust, and untold hopes and anchors rot; where in her murderous hold this frigate earth is ballasted with bones of millions of the drowned; there, in that awful water-land, there was thy most familiar home. Thou hast been where bell or diver never went; hast slept by many a sailor's side, where sleepless mothers would give their lives to lay them down. Thou saw'st the locked lovers when leaping from their flaming ship; heart to heart they sank beneath the exulting wave; true to each other, when heaven seemed false to them. Thou saw'st the murdered mate when tossed by pirates from the midnight deck; for hours he fell into the deeper midnight of the insatiate maw; and his murderers still sailed on unharmed—while swift lightnings shivered the neighbouring ship that would have borne a righteous husband to outstretched, longing arms!" Quoted from "The Sphinx" in the First British edition of The Whale (Volume 2, Chapter 28), this passage omits the blasphemous last sentence of Ahab's soliloquy which appears only in the American edition of Moby-Dick: O head! thou hast seen enough to split the planets and make an infidel of Abraham, and not one syllable is thine!" --Chapter 70: The Sphynx As explained by Merriam-Webster, apostrophe as a literary device means "a speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object, such as Yorick's skull in Hamlet." And Wilson the volleyball in Cast Away. Labels: Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, Moby-Dick "History, Legend, and Poetic Tradition in Melville... Albatrosses' Life-Long Bond Begins With Elaborate ... More evidence for another London Morning Herald re...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1010
__label__cc	0.723969	0.276031	James MCGUIRE James Monroe McGuire Jan. 13, 1859 St. Clair Co., IL Jul. 26, 1937 Erie, McDonald Co., MO Obituary: James McGuire was born January 13, 1859, and died July 29, 1937, at the age of 78 years. He was married on July 12, 1894 to Elizabeth Burgan. Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Grace and Neta, at home; Omer McGuire of Jacket; Mrs, Opal Harness and Arlie McGuire of Neosho; Mrs. Mildred McNeill, Mrs, Bessie Winchester and Kenneth, all of Stella. One child died in infancy. There are thirteen grandchildren. Two brothers, Charles McGuire of Goodman; Joe McGuire of Bend, Oregon; one sister, Mrs, Linnie McBee of Portland Oregon, Uncle Jim, as he was called, came here when quite young with his parents. His father purchased the farm on which he has spent his entire 1ife. Uncle Jim was a kind and devoted husband and father and obliging neighbor. He was sadly missed not by only his family, but by his neighbors and friends and his place will be difficult to fill. He was a member of the McNatt Baptist church, where the funeral services were preached by Rev, E. C. Tichenor, July 30. Burial was in the Indian Springs cemetery. Son of Thomas Jefferson McGuire (1835 - 1888) and Malinda Madeline Harriman (1832 - 1904) Oma Elizabeth Burgin McGuire (1874 - 1940) Omar Ray McGuire (1895 - 1986) Grace Elizabeth McGuire Carter (1897 - 1990) Nola Oneta McGuire Smith (1899 - 1974) Bessie L. McGuire Winchester (1904 - 1962) James Arlie McGuire (1905 - 1959) Mary Opel McGuire Harness (1907 - 1989) Kenneth McGuire (1909 - 1980) MCGUIRE, ElizabethMCGUIRE, JamesMCGUIRE, ElviraMCGUIRE, ThomasMCGUIRE, Malinda Submitted: 10/8/15 • Approved: 10/8/15 • Last Updated: 4/11/18 • R775713-G775712-S3	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1015
__label__wiki	0.884247	0.884247	Article Cruise Ship Baby Death Tragedy: Grandfather Pleads Guilty By Lisa From The MoM Team It was such a tragic story! A grandfather held his baby granddaughter out of a cruise ship window and she fell and died. Now the grandfather is pleading guilty, in a bid for his family to find peace. Salvatore Anello was charged after dropping 18-month-old Chloe Wiegand out a cruise ship window. The baby fell 45m to her death while the ship was docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The grandfather has this week, pleaded guilty to the charges of negligent homicide, as reported in news.com.au. Mr. Anello had been responsible for looking after his granddaughter on 7 July 2019, during a family holiday on board the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Freedom of the Seas. Oates Anti-Bacterial Sponge Scourer So Tragic! He picked Chloe up so she could bang on the glass of the window just as she did at her brother’s hockey games. Sadly, the toddler then fell through the open window. The awful footage was later leaked. While the family was opposed to Mr Anello facing charges, family lawyer Michael Winkleman said in a statement that the plea will allow the family to move on, as reported on NBC. Close This Chapter “It was decided the plea deal is in the best interests of the family so that they can close this horrible chapter,” Mr Winkleman said. Mr Anello originally pleaded not guilty in July last year, and he rejected a plea deal late last year. However, he has now changed his plea to guilty, saying he would do whatever is necessary to end the nightmare for the family. End This Nightmare “I took a plea deal to try to help end part of this nightmare for my family, if possible,” he said in a statement. “The support they continue to give me has been beyond overwhelming and I can’t tell you how grateful I am for them.” The plea deal means that Mr Anello will not have to go to jail. Instead, he will serve probation in his home in Indiana. The grandfather will be sentenced on 10 December, as reported on NBC. Was The Cruise Ship Company At Fault? Chloe’s parents, Alan and Kimberly Wiegand are still pursuing their law suit against Royal Caribbean for unlimited damages. “We will continue the fight for justice for Chloe and to hold Royal Caribbean accountable for its brazen failure to follow the standards designed precisely to prevent children from falling out of windows.” their family lawyer said. Royal Caribbean has maintained that tinted handles on the windows would have indicated that it was open. Mr Anello said he is colour blind and as a result did not see that the window was open. What are your thoughts about this awful cruise ship tragedy? Tell us in the comments below. Share Cruise Ship Baby Death Tragedy: Grandfather Pleads Guilty on Facebook Share Cruise Ship Baby Death Tragedy: Grandfather Pleads Guilty on Twitter Share Cruise Ship Baby Death Tragedy: Grandfather Pleads Guilty on Pinterest Share Cruise Ship Baby Death Tragedy: Grandfather Pleads Guilty on Tumblr Share Cruise Ship Baby Death Tragedy: Grandfather Pleads Guilty via email Share Cruise Ship Baby Death Tragedy: Grandfather Pleads Guilty via browser That poor man will live with what has happened and that is worse than any sentence could be. I feel sorry for all concerned. Well he was guilty. He didn’t do it on purpose but he did do it. Although it’s a tragedy, I’m not sure why he gets to serve his sentence at home rather than in jail. rovermum said Just heartbreaking and so sad. I don’t think there is any good outcome really. I think Grandad will live with the guilt and devastation of this for the rest of his life. Such a tragic accident. Having said that I think the Grandfather was to blame, I can see that would be hard for the parents to accept. They’re still wrong to sue. Kylie said Such a tragedy all round. The family have to live with this forever and charges laid that they didn’t want in the first place. I hope there’s a change in how they manage windows in the future on cruise ships. What a nightmare :(, reading this sends shivers down my spine. My thoughts are with the family. Gwen2620 said Trying to blame the cruise ship for his actions – not on. He definitely needed to accept responsibility -he held her out and he dropped her. Case closed. I remember when this happened. It is horrible and the grandfather deserves jail for life. There is no such a thing as an accident in this case. Ellen said A heartbreaking incident ! I doubt if it really helps to point fingers. Maybe windows on a cruise ships shouldn’t be able to open other then a couple of centimeters ? Lovesthecuddles replied 18 Oct 2020 , 9:35 am I agree or I didn’t think the windows did open. I was under the impression you needed a balcony suite if you wanted to go outside. Ellen replied yes me too 222jodes said Gosh the pain the whole family must be feeling.. the poor grand father must be beside himself, just can’t imagine ???? Yes it’s hard to imagine what they’re are going through. Absolutely tragic story and news that I’ve read. It’s sad This poor family has suffered the ultimate loss, I don’t believe the grandfather is guilty and he is punishing himself enough as it is. The cruise ship should be held accountable for what happened to this innocent little girl. That poor family. That would be so devastating. I hope they can all get through this horrible tragedy. Can’t bear to watch the footage but tragic all round, and unbearable loss for the family to not see their daughter grow up.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1016
__label__wiki	0.865132	0.865132	Tag Archives: icons Kick Ass Assassins: Salt on Blu-Ray and The American on DVD The world lacks a female super spy. Angelina Jolie has perhaps come closer than most to filling the void with her all action portrayal of sexy video game Tomb Raider Lara Croft, but this was ultimately more Indiana Jones than James Bond. Last year Phillip Noyce’s Cold War conspiracy thriller Salt, originally earmarked for Tom Cruise, morphed into a very different project altogether with the casting of Jolie as CIA agent Evelyn. I may be veering into sexism here, but because of Jolie’s casting my expectations were drastically lowered. However I’ll defend myself with two qualifications; firstly I think of Jolie as more than merely an internationally coveted sexual icon, but as a fine and capable actress, particularly after her powerhouse performance in Clint Eastwood’s excellent Changeling. Secondly I believe I expected disappointment because of the film industry’s own sexist view of women playing action leads, rather than my own narrow and intolerant perspective on the “fairer sex”. What I mean by this is that women rarely seem to be cast in serious mainstream action films. They’re a common feature in action comedies, such as the dire Knight and Day and Jolie’s own light-hearted romp with her equally famous and sexy spouse in Mr and Mrs Smith. But there’s no realistic and gripping female equivalent to the Bourne series, for example. Filmmakers are reluctant to showcase women, even today, as ruthless and professional killers without elements of fantasy. Watch a film about what is essentially a paid, female murderer (a “hitwoman”) and expect lots of ninja style, silly high kicking and unbelievable martial arts, alongside tight costumes, to offset such a horrific notion. Sadly this is a formula that Salt eventually and perhaps inevitably, conforms to. The opening of the film is promising. Once we get some god awful dialogue out the way, probably ripped straight from the “how to script a film in the espionage genre” handbook, along with some forced flashbacks, we get Salt interrogating an apparent Russian defector. He drops the bombshell that there’s a sleeper agent in the CIA, and that agent is called Evelyn Salt. Salt is dismissive at first, but all the high tech brain scans and probably some ingenious pad questioning his balls from his seat, says that he’s telling the truth. After a bit of dithering Salt decides to run, apparently out of concern for her husband, but it still seems rather daft if she really is innocent. Once she does run however, it looks as if Salt is going to be a decent film. With the shadowy, backstabbing premise of the plot and some tense evasion of security cameras by a grey suited Jolie, Salt seems very Bourne-esque at first. And a female Bourne film would not have been such a bad thing. Boxed into an interrogation room, Salt constructs a makeshift weapon from chemicals and chairs and table legs to allow her to escape. She then flees for home to look for her husband and just avoids capture by climbing around the outside of her building. Finally she escapes the city after a standoff by jumping from truck to truck on the freeway. During all of this action it’s easy to get swept up and the character remains believable. You sympathise with her apparent innocence and will her to succeed. But once Salt heads to New York based on information that someone will attempt to kill the Russian President at the Vice President’s funeral, the plot completely loses its way. It utterly surprised me on several occasions but purely because it becomes so absolutely ludicrous. You can no longer relate to Salt as a character and the action degenerates into ninja Jolie implausibly kicking the asses of trained security personnel in seconds. At first I thought it was refreshing that Salt was a spy thriller based on the old Cold War rivalries and tensions. Cinemagoers could do with a little more entertainment courtesy of grand, evil schemes, rather than grim and realistic takes on Al-Qaeda. There’s nothing wrong with fantastical plots based on extravagant conspiracies and the destruction of the world, providing they’re executed plausibly. But Salt is just too farfetched and has too many holes, mainly surrounding the believability of its characters. It also strays into the absurd and hilarious; supposedly a “master of disguise” Salt looks fairly obviously like Angelina Jolie dressed as an effeminate man infiltrating the White House. As usual with Blu-Rays, there’s a whole host of meaty special features to devour about the making of Salt. There’s a baffling section on Salt’s supposed genius as a “master of disguise” and a separate “in screen” interview with the costume designer explaining the selection process behind Jolie’s grey suit earlier in the film. Apparently it was really beneficial to visit the CIA and presumably discover they wear boring and generic corporate power suits like everyone else. The most revealing sections are interviews with Noyce and Jolie about the fact Salt was originally written for a man, which might account for some of the script’s rough and unfinished feel. There are some pleasing references to classics of the genre in the film, for example when “defector” Orlov escapes using a blade concealed in his shoe, like Rosa Klebb in From Russia With Love. But in the end Salt resembles a mishmash parody of everything it has taken influence from. It lacks originality, quality and entertainment for most of its thankfully brief 100 minute runtime. THE AMERICAN is the sort of serious and sombre story that sadly wouldn’t get made with a woman in the title role. It’s a slow-burning meditation on the nature of being an assassin and on loneliness itself. It’s an exercise in minimalist storytelling from writer Rowan Joffe, adapting Martin Booth’s novel A Very Private Gentleman, and particularly, director Anton Corbijn. With the lightest of brush strokes he paints what was, for me, an incredibly evocative and captivating picture. I had meant to see The American on the big screen but sadly its lack of success at the box office resulted in a short stay at my local multiplex. For critics the problem with The American is that it never truly ignites following such a tantalisingly drawn out simmering of tension. Many find it boring to sit through. But for anyone that loves the genre, the intoxicating idea of the lone assassin, or anyone that likes understated and subtle films, The American is wonderfully watchable. In many ways George Clooney shouldn’t work in the title role. He is such a recognisable face across the globe, a brand rather than a name, that he shouldn’t convince as an unknown and elusive assassin. But Corbijn needed someone who could act without words and Clooney delivers a master class. When there is dialogue Clooney enthuses it with charisma; it oozes enigmatic intrigue. When the camera is entirely reliant on Clooney’s movements a pained expression, a cold glance or a precise gesture speaks more than a page of script ever could. This has been hailed by some as the best performance of Clooney’s career for a reason. We’ve never seen him laid bare like this; robbed of the charm and the cheeky grin. More than anything else The American is beautiful. Its soundtrack is haunting, atmospheric and touching. Every other shot would make an arty still in a gallery; in Corbijn’s second picture after the acclaimed biopic Control, his background as a photographer is constantly evident. Clooney’s character chooses photography as his cover and there’s something about the parallels of precise skill and solitude between pictures and killing that’s endlessly fascinating. Indeed the subtlety of the storytelling really lets you think about its themes whilst enjoying the gorgeous visuals and the sexy girls. The loneliness of existence is there in every furrow of Clooney’s focused face; the life of the assassin is the perfect lens for examining anyone’s existential angst. His character makes meagre relationships that wouldn’t satisfy many human beings, and yet they prove too much and too risky for his secretive profession. Despite the reports of boredom and never-ending build-up, I thought that the restrained action punctuated the plot well and the climax of the simple story was suitably engrossing. In many ways Salt and The American both take “old school” approaches to a familiar genre; Salt with its outlandish Cold War plot and The American with its focus on an age old character, complete with soul searching scenes with a priest. The undoubted difference between the films though is a sumptuous and sexy style and quality that makes The American infinitely more interesting than Jolie’s briefly entertaining foray into the world of espionage. 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__label__wiki	0.897003	0.897003	Clayton Kershaw shines as Dodgers defeat Braves for 2-0 lead in NLDS By Ashley VarelaOct 6, 2018, 12:25 AM EDT The Dodgers are verging on a postseason sweep following a phenomenal performance from Clayton Kershaw on Friday. Backed by a handful of key hits from Manny Machado and Yasmani Grandal, the club shut out the Braves 3-0 and now hold a 2-0 lead in the NLDS. Kershaw stunned the Braves from start to finish. He eliminated any pressure or possibility of a no-hitter after surrendering a leadoff single to Ronald Acuña Jr. in the first inning, but became increasingly stingier as the game wore on. Not a single member of Atlanta’s lineup reached base again until the fifth, when Ender Inciarte worked a 1-2 count and drove a two-out single out to second base for a rare hit, then was promptly left stranded as Charlie Culberson grounded into an inning-ending force out. At the top of the sixth inning, Kershaw allowed another baserunner after a wayward slider bounced off of Lane Adams‘ foot. Any thought the Braves may have had of capitalizing on that mishap was fleeting, however: Acuña grounded out and Johan Camargo hit into a double play to give Kershaw his sixth straight scoreless inning of the night. While Kershaw’s postseason woes have been well-documented, everything appeared to run like clockwork on the field and at the plate. Manny Machado worked a 3-0 count against Aníbal Sánchez in the first inning, then lashed a two-run blast out to left field for an early 2-0 lead. In the fifth, Yasmani Grandal took Sánchez deep a second time with a 419-foot solo shot that boosted the Dodgers to a three-run advantage. Past the fifth, however, the Dodgers found it difficult to scrape together additional runs off of Atlanta’s bullpen. Max Fried, Touki Toussaint, and Arodys Vizcaíno combined for three hitless innings, permitting just two walks and striking out four of 11 batters faced. Kershaw, meanwhile, kept dealing — through the eighth, he had logged just 85 pitches with two hits and three strikeouts — and remained on track to set down the first postseason “Maddux” since 1985. Instead, as might have been expected during the Dodgers’ second game of the playoffs, Dave Roberts relieved the lefty at the top of the ninth and handed the ball to closer Kenley Jansen. Jansen retired Lucas Duda with a groundout to first, then allowed Acuña a final single into right field. Camargo popped out to first base on an 0-2 count while Acuña made his way around the horn (first advancing to second on defensive indifference, then third), but the Braves fell just short of a rally after Jansen recovered to strike out Freddie Freeman and clinch the shutout. With the win, the Dodgers are now the proud owners of back-to-back postseason shutouts — the first to start a series with two shutouts in 97 years — and a 2-0 lead in the NLDS. While starters for both sides have yet to be announced, Game 3 is scheduled to commence on Sunday at 8:07 PM EDT. View 11 Comments	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1023
__label__cc	0.628784	0.371216	Politics Tue, 25 Aug 2020 Establishing an airport in Cape Coast is a very wise decision - Mustapha Hamid Minister of Inner-city and Zongo Development, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has applauded the Akufo-Addo administration over its pledge to construct a new harbour and airport at Cape Coast, Central Region. The NPP, on Saturday, August 23, 2020 launched its 2020 manifesto in Central Region and made a solemn promise to the residents in the Region. They have outlined in their manifesto to establish harbour and airport in the next four years of President Nana Akufo-Addo. However, some people believe the campaign promise is only a ploy for votes since it's an electioneering year but won't be fulfilled. Speaking on Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo'', the Minister justified the importance of the two facilities in the Region, particularly an airport. According to him, the Region has evolved to become a hub where many people commute to and fro for various reasons including tourism. To him, constructing an airport in the Region ''is a very wise decision and I think that it will open Central Region''. ''As one of the poorest Regions in Ghana, there is no doubt in my mind that a port and an airport will open up the economic potential of the Region'', he added. He assured the people of Cape Coast that President Nana Akufo-Addo will deliver on his promise and asked them to have confidence in the government. Source: Peace FM Government must appoint only qualified persons to energy sector boards – COPEC Stop the needless criticisms; allow appointment authority to decide my fate - Tafo MCE Renaming UEW-K is Akufo-Addo’s only achievement in the Ashanti Region – Lecturer Don’t appoint family and friends into your govt – Lecturer tells Akufo-Addo The 23 defeated MPs to lose ministerial roles in Akufo-Addo’s next government - Report	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1026
__label__wiki	0.831	0.831	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Pharmacology Research & Perspectives Visit molpharm on Facebook Follow molpharm on Twitter Follow molpharm on LinkedIn Research ArticleArticle An Anticancer Effect of Curcumin Mediated by Down-Regulating Phosphatase of Regenerating Liver-3 Expression on Highly Metastatic Melanoma Cells Lu Wang, Yan Shen, Ran Song, Yang Sun, Jianliang Xu and Qiang Xu Molecular Pharmacology December 2009, 76 (6) 1238-1245; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.109.059105 Lu Wang Yan Shen Ran Song Yang Sun Jianliang Xu Qiang Xu Phosphatase of regenerating liver-3 (PRL-3) has been suggested as a potential target for anticancer drugs based on its involvement in tumor metastasis. However, little is known about a small-molecule inhibitor against PRL-3. In this study, we report that curcumin, the component of the spice turmeric, shows its antitumor effect by selectively down-regulating the expression of PRL-3 but not its family members PRL-1 and -2 in a p53-independent way. Curcumin inhibited the phosphorylation of Src and stat3 partly through PRL-3 down-regulation. Cells with PRL-3 stably knocked down show less sensitivity to curcumin treatment, which reveals that PRL-3 is the much further upstream target of curcumin. Curcumin treatment also remarkably prevented B16BL6 from invading the draining lymph nodes in the spontaneous metastatic tumor model, which is probably of relevance to PRL-3 down-regulation. Our results reveal a novel capacity of curcumin to down-regulate oncogene PRL-3, raising its possibility in therapeutic regimen against malignant tumor. The online version of this article (available at http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org) contains supplemental material. This study was supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant 30730107]; the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups [Grant 30821006]; and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [Grant BK2008022]. Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org. doi:10.1124/mol.109.059105 phosphatase of regenerating liver Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium GAPDH glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase siRNA small interfering RNA base pair. Received July 3, 2009. Accepted September 24, 2009. © 2009 The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics MolPharm articles become freely available 12 months after publication, and remain freely available for 5 years. Non-open access articles that fall outside this five year window are available only to institutional subscribers and current ASPET members, or through the article purchase feature at the bottom of the page. Click here for information on institutional subscriptions. Click here for information on individual ASPET membership. Thank you for sharing this Molecular Pharmacology article. You are going to email the following An Anticancer Effect of Curcumin Mediated by Down-Regulating Phosphatase of Regenerating Liver-3 Expression on Highly Metastatic Melanoma Cells Message Subject (Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from Molecular Pharmacology Message Body (Your Name) thought you would be interested in this article in Molecular Pharmacology. Molecular Pharmacology December 1, 2009, 76 (6) 1238-1245; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.109.059105 GABAAR Molecular Identity in Oligodendrocytes Editing TOP2α Intron-19 5′ SS Circumvents Drug Resistance SerpinA3N and drug induced liver injury Fast Forward by date Fast Forward by section About Molecular Pharmacology Customized Alerts ASPET's Other Journals Copyright © 2021 by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1028
__label__wiki	0.758606	0.758606	Artists publishing (Redirected from Category:Artists' publishing) Clive Phillpot's Artists’ Books "Fruit Salad" Diagram, 1982?. Kione Kochi, Clive Phillpot's diagram updated to illustrate new complexities in the age of digital publishing, Half Letter Press, 2013. (Source) An online library of artists' publishing. 1 Artists, scholars, initiatives 2.1 Libraries, archives 2.2 Online repositories 3 Stores, distributors 4.1 Bookworks 4.2 Periodicals 4.3 Anthologies, sourcebooks 5.1 Selected essays 5.2 Readers 5.3 Books, dissertations 5.5 Journal and magazine issues 5.6 Exhibition catalogues 5.7 Film documentaries 5.8 Bibliography 5.9 Resources 6 Recent exhibitions Artists, scholars, initiatives[edit] ACT ESOL Language, Resistance, Theatre Artpool Astro Boy 06 La ballade de la mer salée Beau Geste Press Black Panther Coloring Book Sarah Bodman Boekie Woekie Franziska Brandt Chronographie Inès Chuquet Comics Meetings Artist's Books Communes du livre Compendium of Francobelgian Comics Compte-rendu des conditions météorologiques Cordel Urbano The Cubicle Island Cómics de la Revolución Karen Di Franco Didascalias Display Distribute Donald Duck Has a Universal Desire Euroboys Crysis Fahrenheit 451's Comic A Final Companion to Books from the Simpsons Franklin Furnace Il Fumetto dei Giardini Michael Gibbs Gloria Glitzer Gone with the Wings Grande Vitesse Moritz Grünke La historieta en el (Faulduo) mundo moderno How to be Everywhere Illiterature Mikhail Karasik Leandro Katz Rebekka Kiesewetter Klassiker des Horrorfilms J.H. Kocman Lazing West No 1 Antoine Lefebvre Lil Buddies Magazine Lost Works by Ed Ruscha (After Martin Lang) Líneas Cinéticas M-Maybe (Human Torch-Towering Inferno) Mi Propio Macanudismo Miscomocs Comics Mnémopolis d'après Maurice Roche Kristen Mueller Muji Life & Yangire/Yandere La Méthode Bernadette Negros Rojos The Oasis Obscurcité Panorama du Feu Clive Phillpot Polyepoxy Rakennusohje Remake (Luis Aranguri) Retour vers le centre Les Romans Graphiques Le Royaume Guy Schraenen Selected Work for Publications 2005-2010 A Selection of Queer Rage Comics Snake Agent Suggestions d'harmonies Suit(es) Tintin Akei Kongo TNT en Amérique Trous gris Undocumented The Architecture of Migrant Detention Wasim 1995 We All Die Alone Collections[edit] Libraries, archives[edit] Archive Artist Publications, by Hubert Kretschmer, Munich. Archiv Sohm, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Est. 1981. Catalogue. Art Book in China Archive (ABCA), est. 2018 Artpool, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Est. by György Galántai and Júlia Klaniczay in 1979. Banner Repeater, public archive of artists' publishing, London, est. 2010. Centre for Artists' Publications, Neuen Museum Weserburg, Bremen. Est. as Archive for Small Press & Communication (ASPC) by Anne Marsily and Guy Schraenen in 1974 in Antwerp (Wikipedia). [1] Digital Archive of Artists' Publishing (DAAP). Est. 2020 by Banner Repeater. Soft launch. Fundraiser. [2] Exchange Gallery/Galeria Wymiany, Łódź. Est. by Józef Robakowski and Izabela Robakowska. [3] Franklin Furnace Artists' Books Collection, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Guttorm Guttormsgaard Archive, Blaker, Oslo. Herbarium Riso, We Make It, Berlin. John M. Flaxman Library: Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Library of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. MoMA Library, New York. [4] mumok reference library, museum moderner kunst (mumok) Vienna. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Smithsonian Libraries, Washington, DC. Special Collections at Chelsea College of Arts Library, London. Stedelijk Museum library, Amsterdam. Tate Library and Archive, London. Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Zines of the Zone, Nancy. Zona Archives, Firenze. Online repositories[edit] Artists' Books Online, an online repository of facsimiles, metadata, and criticism. Director: Johanna Drucker, project manager: Eric Rettberg. La Bibliothèque Fantastique, an artist’s books virtual publisher. Ed. Antoine Lefebvre. Booknesses: Artists' Books From the Jack Ginsberg Collection. Contents. Post-Digital Publishing Archive, Projects and Artworks at the Intersection of Publishing and Digital Technology. Maintained by Silvio Lorusso. Artists' books on Monoskop Log Stores, distributors[edit] Ecart, Geneva, 1969-1982. Art Metropole, Toronto, 1974. Other Books and So, Amsterdam, 1975-1979. Printed Matter, New York, 1976. Idea Books, Amsterdam, 1976. Galerie A / Multiples.nl, Amsterdam, 1976. Book Works, London, 1984. Perdu, Amsterdam, 1984. RAM Publications, Santa Monica, CA, 1984. Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam, 1986. Florence Loewy, Paris, 1989. Les presses du réel, Dijon, 1992. Antiquariat Querido, Düsseldorf, 1996. Onestar Press, Paris, 2000. Kubrick, Hong Kong, 2001. Utrecht, Tokyo, 2002. bookartbookshop, London, 2002. PrintRoom, Rotterdam, 2003. Textfield, Inc., Los Angeles, c.2003. Ooga Booga, Los Angeles, 2004. Dashwood Books, New York, 2005. Torpedo, Oslo, 2005. Vamp & Tramp, Birmingham, AL, 2006. Motto, Berlin, 2007. Salon für Kunstbuch, Vienna, 2007. Family Los Angeles, Los Angeles, c.2007. Bökship, London, 2008. Aye-Aye Books, Glasgow, 2008. Ji Lu Chang 记录厂, Kunming City, China, 2008. Archive Kabinett, Berlin, 2009. split/fountain, Auckland, 2009. Tenderbooks, London, c.2009. Ti Pi Tin, London, 2009. Antenne Books, London, 2010. The Book Society, Seoul, 2010. Gagarin, Seoul, 2010. Bananafish Books, Shanghai, 2011. Perimeter, Melbourne, 2011. San Serriffe, Amsterdam, 2011. Good Press, Glasgow, 2011. Mondo Books, Tromsø, 2011. Lote 42, São Paulo, 2012. PageFive, Prague, 2013. Xaoxax, Prague, 2013. Lugemik, Tallinn, 2013. Artbooks.ph, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, 2014. Publishing as (part-time) Practice (PAPP), Sweden, 2015. Closing Ceremony, Shanghai, 2015. Book B, Hong Kong, 2015. Ulises, Philadelphia, 2016. After 8 Books (formerly Section 7 Books), Paris, 2016. Page Not Found, The Hague, 2018. Dispozitiv Books, Bucharest, *2019. Panorama, Tokyo. Pipifax, Zürich. Works[edit] Bookworks[edit] This index brings together a hundred artist's publications featured on Monoskop Log. Included are digital reproductions of every work. For more works, see also our sections on the Russian avant-garde and Fluxus as well as online repositories. To view the section on a separate wiki page, click here. Another page provides full entries of thirty artist's books most recently featured on Monoskop Log. Bizzarie di Varie Figure 1624 Giovanni Battista Braccelli Livorno - PDF, JPG body, mannerism The fifty plates of the Bizzarie di Varie Figure [Oddities of Various Figures] are the liveliest and most original etchings of a highly creative, if little known, Florentine artist, Giovanni Battista d’Antonio Braccelli (active 1616–49). The Bizzarie exhibit characteristics of Mannerism, which originated in Italy in the 16th century. (...) See Sue Welsh Reed (Library of Congress, 2000). Die träumenden Knaben 1908 Oskar Kokoschka Vienna DE PDF (1917) art, dreams, jugendstil, poetry, psychoanalysis, sexuality In 1907, Fritz Waerndorfer, the financial backer of the Wiener Werkstätte, the leading design workshop in Vienna, commissioned Oskar Kokoschka, still a student at Vienna’s Kunstgewerbeschule (School of decorative arts), to make an illustrated fairy tale for his children. Kokoschka instead delivered a haunting poem about awakening adolescent sexuality set on far-off islands, away from the modern city and bourgeois life. (...) See Rosa J.H. Berland (Source, 2008). Klänge 1913 Wassily Kandinsky Munich DE PDF (DE), PDF (EN) art, avant-garde, poetry, sound Kandinsky’s self-described “musical album,” Klänge [Sounds], consists of thirty-eight prose-poems he wrote between 1909 and 1911 and fifty-six woodcuts he began in 1907. In it, he emphasizes the physiological impact of the sonic quality of language, often repeating words until focus on meaning subsides and new focus on aural character of words emerges. These poems were instrumental in Kandinsky’s development of abstraction. (...) See Christopher Short (Tate Papers, 2006). La Prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France 1913 Blaise Cendrars, Sonia Delaunay-Terk Paris FR PDF, MP3 (1985), HTML (EN) abstract art, avant-garde, poetry This collaborative book features a poem by Blaise Cendrars about a journey through Russia on the Trans-Siberian Express in 1905, during the first Russian Revolution, interlaced with an almost-abstract pochoir print by Sonia Delaunay-Terk. The work is considered a milestone in the evolution of artist’s books as well as modernist poetry and abstract art. (...) See Blaise Cendrars (1950), Ekaterina Likhtik (Drunken Boat, n.d.). Tango s korovami: zhelezobetonnye poemy 1914 Vasily Kamensky Moscow RU PDF concrete poetry, cubo-futurism, futurism, poetry, typography, visual poetry Tango s korovami [Tango With Cows] by the Russian futurist poet Vasily Kamensky, printed in an edition of 300, has become famous primarily for being made entirely of commercially produced wallpaper, with a series of concrete poems – visual poems that employ unusual typographic layouts for expressive effect – printed onto the recto of each page. (...) Piedigrotta: col manifesto sulla declamazi one dinamica sinottica 1916 Francesco Cangiullo Milan IT PDF futurism, poetry, visual poetry Francesco Cangiullo's Piedigrotta: Manifesto on the Dynamic and Synoptic Declamation theorizes a kind of robotic and syncopated declamation. The title and cover illustration come from an annual Naples folk tradition, a pyrotechnic feast with extraordinary fireworks. These elements suggest the explosive thrust of Mt. Vesuvius, the volcano that stands over the gulf of Naples. (...) See Mladen Ovadija (2013). Some French Moderns Says McBride 1922 Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp) New York EN PDF In 1922, Henry McBride, who had been close to Duchamp for years, commissioned him to design a book for his art essays. The resulting pamphlet was composed of eighteen cardboard sheets, held together by three rings. Its title, Some French Moderns says McBride, is spelled out in twenty-seven separate file tabs attached to the right edge of each page; when viewed from the verso, these same tabs spell out the name of the book’s publisher: ‘SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME INCORPORATED’. (...) See David Joselit (Infinite Regress, 1997), Caroline Cros (Marcel Duchamp, 2006). Dlia golosa 1923 Vladimir Mayakovsky, El Lissitzky Berlin RU PDF avant-garde, constructivism, graphic design, poetry, typography Dlia golosa [For the Voice], a collection of 13 poems by Mayakovsky, “constructed” by Lissitzky, has long been recognized as one of the finest achievements of Russian avant-garde bookmaking, a tradition in which poets and artists collaborated to create books that attained the status of art objects. By any reckoning, For the Voice is a landmark event in the history of modern graphic design. The book was inspired by the “new optics,” where ideas are given form through printed letters, turning them into pictorial signs, and by “words that are seen and not heard,” as Lissitzky wrote. (...) Lidantiu faram 1923 Ilya Zdanevich (Iliazd) Paris RU, FR PDF dada, futurism, poetry, typography, visual poetry, zaum Lidantiu faram [Le-Dantyu as a Beacon] is a play typed in zaum language by the Georgian-French artist-typographer Ilya Zdanevich. It remains an unsurpassed example of visually fascinating typographical contrivances and was to exert a decisive influence on the typographical component of international dadaist poetry. (...) See Lewis Blackwell (20th-century Type, 2004: 35), Alan Bartram (Futurist Typography, 2005: 50-69). Die Kunstismen / Les Ismes De L’Art / The Isms of Art: 1914–1924 1925 El Lissitzky, Hans Arp Munich / Leipzig DE, FR, EN PDF 1910s, 1920s, architecture, art, art history, avant-garde, film This book begins with definitions by well-known artists of the various movements, or forms of art, of the period. They range from Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Abstract Art, through Metaphysicians, Suprematism, Simultanism, Dadaism, Purism, Neoplasticism, Merz, Proun, Perism, Constructivism, to Abstract Film. The section is followed by reproductions illustrating each movement. (...) Die Scheuche: Märchen 1925 Kurt Schwitters, Käte Steinitz, Theo van Doesburg Hannover DE PDF, JPG (EN), PDF (ES) dada, de stijl, graphic design, typography In Die Scheuche: Märchen [The Scarecrow: A Fairytale] phrasing borrowed from German fairytales, grammar lessons, and religious texts combine into a formal hybrid that is cast in type. For the creators of this children’s book, such serious play with ready-made genres and print components offered a means of collecting the fragments of the past and assembling them to rebuild for the future. (...) See Leslie Atzmon (Design Issues, 1996). Abeceda 1926 Vítězslav Nezval, Karel Teige Prague CZ PDF alphabet, avant-garde, dance, photography, poetry, typography Abeceda [Alphabet] is a landmark work of the artists’ collective Devětsil, active in Prague and Brno in the 1920s. “In Nezval’s Abeceda, a cycle of rhymes based on the shapes of letters, I tried to create a ‘typofoto’ of a purely abstract and poetic nature, setting into graphic poetry what Nezval set into verbal poetry in his verse, both being poems evoking the magic signs of the alphabet.” – Karel Teige. (...) Descriptions of Literature 1926 Gertrude Stein Englewood, NJ EN PDF book, literature One of the rarest of all Stein’s publications. (...) Básne v kresbách 1930 Mikuláš Galanda Bratislava - PDF The rare artist’s book Básne v kresbách [Poems in Drawings] by Slovak avant-garde painter and designer Mikuláš Galanda was published in the year he began teaching at the School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava. (...) Sovetskaya eroticheskaya azbuka 1931 Sergey Merkurov PDF alphabet, art, sex The so-called Sovetskaya eroticheskaya azbuka [Soviet Erotic Alphabet] by the monumentalist sculptor Sergei Dmitrievich Merkurov (1881-1952), the author of numerous monuments to Stalin (including the three largest in the USSR) and Lenin. See Ross Wolfe (2013). Emilie přichází ke mně ve snu 1933 Jindřich Štyrský Prague CZ PDF (1997, EN) collage, dreams, eroticism, sexuality, surrealism Jindřich Štyrský (1899–1942) was a painter, poet, photographer, collage artist and editor. A founding member of The Surrealist Group of Czechoslovakia he edited Erotická revue that included illustrations by well-known Czech artists and had an imprint called Edice 69 (Edition 69) where Emilie přichází ke mně ve snu [Emilie Comes to Me in a Dream], a portfolio of 10 erotic surrealist photo-collages, appeared in 1933 as its sixth and final volume. Štyrský believed that in pornography he had found a destabilizing medium that could be used to subvert established social and artistic norms. Bohuslav Brouk, a psychoanalyst affiliated with the Czech surrealists, contributed an afterword in which he commented forcefully on the subject of pornography as art. Despite its small run of 69 copies, the book is now considered a masterpiece of Czech Surrealism. (...) Ler dla canpane 1948 Jean Dubuffet Paris FR PDF, JPG An early work of Dubuffet, written phonetically and illustrated with six linocuts and woodcuts. The author presented it as “le premier texte publié en langue française vivante depuis les Serments de Strasbourg” [the first text published in French as a living language since the Oaths of Strasbourg]. Issued in 150+15 copies. (...) Poésie de mots inconnus 1949 Iliazd Paris FR PDF, JPG avant-garde, dada, poetry, sound poetry, visual poetry An early anthology of experimental visual and sound poetry featuring poems by 21 avant-garde authors and illustrated with seven woodcuts, six etchings, two engravings, three drypoints, two aquatints, and six lithographs. (...) See Johanna Drucker (Amodern, 2016). Yves Peintures 1954 Yves Klein Madrid FR PDF, JPG art Peintures was Yves Klein’s first public gesture as an artist, featuring pages of “commercially printed papers” that were seemingly reproductions of paintings that, in fact, didn’t exist. (...) See Denys Riout (Yves Klein, 2006: 26). Fin de Copenhague 1957 Asger Jorn, Guy Debord Copenhagen FR, DA PDF situationists Fin de Copenhague [Goodbye to Copenhagen] is the first collaboration between Asger Jorn and Guy Debord. The book is credited to Jorn, with Debord listed as “Technical Adviser in Détournement”. The pages include text in English, French, German, and Danish; illustrations of whisky bottles beer bottles and cigarettes; aeroplanes and ocean going liners; cartoons of well dressed men and pretty girls and various maps of Copenhagen. Each page is covered with a second layer of coloured ink drops and drips, most of which go right to left, emphasising the direction of the book from beginning to end. (...) See: Christian Nolle (Virose, 2005), Bart Lans (TU Delft, 2008). Mémoires 1958 Asger Jorn, Guy Debord Paris FR PDF (1959, 254 mb), PDF (1993), PDF (2015, EN) Mémoires [Memories] is the second of their two collaborative books made by Jorn and Debord whilst they were both members of the Situationist International. The pages consist of phrases, photos, drawings and cartoons that Debord cut out of other works, and then pasted up in a randomly suggestive manner. Debord then had Jorn taint these ‘prefabricated elements’ with paint. The colors suggest possible readings of the phrases or simply lend a mood to the images. These plates were then bound in sand-paper to destroy any other books it came into contact with–Debord calls them an anti-book. The book was published at Jorn’s expense and given away as a sumptuous gift to friends. (...) See >Christian Nolle (Virose, 2005), Bart Lans (TU Delft, 2008), Ian Thompson (2015), Thomas Hvid Kromann (2016, DA). An Anthology of Chance Operations 1963 La Monte Young, Jackson Mac Law New York EN PDF art, avant-garde, conceptual art, fluxus, music, poetry A source-book of early Fluxus classics. A collection of texts, scores for events, instruction cards, experimental poetry, and much more by artists musicians, poets, and dancers, who founded Fluxus, minimalism, conceptual art, and other experimental practices. Includes Henry Flynt’s first essay on concept art. (...) Twentysix Gasoline Stations 1963 Edward Ruscha Alhambra, CA EN PDF, ZIP Twentysix Gasoline Stations is the first artist’s book by the American artist Ed Ruscha. Published in April 1963 on his own imprint National Excelsior Press, it is often considered to be the first modern artist’s book, and has become famous as a precursor and a major influence on the emerging artist’s book culture, especially in America. The book delivers exactly what its title promises, reproducing 26 photographs of gasoline stations next to captions indicating their brand and location. From the first service station, ‘Bob’s Service’ in Los Angeles where Ruscha lived, the book follows a journey back to Oklahoma City where he had grown up and where his mother still lived. The last image is of a Fina gasoline station in Groom, Texas, which Ruscha has suggested should be seen as the beginning of the return journey, ‘like a coda’. (...) See Rosalind Krauss (Under Blue Cup, 2011: 73-78). Water Yam 1963 George Brecht Germany EN PDF (1972) Originally published in Germany, June 1963 in a box designed by George Maciunas and typeset by Tomas Schmit, Water Yam has been re-published in various countries several times since. It is now considered one of the most influential artworks released by Fluxus. The box, sometimes referred to as a Fluxbox or Fluxkit, contains a large number of small printed cards, containing instructions known as event-scores, or fluxscores. Typically open-ended, these scores, whether performed in public, private or left to the imagination, leave a lot of space for chance and indeterminancy, forcing a large degree of interpretation upon the performers and audience. (...) Barakei 1963 Eikoh Hosoe, Yukio Mishima Tokyo JP PDF, PDF (1985, EN) body, eroticism, photography The legendary photobook Barakei — Killed by Roses is a collaboration between photographer Eikoh Hosoe and writer Yukio Mishima. Hosoe used props, personal belongings and backgrounds readily available in Mishima’s house to cast the renowned writer as his subject in a sequence of surreal scenery. (...) See Eikoh Hosoe (ASX, 2010). Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings 1964 Yoko Ono Tokyo / New York JP PDF (EN, 1970, part), PDF (ES), PDF (PT) art, conceptual art, poetry Yoko Ono's Grapefruit has become famous as an early example of conceptual art, containing a series of “event scores” that replace the physical work of art – the traditional stock-in-trade of artists – with instructions that an individual may, or may not, wish to enact. (...) As Is When 1965 Eduardo Paolozzi London EN PDF machine, pop art As Is When is Eduardo Paolozzi’s homage to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein created after reading his biography written by George Vaughan Wright. Wittgenstein’s study of linguistic systems coincided with Paolozzi’s love of toys and games and influenced his approach to the “syntax” and “vocabulary” of picture-making. The work began as a series of collages whose components were drawn from Paolozzi’s vast collection of found printed ephemera, which included such diverse materials as Woolworth wrapping paper and clippings from engineering manuals. Each of them was accompanied by quotations from Wittgenstein’s own writings or passages from the biography book. See Wendy Weitman (Pop Impressions, 1999). Flux Year Box 2 1965- 1968 George Maciunas EN PDF art, fluxus Flux Year Box 2, a signature Fluxus production, is a boxed anthology of works that was edited and assembled by Fluxus “chairman” George Maciunas beginning in about 1965. Like all Fluxus editions, the contents of each box varies depending on what Maciunas had available at the time. (...) 12 x 9 1967 Álvaro de Sá Rio de Janeiro - PDF concrete poetry, visual poetry A process-poem [poema processo] by the Brazilian poet, critic and philologist. (...) Screen Tests / A Diary 1967 Gerard Malanga, Andy Warhol New York EN PDF film, photography, poetry The 54 stills of Screen Tests/A Diary–which picture actors and poets, socialites and thieves, models, consumers of amphetamine, painters, filmmakers, and musicians–are frame enlargements from short black-and-white silent-film portraits made between 1964 and 1966 by Andy Warhol with the assistance of Gerard Malanga and/or Billy Linich, also known as Billy Name, who lived at the Factory. Each still consists of one or two entire frames from the film footage, and part of either one or two additional frames. (...) See Reva Wolf (Art Journal, 1993), Gary Comenas (warholstars.org, 2005). Store Days: Documents from The Store, 1961, and Ray Gun Theater, 1962 1967 Claes Oldenburg New York EN PDF art, happening, installation art, performance, performance art, sculpture, theatre In December 1961, Oldenburg opened The Store in the rented storefront at 107 East Second Street that served as his studio, which he called the Ray Gun Manufacturing Company. A fully elaborated manifestation of the project that he had begun months earlier, The Store conflated two disparate types of commerce: the sale of cheap merchandise and the sale of serious art. Oldenburg packed more than one hundred objects into the modestly sized room, setting previously exhibited reliefs alongside new, primarily freestanding sculptures. Everything was available for purchase, with prices starting at $21.79 up to $499.99. After The Store closed, on January 31, 1962, Oldenburg used the space to stage a series of performances collectively titled Ray Gun Theater. (...) Striptease 1967 Soňa Švecová Prague EN PDF Striptease is a small, handmade album. Its intimate scale, and the cover’s floral fabric and closeup portrait of the artist, suggest a diary or keepsake book. Within the volume’s pages Švecová recorded and reflected on her work, which ranges from pasted photographs and typed descriptions of Aktual group activities to a decorated comb and hand-stitched statements conveying her interest in clothing design and fashion (“Be a tailor for yourself”). (...) See Kim Conaty (MoMA Post, 2015). Wrinkle 1968 Liliana Porter New York EN PDF, GIF new york graphic workshop Ten photoengraved etchings; with an interview by Emmett Williams. (...) Xerox Book 1968 Seth Siegelaub, John W. Wendler New York EN PDF art, conceptual art Perhaps one of the most revered artists’ publications of the 1960s, the Xerox Book, published by dealers Siegelaub and Wendler is a xerox book in name only. Conceived by Siegelaub as an inexpensive artists’ publication – each artist was afforded twenty-five pages [plus a cover / title page] to execute a site specific project for the publication. The resulting projects were among the most important ever printed by these artists Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris and Lawrence Weiner. When going to press Siegelaub discovered that xeroxes would be more expensive than traditional offset lithography so the xeroxing was forgone for reasons of expense, however, the name of the intended publication lives on. (...) See Zachary Sachs (ContainerList, 2011), Jack Wendler (2012, video). Four Basic Kinds of Straight Lines 1969 Sol LeWitt London EN PDF LeWitt's small book of cross-hatched lines is an early example of his career-long interest in the production of art by systematic means--in this case, by mathematical permutations. (...) See Anne Evenhaugen (Smithsonian Libraries, 2013). Miss Vietnam 1969 Wolf Vostell San Francisco EN PDF art, fluxus, happening Contains “Genesis and Iconography of My Happenings”, “Miss Vietnam”, and “Hommage to Durer”. (...) Návod k upotřebení 1969 Jiří Kolář Most CZ PDF, HTML (EN) collage, poetry A collection of collages and “destatic” poems from the Czech experimental poet and artist. (...) See Pavlína Morganová (Sešit, 2013, CZ). The History of Violence in America 1970? Stan VanDerBeek Boston? EN PDF art, collage, education, machine, mass media, media, participation, performance Stan VanDerBeek was part of the “Rockefeller Artists-in-Television” residency program at Boston public television station WGBH from 1969–1970, during which time he produced the simulcast television program Violence Sonata. The program, directed by David Atwood and Fred Barzyk, was transmitted simultaneously on both Channels 2 and 44 on 12 January 1970, with the suggestion that viewers place two television sets side-by-side. The series of collages entitled The History of Violence in America was conceived as layouts for reproduction and publication in a booklet to accompany the broadcast. (...) See Melissa Ragain (X-TRA, 2012). Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard 1969 Marcel Broodthaers Antwerp FR PDF Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard [A Throw of the Dice will Never Abolish Chance] is a close copy of the first edition of the Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé’s poem of the same name, published in 1897, but with all the words removed, replaced by black stripes that correspond directly to the typographic layout used by Mallarmé to articulate the text. Often included in exhibitions tracing the history of the artist’s book, the work is seen as a seminal example of the European post-avant-garde. (...) Teaching and Learning as Performing Arts / Lehren und Lernen als Auffuehrungskuenste 1970 Robert Filliou Cologne/New York EN, DE PDF (EN/DE), PDF (FR, 1998) art, art education, education, fluxus, pedagogy, performance art "Off and on 3 years of work and now VERLAG GEBR. KOENIG, KOELN – NEW YORK publishes the first draft of TEACHING AND LEARNING AS PERFORMING ARTS by ROBERT FILLIOU and the READER if he wishes, with the participation of JOHN CAGE, BENJAMIN PATTERSON, GEORGE BRECHT, ALLEN KAPROW, MARCELLE, VERA and BJOESSI and KARL ROT, DOROTHY IANNONE, DITER ROT, JOSEPH BEUYS. It is a Multi – book. The space provided for the reader’s use is nearly the same as the author’s own” (...) See Hannah Higgins (Fluxus Experience, 2002: 188–189, 195–207). Fantastic Architecture 1971 Wolf Vostell, Dick Higgins New York EN PDF architecture, art, city, collage, fluxus, manifesto Published by Dick Higgins’ own seminal Something Else Press, Fantastic Architecture is an adaptation of the German book Pop Architektur (Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1969) and features artists involved in Fluxus, pop and conceptual art movements addressing the field of architecture through collages, captions and mini-manifestos. (...) Journal of the Identical Lunch 1971 Alison Knowles San Francisco EN PDF, JPG fluxus, food A journalistic account of a series of performances of a single piece. The book begins with a description of ‘the identical lunch’ which consists primarily of ‘a tunafish sandwich on wheat toast with lettuce and butter, no mayo, and a large glass of buttermilk or a cup of soup.’ These were eaten ‘many days of each week at the same place and at about the same time.’ (...) See Johanna Drucker (The Century of Artists’ Books, 1995: 345-346). Navilouca: almanaque dos aqua-loucos 1974 Torquato Neto, Waly Sailormoon Rio de Janeiro BR-PT PDF art, brazil, cinema, concrete art, concrete poetry, counterculture, poetry, tropicalia Navilouca was a Brazilian avant-garde art and poetry magazine, of which only a single issue appeared. (...) Sonic Meditations 1974 Pauline Oliveros Baltimore EN PDF listening, sound 25 meditations for musicians of all ages and skill levels, to help them learn how to focus on, listen to, and produce sound naturally. An important work in the development of Oliveros’ Deep Listening. (...) See Pauline Oliveros (Painted Bride Quarterly, 1976), William Osborne (2000), Kerry O'Brien (New Yorker, 2016), Bradford Bailey (The Hum, 2016), Emma Warren (Bowers & Wilkins, 2017). The Book of Breeething 1974 William S. Burroughs Essex EN PDF (1975) A short essay on Egyptian hieroglyphics, Hassan i Sabbah, The Curse of King Tut and state-coups. With illustrations by Robert F. Gale. (...) Un voyage en mer du nord 1974 Marcel Broodthaers Brussels / London FR PDF book, image, painting See Rosalind Krauss (A Voyage on the North Sea, 2000), Cathleen Chaffee (Yale U Art Gallery, 2011). For Publication 1975 Dan Graham Los Angeles EN PDF conceptual art, mass media For Publication reproduces a series of Dan Graham’s projects carried out between 1965 and 1969 that both drew from and were made to be inserted into the mass media. His Schema deal with quantifying linguistic and stylistic information from magazine articles; Detumescence was one of many projects that Graham deployed in paid advertising space of various magazines, as was Dan Graham Inc. and Likes: A Computer-Astrological Dating-Placement Service. Income Piece and the proposal for Aspen Magazine are reproduced as is Homes For America, originally published in Arts Magazine from Dec 1966-Jan 1967. In a section on Information, Graham situates his data-organization practices in the context of Ramon Llull, Borges, Marshall McLuhan, Mallarmé and Roy Lichtenstein. (...) Joseph Beuys: Coyote 1976 Caroline Tisdall Munich PDF (2008, 226 mb) art, performance art, photography Coyote was the first attempt to capture a performance by Joseph Beuys in book form. Beuys’s action, I Like America and America Likes Me, took place in May 1974, when he spent seven days and nights in a room with a wild coyote. The artist’s activities during his confinement with the coyote followed a repeated pattern. He employed a number of objects: felt, a walking stick, gloves, a flashlight and the Wall Street Journal – fifty copies were delivered daily. Over the period of a week, man and beast developed a mode of wordless co-existence, a two-sided performance that became rich with assumed meanings. Caroline Tisdall, a longstanding friend of the artist, who has written extensively on Beuys and has directed films about him, took most of the photographs and wrote the accompanying text. (...) See Jan Verwoert (e-flux, 2008). Félicia / par elle-même. Hommage et depassement de Debord 1976 Paris FR PDF detournement, situationists Anonymous pamphlet outlining an aesthetic informed by Situationism. (...) Photo Grids 1977 Sol LeWitt New York - PDF art, conceptual art, grid, minimal art A book of forty six plates, each with nine color photographs taken and arranged in a tic tac toe grid by the artist with an eye to pattern. Subjects include paneled doors, window panes, gates and fences, cement and mosaic floors, metal bridgework, etc. Three years later LeWitt published Autobiography, which used the same grid format to tell the story of his daily life. (...) Ray Johnson Ray Johnson 1977 Ray Johnson New York EN PDF art, art criticism, mail art Reproduces several texts and works by Johnson, a number of essays by William S. Wilson, and photographs of Johnson by Toby Spiselman. (...) Ray Johnson, Ray Johnson, Ray Johnson 1978 John Willenbecher New York EN PDF Reproduces a number of artworks, poems, and mail art examples by Johnson, an essay on Willenbecher by William Wilson, and several reproductions and prose works by Willenbecher. (...) The Yellow Book 1978 Anna Banana San Francisco EN PDF, JPG dada, mail art A special rubber stamp art issue of Dadazine modified by Anna Banana. (...) Book of Typewriter Art 1982 Bob Neill Cornwall EN PDF typewriter, typewriter art Bob Neill, artist of the typewriter, was born in the Kent village of Aylesford and practises as a professional Hypnotherapist in the County Town of Maidstone. He first started typing pictures on his typewriter in 1960, having read about a woman in Spain who was producing this form of typewriter art. His first effort was a portrait of a magazine cover-girl which was published in the Star evening newspaper. (...) Code Poems from The International Code of Signals for the Use of All Nations 1982 Hannah Weiner Barrytown, NY EN PDF code, communication, poetry "I am interested in exploring methods of communication that will be understood face to face or at any distance, regardless of language, country or planet or origin, by all sending and receiving." (...) See Hannah Weiner (1969). De Ridder Retrospective 1983 William Levy, Willem de Ridder Groningen NL, EN PDF art, fluxus, performance, radio art, theatre Book with comic strips, conversations and a chronology of Dutch radio art maker, magazine editor and Fluxus member Willem de Ridder, issued to accompany his retrospective at the Groningen Museum in the Summer of 1983. Transpoets 1989 Ry Nikonova, B. Constriktor, Serge Segay, A. Nik Trento RU PDF avant-garde, collage, poetry, transfurism, zaum A work of transfurist art and poetry. (...) History of the/my Wor(l)d 1990 Johanna Drucker Cambridge, MA EN PDF, JPG feminism, history, memory A striking alternative to the familiar telling of historical events, Drucker’s account of mythic and major events in the course of western civilization marches roughshod over received traditions. The combination of typographic innovation, visual puns and linguistic play are unique elements of her style. A richly suggestive work interweaving official history and individual memory. (...) See Johanna Drucker & Tate Shaw (Journal of Artists' Books, 2007). NovaText 1990 Critical Art Ensemble Brooklyn, NY EN PDF, JPG criticism, poetry, text The texts "The Critical Function", "Unknown Fact Number One", "Always Already", "The Funest Experiment", "Like A Big Dog", and "This Will Be the Death of Chit-Chat" are letterpressed onto thin, white handmade papers. These lift, like veils, to reveal the “hidden texts” and “annotations” to each piece printed on a sturdier green paper. (...) Escritas arcaicas 1991 Wlademir Dias-Pino Rio de Janeiro PDF A book composed of colour plates first created in the early 1970s by the Brazilian poet and graphic artist Wlademir Dias-Pino. Published as one of the 1,001 volumes of Enciclopédia Visual [Visual Encyclopedia] series. (...) Sex 1992 Madonna New York EN PDF body, nudity, photography, popular culture, sex, sexuality One of the most controversial books of the 1990s, now long out of print. (...) See Isabella Rossellini (Huffington Post, 2014). Gasbehälter 1993 Bernd & Hilla Becher Munich DE PDF (EN) architecture, art, conceptual art, gas, industrial architecture, photography Typological, repetitive, at times oddly humorous, Bernd and Hilla Becher’s photographs of industrial structures are, in their cumulative effect, profoundly moving. In this work, the Bechers’ present four principally different forms of gas holders or gas tanks in 140 photographs taken during the years 1963-1992 in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, and the United States. The subjects are photographed under overcast skies that eliminate expressive variations in lighting; the Bechers make no attempt to analyze or explain them. Captions contain only the barest of information: time and place. On the subject of gas holders, the Bechers limit their remarks to a minimal functional description, leaving the aesthetic dimension of their subject to the photographs themselves: much of the fascination of these photographs lies in the fact that these unadorned metallic structures, presumably built with little concern for their visual impact, are almost invariably striking in appearance. (...) Fish Story 1995 Allan Sekula Düsseldorf EN PDF (2002) capitalism, photography The Fish Story project focuses on the quest for centers of maritime power past and present and the political interest in the change in the economic infrastructure of industrial ports yielded by late-capitalist rule in its phase of multinational and global expansion. This is the third project of the American photographer and historian Allan Sekula in his cycle on the imaginary and real geography of the advanced capitalist world. (...) Silent Movie 1995 Chris Marker Columbus, OH EN PDF cinema, film, film history, silent cinema, silent film In Silent Movie, Marker employs five-channels of video, each a thematic exploration of early cinema. Film images disclosing ‘The Journey,’ ‘The Face,’ ‘The Gesture,’ and ‘The Waltz’ occupy four of the monitors while on the fifth (and middle) monitor is a collection of ninety-four silent-era intertitles, ‘telling short, mysterious pieces of unknown stories.’ These moving images travel through a computer interface that assembles an ever-changing array of sequences. At any given moment, each passage is in unique juxtaposition with the other images passing across the surrounding monitors. Coloration, tone, and association are governed by chance contiguities; even the intertitles narrate across a field of fluid relationships. (...) JFL: What Does ""Why"" Mean? 2002 Octavian Esanu Stuttgart EN PDF philosophy of art Hilarious and profound. This book has so many layers of meaning that you can read it every day for the rest of your life. In 2001, while residing at Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, artist and curator Octavian Esanu read hundreds of interviews and essays by artists and art critics. He then formed a new text out of questions about art, that he culled from his readings. Each question is duly footnoted. (...) Artist's Diary 2003 2003 Heath Bunting Bristol EN PDF, JPG Heath Bunting rarely puts his thoughts and feelings on screen with words. Usually, they were blazoned across networks in passionate expressive structures which he draws from the ever encroaching apparatus repressive. His artist’s diary for 2003 provides provocative insight into his character and the evolution of his work. (...) Schadenfreude Book Kassel 2003 Luchezar Boyadjiev Kassel EN PDF appropriation, art, balkans, contemporary art "This is my artist’s book based on the altered and heavily manipulated catalogue of the exhibition of contemporary art from the Balkans titled In the Gorges of the Balkans, 2003, in Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel, Germany. The book is part of my work-in-progress titled Schadenfreude Guided Tours (2003), which originated in and with this show. The work is the visual-textual summary of the tours." (...) See Luchezar Boyadjiev (Manifesta Journal, 2003). A Collection of Google Street Views 2008– Jon Rafman Montreal EN PDF (1), PDF (2), PDF (3) art, google, photography, surveillance Jon Rafman has spent a considerable amount of time capturing and compiling Google Street View images that fulfill an artistic quality rather than purely informative. (...) See Jon Rafman (ArtFagCity, 2009), Jon Rafman (2010). Aluminium: Beauty, Incorruptibility, Lightness and Abundance, The Metal of the Future 2008 Graham Harwood Bolzano EN PDF history of technology, industry, technology, video Aluminium is a futurist graphic book and film about the social history of aluminium. In 2009 it will be 100 years since Marinetti set out the Futurist manifesto in which advocated the consumption of metal bolts and engine oil to turn men into machines. Marinetti believed in speed, machines and violence, values that for him were epitomised in the recent invention of aluminium. Drawing on archival footage from the aluminium industry, Harwood derives algorithms from the Futurist Manifestos to create the books cells by recording only the differences between key video frames. Caption texts are gathered up and edited together by issue crawlers as they search across the Internet. Aluminium takes the futurist logic of the 20th Century and turns it back upon its self. D.I.Y. Satellite 2009 Song hojun Seoul EN, KO PDF (KO), PDF (EN) diy, hardware, open source, software, space A zine by Song hojun, the leader of Open Source Satellite Initiative for developing a D.I.Y. satellite. Based on the artist’s sketch and manual of D.I.Y. Satellite, the publication contains thoughts on private space program, its execution plan, and things are going to happen afterward. (...) XYM 2009 Marlie Mul, Yngve Holen EN PDFs A project initiated by Marlie Mul and Yngve Holen. (...) Light Transformer Prototype 2010 Adrien Lucca Brussels FR PDF colour, design, light, mathematics Le présent travail est le fruit d’une recherche qui s’étendit sur plus d’un an, et que cette première publication n’épuise pas. [..] J’ai voulu offrir à son lecteur ou à sa lectrice une véritable expérience de lecture – au sens peut-être le plus conservateur du terme – doublée d’une expérience visuelle et tactile de première main. Je prétends ainsi leur communiquer une synthèse d’observations et de pensées privées, personnelles. Cet essai pourra par conséquent contenir des erreurs ou des naïvetés qui m’auront échappées. Avant tout, j’espère y avoir trouvé un point d’équilibre entre contenus vusuels, textuels et stylistiques. (...) See Haseeb Ahmed and Adrien Lucca (2011), Adrien Lucca (2012). Katz 2011 Ilan Manouach Ixelles FR PDF appropriation, comics, conceptual comics Katz is a pirated edition of Art Spiegelman’s seminal graphic novel Maus. Katz is an exact copy of the French edition of Maus, with the difference that all the animal characters, have been redrawn as cats. See M. Hulot and Ilan Manouach (Ough, 2012), Xavier Guilbert and Ilan Manouach (du9, 2012, FR), Bill Kartalopoulos (World Literature Today, 2016). 56 Broken Kindle Screens 2012 Silvio Lorusso, Sebastian Schmieg EN MOBI, ZIP book, e-book, glitch 56 Broken Kindle Screens is a print on demand paperback that consists of found photos depicting broken Kindle screens. The Kindle is Amazon’s e-reading device which is by default connected to the company’s book store. The book takes as its starting point the peculiar aesthetic of broken E Ink displays and serves as an examination into the reading device’s materiality. As the screens break, they become collages composed of different pages, cover illustrations and interface elements. (...) Afronauts 2012 Cristina De Middel Cádiz EN PDF africa, documentary, photography, space race, zambia In 1964, still living the dream of their recently gained independence, Zambia started a space program that would put the first African on the moon catching up the USA and the Soviet Union in the space race. Only a few optimists supported the project by Edward Makuka, the school teacher in charge of presenting the ambitious program and getting its necessary funding. But the financial aid never came, as the United Nations declined their support, and one of the astronauts, a 16 year old girl, got pregnant and had to quit. That is how the heroic initiative turned into an exotic episode of the African history, surrounded by wars, violence, droughts and hunger. (...) See Aline Smithson (Lenscratch, 2012). Critical Making 2012 Garnet Hertz Hollywood EN PDF, PDFs 3d printing, art, contemporary art, critical making, design, diy, diy biology, engineering Critical Making is a handmade book project by Garnet Hertz that explores how hands-on productive work ‐ making ‐ can supplement and extend critical reflection on technology and society. It works to blend and extend the fields of design, contemporary art, DIY/craft and technological development. It also can be thought of as an appeal to the electronic DIY maker movement to be critically engaged with culture, history and society: after learning to use a 3D printer, making an LED blink or using an Arduino, then what? See Regine Debatty (We Make Money Not Art, 2013), Blue (Engine Institute, 2013). Flash + Cube, 1965-1975 2012 Marget Long New York EN PDF 1960s, light, media technology, photography, vietnam war, war A book about the Sylvania flashcube — the space-aged, flash photography device, revolutionary in 1965 and nearly obsolete by 1975. Assembled from a wide range of archival materials — a “terrorist letter,” G.I. photographs from Vietnam, Sylvania flashcube advertisements, as well as Long’s photographs and photomontages—the book explores the links between light, war, history and photography. (...) See Anna McCarthy (Social Text, 2012). The SKOR Codex 2012 La Société Anonyme Amsterdam - PDF archive, archiving, art, code, data, digital heritage, media art, preservation The SKOR Codex is a printed book which will be sent to different locations on earth. It contains binary encoded image and sound files selected to portray the diversity of life and culture at the Foundation for Art and Public Domain (SKOR), Amsterdam, and is intended for any intelligent terrestrial life form, or for future humans, who may find it. The files are protected from bitrot, software decay and hardware failure via a transformation from magnetic transitions on a disk to ink on paper, safe for centuries. Instructions in a symbolic language explain the origin of the book and indicate how the content is to be decoded. (...) See Annet Dekker and La Société Anonyme (Open!, 2014). A Bestiary of Spam Characters 2013 André Castro, Silvio Lorusso Berlin EN PDF Booklet resulting from the workshop “Spam Publishing” held at Transmediale 2013, Berlin. (...) Bon Ton Mais Non 2013 Irena Haiduk EN PDF art, manifesto An 80 point manifesto on polite art. Like every intimate dinner party, Bon Ton Mais Non requires one symphony orchestra, a pastry chef, a large mirror, and the fact of cannibal sirens. (...) Diagrammatic Writing 2013 Johanna Drucker Eindhoven EN PDF book, diagram, gestalt theory, graphic design, text, writing Diagrammatic Writing is a poetic demonstration of the capacity of format to produce meaning. The articulation of the codex, as a space of semantically generative relations, has rarely (if ever) been subject to so highly focused and detailed a study. The text and graphical presentation are fully integrated, co-dependent, and mutually self-reflexive. (...) Johanna Drucker (Iowa Review, 2014). Diff in June 2013 Martin Howse Brescia EN PDF archive, data, language Diff in June tells a day in the life of a personal computer, written by itself in its own language, as a sort of private log or intimate diary focused on every single change to the data on its hard disk. Using a small custom script, for the entire month of June 2011 Martin Howse registered each chunk of data which had changed within the file system from the previous day’s image. Excluding binary data, one day’s sedimentation has been published in this book, a novel of data archaeology in progress tracking the overt and the covert, merging the legal and illegal, personal and administrative, source code and frozen systematics. (...) 1887 – Splendide Hotel 2014 Dominique Gonzales-Foerster Paris FR, EN PDF In Splendide Hotel – 1887 there is one sole room and it is transparent, containing apparitions of all literary, musical, scientific and abstract sorts. From an internal monologue to quantum physics to the gramophone and bioluminescence, within this little book there is a collection of nearly all the references serving to rebuild this hotel within the Cristal Palace to reveal 1887 as the birth year of our universe. (...) Theory 2015 Kenneth Goldsmith Paris EN, FR PDF (EN), PDF (FR) language, literature, poetics, poetry, theory, writing Theory offers an unprecedented reading of the contemporary world: 500 texts – from poems and musings to short stories – printed on 500 pages assembled in the form of a ream of paper. Curated by the author-poet, this collection maps out the various issues and trends in contemporary literature in a world currently being shaken up by everything online and digital, and calls for the reinvention of creative forms. (...) Dark Sound 2016 Mikel R. Nieto Frankfurt/M. EU, ES, EN PDF, MP3 ecuador, environment, field recording, oil The book contains “Ecopolitik”–an introduction as an epilogue by José Luis Espejo, a letter to the Huaorani people, two research texts and one bertso, descriptive texts and photos of recordings, a possible chronology, a glossary, a compilation of several texts with testimonies, reports and declarations from different people, groups, institutions, and publications in reference to the impact—direct or indirect—of the noise from the oil industry during its various phases of development on the people, the environment and the fauna. (...) See reviews. A Physical Book 2017 Liza Daly EN PDF A Physical Book makes a digitized book ‘physical’ by rendering it in a simulated space where properties like gravity, friction, and velocity all apply. The program randomly perturbs the letters, then takes a snapshot at a point in time, re-assembling the images into a new, ‘un-digitized’ book. The raw, uncorrected scanned text of The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich (1909) is re-imagined as this 251 page book. (...) a, A Novel 2017 Derek Beaulieu Paris EN PDF conceptual writing, uncreative writing, visual poetry a, A Novel is an erasure-based translative response to Andy Warhol’s eponymous novel. Beaulieu carefully erases all of the text on each page of the original work, leaving only the punctuation marks, typists’ insertions and onomatopoeic words. The resultant text is a novelistic ballet mécanique, a visual orchestration of the traffic signals and street noise of 1960’s New York City. This visually powerful half score/half novel highlights the musicality of non-narrative sounds embedded within conversation. (...) 1000 Infrathins 2018 Kenneth Goldsmith Philadelphia EN PDF aesthetics, infrathin Infranthin is the space between spaces, the sound between sounds, the sensation between sensations; neither here nor there, this nor that, but both—all at the same time. The closest metaphor is the fourth dimension, which is best illustrated by a cube collapsing in on itself and at the same time expanding. I know. It’s not very helpful. But that’s the whole point—it’s a moving target, a ball of contradictions; just when you think you’ve got it, it’s escaped you. Marcel Duchamp gave six instances of the infrathin. We wrote 1000 of them. (...) Emotions Go to Work 2018 Zoe Beloff Colchester EN PDF capitalism, emotion, technology Emotions Go to Work is an investigation into how technology is used to turn our feelings into valuable assets. One might call it the transformation of emotion into capital. It asks what is at stake in our relationship with the companions we call smart objects? What does the future hold in store for a world where people are treated more and more like things, while the billions of gadgets that make up the Internet of Things are increasingly anthropomorphized, granted agency? (...) An Exhibition Turned Into an Global Feminist Protest Turned Into a Catalogue 2018 Purple Noise Amsterdam EN PDF cyberfeminism, feminism, noise, social media, technology In the summer of 2018, a German artist, famous for having a past as cyberfeminist and a present as technofeminist, was invited to Stuttgart in the South of Germany, to create an exhibition dealing with issues of gender and technology as part of a large festival. During her research, she got in touch with numerous fellow artists and activists, and in a process of collective realization, they found that the time has come, not for another exhibition, but for a global technofeminist upheaval. (...) Secrets at Mediacity Seoul 2018 Sam Hart, Sarah Hamerman Amsterdam EN PDF encryption, information, secrecy Secrets at Mediacity Seoul traces a genealogy of artworks that examine the secret as an information structure, from the conceptual artworks of the 1960s to works that consider secrecy and encryption in today’s social and technological context. (...) Enduring Liveness: An Imaginary Retrospective of Tino Sehgal’s Constructed Situations 2018 Annet Dekker Amsterdam EN PDF art documentation, performance, performance art The key functions of a museum are the collection, presentation, preservation and education of cultural and artworks for the enjoyment of, and to educate, the public. Performance art has been notoriously difficult for museums to handle, despite the ‘easy’ presentation the non-materiality of the art form challenges the conventional methods and practices of a museum. Artist Tino Sehgal had added to these problems, persisting in having no documentation of his performances, or better his ‘constructed situations’, in whatever form or way. This catalogue presents three perspectives that open up the potential of documentation as a method to generate new articulations and ways of understanding, thinking and performing. (...) Flux until Sunrise 2018 Geraldine Juárez Gothenburg EN PDF ceramics, display, electronic waste, screen The book combines an interview with Esther Leslie about Materialismo Mágico with documentation of my material exploration of what she refers as the Liquid Crystal Epoque. The book includes the recipes for LCD and Gorilla screen-glazes. (...) Periodicals[edit] Pre-1945 avant-garde Index of avant-garde and modernist magazines, 1890-1945 Lettrist Ur. Cahiers pour un dictat culturel, 3+7 numbers, ed. Maurice Bismuth, Paris: Brunidor, 1950-53 (nos. 1-3) & 1963-67 (nos. 1-7). [5] [6] Ion. Centre de création, 1 issue, ed. Marc-Gilbert Guillaumain [Marc’O], Apr 1952, 286 pp. [7] [8] Lettrist International Internationale lettriste, 4 numbers, ed. G.-E. Debord, Paris: Internationale lettriste, Dec 1952-Jun 1954. English translation, Not Bored!, n.d. (English) Potlatch: bulletin d'information de groupe français de l'Internationale lettriste, later Potlatch: bulletin d'information de l'Internationale lettriste, 29 numbers (27 issues), eds. André-Frank Conord (1-8), Mohamed Dahou (9-18, 20-22), Gil J. Wolman (19), and Jacques Fillon (23-24), Paris, 22 Jun 1954-5 Nov 1957; new ed., augm., as Potlatch, 1954-1957, Paris: Lebovici, 1985, 242 pp; repr. as Guy Debord présente Potlatch, 1954-1957, Paris: Gallimard, 1996, 291 pp. [9] [10] Guy Debord präsentiert Potlatch, 1954-1957. Informationsbulletin der Lettristischen Internationale, mit einem Dokumentenanhang, trans. Wolfgang Kukulies, Berlin: Tiamat, 2002, 381 pp. (German) Potlatch: Internacional Letrista (1954-1959). Más Introducción a una crítica de la geografía urbana; Modo de uso del desvío. Informe sobre la construcción de situaciones y sobre las condiciones de la organización y la acción de la tendencia situacionista internacional, Madrid: Traficantes de Sueños, 2002, 157 pp. [11] (Spanish) "Potlatch: Information Bulletin of the French Section of the Lettrist International (selection)", n.d., HTML. (English) Translations of selected articles in Russian, c2017. (Russian) Les Lèvres Nues, 12 numbers, Brussels, 1954-1958; facs., Paris: Plasma, 1978, 500 pp; Paris: Allia, 1999. [12] Internationale situationniste. Bulletin central éd. par les sections de l'Internationale situationniste, 12 numbers, ed. Guy-Ernest Debord, Paris, Jun 1958-Sep 1969, HTML; repr. as Internationale Situationniste: 1958-1969, Amsterdam: Van Gennep, 1970, c500 pp; Paris: Champ Libre, 1975, 692 pp; Paris: Fayard, 1997, xi+706 pp. Subtitle changed to Revue de la section francaise from number 9. [13] (French) Internationale Situationniste. Réédition d’articles (Supplement a 4 Millions de Jeunes Travailleurs), Paris: Les Amis de 4 millions de jeunes travailleurs, [1970], 44 pp. Revised versions of 7 selected texts. (French) The Incomplete Work of the Situationist International, trans. & ed. Christopher Gray, London: Free Fall Publications, 1974, 167 pp; repr. as Leaving the 20th Century: The Incomplete Work of the Situationist International, intro. Richard Parry, London: Rebel Press, 1998, vii+136 pp. Trans. of selected texts. [14] (English) "French Journals (1958-1969)", in Situationist International Anthology [1981], rev. & exp. ed., ed. & trans. Ken Knabb, Berkeley, CA: Bureau of Public Secrets, 2006, pp 45-383, HTML, EPUB. (English) Internacional Situacionista. Antologia, ed., trans., notes & pref. Júlio Henriques, Lisbon: Antígona, 1997, 323 pp. Trans. of selected texts. [15] (Portuguese) Internacional Situacionista, 1: La realización del arte. International Situationniste # 1-6 más 'Informe sobre la construcción de situaciones', trans. Luis Navarro, Madrid: Gris, 1999, 222 pp. (Spanish) Internacional Situacionista, 2: La supersión de la política. International Situationniste # 9-12 más 'Tesis sobre la I.S. y su tiempo, trans. Luis Navarro, Madrid: Traficantes de sueños, 2004, 156 pp. [16] (Spanish) Trans. of selected texts into Swedish. (Swedish) Cahier pour un paysage à inventer, 1 issue, ed. Patrick Straram, Montreal, May 1960, 103 pp. A Situationist-influenced periodical. [17] (French) Spur. Organ der Situationistische Internationale, 7 numbers, ed. Gruppe Spur, Munich, Aug 1960-Jan 1962. Journal of the German section of SI. (German) The Situationist Times, 6 numbers, eds. Jacqueline de Jong (1-6) and Noël Arnaud (1-2), Hengelo (NL), Copenhagen and Paris, May 1962-Dec 1967. (English) Drakabygget: tidskrift for konst mot atombomber, påvar och politiker, 11 numbers (5 issues), eds. Katarina Lindell (1-3), Jørgen Nash (4-11), and Lis Zwick (6-11), Örkelljunga, Sweden: Bauhaus Situationiste: Drakabyggets kollektivverkstad, 1962-1965 & 1982-1983. The journal of the Bauhaus Situationiste group. [18] (Swedish) trans., in Cosmonauts of the Future: Texts from the Situationist Movement in Scandinavia and Elsewhere, eds. Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen and Jakob Jakobsen, Copenhagen: Nebula, and New York: Autonomedia, 2015. Trans. of selected texts. (English) Situationistisk revolution: centralorgan for den skandinaviske sektion af situationistisk internationale, 3 numbers, ed. J.V. Martin, 1962 & 1967 & Oct 1970; repr., Aarhus: After Hand, 2013. Journal of Danish section of SI. [19] [20] [21] (Danish) trans., in Cosmonauts of the Future: Texts from the Situationist Movement in Scandinavia and Elsewhere, eds. Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen and Jakob Jakobsen, Copenhagen: Nebula, and New York: Autonomedia, 2015. Trans. of selected texts by J.V. Martin. (English) Der Deutsche Gedanke. Organ der Situationistischen Internationale für Mitteleuropa, 1 issue, ed. Raoul Vaneigem, Brussels, Apr 1963. First issue of the Internationale situationniste in Germany, Der Deutsche Gedanke was meant to replace Spur after the exclusion of the group. [22]. (German) English trans. Situationist International: Review of the American Section of the S.I., 1 issue, New York: Situationist International, Jun 1969, 46 pp, HTML; facs. repr., Portland, OR: Extreme Press, 1993. [23] [24] (English) trans., in Écrits. Section américaine de l’Internationale situationniste, trans. Fabrice de San Mateo, Toulouse: CMDE, 2012, 96 pp. [25] (French) Internazionale Situationista, 1 issue, Milan: Internazionale Situazionista, Jul 1969, 144 pp. Journal of the Italian section of SI. [26] [27] (Italian) trans., in Section italienne de l'Internationale Situationniste: Ecrits complets, 1969-1972, trans. Joel Gayraud and Luc Mercier, Paris: Contre-Moule, 1988. (French) 0-9, 6 numbers, eds. Bernadette Meyer and Vito Acconci, New York, 1967-1969. Reprint. [28], [29]. FSL. [30], [31], ccindex. Art-Language, 19 numbers, eds. Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Harold Hurrell, et al., Coventry, UK: Art & Language Press, 1969-1978. First issue carried the subtitle The Journal of Conceptual Art. Covers, [32], [33]. Új Symposion, 77+ numbers, eds. Bálint Szombathy (1971-72, 1986-89), László Kerekes (1984-85), et al., Novi Sad: Tribina mladih, [1971]-[1989]. [34], [35], [36], [37], [38]. (Hungarian) Index, eds. Slobodan Tišma, Janez Kocijanić, and Mirko Radojičić, Novi Sad, [1969]-[1972]. Student magazine. [39]. (Serbo-Croatian) Data, 32 numbers, eds. Tommaso Trini (Castelli) and Ciacia Nicastro, Milan: Prearo, 1971-1978. [40]. [41] (Italian),(English) Polja 156: "Konceptualna umetnost", ed. Mirko Radojičić, Novi Sad, Feb 1972. (Serbo-Croatian) The Fox, 3 numbers, eds. Sarah Charlesworth, Michael Corns, Preston Heller, Joseph Kosuth, Andrew Menard, Mel Ramsden, and Ian Burn, New York, 1975-1976. ccindex, [42]. Vision, 5 numbers, ed. Tom Marioni, Oakland, CA: Crown Point Press, 1975-1981. Issue 1. [43], [44], [45]. Red-herring, 2 numbers, eds. Karl Beveridge, Jill Breakstone, Ian Burn, Carole Conde, Michael Corns, Preston Heller, and Andrew Menard, New York: C.I.F., 1977-1978. ccindex, Allen. File, ed. General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz & Jorge Zontal), Toronto, 1972-89. Vile, eds. Anna Banana and Bill Gaglione, San Francisco, 1974-83. [46] Ephemera: a monthly journal of mail and ephemeral works, 12 issues, eds. Ulises Carrión, Aart van Barneveld and Salvador Flores, Amsterdam: Other Books and So, 1977-78. Commonpress, c48 numbers, eds. Pawel Petasz et al., 1977-90. Issues: #1, #3 #5, #6, #8, and many others available via Lomholt Mail Art Archive. Umbrella, ed. Judith Hoffberg, 1978-2008. The journal covered news and reviews of artists' books, mail art and contemporary art and photography tradebooks. Umbrella: The Anthology, 1978-1998, ed. Judith A. Hoffberg, Santa Monica, CA: Umbrella Editions, 1999, 164 pp. PhotoStatic; Retrofuturism; Psrf magazines, 1983-1998. Yawn: Art Strike 1990-1993, 45 numbers, 1989-1992. Neoist The Neo, 10+2 numbers, ed. Monty Cantsin, Montreal, 1979-81. Last two numbers published with the title Organ. PhotoStatic, 41 numbers, ed. Lloyd Dunn, Aug 1983-Jan 1993. SMILE, ed. Monty Cantsin, Feb 1984-95. [47] [48] [49] Retrofuturism, 11+6 numbers, ed. Tape-beatles, Jan 1988-Apr 1993. Yawn, 45 numbers, Sep 1989-Mar 1993. Re:Action newsletter, 10 numbers, ed. Stewart Home, Winter 1994-Spring 1999. Psrf, 2 numbers, ed. Lloyd Dunn, Oct 1997-Oct 1998. Anthologies, sourcebooks[edit] Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, ed. Joan Lyons, Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop, 1985, 269 pp; abbr.ed. as Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, A Digested Edition, Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop, 1985, 68 pp. (English) Magazine, ed. Gwen Allen, London: Whitechapel Gallery (Documents of Contemporary Art), and MIT Press, 2016, 237 pp. TOC. Publisher. Publisher. (English) Selected essays[edit] Stéphane Mallarmé, "The Book, Spiritual Instrument" [c1898], trans. Michael Gibbs, New Wilderness Letter 11, Dec 1982, pp 1-5. (English) El Lissitzky, "Unser Buch", in Gutenberg Jahrbuch 1927, ed. Alois Ruppel, Mainz: Gutenberg-Gesellschaft, 1926-27. (German) "The Future of the Book", New Left Review 41, Jan-Feb 1967, pp 39-44. (English) "Our Book", trans. Helene Aldwinckle and Mary Whittall, in Lissitzky-Küppers, El Lissitzky, 1968; repr. in Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field, ed. Helen Armstrong, Princeton, 2009, pp 25-31. (English) Ulises Carrión, "El arte nuevo de hacer libros", Plural (literary supplement in newspaper Excélsior) 4:41, México, Feb 1975, pp 33-38. Written in Amsterdam in May 1974. [50] (Spanish) "The New Art of Making Books", Kontexts 6-7, Maastricht, 1975; repr. in Contents, Warsaw: Remont Gallery, 1976; repr. in Art Contemporary 3:1, San Francisco, 1977; repr. in Carrión, Second Thoughts, Amsterdam: VOID, 1980; repr. in Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, ed. Lyons, 1985; repr. in Ulises Carrion: We have won! Haven’t we?, ed. Guy Schraenen, Amsterdam: Fodor Museum, 1992. (English) more translations Lucy R. Lippard, "The Artist's Book Goes Public", Art in America, Jan-Feb 1977; repr. in Lippard, Get the Message? A Decade of Art for Social Change, E.P. Dutton, 1984, pp 48-52; repr. in Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, ed. Lyons, 1985, pp 45-48. (English) Clive Phillpot, "Recent Art and the Book Form", in Artists' Books: From the Traditional to the Avant-Garde, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1982. (English) Richard Kostelanetz, "Book Art", in Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, ed. Lyons, 1985, pp 27-30, HTML. (English) Lucy R. Lippard, "Conspicuous Consumption: New Artists' Books", in Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, ed. Lyons, 1985, pp 49-59. (English) Shelley Rice, "Words and Images: Artists' Books as Visual Literature", in Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, ed. Lyons, 1985, pp 59-85. (English) Barbara Moore, Jon Hendricks, "The Page as Alternative Space: 1950 to 1969", in Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, ed. Lyons, 1985, pp 87-95. (English) Clive Phillpot, "Some Contemporary Artists and Their Books", in Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, ed. Lyons, 1985, pp 97-132. (English) Robert C. Morgan, "Systemic Books by Artists", in Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, ed. Lyons, 1985, pp 207-222. (English) Clive Phillpot, "Reading Artists' Books", in The Arts of the Book, Philadelphia: University of the Arts, 1988, pp 5-7. (English) Johanna Drucker, "The Self-Conscious Codex: Artists' Books and Electronic Media", SubStance 26(1): "Metamorphoses of the Book", 1997, pp 93-112. (English) Duncan Chappell, "Typologising the Artist's Book", Art Libraries 28:4 (2003), pp 12-20. (English) Johanna Drucker, "The Artist's Book as an Agent of Social Change", in Drucker, The Century of Artists' Books, 2nd ed., New York: Granary Books, 2004, pp 287-308. (English) What, How & for Whom / WHW, "Artists's Books in (what was formerly known as) Eastern Europe", New York: Printed Matter, 2006. (English) Martha Hellion, "Artists’ Books from Latin America", Printed Matter, Nov 2006. (English) Kathleen Walkup, "Books in a New Language", in From Site to Vision: The Woman’s Building in Contemporary Culture, eds. Sondra Hale and Terry Wolverton, Los Angeles: Otis College of Art and Design, 2011, pp 266-299. (English) Tony White, "From Democratic Multiple to Artist Publishing: The (R)evolutionary Artist's Book", Art Documentation 31:1, Spring 2012, pp 45-56. (English) Mary Anne Dyer, Yuki Hibben, "Developing a Book Art Genre Headings Index", Art Documentation 31:1, Spring 2012, pp 57-66. (English) Janneke Adema, Gary Hall, "The Political Nature of the Book: On Artists' Books and Radical Open Access", New Formations 78:1, 2013, pp 138-156. [51] [52] (English) Tony White, "The Evolution of Artists’ Publishing", Art Documentation 33:2 (Sep 2014), pp 227-242. (English) Amanda C.R. Clark, "Contemporary Chinese Artists' Books: New Artistic Voices in a Time of Transition", Art Documentation 34:1, Spring 2015, pp 15-28. (English) David Senior, "Back in Time with Time-Based Works: Artists' Books at Franklin Furnace, 1976-1980", VoCA Journal, 31 Mar 2017. (English) Display Distribute, "The Semi-Autonomous Zine: Charting Margins and Peripheries in Independent Publishing", Asia Art Archive, 2 Aug 2018. (English) Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, 1985, Log, PDF. Readers[edit] Everything in the World: A Book Arts Reader, ed. Harry Reese, 2007. For an UCSB class. Books, dissertations[edit] Riva Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, 1994, PDF. Johanna Drucker, The Century of Artists’ Books, 1995/2004, Log. Margit Rowell, Deborah Wye, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 1910-1934, 2002, Log, PDF. Gwen Allen, Artists' Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art, 2011, Log. Nicholas Thoburn, Anti-Book: On the Art and Politics of Radical Publishing, 2016, Log, PDF. Lothar Lang, Expressionistische Buchillustration in Deutschland, 1907-1927, Leipzig: Edition Leipzig, 1975, 242 pp; 2nd ed., rev. & exp., as Expressionismus und Buchkunst in Deutschland 1907-1927, Leipzig: Edition Leipzig, 1993, 240 pp. (German) Expressionist Book Illustration in Germany, 1907-1927, trans. Janet Seligman; London: Thames and Hudson, 1976, 245 pp; Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976, 245 pp. (English) Susan Compton, World Backwards: Russian Futurist Book 1912-1916, London: British Library, 1978, 136 pp. (English) François Chapon, Le Peintre et le livre: l'age d'or du livre illustré en France 1870-1970, Paris: Flammarion, 1987. (French) Renée Riese Hubert, Surrealism and the Book, University of California Press, 1988, xvii+358 pp. A study of collaborations between surrealist painters and authors that resulted in illustrated books. [53]. Review: Williams (Romance Q). (English) Lothar Lang, Konstruktivismus und Buchkunst, Leipzig: Edition Leipzig, 1990, 208 pp.TOC. (German) Silvie Turner (ed.), Facing the Page: British Artists' Books: A Survey 1983-1993, London: Estamp, 1993, 87 pp. (English) Johanna Drucker, The Century of Artists’ Books, New York: Granary Books, 1995, xii+377 pp; 2nd ed., 2004, 377 pp. Review: Haskell (SubStance). (English) Stephen Bury, Artists’ Books: the Book as a Work of Art, 1963-1995, Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1995, 223 pp; new ed., London: Bernard Quaritch, 2015, 258 pp. Reviews: Markovich (Art Doc), Rossman (Art Lib J), Vincler (Bib Soc Am), Barrett (Art Monthly). (English) Charles Alexander (ed.), Talking the Boundless Book: Art, Language, & the Book Arts, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1995, 144 pp. (English) Cathy Courtney, Private Views & Other Containers: Artists Books Reviewed by Cathy Courtney for "Art Monthly": 100 Articles, 1983-1995, London: Estamp, 1995, 156 pp. (English) Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Esthétique du livre d'artiste: 1960/1980, Paris: Jean-Michel Place, and Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1997, 389 pp; new ed. as Esthétique du livre d'artiste: une introduction à l'art contemporain, Marseille: Le mot et le reste, and Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2012, xxi+443 pp. [54], [55], [56]. Reviews: Poulain (BBF), Hermange (Etudes Photo). (French) Lothar Lang, Impressionismus und Buchkunst in Frankreich und Deutschland, Leipzig: Edition Leipzig, 1998, 208 pp. (German) Stefan Klima, Artists Books: A Critical Survey of the Literature, New York: Granary Books, 1998, 104 pp. [57]. (English) Cathy Courtney, Speaking of Book Art: Interviews With British & American Book Artists, Los Altos Hills, CA: Anderson-Lovelace, 1999, ix+241 pp. [58] (English) Renée Riese Hubert, Judd D. Hubert, The Cutting Edge of Reading: Artists’ Books, New York: Granary Books, 1999, 280 pp. [59] (English) Stephen Bury, Artists' Multiples: 1935-2000, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001, xiii+194 pp. Main text (Chapters 1-8). [60] (English) Jaroslav Andel, Avant Garde Book Design, 1900-1950, New York: Delano Greenidge, 2002, 388 pp. Review: Margolin (DI 2003). (English) Rob Perrée, Cover to Cover: The Artist's Book in Perspective, Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2002. (English) Maria Fusco, Ian Hunt (eds.), Put About: A Critical Anthology on Independent Publishing, London: Book Works, 2004, 194 pp. TOC. [61] (English) Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Sur le livre d'artiste: articles et écrits de circonstance (1981-2005), Marseille: Le mot et le reste, 2006, 588 pp. Review: Corbel (Perspective). (French) Yves Jolivet (ed.), Le livre et l'artiste, Marseille: Le mot et le reste, 2007, 224 pp. Based on a colloquium in Marseille, 2007. Review: Corbel (Perspective). (French) Isabelle Schwarz, Archive für Kunstlerpublikationen der 1960er bis 1980er Jahre, Cologne: Salon, 2008. TOC. (German) In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955, eds. Philip E Aarons and Andrew Roth, Zurich: jrp\|ringier, and New York: PPP Editions, 2009, 440 pp. With contributions by Gil Blank, Victor Brand, Clive Philpot, Nancy Princethal, Neville Wakefield, and William S. Wilson. Publisher. Exhibition at ICA (2012). Review: Dyment (Magenta). (English) Sarah Bodman, Tom Sowden, A Manifesto for the Book, Bristol: Impact Press, 2010, 185 pp. (English) Gwen Allen, Artists' Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art, MIT Press, 2011, 300 pp. (English) Garrett Stewart, Bookwork: Medium to Object to Concept to Art, University of Chicago Press, 2011, 249 pp. (English) Anna Sigrídur Arnar, The Book as Instrument: Stéphane Mallarmé, The Artist's Book, and the Transformation of Print Culture, University of Chicago Press, 2011, xi+395 pp. [62] [63]. Reviews: Salsbury (AiP 2012), Roos (CAA 2012), Norrick-Rühl (PRQ 2012), Wiedenfeld (MLN 2013), Abbott (H-France 2013), Palermo (AB 2013), Melot (BBF 2013 FR). (English) Bernhard Cella, Collecting Books: A Selection of Recent Art and Artists' Books Produced in Austria, Bernhard Cella / Hotel Ostblick, 2012, 150 pp. [64] [65] (English) Amir Brito Cadôr, Enciclopedismo em Livros de Artista: um manual de construção da Enciclopédia Visual, Belo Horizonte: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), 2012, 557 pp. PhD dissertation. (Brazilian Portuguese) Jérôme Dupeyrat, Les livres d’artistes entre pratiques alternatives à l’exposition et pratiques d’exposition alternatives, Rennes: Université Rennes 2, 2012, 579 pp. PhD dissertation. (French) Clive Phillpot, Booktrek: Selected Essays on Artists' Books (1972-2010), ed. Lionel Bovier, Zurich: JRP Ringier, 2013, 286 pp. [66] (English) Danske kunstnerbøger / Danish Artists' Books, eds. Thomas Hvid Kromann, Louise Hold Sidenius, Maria Kjær Themsen and Marianne Vierø, Copenhagen: Møller, and Cologne: Walther König, 2013, 300 pp. (Danish)/(English) Annette Gilbert (ed.): Reprint: Appropriation (&) Literature, Wiesbaden: Lux Books, 2014, 580 pp. [67] (English) Antoine Lefebvre, Portrait de l'artiste en éditeur, L'édition comme pratique artistique alternative, Paris: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2014, 760 pp. PhD dissertation. (French) Anne Mœglin-Delcroix, Leszek Brogwoski (eds.), Livre d'artiste: quels projets pour l'art?, Rennes: Incertain Sens, 2014, 304 pp. [68]. Review: Chevalier (Critique d'art). (French) Albert Coers, Kunstkatalog—Katalogkunst. Der Ausstellungskatalog als künstlerisches Medium am Beispiel von Thomas Demand, Tobias Rehberger und Olafur Eliasson, Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015. (German) The Art of Collaboration: Poets, Artists, Books, eds. Anca Cristofovici and Barbara Montefalcone, Cuneiform Press, 2015, 198 pp. Based on the symposium Collaboration and the Artist’s Book: a Transatlantic Perspective held at the University of Caen, France, March-April 2011. [69] (English) Bernhard Cella, Leo Findeisen, Agnes Blaha (eds.), No-ISBN: On Self-Publishing, Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther König, 2015, 506 pp; 2nd ed., Vienna: Salon für Kunstbuch, 2017, 515 pp. [70] [71] TOC. (English) No-ISBN, Vienna: Salon für Kunstbuch, 2019. [72] (Arabic) Mikhail Pogarsky (Михаил Погарский), Kniga khudozhnika: ideologiya, filosofiya, struktura, klassifikatsiya, tekhnologiya, paralleli, peresecheniya, istoriya [Книга художника. идеология, философия, структура, классификация, технология, параллели, пересечения, история], Moscow: I.P. Pogarsky, 2015, 416 pp. Excerpt. (Russian) Michael Hampton, Unshelfmarked: Reconceiving the Artists’ Book, Uniformbooks, 2015, 176 pp. Excerpt. Reviews: Shaw (Afterimage), Barrett (Art Monthly). [73] (English) Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Ambulo ergo sum. Nature as Experience in Artists' Books / L'expérience de la nature dans le livre d'artiste, Cologne: Walther König, 2016, 96 pp. [74] (English)/(French) Annette Gilbert (ed.), Publishing as Artistic Practice, Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2016, 304 pp. TOC, Weinmayr's essay. Workshop. [75] (English) Nicholas Thoburn, Anti-Book: On the Art and Politics of Radical Publishing, University of Minnesota Press, 2016, xvi+372 pp. (English) Nancy Perloff, Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art, Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2016, 208 pp. Online companion. [76] (English) Temporary Services (eds.), 12 Contributors, 5 Publications, 5 Years, Chicago and Fort Wayne: Half Letter Press, 2016, 40 pp. [77] (English) Kathryn Brown, Matisse’s Poets: Critical Performance in the Artist’s Book, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. (English) Andrew Roth, Philip E. Aarons, Claire Lehmann (eds.), Artists Who Make Books, London: Phaidon, and New York: PPP Editions, 2017, 336 pp. Survey of 32 artists. [78] (English) Jérôme Dupeyrat, Entretiens: perspectives contemporaines sur les publications d'artistes, Rennes: Incertain Sens, 2017, 312 pp. [79] (French) Jan Pettersson (ed.), Printmaking in the Expanded Field, Oslo: Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2017, 384 pp. (English) Lucy Mulroney, Andy Warhol, Publisher, University of Chicago Press, 2018, 193 pp. (English) Marshall Weber (ed.), Freedom of the Presses: Artists' Books in the 21st Century, Brooklyn, NY: Booklyn, 2018, 218 pp. TOC. Review: Sherman (Afterimage). [80] (English) Anne M. Royston, Material Noise: Reading Theory as Artist's Book, MIT Press, 2019, 224 pp. Review: Buechler (Afterimage). [81] (English) more, more, more. The Journal of Artists' Books, ed. Brad Freeman, since 1994. [82] (English) Book Arts Newsletter, ed. Sarah Bodman, since 2002. Every four-six weeks. (English) The Blue Notebook: Journal for Artists' Books, since 2006. [83] (English) Journal and magazine issues[edit] Art-Rite 14: "Artists' Books", Winter 1976/1977. The Dumb Ox 4: "Artists' Books", Los Angeles, Spring 1977. Art Documentation 1(6): "An ABC of Artists’ Books Collections", ed. Clive Phillpot, ARLIS/NA, Dec 1982, 13 pp. Special section of the journal. (English) Visible Language 25(2-3): "The Artist’s Book: The Text and Its Rivals", ed. Renée Riese Hubert, Apr 1991, [217] pp, PDFs. (English) Art Libraries 32(2): "Artists' ́Books", 2007. Abstracts. (English) Nouvelle revue d'esthétique 2: "Livres d'artistes: l’esprit de réseau", eds. Leszek Brogowski and Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Oct 2008, 160 pp. Based on a colloquium in Rennes, 2003. Review: Corbel (Perspective). (French) Art Libraries 38(3): "Artists' ́Publications", 2013. Abstracts. (English) La Trobe Journal 95: "Creating and Collecting Artists' Books in Australia", eds. Des Cowley, Robert Heather and Anna Welch, Melbourne: State Library Victoria, 2015. (English) MAP - Media \| Archive \| Performance 9: "Das Buch als Archiv-Raum und Medium der Kunst", eds. Barbara Büscher, et al., Leipzig & Berlin, 2018. (German) Flash Art Czech & Slovak Edition 53: "Autorská kniha", Prague, 2019. [84] (Czech),(Slovak) Exhibition catalogues[edit] Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators, ed. Monroe Wheeler, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1936, 128 pp. Exh. held at MoMA, 27 Apr-2 Sep 1936. (English) Artists Books, ed. & forew. Dianne Vanderlip, Philadelphia: Moore College of Art, 1973, 77 pp. With essays by Lynn Lester Hershman and John Perreault. Exh. held at Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, 23 Mar-20 Apr 1973; University Art Museum, U California, Berkeley, 16 Jan-24 Feb 1974. The first major exhibition of artists’ books in the United States. (English) Le Livre et l'artiste: tendances du livre illustré français, 1967-1976, ed. Antoine Coron, Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1977, 151 pp. Exh. held from 24 Jun-11 Sep 1977. [85] (French) Llibres d'artista / Artists' Books, ed. Tous i Giner Rafael, trans. Glòria Picazo, Barcelona: Metroǹom, 1981, 200 pp. Exh. held 5 Oct-6 Nov 1981. Text by Ulises Carrión, Hubert Kretschmer, José Luis Mata, and Guy Schraenen. [86] (Catalan)/(English) Artists' Books: From the Traditional to the Avant-Garde, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1982, [52] pp. With text by Clive Phillpot. Exh. held at Archibald Stevens Alexander Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 16 Feb-16 Apr 1982. Exh. & symposium report. (English) Identikits: Artists' Books from Mexico, eds. Carla Stellweg and Martha Hellion, New York: Franklin Furnace, 1982, 1 box. Exh. held at [Franklin Furnace, New York, 26 May-26 Jun 1982. British Artists' Books, 1970-1983: An Exhibition, eds. Silvie Turner and Ian Tyson, London: Lund Humphries, 1984. (English) From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists' Illustrated Books, eds. Carol Hogben and Rowan Watson, London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. (English) Tendências do livro de artista no Brazil, eds. & intro. Annateresa Fabris and Cacilda Teixeira da Costa, São Paulo: Centro Cultural São Paulo, 1985, 18 pp. Exh. held 16 May-23 Jun 1985. (Brazilian Portuguese) Livres d'artistes, ed. Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, Paris: Centre Pompidou & Herscher, 1985. Exh. held Jun-Oct 1985. [87] (French) Audrey Isselbacher, Iliazd and the Illustrated Book, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1987, 85 pp. [88] (English) The Arts of the Book: a Project Devoted to an Appreciation of 20th Century Book Arts, forew. Ed Colker, intro. Eleni Cocordas, Philadelphia: University of the Arts, 1988, 20 pp. Exh. held at the Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Haviland Hall and Arronson Gallery, Philadelphia College of Art and Design, 9 Sep-15 Oct 1988. (English) The Avant-Garde Book: 1900-1945, ed. Jaroslav Andel, intro. Martha Wilson, New York: Franklin Furnace Archive, 1989, 68 pp. [89] (English) Ralph Jentsch, The Artist and the Book in Twentieth-Century Italy, Turin: Umberto Allemandi, and New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1992, 341 pp. [90] (English) Libros de artista / Artist's Books, 2 vols., ed. Martha Hellion, Madrid: Turner, 2003, 360+178 pp. [91] (Spanish)/(English) Riva Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1994, 263 pp. [92]. Review: Haskell (SubStance). (English) Latin American Book Arts, New York: Center for Book Arts, 1995. Exh. held 13 Jan-25 Mar 1995, [46] pp. [93] (English)/(Portuguese),(Spanish) Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists' Books, eds. Cornelia Lauf and Clive Phillpot, New York: Art Publishers, 1998. (English) The Journal of Artists' Books 12: "Experimental Narrative and Artists' Books", ed. Johanna Drucker, Fall 1999, 32 pp, JPGs. (English) Artists’ Books in the Ginsberg Collection, with some South African Books from Other Collections, eds. Jack M. Ginsberg and David M. Paton, Johannesburg, 1996. Exh. held at Johannesburg Art Gallery, 25 Aug-27 Oct 1996. (English) Livres d’artistes, l’invention d’un genre: 1960-1980, ed. Anne Mœglin-Delcroix, Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1997, 48 pp. Exh. held from 25 May-12 Nov 1997. [94] (French) Kniga khudozhnika: Rossiya 1970-1990-ye gody. Iz sobraniya GMII im. A. S. Pushkina i chastnykh kollektsiy [Книга художника: Россия 1970-1990-е годы. Из собрания ГМИИ им. А. С. Пушкина и частных коллекций], ed. Anna Tchoudetskaia, Moscow: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 1999. [95] (Russian) The Journal of Artists' Books 15: "Book Unbound", ed. Cathy Byrd, Spring 2001, JPGs. Guy Schraenen, Out of Print: An Archive as Artistic Concept, Bremen: Neues Museum Weserburg, 2001, 255 pp. Selection of 700 works and documents drawn from the Archive for Small Press & Communication (ASPC) founded by Anner Marsily and Guy Schraenen in 1974. [96] (English) Margit Rowell, Deborah Wye, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 1910-1934, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002, 304 pp. Online companion. [97] (English) El libro ruso de vanguardia, 1910-1934, New York: Museum of Modern Art, and Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2003, 304 pp. (Spanish) Outside of a Dog: Paperbacks and Other Books by Artists, eds. Clive Phillpot and Sune Nordgren, Gateshead (Newcastle): Baltic The Centre for Contemporary Art, 2003, [35] pp. [98] (English) Matthias Herrmann, Artists' Books, Revisited, Toronto: Art Metropole, 2005, 72 pp. [99] (English) David Paton, Navigating the Bookscape: Artists' Books and the Digital Interface, forew. Jack Ginsberg, Johannesburg, 2006, 39 pp, HTML. Exh. held at Aardklop Arts Festival, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 25-30 Sep 2006; FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 5-13 Oct 2006. (English) Guy Schraenen, Un coup de livres (una tirada de libros). Libros de artista y otras publicaciones del Archive for Small Press & Communication. Artists' Books and other Publications from the Archive for Small Press & Communication, Madrid: Fundación Juan March, 2010, 133+44 pp. [100] (Spanish)/(English) Thanks for Sharing! Artzine Exhibition and Symposium, ed. Regine Ehleiter, Leipzig: D21 Kunstraum, 2010, 62 pp. (English),(German) I hate Paul Klee. Papierarbeiten und Künstlerbücher aus der Sammlung Speck, eds. Renate Goldmann, et al., Cologne, 2011. Exh. held at Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren. (German) Artists’ Book Not Artists’ Book, eds. Johan Kugelberg and Jeremy Sanders, New York: Boo-Hurray, 2012. Exh. held at Boo-Hurray gallery, New York, 18 Jan-12 Feb 2012, 96 pp. [101] [102] TEXTures: An Exhibition of Texts, Textures and Structure in Artists' Books, eds. Jack Ginsberg, David Paton and Rosalind Cleaver, 2014, 27 pp, HTML. Exh. held at Library and Information Centre, Doornfontein Campus, University of Johannesburg, 5 Mar-18 Apr 2014. (English) An Encyclopedia of Everything, ed. Cheryl Penn, Durban, 2014, 228 pp. Exh. held at Park Contemporary Gallery, KZNSA, Durban, 7-26 Oct 2014. (English) Sequence 1: Dutch Artist's Books in International Perspective, Groningen: Minerva Art Academy, 2015, 57 pp. Exh. held in the Koepelzaal of Academie Minerva, Groningen. (English) Tendências do livro de artista no Brazil: 30 anos depois, eds. Amir Brito Cador and Paulo Silveira, São Paulo: Centro Cultural São Paulo, 2015, 14 pp. Exh. held 28 Nov 2015-20 Mar 2016. (Brazilian Portuguese) Monoskop Exhibition Library, ed. Dušan Barok, Amsterdam: Monoskop, and Seoul: The Book Society, 2018, 47 pp. Exh. held as part of the Seoul Mediacity Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 5 Sep-18 Nov 2018. (English)/(Korean) Rising Together: an Exhibition of Artists’ Books, Prints and Zines with a Social Conscience, Rochester, NY: College Book Art Association, 2018, 47 pp. A traveling exhibit organised by the College Book Art Association and hosted in conjunction with the following institutions: Center for Book Arts, Mills College, HMCT/Artcenter College of Design, San Francisco Center for the Book, University of Iowa, University of Puget Sound, University of Utah, 2018-2021. [103] Film documentaries[edit] Art ex Libris Video: The Book Art Invitational at Artspace, dir. Mitzi Humphrey, 1994, 62 min. Documentary of the 1994 exhibition at Artspace Gallery, Richmond, Virginia. [104] Reading list for artists’ books, compiled from books held in the library at Bower Ashton, UWE Bristol and the Centre for Fine Print Research Resources[edit] Kunstenaarsboeken (artists' books) uit Nederland en België deel 1: de jaren '70 en '80, blog. (Dutch) The Expansion of the Artist Book, 1960-1980, Archivo Lafuente. (English)/(Spanish) Transforming Artist Books, research project, Tate, 2012. What Is an Artist Book?, curated by Giorgio Maffei, Palacete del Embarcadero, Santander, Aug 2014-Jan 2015. Livro de Artista, blog about the collection at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. What will be the canon for the artist’s book in the 21st Century?, a research project by the University of the West of England, 2008-2010. Collecting Books: A conceptual snapshot of the arts in book form. Austrian art books and artists’ books selected by Bernhard Cella. Artzines.info, an online database for zines created and self-published by contemporary artists. Edited by Antoine Lefebvre. Artzines.net, blog on artists’ publications run by Moritz Grünke started in 2010. Artists' Books & Multiples, blog by Dave Dyment. Artists' Books in South Africa, ed. David Paton, est. 2006. Feat. Database of South African Artists' Books. Readers & Publishers, an online directory of independent publishers, ed. My Bookcase, est. 2018 MoMA Library staff's tumblr blog. Das Kunstbuch blog by Marlene Obermayer. more, more Recent exhibitions[edit] See also exhibition catalogues above. Elements and Unknowns, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sep-Nov 2008. Organised by May Castleberry. [105] The Artist Book in Slovenia 1966-2010, Kresija Gallery, Ljubljana, 14 Sep-Oct 2010; Digital Art Gallery at the London South Bank University, London, 13-28 Oct 2011. Curated by Tadej Pogačar/The P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute and Sonja Zavrtanik. Videos: The Artist Book in Slovenia: The '60s and '70s (15 min), The Artist Book in Slovenia: The '80s to Now (18 min). [106] Millennium Magazines, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Feb-May 2012. Organised by Rachael Morrison and David Senior. [107] Diamond Leaves:Brilliant Artist Books from Around the World, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, 2012. Curated by Xu Bing and Marshall Weber. [108] Reading List: Artists' Selections from the MoMA Library Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sep 2013-Jan 2014. Organised by Rachael Morrison and Lori Salmon. [109] Artist/Novelist, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Jan-Mar 2014. Organised by Jennifer Tobias. [110] It is not new, it is a book, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Sep 2014-May 2015. Curated by Guy Schraenen. Notes on Location, Den Frie, Copenhagen, 14 Mar-19 Apr 2015. With a symposium. [111] [112] [113] I call them simply books, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, May-Oct 2015. Curated by Guy Schraenen. More than a catalogue: The catalogue-boxes of the Museum Abteiberg-Mönchengladbach (1967-1978), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Oct 2015-Apr 2016. Curated by Guy Schraenen. The Electro-Library: European Avant-Garde Magazines from the 1920s, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mar-Jun 2016. Curated by David Senior. Back in Time with Time-Based Works: Artists' Books at Franklin Furnace, 1976–1980, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sep 2016-Jan 2017. Curated by Martha Wilson, Michael Katchen and David Senior. I Am Also not a Book, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Sep 2016-May 2017. Curated by Guy Schraenen. Concrete Poetry, Concrete Book: Artists' Books in German-Speaking Space after 1945, University of Chicago Library, Jan-Mar 2017. Artists' Books for Everything, Center for Artists' Publications, Weserburg, Bremen, Jun-Aug 2017. Curated by Anne Thurmann-Jajes and Bettina Brach. Organised in collaboration with the University of Bremen. Druck Druck Druck, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, 13 Apr-14 Aug 2019. Curated by Nina Prader and John Z. Komurki. Kontakt with Guy Schraenen: Artists’ Publications, Sound, Films, and More, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Feb 2020-. 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__label__wiki	0.913124	0.913124	Top school opens its Sixth Form doors UK Residents and Businesses Focus on Clean Technologies Graduates are cooking up a success SEAO Talent Partners to provide vital support for local... Next week (week commencing 25th June) at Sage Gateshead Posted by Dave Stopher \| Jun 21, 2018 \| Entertainment, Events \| 0 Coming up at Sage Gateshead next week (week beginning 25 June 2018) Lauren Laverne’s Great Northern Soundtrack continues with performances by acts including PINS plus She Drew The Gun, Kathhryn Tickell & The Darkening plus Rachel Unthank & Paul Smith and Jim Ghedi, and Róisín Murphy plus Luke Unabomber. Strictly Come Dancing favourites Kevin & Karen present their high-energy dance show, demonstrating the moves that made them household names. BBC Introducing showcases upcoming and under the radar music from across the North. Tickets are still available for these shows and more, taking place week commencing 25 June. Great Exhibition of the North: Lauren Laverne’s Great Northern Soundtrack PINS plus She Drew The Gun Monday 25 June, 8pm, Sage Two Manchester five-piece PINS have announced their new single, Serve The Rich, produced by The Kills’ Jamie Hince, which is released on 22nd September via Haus of PINS. Bold, edgy and deliriously addictive, Serve The Rich follows on from PINS recent Bad Thing EP release, which included the single Aggrophobe featuring Iggy Pop. Bad Thing, which received radio support from the likes of Lauren Laverne and Steve Lamacq at 6Music, culminated in a short film, largely shot in the band’s hometown of Manchester, featuring 5 separate videos for each track on the EP which made up one 20-minute film. Book now: http://sagegateshead.com/event/pins/ Kevin & Karen Dance – The Live Tour 2018 Thursday 28 June, 7.30pm, Sage One Following a sensational sell-out debut tour last year, Kevin and Karen Clifton are back with a brand new show. Featuring music that has inspired them to dance – Roxanne, Smooth Criminal, Respect, Jail House Rock and many more. It’s a hip-swinging journey with heart-pounding choreography filled with Cha Cha, Salsa, Tango and Paso Doble. Backed by a supporting cast of sensational dancers, vocalists and a live 12-piece show band, expect edge-of-your-seat routines that are sassy, sharp and sultry – packing more than a hint of Latino vibe. Book now: http://sagegateshead.com/event/kevin-and-karen-dance-the-live-tour-2018/ Great Exhibition of the North 100% Soul Feat, World HQ & The Voices of Virtue Gospel Choir Friday 29 June, 7pm, Sage Two Iconic nightclub ‘World Headquarters’ teams up with Great Exhibition of the North to celebrate their 25 year anniversary in Newcastle, with an amazing live show of Classic Soul hits of the 60’s & 70’s in Hall 2. Their special guests, the Voices of Virtue Choir with full band, perform alongside DJ Tom Caulker for an evening of the 100%, high octane, blistering soul anthems we all know and love. Book now: http://sagegateshead.com/event/world-headquarters-feat-voices-of-virtue/ Róisín Murphy + Luke Unabomber Friday 29 June, 7.30pm, Sage One Róisín Murphy performs her hip-twitching, pleasure-centre-stimulating music, stemming from her new music produced by DJ Maurice Fulton, full of the unadulterated, but deeply warped funk which Maurice has honed over his decades of dancefloor experience. Her lyrics are intense, exploratory, probing into dark parts of her own and the listener’s psyche – all the while working on the immediate, endorphin-stimulating dancefloor level. Book now: http://sagegateshead.com/event/roisin-murphy-support/ BBC Music Introducing presents Saturday 30 June, 12pm – 6pm, Sage Two BBC Music Introducing supports unsigned, undiscovered and under the radar music across the UK. With upwards of 500,000 tracks uploaded to the BBC Music Introducing website and more than 200,000 artists registered, Introducing provides a network dedicated to supporting the best emerging talent from across the UK and a platform to propel them onto the national stage through Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, 6 Music, the Asian Network and Radio 3. It gives up-and-coming artists broadcast opportunities on BBC radio, television and online alongside the chance to perform at major festivals and showcases. Big name artists including Florence + the Machine, Jake Bugg, Rae Morris, George Ezra, James Bay, SOAK and Jack Garratt all received BBC Music Introducing support at the start of their careers. Introducing offers new musicians the chance to get played on Radio 1 and 1Xtra daytime, to record their own Maida Vale session and perform at the biggest festivals in the UK and internationally. It has brought thousands of acts to hundreds of different stages over the past 10 years, including Glastonbury, Big Weekend, Latitude, Creamfields, Reading and Leeds. Introducing also take acts internationally to events like SXSW, ADE, Reeperbahn and Winter Jazz Festival. This year, for the first time, BBC Music Introducing have a stage at The Great Exhibition of The North, showcasing upcoming and under the radar music on Saturday 30th June. BBC Radio 6 Music’s Tom Robinson and Nick Roberts from Introducing in the North East curated the line-up with the help of various Introducing shows including Merseyside, Teesside and West Yorkshire. The line-up: Roxy Girls Dylan Cartlidge A Festival, A Parade Book now: http://sagegateshead.com/event/steve-draytons-potted-history/ LEVELZ Saturday 30 June, 9pm, Sage Two Manchester’s super-group of Producers and MCs bring their live show to the Great Northern Soundtrack. LEVELZ have showcased their talents on platforms as diverse as Channel 4, Radio 1, Rinse FM, Radio 6 Music and 1Xtra and were one of Julie Adenuga’s first ever guests on her Beats 1 show. Book now: http://sagegateshead.com/event/levelz/ Parental Guidance Party feat. Paul Smith Sunday 1 July, 10.30am – 12.30pm, Sage Gateshead Concourse Bring your whole family to Sage Gateshead for a morning dance party, where Maximo Park’s Paul Smith plays an idiosyncratic blend of the best pop music the North has to offer. Spinning floor fillers from the ’60s to the current day, parents and young children can dance the morning away. Paul Smith. Book now: http://sagegateshead.com/event/parental-guidance-party-feat-paul-smith/ Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening + Rachel Unthank & Paul Smith + Jim Ghedi Sunday 1 July, 7.30pm, Sage Two Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening The Darkening is the Northumbrian name for twilight, but this band’s music blazes fiercely. Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian smallpipes, fiddle Cormac Byrne – percussion Joe Truswell – drums, programming Kate Young – fiddle, vocals Amy Thatcher – accordion, vocals Kieran Szifris – octave mandolin Musicians from Northumberland, Scotland, Ireland and England invoke the dark, powerful, shamanic sounds of Ancient Northumbria and broadcast them to the modern world. Their inspiration comes from the wild, dramatic, weather-bitten countryside along Hadrian’s Wall, which seems so quintessentially Northumbrian, and yet, almost 2000 years ago that same landscape was inhabited by people from around the world, worshipping different gods and following different customs. Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening embrace that global perspective, bringing some of the oldest Northumbrian tunes and songs throbbing to life, intermingling them with new material and binding it all together with contemporary resonance and attitude. Fresh sounds merge with ancient influences. Expansive sonic textures are created. Dazzling duets from Kathryn’s pipes and Amy’s accordion contrast with the dark and dirty riffs and rhythms of Kieran’s octave mandolin. Intrepid world-traveller Kate adds her fearless explorations and the inventive use of drums and percussion unites the ensemble. Band members are also known for their work with: Seth Lakeman, Sting, Soumik Datta, The Shee, Monster Ceilidh Band, Songs of Separation, Carthy, Oates, Farrell & Young, Moulettes, Uiscedwr, Kathryn Tickell Band and many more Rachel Unthank & Paul Smith Two North East Mercury Prize nominees from The Unthanks and Maximo Park come together to explore new territory and common ground using traditional song as a starting point. As one of two lead singers of The Unthanks, Rachel Unthank has dedicated much of her career to celebrating folk songs by writers little known beyond the North East, including Graham Miles, Joe Wilson and Alex Glasgow Paul Smith is a North-East-based musician best known as the singer for Maximo Park. The band has released six consecutive Top 20 albums and been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Away from the band, Smith has released two solo albums and a collaborative record with Peter Brewis of Field Music. He has also collaborated with poet Lavinia Greenlaw, as well as composing a 26-minute a cappella piece of music for Great North Run Culture. He currently hosts the Penguin Podcast, interviewing best-selling authors about their work. Jim Ghedi Born in Sheffield before moving around various parts of the British Isles and then settling in Moss Valley, an abandoned and forgotten area on the edge lands of South Yorkshire and North East Derbyshire, it makes perfect sense that 26 year old Jim Ghedi’s music feels both fluidly transient yet also deeply rooted to a sense of place. His current solo work explores connections to the natural environments and heritage of rural communities and landscapes across the British Isles, including the village in which he grew up. Drawing musically from some genre-crossing ideas combining 6 and 12 string finger-style guitar composition, orchestral arrangements and traditional folk song. Nature permeates through his second solo album, A Hymn For Ancient Land. He will be heading out on tour throughout the year with his band, good friends Neal Heppleston on double bass and Dbh on violin, very much anticipating a busy year ahead. 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__label__cc	0.679639	0.320361	Contributor Nature Research Exciting news: You can now add co-authors to community posts! I am so happy to report that we can now add multiple contributors to a single piece of content. Ruth Milne and 1 other See all Community Manager, Springer Nature Ruth Milne Head of Communities & Engagement, Springer Nature One of the most frequently asked questions we get about the community is: How can I add my co-author(s) to my Behind the Paper? (Behind the Paper being our most popular content). “I’m afraid we can’t add more than one community profile to a post at the moment” we would reply, proposing a workaround, “we suggest an acknowledgement line in the introduction or main body of the post”, before signing off “we are working to update this, promise!” Not any more. The work is complete. You can now add co-authors to Behind the Paper posts. So if your blog is a collaborative effort amongst colleagues then everyone involved can now be recognised as an author. Here’s how: On the editing page, you’ll see a new option on the right-hand menu: Use the search box to find your co-authors - they may need to join the community first - and then add them to the content Once you’ve added a contributor and published your post, they will appear next to you at the top of the content: You can click on the 'see all' button to reveal a list of all authors on the post. The content will also be added as a contribution to everyone’s community profile. And to continue the good news, it's not only Behind the Paper posts that this new feature applies to - it’s all community content. Hurrah! Do get in touch if you have any questions about this. Subbaiah Chalivendra about 2 months ago How can I become a contributor to the "Behind the paper" feature? Ben Johnson about 2 months ago Hi Subbaiah, please send me an email at ben.johnson AT nature.com, and we can discuss this further. Thanks Double blind peer review for all? From the editors, About the Community Heike Langenberg Despite the pandemic, let’s not give up on battling inequality Conversations on coronavirus Top 3 Behind the Papers from February Behind the paper, About the Community	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1044
__label__wiki	0.900054	0.900054	Home Miscellaneous USS John S McCain Returns to Fleet Activities Yokosuka USS John S McCain Returns to Fleet Activities Yokosuka The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka Dec. 13. John S. McCain arrived in Tokyo Bay aboard heavy lift transport vessel MV Treasure Dec. 5. For several days, crews prepared the ship for safe offload prior to being towed pierside. John S. McCain will be repaired by U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility-Japan Regional Maintenance Center in Yokosuka before returning to service in U.S. 7th Fleet. “SRF is making preparations to begin remediation and repair efforts immediately once the ship is dockside,” said Lt. Cmdr. Sandra Wyman assigned to SRF-JRMC. “The project will be one of the largest SRF has undertaken.” McCain was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore Aug. 21. After the incident the ship pulled into Changi Naval Base, Singapore where McCain crew members, technicians and divers prepared the destroyer for her journey back to Japan by patching damaged sections of the hull and placing key systems in layup maintenance. Accompanied by a 10-crew complement to perform security and routine checks, the ship left Singapore for Yokosuka Oct. 5, but was diverted to Subic Bay, Philippines, Oct. 22, due to poor weather conditions and to repair cracks in the ship’s hull discovered after the ship departed Changi Naval Base. While at anchor in Subic Bay, technicians inspected the cracks and determined the ship needed additional blocks under it to support and distribute its weight on the heavy lift vessel. McCain left Subic Bay for the final stretch of its journey Nov. 28. Arleigh Burke MV Treasure USS John S McCain	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1046
__label__cc	0.747144	0.252856	Flawed Logic Cynic: No point in photographing the landscape in Iceland. It's all been done before. Optimist: Maybe, but not by me. Love the challenge to bring something fresh to the table. From Finnur's Trip, Iceland 2013 Cynic: Why would you assume interest in a whole series of the same thing, shot over and over, from different angles, distances and perspectives when even one is boring? Optimist: I can convey depth, sequence, tell a story or a narrative, take the viewer farther and share an emotion far better with work in series. From Portland, ME 1996 From Arizona Castle Dome Museum, 2012 Cynic: It's all been done and to death. Photography is over as a fine art, at least landscape photography. No one wants to see pretty pictures of our planet. Art is about seeing things in new ways and there is no new way in photography anymore. Optimist: It is better to work to innovate, to approach the conventional with fresh eyes, to contribute to the overall canon of art in the world. The glass is half full, always. From Iceland Landscape 2017 Okay, this game of the cynic versus the optimist can only go so far. As photography improves, as little knowledge is necessary to make superior pictures technically, as resolution increases, as there are more and more photographers, there is a seismic shift in the definition of the medium taking place. We are approaching the end of "craft" in our medium, the requirement to become masters of all aspects of the medium, from its history, to exposure, to optics, to developing and printing. Group shows of contemporary photography are increasingly weighted towards work that uses photography as part of its result but isn't beholden to "straight photography" at all. Blended in are a wide variety of alternative processes, including antique and older analog systems, imagery based in the use of software and even efforts to take the flat 2 dimensional paper print of tradition off the wall and into 3 dimensions. What did you expect? For the medium to stand still? This is a maturing of a revolution that started in the 90's when digital fist appeared. I find it exciting, although increasingly it puts me into the"old boy" category. It's what I am, after all. This makes my present day imagery irrelevant? This isn't really for me to decide as I will do what I do regardless, it just becomes an issue when I seek to get exposure for my work. Plus, I do have an extensive library of my own archivally processed and printed vintage works, for instance, that I have stored well, and that are filed and sorted for all to see. From Bermuda Portfolio 1982 On the gallery page of the site, everything from the late 70's to about 2000 are shot on film and made in the darkroom by me. Just email me to take a look. Flawed logic? To interpret that because it's all been done, to not photograph because it's useless to do so? Watch out for the tendency to be influenced by what else is out there. We see something, we think how it either does or does not relate to our own sensibilities and then what: adapt to conform? I don't think so. I don't think a real artist would ever be capable of adaptation.We can only be true to ourselves in making art. This cynical outlook on making art using photography? That seems like flawed logic to me. Bermuda Portfolio The Bermuda Portfolio was made in 1982 in an edition of twelve. One boxed set remains. For more information see my blog on the pictures: http://nealrantoul.com/posts/the-bermuda-portfolio Portland, Maine 1996 The Portland photographs were made on the start of a spring break from teaching at Northeastern in late March,1996. The photographs are represented in the monograph "American Series" and has been shown many times. The original prints are darkroom made silver gelatin prints about 13 inches square and are selenium toned. Iceland: Finnur's Trip 2 Griffin Museum Portfolio This is a first. The Griffin Museum of Photography has issued a limited edition portfolio of 25 copies of eleven photographer's works. It is just out and it is gorgeous. Read more Topics: Commentary Permalink \| Posted April 3, 2019	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1049
__label__wiki	0.678981	0.678981	Robert Edward Rainie Sept. 28, 2014 Robert Edward Rainie, 92, of Keaau, Hawaii, an employee of Lockheed Martin and the National Security Agency and a Navy veteran who served in World War II, died at home. He was born in Fresno, Calif. He is survived by wife Anna M., son Brian, daughters Jo Rodgers and Christine Balch, five grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Private services. Search Records for Robert Edward Rainie with Ancestry® Discover Robert Edward Rainie Family Story with Ancestry® AncestryDNA® with Traits Discover Details of Your Family History - Search Records with Ancestry®	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1050
__label__wiki	0.851797	0.851797	https://okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2018/06/05/chad-johnson-challenges-paul-george-to-game-of-1-on-1-on-twitter/ Chad Johnson challenges Paul George to game of 1-on-1 on Twitter Cody Taylor It started as a simple video game challenge on FIFA 18, but it could end with a challenge on the basketball court. Thunder forward Paul George issued a challenge to former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson in a game of FIFA on Twitter. Johnson accepted his challenge and then issued a challenge of his own: Let’s run it & I’ll beat you in 1 on 1 to 21 in basketball & post it on YouTube 🏀 https://t.co/lnn8RIWSN1 — Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) June 3, 2018 I’ll take that bet gladly RT @ochocinco: Let’s run it & I’ll beat you in 1 on 1 to 21 in basketball & post it on YouTube 🏀 — Paul George (@Yg_Trece) June 5, 2018 Johnson is a self-proclaimed expert on FIFA so P.G. may have his hands full if the two do link up for a game, but Ochocinco will have his own set of challenges if he does face George in a game of 1-on-1. Johnson, a former six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver and three-time First-Team All-Pro, spent 11 years in the NFL and finished with 11,059 career reception yards. We look forward to watching the results of that basketball game. Thunder vs. Lakers game highlights, stats from OKC's 128-99 loss	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1056
__label__wiki	0.771373	0.771373	BROKERS BUSTED IN $2.5M SHARE FRAUD By John Lehmann A bunch of big-talking Manhattan brokers bilked unsuspecting investors out of $2.5 million by pressuring them over the telephone to buy shares involving a supposedly promising software company, the feds charged yesterday. FBI detectives put the cuffs on five of the alleged fraudsters yesterday, hauling them into Manhattan federal court on a 51-count indictment that charged them with securities crimes, including conspiracy and securities, wire and mail fraud. The men arrested – Igor Kotlyar, Alex Berg, John Donadio, Padraig McGlynn and Gianfranco Carbonara – are accused of tricking 31 investors into buying stock in Thomas Fletcher Securities by using documents plagiarized from materials describing software of another firm, ETrade. One investor in Georgia bought $500,000 worth of the bogus $10 shares after being telephoned by a person pretending to work for Goldman Sachs who said he’d be willing to buy the shares for $25 each, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jim Comey said. Investors were told that an initial public offering of Thomas Fletcher – which operated out of offices at 39 Broadway – was imminent, even though the company had no such plans, the indictment said. Kotlyar also allegedly duped several of the investors in California-based company Transnational Financial Network into transferring half a million shares to him – which he converted to his own use. After Thomas Fletcher closed shop last November, McGlynn and Carbonara allegedly hatched a scheme to steal funds remaining in clients’ accounts by secretly transferring the money to ETrade accounts and obtaining ATM cards to withdraw the cash. PARENT 'KILLER'S' CHANGE OF HEART	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1062
__label__wiki	0.756836	0.756836	This Week’s Fun Sudoko and Crossword Puzzles Latest Covid-19 News Updates News One Direct Your Source For Local and International Top Stories Lions interview Brad Holmes, George Paton for general manager job The Lions also are scheduled to interview San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert… John Niyo \| The Detroit News The Detroit Lions are nearly finished with their initial round of interviews for the team’s vacant general manager position. The team confirmed it completed two more interviews for the job Wednesday, meeting with Brad Holmes, the Los Angeles Rams’ director of college scouting, and George Paton, the Minnesota Vikings’ assistant GM. That brings the total of confirmed interviews for the job to 10, with at least one more — Saints assistant GM Jeff Ireland — scheduled for Friday. The Lions also are scheduled to interview San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh on Thursday for their head coaching vacancy. The 41-year-old Holmes, who lives in Atlanta and interviewed for the Falcons’ GM job on Tuesday, has spent his entire 18-year NFL career with the Rams organization, working his way up from a public relations internship through the scouting ranks. He has been the team’s college scouting director since 2013. Paton has a lengthy resume, serving in a variety of front-office roles with the Vikings since 2006. He’s also no stranger to the Lions’ search committee, having spent almost his entire NFL executive career — with previous stops in Chicago and Miami prior to Minnesota — working alongside current Vikings GM Rick Spielman. Spielman’s brother, Chris, was hired last month to be a special assistant to owner Sheila Ford Hamp and team president Rod Wood and the Lions’ former All-Pro linebacker is part of the interview process. Paton has been selective with his pursuit of GM jobs in the past, including turning down Detroit in 2016 when the team hired Bob Quinn. But he interviewed in Cleveland last winter and Denver reportedly has put in a request to meet with him this time around. Wood said Tuesday the team’s interviews up to that point had all been conducted virtually and “probably” would continue that way through this week, though that’s only a requirement for candidates who are under contract with teams currently in the playoffs, per the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols. The NFL Network reported that Paton’s interview Wednesday was in person. “Once we zero in on a finalist or two for either position, we’re definitely going to meet with the person,” Wood said. “So eventually we’ll have face-to-face meetings, but right now everything is virtual. It’s working fine. We’re kind of all used to this. You get a good sense for the person — not maybe the same sense you would in a room with them. It is also pretty productive from a time standpoint. You can do these and not have to fly around the country. I think it’s allowing us to be really productive this week to speak with a number of people that might have been fewer if we had to travel or had to fly in. Eventually there will be face-to-face interviews, for sure.” The Lions also met with Saints assistant GM Terry Fontenot on Tuesday, and previously interviewed seven other GM candidates: former NFL GMs Rick Smith, Thomas Dimitroff and Scott Pioli, current ESPN analyst Louis Riddick and in-house candidates Lance Newmark, Kyle O’Brien and Rob Lohman. Saleh will be the fourth known coaching candidate to interview with the team, joining Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, who interviewed Monday, former Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis and interim head coach Darrell Bevell. The team also reportedly has an interview scheduled next week with Saints assistant head coach Dan Campbell. john.niyo@detroitnews.com Twitter: @JohnNiyo Our special thanks to:detroitnews.com Previous Michigan-Penn State basketball game postponed due to COVID-19 issues Next Tigers add another journeyman lefty to depleted minor-league bullpen Trump’s presidency not just a blip in U.S. foreign policy Pistons GM Troy Weaver, despite tough early returns, will stay aggressive in rebuild Advocacy group for the blind apologizes for allegations of sexual misconduct In the Know: Going Gaga over Galleria; home sales surge; and what could Bezos’ billions buy in Southwest Florida? A lot. News One Direct is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com Enjoy our news? Please spread the word :) Copyright © 2021 newsonedirect.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1064
__label__wiki	0.923697	0.923697	How some ticks protect themselves from deadly bacteria on human skin Ticks may have reason to be as wary of us as we are of them. Bacteria that are potentially deadly to the bloodsuckers live on human skin. But a gene from bacteria that ticks incorporated into their genetic code around 40 million years ago helps protect the arachnids from those would-be microbial killers, a new study finds. That gene makes a protein, called Dae2, that black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) can use to fend off microbial threats, researchers report December 10 in Cell. But it’s not an equal opportunity weapon. In a test tube, the protein doesn’t mess with bacteria that don’t bother the ticks, including Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterial cause of Lyme disease. The finding may explain how ticks can get past humans’ defenses to transmit disease through their bite, including Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne disease in North America (SN: 6/23/16). Sign Up For the Latest from Science News Headlines and summaries of the latest Science News articles, delivered to your inbox The arachnids’ saliva harbors many bacteria-killing proteins. But few studies have analyzed how such proteins allow ticks to defend themselves from some microbes while retaining species that aren’t dangerous to the ticks, says Albert Mulenga, a vector biologist at Texas A&M University in College Station who was not involved in the study. Such studies could help scientists pinpoint the proteins crucial for tick feeding as well as disease transmission. Researchers may then be able to develop ways to interfere with these proteins, stopping ticks from spreading disease. Bacteria today use their version of Dae2 to attack and kill other bacteria competing for nutrients by targeting and degrading a component of the cell wall. Without that component, rival bacterial cells break down and die. But it was unclear how black-legged ticks use their version of Dae2, which is found in tick saliva and guts. The biggest question was which bacteria does the ticks’ Dae2 target, says Seemay Chou, a microbiologist and biochemist at the University of California, San Francisco. Chou and colleagues predicted that Dae2 might help black-legged ticks control the growth of B. burgdorferi. Previous work had shown that ticks without Dae2 carried more of the Lyme disease microbe than ticks with Dae2 when the arachnids fed on mice infected with the microbe. But repeated experiments found that the protein failed to kill the bacteria in a test tube, suggesting that the team’s hypothesis was wrong. “We wanted that to be true so bad that we were missing the red lights telling us that can’t be the case,” says Beth Hayes, a microbiologist in Chou’s lab. When Chou, Hayes and colleagues finally began testing the protein against other types of bacteria, the ticks’ Dae2 turned out to be surprisingly effective. In a test tube, Dae2 killed Bacillus subtilis, a common bacterial species found in soil, as well as human skin-dwelling species like Staphylococcus epidermidis and Corynebacterium propinquum. Those bacteria don’t typically cause disease in people. But they could be bad news for ticks, the researchers concluded. When ticks that were prevented from making Dae2 or had its activity blocked fed on mice, the arachnids tended to have higher levels of Staphylococcus bacteria than ticks with active Dae2. And when the researchers infected ticks lacking Dae2 with S. epidermidis, fewer than 40 percent survived longer than a day. Most infected ticks that had Dae2, however, survived as long as uninfected ticks. Looking back, “it doesn’t really make sense to look at the things that are surviving and thriving in ticks,” Chou says. “The Lyme pathogen is clearly in a harmonious partnership with the tick, so if the tick immune system evolved to target anything, it’s all the things that aren’t there.” It’s still unclear what might happen to ticks that encounter Staphylococcus bacteria in nature. “We really don’t know how much bacteria are in the bloodmeal while [ticks] are feeding,” Mulenga says. It’s possible that the arachnids may be exposed to levels that are nonlethal but might have other negative effects, such as preventing ticks from progressing through their life cycle. Still, the findings emphasize that ticks are “really elegant bloodsucking machines,” and highlight that the word “pathogen” is just a status, dependent on who the host is, Chou says. As ticks feed on blood, there is a “mirror situation where the ticks [carry] the Lyme pathogen, which is super bad for us, and our skin microbes are super bad for the ticks,” she says. Previous articleGlobal Human-Made Stuff Now Outweighs All Living Biomass Next articleWatch the Trailer For Ariana Grande’s Sweetener Tour Film Coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 will soon be dominant U.S. strain A highly contagious coronavirus variant will become the dominant version of the virus in the United States in March, emphasizing the need for... Digital CRISPR‐assisted assay for rapid detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 The first digital CRISPR/Cas‐assisted assay that can detect SARS‐CoV‐2 in under 30 minutes. Image credit: Testalize.me on Unsplash The discovery of CRISPR enzymes isolated...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1065
__label__wiki	0.876092	0.876092	NewYorkTheater.me@gmail.com by Jonathan Mandell Calendar of Openings this week Broadway 2019-2020 Season Guide Where To Get Your Theater Fix Online, Old Favorites and New Experiments Stage Guides NY Theater News Weekly Summary Broadway 2020-2021 Season Guide? Off Broadway Spring 2020 Preview Guide: 20 Shows to See Through April Off-Off Broadway Season Preview Guide Off Broadway Fall 2019 Guide Off-Broadway Spring 2019 Preview Guide Broadway’s Longest-Running Shows and Biggest Hits 50 Best Plays in Past 100 Years Off Broadway Fall 2018 Preview Guide Tickets to Broadway Hits Goldstar Ticket Deals Posted in New York Theater, Theater on TV What The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Gets Wrong About Broadway New York Theater December 13, 2019 6 Comments Jason Alexander as a blacklisted playwright talking to Mrs. Maisel’s father in “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” Talking about Bye Bye Birdie around the dinner table in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” season 3 Cary Elwes as the great stage actor that Susie is wooing to co-star with Sophie. the marquee before the thugs Susie hires the marquee after the thugs Susie hires Cary Elwes as a great Broadway actor and Jane Lynch as Sophie Lennon, the vulgar comedian, during a rehearsal of Strindberg’s “Miss Julie” in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Jane Lynch upsets her co-star during opening night. Her agent Susie confronts Sophie outside the Barrymore for messing up opening night There are several subplots involving Broadway in the third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the TV series on Amazon Prime. Little of it rings true. Now, much of this is exaggeration for comic effect, an approach the show takes with other subjects as well (such as Jewish people.) That’s certainly true of the storyline involving Mrs. Maisel’s rival Sophie Lennon, the wildly popular, villainous comedian portrayed by Jane Lynch. Sophie hires Mrs. Maisel’s agent, Susie Meyerson (Alex Borstein) to get her on Broadway – in the title role of August Strindberg’s tragedy “Miss Julie. ” Susie, who had no idea who Strindberg was, sets about to please her new client. She calls up the two hottest producers on Broadway pretending to be Katharine Hepburn to get them to meet her in a coffee shop. In real life, Hepburn eventually did return to Broadway, in 1970 after an absence of two decades, so it seems nitpicking to point out that she would be unlikely to call the producers directly — and so they would not be hoodwinked into showing up for a meeting with her at a coffee shop. And it might peg a theater aficionado as humorless to find offensive that Susie hires two thugs to strong-arm the management of a Broadway theater to evict Julie Andrews’ latest musical to make room for Sophie’s “Miss Julie” — although it does seem to cross the line when the thugs act like Broadway insiders, talking about their acquaintanceship with Broadway artists like Agnes de Mille, and saying “You’d be surprised how much theater work we do.” And it’s just plain silly to find it annoying that the TV series creators don’t seem to understand some basic facts about Broadway, such as the difference between the first preview and the opening night. But there is one scene in the season that is not meant to be comic, and is just wrong. While vacationing in Miami, Mrs. Maisel’s father Abe Weissman (Tony Shalhoub) hangs out with an old friend, Asher Friedman (portrayed by Jason Alexander), who now runs a bait shop on the beach in Miami, because he was blacklisted on Broadway: “I gave the theater all I have and it sent me away,” Asher says. “I was one of the most successful playwrights on Broadway. Every one of my shows made money. I won the Pulitzer Prize. The critics hailed me as the American Chekhov. And then one schmuck calls me a Communist and poof – over. My friends – gone. My producer, my agent – gone. Twenty years to build a life, two months to watch it go. The theater broke my heart.” Asher Friedman is a fictional character, but he’s unlikely to be based on a real playwright. Writers and actors weren’t blacklisted from Broadway. Indeed, blacklisted artists, like Zero Mostel, found refuge on Broadway, as the recent book Broadway and the Blacklist makes clear. One thing about Broadway in season 3 of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is certainly true — Abe says at one point “Broadway today. It’s run by bean counters. Cowards. It should be more.” — but, since the show is set in 1960, perhaps the “today” is a couple of decades too early. Author: New York Theater Jonathan Mandell is a 3rd generation NYC journalist, who sees shows, reads plays, writes reviews and sometimes talks with people. ← The Thin Place review: Lucas Hnath attempts a theatrical séance Greater Clements Review and Pics → 6 thoughts on “What The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Gets Wrong About Broadway” Nuland says: I believe this was a reference to the blacklisting of writers and performers in Hollywood and Broadway during the McCarthy Era. Some people with outspoken socialist views were targeted as communists in the decades after WWII. New York Theater says: Definitely in Hollywood. A more complicated story on Broadway, from what I’ve read. David Johnson says: Sounds exactly like Arther Asher Miller’s story, so how can you dismiss it as wrong: https://www.bustle.com/p/abes-friend-asher-in-mrs-maisel-is-based-on-a-controversial-playwright-19434911 He was blacklisted. Yes, Arthur Miller certainly had trouble with HUAC — he was redbaited — as recounted in his memoir Timebends. But the article to which you link just seems ignorant about the theater. (One clue is that the writer doesn’t sound like she’s ever heard of Arthur Miller — author of Death of A Salesman — before.) If he was “blacklisted” as claimed — unable to get work — after “The Crucible” in 1953, then how were his plays “A View from the Bridge” and “Memory of Two Mondays” produced on Broadway in 1955? For that matter, why are there screen credits for him all through the 1950s and 60s, including “The Misfits,” the film he wrote for his then-wife Marilyn Monroe that was released in 1961? “Mrs. Maisel” might have borrowed a few minor details about Miller (like his middle name), but it creates a fictional character who was unable to find work in the theater — “The theater broke my heart” — and who gives up writing, moving to Miami to run a bait shop on the beach. This in no way resembles what happened to Miller. But more importantly, as I have explained in the post and in a previous reply, it gives a misleading impression about the role of the theater in the Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s. To repeat what I said, the artists who were blacklisted in TV, movies and the radio found refuge in the theater. Prime examples: Zero Mostel, and Joseph Papp. Please read “Broadway and the Blacklist,” or at least read my review of it (the link is in my post). I’ll quote from a paragraph in my review: “the 1955 HUAC investigation of Broadway…took place over four days at the federal courthouse in Foley Square downtown….23 theater artists testified, 22 of whom refused to answer questions – none of whom were subjected to any Broadway blacklist as a result. Indeed, theater served as a refuge for those entertainers who had been blacklisted by the movie, radio and television industries. In fact, Actors Equity Association took a stand on behalf of its members against blacklisting, condemning it “in all its forms” in a resolution, and succeeded in putting anti-blacklist language in its basic agreement with the League of New York Theaters. This is in sharp contrast to the unions for the blacklisted industries, the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA, which actually supported blacklisting its members. (SAG didn’t eliminate its requirement that members sign a loyalty oath until 1974!)” Derek S. says: Actually, the Agnes de Mille reference is largely based in fact. The opening night of Oklahoma! was notoriously undersold, as the show was a big risk for producers and creatives involved. De Mille, and everyone else, was told to get as many people in seats as possible, and it was de Mille who even grabbed people off the streets just before curtain. Even the joke “could she hold a grudge” was true. For decades after OK!, de Mille talked openly in interviews about R&H’s “greed,” and claimed the sexuality of Laurey’s dream ballet was her idea, despite archives of Hammerstein’s dated notes showing it was in his vision before she was hired. I have no doubt that Agnes de Mille was difficult/colorful, but what are you saying?! That she hired mobsters to threaten/beat up people and bully them into her shows? Do you have a link to a reputable source for that? 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__label__wiki	0.581013	0.581013	June 2015; 1 (1) Editor's NoteOpen Access Spotlight on the June 2015 issue Stefan M. Pulst First published July 2, 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXG.0000000000000011 From the Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Neurol Genet Jun 2015, 1 (1) e11; DOI: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000011 This first issue of Neurology® Genetics is out and it reflects very well the diversity of today's genetics. The approaches employed range from genome-wide association studies1 to whole-exome sequencing (WES)2,–,5 and targeted resequencing of a single gene.6 One study examines the effects of disease-causing mutations on subcellular compartmentalization.7 The disease phenotypes examined are just as diverse and include episodic disorders as well as diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems. A multinational consortium led by Aarno Palotie found a significant overlap of genetic risk loci for migraine and coronary artery disease (CAD).1 Surprisingly, the overlap was protective and limited to migraine without aura. In the accompanying editorial, Anne Ducros discusses the complex genetic landscape for various forms of migraine and their associated risk for CAD.8 In particular, she highlights the need to look at rare genetic variation and emphasizes the role of environmental and behavioral factors that could affect migraine subtypes differentially, especially the role of medications. In a multisite study, Mitsumoto and colleagues2 prospectively examined patients with clinically definite primary lateral sclerosis. Using cluster analysis, 2 phenotypic groups emerged. Although most patients did not have detectable mutations, well-characterized heterozygous pathogenic mutations were identified in SPG7, DCTN1, and PARK2, and 1 patient had a C9ORF72 expansion. Auranen and colleagues6 describe a targeted resequencing effort of the CHCHD10 gene in 107 probands with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 (CMT2), as mutations in CHCHD10 had been identified in other neurodegenerative diseases. Six of 107 families with CMT2 carried a mutation in CHCHD10. Several articles highlight the growing importance of next-generation sequencing methods for the diagnosis of neurologic disease. Auranen et al.4 used WES in 2 siblings with exercise intolerance, cramping, and infrequent myoglobinuria. Based on normal muscle phosphofructokinase (PFK) histochemistry, glycogen storage disease type VII was thought to be excluded. However, WES revealed a causative homozygous PFKM gene defect in both siblings, which was confirmed by very low residual PFK enzyme activity in biochemical studies. Pyle and colleagues3 report 5 patients with biochemical evidence of respiratory chain deficiencies and mutations in genes not usually associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. These variants would have been missed by targeted next-generation panels or on MitoExome analysis. Pippucci and colleagues5 address the genetic heterogeneity of epilepsy with auditory features (EAF). From a large cohort of patients with EAF, they identified 15 probands without LGI1 mutations and used WES to identify a number of variants in CNTNAP2, DEPDC5, and SCN1A. Dhindsa and colleagues7 examine the functional consequences of mutations in DNM1, a cause of epileptic encephalopathy. They show that mutant DNM1 proteins decreased endocytosis activity in a dominant-negative manner, suggesting that dysfunction of vesicle scission may lead to early-onset epilepsies. Finally, Brice and colleagues,9 reporting for the French Parkinson's Disease Genetics Study Group and the International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium, describe a patient with typical early-onset Parkinson disease and mild intellectual disability. Given the phenotype, the consortium data-mined exomes from a large cohort of unrelated patients for changes in the RAB39B gene and identified a single patient with a new truncating mutation in RAB39B. STUDY FUNDING No targeted funding reported. Stefan M. Pulst has served on the editorial boards of Journal of Cerebellum, NeuroMolecular Medicine, Continuum, Experimental Neurology, Neurogenetics, and Nature Clinical Practice Neurology and as Editor-in-Chief of Current Genomics. Dr. Pulst conducts research supported by the NIH, Target ALS, and the National Ataxia Foundation. He has consulted for Ataxion Therapeutics, has received research funding from ISIS Pharmaceuticals, has served on a speakers' bureau for Athena Diagnostics, Inc., and is a stockholder of Progenitor Life Sciences. He has received license fee payments from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and has given expert testimony for Hall & Evans, LLC. Dr. Pulst has received publishing royalties from Churchill Livingston (The Ataxias), AAN Press (Genetics in Neurology and Molecular Genetic Testing in Neurology, 2nd–5th editions), Academic Press (Genetics of Movement Disorders), and Oxford University Press (Neurogenetics). Dr. Pulst holds patents for Nucleic acids encoding ataxin-2 binding proteins, Nucleic acid encoding Schwannomin-binding proteins and products related thereto, Transgenic mouse expressing a polynucleotide encoding a human ataxin-2 polypeptide, Methods of detecting spinocerebellar ataxia-2 nucleic acids, Nucleic acid encoding spinocerebellar ataxia-2 and products related thereto, Schwannomin-binding proteins, and Compositions and methods for spinocerebellar ataxia. He receives an honorarium from the AAN as the Editor of Neurology: Genetics. Go to Neurology.org/ng for full disclosure forms. Funding information and disclosures are provided at the end of the editorial. Go to Neurology.org/ng for full disclosure forms. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND), which permits downloading and sharing the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially. Winsvold BS, Nelson CP, Malik R, . Genetic analysis for a shared biological basis between migraine and coronary artery disease. Neurol Genet 2015;1:e10. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000010. Mitsumoto H, Nagy PL, Gennings C, ; for the PLS COSMOS Study Group. Phenotypic and molecular analyses of primary lateral sclerosis. Neurol Genet 2015;1:e3. doi: 10.1212/01.NXG.0000464294.88607.dd. Pyle A, Nightingale HJ, Griffin H, . Respiratory chain deficiency in nonmitochondrial disease. Neurol Genet 2015;1:e6. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000006. Auranen M, Palmio J, Ylikallio E, . PFKM gene defect and glycogen storage disease GSDVII with misleading enzyme histochemistry. Neurol Genet 2015;1:e7. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000007. Pippucci T, Licchetta L, Baldassari S, . Epilepsy with auditory features: a heterogeneous clinic-molecular disorder. Neurol Genet 2015;1:e5. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000005. Shcherbii M, . CHCHD10 variant p.(Gly66Val) causes axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Neurol Genet 2015;1:e1. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000003. Dhindsa R, Bradrick SS, Yao X, . Epileptic encephalopathy–causing mutations in DNM1 impair synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Neurol Genet 2015;1:e4. doi: 10.1212/01.NXG.0000464295.65736.da. Ducros A . Are migraineurs naturally born “well-hearted”? Neurol Genet 2015;1:e8. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000008. Lesage S, Bras J, Cormier-Dequaire F, . Loss-of-function mutations in RAB39B are associated with typical early-onset Parkinson disease. Neurol Genet 2015;1:e9. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000009. 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__label__wiki	0.522675	0.522675	NIKKEI VIEW: The Asian American Blog GIL ASAKAWA'S JAPANESE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON POP CULTURE, MEDIA & POLITICS About Gil Asakawa’s Nikkeiview Digging For Roots: Swallows Return NIKKEIVIEW LINKS AAPI Artists, Authors & Performers AAPI Blogs AAPI Videos AAPI Websites Japan & Asia Other Cool Blogs & Sites Gil’s Social Media Tag Archives: apa School district officials object to valedictorians speaking Vietnamese By Gil Asakawa \| July 9, 2008 - 3:56 pm \| July 10, 2008 asian american, music I know I still need to blog the JANM conference, but I had to write about this: Officials at a Louisiana school district are trying to prevent students from including foreign languages in their graduation speeches. The brouhaha was sparked by Vietnamese American cousins Hue and Cindy Vo, who were co-valedictorians at Ellender High Schoolâ€™s graduation in Houma, Louisiana. Cindy Vo spoke one sentence in Vietnamese dedicated to her parents, who don’t speak fluent English, from the podium. “Co len minh khong bang ai, co suon khong ai bang minh,” she said, and explained to her English-speaking classmates that the sentence roughly translates as “always be your own person.” Her cousin Hue gave more of her speech in Vietnamese, but again, the point was to pay homage to her parents. At least one member of Terrebonne Parish school district, Rickie Pitre, took offense to the Vietnamese passages, and he says that all graduation speeches should be given in solely English, or that passages can be paraphrased in foreign languages — but only after they’re spoken first in English. Tagged apa, language, race, vietnamese More on the ‘model minority’ myth and CU’s racist column By Gil Asakawa \| June 21, 2008 - 10:56 am \| June 21, 2008 asian american The Boulder Daily Camera today ran a front-page story about the recent study about Asian Americans and the model minority myth. The study found that because Asians are not all high-achieving academic wiz-kids, and that the diversity of the Asian communities (we’re not just Japanese, Chinese and Koreans, but also Laotian, Hmong, Cambodian, Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, and so on) and the range of generations from first-generation immigrants with poor English skills to fourth, fifth or sixth generations of Americans, leads to a reality that’s less modeled and more uneven. Not all Asian Americans go into the top Ivy-League schools, either: a growing number is opting to go to community colleges instead of major universities. The article quotes CU professor Daryl Maeda, an assistant professor of ethnic studies: Another part of the â€œmodel minority mythâ€ â€” that Asian-American students should perform well in science, technology, engineering and math fields â€” also can be unfair to students, Maeda said. â€œSome are great at music or English,â€ Maeda said. â€œAnd if they donâ€™t live up to the model minority myth it puts an extra pressure on them, giving them the idea that they somehow arenâ€™t good enough in their endeavors.â€ Tagged apa, cu, model minority myth, stereotypes A “non-beauty” pageant for Asian American women in Colorado By Gil Asakawa \| June 18, 2008 - 7:52 am \| June 20, 2008 asian american, places It’s been a couple of weeks, but congratulations are in order for Amanda Igaki, the winner of the “Miss Asian American Colorado” pageant held in Denver May 31. Now, before you recoil at the thought of a beauty pageant, rest assured that this pageant, organized by a crew of young people led by the energetic and entrepreneurial Annie Guo, whose family publishes Asian Avenue Magazine, was not a traditional beauty pageant. The most obvious proof that this wasn’t a typical pageant was the lack of a swimsuit competition. In fact, although Igaki was crowned “Miss Asian American Colorado” at the end of the four-hour event (which felt much shorter because it was so interesting), it didn’t feel like a competition between the 26 contestants at all. These women had become close friends, like a small, tight sorority. Tagged apa, asian american, beauty pageant Tiger Woods: The most influential Asian American? By Gil Asakawa \| June 17, 2008 - 4:35 pm \| June 18, 2008 asian american, places Update 18 June: News media are reporting Tiger Woods will miss the rest of this year’s golf season because he needs more surgery on his left knee. That’s a big bummer, but not surprising, given how he grimaced after many of his tee-offs. I almost winced with empathy pain as he twisted his knee each time. Everyone’s favorite hapa/Asian American, Tiger Woods, is important enough news to accomplish a pretty impressive feat. I’m not just talkin’ clinching the U.S. Open Championship in a nail-biting last round and sudden death match against Rocco Mediate. I’m talkin’ about pushing up the publication date of one of the most popular magazines in the country, Sports Illustrated. MinOnline.com reports that the July 23 issue of the mag, which had been scheduled to hit the newsstands with a Woods cover on Wednesday, was rushed to the printers early, and is already out, one day after the golf superstar’s victory. Continue reading → Tagged apa, golf, hapa, tiger woods The myth of Asian Americans as the “model minority” By Gil Asakawa \| June 10, 2008 - 11:53 pm \| June 11, 2008 asian american Stereotypes sometimes are based on a kernel of truth, but they’re twisted and blown out of proportion and used out of context. Sometimes, stereotypes can even be “good” in that they’re not negative images. But trust me, a stereotype is still a stereotype. It’s a generalization that’s not universally true, and even the good ones are impossible to live up to. Asian Americans are very familiar with the stereotype of the “model minority.” It goes like this: Asian Americans are smart, quiet, dependable, hard-working and never complain. Asian American kids are smart, quiet, straight-A students, play classical music on instruments like piano, cello and violin, and never complain. It’s all hogwash, of course… but it’s based on that kernel of truth. Asian Americans were known for a hundred years for successfully assimilating into mainstream American society. It never completely worked because we could never be accepted racially into the mainstream like European Americans could, but Asian immigrants and their families worked hard to become economically successful in America. But a brand-new report published by New York University, the College Board and Asian American educators and community leaders found that the idea of “model minority” is a myth, and that the APA (Asian Pacific American) population is as diverse and no more homogeneous than the rest of America. â€œCertainly thereâ€™s a lot of Asians doing well, at the top of the curve, and thatâ€™s a point of pride, but there are just as many struggling at the bottom of the curve, and we wanted to draw attention to that,â€ said Robert T. Teranishi, the N.Y.U. education professor who wrote the report, â€œFacts, Not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight.â€ Tagged apa, asian american, civil rights, model minority, racism, stereotypes Search Nikkei View Jeremy Lin’s rise sparks national discussion on race and racial issues, not just over Asian Americans A pronunciation guide for Japanese words including “panko,” “udon,” “sake,” “anime” and “karaoke” A Chinese tiger mom explains why being a hard-ass Asian parent is better for your kids than Western coddling Korea’s obsession with plastic surgery is creating a generation of clone-looking young people V3con opening night will feature singer-songwriter Connie Lim Pop culture including J-pop builds bridges between Japan and the US DON’T BE BAKA — BUY THIS! "Being Japanese American REVISED EDITION" by Gil Asakawa NOW AVAILABLE : THE REVISED EDITION OF "BEING JAPANESE AMERICAN" IS AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AND FOR KINDLE! 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__label__wiki	0.570518	0.570518	11500 E Independence Blvd., Unit F Matthews NC 28105 Vinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. Twin sisters Georgina and Una McGeough who comprise Song Sung, grew up in Monaghan, a gnat's width away from the border with Northern Ireland, and since the past decade have been based out of New York. Via a mutual friend, the film-maker Seamus Hanrahan, Song Sung got a connection to David Holmes (Killing Eve, Noel Gallagher), and following their chance meeting in early 2016, spent three days holed up in Holmes' studio laying down the tracks for an album. They had been collaboratively bouncing tracks back and forth between New York and Belfast for a short period, with Holmes sending the arrangements and Song Sung writing the lyrics and vocal melodies. Fast forward four years and the result is a hypnotically unique sound that is strangely anthemic, coming on like a space-age girl-group transmitting directly from Jupiter. Holmes, known for his many film scores co-wrote and produced the album with fellow composer and Unloved band-mate Keefus Ciancia (True Detective and The Ladykillers). The pair have a long standing working relationship and have worked on numerous scores including The Fall and Killing Eve (for which they won a BAFTA) as well as both Unloved albums https://noblerecordstore.com 5060391092874 Label: NIGHT TIME STORIES This Ascension Is Ours Artist: Song Sung 1. Come to the Water 2. Telling Tales 3. Somewhere 4. Orbiting Slow (Here It Comes) 5. Take Some Time 6. Testimony of Tears 7. The Mind's Eye 8. Come Whispering, Come Half Awake 9. Nothing Ever Dies Copyright © noblerecordstore	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1074
__label__cc	0.516612	0.483388	A tip 16. January 2021 \| Five people missing after cabin fire in Vesterålen 16. January 2021 \| Norway is introducing mandatory corona testing at the border from Monday afternoon 16. January 2021 \| Top 10 stories of the week: Your Saturday morning coffee briefing Jan 16 16. January 2021 \| All aboard: A beginner’s guide to dinghy sailing in Norway 15. January 2021 \| 88 people drowned in Norway last year Fishing tourists take to the coas TOPICS:CoasFishing touristsGermansNorwayNorway TodayNovasolVisit Photo: Novasol Posted By: Gerard Taylor 20. August 2017 The Norwegian coast is a high priority among Europeans who use their holidays to go fishing. Many of them will arrive in the following weeks, because the autumn is high season. ‘Fishing tourism has grown in recent years, and greatly contributes to extending the season for renting out seaside cabins,’said Pia Buen, Country Manager for Novasol in Norway. The company is Europe’s largest landlord of holiday homes. Their Norwegian portfolio includes approximately 1700 cabins,and this year we’ll be visited by over 50,000 tourists. The demand for cabins adapted for fishing has been increasing, and now accounts for 40% of the bookings. ‘Hobby anglers know what they want. Most people choose cabins as close to the sea as possible, with features such as its own sledge space, a large freezer box, and preferably a boat. For such cabins, orders are up 30% this year’, said Buen. Fishing tourists are booked far out into October. This year, Novasol has seen an increasing number of arrivals around mid-September. Mostly Germans More than three quarters of the angling tourists are from Germany. ‘But also the Dutch, and the Danish, have increasingly gained an interest in this type of holiday. We also see potential in several European countries, and therefore believe this market will continue to increase in the long term,’ said Pia Buen. Hordaland is the most popular county among hobby anglers who’ll rent a cabin in Norway this autumn. After Hordaland,it’s the south coast, Rogaland, Møre and Romsdal. ‘A lot of anglers return year after year. Simultaneously, new groups are arriving, not least, younger people. There is also the impact of female hobby anglers seeming to increase. Long rental season Many of the tourists have a thorough knowledge of fishing, cleaning, and filleting, according to Henrik Johan Bådsvik,who runs a rental facility at Ølensfjorden in Hordaland. ‘Guests are eager to get out on the sea, and want information about good fishing spots, and local conditions. I’m always there to meet them, and get to know those who become regulars. Some have taken holidays here for many years’, said Bådsvik. Also, aside from the fishing trips, a large number of this group of tourists are eager naturalists. Many go hiking in the area, or drive a distance to visit sights, or travel routes that offer special experiences. Often they’ll visit places they’ve read about in advance, such as the Preikestolen, Trolltunga and Folgefonna’, said Bådsvik. Source: Novasol / Norway Today Great strike hazard for trains in eastern Norway New record in shopping with bank cards Everyday, News Wants to remove veto against organ donation Twelve genes influence fertility Five people missing after cabin fire in Vesterålen Norway is introducing mandatory corona testing at the border from Monday afternoon Top 10 stories of the week: Your Saturday morning coffee briefing Jan 16 All aboard: A beginner’s guide to dinghy sailing in Norway 88 people drowned in Norway last year Five people are missing after a cabin fire at Risøyhavn in Andøy Municipality in Vesterålen on Saturday night, the police in Nordland informed TV 2…. Norway Today delivers independent and timely reporting on Norway, Scandinavia, and the world to international audiences. By doing so, it aims to provide international readers with valuable insight on all things and issues (primarily but not exclusively) Norwegian, written in the English language. We provide our readers with daily insights on Norwegian, regional, and global politics, business, society, and entertainment. The contents on Norway Today’s site are copyrighted. Modifying, borrowing, selling, or distributing such content is only possible with the prior permission of Norway Today or the content owner. General inquiries: contact@norwaytoday.no Advertising: advertising@norwaytoday.no © Copyright Norway Today Media	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1077
__label__wiki	0.610217	0.610217	No Space for Hate No Platform for White Supremacy Help us investigate the Capitol attack NSFH Mutual Aid for COVID-19 Mutual Aid Google Form NSFH Research White Nationalist Recruitment on IU’s Campus Sarah Dye’s Pack The Market in Context: A Timeline Ásatrú, Neo-Nazism, and Free Speech Alt-right IU Professor Volkmom & IE/AmIM Responses & Reactions A Response to Patrick Casey NSFH Statement in Support of Vauhxx Booker Statement about Rosie Sill’s letter to vendors Statement Calling for Candidates to Boycott HT & Our Endorsement Policy Statement on Mayor Hamilton’s Recommendations Donate to Funds for Farmers Donate to Our Campaign Volkmom, Identity Evropa/American Identity Movement, and the Safety of Our Community Image source: https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/06/if-they-get-power-again-im-gone-bloomington-reacts-to-farmers-market-white-supremacist-allegations Recently, activists in Bloomington have raised concerns about the presence of members of a white supremacist organization called “Identity Evropa” (recently rebranded as the “American Identity Movement”) in the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market. This report explains why residents of Bloomington are concerned about white supremacists at the Market. It discusses Who “Volkmom” is What Identity Evropa is Why you should be concerned about the safety of members of our community Who is Volkmom? Figure 1: Photo of Carmel synagogue vandalism taken by Nolan Brewer & submitted to the Federal Court by the DOJ The community became aware that members of Identity Evropa/American Identity Movement (IE/AmIM1NSFH encourages the use of the acronym AmIM to distinguish the American Identity Movement from the American Indian Movement™.) were vendors in the market after activists identified an online user called “Volkmom” as Sarah Dye of Schooner Creek Farms. Volkmom came into the public eye when she was named by Nolan Brewer, a man who pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge for bringing homemade napalm and homemade bombs to a synagogue in Carmel, Indiana with the intent to burn it down.2All quotes from Brewer’s FBI interview are taken from the DOJ’s corroborating evidence for Brewer’s guilty plea: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6027997-Prosecution.html. PDFs of most documents in this report available upon request. Brewer claimed he was deterred by the synagogue’s security cameras, and instead decided to paint a swastika on one of the outer structures and then light the ground below with the homemade napalm (Figure 1). His wife Kiyomi Brewer, who was a minor at the time, pleaded guilty to the State charge of arson. The Department of Justice (DOJ) argued that Brewer had long held explicitly Nazi views: Co-workers from two different jobs where Brewer worked during 2018 will testify that Brewer wore a swastika or an iron cross on a necklace, had a swastika on the background of his cell phone, routinely spoke about his admiration for Adolf Hitler and/or Nazism, and attempted to recruit co-workers to his Nazi views. Indeed, in his room at home, agents found a book by Adolf Hitler, a German flag hung above the bed, and an iron cross necklace prominently hung on the wall next to the door. (7) IE/AmIM3NSFH encourages the use of the acronym AmIM to distinguish the American Identity Movement from the American Indian Movement™. were vendors in the market after activists identified an online user called “Volkmom” as Sarah Dye of Schooner Creek Farms. Volkmom came into the public eye when she was named by Nolan Brewer, a man who pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge for bringing homemade napalm and homemade bombs to a synagogue in Carmel, Indiana with the intent to burn it down.4All quotes from Brewer’s FBI interview are taken from the DOJ’s corroborating evidence for Brewer’s guilty plea: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6027997-Prosecution.html. PDFs of most documents in this report available upon request. Brewer claimed he was deterred by the synagogue’s security cameras, and instead decided to paint a swastika on one of the outer structures and then light the ground below with the homemade napalm (Figure 1). His wife Kiyomi Brewer, who was a minor at the time, pleaded guilty to the State charge of arson. The Department of Justice (DOJ) argued that Brewer had long held explicitly Nazi views: Brewer tells the FBI about Volkmom when agents asked him about contacts with groups that had similar ideologies. Brewer is clear that neither Dye nor her husband, Douglas Mackey, were involved or knew about the attack, and the FBI did not, to our knowledge, pursue any of Brewer’s affiliates. Brewer claimed, furthermore, that IE would expel him if they did know. The DOJ’s sentencing recommendations persuasively argued that Brewer and his wife acted alone in terrorizing the synagogue, radicalization notwithstanding. Brewer mentions being part of several white supremacist groups including Identity Evropa (IE/AmIM). Identity Evropa was founded in 2016 by Nathan Damigo. Damigo has a history of racially-motivated violence: an Iraq war veteran, Damigo was discharged from the army for robbing an Arab cab driver at gunpoint while inebriated (SPLC).5“Identity Evropa” https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/identity-evropa IE/AmIM also played a crucial role in organizing Unite the Right. Before “Identity Evropa,” the group was called “The Nationalist Youth Front,” a name that bespoke Nazi influence. The NYF, like IE/AmIM, targeted college campuses to spread their message. However, in the wake of Charlottesville, they have sought to promote Nazi ideology while avoiding overtly fascist language and symbols. As Brewer’s testimony, along with the Discord leaks, have made clear, Volkmom is not merely a casual member of IE/AmIM. She has connections with leaders within the group as well as active recruiters locally. Moreover, Brewer’s relationship to IE/AmIM demonstrates how that group enables extremists. Volkmom joined IE shortly after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville; an event that became an important recruitment tool for white supremacists.6On 10/7/2017 Patrick Casey (@Reinhard Wolff) wrote, “In August of 2016, we received 149 applications. In August of 2017, however, we received 374. Identity Evropa is growing at an amazing rate. And everyone in here — from the guy who hangs out and pays his dues, to the interviewers and activists — is helping further our growth. Here’s to the future of our organization! @everyone” See [6] At the time that Volkmom joined, in order to join get full access to the server that IE used for communication, prospective members had to pay dues and have an interview with a regional coordinator. When Volkmom joined the group in September 2017, she tags user @Erika as her interviewer in order to verify her identity. @Erika has been identified by activists as Erica Joy Alduino, who was a prominent organizer of the Unite the Right Rally: “Alduino posts hundreds of messages in the server, helping coordinate lodging, rides up from Florida for her fellow Florida Identity Evropa members, along with the usual disgusting racist, homophobic, and antisemitic vitriol. It’s no stretch to say that Erica Joy Alduino’s facilitation of organizing, and coordination for, the Charlottesville rally was substantial.”7“#IdentifyEvropa: Meet Erica Joy Alduino, Neo-Nazi Organizer” https://archive.fo/7ADJp Volkmom tagged @Erika to verify her identity on September 18, 2017.8Activists leaked Volkmom’s messages on Discord, which is where Volkmom quotes will come from unless otherwise stated: https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/user/6786 Volkmom tagged a user named @Reinhard Wolff several times on Discord as well. @Reinhard Wolff is Patrick Casey, the current leader of IE/AmIM. Casey is responsible for rebranding IE as the American Identity Movement, and for pushing IE/AmIM to avoid the rhetoric of white nationalism and Neo-Nazism. Volkmom’s posts to Casey were clearly designed to grab his attention and support his positions. These messages are in the endnotes.9“So glad you are talking abt this rn @Reinhard Wolff” “@Reinhard Wolff is on fire tonight. well spoken brother!!” “Three cheers for @Reinhard Wolff . Congratulations on one year anniversary, and here’s to many more! I am proud to be in IE. Long live Identity Evropa!!!” “Excellent announcement @Reinhard Wolff !” “ty @Reinhard Wolff !!!” Here are some of the things that @Reinhard Wolff said on Discord:10@Reinhard Wolff’s Discord leaks: https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/user/470 On the “Charlottesville 2.0” board near the time of the first Unite the Right rally: We should obviously prepare for the worst, but I think the protests will mostly be screaming shitlib women. Regarding underestimating antifa, I’m reminded of Hitler’s thoughts in Mein Kampf on Germany’s shit-tier propaganda in WWI. We must secure the existence of our people and a future for children who look huWhite to me. Figure 2: Identity Evropa Recruitment Poster Interested in taking on more responsibility to help IE grow? If so, message @Deleted User, @Alexander B. – SC, or @Alerio about becoming an interviewer. Requirements: under 35, clean cut, well spoken, in possession of a webcam, and able to contribute 3-5 hours per week. REMINDER: You should be getting involved in local politics. It’s incredibly easy to run for a local office. Just present yourself as a Trump Republican — no need to mention IE. @everyone Today I decided to get involved with my county’s Republican party. Everyone can do this without fear of getting doxed. The GOP is essentially the White man’s party at this point (it gets Whiter every election cycle), so it makes far more sense for us to subvert it than to create our own party.11There is a discrepancy between the conversation prior to Charlottesville and afterward that is probably tied to many factors. Casey repeatedly says he believes the server is infiltrated by antifascist activists. Also, Charlottesville made many white supremacists more hesitant and careful about their Online activity. The primary recruitment strategy of IE/AmIM is flyering campuses (Figure 2). IE/AmIM has flyered at IU, IUPUI, IU Southeast, Ball State, Indiana State, and Franklin College. A user going by the handle “Piet Dietzel,” whose name is Peter Diezel, took credit on Discord for flyering at IU and IUPUI. One of the ways activists were able to identify Dye as Volkmom was through pictures that Diezel posted online. Deizel posted photos of a greenhouse that he was building.12To view the photos and find more evidence of Volkmom’s identity, visit https://panicinthediscord.noblogs.org/post/2019/06/11/sarah-dye-aka-volkmom-fascist-at-schooner-creek-farms-from-nashville-indiana/ In those photos is a picture of steel beams with the name “Douglas Mackey” stamped on them (Figure 3). Under another picture showing the full skeleton of the building, Volkmom commented on the picture describing it as “a high tunnel/ greenhouse for growing organic vegatables” (Figure 4). Figure 3: Photos of beams delivered to “Douglas Mackey” posted by Piet Dieztel Figure 4: Photo of the Greenhouse Volkmom & Piet Diezel were building (with Volkmom’s comments superimposed) In sum, Volkmom had relationships with a prominent Unite the Right organizer, had a personal relationship with the individual responsible for flyering IU and IUPUI, as well as a young couple who attacked a synagogue, and she made several attempts to reach out to the leader of IE/AmIM. In other words, this individual has ties to the central leadership of a national organization and to local individuals who actively spread hate. In addition, she hosted her own YouTube channel featuring a series of videos (discussed more below) describing her white supremacist values. What does IE/AmIM believe? “My family, for example, probably would have disowned me if I joined the National Socialist Movement. But they’re more or less supportive of what I’m doing in IE.” Patrick Casey, leader of IE/AmIM (from Discord leaks of @Reinhard Wolff account – see 13So glad you are talking abt this rn @Reinhard Wolff ty @Reinhard Wolff !!! ) As we’ve already indicated, and as this quote from Casey makes clear, IE/AmIM seeks to offer a more palatable version of white supremacy to young Americans in particular. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, “[Richard] Spencer and Casey’s efforts to back away from explicit white nationalist appeals and instead focus on a sympathetic victim … and innocuous-sounding ‘identitarianism’ come straight from the playbook of a larger attempt by the international far right to obscure the genocidal implications of white separatism, which remains at the core of these movements.”14Southern Poverty Law Center, “Patrick Casey, Identity Evropa’s new leader, wants to ditch the ‘alt-right’ for ‘identitarianism’— another euphemism for white nationalism” https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/12/05/patrick-casey-identity-evropa%E2%80%99s-new-leader-wants-ditch-alt-right-identitarianism%E2%80%94-another Identity Evropa is unique for the emphasis they put on creating the ideal Nazi future while making white supremacy palatable, youthful, approachable, and positive. Volkmom doesn’t just grow vegetables and do Neo-Nazism on the side. That’s an important point for people who are under the impression that these individuals go to work and leave their personal beliefs at home. In the Discord leaks, there were several pictures of Sarah’s farm, specifically her animals and garden. So why was she posting pictures of plants and sheep on a white supremacist board, particularly since they could expose her? Volkmom’s identity as someone who grows their own food, raises their own animals, and plays a traditional role as wife and mother is central to her identity as a white supremacist. To understand that, we have to take a look at what IE/AmIM believes. Because IE/AmIM strives to promote skill-building in its members. From Casey’s Discord account @Reinhard Wolff: If you’re new or haven’t joined Identity Evropa’s Practical Skills Server, you should. There, we help each other in topics ranging from personal finance and auto mechanics to gardening and outdoorsmanship. We have designated Subject Matter Experts for each topic area, but everyone contributes as we help each other learn and grow.15https://discord.gg/Pz3jYU8 Members can post under different hashtags that correspond to various skills. Volkmom would post her pictures under #farming and #gardening. Other hashtags she posted frequently under include #i-have-kids and #fashion. The idea of working hard and bettering yourself is central to this particular iteration of Neo-Nazism. In Nolan Brewer’s words, “I mean, I was always raised with the Nazi notion of like acting out is not the way, you’re supposed to represent yourself properly, work hard, and show them hey I can be this productive overtop of this person…. So, at work I always work my ass off and try to well, pardon my French but work my ass off and… try to represent who we are better than others do” (29). The Nazi “Final Solution” was part of the overall plan to create a perfect Nazi utopia based on an agrarian and industrial empire on territory acquired through conquest. Agrarianism is a philosophy holding that rural life is broadly preferable to urban life. While common portrayals of Nazism and the Holocaust focus on industrial endeavors, the ideal Nazi society was often envisioned in agrarian motifs, and agrarianism played an important role in Nazi ideology: “Struggling to explain the miseries of capitalism and mechanization, these thinkers engaged their present through a historicist lens, correlating modernization with unhappiness and pastoralism with blissful simplicity.”16“Agrarian Conservatism in Germany” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarian_Conservatism_in_Germany Through hard-work and a commitment to a simpler, more agrarian lifestyle, Germans could create an ideal world. In IE/AmIM, Neo-Nazism is not just a belief system – it is a lifestyle. For Volkmom, as for many members of IE/AmIM, her white supremacy is intractably linked to her spiritual, domestic, and working identities. Her YouTube videos offer advice to other “folk” (they pronounce it “volk”) on how to live more “naturally.” She says, “Over many years in the winding path of life, we’ve always sought to live close to nature.”17Volkmom, “Yarrow,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjWBx4Y7f_o She mentions her “ancestral faith” in her first YouTube video, and she talks about how studying “homesteading” and survival “is ultimately what allowed me a clear enough mind to eventually take the red pill, especially because the alt-right is essentially rooted in what’s natural and biological.”18“Red pill” is a term used in a variety of cyber groups, including Neo-Nazis, to describe awakening from some collective social delusion. In this case, the “red pill” would be the knowledge that IE/AmIM and similar groups have to offer its members that society at large wishes to withhold from them. @Reinhard Wolff defines the red pill as “forbidden knowledge.” Her gardening, cooking, and herbal remedies are all an important facet of her white supremacist identity, and it is primarily these things that she posts about on YouTube. Her identity as a mother also plays a role in her white supremacist beliefs. She posts about educating children, breastfeeding, and even circumcision. In one Discord post, she discusses the “Continuum Concept,” a term coined by Jean Liedloff who argues that humans are evolutionarily designed to achieve an optimal state of existence. Volkmom takes issue with Liedloff’s work: What I dislike about Continuum Concept is that i feel like it is in some ways anti-White, and also her observations of childbearing within the primitive South American tribes are put on a pedestal, disregarding European tradition, and I feel like for us we need to find a balance when seeking nature/rhythmic lifestyles, bc we generally lack resources for our own historical info- many aspiring Whites tend to internalize what literature and research that does exist – being that of “indigenous” tribes of the globe. While some of it can be of use, I find that deep down, much of it doesn’t resonate as it once did, simply bc it it doesn’t represent our folk ways. Liedloff based her claims on her experiences with a group indigenous to Venezuela, and Volkmom is quick to recognize that indigenous people are at the core of Liedloff’s work. And Volkmom particularly resents indigenous people: “They [Native Americans] can’t use the term ‘genocide’… Technically we have created conditions for them to prosper, although they do not today for other reasons.” “The word ‘indigenous’ only means poc to leftists… They conveniently forget about when it comes to Europeans.” Volkmom’s emphasis in her posts and in her YouTube videos on agrarianism and the rejection of modernity are, in that way, part and parcel with these more explicitly racist expressions. By and large, IE/AmIM has been successful because it encourages its members to steer away from fascist language and focus on the apparently more positive elements of the Neo-Nazi movement. It uses carefully coded symbols and language in order to spread Nazi ideas. However, it is our contention that this is the main reason why IE/AmIM poses a threat. We can see this in the case of Nolan Brewer, and in the way Brewer characterizes the organization. Nolan Brewer's Guilty Plea What Brewer says about IE and “Sarah and Douglas” doesn’t just give us insight into his thinking; it also tells us something about the organization at large. At the same time, his remarks establish a pattern of inconsistency and raise questions about his relationship to this group as well as “Sarah and Douglas’s” role in the organization. Brewer claims that Identity Evropa is non-violent and wouldn’t approve of vandalism. Brewer describes meeting with three other members of IE on August 11th, 2018. Brewer calls “Sarah and Douglas” an “extremely nice” couple and insists they would not approve of his attack on the synagogue. NB: Uhh, my wife and I recently had a dinner with a bunch, with a lovely couple from a group called Identity Europa and we had a nice little dinner down at the Indy Diner…and we just sat there and BB: Identity Eu-Europa? NB: Yeah, in—instead of like a u, it’s a v, it’s weird. EK: What were their names? NB: Uhh Sarah and… Douglas (42) He later says IE does “banner drops but vandalism is not OK.” (56) “Banner drops” means hanging banners from railings or taking group photos where a banner is held up by a line of people. More than this, Brewer seems to imply that joining IE was a sign he was moving away from violent activities. This makes sense in the context of his broader strategy to appear apologetic for his crime as a way to avoid a harsher sentence. This was the core of his attorney’s defense against the DOJ’s sentencing recommendations. Nolan’s attorney tried to argue that Nolan had taken steps to reform. IE/AmIM’s purpose is to make white supremacy more mainstream while still promoting, harboring, and spreading Nazi views. Brewer’s involvement is a model example of how that works. The Brewers attacked a synagogue and then, in what appears to be an effort to clean up their image, reached out to IE. The meeting with “Sarah and Douglas” took place weeks after the attack, and Brewer still had evidence from the attack in his car when he had dinner with IE members (the FBI found it when they arrested him on August 15th). In this case, Brewer used IE exactly as it is meant to be used: He put it forward as a shield between himself and his hate crime. NB: Identitarian is just like, it, it’s the same root word identitarian… identity BB: Mhm NB: It’s just how you are, it’s just we’re European, be proud of it just don’t be an ass BB: Okay NB: Which is… the school of thought, that I try and subscribe to more than anything else, because its more socially acceptable and you don’t have people trying to punch you in the face over it (55). More troublingly, we cannot be sure what, if anything, IE members knew about Brewer’s activities, and there are inconsistencies in Brewer’s interview that make it difficult to trust his testimony completely. First, Brewer’s attorney argued that Brewer was radicalized by his wife: “It is clear from their respective histories, as well as their FBI interviews, that Kiyomi was the one pushing a white supremacist ideology on Nolan. It is similarly clear that Kiyomi was the instigator who pushed Nolan to participate in the instant offense.”19Sentencing Memorandum from Nolan Brewer’s Defense Attorney (4) https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6027996-Defense.html#search/p1/NOLAN%20BREWER However, Nolan claims in his interview to have been “raised” with Nazi views, saying that his grandfather had a necklace from the “Old” German Army and used to say “Heil Hitler” (43-45). So the narrative about his radicalization is inconsistent, some of it clearly contrived to form a defense. For speaking about a casual meeting unrelated to the crime, Brewer has a difficult time maintaining a clear narrative about why he went to dinner with other IE members after the synagogue attack. First, he describes the meeting as an alternative activity to “Unite the Right 2.” There, he simply says he’s going “with a bunch of Identity Evropa members to dinner.” But only seconds later, he says “One more his name was Steve, he was the guy that’s just like hey you guys are new, you two are new how about we all get a dinner date together,” making it sound like a new members’ meeting. NB: Because of us subscribing to Identity Evropa… Identity Evropa said you can’t, we’re not allowing any of our members to go to the Unite the Right 2 so instead we went and with a bunch of Identity Evropa members to dinner. EK: To dinner? NB: Yeah, EK: what’s—so there were other I—IE NB: Yep EK: guys at the dinner NB: One more his name was Steve, he was the guy that’s just like hey you guys are new, you two are new how about we all get a dinner date together. (69-70) Furthermore, through some slippery language, Brewer gives the impression that “Sarah and Douglas” were “new members” when he met them at the Indy Diner. We’ve already established that Sarah became a member of IE in 2017. In the discussion above, Brewer seems to suggest that they were new members like himself. He says “you guys are new” and “you two are new” and then suggests they “all get a dinner date together.” It is possible that Brewer didn’t know them well, misunderstood, or is actively trying to deceive the FBI agent. But perhaps it is partially true. Maybe this was a new member meeting for the Brewers specifically, since Nolan claims that they had just paid their dues.20Despite the number of inconsistencies in Brewer’s description of his activities and affiliations, we do have other reason to be reasonably sure that Brewer is telling the truth about when he joined IE. Brewer claims that his wife was the only one of them who was active on the Discord chats. Kiyomi Brewer goes by the name of Kim, and we do have evidence that a “Kim” was admitted as a new member on August 4th. If that is in fact Kim Brewer, it would corroborate what Nolan said about when he joined. In that case, this would be the timeline for his affiliation: July 27th – Synagogue Hit August 4 – welcome “Kikrawks” (Kim) to Nice Respectable People by “unclefesster” August 11 – dinner at Indy’s with Volkmom August 15 – FBI interview In which case, could it have been their official interview? And were Sarah and Douglas conducting it? Was he lying about Sarah and Douglas’s role in the organization, and did he have a reason for doing so? The other issue with Brewer’s information is what he says about the individuals with whom he discussed the crime. We know that Brewer bragged to at least two of his coworkers about the attack and showed them pictures. But he told the FBI he only mentioned it to a local friend and an Online acquaintance.21BB: Who have you told about it? …anyone? NB: Other, other than Peter and Alex… no (76). He also said Kiyomi got on Discord immediately after leaving the synagogue to talk to said Online acquaintance, “Asbestos Peter,” a man Brewer claimed helped them plan the attack.22EK: When you got back from doing this, did you or Kiyomi get on Discord and tell them you’ve done it before it hit the news, cause it took a bit for it to hit the news, did… you guys communicate with him that hey we did it NB: I think she hopped on her data on the way home EK: Literally on her ph—on the way home from NB: Yeah, I, I think we were about… since we were coming south on 465 on the west of the west side, I think we got to like maybe to Rockville and she said it’s done. (57) So could others have known about his attack as well? We cannot know what transpired between Volkmom and the Brewers, mainly because Nolan Brewer cannot maintain a clear narrative about it. What we can say is that the information Brewer provided to the FBI about it is contradictory and confused, and that it raises concerns about whether there was something more to this meeting than what Brewer says. Moreover, we want to underscore that one would be hard-pressed to find a clearer portrait of American Nazism than what we find in Brewer: He was raised with Nazi values, he identifies as a National Socialist, he wore Nazi regalia to work, he had Nazi regalia at home, including Nazi heirlooms, he married an underage girl who shared the same views as him, and he attempted to burn down a synagogue. And he and his wife were dues-paying members of Identity Evropa who were personally vetted. Both ideologically and in practice, as this case demonstrates, IE/AmIM is a Neo-Nazi organization. Why should you be worried? People should be allowed to believe whatever they want. However, some beliefs – such as that white people are naturally superior to others – are inherently harmful to society. Therefore, we have chosen to use the power of free speech to inform the community about the people who are working to indoctrinate others into Neo-Nazism. There are many reasons to be concerned that IE/AmIM could escalate its activities here or anywhere in the country. It’s important to underscore that IE/AmIM has substantial numbers, financial resources, and financial networks in place for exchanging money between members. This is not necessarily true of groups who more overtly signal their affiliation with Nazism because they have not been as successful at recruitment. However, the greatest threat by far is that rogue members of IE/AmIM will take it upon themselves to attack individual activists or religious buildings in our community on behalf of the organization, or simply to defend their race, which they perceive as under attack, as the Brewers seem to have done in Carmel. Both local affiliates of Schooner Creek Farms and Online Neo-Nazi networks have already retaliated against local activists for exposing their presence in our community. Forms of retaliations they have experienced include, Posts naming our activists on white supremacist servers Pictures and film of protesters taken at the Farmer’s Market (a strategy often used to doxx individuals) SCF have individuals they call their “security” attend the Market with them to intimidate protesters This article from The National Vanguard, a white nationalist organization based in Charlottesville: https://nationalvanguard.org/2019/06/indiana-pro-white-farmers-threatened-persecuted-by-jewish-funded-leftists/ Here are some highlights from the National Vanguard article: The Bloomington Farmers’ Market has been a touchstone of the community for years. But over the past week it’s become the center of anti-White censorship efforts, the public face of which is an evidently Asian woman named Abby Ang, an Indiana University Associate Instructor and full-time anti-White activist. Thomas Westgard is a local who has joined Ang in “rooting out” what they call “fascists.” He spent many days studying IE posts and photos until he found one that “proved” that Dye and Mackey held “forbidden” views on social issues. Ang, who speaks in an odd voice that sounds like she is mocking a mentally retarded person, said she “found out about Schooner Creek Farm” from a friend on Facebook. “Bloomington United” is one of the front groups in which Ang serves as a public, non-Jewish face. The parent group’s (“Not in Our Town”) slogans include “Stop hate together” and “No hate in our town.” These anti-White haters typically employ a strategy of characterizing any resistance by Whites to their own replacement and genocide as “hate.” Ang works closely with an extreme left organization calling itself the “Indivisible Project,” whose co-founders and co-Executive Directors are Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg. Levin and Greenberg are Jews. Articles like this are designed to rile up members of the white supremacist groups that read them. They include personal details about the activists to encourage and incite retaliation against them. In this way, IE/AmIM does not need to explicitly direct its members to retaliate. It can simply name them, sensationalize their story, and stir up their followers to act on their own. Someone like Nolan Brewer can then find this information and act accordingly. Members of IE/AmIM may also be members of other groups. Nolan Brewer mentions he is part of several different “organizations,” many on Discord, including a group of “National Socialists” and the “Traditionalist Workers Party.” IE/AmIM is just one branch of a much broader network of Neo-Nazis and white supremacists who support one another. The National Vanguard article is also a good example of how that network functions. Finally, IE/AmIM is effective at recruitment, learning from the mistakes of other supremacist groups and following the lead of French and other successful European movements. Whereas many groups have fallen apart in the wake of Charlottesville, IE/AIM has grown: “According to their own account, Identity Evropa had roughly 1,000 members during the first month of 2018 and aims to reach 5,000 by the end of the year.” (SPLC) Some have argued that local activists are creating a problem where none exists, but the threat is real. White supremacy and white nationalism are on the rise globally, not just in the United States.23https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/the-facts-on-white-nationalism/ Hate crimes domestically have increased for the third consecutive year, according to the FBI.24“Hate Crimes Increase for the Third Consecutive Year, F.B.I. Reports” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/us/hate-crimes-fbi-2017.html The individuals in this case were newly recruited in the wake of Charlottesville, and rapidly came into contact with dangerous people. The term “Neo-Nazi,” which some have challenged, accurately describes the group. IE/AmIM was founded as the “Nationalist Youth Front,” worked together with the “Nationalist Front” (which includes organizations like the “National Socialists” and the “Traditionalist Workers Party”) to organize Unite the Right, and professes values derived from the original Nazi movement. We are not seeking to restrain anyone’s free speech. There are other ways to fight Neo-Nazism. Despite how dangerous these people are, they can be deterred. Case in point, Nolan Brewer knew how to make homemade bombs and napalm, and he intended to use them, but he was deterred by a simple security camera. If we take Neo-Nazism seriously now, we can prevent the movement from organizing to such a level where simpler measures are ineffective. We need to send them a message that we as a community will not tolerate their activities. The City’s current approach to the issue is unsatisfactory: Market officials are not taking action on harassment complaints filed with them that refer to incidents taking place within the market. They should be reevaluating their policies about harassment and conduct in the marketplace. Many people in local government have professed on social media highly uninformed views of both white supremacy and the First Amendment, misinforming the public about the issue. A quote from our market’s director Marcia Veldman and from an affiliate of the IU Maurer School of Law were cited by in “The National Vanguard” in support of their views. Finally, City officials have characterized episodes of actual harassment as “feelings” of harassment, language that misleads the public about the nature of the events that have transpired within the market. All of these factors escalate the potential danger of this situation. Simply by asking officials to refrain from enabling white nationalism by educating themselves more fully on the issue, we can prevent future harm. So here are several ways you can take a stand against Neo-Nazism: Boycott Schooner Creek Farms Help flyer at the market to raise awareness about the boycott Write Marcia Veldman at the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market Urge the BFMC to pursue the harassment complaints that have been filed against SCF and their affiliates by being more transparent about these reports and investigating whether Farmer’s Market policy can be updated to address them: farmersmarket@bloomington.in.gov Ask the Market to change the rules about informational flyers. The Farmer’s Market does not currently allow people to hand out informational flyers in the market, and we believe that it should. Ask that all vendors be required to display their business’s name clearly. Write Mayor John Hamilton and City Council to ask the City to establish a committee to investigate the presence of white supremacist organizations in our community Write your City Council representative and ask them about what steps they are taking to address this issue: https://bloomington.in.gov/council Write a Letter to the Editor about the threat of Neo-Nazism in our community Attend the community meeting on this issue on July 11th at 6:00pm in City Hall Share “No Space for Hate” events on Facebook Follow “No Space for Hate” on Instagram Stop by the “No Space for Hate” table at the Market and grab one of our stickers to wear Make informational memes about IE/AmIM for “No Space for Hate” to share Write us at nospace4hate@protonmail.com for more information on how to get involved References & Footnotes[+] ↑1, ↑3 NSFH encourages the use of the acronym AmIM to distinguish the American Identity Movement from the American Indian Movement™. ↑2, ↑4 All quotes from Brewer’s FBI interview are taken from the DOJ’s corroborating evidence for Brewer’s guilty plea: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6027997-Prosecution.html. PDFs of most documents in this report available upon request. ↑5 “Identity Evropa” https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/identity-evropa ↑6 On 10/7/2017 Patrick Casey (@Reinhard Wolff) wrote, “In August of 2016, we received 149 applications. In August of 2017, however, we received 374. Identity Evropa is growing at an amazing rate. And everyone in here — from the guy who hangs out and pays his dues, to the interviewers and activists — is helping further our growth. Here’s to the future of our organization! @everyone” See [6] ↑7 “#IdentifyEvropa: Meet Erica Joy Alduino, Neo-Nazi Organizer” https://archive.fo/7ADJp ↑8 Activists leaked Volkmom’s messages on Discord, which is where Volkmom quotes will come from unless otherwise stated: https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/user/6786 ↑9 “So glad you are talking abt this rn @Reinhard Wolff” ↑10 @Reinhard Wolff’s Discord leaks: https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/user/470 ↑11 There is a discrepancy between the conversation prior to Charlottesville and afterward that is probably tied to many factors. Casey repeatedly says he believes the server is infiltrated by antifascist activists. Also, Charlottesville made many white supremacists more hesitant and careful about their Online activity. ↑12 To view the photos and find more evidence of Volkmom’s identity, visit https://panicinthediscord.noblogs.org/post/2019/06/11/sarah-dye-aka-volkmom-fascist-at-schooner-creek-farms-from-nashville-indiana/ ↑13 So glad you are talking abt this rn @Reinhard Wolff ↑14 Southern Poverty Law Center, “Patrick Casey, Identity Evropa’s new leader, wants to ditch the ‘alt-right’ for ‘identitarianism’— another euphemism for white nationalism” https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/12/05/patrick-casey-identity-evropa%E2%80%99s-new-leader-wants-ditch-alt-right-identitarianism%E2%80%94-another ↑15 https://discord.gg/Pz3jYU8 ↑16 “Agrarian Conservatism in Germany” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarian_Conservatism_in_Germany ↑17 Volkmom, “Yarrow,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjWBx4Y7f_o ↑18 “Red pill” is a term used in a variety of cyber groups, including Neo-Nazis, to describe awakening from some collective social delusion. In this case, the “red pill” would be the knowledge that IE/AmIM and similar groups have to offer its members that society at large wishes to withhold from them. @Reinhard Wolff defines the red pill as “forbidden knowledge.” ↑19 Sentencing Memorandum from Nolan Brewer’s Defense Attorney (4) https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6027996-Defense.html#search/p1/NOLAN%20BREWER ↑20 Despite the number of inconsistencies in Brewer’s description of his activities and affiliations, we do have other reason to be reasonably sure that Brewer is telling the truth about when he joined IE. Brewer claims that his wife was the only one of them who was active on the Discord chats. Kiyomi Brewer goes by the name of Kim, and we do have evidence that a “Kim” was admitted as a new member on August 4th. If that is in fact Kim Brewer, it would corroborate what Nolan said about when he joined. In that case, this would be the timeline for his affiliation: August 15 – FBI interview ↑21 BB: Who have you told about it? …anyone? NB: Other, other than Peter and Alex… no (76). ↑22 EK: When you got back from doing this, did you or Kiyomi get on Discord and tell them you’ve done it before it hit the news, cause it took a bit for it to hit the news, did… you guys communicate with him that hey we did it NB: Yeah, I, I think we were about… since we were coming south on 465 on the west of the west side, I think we got to like maybe to Rockville and she said it’s done. (57) ↑23 https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/the-facts-on-white-nationalism/ ↑24 “Hate Crimes Increase for the Third Consecutive Year, F.B.I. Reports” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/us/hate-crimes-fbi-2017.html Subscribe to the Mailing List	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1078
__label__wiki	0.619578	0.619578	Teenagers confess how they removed girl’s vagina for N500,000 Posted on January 10, 2021 by Oluwagbemiga Two suspected ritualists arrested for allegedly killing and removing the vagina of a girl in Bauchi State have narrated their roles in the dastardly act. The duo confessed that they committed the heinous act for N500,000. The suspects, Abdulkadir Wada (19) and Adamu Abdulrauf (20), in an audio clip obtained by PRNigeria, said they were asked to bring the sexual organ of a female by a native doctor. The boys from Jama’are Local Government were nabbed by men of the Bauchi State Police Command. Speaking in Hausa, Wada, the chief culprit, disclosed that he and Abdulrauf had gone to Kwata, the area the latter’s elder brother, who is married, lives. He recalled that they waylaid a little girl, dragged her into an uncompleted building and strangled her to death. “Abdulrauf then removed a knife from his pocket and cut off the girl’s private part. It was a marabout, who is now at large, that asked us to get him a female sexual part in return for N500,000,” the teenager revealed. However, Abdulrauf denied killing their victim. “Wada who came and met me in our house. He told me that he and one of his friend went to a spiritualist who promised them N500,000 if they bring a female vagina. I told him I am not interested. I discussed with one of my friend called Musa, he advised me to avoid Wada. “The next day, while I was in my shop doing my mechanic work, I met Wada at the garage. He then gave me an amulet (charm), which I threw inside my pocket. Later on, we met and he asked me to accompany him to a place called Kwata. READ Ekiti Police Arraign PUNCH Driver, 6 Others For Violating Restriction Law “When we got to the area, we saw two young girls at a location. We called them. Wada removed a handkerchief from his pocket and flashed it on one of the girl’s face. After she slumped, he took her into an uncompleted structure and removed her organs as directed by the native doctor.” They, however, advised desperate and idle youths to shun ritual killing and be wary of bad friends. Bauchi Police spokesperson, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil said the suspects would be arraigned in court after investigation. Its Destiny, I Did It For Money — Almajiri Teacher Who Slept With 6 Pupils In Sokoto Soala West Killed By Suspected Herdsmen In Rivers 15 year old boy arrested for stealing female under wears for ritual purposes Hong Kong protests: 72 injured in violence, two in serious condition (PHOTOS) Father, Son Arrested For Allegedly Defiling, Impregnating 13-year-old Girl Taboo! 11-Year-Old Girl Impregnated In Delta State (Photos) Body Parts, Debris Found At Plane Crash Sites (PHOTOS)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1081
__label__wiki	0.994222	0.994222	Michael Johnson on TODAY, now and back in 2000 (video) By Nick ZaccardiJul 13, 2016, 10:24 AM EDT Michael Johnson reflected on his three Olympics and showed Natalie Morales how, in retirement, he stays involved in track and field, in a TODAY report Wednesday. Johnson, who earned gold in all five of his Olympic finals (one later stripped due to a relay members doping), translated that champion’s acumen into Michael Johnson Performance, a training center in Texas. Morales recently visited Johnson there. The two looked back at Johnson’s career — from the disappointment of missing the 1992 Olympic 200m final (food poisoning) to sweeping the 1996 Olympic 200m and 400m to the “tragic situation” of what happened after the Sydney 4x400m relay, with Antonio Pettigrew committing suicide, two years after admitting use of performance-enhancing drugs. Morales also asked who would win if Johnson could turn back the clock and race Usain Bolt. “I win that race every day,” he said. VIDEO: Magnificent Seven reunites on TODAY	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1082
__label__wiki	0.579462	0.579462	Covering The Tohono O'odham Nation The Runner>Past Issues>December 6, 2013 “It was the most physically and mentally difficult thing I’ve ever done,” see you next year Sells- Cissimarie Juan was cold but excited when she started the El Tour de Tucson bicycle race, but when the first four miles were all uphill she knew she had a problem.… Read More Circles of Care summit plans for the future of mental health services in the Nation Tucson- Tohono O’odham Community College’s Circles of Care Project along with the Tohono O’odham Department of Health and Human Services held a planning summit on Nov. 13 and 14 at the Desert… Read More After 42 years of living full and separate lives, the spark was still there for high school sweethearts Sells- Rufus Martinez had not seen Annalita David for 42 years, but when he finally did lay his eyes on her, the old spark that was there in 1964 when they were… Read More The Runner archive: Baboquivari Duo Is Hard To Beat From The Runner archives: Papago Runner, May 3, 1978, Volume 2 Number 6 Baboquivari, Topawa- “We’ve traveled all over the state. We’ve gone to every big meet that there is and nobody… Read More The Runner archive: Just Another Game From The Runner archives: Papago Runner, May 3, 1978, Volume 2 Number 6 Stanley Publishing Company Sells, AZ 85634 Email: ask@oodhamrunner.com For questions about subscriptions, advertising, or website assistance. Copyright © 2021, Stanley Publishing Company, All Rights Reserved. \| Privacy Policy \| Terms of Service \| Advertise With Us	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1090
__label__cc	0.690463	0.309537	2070 Arbor Lane Northfield, IL $ 499,900 Beds 3 Baths 2.5 Rarely available, 3 bedroom / 2.1 bath end unit townhome overlooking the pond that has absolutely stunning water views. You will love the private entrance, the open floor plan with lots of living space, the floor to ceiling windows, the abundance of natural light, and all the spectacular views of the pond. The large sun-filled living room has a gas fireplace and sliders that open to the private paver patio and garden. The patio doors open to both sides of the water. The sunny kitchen has an eat in area and the separate dining room can accommodate a large table for hosting. This home is perfect for entertaining and has versatile options for todays living. Beautiful hardwood floors are throughout the living room, dining room, halls, stairs & 2 upstairs bedrooms. The main floor is complete with a gracious foyer, a walk-in hall closet and a powder room. The 2nd floor features 3 generously sized bedrooms and a hall bath. The primary bedroom overlooks the pond and you can enjoy unbeatable water views, has a built-in with shelves, and a huge walk in closet. The primary bath has a separate shower, whirlpool bath, double sink, a linen closet and a skylight. The 2nd bedroom has a walk in closet. The 3rd bedroom is currently used as a den/ office. There is shelving in all the closets. The lower level consists of a laundry room and has room for tons of storage. Can be converted into a home office or study area. There are 2 indoor parking spaces in the heated garage. The amenities at Meadowlake include a clubhouse with a party room, an indoor pool, spa, an exercise room, & an outdoor patio. Your guests can park in front of the building. 2070 Arbor Lane is conveniently located and is close to town, shopping, Mariano's, restaurants & bike trails. Easy access to the expressway & Chicago. Award Winning & Top Rated Schools. Maintenance free living. Home is impeccably maintained. Original owner. No dogs or rentals allowed. Listing Provided by: @properties Appliances Double Oven, Microwave, Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer, Disposal, Cooktop Elementary School Avoca West Elementary School Exterior Features Patio, End Unit HOA Fee 940 High School New Trier Twp H.S. Northfield/Wi Interior Features Skylight(s), Hardwood Floors, Laundry Hook-Up in Unit, Built-in Features, Walk-In Closet(s), Open Floorplan Middle/Junior High School Marie Murphy School Property Type Attached Single Subdivision Name Meadowlake Basement Partial Bathrooom Whirlpool, Separate Shower, Double Sink Kitchen Eating Area-Table Space Laundry Features In Unit, Sink Door Features Sliding Glass Door(s) Lot Dimensions COMMON Lot Features Common Grounds, Landscaped, Pond(s), Water View, Sidewalks, Streetlights Water Source Lake Michigan Dining Room 16X10 Main Level Hardwood Addtl Room 2 Name 12X6 Main Level Ceramic Tile Master Bedroom 19X13 2nd Level Carpet Addtl Room 1 Name 11X6 2nd Level Carpet Middle School Marie Murphy School Middle School 2070 Arbor Lane Northfield, IL is a Single Family Home for sale at $499900 and a lot size of Acre(s). 2070 Arbor Lane Northfield has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and was built in 1992. 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__label__wiki	0.539713	0.539713	Skoda Auto says it won’t sponsor Belarus ice hockey world cup By Reuters Liquidators Seek Expanded Investigation Of Alleged South African Bitcoin Scheme By Cointelegraph Intel gains 3% as Needham echoes Wall Street’s positive reaction to CEO development Philippines and China pledge cooperation for post-pandemic recovery By Reuters These money and investment tips can help you unleash your portfolio The Number One Nine Stocks increase as Win Streak regains momentum in July ottous November 25, 2020 0 Comments <p>The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio (NYSE: NIO) saw its share jump on Wednesday and gained 6.07% on the day. After losing some steam, the Nio share is once again on the right track for a high-performing July, with NIO now almost 44% since the beginning of the month. This is far from the last time I wrote about the company – almost exactly one month ago – after the Nio share price fell 6.7% in one day. What has changed in July and what caused yesterday’s big profit? NIO’s Rough Ride 2019 Before we go into what is obviously going right for NIO this month, it is important to look at the challenges the company has faced for 2019. Although July has seen the Nio share price gain momentum, it is still dramatic down from the spring. At the beginning of March, the Nio stock started trading at high highs, above $ 10. After yesterday’s big profit, it reached $ 3.67. Despite a rather impressive month, NIO is still down more than 64% since March. Since then, there has been a seemingly endless amount of bad news for NIO investors. At the end of March, a major speed halt occurred when China announced that it was halving subsidies for electric car purchases. That news immediately hit 7% of Nio’s share price. In April and then again in May, two Nine ES8 SUVs ignited spontaneously. A third fire in June – along with a Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Model S fire in a Shanghai parking lot – led the Chinese government to order electric car manufacturers to carry out safety checks on their fleets. Subsequently, Nio 5000 recalled the high-performance electric SUVs ES8 sold in the past year after determining that their battery pack had a design defect that could pose a fire hazard. In the May profit, Nio had a smaller loss than expected but reported that he sold less than half as many vehicles as in the previous quarter. The company also postponed indefinitely the release of its first sedan, ET7. By mid-June, subsidy cuts meant that the Chinese EV market had slowed to just 2% annual growth, and foreign brands such as Volkswagen and Tesla were the ones seeing real gains. The trade war between China and the United States, which intensified in May and threatened to cause an economic downturn – which in turn would affect consumer spending in China. With such news in the headlines, it is no wonder that investors went back and the Nio share hit all the time in June. Signs of hope for NIO stock investors Based on what has happened since March, or even so far (where the Nio share is down over 45%), the picture has not been rosy for Nio or its investors. But there has been positive news in July that revived optimism in the electric car industry in general, as well as NIO’s prospects for a recovery. Firstly, although the trade war has not disappeared, it has not (yet) escalated to the extent that it had been feared. On July 2, Tesla reported record deliveries in the second quarter, and these figures helped reassure investors about the electric car industry in general, reducing fears that declining government subsidies would wreak havoc on sales. There is little doubt that the Nio share price benefited from a halo effect as a result of Tesla’s performance. While the ET7 sedan was put on the shelf, Nio released a brand new vehicle at the end of June, with the more affordable SU6 SUV reaching its first buyers on June 20. And then big news about Chinese car sales. After a 12-month decline in July, it was announced that Chinese car sales increased by 5% compared to the year before in June. Yesterday’s jump in the Nio share price is part of a more positive view of the company. Its outlook has gained momentum since the dark days of June. There are still many balls in the air – where the trade war is going, if Chinese vehicle sales can continue to show growth, and if the ES6 SUV sells in significant numbers – but at the moment, things look like for NIO. At the time of writing, Brad Moon had no position in any of the above securities. Consumer spending slows in July as economic recovery… Consumers increase borrowing in July for the second… Big Tech Stocks just had a big winning streak. 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__label__cc	0.516917	0.483083	Boulder County, Environment, Erie, Exclusives, Land Use, Legal, Original Report, Property rights, Scott Weiser, Taxes, Uncategorized Neighbors of planned Boulder County compost factory sue to stop it December 31, 2020 By Scott Weiser BOULDER–Three landowners in eastern Boulder County are suing to stop the county’s plan to turn 40 acres of “prime agricultural land” into an industrial-level composting facility that would process 125 million pounds of animal manure, sewage sludge and food waste per year. Lisa Battan, Brandon White and Victor Vargas all own property adjoining or near the county-owned parcel located south of Colorado Highway 52 and north of Lookout Road along Highway 287 in eastern Boulder County. The lawsuit was filed Dec. 23 in Boulder County District Court. The property was once the Rainbow Nursery tree farm and adjoins county open space on the north. Within a mile to the southeast lie homes and subdivisions. Downtown Erie is less than 2 miles southeast. In 1994 the county spent $169,625 to preserve the property as open space under a conservation easement that was supposed to perpetually run with the title to the land specifically “in order to assure its preservation in perpetuity for agricultural uses and for the open space function which it serves.” In 1995 the county cited the conservation easement in denying an intermediate owner permission to build a residence on the property. Now it wants to build an industrial composting plant on the same parcel. In their complaint the adjacent landowners say Boulder County is betraying the trust of residents by pursuing an industrialized facility that is incompatible with the conservation easement county taxpayers purchased. In 1993, when the county began its program of preserving and purchasing agricultural land and open space, the county asked voters for permission to impose sales and use taxes for the acquisition of open space. Since then Boulder County voters have approved almost all county requests to continue or increase sales and use taxes for open space. But, the resolution approved by the voters says county open space can be used solely for passive recreation, agriculture or environmental preservation purposes. This applies to all county open space purchases. All three of the plaintiffs say they purchased their properties after carefully researching the area and bought them in large part based on the promises of the conservation easement on the Rainbow Nursery property. In 2018 the county purchased full title to the property after invoking a “first right to purchase” the property when the then-owner decided to sell. The complaint says that the county is trying to ram the project through with the bare legal minimum of required review and that it purchased the property with little public notice and with the full intent to build the plant in spite of the conservation easement. On October 6, 2020 the county held a meeting on the property, but according to the lawsuit only invited 12 landowners living within 1,500 feet of the site and apparently did not publish a public notice of the meeting. “This meeting was the first indication that neighboring property owners received of the County’s intent to develop the Compost Factory. County staff at that meeting indicated that the plans for a “proposed compost facility” were preliminary,” states the lawsuit. The complaint suggests that the county misled landowners at the meeting, knowing that the plan to build the composting facility was not preliminary at all, but rather was fully completed, right down to the required engineering and design studies. Six days after the site meeting, on October 12, the county filed a 235 page fully-completed application for special use review with itself, making it “both the applicant and the reviewing governmental entity.” The complaint goes on to say, “Because the County has jurisdiction over the Special Use Review and other associated administrative processes, the County has placed itself in the position of being: 1) the beneficiary of the Conservation Easement; 2) the purchaser of the Property; 3) a proponent of the position that the Conservation Easement no longer exists, 4) the proponent and prospective developer of the Compost Factory on the Property; 5) the prospective constructor, operator and entity maintaining the Compost Factory on the Property; and, 6) the governmental entity which will decide the fate of the Property pursuant to the County’s own Special Use Review process.” According to the complaint, immediately after the purchase the county asserted an obscure provision of real estate law called “merger” that it claims extinguishes the conservation easement. The merger doctrine says that conditions of sale are “merged” with the deed and if they are not explicitly restated in the deed they are extinguished. Boulder County has used the merger doctrine before to combine adjoining parcels on small deeded mining claims that don’t meet current lot size zoning codes that are owned by the same person under separate deeds. The county has involuntarily merged some into single parcels in order to limit use-by-right residential construction in the mountains, much to the ire of property owners. In response to the county’s actions, citizens started “Protect Rainbow Open Space” to inform and advocate against the county’s plan. The website says, “Boulder County is racing to build a $10 million waste factory on Open Space so they can truck 125-million pounds per year of manure, human sewage sludge and rotting food into the heart of Boulder…all in the name of “Zero Waste.”” Committee okays paying Senate President Garcia’s legal bills, puts off covering GOP side of dispute El Paso County Commissioners impose new requirements on using shipping containers for storage El Paso County Commissioners deny extension for homebuilder’s on-site travel trailer Colorado Springs City Council takes a look at special districts, multiple presentations planned Federal appeals court says Secretary of State violated “faithless elector’s” civil rights by nullifying his vote in 2016 presidential election Tags: Boulder County, compost, conservation easement, Land Use, lawsuit, merger doctrine, open space Author: Scott Weiser	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1100
__label__wiki	0.562673	0.562673	Health Industry News Open Health IT News Open Source News The Future is Open COSI 'Open' Health External Blogging Sites Ginger's Open Assessment Most Popular in the Last... 12 Open Source Tools for Natural Language Processing Data Management for Large-scale COVID-19 Immunization: This is all not as simple as it seems Azure API for FHIR moves to general availability Open Source Solutions for Immunization Tracking and COVID-19 Open Source Resources for major Disaster & Emergency Management Situations Openness is the key to innovation, history shows Open Source Health Collaborates with OpenEMR on Cloud-based Integrative Health Platform WELL Health Technologies Becomes World’s First Billion-dollar Open Source EMR Company ZH Healthcare Announces New Program For Non-Profit And Charitable Health Clinics Open Source Tools Provide An Economic Advantage For Science Broad Institute and Verily partner with Microsoft to accelerate the next generation of the open source Terra platform for health and life science research Johns Hopkins Launches iWatch Epilepsy App for Open Source ResearchKit Webinar - A Recipe for Success - Request for Proposal (RFPs) / Request for Quote (RFQs) The Appeal of Graph Databases for Health Care OpenEMR Community Releases Major Upgrade to their Open Source EHR Who Controls Your Smartphone? And How to Leverage Open Source to Prevent it from Spying on You Anatomy of a Public Health Open Source Project: HLN's Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) COTS, FOSS, or HOSS Solutions? Open Source Electronic Health Records For Education And Training OpenEMR 4.1 Achieves Full 'Meaningful Use' Certification HLN to Present Innovative Open Source Solutions at HIMSS19 Interoperability Showcase Press Release \| HLN Consulting \| January 22, 2019 Two innovative open source software products are being used to support clinical decision support for public health reporting as well as EHRs PALM DESERT, Calif. - Jan. 22, 2019 -PRLog --For the third straight year, HLN Consulting, a leading medical informatics consulting company, will participate in the Interoperability Showcase at this year's HIMSS19 Global Conference and Exhibition which is being held in Orlando, FL from February 11-15, 2019. The Showcase itself runs on February 12-14 and consists of a series of connected demonstrations which are collaborative projects between 6-8 organizations using interoperability standards to exchange information and improve the quality and value of the care provided. Together they develop a storyline, or scenario, that contextualizes the value of their demonstration and tells the story of a patient, caregiver, or provider. This year HLN will participate in two scenarios: Immunization Integration & Clinical Decision Support (CDS): Immunization schedules have become more complex as vaccines have been added to the routine schedule, especially for adolescents and adults. This scenario will demonstrate the immunizations given over time for a hypothetical patient from early childhood into adulthood as she moves through multiple care locations. Clinical decision support for immunizations, which is becoming available both within local Electronic Health Records (EHR) and in response to queries to Immunization Information Systems (IIS) at the local and state level, informs the clinician about current or future immunization recommendations for the patient. The recommendations are based on the implementation of complex clinical guidelines developed by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HLN's award-winning ICE Immunization Evaluation and Forecasting System will be featured supporting two different EHRs as a sample patient moves through the scenario. The EHRs will submit the patient's immunization history to the ICE service which will evaluate the validity of each dose and forecast what the patient is due for now and in the future. Opioid Crisis, the Person & the Population: In this scenario, a patient presents to the emergency department experiencing an overdose. Based on the information in the patient chart, an electronic Initial Case Report (eICR) is sent to public health to initiate surveillance and intervention. This data is available for visualization/monitoring of population health impacts by providers and public health. HLN's Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) will be featured as the decision support component of electronic case reporting (eCR) in this scenario. RCKMS will receive the eICR - a version of an HL7 C-CDA document - and evaluate its contents to see if the patient represents a reportable case to public health. Data from RCKMS will then be used to construct a Reportability Response back to the EHR with the results. During the showcase, viewers observe the flow of information between systems as the scenario unfolds. Each demonstration lasts approximately fifteen minutes with an opportunity for questions. The demonstrations occur on a fixed schedule throughout the three-day event. In developing ICE, HLN worked with the New York City Citywide Immunization Registry (CIR), the Alabama Department of Public Health, and the OpenCDS collaboration which is led by researchers at the University of Utah, Department of Biomedical Informatics. ICE is now in use or being configured for use, by several governmental Immunization Information Systems (including NJIIS), EHRs (including eClinicalWorks), and the CareDox personal health record. Other EHRs, PHRs, and Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) can be easily adapted to incorporate ICE logic and clinical decision support into their systems. RCKMS is funded by the CDC through the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and deployed centrally to determine if a patient's symptoms and conditions require reporting to one or more public health jurisdictions. The first hospital system (Houston Methodist) and corresponding public health agency (Houston Health Department) in the U.S. to launch electronic case reporting (eCR) using RCKMS launched in October 2018; additional sites in California, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, and Utah are coming online in the next few months. Come see us in Hall F, Booth 9100 at the Orange County Convention Center. For more than twenty years HLN has been a leading public health informatics consulting company focused on developing and supporting robust technical solutions addressing pressing public health needs. HLN is dedicated to the development, improvement, promulgation, and use of Open Source solutions in health information technology. Much of our Open Source work is focused on clinical decision support (CDS) applications built using OpenCDS, an open source clinical decision support platform, including our Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE) and Reportable Condition Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) which is supporting the national strategy of electronic case reporting to public health. More information on HLN Consulting and its open source products can be found at https://www.hln.com. Noam H. 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__label__cc	0.569733	0.430267	IAHCSMM In The OR Out of The OR EQ Factor Pinboard / Contest UVDI-360 Room Sanitizer Inactivates SARS-CoV-2 at 12 Feet Distance in 5 Minutes UltraViolet Devices Inc. (UVDI) has announced that its UVDI-360 Room Sanitizer achieved greater than 99.99%, or 4log10, inactivation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 5 minutes at a distance of 12 feet (3.65 meters). oneSOURCE Creates Free Resource Page with Up-to-Date COVID-19 Vaccine Information Today, oneSOURCE, an RLDatix company and leading healthcare management solution, announced a new COVID-19 vaccine resource page to assist healthcare professionals during the initial administration phases of the vaccine. STERIS to Acquire Cantel Medical STERIS plc and Cantel Medical Corp. announced that STERIS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cantel, through a U.S. subsidiary. Cantel is a global provider of infection prevention products and services primarily to endoscopy and dental Customers. NEC Releases ‘WISE VISION Endoscopy’ in Europe and Japan NEC Corporation has announced the development of “WISE VISION Endoscopy,” an AI diagnosis-support medical device software for colonoscopies, which is being released in Japan and is expected to soon be available in Europe. When it Comes to Added Sugars, Think Sprinkle, Not Scoop by OR Today Magazine \| Jul 1, 2014 \| Magazine, Nutrition, Out of The OR by Sharon Palmer, R.D. Maybe you’ve sworn off refined “white” sugar and think that sweetening a latte with, say, agave nectar, is better because, “it’s natural.” Truth is, most health experts agree that the best move you can make when it comes to added sugars (those added to foods by consumers or manufacturers) is to eat less of them. All of them. The American Heart Association recommends limiting added sugars to 100 calories per day (6 teaspoons) for women and 150 calories a day (9 teaspoons) for men. But Americans’ average per capita daily sugar consumption is a whopping 28 teaspoons. Too much sugar can increase risk for obesity, heart disease and diabetes. You don’t have to ditch sugars all together. Get to know the types you’re seeing, learn how to spot added sugars on labels, and then sweeten sparingly. Here’s help: 1: Granulated Sugar (a.k.a., sugar, table sugar) Granulated sugar is composed of 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose. This pure white sugar has been processed and therefore it has few minerals and antioxidants. Per teaspoon: 16 calories, 4 g carbohydrate 2: Agave Nectar This sweetener has a glycemic index (measure of how high a food raises blood-glucose levels after eating) that’s significantly lower than that of table sugar; it’s also up to 90 percent fructose. Agave is good for giving smoothies and iced drinks a touch of sweetness. 3: Honey Delivers slightly more fructose than glucose. Honey’s antioxidant quantity varies greatly based on type; buckwheat honey typically delivers the most. Honey provides a delicate, sweet flavor to dressings, marinades and slaws. 4: Molasses About 50 percent each glucose and fructose, dark molasses has the highest antioxidant levels of all sweeteners (per serving). It’s great for adding a hint of sweetness to baked beans, homemade BBQ sauces and ginger cookies. 5: Maple Syrup A go-to for drizzling over pancakes and waffles, maple syrup is about 50-50 glucose and fructose (depending on grade) and contains small amounts of polyphenols – antioxidants that help quell inflammation. 6: Turbinado (raw sugar) Like granulated sugar it’s 50 percent fructose and 50 percent glucose. The brown color comes from small amounts of molasses that haven’t been stripped out. It’s best for topping cookies for a sugary crackle. Glucose is a so-called simple sugar found in all foods with carbohydrate. A label’s “sugars” designation includes both natural and added sugars. Fructose, a simple sugar, is found naturally in fruit (and honey and agave nectar). When isolated from whole foods (and eaten in excess), fructose could present unique health risks, say some health experts. Added sugars lurk in many processed foods. And although more and more food companies are ditching high-fructose corn syrup, their products aren’t necessarily sugar-free. In fact, they may contain just as much sugar as before, just in a different form. Here’s how to find out: 1: Read the nutrition facts panel Under a food label’s “sugars” designation, both natural and added sugars are included. Natural sugars (such as lactose in milk and fructose in fruit) are not usually a problem because they come in small doses and are packed with other nutrients, which helps slow absorption. 2: Check the ingredient list All of the following are aliases for added sugar. The higher up on the list they appear, the more sugar is in the product. Dextrose, fructose, honey, invert sugar, raw sugar, malt syrup, rice syrup, sucrose, xylose, molasses, corn sweetener, fruit juice concentrate, high-fructose corn syrup, brown sugar, corn syrup, glucose, lactose, maltose, sucrose, evaporated cane juice, agave nectar, cane crystals, cane sugar, crystalline fructose, barley malt, beet sugar, caramel. 3: Compare products Determine how much unhealthful added sugar your product contains by comparing it to a comparable sugar-free product, such as strawberry yogurt to plain yogurt, or canned peaches in syrup to canned peaches in juice. 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__label__cc	0.519194	0.480806	Home › Non Fiction › Back In The Frame \| Jools Walker Back In The Frame \| Jools Walker Has your bicycle become your biggest escape of late? Are you rediscovering the joy of two wheels? If so, then Back in the Frame from award-winning blogger, Lady Velo, is the book for you Jools Walker re-discovered cycling aged twenty-eight after a ten-year absence from the saddle. When she started blogging about her cycle adventures under the alias Lady Velo, a whole world was opened up to her. But it's hard to find space in an industry not traditionally open to women - especially women of colour. Shortly after getting back on two wheels, Jools was diagnosed with depression and then, in her early thirties, hit by a mini-stroke. Yet, through all of these punctures, one constant remained: Jools' love of cycling. In Back in the Frame Jools talks to the other female trailblazers who are disrupting the cycling narrative as well as telling the story of how she overcame her health problems, learned how to cycle her own path and even found a love of Lycra shorts along the way.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1107
__label__cc	0.545669	0.454331	COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: Pharmacies Preparing For State's Next Phase Of Vaccine DistributionPharmacies are playing a growing role in vaccine distribution across Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh Weather: Warm Thursday Gives Way To Colder WeekendToday will be on the warm side once again but as the weekend approaches, winter weather will return. With Pres. Trump’s Reversal, Coronavirus Relief Stimulus Checks Now Poised To Go Out The House of Representatives voted Monday to increase the coronavirus relief checks to $2,000 per person. December 28, 2020 at 6:30 pm Filed Under:Coronavirus Outbreak In Pennsylvania: KDKA Complete Coverage, Coronavirus Relief, Jon Delano, Jon Delano. Family Values, Local TV, Stimulus Check, Stimulus Checks WASHINGTON (KDKA) — After first refusing to sign the latest coronavirus relief bill, President Donald Trump reversed course and signed the $900 bill measure on Sunday. This new law means another stimulus check for most Americans. So how much will that check be and when will many get it? This check is not as big as the last one. Instead of $1,200 per adult and $500 per child, this check is $600 for both adults and kids aged 16 and under. The help is better than nothing, but not everyone will get something. “The funds will go to about 80 percent of people, so there’s an income limit,” says Prof. Risa Kawazawa, an economist at Duquesne University. That’s right. Based on your 2019 tax return, individuals who made under $75,000 and couples who made under $150,000 will get the full amount. So an eligible family of four will get $2,400 this time compared to $3,400 last spring. When might you get this money? “The checks are starting to go out, they say, in a week or two. Their goal is to get it out quickly,” says Prof. Stephen Foreman, an economist at Robert Morris University. The U.S. Treasury Department says to watch for a deposit in the checking account you use for tax refunds or Social Security payments. Of course, checks that are mailed will take longer. Some other good news is that none of this money is taxable. “This bill also extends unemployment and provides targeted loans to small businesses, so we can look for some economic impact there as well,” says Foreman. Unemployment compensation and Payroll Protection Program loans are critical for many, but says Kawazawa, “I don’t think that this is enough to stimulate the economy.” So will there be a third stimulus check later this winter or spring? “There probably will be another COVID relief bill,” Prof. Kristin Kanthak, a political scientist at the University of Pittsburgh, told KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Monday. “There will certainly be work on a COVID relief bill. The question is, what is it going to look like? Under President Joe Biden, that may depend on which party controls the U.S. Senate, a decision still up in the air until voters in Georgia elect two senators on Jan. 5. Late Monday afternoon, the House of Representatives voted to increase the coronavirus relief checks to $2,000 per person. Some 44 Republicans joined 231 Democrats to provide the two-thirds vote necessary to pass the stand-alone bill. This measure now goes to the Republican-controlled Senate for consideration. Pittsburgh Steeler JuJu Smith-Schuster Says He Doesn't Want To Play In Larger Market To Build His Brand	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1108
__label__wiki	0.810444	0.810444	Filter by Genres Filter By Popular Keywords Africa’s Great Civilizations 6x52 History Human Interest In his six-hour series, Africa’s Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins on the African continent of art, writing and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world. Professor Gates travels the length and breadth of Africa to chronicle the continent’s history from a firmly African perspective. His journey takes him from the city of Great Zimbabwe, to the pyramids of Meroe, and the spectacular rock-hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia. This epic story is full of surprises and unexpected connections, helping us to appreciate the collective and individual genius of Africans who built civilizations and empires, fought wars, established great cities, furthered and spread learning, and created some of the most sublime art and architecture in human history. Share This Program 20th Century Africa Anthropology Architecture Art Civilization Empires Ethiopia Henry Louis Gates Jr. History Human history Meroe Pyramids Travel Writing Zimbabwe Dyllan McGee Henry Louis Gates Peter Kunhardt Beyond the Elements Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page Arts & Culture History In Production Summer 2020 Lineup Natural History Catalog Children's Catalog Privacy Policy and Cookie Notice \| Terms of Use \| © 2007-2021 PBS Distribution. All rights reserved. All trademarks are owned by PBS unless otherwise noted. Website Design by Metropolis	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1110
__label__wiki	0.673423	0.673423	What a Student Learns From Writing an Argumentative Essay Tips on Writing Thesis Statements for Essays How to Write a Controversial Essay How to Write a Critical Anaylsis Essay How to Make a Thesis How to Write an Essay Using Language of Argumentation Linda Emma Updated November 01, 2018 ••• Jupiterimages/Goodshoot/Getty Images Learning the vocabulary of argument-based writing can help college students think more critically and become more effective classroom communicators. It can also serve them after graduation in nearly any career they pursue including business, sales, marketing, medicine, law and science. Fleshing out all sides to an argument results in a wider breadth of understanding and a more solid foundation upon which students can set their principles. College Thesis The college thesis statement is at the basis of most college writing. According to the Indiana University writing tutorial, the thesis statement is “a one or two sentence condensation of the argument or analysis that is to follow.” For the purposes of argument-based writing, the thesis or claim is what the writer will defend throughout the paper; it is the reason for the argument. Through an extensive investigation of multiple resources, the essayist builds a body of evidence to support a thesis and craft an effective argument. An effective piece of argument-based writing imagines, explores and researches the counterarguments to the thesis statement. For example, a writer advocating gun control would not ignore questions posed by impassioned Second Amendment proponents or members of the National Rifle Association; instead he would offer statistics and expert opinions that rebut their arguments. Rhetorical Appeal Argument-based writers use three general paths of appeal: ethos, pathos and logos. Ethos focuses on the merits of the essayist. According to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab, a writer can establish himself as ethical based on his respect for the reader, compilation of credible evidence, accurate acknowledgement of opposing sides and full disclosure of his motives. Pathos is an appeal to a reader’s beliefs, views and emotions and uses evidence that includes touching examples and anecdotes to support an argument. Logos employs the argument of logic and is a common sense approach that invites a reader to follow his own beliefs and assumptions to the essayist’s intended conclusion. The successful art of persuasion is derived not from hyperbolic appeal but rather through the well-thought-out exercise of intellectual exploration and precise selection of appropriate and concise vocabulary. Extensive research, sound evidence, statistical support and corroboration from people considered topic authorities are the best tools in an essayist’s arsenal of argument-based writing. However, persuasive adjectives can also assist in an appeal. Stating that 66 percent of a population believes in something gives hard evidence; prefacing the statistic with the phrase "overwhelming majority" adds emphasis to the point. Because the writer cannot present every argument with 100 percent certainty, he may include qualifiers, which offer meritorious exceptions to the premise of the thesis. Acknowledging that even the experts do not have definitive answers to every question brought forth does not negate choosing one side of an argument over another. Purdue Online Writing Lab: Logic in Argumentative Writing College Board.org: The English Language Exam: Developing an Argument Tesol Tasks: Vocabulary for Argumentative Writing University of North Carolina Writing Center: Argument Linda Emma is a long-standing writer and editor. She is also a digital marketing professional and published author with more than 20 years experience in media and business. She works as a content manager and professional writing tutor at a private New England college. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northeastern University. Jupiterimages/Goodshoot/Getty Images	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1112
__label__cc	0.601925	0.398075	Platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts Liming Chang This short paper describes a theoretical platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts. The platform is of a general structure with four interrelated modules, each governing one of the four key processes of the problem. It is envisioned to be open ended allowing individual modules to be updated and/or replaced. The product and the outcome may provide an infrastructure for fundamental research in boundary lubrication among theoreticians and experimentalists and across several science/engineering disciplines. Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. boundary lubrication Physics & Astronomy Lubrication Chemical Compounds modules Physics & Astronomy engineering Physics & Astronomy products Physics & Astronomy Chang, L. (2006). Platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts. Journal of Tribology, 128(3), 677-680. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2198209 Chang, Liming. / Platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts. In: Journal of Tribology. 2006 ; Vol. 128, No. 3. pp. 677-680. @article{4ad9ad1684b145f5af2b7f872e39d33b, title = "Platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts", abstract = "This short paper describes a theoretical platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts. The platform is of a general structure with four interrelated modules, each governing one of the four key processes of the problem. It is envisioned to be open ended allowing individual modules to be updated and/or replaced. The product and the outcome may provide an infrastructure for fundamental research in boundary lubrication among theoreticians and experimentalists and across several science/engineering disciplines.", author = "Liming Chang", journal = "Journal of Tribology", Chang, L 2006, 'Platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts', Journal of Tribology, vol. 128, no. 3, pp. 677-680. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2198209 Platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts. / Chang, Liming. In: Journal of Tribology, Vol. 128, No. 3, 01.07.2006, p. 677-680. T1 - Platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts AU - Chang, Liming N2 - This short paper describes a theoretical platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts. The platform is of a general structure with four interrelated modules, each governing one of the four key processes of the problem. It is envisioned to be open ended allowing individual modules to be updated and/or replaced. The product and the outcome may provide an infrastructure for fundamental research in boundary lubrication among theoreticians and experimentalists and across several science/engineering disciplines. AB - This short paper describes a theoretical platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts. The platform is of a general structure with four interrelated modules, each governing one of the four key processes of the problem. It is envisioned to be open ended allowing individual modules to be updated and/or replaced. The product and the outcome may provide an infrastructure for fundamental research in boundary lubrication among theoreticians and experimentalists and across several science/engineering disciplines. JO - Journal of Tribology JF - Journal of Tribology Chang L. Platform for modeling the boundary lubrication of nominally flat metallic contacts. Journal of Tribology. 2006 Jul 1;128(3):677-680. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2198209	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1113
__label__wiki	0.736849	0.736849	Archive for the ‘ Uncategorized ’ Category Joel Taylor of The Column by John Garcia has given THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Plaza Theatre Company a solid recommendation. The show is playing thru November 14th and tickets are going fast! Congratulations to our exceptional cast and crew on a fine review. Read on for a great review then call 817-202-0600 to make your reservation. Reviewed by Joel Taylor, Associate Critic for John Garcia’s THE COLUMN Plaza Theatre Company continues to produce shows during the Halloween season that have a playful sense of the macabre and absurd. In 2014, during the Halloween season, Plaza performed LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, which received a COLUMN Award nomination for Best Musical last season. For the 2015 Halloween season, Plaza chose to share the musical comedy THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Those that remember the original comic strip, the television series, or the more recent feature films based on the same characters as well as those that appreciate a sense of the absurd, irony and humorous macabre will enjoy this family friendly show. Every year, around Halloween, it has become increasingly common to see films and shows that focus on slash and slice and rely heavily on an abundance of blood, guts and gore, improper use of a chainsaw, axe, viral strain and long pointed metal fingernails. Unlike the slash and slice films and shows that are especially common around Halloween, The production of Addams Family uses satire and the macabre to bring humor to expected social expectations. Charles Addams, created the fictional Addams Family, as an unrelated group of 150 single panel cartoons that made their debut in 1938 in the magazine, The New Yorker. The core of the Addams family has traditionally included Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley Cousin It and Thing. The Addams Family was created to be a satirical inversion of what was perceived to be the ideal American family. They are an eccentric American family that delight in the macabre and are unaware, or simply do not care, that other people find them bizarre or occasionally frightening Although most of the humor comes from the fact that the family shares odd interests such as collecting torture devices, practice sword play throughout the house, detests bright colors, enjoys flowers without the actual flower petals, and wanting to go on the romantic vacation of a lifetime through the sewers of Paris, the family is not typically evil. Instead, they are close family that rely on the Addams Family values for keeping them together. Morticia is an exemplary mother. She and Gomez remain passionate toward each other. By merely speaking a few words of French, any French words will do, Morticia can provoke Gomez into kissing her arms. Both parents are supportive towards each other and their children. The family is friendly, hospitable and charitable to visitors, despite the visitor’s horror of the Addams lifestyle. The Addams Family television series ran from September 1964-April 1966 and starred John Astin as Gomez, Carolyn Jones as Morticia, Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester, Ted Cassidy as Lurch. Lisa Loring as Wednesday, Ken Weatherwax as Pugsley, Blossom Rock as Grandma, Felix Silla as Cousin It, and Ted Cassidy’s hand as Thing. Subsequently, the Addams Family characters and story lines were included in episodes of SCOOBY DOO, the animated television series and more recent feature films such as The Addams Family (1991) that starred Angelica Houston as Morticia, Raul Julia as Gomez, Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester, Christina Ricci as Wednesday, Jimmy Workman as Pugsley, Judith Martin as Grandma, Carel Struycken as Lurch, John Franklin as Cousin It, and Chrisopher Hart’s hand as Thing. This was followed by The Addams Family Values in 1993 and starred most of the same actors as the 1991 film, with the following changes; Joan Cusack played the Black Widow, Carol Kane as Grandma, and included cameo roles by David Hype Pierce, Peter Graves and Nathan Lane, who went on to play Gomez in the stage version of The Addams Family musical,. Plaza Theatre Company performs plays in the round. Which means the performance takes place in front of an audience that literally surrounds the actors on stage. This necessitates creative use of space and action for moveable set pieces, props, cast members and dancers. Using a limited space for a large production can be a challenge. However, the production staff at Plaza Theatre, has a history of using this space to maximum benefit to bring to make each production feel intimate. Despite a few instances when during a dance number including all of the ancestors, Gomez (Aaron Lett) had to momentarily hesitate as he navigated between dancers to traverse to the other side of the stage as well as a scene that took place in the dark, when Gomez (Lett) and Mal (Jay Lewis) almost ended up in the lap of an audience member, the space is well used for maximum enjoyment. During the preshow, songs with a Halloween theme are played while the audience is seated. They chose a wide range of Halloween related songs from the 1950’s to current material for use in the pre-show music. Throughout the performance, the musical score is well performed by the cast and works well with the choreography of Tabitha Barrus. She uses the entire performing space for well-designed and executed dance numbers by all of the actors throughout the production. Including the many dance numbers that the ancestors perform throughout the show. In one scene Morticia (Caitlan Leblo) dances a subdued version of the Tango with Gomez (Lett). During the dance, Morticia and Gomez use the entire stage space moving between the ancestors also dancing on stage during the scene. Costume Design by Tina Barrus who has an armful of COLUMN Awards for her work, is once again a major highlight of the production. The attention to detail for the costuming is apparent throughout the show. Morticia wears a form fitting, but not too sexy, floor length black dress that hugs her ankles, covers her feet and extends on to the floor giving the impression of tentacles. Gomez is wearing the expected pin stripe, tailored double breasted suit that allows movement to dance with Morticia, as well as practice fencing in a scene with Lurch. Wednesday is also appropriately wearing the basic black dress with white trim, reminiscent of the costume worn by Wednesday in the earlier Addams Family films. An exception to the black and white worn by Wednesday, are the few scenes in which she is wearing yellow that matches the yellow also worn in the same scene by Alice (Susan Metzinger). Pugsley wears short pants and a shirt with red and white horizontal lines, Grandma wears a costume that is shades of grey and is designed to appear as if it is made of rags. Grandma’s unkempt grey hair work well with the costume design. Lurch wears a basic black suit, white shirt and tie. In order to give Lurch (Josh Leblo) the physical height that is expected of the character of Lurch, he wears black platform shoes. Mal Benieke (Lewis) wears a suit and tie that reminds me of the style of suits that I have seen businessmen wear in the Midwest region. The ancestors are in various historically period styles that range from cave man to a contemporary nurse and jilted lover in her bridal gown. With the exception of the caveman, the costumes for the ancestors are in the same off white shades that matches the make-up worn by the actors. G. Aaron Siler as Uncle Fester’s costume is a floor length, grey jacket that looks contemporary and antique at the same time. His costume also includes the light bulbs that light up when Fester places one end in his mouth. In the past few years I have seen several productions of The Addams Family musical around the area. Rarely, have I seen in previous productions such attention to detail in the costume design as I observed in the outstanding work by Ms. Barrus in Plaza’s production. During the pre-show and opening scene, four headstones are set around the stage to represent a graveyard. In one corner is what appears to be a large iron gate that leads to the family crypt, from which the ancestors enter early in the show and ultimately are allowed to return. This space is also used in the second act to move on and off stage a large four poster bed that also includes an oversize spider, on which Alice (Metzinger) and Mal (Lewis) use when discussing the consequences of the game during the dinner in the first act. That space is also used as an entrance and exit by Grandma when she pulls her wagon of potions onstage for a scene with Pugsley. In another corner, the entrance and exit area is covered by a wall to wall and ceiling floor length red drape with gold fringe and tassels. Without spoiling a scene, the drapery and tassels are effectively used in a few scenes as sight gags. The actors that make up the characters of the ancestors range in age from early teens to their mid-twenties. With the exception of the cave man ancestor, none of the male ancestors had facial hair or wrinkles. This gives almost all of the ancestors the appearance of eternal youth. The actors playing the ancestors moved well with the often complicated dance patterns created by Choreographer Tabitha Barrus. During the performance, the ancestors assist uncle Fester and help with staging elements in the park scene in which Lucas (played in the performance reviewed by Shreve) and Wednesday are making up from a disagreement and enter into a contest to determine which one is crazier than the other. Grandma, played by Keli Price, is fun to watch when she is on stage. Even when she has no lines in a scene, she is consistently the cantankerous old lady in all characteristics. Price, steps around the stage as would someone in advanced years, holds and contorts her hands as if arthritis is a major health issue. She brings out a crackling sound in her voice that gives the impression that she really is a spry 104 year old eccentric woman that enjoys her potions and hitting on 90 year old men as in the dinner scene. When she takes command of a scene, she dances sings and quips about hitting on young 90 year old men. Pugsley Addams, played by Henry Cawood, is the younger brother of Wednesday. Theirs is a relationship in which the younger sibling relishes being tortured by his older sister. Cawood plays this role with such enthusiasm that sometimes the character of Pugsley comes across as honest and endearing in an Addams sort of way. Such as the scene when he is stealing a potion from Grandma and the final scene when Gomez is telling Pugsley how proud he is of him. Though, there are also times when the character’s action comes across as forced, which loses the humor and sincerity. Such as an early scene when Wednesday has Pugsley on a rack and causing Pugsley to stretch out, seemingly in pain, when she pulls a lever. In that scene, Cawood anticipates each pull of the lever and overreacts out of synch with the timing of the apparatus. During the dinner scene, Pugsley sneaks away from the table in order to do a prank. During this scene he over-acts in a way that detracts from the full comedy of the scene. Lurch played by Josh Leblo, has moments when his interpretation of Lurch works very well and at times is too stoic. When he, is on stage as Lurch, he walks in the Lurch manner that is slow and very methodically deliberate. The character of Lurch is stereotypically accepted as a character that is slightly above a zombie. Through most of the production, Mr. Leblo has a facial expression that is void of any emotion or movement, often at the expense of the full effect of the humor in a situation. Such as when he ushers the Beineke’s into the Addams home. In the scene he interacts with the Beinekes without the non-verbal communication that would normally be shown through the eyes, tilt of the head, or any non-verbal action that would convey even ironic communication. His most successful scenes are when he, as Lurch, is slowly and methodically clearing the stage during intermission. The audience applauded and cheered as this scene during intermission was taking place. Wednesday Addams is portrayed by Meredith Stowe, she is the eldest child of Gomez and Morticia. Stowe plays Wednesday as a young lady that is conflicted with the desire to continue to fit in with her family and her own Family’s peculiar values and the desire to live a life with her new love who is a normal boy. Stowe handles well, the intricacies of playing a character in her late teens to early 20’s that is trying to fit in two different worlds. During a scene in which Wednesday is pressuring her father to do something for her, in this case it is keeping a secret from her mother, she uses the line that every daughter has used to a parent, “if you love me you will…” said with a pouty look that only a daughter can use so effectively. Stowe embodies the daughter so well, that an adult couple seated in front of me, were audibly commenting on the bad behavior shown by Wednesday. Stowe is a joy to watch as Wednesday as a real girl in real conflicting situations. The audience can clearly see the emotions at play in Stowe’s genuine facial gestures and body language. Mal Beineke, played by Jay Lewis, who is Lucas’s father. Lewis, shows believable emotion and actions as the father and husband that, over time has spent less time with his wife and son and instead focused so much more with his job. During a scene in the second act, in which Alice and Mal are discussing the revelations that happened during dinner, Lewis seems very real as Mal when he is confused as Alice tells him how their relationship has changed over time because he has not been involved with his own family. Susan Metzinger portrays Alice Beineke (Mal’s wife and Lucas’s mother). Metzinger is a hoot to observe. Metzinger, embraces the emotionally conflicted personality of Alice, a wife, and mother that is always trying to play peacemaker, trying not to make waves and internalizes conflict and then externalizes the anxiety through rhyming. In each scene, she consistently shows, through facial expressions, tone and physicality, the emotion and conflict that the character is feeling at that moment. Such, as when arriving at the Addams home, seeing Wednesday wearing the color yellow, she comes to Wednesday’s defense when it is realized that they are both wearing yellow. Demonstrating that she is good with physical comedy as well as with the comedic timing of the lines she delivers, Metzinger is a comedic riot during the dinner scene where she literally climbs on the table and performs. The role of Lucas Beineke is double cast. Brandon Shreve played the role of Lucas for the performance reviewed. Physically, Shreve is smaller than Wednesday, which adds to the physical humor of the show. Shreve plays Lucas as a less forceful character that allows Wednesday to take the lead in most of their interactions. During a scene in which Lucas tries to connect with Pugsley by using contemporary slang and attempts a high five, Shreve believably comes across as awkward, geeky and sincere. Later in the show, Shreve becomes much more energized and alive in the scene with Wednesday in the park as they compete with each other to see which one is crazier than the other. Uncle Fester, played by G. Aaron Siler, is the very eccentric brother to Gomez. Siler portrays the role brilliantly. Directing a show while also performing in the show is challenging and not often successful. Siler does both well. He clearly has delicious fun as Uncle Fester. In each scene that he is on stage, the audience sees the facial twitches and shrugs, such as seen in the opening number. In this production, Siler becomes is the Uncle Fester that has been enjoyed by audiences since the early 1960’s. Siler embodies Fester with a childish joy that is contagious. It is also delightful fun to see Siler place a light bulb in his mouth and it lights up…just as it did on the original stage version, television shows and feature films. Caitlan Leblo is the elegant Morticia Addams. Morticia is the strong willed matriarch of the Addams Family. The character, played notably in the TV and film versions by Carolyn Jones and Angelica Houston, respectively, is stern with her children, oozes sensuality with Gomez and the primary influencer of all decisions that involve her family. One of the strongest characteristics from Ms. Leblos’s performance is her ability to deliver lines, scolding, praises and almost every conversation with an almost completely stoic appearance. I said almost, because the stoic appearance was usually followed by a slight raise of an eyebrow, or tilt of the head, or a unique tone in her voice. Caitlan Leblo is fantastic as Morticia. In fact, she portrays the character so much better than most that I have seen over the past few years. She does an excellent job with the physicality of Morticia, whether walking, crossing her arms in the way that Morticia always did and has the stoic sometime unexpressive look that Morticia in the films usually had. Though, lacking is the slight twitch of the eyebrow, tilt of the head or body posture that emphasizes the irony of a situation. In the role originated by Nathan Lane in the Broadway version is J. Aaron Lett . This is the first production in which I have seen Mr. Lett and I hope it is not the last. Gomez, the patriarch of the Addams family is a difficult role to not only play but to play it well. The Addams lineage and heritage comes from Spain. Traditionally, the role of Gomez is played with a Spanish accent. A challenge is keeping the accent consistent. Lett succeeds in this challenge. This talented actor successfully portrays Gomez and completely understands the comedic timing, delivery the role demands. Lett is very energetic and is able to understand as he applies the dry humor, allowing the comedy to be funny and not try to force it to become over the top. Lett demonstrates a clear understanding of the role and character of Gomez consistently throughout the show. Beginning with the opening song, Lett takes charge of the show with his boundless energy and connection with other characters on stage. During scenes, alternately with Wednesday and Morticia, in which Wednesday wants her father to keep a secret and Morticia demands that no secrets be kept, through, his line delivery, and physicality, such as allowing the frustration of the situation to be visible through his face and physicality, Lett is consistently brilliant. I grew up watching the television series in the early 1960’s as well as the animated series and later the feature films. Over the years watching the shows on television, film and on stage, I have a developed a sense of how to expect the characters to act and display the characteristics that have made the Addams Family the loveable, creepy, spooky, and kooky family that many have grown up with. I have seen the characters played by talented and professional actors as well as students in high school. Each actor over the years has given their unique flavor and style to the characters being played. Sometimes, the interpretation works so well that I felt like a little kid again watching the television series after school. Or, as an adult, giggling and guffawing at the wit and delivery of the actors in the feature films. Sometimes the interpretation of the character by the actor does not have the maximum desired impact. With a few exceptions, the actors in this production consistently presented characters that resonate with the audience. If you, like me, grew up experiencing the Addams Family from the 1960;s to the present, you will get many of the references to the lines, situations, and the tongue-in-cheek humor. You will appreciate the idiosyncrasies of the characters and nod your head in appreciation to the wit and humor. If you were not fortunate to have had the Addams Family as a part of your life experience before now, you will still enjoy the show for the jovial wit, well timed delivery of lines, droll sense of humor, or like the elderly couple sitting in front of me, have comments when one spouse does or says something that will invariably land the person committing the error in hot water that even an Addams would not enjoy. They’re creepy and they’re kooky, Mysterious and spooky, They’re all together ooky, The Addams Family. Their house is a museum When people come to see ’em They really are a scream (pronounced Scree um) The Addams Family. We couldn’t be more thrilled by the positive words about SHE LOVES ME by Ms. Newby of The Column by John Garcia. We agree that it’s a delightful romantic comedy with a rich, exquisite musical score. Dennis Yslas and his phenomenal cast and crew have delivered a powerhouse of a show. SHE LOVES ME plays thru September 5th every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Read on for a sensational review review and then be sure to reserve by calling 817-202-0600 or visiting www.plaza-theatre.com SHE LOVES ME at Plaza Theatre Company Angela Newby, Associate Theatre Critic for The Column by John Garcia She Loves Me is the musical romantic comedy that lends one to understand the meaning of being secretly in love with someone else. As two anonymously write love letters to one another, they don’t realize that they actually know each other in real life, and despise one another. Will they fall in love, or miss out? The musical is the third adaptation of the play Parfumerie by playwrite Miklos Laszlo. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1963 and subsequently had productions in the West End in 1964. It would surface in 1998 as the Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan feature You’ve Got Mail. The musical will also be receiving another revival on Broadway for next season. Director Dennis Yslas has outdone himself. This show was incredible and I was in awe as I watched all the moving parts come together to produce one of the best shows I have seen all year. Music Director Cherie Dee Mega commanded the music. Mega highlighted the talent of the operatic cast and used them in ways that had the audience on the edge of their seats awaiting the next score. Each and every musical number was better than the one before it, and while it is easy to start strong, this was one musical that ended stronger than it started. Choreographer Joshua Sherman did an astounding job with the cast to highlight each of the musical numbers. The choreography only enhanced the show and allowed for the mood to be heightened at every turn. In “Twelve Days to Christmas” the stage held every cast member who worked seamlessly with one another to demonstrate one of the most beautifully choreographed songs in the whole show. Tina Barrus’ costume design was brilliantly done. The men of the cast were dressed in full suits that enhanced each of their body types and characters personalities. The three customers were nicely dressed in simple black dresses that were accessorized with hats, gloves, and furs. Ritter and Balash were wearing form-fitting flare dresses that were easy to move in and showed the aspects of their characters perfectly. Set design by JaceSon P. Barrus was the most favorite set that I have ever seen. The attention to detail and use of the space showed his talent. Each and every scene was carefully designed to move flawlessly together in the short periods of time between the scenes. Barrus’s true talent though was shown in the revolving door on the back stage that moves the audience to the inside of the perfumery and outside. Further, the moving display cases were so interwoven within the show that they enhanced every element within the performance. G. Aaron Siler with light and sound design was meticulously planned and executed. The soft lights with red undertones enriched the love story that unfolded on stage. The carefully selected blue lights during scene changes only made one anticipate what would come next. The use of full spotlights and a dark room highlighted solos and drew the attention exactly where it needed to be. Sound was perfectly matched with the actors’ vocals and never overpowered. Timing was never an issue and the sounds only enhanced the performance. Property design by Soni Barrus was the epitome of attention to detail. Each and every prop was perfectly selected to show the details of the musical. I loved the antique perfume bottles and powder boxes in the display cases that showed the expensive nature of the perfumery. G. Aaron Siler, as Ladislav Sipos, did a superior job as one of the clerks of the perfumery. Through hurried movements, nervous gestures, and vocal inflection, Siler portrayed the unease of the love affairs amongst his fellow employees. Siler used a calm, fatherly tone to help George Norwak to take a risk. His rich voice was displayed well in “Perspective” and Siler let his eyes shine with understanding of what love really is. Arpad Laszlo, the delivery boy played by Drew Sifford was the comedic relief to the musical. Sifford was a joy to watch as he skipped and moved quickly through the set to his next location. In “Try Me” Sifford’s high energy and strong voice fully portrayed the confidence that Arpad had in himself to deserve a promotion in the perfumery. Sifford’s characterization went beyond vocals to his facial expressions, in particular his hand gestures. He was having fun on stage and it showed through his awesome performance. Paulie Cocke’s portrayal of Ilona Ritter was remarkable. Her deep, rich, and powerful voice was highlighted in her musical number, “I Resolve”. Cocke had huge facial expressions but continued to contort her lips to show either her joy or disgust with a fellow employee. She excelled in this role with eyes that shined with the joy and glamour of a woman in love as well as scorned. Steven Kodaly played by Joshua Sherman was the antagonist of the employees in the perfumery. His arrogant nature was perfectly displayed by Sherman’s use of lifting his chin, scowls to the rest of the characters, and tone. Sherman’s vocals are highlighted in “Grand Knowing You” through his deep and passionate plea for what is next in his characters life. Matt Victory was George Nowak, a young man who was unsure of the woman he was in love with. Through Victory’s self-assured stance he proved his dominance on stage. His widened eyes, smile that went up to his eyes, and a shake of his head to show joy was only the start of his amazing facial expressions. Victory really shined through his inflection and powerful voice in “She Loves Me” and was only enhanced with his charming smile. Mr. Maraczek performed by Jay A. Cornils is the pushy manager of the perfumery. Cornils nailed the haughty air of Maraczek through his arrogant tone and judgmental facial expressions. In “Days Gone By”, Cornils sang from the depth of his soul to capture the moment in the musical. Cornils becomes Maraczek and there is no denying that this shrewd manager was perfectly cast. Meredith Browning performance as Amalia Balash was simply outstanding. Her mannerisms are warm and heartfelt when dealing with the customers, and completely opposite with Nowak. She had the presence of the girl next door, but the spitfire energy of a prideful woman. Through her simple smiles, doe eyes, and gentle touches, Browning completely encompasses the mixed up feelings of Balash. Browning’s vocal achievement reigns in “Dear Friend” and “Vanilla Ice Cream”, each one expressive and delightful. The musical was rounded out by a top notch ensemble. Stormy Witter, Elizabeth Shelton, Haley Nettleton, Jake Kelly Harris, and Noah Foster were superb in their roles. Their vocal talented shone in both “Sounds While Selling” and Twelve Days to Christmas”. Each had their own unique style that only enriched the musical. Plaza Theatre Company has outdone themselves with She Loves Me. With an amazing set of actors, coupled with the talented artistic staff, this performance will be hard to top. Come and enjoy this musical that will remind you what falling in love is like! Audition Notice: Auditions are: August 17th and August 18th, 2015 Directed by G. Aaron Siler Stage Management by Lindsay Hardisty Music Direction by Doug Henry Choreography by Tabitha Barrus Monday Aug. 17 & Tuesday Aug. 18, 2015 7pm – 9pm at the Plaza Academy Studio 211 S. Mill St, Cleburne, TX Auditions are by appointment only Click here to make an audition appointment! Auditioners will be asked to come prepared to sing 32 bars of music, preferably from a musical. An accompanist will be provided. Auditioners should also be prepared to read cold from the script at the audition. Each auditioner should plan to spend about five to ten minutes auditioning for the Directors. A call back audition will be held on Saturday, Aug. 22nd starting at 9am and may last for up to four hours. Those auditioners who the Directors wish to see further will be invited to the call back audition. REHERSALS: Rehearsals will commence Monday, Aug. 24 and take place usually on Mon. – Wed. evenings and Saturday mornings depending on performer schedules. No Sunday rehearsals or performances. Performers are only called to rehearsal if needed. The production will play on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings and Saturday afternoons opening on Friday, October 9th and playing through Saturday, November 14th. Morticia and Gomez Addams want to continue living amongst death, pain and suffering the way they always have. But then there is a change in plans. Their eldest child, Wednesday, has fallen in love with a strange boy – who is NORMAL. When the normal family is invited to dinner, craziness ensues. A Broadway hit based on the classic TV show. ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE * Please note that the age ranges on the characters are for guidance only. Actors who play older or younger will be considered for characters outside their age range based on ability. Gomez Addams: Male, age 40-59. A man in his prime, of Spanish descent with a wild Iberian passion. Takes great pride in being an Addams and revels in all that means. Struggles with having to keep his daughter’s secret from his wife, whom he adores more than death. Requires great comedic timing and baritone to high G. Morticia Addams: Female, age 35-59. Attractive, in shape, holds the balance of power in the family; often seems like the only emotionally mature member of the clan. Calls for a sexy, dry wit. Feels her husband is hiding something from her and will use any tactic to lure the secret out. Must be a strong dancer/mover with with lower mature womanly sound (alto/mezzo soprano). Uncle Fester: Male, age 30-59. Narrator of the piece, has a hugely energetic, joyous childlike presence – totally incorrigible. A vaudevillian-style comedian with tenor vocals, spoken parts and a couple of high notes. Wednesday Adams: Female, appears 18-19. Strikingly similar to Morticia but is experiencing a bit of a personality crisis. Experiences the youthful drama that comes with first love–Lucas can actually put a smile on her face. Low belt with high E possible. Grandmama: Female, appears age 102, but a feisty 102. – fun, adorably dangerous, but don’t mess with grandma. Surprisingly resourceful and sprightly. Comedic actress with strong character vocals. Pugsley Addams: Male, age 12ish. But can be played by older actor – charming, funny, husky boy who loves being tortured by his sister. He wants to ensure he won’t lose his sister to her new boyfriend so he takes matters into his own hands. Lower child’s range or woman’s mid-range. Lurch: Male, age 35 and up. A very tall male character, the Addams butler who knows all. He speaks in moans and groans (some tinged with irony or exasperation) without becoming a cartoon version of himself. His movement is always very slow. Character actor with a low bass vocals to Eb. Colonel Mal Beinecke: Male, age 45-50, all ethnicities – father to Lucas. A stuffy military man, a man who must be obeyed, exasperated with his rhyming wife. At one time was a follower of The Grateful Dead but lost that side of himself. Always looking out for his family. Midrange baritenor. Alice Beinecke: Female, age 40-45. Mother to Lucas. Quirky, devoted to her family, so she puts aside her own desires. At the Addams Family dinner party, drinks a potion that causes her to let her hair down and speak her mind. Legit voice up to G#. Lucas Beinecke: Male, 19. Fell in love with Wendy and plans to marry her. A writer, classic codependent, feels good when everybody’s happy. Experiences the pain and drama of young love and struggles with the differences between his family and the Addamses. Contemporary pop tenor vocals. The Ancestors: Male and female ensemble singer/dancers of all types who are smart performers and have a fun, quirky sensibility. Plaza Theatre Company is pleased to announce the official cast list for its upcoming production of POLLYANNA, a play version of the famous book by Eleanor H. Porter, which will play at PlazaCo from September 11th thru October 3rd. The show will be under the direction of Taffy Geisel with stage management by Nathan Glenn. Plaza producers wish to thank all who auditioned for the show. The Cast of POLLANNA is: (double cast where noted) Pollyanna Whittier – Emmie Vaughn, Kylie Scarborough Aunt Polly – Katherine Anthony Nancy – Christine Atwell Mrs. Durgin – Priscilla Nix Loretta – Lauren Morgan Mrs. Snow – Katy Holt Wood Millie Snow – Tori Beth Pilcher Mrs. McCleary – Meagan Avery Sellers, Noelle Mitchell Mrs. Malden – Ruth Ann Warwick Mrs. Benton – Julia Ekpo Mrs. Jack Payson – Gwen Swinehart Emily Payson – Esther Ekpo Mrs. Winkle – Helene Cottongame Jimmy Bean – Henry Cawood Mr. John Pendleton – Jay Cornils Dr. Thomas Chilton – Jason Philip Cole Pastor Malden – Kyle Scarborough, Gary Payne Old Tom – JaceSon Barrus Mr. Gilbert – Cody Vernon Plaza Theatre Company is pleased to announce the official cast list for its upcoming production of LITTLE WOMEN, a musical version of the Louisa May Alcott books, which will play at PlazaCo from July 2nd thru August 2st. The show will be under the direction of G. Aaron Siler with stage management by Cessany Ford, musical direction by Doug Henry and choreography by Tabitha Barrus. Plaza producers wish to thank all who auditioned for the show. Little Women Cast List Jo March – Kelly Nickell Meg March – Haley Boswell Beth March – Kiley Nicole Pearson Amy March – Joanna Philips Marmee – Kathy Lemons Professor Bhaer – Martin Guerra Laurie – Jordan Crites Aunt March / Mrs. Kirk – Christia Caudle Mr. Lawrence – Burl Proctor Mr. Brooke – Jake Kelly Harris Click here for more information about the show or to buy tickets. Audition Notice: SHE LOVES ME at Plaza Theatre Company Plaza Theatre Company is pleased to announce open auditions for its upcoming production of SHE LOVES ME on Monday June 8th and Tuesday June 9th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Auditions are: June 8th OR June 9th Directed by Dennis Yslas Stage Management by Cessany Ford Music Direction by Cheri Mega Choreography by Joshua Sherman Monday June 8th OR Tuesday June 9th A call back audition will be held on Saturday, June 13th starting at 9am and may last for up to three hours. Those auditioners who the Directors wish to see further will be invited to the call back audition. Rehearsals will commence Saturday, June 20th and take place usually on Mon. – Wed. evenings and Saturday mornings depending on performer schedules. No Sunday rehearsals or performances. The production will play on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings and Saturday afternoons opening on Friday August 7th and playing through September 5th. There are no Sunday performances. ABOUT THE SHOW: Two coworkers unwittingly meet through a Lonely Hearts column. As the two anonymously write love letters to each other, things don’t go so well at work. Not knowing that they are each others pen pals, their feud at work grows to a boiling point. Will they find out that they are actually secretly in love with each other? The original musical romantic comedy. CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS: George Novack – Male, mid 20’s thru 30’s – The manager of Maraczek’s Parfumerie. He is desperate for love and falls in love with Amalia after meeting her through a Lonely Hearts column. A likeable, somewhat soft-spoken, unassuming, regular guy. Baritone. No dance experience necessary but should be able to move Amalia Balash – Female, 20s thru 30’s – A new hire at Maraczek’s Parfumerie who falls in love with George after the two meet through a Lonely Hearts column. Strong willed but shy. Desperate for a both a job (at first) and love overall. Intelligent, bookish, sensitive but strong. Soprano needing ability to sing long lyric lines beautifully. No dance experience necessary. Ilona Ritter – Female, 30 to 40ish – A cleark at the Parfumerie. Been through many men and longing for the real thing. Has a revelation during the show that she must change. Sensitive and very likeable character. Somewhat sexy and vulnerable. Often played with a character voice but not necessarily so. Mezzo. Steven Kodaly – Male – 35- 50 – A strikingly handsome clerk at Maraczek’s Parfumeriie. A womanizer and cad. Elegant, refined, self assured.. Actor should be confident in the role seducing women in general, Ilona in particular. Tenor with ability to sustain long lines. Ladislav Sipos – Male – 30 – 60 – A compliant clerk at Maraczek’s Parfumerie who will do anything not to lose his job. Can be played slightly buffo but should be real character. Confidant of both George and Ilona. Very likeable character. Regular guy with wife and kids. Baritone. Arpad Lazlo – Male – 17 – 26 – The bicycle driving delivery boy for Maraczek’s Parfumerie, indefatigable, excess energy, boyish and willing, wants nothing more than to become saleperson at the parfurmerie. Strong tenor voice for one very energetic solo. Mr. Maraczek – Male – 45 – 65 – The strict, stubborn owner of Maraczek’s Parfumerie for first half. Undergoes big change. Stern, playful, vindictive, warm, many sides. Baritone for single solo that can be “talked” to certain extent. The Waiter – Male – 30 – 60 – An enigmatic role for an enigmatic actor. Might be played over the top somewhat, intensely romanticized notion of his restaurant, a thoroughly 19th century character, eccentric. Single scene character but can be great. Tenor Others – Will need a minimum of 6 (at least 3 women 17 and above) more players to double as characters in the restaurant scene, customers in the shop, people on the street. All must be able to sing well. No dance training needed but must be confident can move well and be taught . A Phenomenal Review of SHREK THE MUSICAL by Joel Taylor of The Column by John Garcia Critic Joel Taylor of The Column by John Garcia has given PlazaCo’s production of SHREK THE MUSICAL a phenomenal review. Tickets for the show are going fast and are available by calling 817-202-0600 or by visiting www.plaza-theatre.com. Read on for a great review of the show then hurry to get your seats to the show. SHREK THE MUSICAL at Plaza Theatre Company by Joel Taylor of The Column by John Garcia Shrek The Musical is based on the animated motion picture by Dream Works, starring the unforgettable vocal talents of Mike Myers as Shrek, Eddie Murphy as Donkey, Cameron Diaz as Fiona, and John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad. As with the animated movie, the musical version is also set in the land of Far, Far Away where mythical storybook creatures do exist and are a part of everyday life. The musical tells the story through song on how Shrek came to live alone with no family in the swamp he called home. Important elements early in the story show why Shrek became cynical and chose to avoid others. It also shows how Princess Fiona came to be placed in a castle guarded by a fire-breathing, talking and singing female dragon. Following the storyline of the animated film, Shrek’s swamp home is overrun by a host of storybook characters, including Pinocchio, The Big Bad Wolf, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell The Gingerbread Man, and many other magical storybook characters that are seeking refuge from the evil Lord Farguaad. With the help of Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona, the dastardly lord Farquaad is brought to his knees. Luke Hunt directs Plaza Theatre’s production in Cleburne. The performance space is in the round, and Hunt effectively uses the limited space and a very large cast to present a colorful, lively, and very popular story. Some of the challenges inherent in the space include using a staging area that, at first glance, appears much too small to use for large casts. However, by effectively using all available entrances and exits, good placement of characters on stage and character involvement with the story, Hunt deftly defies the challenge as he uses the entire area for acting scenes and dance numbers. Much of the performance in this production takes place in the center area of the set designed by JacSon P. Barrus. The set is largely bare with a raised platform that rotates. There are splashes of swamp green on otherwise black walls. While most of the performance takes place center stage, some of the performance happens in a corner with a doorway that doubles as a castle gate, while another corner is designed for entrances and exits. This area also includes a rotating flat that can be turned to represent different locations such as the swamp, castle, or a town setting in Duloc. Costuming Costume Designer, Tina Barrus, and Makeup Designer Maria Bautista combine styles in a variety of colors, designs and styles, some whimsical and some practical, to enhance the stereotypical characterizations of the magical creatures in the land of Far Far Away. The costume and character makeup choices are some of the many highlights of the production. Barrus uses the expected dress for Fiona, a shimmering green with regal appearance. Shrek is costumed identical to the animated film version, with loose pants, loose shirt and darker-colored vest. Each of the magical and mythical characters from the land of Far Far Away wears costumes to match their character. Each is easily identifiable and wonderfully stereotypically dressed. Peter Pan is in green with a pointed cap that sports a feather. The Wicked Wtch has loose dark clothing, tall pointed hat and crooked broom, The Mad Hatter comes straight out of Alice in Wonderland, The White Rabbit is in a full bunny suit attire complete with bunny ears, while Donkey wears a grey body suit with tall ears and tail. Lord Farquaad dresses very similar to the animated film, including his tall hat and black wig. As the character is extremely short, the actor wears black leggings and knee pads to disguise his actual height. Bautista designs makeup for each character that also clearly defines each character, from Donkey’s grey face or Shrek’s green face to each of the myriad of magical creatures that we are familiar with from bedtime stories as children. Lighting Designer Cameron Barrus uses a wide spectrum of colors for the variety of scenes and locations in the story. Specialized choices are made for the swamp, Duloc, the forest, or in the castle with the fire-breathing dragon. Likewise, Sound Designer G. Aaron Siler provides just the right amount of sound, such as the ogre roars from Shrek, roars and sounds of flame from Dragon and the sounds of birds while Shrek, Donkey and Fiona are on their travels. I did not notice any lapse in sound, and the volume was easily heard and understood in the intimate space at Plaza. Choreographer Rachel Hunt does remarkable work with the dance numbers in the production. Hunt uses the space and movement to enhance the elements of the story as it unfolds. Whether it is with only between Fiona and Shrek in “I Think I Got You Beat”, or scenes with the cast off characters in “Whats Up Duloc?”, “Make a Move”, and “Forever”; the tap dance sequence with the Rats, or “Freak Flag” and the movements of the Dragon and Skeletons in their respective scenes, Hunt incorporates simplified to complex choreography that makes the audience want to either sit back and appreciate the intricate movements or stand, as young audience members did, and dance along with the characters in the story. I could write well deserved paragraphs about each actor onstage for this production. Unfortunately, time and publishing space are not sufficient to recognize each of the cast and characters that make Shrek so enjoyable to watch and experience. While there is a moment or two when an actor may not have a complete connection to the character in a particular scene, all of them, leads or ensemble, are actively engaged in the story. Kelly Nickell plays Pinocchio with a good balance of charm, sincerity and mischievousness. Working with an elongated, expandable nose, Nickell uses a higher pitched voice and body movements to indicate a slight limitation in movement, therefore creating the illusion of being both a wooden puppet and a complete human boy. Nickell’s timing and vocal understanding of Pinocchio makes this an enjoyable and noticeable character to watch. Teen Fiona is played by Eden Barrus. While only briefly seen on stage as younger Fiona, Barrus carries herself as a young princess. Her vocal skills when singing “I Know It’s Today” or in duet with the other Fiona is strong and pleasant and blends well with the voices of the younger and older Fionas. As one of the performing Blind Mice, Barrus along with LeAnn Indolos, JoAnna Phillips, and Julia Wood, sing and move together as one with a confidence and skill that suggests they have professional experience as a singing group. Duloc Dancers Kelly Nickell, Cessany Ford, Eden Barrus, Mclain Meachem, Rylee Mullen, Julia Ward, and Ashleigh Moss are seen in when Shrek and Donkey arrive at Duloc. Each girl is dressed in the same style that includes yellow plastic wigs, plastic shirts and skirts that gives the impression they are perfect plastic dolls. During the song “Whats Up Duloc”, the dancers perform well together, working in synchronization, like machine parts working together with limited humanity. Dashiell Maddox plays Bishop who performs the marriage ceremony between Farquaad and Fiona. His tall ecclesiastical hat certainly has the look of a church official. When pronouncing the wedding vows, Maddox uses a lisp and a voice that reminds me of the priest officiating the wedding in the film “Robin Hood Men in Tights”. While this is a funny choice, his voice, youthful appearance and demeanor are a slight detractor from achieving full comedic effect. Marquel Dionne plays Dragon. I would assume, due to the space, Dragon is created to be taller than it is long. The main body of the dragon is controlled by a puppeteer. Dionne walks in front of the main body wearing large green and gloves with talons that are painted to look like dragon skin. As Dragon, Dionne menacingly waves her dragon hands as if to warn or attack. The Dragon puppet creation is impressive and will capture attention. Though, when Dionne sings, her rich, powerful and cultured voice will mesmerize and capture attention equally as much. As with several other actors in this production that play multiple roles, Freddy Martinez plays both Papa Ogre and Thelonius. As Papa Ogre, Martinez is unrecognizable in green face paint, funnel ears and the same style of costume Shrek is later seen in as an adult. As Papa Ogre, Martinez physically fits the mold of a large menacing creature. Though, when he and Mama Ogre are sending young Shrek off in the “Big Bight Beautiful World” I expected him to be more menacing. As Thelonius, assistant and right hand man to Lord Farquaad. Martinez plays him with a stoic demeanor and deadpan line delivery, which adds to the humor and counters the sometimes manic actions of Farquaad. . Donkey is played by Jonathan Metting. Whereas a real donkey walks around on four legs, He uses a wide range of body postures, arm movement and vocal variety to make his own the character Eddie Murphy made so famous in the animated film. Metting effectively incorporates non-verbal communications such as a tilt of the head, a stare or a prance, as well as sarcasm, wit, a pleading or indignant tone to be the lovable yet irritating Donkey that a generation grew up loving. Clyde Berry, playing the role of Farquaad, spends much of his time onstage walking on his knees to give the appearance of a very short character. For those not familiar with this character, Farquaad may be short of stature but large of ego, arrogant, demanding and slightly sadistic when torturing and threatening Gingy (Gingerbread Man) in order to find the location of Princess Fiona. While John Lithgow voiced the film role with sarcasm and droll humor, Berry appears to take elements of Lithgow’s interpretation and adds a little manic style of his own. This creates a very menacing and manic performance of a man that relishes threatening his minions but plays up the outrageous humor of seeing a full grown man pretending to be a powerful, threatening little person. Berry maximizes the comedic contradiction with well-placed manic laughter and a consistent threatening tone. Berry gives the audience a Farquaad that audience children of all ages will love to hate. The role of Princess Fiona is double cast, Daron Cockerell playing her on the reviewed performance. Cockerell more than fulfills the expectation of how the princess should look. Her long dress shimmers in the light and, for the most part, her graceful mannerisms are of a fairytale princess. The exception is when she wants to flee from Shrek and Donkey as the sun sets and she is delayed from finding a place by herself. It is then that she becomes more insistent as is seen with a stomp of the foot, glare to Shrek and Donkey and much more stern and demanding tone in the voice Cockerell is an experienced actor that skillfully transitions Fiona between the charming fairytale Princess and her alter ego. Watching Cockerell onstage, you well believe that you are watching reality on stage rather than just an actor playing the role of a character. Shrek is well played by G. Aaron Siler. Ogres are large, green and always scary, that is except when an ogre secretly has a kind and caring heart, which can create a conflict when the mean, rude, green Ogre falls for the beautiful princess. Siler not only accepts the challenge of showing the multiple layers of this ogre, he excels in allowing the audience to see and experience the complexity of Shrek. The scene in which he attempts to explain to Donkey that ogres are like onions is well delivered with an earnestness that gradually transitions to frustration. Siler uses his body actions and certain attitude for his walk, occasional swagger and purposeful strides to convey the physicality of Shrek, while also allowing his voice to carry real emotion. At times, the Scottish accent Siler uses is inconsistent, but this minor flaw is overlooked with the more complete connection Siler has with his character. The connection between Siler as Shrek and Cockerell as Fiona is apparent throughout the performance. This connection between the characters enhances the believability of the story. One such example is the touching and lovely interaction between Shrek and Fiona during the song “I Think I Got You Beat”, as each tells the story of their life as a child growing up in the swamp or in the Dragon’s Castle. Each actor skillfully demonstrates an understanding of their character to show sadness, regret, boasting, and ultimately empathy and a little understanding of the other. For those few that have not seen the immensely popular film or musical, you should first watch the animated movie and then experience the musical. The movie includes such great vocal talent and animated characters that entranced the young and young at heart for over a decade. The musical includes songs, dances, choreography and entertaining acting that bring the audience more intimately into the story unfolding on stage. As I was watching the opening night performance, I saw people of all ages in the audience. Some sang along with the songs, and some knew the lines spoken by heart. Several children in the audience had come to the performance wearing a costume of one of the characters while a few of the young audience stood near their seats and danced away. One young Shrek in the audience made his way to the stage and danced with the cast during the closing oung Princess Fionas and a few young Shreks. During some of the dance numbers number. Plaza Theatre’s cast is very energetic and enthusiastic, and with colorful costumes, some great singing, and talented acting, it all adds up to a lot of FUN. It reminds me of what it is to be a kid again, or still be a kid, and just enjoy a good story with a happy ending. This is a musical that should be seen and seen soon as I would expect tickets to sell out once word gets out how fun it is. A Fabulous Review of KISS & TELL By Genevieve Croft Of The Column by John Garcia There’s still time to catch this genuinely charming comedy. The show plays one more weekend before it closes, and as this review clearly states, “I encourage you to see KISS & TELL at Plaza Theatre Company”. There can’t be any better praise than that. Read on for an outstanding review of the show, then give us a call at 817-202-0600 or visit www.plaza-theatre.com to reserve your seats. Reviewed by Genevieve Croft, Associate Critic for John Garcia’s THE COLUMN First appearing on Broadway in 1943, Kiss and Tell, starring actress Joan Caulfield as ingénue Corliss Archer, was a relative success, running for over 900 performances in two venues. After being discovered by Broadway producers in 1943, Caulfield’s stage career took off, which eventually led to signing as an actress with Paramount Pictures. Shortly after the Broadway production closed in 1945, a film version was released by Columbia Pictures starring Shirley Temple. The film also sparked a sequel, A Kiss for Corliss in 1949. Kiss and Tell is set in America 1943, in the midst of World War II, when sons, brothers, boyfriends and husbands were off at war. The large cast includes two families and assorted neighbors and friends representing the idealistic view of an American family in the 1940’s. In the midst of such a serious time comes an assortment of humorous and eccentric characters, confusing situations, and quick paced story, the perfect elements to any well-written comedy. Set Designer JaceSon Barrus nicely transformed Plaza Theatre’s in the round space into the back porch of the Archer home. I was impressed with his attention to detail, using period issues of The Saturday Evening Post to dress the set while also creating a very open atmosphere on stage. I was also impressed with Barrus’ overall vision and design. One of the gems was the use of vintage style posters dressing the walls around the perimeter of the theater. These posters promoted purchasing war bonds or Rosie the Riveter and really set the atmosphere quite nicely. They were reminiscent of tin signs that were popular advertisements from the 1940’s. I loved how something so simple could really draw the audience into the play. There were several playing areas that provided effective stage pictures of a simplistic life when families gathered on the porch after supper, read the newspaper and listened to the radio. It was an excellent way to transform the remaining space into the time period. Lighting, also designed by Barrus (he certainly has a multitude of talents!), executed his vision of the set design and was also impressive. There are few things a lighting designer can implement in such a straightforward play to represent day and night. However, I felt the mood was established and consistent throughout the course of the play. The only drawback was the long, darkened scene transitions. At times I felt they slowed down the pacing, especially when the comic situations and pace of the story had taken flight, and when the audience was on the edge of their seats ready to see what was happening next. Assisting the lighting and set, Barrus also carried through with his selection of music throughout the play. I especially appreciated his vast selection of songs. I believe music can make or break a play, allowing the audience to experience the setting, mood and theme of a production. It was nice to hear early Sinatra’s “I’ll Never Smile Again”, “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You”, and the quintessential sounds of The Andrews Sisters. It was also nice to hear vintage radio broadcasts of the Gene Krupa Orchestra, advertisements, and the recognizable three note radio jingle of the National Broadcasting Company playing on the radio during the preshow and intermission. It was nice to see something as simple as music make such a lasting impression on audiences when often it’s an afterthought in other productions. As an audiophile, I was greatly satisfied by the library of songs Barrus chose to take audiences back to 1943. As for sound, the actors overcame some issues with the mics early on and were able to adapt quickly to some apparent audio issues. Benjamin Midkiff designed costumes that were not only period appropriate but had a fine attention to detail. The 1940’s was such a fun time for fashion. Men and women alike dressed more formally, even when merely gathered on the back porch. The hats and gloves, eye glasses and period hairstyles, all added authenticity to the roles. Each costume was visually appealing and certainly complimented the characters portrayed. Emma Colwell was very remarkable in the role of Corliss Archer. Through facial expressions, voice, and a youthful appearance, Colwell convincingly portrayed the fifteen-year-old school girl who longed to wear rouge, perfume and go on dates with her on again, off again teenage neighbor, Dexter Franklin. For me, Miss Colwell was the epitome of 1940’s adolescence – naive, wide-eyed, and innocent. Corliss longed to be seen as someone older than fifteen, and Colwell played her with seeming maturity, making her humorous situations with her family and friends enjoyable to watch. I also enjoyed the character’s use of word play in the story, Colwell often mispronouncing words and confusing words as an inexperienced child often would. Another standout performance was Jay Lewis’ in the role of Mr. Archer. Mr. Lewis was convincing as the patriarch of the Archer family, with earnest chemistry between Mr. Archer and his daughter, and between him and his wife. Not only did Lewis come across as the quintessential caring father figure, but also provided quite a bit of the comedy to many situations and scenes. Overall, the ensemble displayed some excellent chemistry together. Director Barrus’ cast worked well together, both the veteran and newer actors. It was enjoyable to see such talented actors, and was among the best I have seen in a production of this size, as it can be difficult to have a tight ensemble with a large cast. I feel every actor brought an element of importance to his or her character. I enjoyed the facial expressions and line delivery of Cameron Barrus in the role of Dexter Franklin (Corliss’ suitor), and the comic timing of JoAnn Gracey, playing Louise. The ensemble’s youngest member, Joshua McLemore in the role of Raymond Pringle, was another standout, playing the annoying neighbor always looking to make a quick buck. As Mr. McLemore matures and expands his acting resume, he will certainly become a well-rounded actor. Kiss and Tell is definitely worth seeing. The care for detail is evident in all aspects of the production, and makes for a wonderful experience at the theater. If you are looking for an opportunity to travel back to the 1940’s, I encourage you to see Kiss and Tell at Plaza Theatre Company. To take a phrase from the 40’s, it will certainly be a really “swell” time! SHREK THE MUSICAL coming to Plaza Theatre Company Plaza Theatre Company – PRESS RELEASE SHREK THE MUSICAL is coming to Plaza Theatre Company next Plaza Theatre Company is proud to announce the opening of SHREK THE MUSICAL on May 22nd, 2015. The production will play Plaza’s newly renovated theatre at 111 S. Main Street in Cleburne, TX opening on May 22nd and playing thru June 27th. The show will be the 86th produced by Plaza Theatre Company since it’s inception in November of 2006. Set in a mythical “once upon a time” sort of land, SHREK THE MUSICAL is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that crosses his path, retreats to an ugly green swamp to exist in happy isolation. Suddenly, a gang of homeless fairy-tale characters (Pinocchio, Cinderella, the Three Pigs, you name it) raid his sanctuary, saying they’ve been evicted by the vertically challenged Lord Farquaad. So Shrek strikes a deal: I’ll get your homes back, if you give me my home back! But when Shrek and Farquaad meet, the Lord strikes a deal of his own: He’ll give the fairy-tale characters their homes back, if Shrek rescues Princess Fiona. Shrek obliges, yet finds something appealing–something strange and different–about this pretty princess. He likes her. A lot. But why does she always run off when the sun sets? Additionally, the evening performances on Friday May 22nd and Saturday May 23rd will see the Plaza Guild hosting an OPENING WEEKEND SOCIAL immediately following the show. Those who attend will be invited to enjoy post show coffee and dessert while enjoying a social event with cast and crew to celebrate the opening of the show. The Cast List for SHREK THE MUSICAL is: (Double Cast where noted) SHREK – G. Aaron Siler PRINCESS FIONA – Paulie Cocke / Daron Cockerell DONKEY – Jonathan Metting LORD FARQUAAD – Clyde Berry DRAGON / TWEEDLEDUM – Marquel Dionne GINGY / FAIRY GODMOTHER – Meghan Newton PINOCCHIO – Kelly Nickell BIG BAD WOLF / CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD – Robert Shores PETER PAN – Daniel Scott Robinson TINKERBELL – Ashleigh Moss SUGAR PLUM FAIRY – JoAnna Philips WICKED WITCH / QUEEN LILLIAN / BLUEBIRD – Kathy Lemons MAMA OGRE / MAMA BEAR – Stacey Greenawalt UGLY DUCKLING – LeAnn Indolos, Eden Barrus PIG 1 (STRAW) / YOUNG SHREK – Henry Cawood PIG 2 (STICKS) – Haden Cawood PIG 3 (BRICKS) – Hayley Boswell WHITE RABBIT – David Midkiff YOUNG FIONA / BABY BEAR / DWARF – Miranda Barrus MAD HATTER / PUSS IN BOOTS / SPOON – Jozy Camp SHOEMAKER’S ELF – Cessany Ford PAPA OGRE / THELONIUS – Freddy Martinez KING HAROLD / PAPA BEAR – Jodie Barrus PIED PIPER / BUNNY / DISH / DRAGON PUPPETEER – Kristi Mills TEEN FIONA – Eden Barrus BISHOP – Dashiell Maddox HERALD – Joe Skipper Eden Barrus / LeAnn Indolos JoAnna Philips Julia Wood DULOC DANCERS Kelly Nickell Cessany Ford Eden Barrus Mclain Meachem Maddie Almond / Rylee Mullen Ashleigh Moss Henry Cawood Hayden Cawood Miranda Barrus David Midkiff Jozy Camp Daniel Scott Robinson Dashiell Maddox Harrison Cawood Noah Allen Foster Jodie Barrus ANGRY MOB Haley Boswell Joe Skipper The production is under the direction of Luke Hunt with musical direction by Soni Barrus, choreography by Rachel Hunt and stage management by Ruth Ann Warwick. SHREK THE MUSICAL will open on Friday May 22nd at 7:30pm. The show will then play every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening thru June 27th at 7:30pm with Saturday matinees every Saturday afternoon at 3pm. Ticket prices are $15 for Adults, $14 for Seniors and Students and $13 for Children. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 817-202-0600, by visiting http://www.plaza-theatre.com or visiting the Plaza Box Office between the hours of 10am and 6pm Monday thru Saturday. AUDITION NOTICE: Little Women at Plaza Theatre Company Auditions are: May 11th and May 12th, 2015 Monday May 11 & Tuesday May 12, 201 A call back audition will be held on Saturday, May 16th starting at 9am and may last for up to three hours. Those auditioners who the Directors wish to see further will be invited to the call back audition. Rehearsals will commence Saturday, May 23 and take place usually on Mon. – Wed. evenings and Saturday mornings depending on performer schedules. No Sunday rehearsals or performances. The production will play on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings and Saturday afternoons opening on THURSDAY, JULY 2ND and playing through August 1st. There will be NO performances on July 4th. This recent Broadway smash tells the story of the four March sisters. Jo has unsuccessfully been trying to sell her stories for publication, so her friend tells her that she has to write more from herself and she begrudgingly takes his advice. Jo weaves the story of herself and her sisters and their experience growing up in Civil War America. JO MARCH (belt/mix, age 16-22) Our story’s protagonist. Passionate, adventurous, and brave. She has the idea of writing Little Women and eventually becomes engaged to Professor Bhaer. — Range: E3 – A5 MEG MARCH (soprano, age 16-22) The world-weary, yet hopeful, oldest sister who yearns for a great life. She marries John and has twins with him. — Range: A#3 – Gb5 BETH MARCH (soprano, age 15-20) The second youngest sister who tragically dies of Scarlet Fever. Peace-maker, lover, and an optimist who is always encouraging her sisters to dream. Can double as Rodrigo II. — Range: A3 – G5 AMY MARCH (soprano/mix, age 16-22) The youngest, most energetic sister with a rather pompous air about her. She later marries Laurie. — Range: Cb4 – Gb5 LAURIE LAURENCE (tenor, age 16-22) The bright-eyed boy-next-door with considerable charm. He loves Jo but later falls in love with Amy. — Range: Bb2 – Bb4 MR. JOHN BROOKE (baritone, age 17-22) Laurie’s tutor and a rather stiff man; shows very little emotion. He later marries Meg and changes. — Range: C#3 – F#4 PROFESSOR FRIEDRICH BHAER (baritone, 27-40) German Professor who exemplifies proper manners. He is a boarder in Mrs. Kirk’s boarding house and eventually falls in love with Jo. — Range: G2 – F#4 MARMEE MARCH (mezzo sop/belt, age 40-55) The girls’ mother. She is the strong backbone of the family, who is courageous in spite of the difficult odds she faces. — Range: Eb3 – Eb5 AUNT MARCH (mezzo with high notes, age 42-60) A formidable, over-bearing matron and great-aunt to the March sisters. The wealthy socialite in town. She believes good manners and breeding are everything. — Range: E3 – F5 MR. LAURENCE (baritone, age 55-70) Laurie’s Grandfather who lives next door. He is crotchety who is quite strict but is “softened” by the March girls. Some of the characters will double for parts in the “operatic tragedy.” There are no plans to include a chorus in this production.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1121
__label__wiki	0.718196	0.718196	Typography / By Oli Fowler A 5 layer CMYK process screen print encapsulating Oli's love for disco, fridge magnets and 80 ephemera and of course screen printing! Young Hearts quantity Oli Fowler Oli Fowler is an artist who specialises in screen-printing and graphic design. Oli grew up in Kimpton, Hertfordshire and moved to London in 2000 to study fashion and textiles at... Oli Fowler is an artist who specialises in screen-printing and graphic design. Oli grew up in Kimpton, Hertfordshire and moved to London in 2000 to study fashion and textiles at Central Saint Martins. More recently, he received a BA in Graphic Design from Camberwell College of Arts. Oli’s artistic practice spans across various forms of graphic art and design, including printmaking, illustration, photography, and photomontage, and he frequently combines these different mediums in his creative process. He values experimentation from the earliest stages of work and bends the rules of printmaking, allowing for chance and deliberate mistakes to give direction for the finished piece. When screen printing, Oli often uses tape and stickers to break down the composition, and plays around with patterns, textures and photographs to create density of imagery. His dynamic, abstract compositions are characteristic by their use of sharp shapes and pure CMYK colours. Oli has built up a strong list of clients from various creative disciplines, and has been commissioned for printing (Jeremy Deller, Fraser Muggaridge, Emily Evans), as well as original artwork and designs (LOM Architecture and Design). Alongside his freelance work, for the past five years Oli has also been involved with the Print Club London as a technician and tutor. He has led screen-printing classes and provided 1-to-1 tutoring for creative professionals and beginners alike. He has had solo shows in London at the Shaws Booksellers, Blackfriars, and The Crown, Angel. His recent group exhibition The Time with the collective Up and Coming Art was held at The Mushroom Works, Newcastle. Apart from occasionally experiencing a sudden impulse to draw the odd robot or two, Oli is interested in all things nostalgic, colourful, futuristic and is an obsessive collector of prog and jazz rock. Disco Is… Come Get Your Fix Stay Funky Le Freak Paradise – Yellow Our House – Yellow Bitch’n Let’s Go All the Way – Blue Theme Typography Dave Buonaguidi’s LOVE Collection Ey Up Devon Is Always A Good Idea Postcard – Sepia/Black & White London Is Always A Good Idea Postcard – Sepia/Black & White 10 Things We Love About You London Is Always A Good Idea – South East (Gold Leaf) Home Is Where I Want To Be See You On the Flip Side	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0007.json.gz/line1126

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