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Farmers promote Scottish food at Aldi in Aberdeen
By Gemma Mackie
The event was organised by NFU Scotland
North-east pig and poultry farmers gathered outside an Aberdeen supermarket at the weekend to promote Scottish produce to shoppers.
The event, which took place at the city's Aldi store at<|fim_middle|> food at the best possible prices."
She said farmer-led sampling sessions were a great way for shoppers to try some of Scotland's tastiest fresh produce.
NFU Scotland | the Boulevard Retail Park, was organised by NFU Scotland.
Shoppers were given the opportunity to chat to farmers and taste samples of Scottish pork, eggs and chicken.
Aberdeenshire pig farmer Kevin Gilbert, who heads up the union's pigs and poultry committee, said: "It's always great to be able to go out and meet many of the shoppers buying our produce.
"As farmers we are delighted about the huge amount of public support for the hard work that we do producing high-quality, tasty food.
"This has been a challenging year for farmers in a number of sectors. Pig prices continue to be at a real low but we want to be optimistic. That's why it's so important that we promote our products and ensure that people think local."
He said events, such as the session at Aldi on Saturday, were a key way for farmers to get their messages across to the people that matter – the consumers.
Aldi's buying director for Scotland, Marion MacCormick, said: "Aldi is committed to supporting Scottish producers to continue to give our customers the best quality Scottish | 223 |
The 2021–22 season was the 130th season in the existence of SK Slavia Prague and the club's 29th consecutive season<|fim_middle|>iplinary record
References
External links
Official website
Slavia Prague
SK Slavia Prague seasons
Czech Republic football clubs 2021–22 season | in the top flight of Czech football. Domestically, Slavia finished the season 2nd in the league and reached the quarterfinal's of the Czech Cup. In Europe, Slavia where knocked out of the Champions League at the Third qualifying round stage by Ferencváros, the Play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by Legia Warsaw and reached the quarterfinal of the UEFA Europa Conference League where they were defeated by Feyenoord.
Season events
Transfers
Squad
Out on loan
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In
Loans in
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Friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
Czech First League
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League table
Results summary
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Results
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League table
Results summary
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Czech Cup
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.
UEFA Europa Conference League
Group stage
Knockout phase
The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021.
The round of 16 draw was held on 25 February 2022.
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.
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"Breaking Dawn, Part 2"
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Mark Metcalf's 45-film American Filmology course: Start by earning your "High School Diploma" and graduate all the way to "Doctorate."
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New Voters Series, Part One
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One Month Later
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Get your laugh on at the Milwaukee Comedy Festival
Melissa Kingston of Broadminded Comedy and festival hosts Matt Kemple and Patrick Schmitz talk with Mark to preview the biggest Milwaukee Comedy Festival yet.
Moving Pictures Review
With a stunning performance by Quvenzhane Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" achieves greatness. "See it now before they become legends," says Mark Metcalf.
Pabst Theater, Point Fish Fry and a Flick
Tiffany Coris and Andy Nelson of the Pabst Theater look ahead to this year's Point Fish Fry and a Flick.
Mark Metcalf explores Woody Allen's post-NYC filmmaking journey that has taken him to London, Paris, Barcelona, and now, "To Rome With Love."
"Animal House" Revisited
Mark Metcalf talks about playing Douglas C. Neidermeyer in "Animal House" with a fan of the film and friend of the podcast.
Another side of Summerfest
Dave "Punky" Wastak has a wealth of stories to share after spending years working behind the scenes at Summerfest.
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in "Hysteria," the story of the two men who invented the electronic vibrator. The film opens Friday at the Landmark Downer Theatre.
Milwaukee Innovation Week
Milwaukee Innovation Week is June 6 - 11, and Mark Metcalf talks with Laurel Osman and Angela Damiani to preview the week's events.
First time voters take to the polls
Mark Metcalf talks with six high school students, who will cast their very first votes in the historic recall election on June 5.
"Monsieur Lazhar"
"Monsieur Lazhar" addresses the difficult topic of discussing tragedy with children. The film screens tonight at the Oriental Theatre.
From "white power skinhead" to "Life After Hate"
Former "white power skinhead" Arno Michaelis is now working against the racist ideology he once embraced. This week, he sits down with Mark to tell his story.
"Darling Companion"
Lawrence Kasdan's "Darling Companion," starring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline and a dog named Freeway, has Mark Metcalf longing for a little authenticity.
Under the lights at the Milwaukee Mile
Stock car racing returns to the Milwaukee Mile for an event benefiting the MACC Fund on June 12, and Mark talks with 20-year-old driver Michael Bilderback.
A Grand Transformation
Mark talks with Tracy Korpela, Laurel Osman and Leah Fiasca about the transformation at The Shops of Grand Avenue and the latest innovation, Pop-Up.
NEW! Moving Pictures
The Terence Davies-directed adaptation of a Terence Rattigan play is melodramatic and powerful, with a tragically beautiful performance by Rachel Weisz.
"Damsels in Distress"
Damsels in Distress, now playing at the Oriental Theatre, rises out of the "mumblecore" genre but the film ultimately feels unimportant.
Robert Ricigliano, author of "Making Peace Last"
Mark Metcalf discusses peacebuilding, Afghanistan and the changing role of the U.S. military with Robert Ricigliano, author of "Making Peace Last."
Catching up with Dave Begel
Mark takes a break from the serious side of things this week to catch up with Dave Begel and talk about more lighthearted topics like the weather.
"Footnote," opening Friday at the Downer Theatre, is a compelling exploration of a difficult moral question as both father and son vie for the Israel prize.
State of Education in the Walker Era
Mark talks with Elm Creative Arts School teacher Jenny McKillen for this week's installment of TCD's award-winning podcast, "Backstage with Mark Metcalf."
"We don't go past the bridge"
For the latest installment of "We don't go past the bridge": A Discussion on Race in Milwaukee, Mark Metcalf talks with comedian Joel Boyd.
"Apart," Romance and hocus-pocus
"Apart": Pretty people, young love, paranormal visions of disaster, fate... oh, never mind.
America's Black Holocaust Museum reopens online
Mark talks with Dr. James Cameron's son Virgil and coordinator Fran Kaplan.
"In Darkness"
Mark Metcalf finds parallels between Agnieszka Holland's "In Darkness," opening tonight at the Downer, and Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List."
Christina Ratatori, founder of dance education group, ta.da (teaching. arts. dance. academics), talks about the benefits of arts in education.
Mark talks with Jasmine Alinder, of "I Love My Public School" about her efforts to preserve public school funding.
"Friends With Kids"
Despite having an accomplished cast and a strong comedic performance from Jon Hamm, Mark Metcalf says, "We all know where "Friends With Kids" is going to end."
Fox Point-Bayside teacher and chief negotiator Mark Conforti speaks out on collective bargaining and the looming fear of a shift toward privatized education.
"Backstage with Mark Metcalf" begins a series of conversations on the state of education in Wisconsin. Tom Beebe sits down with Mark to kick things off.
Oscar night is this Sunday, and Mark Metcalf shares his predictions, thoughts and hopes for Hollywood's biggest night, the 2012 Academy Awards.
"Coming out" on the North Shore
Mark Metcalf talks with Nick Witte about being gay in Wisconsin and "coming out" at a young age.
Feb 23rd, 2012
Mark Metcalf reviews Iranian film "A Separation," which looks at a couple parting ways in a very different, yet strikingly similar world.
For part six of We don't go past the bridge: A Discussion on Race in Milwaukee, Mark talks with actor and stand-up comedian Allen Edge.
Mark Metcalf talks with author and activist Peggy Rozga and student Javaris Bradford about the Arts@Large Civil Rights tour and gallery project.
Mallorey Wallace as Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Mark Metcalf talks with Mallorey Wallace, who plays Scout in Milwaukee Rep's "To Kill A Mockingbird."
Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method" at the Downer
Mark Metcalf reviews David Cronenberg's latest, "A Dangerous Method," opening today at the Landmark Downer Theatre.
For part four of We don't go past the bridge: A Discussion on Race in Milwaukee, Mark talks with Boys & Girls Clubs Youth of the Year, Dewayne Boothe.
For part three of the series, We don't go past the bridge: A Discussion on Race in Milwaukee, Mark talks with Tony Baez of the Council for the Spanish Speaking.
Will Durst on New Hampshire and the road ahead
With Mitt Romney breaking through as New Hampshire's big winner, Mark Metcalf and Will Durst discuss the road ahead for the 2012 presidential campaign.
Kickstarted – The next step for WMSE
After raising more than $30,000 through Kickstarter, Ryan Schleicher and Billy Cicerelli talk with Mark Metcalf about what's next for WMSE 91.7 FM.
Take a look back at Mark Metcalf's picks for the best "Backstage" podcasts of 2011.
Spending the holidays at the theatre
Theatre thrives at the holidays, and to discuss what theatre means for Milwaukee this time of year, Mark talks with actor Matt Daniels of In Tandem Theatre.
For part two of the series "We don't go past the bridge": A Discussion on Race in Milwaukee, Mark Metcalf talks with Marquette University student Tommy Walls Jr.
"Backstage with Mark Metcalf" presents "We don't go past the bridge": A discussion on race in Milwaukee. The series begins with poet Dasha Kelly.
Something cooking at VETransfer
VETransfer helps veterans start businesses, and one of those veterans is Sam Stein, who is developing a cooking show based on cooking with natural, fresh foods.
Dave Begel on Black Friday, the holidays and much more
On a special holiday podcast, Mark Metcalf and Dave Begel discuss Black Friday and how this new "holiday" fits into the bigger picture.
What did Mark Metcalf think of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1"? Let's just say he wasn't at the midnight screening.
Music heals at Guitars for Vets
Guitars for Vets provides veterans an opportunity to heal through music. Mark Metcalf talks with Guitars for Vets president Dan Van Buskirk, a true guitar hero.
Special Veterans Day edition
In honor of Veterans Day, TCD brings you a special Friday podcast with David Pelis of Dry Hootch, a coffee shop and veterans support center on Brady Street.
Fostering innovation at VETransfer
TCD's podcast series with veterans in Milwaukee kicks off with Ted Lasser of VETransfer, a first-of-its-kind organization that helps veterans start businesses.
History of the LGBT rights movement in America
From the Stonewall Riots in 1969 until now, the LGBT rights movement has grown, but there's still a long way to go.
He said, She Said, A (non-traditional) Wedding Story, pt. 3
Kathy and Justin never planned on getting married -- in fact, both are anti-marriage. But this week, they'll say "I do."
"My Afternoons with Marguerite"
Gerard Depardieu brings a deep, rich humanness to his role in "My Afternoons with Marguerite." Now playing at the Downer Theatre.
"Detective Dee" captures many of the more enjoyable elements of Chinese film, but it's connection to the West is also part of its undoing. Now playing at the Oriental Theater.
Same sex adoption and parenting
Kevin McElroy is the co-owner of Robert Laurence Hair Studio in Shorewood, and the father of two boys he adopted with his partner of 24 years.
Life after "Don't ask, don't tell"
In the wake of the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell," Mark asks and LGBT rights activist Miriam Ben-Shalom tells her story of being a lesbian in the military.
Jonathan West, Sunset Playhouse
At Sunset Playhouse, Jonathan West lives his passion by establishing a sense of community in local theatre.
Through the years with Milwaukee Public Theatre
Mark talks with Barbara Leigh, co-founder of the Milwaukee Public Theatre. She discusses her journey from humble beginnings to what the theatre has grown to today.
Backstage at the Pabst
Tiffany Coris stops by to give a behind the scenes look at the venues of the Pabst Theater Foundation.
Sep 22nd, 2011
The F-word
After decades of struggle and success in women's rights, has "feminism" become a dirty word? Prof. Merry Weisner-Hanks takes a historical view of the movement.
Blood, Gore, and Indie Film – A conversation with Drew Rosas
Fresh off the success of his first feature film "Blood Junkie," filmmaker Drew Rosas embarks on a new project - a deranged psychological thriller set in rural Wisconsin.
Sex, Violence and Pop Music
In pop music, is overt female sexuality a form of empowerment, or is it undoing decades worth of work in women's movement? Today, Prof. Gillian Rodger and I start the conversation.
Sep 1st, 2011
He said, She Said – A (non-traditional) Wedding Story, pt. 2
Some brides have been dreaming of their perfect wedding day since they were in pigtails. Kathy Bryja is not one of those brides.
He said, She said – A (non-traditional) Wedding Story
Kathy and Justin never planned on getting married -- in fact, both are anti-marriage. But this fall, they'll say "I do." The question is: what the hell happened?
Theater for the people
Mark catches up with Dave Begel to have a conversation about local theater, and how to open up the Milwaukee arts scene to a broader audience.
Milwaukee is a funny place
And it's about to get a whole lot funnier. The Milwaukee Comedy Festival kicks off August 4, featuring some of the best stand up, sketch and improv this city (and beyond) has to offer.
Live action superheroes dominating a theatre near you
In 2011 alone, 12 comic book adaptations are slated to debut on the big screen. This week, comic connoisseur John Steib explores comic book history and the super hero phenomenon.
Jul 21st, 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Fourteen years and eight screen adaptations later, the characters of Hogwarts say goodbye with a finale that is less-than-spectacular, but bittersweet nonetheless.
At the movies with Gino Salomone
Movie critic Gino Salomone makes a living traveling the world, seeing films and interviewing the stars. Today, he shares some of his best (and worst) interviews and talks about his faux engagement to Sandra Bullock.
Whatever happened to the Comedy Stage?
In its heyday, Summerfest's now-defunct Comedy Pavilion hosted some of the country's best comedians. Former stage manager David 'Punky' Wastak reminisces on the good old days.
Semi-Twang, rebooted
Before taking the stage at Summerfest, Semi-Twang frontman John Sieger drops in to chat about the inception and revival of one of Milwaukee's great alt-country bands.
Meek's Cutoff
The true story of Stephen Meek and 1,000 pioneers crossing the wilderness is fascinating. The film is not as rich a story.
Countdown to the Big Gig
11 days, 600 bands. Are you ready for Summerfest? VP of Entertainment Bob Babisch offers a taste of the world's largest music festival in 2011.
The Riverwest 24 – Community on two wheels
In July 600 cyclists will tour the streets of Riverwest as part of an exercise in stamina and camaraderie. Today, organizers discuss the origins of this fast-growing community event.
Ladies who ride
The founders of Milwaukee's latest all-female cycling club chat about how The Bella Donnas use biking to challenge themselves -- and the status quo.
In quite possibly his best written and acted film in a long time, Woody Allen takes us to Paris in the 20s as we follow a writer trying to find his voice.
A view of Milwaukee on two wheels
The city's Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Dave Schlabowske talks about plans for a more bike-friendly Milwaukee and the benefits of experiencing our fair city on two wheels.
Small behaviors, big change
Want to save the planet? Environmental stewardship begins with you. Ken Leinbach of the Urban Ecology Center talks about how simple behaviors can have a huge impact.
The buzz on urban beekeeping
Honeybees play a vital role in the food system, but they are in peril. Today, Beepods co-founder Charlie Koenen talks about how saving the bees can potentially save the world.
In a Better World
"In a Better World" isn't a slick, star-studded blockbuster. It is simply a film about people, and how actions (or lack thereof) have complicated consequences.
A hen named Milwaukee
A silkie chicken, to be exact. Today, Mark chats with "Milwaukee" and Jessica Lane of Cream City Hens about the benefits of backyard henkeeping.
Building communities, one garden at a time
Through the Victory Garden Initiative, Gretchen Mead uses urban agriculture to connect people to sustainable food sources, and in turn, to each other.
After decades of experiencing violence in the home, Jenissee Volpintesta was able to break the cycle of abuse for her family. Today, she shares her story.
Apr 21st, 2011
The psychology of domestic abuse
How much does environment inform behavior? Social worker Cathy Arney explains how gender roles, societal messages and abuse at home affect the cycle of violence.
Gallery at Large
Non-profit arts advocacy group Arts@Large opens a new gallery to house work by Milwaukee's diverse student population. Check out the grand opening on Gallery Night.
Breaking the chain of domestic violence
Daystar Inc.'s long-term transitional home offers shelter and resources to battered women, helping them to become financially stable and emotionally independent.
Creating a safe place for victims of domestic abuse
In 2009, domestic violence rates reached a 10-year high. In Milwaukee, the Sojourner Family Peace Center works to aid victims and end violence through education.
Of Gods and Men
Based on the true story of seven Trappist monks caught in the middle of Algeria's civil war, the film artfully captures the profound tale of faith and humanity.
Helping students reach their true potential
Mark talks with MPS teacher Ralph Janes about how theater and the arts are powerful tools for creating autonomous, high-achieving students.
Using the arts to address the whole child
As programs are stripped from schools, Christina Ratatori uses A.R.T. to collaborate with teachers, artists and students to get the arts back in education.
Finding Penelope
Patients and caregivers at Luther Manor collaborate on a theatre piece in homage to Penelope, grounded in the serious reality we all deal with as we age.
A "Mad Hot" approach to arts education
Danceworks Executive Director Deborah Farris explains how ballroom dance helps to build confidence and leadership in Milwaukee's underprivileged students.
"Teaching life skills through stage skills"
As schools are forced to cut back, First Stage Children's Theater and Academy offers a creative outlet for students, fostering empowerment through the arts.
Mar 3rd, 2011
The Illusionist
One may be tempted to call this film "other worldly," but its sweet sentiment is very much a part of this world. Or at least of a bygone era in entertainment.
Making the case for arts in education
At the height of Wisconsin's budget crisis, we explore the role of art in education - both in and out of the classroom - starting with Arts@Large.
Barney's Version
Paul Giamatti's performance in "Barney's Version" has 'Oscar' written all over it. It's too bad the film itself isn't award-worthy.
Plan your death well
Dr. Bruce Wilson joins Mark again this week, with advice about planning your death, and the potential consequences if you don't.
The right to die is "a difficult subject"
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"A deliberate and courageous choice"
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Mike Leigh makes great roles for actors, as evidenced in this latest film. He lets them do what actors seldom get to: live in front of the camera.
The Penelope Project
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Dementia and the burden of care
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"Made In Dagenham" is a workman-like film about women's (ongoing) fight for equal pay, with a brilliant script and several beautifully realized performances.
This week, Dr. Piero Antuono discusses risk factors for the disease and the curative measures being taken to improve quality of life for Alzheimer's patients.
Backstage begins a new series talking to caregivers and doctors in Milwaukee who are working to better understand -- and cope with -- Alzheimer's Disease.
2010 was full of ups and downs. But hey... the weather was pretty good, right? This week, Mark and guest David Begel discuss the big stories of the year.
It may be said that "Black Swan" is a bit overwrought. It is, but brilliantly so.
The not-so-funny side of teenage improv
Two Rufus King students share the creative challenges they face on stage as "kids" and the harsh off-stage reality for young performers.
Improv is for everybody
Two high school students find their creative salvation on the stage and struggle to be taken seriously - as teenagers and in the world of high art theatre.
Survivor Stories, pt.4
There are many medical treatments for breast cancer, but where can women go to heal the emotional trauma of the disease? The answer is as simple as ABCD.
Cancer diagnosis alone is devastating. For some women, the "M" word - Mastectomy - is just as terrifying. Or, in Regina Aringer's case, oddly liberating.
Survivor Stories, pt. 2
A new test can sometimes tell women with a family history of breast cancer if they're predisposed to the disease. If you had the gene, would you want to know?
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Backstage begins a new series talking to Milwaukee women in various stages of their own battles with breast cancer.
The Watchman cometh
Real-life superheroes -- are they asking for trouble, or empowering communities? Backstage talks to The Watchman about why he got involved in the movement.
And real-life superheroes aren't going to take it anymore. Backstage and TCD go inside the movement with author Tea Krulos.
A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop
Acclaimed Chinese director Yimou Zhang takes a Coen Brothers classic and turns it on its head. I just can't tell whether or not that's a good thing.
MFF'10 – Buried
Mark talks to Executive Director Jonathan Jackson about the final night of the MFF, featuring a film that Variety calls "an exercise in sustained tension."
MFF'10 Preview
Mesrine
French gangster series"Mesrine" is a wonderful ride, featuring a phenomenally kinetic performance from one of the most exciting actors around today.
MFF preview
Marwencol
After he was beaten nearly to death, Mark Hogancamp finds salvation in creating a model village in this story of art, recovery and picking up the pieces.
What plays right off the screen and into your lap is Paris, youth, sex and romance -the energy of fear and throwing it all away - and doing it all with style.
Bring on the shorts!
Short films, that is. MFF'10 offers up seven shorts programs, chock full of wacky characters and animated hilarity you just won't find anywhere else.
Tragedy, romance, action, comedy and visually stunning documentary film - it's all part of the Milwaukee Film Festival, and it all begins tonight!
Sep 23rd, 2010
To say that this film is shocking and disturbing would be an understatement. It is also stunning, brilliant and one of the most compelling films I've seen.
Mark and Milwaukee Film intern Jessica Farrell offer their picks for Take One and discuss how every detail counts when creating a successful film festival.
The backbone of the festival
The staff at Milwaukee Film put a lot of hard work into the film festival, but it simply wouldn't run without the aid of dedicated volunteers.
Revving up for the Milwaukee Film Festival
The second annual Milwaukee Film Festival is just around the corner. In the weeks leading up to the Fest, Mark talks with the people who make it happen.
Sep 2nd, 2010
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Queerness in Comics: MEAL
Insect cuisine is the main course in this heartfelt queer story about love, heritage, and building community
Avery Kaplan
Welcome to Queerness in Comics, a bi-weekly column by Avery Kaplan that will explore queer representation in comics. This week, Avery is exploring Meal, a graphic novel published in October 2018. Meal is a Junior Library Guild Selection, the winner of a 2018 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award, and the winner of a Prism Award in 2019.
Artist/Writer: Blue Delliquanti
Co-Writer: Soleil Ho
Publisher: Iron Circus Comics
The idea of eating insects will not be entirely unprecedented for some readers of the graphic novel Meal, a fact specifically addressed by the essay that appears at the end of the story. Like co-writer Soleil Ho (who was appointed food critic for the San Francisco Chronicle shortly after Meal's release), a portion of the audience is likely to have first knowingly experienced the idea of insects-as-food through the lollipops containing insects that are sold in museum gift shops.
However, as demonstrated by the narrative that proceeds the essay, categorizing insect cuisine as a curiosity to be sold to schoolchildren on museum field trips is not only a disservice to entomaphagy. It's a method of erasing the deeper meaning and function possessed by insect cuisine for many cultures around the world. While the narrative of Meal confronts and illuminates this reality, the story's warm and welcoming tone does so without alienating the reader, no matter what degree of experience with eating insects they may possess.
Yarrow and Milani
In order to ensure that readers who have not considered insects to be food are able to access the<|fim_middle|> open in time for Halloween, which would afford the chance to present selections "bug treats" for people (calling to mind the museum lollipops mentioned by the essay).
In order to overcome Chandra's initial skepticism, Yarrow is charged with creating a serviceable taco for the restaurant's menu. After an adventure in gathering the ingredients (which includes some fascinating insight into the process of acquiring insects, as well as the personal connection one of the other employees has with the food), Yarrow brings her culinary creation to be sampled by Chandra.
Chandra's first bite of the taco leads to a flashback to Yarrow's childhood and the memory of her grandmother taking her to forage in the park for grasshoppers. While the answers Yarrow gave Chandra about why she wanted to share insect cuisine weren't untrue, they did not reach the heart of the reason Yarrow wants to share these meals: she wants to cook in order to share her memories.
La Casa Chictana
The tacos succeed in winning over Chandra, who invites Yarrow to come to her home in order to help her further develop the menu for the soon-to-be-open restaurant. There, Yarrow samples some fried tarantulas, which leads to a flashback to Chandra's childhood that reveals the connection between the cuisine and her mother, a Cambodian refugee who was forced to flee her country and move to California in 1979.
Not only does Chandra share the meal with Yarrow, she also shares her personal history with the cuisine, as well as the connection it has with music – as they eat, they listen to the songs of Sinn Sisamouth, a 1960s Cambodian musician who was among those who vanished with the rise of the Khmer Rouge.
Chandra explains that entomophagy allowed her to build a community that she was otherwise lacking, and that to reduce the foundation of that community to a culinary curiosity was a disservice to the very meaningful connections it allowed her to form, both with her family and with others who shared similar experience and interests.
Forging Connections Through Food
Meal goes deeper the idea of eating one specific type of food (in this case, insects) in order to deconstruct the role that food plays when we build connections. What does it mean to share a meal over a dinner table, or when we prepare food to nourish our families, friends, and those closest to us?
The way that food can help bring people together is foregrounded in the budding romantic relationship between Yarrow and Milani. While Milani is initially concerned that a kiss shared between the two is too much of a commitment, the foundation connection between the two, which was strengthened through the sharing of meals, proves tenacious enough to endure the reticence.
Meal demonstrates that food is a multifaceted and meaningful avenue for forging connections and community by showing how a queer relationship is formed and strengthened over shared meals.
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King & Walta's VISION is the comic you need to read... | narrative, the opening pages are presented from Milani's perspective. While Yarrow has traveled from California to Minnesota in the hopes of landing a job in the kitchen of La Casa Chictana, a soon-to-be-open restaurant serving insect cuisine, Milani is startled to open Yarrow's refrigerator and find a container filled with mealworms.
While Milani is initially surprised by the contents of Yarrow's fridge, she and Yarrow have already begun to develop trust for one another. As such, Milani is willing to try the mealworm curry Yarrow prepares for her. By allowing the reader to use Milani's perspective as a surrogate, the story allows the reader to both be taken in by Yarrow's passionate explanation of the meal, as well as to overcome any initial trepidation they might have concerning the use of insects as protein in a food dish.
Conveying Flavor Through Panels
One of the myriad ways that Meal succeeds is through its incredible visual presentation of flavor. When a character takes a bite of one of the prepared dishes, panels appear that not only express the flavor of the food but the sensation of eating it. In some instances, this means connecting the taste with other familiar sensory experiences, such as music or weather. In other instances, biting into a certain dish leads to panels that flashback to a particular character's past experiences with the food.
These flashbacks frequently involve experiences that the characters shared with family members during childhood. In a crucial scene, Yarrow manages to win over the skeptical head chef and owner of La Casa Chictana, Chandra Flores.
When she first introduces herself at La Casa Chictana, Chandra is concerned that Yarrow is only interested in insect cuisine in a reactionary sense. Chandra is frustrated with Yarrow's analysis of the food as an "adventure" for diners and her lamentation of the fact that the restaurant won't be | 385 |
29 OCTOBRE 2018: Little Wittenham - Ecosse - Heraclea Sintica - Marcavalle - New Forest -
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ROYAUME UNI – Little Wittenham - A dig has been taking place over the last three weeks at the Earth Trust at Little Wittenham. The Earth Trust lies close to the Wittenham Clumps, the site of an Iron Age hillfort. A previous dig 15 years ago revealed the remains of roundhouses dating from around 400 to 100BC. This month's dig aimed to shed light on the people who lived in the settlement.
https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2018-10-28/dig-reveals-oxfordshires-iron-age-history/
ROYAUME UNI – Ecosse - Archaeologists from Aberdeen University teamed up with National Museums Scotland and experts from the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre on the project. The aim was to provide an accurate dating scheme which would shed new<|fim_middle|> wooden shaft. The artifacts will be dated and conserved.
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/17007128.new-forest-excavation-reveals-buried-treasures/ | light on the origins and development of Pictish symbols. Objects were radiocarbon dated, and their findings supporting the idea that the symbols represent a script likely to be a naming system, which communicates the identities of Picts. Gordon Noble, head of archaeology at Aberdeen University, said: "Establishing an outline chronology through a combination of direct dating, modelling and examining associated dates from archaeological excavation is helping us rewrite the history of these symbolic traditions of Northern Europe. "In the last few decades outline chronology, through a combination of direct dating, modelling and examining associated dates from archaeological excavation, is helping us rewrite the history of these symbolic traditions of Northern Europe. "And we understand more clearly the context of their development and use."
https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/interpreting-picts-stone-symbols/
BULGARIE – Heraclea Sintica - The marble female head that we unearthed in Heraclea Sintica is very well preserved, including all details on the face, The head is perfectly preserved and is very finely crafted. It had been laid under the foundations of a Late Roman wall, the expert said. "We are joking, we have a very nice head but the body is missing, and, as you know, in August we uncovered another nice statue, a body of a man in his toga, but without a head," said Dr. Vagalinski. He said both discoveries raise interesting questions about why in ancient Heraclea Sintica they laid well preserved parts of sculptures under constructions; what symbolism was there; what kind of protection they sought. He went on saying that both the head and the togatus appear to have been very carefully placed and had not been used as a building material. According to Dr. Vagalinski, quite possibly they were used as symbolic protection for the buildings in that seismic area, where the ancient town of Heraclea Sintica was located.
https://www.novinite.com/articles/192777/The+Marble+Female+Head+that+was+Unearthed+in+Heraclea+Sintica+is+very+well+Preserved
PEROU – Marcavalle - Two human burials estimated to be about 3,000 years old have been discovered at Marcavalle, an archaeological site within the city of Cusco. Archaeologist Luz Marina Monrroy Quiñones said the first burial contained the remains of a young person who was under the age of 20 at the time of death. The body was placed in the grave in a flexed position and surrounded by stones. A circular, perforated gold plate was found near the skull. In the second burial, the excavators uncovered the remains of a younger person who was placed on his or her side next to a piece of volcanic rock, along with pieces of obsidian. At other sites in Marcavalle, items uncovered included decorated pottery, bone tools, burned food products, stone mortars, evidence of a stone tool workshop, a series of enclosures made with stone walls, a raised platform, and an alpaca skeleton, which is thought to have put in a well as an offering.
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ROYAUME UNI – New Forest - Four cremation urns were discovered in southern England, on the edge of New Forest National Park. The urns, estimated to be about 3,000 years old, had been inverted and placed in small pits, according to community archaeologist James Brown. One of the urns has a decorative band pattern, he added. The excavators also recovered two Neolithic flints estimated to be about 5,000 years old. One of them is thought to have been used as a spear on the end of a | 808 |
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Definition of compensation
What is compensation?
Clearing is the procedure by which financial transactions are settled; that is, the correct and timely transfer of funds to the seller and securities to the buyer. Often with compensation, a specialized body acts as an intermediary and assumes the role of tacit buyer and seller to reconcile orders between the parties to the transaction. Clearing is necessary for the matching of all buy and sell orders in the market. It provides smoother and more efficient markets because parties can make transfers to the clearinghouse rather than to each individual party they deal with.
Key points to remember
Netting is the correct and timely transfer of funds to the seller and securities to the buyer.
A specialized body often acts as an intermediary known as a clearing house and takes on the role of tacit buyer and seller to reconcile orders between the parties to the transaction.
Clearing is necessary to match all buy and sell orders to ensure smoother and more efficient markets.
When transactions are not cleared, the resulting transactions can lead to real monetary losses.
The clearing process protects the parties involved in a transaction by recording details and validating the availability of funds.
How compensation works
Clearing is the process of reconciling the purchases and sales of various options, futures or securities, and the direct transfer of funds from one financial institution to another. The process validates the availability of appropriate funds, records the transfer and, in the case of securities, ensures delivery of the security to the buyer. Uncleared transactions can lead to settlement risk and, if the transactions are not cleared, accounting errors will occur and real money may be lost.
A foreign trade is a trade that cannot be placed because it was received by an exchange with conflicting information. The associated clearinghouse cannot settle the transaction because the data submitted by parties on both sides of the transaction is inconsistent or contradictory.
Stock exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ, have clearing companies. They make sure that stock traders have enough money in their account, whether it's using cash or a margin provided by the broker, to fund the trades they make. The clearing division of these exchanges acts as the middleman, helping to facilitate the smooth transfer of funds.
When an investor sells a stock they own, they want to know that the money will be returned to them. The clearinghouses make sure that happens. Likewise, when someone buys a stock, they must be able to afford it. The clearing company makes sure that the appropriate amount of funds are set aside for the settlement of trades when someone buys stocks.
Compensation banks
The clearing can have different meanings depending on the instrument with which it is associated. In the case of check clearing, this is the process of transferring funds promised on the check to the recipient's account. Some banks apply holdbacks on funds deposited by check, as the transfer is not instantaneous and may take time to process.
Federal reserve banks provide check collection services to depository institutions. When a depository institution receives a check drawn on another institution, it can send the check for collection to the institution directly, deliver the check to institutions through a local clearing house, or use the services of cashing of checks from a corresponding institution or from a Federal Reserve Bank.
Almost all checks that federal reserve banks process for collection are now received as electronic check images, and most checks are collected and settled within one business day.
For futures and options, a clearinghouse acts as an intermediary for the transaction, acting as an implied counterparty to both the buyer and the seller of the futures contract or option. This extends to the securities market, where the exchange validates trading in securities until settlement.
Clearing houses charge a fee for their services, called a clearing fee. When an investor pays a commission to the broker, these clearing fees are often already included in that commission amount. These fees support the centralization and reconciliation of transactions and facilitate the proper delivery of purchased investments.
When a clearinghouse encounters an out trade, it gives counterparties the opportunity to reconcile the deviation independently. If the parties manage to resolve the issue, they resubmit the transaction to the clearinghouse for proper settlement. But, if they cannot agree on the terms of trade, then the matter is sent to the appropriate trade committee for arbitration.
An Automated Clearing House (ACH) is an electronic system used for the transfer of funds between entities, often referred to as electronic funds transfer (EFT). The ACH acts as an intermediary by processing the sending / receiving of validated funds between institutions.
An ACH is often used for direct deposit of employee salaries and can be used to transfer funds between an individual and a business in exchange for goods and services. Traditionally, sending and receiving bank account information must be provided, including account and routing numbers, to facilitate the transaction. This process can also be thought of as an electronic check because it provides the same information as a written check.
Example of compensation
As a hypothetical example, suppose a trader buys an index futures contract. The initial margin required to hold this transaction overnight is $ 6,160. This amount is considered "good faith" assurance that the trader can afford to trade. This money is held by the clearing company, in the trader's account, and cannot be used for other transactions. This helps to compensate for the losses that the trader may incur during a trade.
This process helps reduce the risk for individual traders. For example, if two people agree to negotiate and there is no one else to verify and support the transaction, it is possible that one of the parties will withdraw from the agreement or experience financial problems and be unable to produce<|fim_middle|> example, if bank A owes bank B $ 2 million in cleared checks, but bank B owes bank A $ 1 million, bank A only pays bank b $ 1 million.
Which banks are clearing banks in the United States?
The clearing banks in the United States are: Bank of America; West Bank; Barclays; the Bank of New York Mellon; BB&T; a capital letter; Citi; Citizens; Comería; German Bank; AG Consultants, Fifth Third Bank; HSBC; JPMorgan Chase; Key bank; M&T Bank; MUFG Union Bank; PNC; Bank of Regions; Santander; state street; SunTrust; TD Bank; UBS; American Bank; and Wells Fargo.
What is an example clearinghouse?
An example of a clearinghouse is the London Clearing House, which is the world's largest derivatives clearinghouse, followed by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Clearing houses are usually large investment banks, such as JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and HSBC.
What is a compensation process?
Clearing is the process of reconciling a transaction in options, futures or securities or the direct transfer of funds from one financial institution to another. The process validates the availability of appropriate funds, records the transfer and, in the case of securities, ensures delivery of the security or funds to the buyer.
The clearing process ensures that the entities or parties involved in a financial transaction are protected, receive their amount due, and that the transaction runs smoothly. The clearinghouse acts as a third party or mediator for the transaction while the clearing process records the details of the transaction and validates the availability of funds.
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What is clearing in the banking system?
Clearing in the banking system is the process of settling transactions between banks. Millions of transactions occur every day, so bank clearing tries to minimize the amounts that change hands on any given day. For | 115 |
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Library<|fim_middle|>18 flu epidemic on the health of those on the reserves prompted him to pursue medical education at the University of Alberta, although he was forced to leave off of those studies after a couple of years due to a lack of financial aid. I n addition to his work in communities across Saskatchewan, Edward was involved with the Indian League of Canada, and published a monthly newsletter in Cree and English; and he collaborated in the publication of a Cree-English dictionary. Emmanuel College awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity. He passed away in 1961, and his book, Voices of the Plains Cree, written by Ahenakew, was published posthumously in 1974. (photograph Saskatchewan Archives Board RB11359)
To read the full article on Edward Ahenakew, please visit his page in Aboriginal Research Resources.
A. M. "Nan" McKay
Annie Maude (Nan) McKay was a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan (BA '15) and worked at the University Library for 44 years, from 1915 until 1959. In 2007 she was chosen one of the University of Saskatchewan's "100 Alumni of Influence" and was said to be the "first Métis and first Aboriginal woman" to graduate from the University.
Annie Maude ("Nan") McKay was born in 1892 at Fort a la Corne, Northwest Territories, the daughter of a Hudson Bay Company employee. She completed high school in Prince Albert where she won a scholarship to the University of Saskatchewan. At the U of S McKay took an honours course in English and French and was very active in student affairs, serving on the student council and the executives of the YWCA and Penta Kai Deka.
She was also the staff artist of The Sheaf. McKay was a member of the U of S women's ice hockey team in 1915 and played hockey on University-affiliated teams until well into the1920s. In the 'flu epidemic of 1918 she worked as a volunteer nurse (her name is painted on the stairwell in the College Building) and was chosen to unveil the plaque commemorating the undergraduate student who died in the epidemic.
When she graduated in 1915 McKay was hired as assistant librarian of the University Library, and would become the first secretary-treasurer of the University of Saskatchewan Alumni Association (established in 1917). McKay worked at theLibrary until her retirement in 1959.
To view the full article on Nan McKay and her life, please visit her page at the Aboriginal Research Resource website. | Makers
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Aboriginal Achievement at the University of Saskatchewan and Beyond
Ground Floor and Room 301 Display Cases, Murray Library
January 28-February 25
Curated by: Stevie Horn and Laurie Wing
February 2-6th marks this year's Aboriginal Achievement week at the University of Saskatchewan. Aboriginal Achievement week is aimed at celebrating Aboriginal accomplishments, reflecting on traditions and ceremonies, and connecting with the community. The week will involve a range of events, including a soup and bannock lunch, talks on a variety of community-related topics, art shows, and a full feast and round dance. To see the full schedule, please visit the event homepage.
In honour of Aboriginal Achievement week, the University Archives and Special Collections is hosting a small exhibit on the Ground and Third floor of the Murray Library. On the ground floor, the University's first male and female Aboriginal graduates are showcased, along with written works of various Aboriginal alumni, including influential Métis activist Howard Adams. The third floor cases include material from Allan Gonor's collection of materials relating to artist Allen Sapp, as well as a variety of Aboriginal literature. The display will be up well into February, as we continue to honour the achievements of Aboriginals in our community.
Particularly of interest are the materials relating to Edward Ahenakew, and A. M. ("Nan") McKay, the first male and female Aboriginal graduates of the University of Saskatchewan. This fascinating material, dating back to the earliest days of the University, has never before been assembled into such an exhibit. Brief biographies of each of these remarkable individuals have been provided below, with links to further information.
Edward Ahenakew
The son of Baptiste Ahenakew and Ellen Ermine Skin, Edward Ahenakew was born at Sandy Lake in 1885. His early schooling was at the Atahkakohp Day School; but in 1896, when he was 11, his father took him to boarding school in Prince Albert. A successful student and good athlete, Ahenakew graduated in 1903, and worked for some years prior to going to Wycliffe College, Toronto, to study theology. He returned to Saskatchewan, enrolling in Emmanuel College, where he was, to the best of our knowledge, the only aboriginal student at the University. He graduated and was ordained an Anglican priest in 1912. He also earned a Licentiate of Theology. The effects of the 19 | 857 |
The researchers conducted extensive research and reviewed existing literature relating to important spheres of young people's lives: identity, intimacy and imagination.
They interviewed about 200 young people in New England and Bermuda, held focus groups with educators and others with long experience working with youth, and spoke with 20 young women who had written blogs as teenagers. They also conducted in-depth analyses of fiction writing and artwork by middle and high school students over the last two decades, documenting changes content, structure and how the young writers and artists referred to technology.
She said young users of technology can become "app-dependent" by relying too much on such narrowly focused tools. The authors propose striving instead to be "app-enabled" by choosing and using more flexible, open-ended digital tools that engage the imagination and encourage creative thinking.
The authors cite an app called "Digicubes" as an example of enabling rather than limiting its users. The app allows users to explore its world in their own style and toward their own ends. Gardner and Davis note, however, that even such open-ended apps<|fim_middle|>For more information, contact Davis at 206-221-7741 or kdavis78@uw.edu. | can be used in limiting ways.
Davis also relates app-dependence to a trend that emerged in their adult focus groups, where educators pointed to a decrease in risk-taking behavior — "in putting yourself out there in relationships, in the comfort of exploring who you are." Digital media may not be directly responsible for this trend, but the ease of filtering one's actions and interactions through a screen, she said, can be seen to support it.
The question of enabling versus dependence-causing apps plays out in education as well, the authors note. Rather than encourage creativity and exploration, many early educational apps reflect the constrained, schoolroom-style inquiry of the pre-app era. Davis and Gardner view this as a missed opportunity in danger of becoming baked into the system for years to come.
Gardner is a professor of cognition and education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Research for the book was funded by the James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation.
"The App Generation" will be published in October by Yale University Press.
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Scrap tire, recycling issues draw review
Miles Moore
New policies on state scrap tire laws and specifications for recycled tire wire are among the initiatives the Tire & Rubber Division of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries is working to develop.
Both projects will be topics at ISRI's Annual Convention & Scrap Recycling Industry Exposition April 8-12 in Orlando, Fla., according to Tom Tyler, ISRI associate counsel and director of state and local programs.
The Tire & Rubber Division will meet April 8 to discuss the state law program and other issues. ``Our hope is to consider and approve those policies at the April convention,<|fim_middle|> are for marketplace purposes, to help buyers and sellers agree on what the product is. They're not like engineering specifications.''
The Tire & Rubber Division is considering having its first conference separate from the national organization, possibly next fall. Those talks are still in an early stage, according to Tyler. The division-made up of 15 scrap tire processor company members in 10 states-was formed in 2001 when the National Association of Scrap Tire Processors merged with ISRI. | or at least to consider them,'' Tyler said.
Tyler didn't disclose any potential points in the state law platform. He said division members favor state scrap tire policies that encourage tire recycling.
Meanwhile, a task force, which includes tire recyclers, is working to create specifications for recycled tire wire that ISRI's Ferrous Division will consider when it meets April 9.
``We are working to improve the marketability of recycled tire wire, and the specifications are a first step,'' Tyler said. Organizations such as ASTM International are not involved in writing these specifications, he said. ``Our specifications | 118 |
Regardless of which sector of the economy the business operates in or whether it is for profit or not, operations management is considered one of the most important functions of all organisations today. In essence, the role of operations is to transform inputs (resources) into outputs (goods and services) whilst adding value at each stage of the process. It sounds simple, however, the rapid advancement in technology and access to global markets have made operations management one of the most diverse organisational functions within the business. In fact most other departments now rely directly on information from operations management in order to perform<|fim_middle|> and all operations managers must possess a wide range of specialized business and interpersonal skills in order to be effective within the organisation.
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The role of the operations manager is therefore complex and requires a specific skillset in order to create efficiencies throughout the operations process. Decisions, both strategic and tactical, must be made swiftly and the operations manager must have a strong working knowledge of operational trends including just-in-time, TQM, re-engineering, flexibility, time-based competition, the global marketplace and environmental issues. Ultimately, operations managers have overall responsibility for the creation and execution of the organisations operations strategy which focuses on developing specific capabilities called 'competitive priorities' for the business.
Quality operations management, when executed perfectly enables organisations to gain competitive advantages and create greater efficiencies over their competitors and rivals. The role of operations management is critical | 141 |
Two BHS students named to state Student Advisory Council
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Bartlesville High School seniors Elijah Winter and Samantha Simmons have been named to the state's 2021 Student Advisory Council, a panel formed six years ago to give high school students a voice in state education policy.
The students were among 97 Oklahoma high school students announced Monday as this year's council members. Forty-four are returning members who have served on the council in previous years.
"Students have a lot to say about their education, and it is critical that we listen to them," said State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister. "The direct insight we receive from our students is incredibly valuable, and each year I am encouraged by the thoughtful reflection and fearless vision of these brilliant young leaders."
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"My experience this past year has been very positive," Winter said. "What was really interesting was that the state is serious about reaching out to youth and listening to our ideas and concerns."
He was impressed with the high-level and collaborative nature of the discussions as well as state lawmakers' interest in student input. His first meeting was in March at the state Capitol, but the the next meeting was virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We discussed issues from the short-term, such as an issue with school breakfasts, to the long-term, such as a proposal based on an NIH (National Institutes of Health) study showing that high school shouldn't start until 9 a.m. or 9:30 a.m. because our minds are still maturing and we need more sleep," Winter said.
If it had been any other year without a pandemic, that proposal might have made some headway, he said.
The panel last met virtually in June, where students voiced their challenges about learning amid a global pandemic and how racism impacts the classroom experience, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Education..
Other past discussion topics have included the importance of personal financial literacy, increased awareness of student mental health needs and how trauma can impede student success.
Hofmeister said feedback from the council has been instrumental in state-level initiatives to provide teachers more professional development in trauma-informed instruction, replace end-of-course high school testing with the ACT or SAT and pilot Individual Career Academic Planning (ICAP).
The first virtual meeting of the 2021 SAC will be Jan. 26.
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My sister splits her time between Saigon and San Francisco, with the majority of the split in Saigon. She goes incommunicado for long periods of time, and the family's only knowledge of her whereabouts are what we glean from Facebook posts. Of the siblings, she's moved the farthest away, both physically and psychically.
It wasn't always this way. My brother moved away first, after college, to work in Midland, Texas, never to return; I left next, fleeing to the East Coast for college, though I moved back to Colorado periodically, in between jobs. But my sister followed the path that had been set out for her: living at home, teaching for Denver Public Schools, being the obedient daughter. Maybe, in that way, she was like Little Edie. The one who stayed behind. The one who put her life on hold. The one who deferred her dreams until they had congealed into an amalgam of love, guilt and resentment.
At times, I can sometimes understand that resentment. My mother gets stuck on an endless loop of worry—When will the University offer you a full time job? Do you have health insurance? When was the last time you went to the dentist? Despite her best intentions, she can be smothering, oppressive, a presence that demands attention.
Little Edie only left<|fim_middle|> subsequently recycling stacks of unused product at King Soopers for pennies on the dollar. Penetrated key prospective accounts while receiving payment, taking note of extensive wood-paneling, dun carpeting, wafts of cigarette smoke. Adopted innovative approach to increasing revenue, relying on innocent, doe-eyed look to extract tips more effectively.
Proactively recruited and retained secondary sales force. Spearheaded workplace entrepreneurship, delegating tasks as necessary to maternal and paternal contractors. Mentored members of sales team, insisting that catalog rewards were not the end goal. Instead encouraged civic pride in Parklane Elementary School, in spite of established sales quotas necessary to earn year-end bonus. Generated adequate volume with new accounts despite heavy competition from other independent sales associates accessing the same markets. Expedited sales by eating product, five-inch chocolate bars with the color and texture of a paper bag, a single almond in each segment. Compared product to others on the market to gauge marketing strategy, decided on innovative approach of not mentioning flavor whatsoever. Achieved and exceeded sales goal when contractors pooled resources and announced, 'Look, it's just easier for us to buy you whatever you want from the catalog.' Donated all proceeds to local charitable organization, left on good terms after the 5th grade.
Accountable for all aspects of sales, business development and client management. Effectively prospected clients door-to-door using a hard-copy, glossy catalog. Pursued leads to generate revenue growth. Emphasized the need for foil-embossed wrapping paper and the indispensability of having several rolls on-hand at all times. Generated leads in a four-house radius, cultivated person-to-person contact. Wrote order forms, negotiated delivery dates. Prepared closing documents, eyed prizes in the rewards catalog: Atari 2600, Huffy Bike, Personal Gumball Machine (gumballs not included). Earned erasers in the shape of monsters.
The camera doesn't record memories as much as it creates them. These moments can now not be forgotten: the naked and drug-addled being escorted to the medical tent; a man wearing a sparkly Star-Spangled outfit, puffing from a furry bong the size of a hockey stick; the woman on-stage who says, petulantly, "But I wanna see Mick Jagger, goddammit." Throughout Gimme Shelter, the Rolling Stones watch the footage, as if it holds clues to their own memories of their 1969 North American tour, which ended at the infamous Altamont Speedway concert: what did they see? What could they have done? They listen to a radio call-in show recapping the Altamont concert, with Ralph 'Sonny' Barger, one of the Hell's Angels, giving his side of the story, and afterwards, Charlie Watts says, sardonically, "Well done, Sonny." When the film reaches the moment when Meredith Hunter gets stabbed in the back. Jagger asks to see it again. The Moviola freezes on a knife blade flashing in the air. Then Maysles winds it backwards, and Hunter pulls a gun, its shape visible against a girl's crotchet dress.
Memorializing one's life has become ubiquitous. Video clips, photographs—with these artifacts, we can rifle through our memories, parsing their significance. What did this moment mean? Nowadays, you can't go to a concert without someone hold up his phone for the entirety of the performance. What will he remember of it? How does he re-live the experience? Does he sing along? Are his eyes dazzled by the strobe lights, the smoke machines, the trembling of his own hand?
I saw Skinny Puppy on their Too Dark Park tour. The stage featured rubberized trees that, in the light, looked wet with slime. Faces were twisted into the bark. Behind the band, a back projection showed a loop of atrocities: war crimes, Lucio Fulci clips, animal experiments, Microsoft Windows 3.0 graphics. At one point, the lead singer, Ogre, was tied into a chair with medical tubing and and 'injected' with neon fluids. His bandmates strapped metal stilts to his arms and legs, and for the duration of the concert, he loped around the stage, a Goth giraffe.
I still have the t-shirt from the concert, a stippled close-up from the album's cover art: a demonic, tentacled face. It's the only physical reminder I have of the concert, and I've stopped wearing it. The image has started to crack and flake away, and the black of the shirt itself has faded to a dingy gray. And to be honest: I can hardly remember much of the concert itself. Much of what I 'remember' was provided by other sources. But I'm sure it happened that way, anyway.
In 1991, Skinny Puppy released their Tormentor single, which featured the track "Harsh Stone White," recorded live in Denver. I imagine I can hear myself cheering, clapping, begging for "Worlock," and I can see myself, the only skinny Asian 16-year old at the concert, skirting the mosh pit, inching my way up to the stage, and my 37-year old self, now sporting a mohawk for the summer, crosses his arms and says, Well done, sonny. | Grey Gardens once her mother had died. She went to New York, had a cabaret act, and, at 60, became the star she had always wanted to be. She burst forth onto the stage of Reno Sweeney for eight shows, enrobed in a crimson gown with a swath of red-painted plastic leaves on draping her shoulder like fire.
My sister, too, escaped. First into her own apartment, then into her soon-to-be husband's condo. She decided: she'd get her MBA and leave the teaching profession all together. But on the way, she found a second husband, all the way on the East Coast, and, finally, Vietnam, and a possible third husband in San Francisco. And I see her, living the life she thinks she was denied all those years ago: the endless parties, the clothes that exude glamour and youth, the carefully constructed of her make-up and hair. And I see her still: parading in circles for the camera, picking the best costume to wear for the day, trying to keep the line between the past and the present.
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Hands-on experience with all aspects of sales process, from initial processing of newspapers (tri-folding, rubber-banding, and wrapping in poly-plastic bags, depending on weather). Used varied and dynamic methods to achieve efficient distribution channels, including pedestrian-focused doorstep dropping, tossing from the handlebars of a wobbly bicycle, or flinging from the back of a Toyota 4-Runner driven by delivery associate. Took initiative when gathering monthly 'donation,' since newspaper was considered 'free.' Stoic in the face of slammed doors and irate customers insisting they had canceled their 'subscription' and no longer wanted product. Saved resources by noting addresses and not delivering product, | 420 |
Uvdal - Undiscovered. Untouched. Unique.
At the foot of the mighty Hardangervidda, at the top of Numedal, lies Uvdal Ski Center. For those of us who value plenty of space and flow in the ski experience, there are few better options in Eastern Norway which additionally offer a varied range of skiing opportunities.
From the top of the mountain lift and down the valley you find a total of 25 slopes: everything from steep slopes to a brand new terrain park to long, sloping slopes. In other words, the center is well adapted to most needs – from beginners to young children to more experienced riders.
Opening hours and<|fim_middle|> the mains skihill to the sunny side hills. | pass information.
Uvdal Ski Center has varied trails for everyone.
Uvdal Skisport offers ski rental and ski school all winter.
Uvdal Ski Center has a children's area with lifts, slopes and ski area for the youngest.
Enjoy some of our temptations in "Valhall", "Hugin" or our mountain café. Here you will find food and drinks at Uvdal Ski Center.
Stay comfortably in a cabin or apartment with ski in-ski out to the Alpine center – or a short way to great cross-country trails.
Uvdal Games is organized by HUA in collaboration with AVIA Produksjon and Uvdal Skisenter, and is definitely the coolest Easter contest of the year.
Our plots are located in close proximity to the alpine hill and popular cross-country trails.
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OCT has had a massive impact on treatment of eye disease around the world and is one of the top ophthalmic inventions in the last 25 years. Currently, it is estimated that more than 40 million OCT diagnostic procedures are performed worldwide annually.
The Champalimaud Foundation Vision Award is for $1.3 million, one the world's largest scientific and humanitarian prizes and the largest in visual research. The award winners were honored at a ceremony on September 14 in Lisbon, as presented by the president of Portugal.
Swanson will also be receiving an Outstanding Senior Alumni Award from the College of Engineering on October 27 in recognition for bringing honor to the College of Engineering through his professional achievements, leadership, and service to the profession, university, and society.
Mr. Swanson serves as a research affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a consultant at Draper Laboratory, and affiliate of the MIT Deshpande Center for Entrepreneurship. He also does a variety of volunteer activities and is editor of www.octnews.org.
Mr. Swanson was a co-founder of three successful start-up companies and is a founding board member of two more that collectively have shipped over $1 billion in products. Mr. Swanson is currently a founding chairman of Acacia Communications, a startup company focused on next-generation ultrahigh speed DWDM subsystems, a founding board member of Curata Incorporated, a web technology company making content curation SaaS products for B-to-B and B-to-C markets, and a board member of NinePoint Medical, a company making optical diagnostic imaging technology for the gastroenterology and other markets.
Prior to this, Mr. Swanson cofounded Sycamore Networks, a company developing optical networking products that had a successful $14-billion Nasdaq IPO in 1999. He served in various roles including chief scientist and general manager.
Prior to Sycamore, Mr. Swanson was a co-founder and CTO of LightLab Imaging, a biomedical imaging company focusing on commercializing optical coherence tomography for a wide range of medical markets including cardiology and endoscopy. Lightlab was acquired in 2010 by St. Jude Medical, a world-leading cardiovascular company, for $100 million.
Prior to LightLab Imaging, Mr. Swanson was a co-founder of Advanced Ophthalmic Devices, a startup focused on ophthalmologic imaging using OCT. AOD was acquired in 1994 by Carl Zeiss Meditec, a leading ophthalmic instrumentation company, and served<|fim_middle|>. Some notable results include development of one of the world's first WDM All-Optical Networks and pioneering work in developing the world first successful inter-satellite laser communication system that was demonstrated on the GEOLite spacecraft.
Swanson has authored about 200 technical papers and conference presentations. In addition, he holds more than 32 US patents and numerous foreign patents. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. In 1992 he received the prestigious Rank Prize for contributions to mankind in Opto-Electronics for his work in the field of optical coherence tomography. | as a foundation for Zeiss's world-leading ophthalmic OCT product line, which has shipped about $1 billion in OCT products to date.
Prior to AOD, Mr. Swanson was involved in R&D at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory for 15 years. He served in various technical and managerial roles of a large R&D group working on Optical networks and Inter-Satellite Laser Communication Systems | 82 |
Hazard put the game to bed with a classy strike. "He<|fim_middle|>5 percent who responded that they meant to upgrade in June of a year ago . | 's doing very well in the offensive phase", Sarri explained.
"Alonso, at the moment, this position at left-back is maybe the best in Europe", said the head coach.
It is hard to imagine better strikers not having a field day against Luiz and you suspect weighing his brilliant ball distribution against his defensive lapses will be a constantly shifting equation for Sarri, particularly as Andreas Christensen waits for his chance on the bench.
"Physical qualities at a top level, I think". I think it's very hard to recover this gap in only one season.
After picking up another win, Chelsea maintained their ideal start to the season and keep the pressure on Liverpool, who are now top of the Premier League heading into the global break. "They are well organised, they are risky in counter-attacks, so the match will be very hard for us, but we want to be in control of the match, and try to gain points", he added.
"I don't know if we are able to win something this season, but Eden Hazard is very important to us".
"The first half, the situation was hard". Last season, with Napoli, we went to Bournemouth for a friendly match.
'If he improves that, he could be the best left-back in the world'.
"I think that now for us it is better to think about the next match".
Later in the first half, he allowed Wilson to control and lay the ball off before drifting away from the striker as he moved unmarked into the penalty area.
It was not just about How are you feeling? And a second-set pep talk from an umpire may have had something to do with it. Nick Kyrgios was struggling against Pierre-Hugues Herbert before a dramatic turnaround following a chat with the umpire.
Hawaii was spared a direct hit from a major hurricane as Lane diminished to a tropical storm as it approached the islands . It was located 1,230 miles (1,980 miles) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii and was moving west at 13 mph (20 kph).
This new version of Wear OS makes quicker use of Google Assistant and Google Fit , and makes the entire experience more intuitive. Google just announced a Wear OS redesign that dramatically alters the way the operating system looks and functions.
Speaking of specs, all the phones are expected to come with the usual arsenal of Apple Face ID unlock, gesture control etc. The exact figure was 48 percent, compared to 2 | 508 |
Podcast Review: "The Infinite Monkey Cage" Delights All Audiences
👤Tracy Chung February 2, 2016
The Significance of Swine: Pigs in societal evolution
Q&A: How Does Caffeine Affect Your Internal Clock?
Mealworms: An Unlikely Solution to Styrofoam Waste
"When is a strawberry dead?" This quirky question is one of many that have sparked debates on BBC Radio 4's science-meets-entertainment podcast, "The Infinite Monkey Cage." It is indicative of the show's character — nonsensical musings intertwined with a surprising scientific curiosity.
The infinite monkey theorem (supposedly the show's namesake) stipulates that a monkey sitting at a typewriter for an infinite amount of time will eventually type any given literary text. In this case, merit is just a matter of probability. The podcast has far less than an infinite amount of time — episodes typically run for half an hour. Nevertheless, the program reaches understandings that are delightful<|fim_middle|> humorous and appealing to a general audience. Still, what the podcast lacks in scientific detail, it makes up for in charm. Listeners will find episodes amusing and thought-provoking, but they should not expect to become experts on the scientific specifics.
So, when is a strawberry dead? There is no definite answer. But, with some rumination (and jest), "The Infinite Monkey Cage" opens up a new line of thought for its listeners.
Cover image: "The Infinite Monkey Cage" attempts to bring science and fun listening together. Image courtesy of Tracy Chung. | and valuable, even if broad in regard to hard science.
Since beginning in 2009, the program has produced 12 series, a U.S. tour, and extended podcast versions of most episodes from 2013 onward. The program is led by University of Manchester particle physicist Brian Cox and comedic writer Robin Ince. Together, the odd pair brings whimsy to the podcast.
Brian Cox and Robin Ince bring a certain magic to this science podcast. Image courtesy of Tracy Chung.
Each episode begins with a theme, such as forensic science, pandas, death, or parallel universes. Cox and Ince are joined by a panel of three guests — usually experts in the given field or entertainers. As the show has garnered popularity, the guests have been more well known. Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and a handful of famous British actors have all served on a Monkey Cage panel. Questions like "when is a strawberry dead?" spur lively discussion. Is a strawberry still alive as photosynthesis continues? How do we define death? Is it dependent on the definition of life? The conversations progress with an impressive and natural flow, a credit to Cox, Ince, and the show's enthusiastic tone.
However, the podcast's effort to bring scientific inquiry and humor together is less smooth. Either the humor is buried beneath data and concepts, or the science is oversimplified for the sake of amusement and accessibility. Perhaps this is less the podcast's fault than it is the nature of its goal to make science | 319 |
Today is my 12-year wedding anniversary.
If you include our dating years, we have been irritating each other for close to 16 years.
Wowsers,<|fim_middle|> the carefree times during the hall days too! | TWELVE and SIXTEEN. To be honest though, it sure did not feel that long.
During all these years, we have shared many experiences – some good, some bad – but through it all, we have persevered. Of course we get on each other's nerves sometimes but somehow, it always gets diffused with doses of laughter and well, just being goofy.
Yes, if there is one thing I have learnt after 12 years of marriage, it has got to be not taking life in general too seriously. That, and looking beyond the faults of our other half.
Because a good marriage is about looking for the small gifts that we do not always see.
She is the kind of wife who counts the good I do more than the bad.
I don't think that I could ever love anyone the way I love Sharon. No one knows me better than she does. All the secrets of my heart are hers to keep and to top everything off, we are blessed with three wonderful children.
But yet, she is my greatest blessing, the one who makes my life full of beautiful things each day.
She is the twinkle in my eye, the ice to my cream, sweet to my dreams and spring in my step.
Most important of all, she is the love of my life.
Wishing both of you many more Happy Returns!
I like the photo taken at C-blokers'pond! Must be sweet memories. ..
Yes, we are mssing | 300 |
ArtsNewsEntertainment
From out of nowhere
MICHAEL DWYERThe West Australian
Tue, 22 January 2013 8:00PM
Gurrumul wasn't supposed to happen to Skinnyfish Music. Not on the level that crashed the pop charts, toured the world and pressed flesh with gobsmacked heads of state, anyway.
"He sort of stuffed us up a little bit," says Michael Hohnen, to the quiet amusement of his business partner, Mark Grose.
For 10 years, their intentions with the tiny Top End record label have been passionately local. This week, having followed their Elcho Island prodigy from Carnegie Hall to Buckingham Palace to Stevie Wonder's dressing room, they're expected on the Australians of the Year podium in Canberra.
Stuff-up or what?
"I don't think we'll win," says Hohnen, counting off some of the other 2013 finalists on his fingers: Ita Buttrose, Kerry Stokes, ACT social justice campaigner Dr Tom Calma, Melbourne businessman/ philanthropist Harold Mitchell . . .
A former bassist with Melbourne's Killjoys, Hohnen's pop career has taught him to temper high expectations. Grose has travelled a different road from teenaged idealist to "optimistic pragmatist" since moving from Geelong to indigenous community administration in the 1990s. "You never know," he says quietly.
The pair's official shortlist citation mentions Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu only in passing, more saliently noting that "for Mark and Michael, music is the key to unlocking potential".
On that score, Grose was as surprised as any jaded veteran of "community development" when Hohnen came knocking on his door in Galiwinku, the largest settlement on Elcho Island, with sound recording equipment from Darwin University in 1996.
The bass player had endured a slow epiphany over a cold, lean residency in London a few years earlier. The Killjoys met Yothu Yindi there, riding high on their Treaty rush, and also Archie Roach, their star Mushroom Records label mate, who they supported on several dates.
"The way Archie just sat there and didn't say much, that really fascinated me," says Hohnen, who was rapidly tiring of rock biz bluster.
"After a couple of meetings with those people I realised there was something going on. And I knew there were songs there: songs from Australia.
"I know we have our Paul Kelly songs; our bush-folk tradition, but . . . I got to this point back in Melbourne, I'd hit my mid-30s and I thought 'There's got to be more'. I put my bass in the car and drove to the Territory."
At Darwin University, Hohnen soon found his practical industry skills in demand. A chance to work on Elcho soon arose.
At the time, Grose was the council clerk of Galiwinku and admits to some initial scepticism. "The one thing everyone looks for in those remote communities is what avenue you can use to communicate," he says, "but generally they never<|fim_middle|> music, their language, their view of the world, taken up and appreciated by a broader audience, that says to them 'We are worth something'," Grose says. "That, for me, has been the biggest outcome of his success."
Nonetheless, it comes with a duty of care in the expectation management department.
"We're very careful not to sell bands the idea that they're going to be the next Gurrumul," Grose says.
In any event, the Skinnyfish strategy is unlikely to cross the mainstream pop radar again for some time.
A world away from the ARIA charts, many of their acts are engaged in outback and Top End projects including the Strong Choices cyber-awareness campaign and a series of videos to promote disease prevention in regional communities.
In November, Grose and Hohnen were invited to take up management of the Barunga Festival for the next five years. The iconic cultural event near Katherine has been running for 27 years, and famously hosted Bob Hawke's unfulfilled promise of a treaty in 2008.
"Apart from music, what we are committed to is involvement," Hohnen says.
"Mark's driving theory is that when a community feels good about itself, a lot of other positive things happen. With Barunga we hope to set up a model of how an Aboriginal festival can run. We have five years to do that, which should be plenty of time."
Even if they become Australians of the Year this week?
"I don't think we will," he repeats with a smile. "But I think we have got a model of working with Aboriginal Australia that is reasonably effective. It's not based on waiting for the Government to do something, and it's not based on handing all the control to an Aboriginal organisation or individuals. It's about setting up a business and saying 'Do you want to get involved?' It's about the long-term."
'I think we have got a model of working with Aboriginal Australia that is reasonably effective.'
Creatives to draw & write together with artistic duo | come to fruition." What he saw on this occasion was a level of engagement he could only compare to the magic of football.
"These young guys were just busting down the doors to be involved in Michael's music course," he says. Hohnen floated the idea of starting a local record label on that first visit.
If this were a conventional rock'n'roll success story, this would be the bit where the barefoot kid with the guitar walks in, jaws drop and a montage of magazine covers shifts the location to some teeming neon metropolis for the rest of the picture. But in spite of half-a- million worldwide sales of the Gurrumul album, Skinnyfish's focus never wavered.
"The Gurrumul thing has been fantastic, but it hasn't been the main game," Grose says. "The main game has been to nurture and foster musical talent, to present it to the world, sure, but the world as we see it is local, regional and if you're lucky, every now and again, national."
From a national perspective, the so-called "Gurrumul effect" has been undeniable. Galvanised by the extraordinary arrival of Yolngu language and stories on the global stage, artists as diverse and far-flung as Iwantja, Frank Yamma, East Journey, Warren H. Williams, Shelley Morris and the Yabu Band have since released albums in traditional languages.
The fact that none of them are household names is practically irrelevant. For Skinnyfish at least, the Gurrumul effect is not so much in the pop charts as in the hearts of their local communities.
"To have someone come along who presents their | 342 |
Domtar Announces $90 million Investment in Martin County
by Jason White | Sep 23, 2019 | News | 0 comments
From WCTI12
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New company to bring 31 jobs to Martin County
Martin County Leaders Look Forward to I-87 Job Growth | OUTH, Martin County — New economic incentives are keeping one of Martin County's largest manufacturers and taxpayers in the area.
The Domtar Plymouth Paper Mill is staying in Martin County, according to city officials.
Martin County Manager David Bone says it took nearly a year for the county and the company to reach an agreement, which comes with incentives for the mill.
"If we didn't make this incentive package," he explains, "They may have chosen to locate these improvements in one of their other facilities in another community."
He says county commissioners passed the economic incentives last week.
The incentives, according to Bone, are essentially a tax cut.
The company must invest $90 million into the Domtar plant, but 70 percent of the taxes on the investment will be reimbursed.
He also says the incentive comes with stipulations. If the mill closes within the next eight years, the money must be paid back. The deal is also off if the plant does not employ 30 full-time employees with $64,000 salaries.
"Folks that work at that facility come from Martin County; they come from Washington County; they come from Chowan County; they come from Pitt County," Bone explains. "So, it really benefits our entire region when we have an industry making this sizable investment in our community."
Domtar says the company is committed to staying in eastern North Carolina.
"Through this agreement with Martin County, we will be able to further improve the efficiencies of the mill's assets and reduce costs," the company says in a statement. "These investments are part of a broader strategy across our pulp network to optimize our pulp operations to remain competitive in a global market."
Bone says the mill must make the $90 million investment in new equipment and improvements over the next four years.
State Leader Speaks to Committee of 100
Eastern N.C. communities get grants to support economic | 384 |
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Visions of Greater Buffalo Photography
The Art of Sport
Join us and an outstanding group of international artists at CEPA Gallery for the opening reception<|fim_middle|>Market Arcade Cinema
639 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203
Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 7:00pm
Since 1940, the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. has held an annual prison rodeo. Part wild west show, part coliseum-style spectacle, this relic of the American penal system is a tradition for the prison and community at large. Prisoners compete on wild broncos and bucking bulls, risking severe injury while friends, family and others cheer them on. For the female hopefuls and male competitors like 14-year rodeo veteran Danny Liles, the chance to battle livestock offers a brief respite from prison life.
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo goes behind prison walls to follow a group of female inmates (and a few male prisoners) on their journey to the rodeo. In the state with the highest female incarceration rate in the country—and 80% of women prisoners are mothers—many share experiences such as broken homes, drug abuse and alienation from their children.
About Director Bradley Beesley
Bradley Beesley has directed nine feature-length films, including six documentaries, a concert movie and a science fiction narrative. His films include Okie Noodling, The Fearless Freaks, SummerCamp! and The Creek Runs Red. Beesley has collaborated on numerous music videos with The Flaming Lips and recently teamed up with the band's leader, Wayne Coyne, to make the sci-fi film Christmas on Mars.
The HBO documentary Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo was directed by Bradley Beesley; produced by Bradley Beesley, Amy Dotson and James Payne; executive producers, Julie Goldman, Krysanne Katsoolis and Caroline Stevens; original music by Jason Quever; cinematography by Alan Novey; edited by Louisiana Kreutz. For Cinemax Reel Life: senior producer, Nancy Abraham; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.
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www.cepagallery.org | of The Art Of Sport.
These photography, film, and interactive media artworks will demonstrate the hype, criticism, design, and process of sports competition, body and mind development, social construction and rehabilitation through sport, real-time communication feeds of live events (radio, TV, and web), community identity, and sports tourism in the United States and abroad.
This exhibition has been generously supported by funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
CEPA Gallery
Big Orbit Gallery
Opening Reception:
Exhibit:
September 20–November 23, 2013
Curated by Craig Smith, The Art Of Sport will feature a diversity of conceptual aesthetic modes that address the social engagement with a culture of competitive sports in the United States and abroad, with works by an international group of artists including:
Catherine Opie (US)
Paul Pfeiffer (US)
Daria Martin (UK)
Anne Hardy (UK)
Lee Walton (US)
Matthew Bakkom (US)
Vesna Pavlovic (Serbia/US)
Mitch Miller (US)
Craig Smith (US)
Bradley Beesley (US)
Harold Edgerton (US)
Hans van der Meer (NL)
Covering a dynamic range of professional, amateur, and other activities almost unrecognized as "sport," these photography, film, and interactive media artworks will demonstrate the hype, criticism, design, and process of sports competition, body and mind development, social construction and rehabilitation through sport, real-time communication feeds of live events (radio, TV, and web), community identity, and sports tourism in the United States and abroad.
The exhibit begins on Curtain Up! Friday, September 20, 2013 with an opening reception for the artists at CEPA Gallery, and will continue with a wide array of programming through the next two months. Following is a schedule of specific events occurring at CEPA Gallery and Big Orbit throughout the exhibit.
The Art of Sport Opening Reception
Meet and greet the artists at The Art Of Sport opening reception at CEPA Gallery.
Lee Walton, Last Pick
Lee Walton is forming a team and we need 100 people to play. You will have the opportunity to join the lineup by visiting the opening reception of The Art Of Sport.
Visit Lee Walton's Last Pick website to learn more about the team and view a message from the coach.
Mitch Miller, Natural Selection
Come shoot some arrows with Mitch Miller at Natural Selections, an installation and performance at Big Orbit Gallery.
Matthew Bakkom, Bowling For Dalí
Voelker's Bowling Center
686 Amherst Street, Buffalo, NY 14207
8:30pm–Midnight
Price: $10–$20/each
Registration: 8:30pm–9:30pm
First Round: 9:30pm
Trophy Round: 10:30pm
"Pleasure is man's most legitimate aspiration."
—Salvador Dalí, Barcelona, Spain, March 22, 1930
Artist Matthew Bakkom and CEPA Gallery invite you to Voelker's Bowling Center to participate in Bowling For Dalí.
Join us at this Buffalo recreational landmark and participate in a specially designed 10-pin event intended to explore the competitive tendencies of the avant-garde and playfully reconcile one of its infamous 20th century schisms. These events will pit teams that represent the major figures of the surrealist movement—Team Breton, Team Eluard, Team Aragon, Team Ray, etc.—as they vie for victory in a celebration of the career of their most well-known and eventually scorned colleague, Salvador Dalí (famously derided in the wake of his American stardom by his anagrammatic rechristening as "Avida Dollars").
After a first round qualifier, the top teams will compete in a second round showdown for first, second and third place trophies and other awards, produced by artist/organizer Matthew Bakkom for this site-based event, commissioned by CEPA Gallery as an element of their current exhibition, The Art Of Sport.
For $20, each participant will get two games, shoes, and a three-hour open bar (well and tap). For $10, participants can skip the open bar. Individual players will be grouped into teams of five, or you can grab four friends and form your own team.
Lee Walton, World Series Game One
Passageway Gallery (2nd Floor)
8:00pm–Game's Conclusion
For this live broadcast installation event, artist Lee Walton has created a system for the construction of a wall installation. Each action performed during the event will be determined by the play-by-play commentator's calls of Game 1 of the 2013 MLB World Series.
Each play will elicit a drawing action predetermined by an elaborate key designed by the artist and on display in the gallery. Walton has limited his material choices for the performance and installation to products found at The Home Depot. By doing so Walton intends to play with the relationship between mega-sports spectacle and the everyday domesticity of the average fan.
The public is welcome to attend and experience the live events of both World Series Game One and Walton's installation performance. Walton and others will be working frantically to build the work within the duration of the ball game. Hot dogs, beer, baseball, and art will be the order of the night!
Often regarded as an Experientialist, Walton's work takes many forms—from drawings on paper, game/system based structures, video, web-based performances, public projects, theatrical orchestrations and more.
The Art Of Sport Symposium
Anne Hardy (photography, Maureen Paley Gallery, London)
Lee Walton (performance, drawing, web, professor at UNC Greensboro)
Vesna Pavlovic (photography, professor at Vanderbilt University)
Bradley Beesley (documentary films, Little League Pictures, Austin TX)
Mitch Miller (sculpture, drawing, research fellow at Arizona State University)
Craig Smith (photography, performance, relational art, professor at the University of Florida)
Bradley Beesley, Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo
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Kyle Albertson
Kyle Albertson, Bass-Baritone
Role: Porthos in les Trois Mousquetaires
Renowned not only for his voice--"drop-dead gorgeous," raved the Dallas Morning News--but for his versatility, style, and ability to bring a character to life on stage, Kyle Albertson made his opera debut in Puccini's Manon Lescaut with Opera Grand Rapids and has been expanding his repertoire ever since. After having worked five season at The Metropolitan Opera of NY, Kyle Albertson made his debuts, this season as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Lieutenant Horstmayer in Silent Night, DeGuiche in Cyrano, and Donner in Das Rheingold both in Minnesota and in his house début at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Next years engagements include a role debut as Sam in Trouble in Tahiti, and a company debut at San Francisco Opera working on their Ring cycle. A sought-after concert artist, Kyle has performed the bass solo in Verdi's Requiem with The Händel Society of Dartmouth, Papageno in Boston Youth Symphony's concert performance of Die Zauberflöte at Symphony Hall, a Carnegie Hall début in Rutter's Mass of the Children, and a concert version of Der Rosenkavalier with Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony. He has been closely associated with the legendary Santa Fe Opera, where he served as an Apprentice Artist for two seasons, and he is a graduate of the Resident Artist Program at Minnesota Opera.
Mireille Asselin
Mireille Asselin, Soprano
Role: Musetta in La Boheme and A French Affair
Praised for her "vivacious stage presence" and a soprano voice "that charms and brightens a room," Mireille Asselin is a young artist at the start of an exciting career. She made waves in December 2015 when she jumped in as Adele for the opening night of Die Fledermaus at the Met under the baton of James Levine. Critics raved that she "stole the show" with her "crystalline voice" and "abundant charm"--in a performance that was only the start of Mireille's Met career, now in its fourth season. She made her European opera debut as Princesse Andromède in Lully's Persée at Versailles in 2014 and recently sang the title role in Handel's Berenice at the 2016 Göttingen International Handel Festival, Germany. 2016-17 also sees her at Opera Atelier and the Royal Opera of the Palace of Versailles as Créuse in Charpentier's Medée and making her debut with the Minnesota Orchestra in Handel's Messiah and with the Handel and Haydn Society singing Iris in Semele. Mireille appears regularly with Toronto's Opera Atelier at the Boston Early Music Festival.
Mitchell Bach
Composer, Les Trois Mousquetaires
Mitch Bach debuted his first opera, Every Model Line, in 2001 in Wellington, New Zealand. Since then he's composed choral, sacred and orchestral works for ensembles around the world. He made his Phoenicia Festival of the Voice debut in 2010 with a concert of sacred works and his own compositions, and is excited to return with the Musketeers. He has studied piano and composition at the Sydney Conservatorium (Australia) and Paris Conservatoire, and is also a graduate of the University of Paris-Sorbonne. He lives in New York City.
Stephanie Backofen
Stephanie Backofen, soprano
Stephanie Backofen of nearby Wallkill began her musical education under the tutelage of Maestro Ron De Fesi and pursued studies in both clarinet and voice at the Universities of SUNY Ulster and The Crane School of Music under Professors Janet Gehres and Jeffery Francom. For the past several years, she has concentrated on vocal performance, working closely with Maria Todaro and Louis Otey. She is active in numerous choirs around the Hudson Valley region and also performs as a soloist. This past season, with the ensemble group Kairos: A Consort of Singers, she participated in Choral Fest, singing at New York City's Symphony Space. She is currently a soprano section leader at the parish of St. George's Episcopal Church in Newburgh, New York. Stephanie was a member of the chorus of Otello in the 2016 Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, and this season, audiences will see her both in the chorus of La Boheme and as a featured Young Artist.
Robert Balonek
Robert Balonek, Baritone
Role: Duke of Buckingham Les Trois Mousquetaires
Starting as a student at SUNY Purchase, Robert Balonek performed the title roles in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. He sang Ottone in Monteverdi's Poppea, both Ferdinand and Prospero in the New York premiere of Lee Hoiby's The Tempest, and in the world premiere of Raphaël Lucas's Confession. He also recorded both The Tempest and Confession with Albany Records--all while an undergraduate. He then moved to New York and received a professional studies diploma from the Mannes School of Music, where he studied with Bonnie Hamilton. While at Mannes, Robert performed Guglielmo in Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart and Ford in Verdi's Falstaff. He also performed the solo bass role in Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the Mannes Baroque Ensemble and soloed in the Faure Requiem with the Westchester Choral Society. Since leaving Mannes, Robert has worked in collaboration with a number of contemporary composers--among them M. Zachary Johnson (Boston Tea Party Opera), Gerald Cohen (Steal a Pencil for Me), Mohammed Fairouz (Furia), and Stefania DeKenessey (Bonfire of the Vanities).
Barynya Can-can dance troupe
A French Affair
Eight women and two men comprise the NYC Cancan Cabaret, the dance group that performs every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in cabarets and clubs around New York City--for example, at the famed Tatiana nightclub in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach. Professionals all, who have performed on such stages as Carnegie Hall's, these dancers just can't stop moving. In costumes made for them at the historic Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia,they will have you kicking up your heels as well.
Cambridge Chamber Singers
Cambridge Chamber Singers (CCS) is a 30-voice choir performing (mostly) a cappella music from the fifteenth century to the twenty-first, in Boston and beyond. Now in its thirty-second season, CCS offers exciting and eclectic concert programs to connect audiences in Greater Boston with the best in choral music, from traditional masters to talented new composers. The group's name was changed from Cambridge Madrigal Singers to Cambridge Chamber Singers to better reflect the music the group performs. Under Musical Director Dr. Raymond Fahrner, CCS seeks out innovative programming and creative collaborations. CCS sponsors the annual Composition Competition and premieres the winning composition each Spring.
Richard Bernstein
Role: Colline in La Boheme
A Metropolitan Opera company member since his debut in 1995, acclaimed bass Richard Bernstein has appeared in 374 performances and in more than 110 live international broadcasts. Highly valued for his versatility in a wide-ranging repertoire embracing multiple languages and in styles from classical through contemporary, Richard performs around the country and across the world. Especially noted for his signature roles of Figaro and Leporello in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni respectively, he has also notably performed Olin Blitch in Susannah, Frank Maurrant in Weill's Street Scene, and Orville Mason in Picker's An American Tragedy. He has collaborated with a host of major American symphony orchestras, from the New York Philharmonic to the Chicago Symphony to the Philadelphia Orchestra, and has been a guest at such festivals as Spoleto, Ravinia, and Tanglewood. And this New York native has performed under the batons of the most important conductors of the day, including James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, Valery Gergiev, James Conlon, Christoph Eschenbach, Leonard Slatkin, Sir Andrew Davis, Donald Runnicles, Patrick Summers, and Fabio Luisi.
Joseph Michael Brent
Joseph Michael Brent, Tenor
Role: D'Artagnan in Les Trois Mousquetaires
A member of the Michigan Opera Theatre Studio, Joseph Michael Brent has most recently performed Laurie in Mark Adamo's Little Women, the Kronprinz in Kevin Puts's Silent Night, Trin in Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, and El Remendado in Bizet's Carmen. Praised for the beautiful and powerful quality of his voice and for "a handsome stage presence" as well, Brent has performed such classic romantic-hero roles as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly and is also a sought-after concert soloist and recitalist. He most recently performed Ralph Vaughan William's s song cycle for tenor and piano quintet On Wenlock Edge, and he was selected by composer Michael Fiacc to premiere four songs for tenor and piano. He has performed the tenor soloist role in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, in Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Messiah, and the Schubert Mass. He hails from down the river in New York City, is a proud graduate of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, and holds an undergraduate degree from the conservatory of music at Purchase College SUNY.
Sean Christensen
Sean Christensen, Tenor, Young Artist Program
A tenor with a full, warm, lyrical timbre, Sean Christensen's recent New York City performances include Des Grieux in Manon at Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, Fernando in Granados' Goyescas at Bare Opera, and Don Ottavio in Opera in Williamsburg's Don Giovanni. He has sung Azael in Ravel's L'enfant prodigue, Gastone in La Traviata, Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor, and Tamino in The Magic Flute with the Metropolitan Guild. A 2016 young artist at Caramoor and an apprentice artist at Sarasota Opera, where he was named Outstanding Apprentice Artist, Sean was also a studio artist at Chautauqua Opera in 2015 and an Opera North Young Artist in 2014. He has performed as a soloist with the American Symphonic Orchestra and with the Mannes Opera. A music graduate of Bard College, he also holds a master's from Mannes College of Music. He has performed recitals at both alma maters. A Swiss national raised in France and the United States, Sean has sung under the batons of Jorge Parodi, James Bagwell, and Leon Botstein, and now studies with Michael Chioldi.
Fidelia Esther Darmahkasih
Fidelia Esther Darmahkasih, Soprano
A native of Indonesia, Fidelia Darmahkasih made her debut with the Nightingale Opera Theater's young artist production of Little Women in the role of Beth. An active performer with Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit, Fidelia has appeared in Carmen, Little Women, and Cyrano. She was a Young Artist Voice finalist in the 2016 Music Teachers National Association competition, Midwestern semi-finalist in New York Lyric Opera competition, and second-place winner in the Conrad Art Song Competition (graduate division) in collaboration with pianist Anita Chiu. Her opera credits include Madame Lidoine in Dialogues of the Carmelites and the title role in Patience. Fidelia has also performed with Toledo Opera in Lucia di Lammermoor, Tosca, and Porgy and Bess. In 2015, she participated In the OperaWorks Emerging Artist Program in Los Angeles and presented a solo recital in Jakarta, Indonesia. She holds Bachelor and Master degrees from Bowling Green State University.
Norman DeVol
Norman DeVol, Tenor
Role: Parpignol in La Boheme
Norman Devol is an accomplished tenor soloist and vocal instructor who was for many years a member of the San Francisco chorus and the Assistant Conductor of the award-winning Masterworks Chorale in San Mateo. A California native now living in Oregon, Norman received his Bachelor's degree in vocal performance from San Jose State University, studying with Jeanne Garson, and has performed numerous roles in operas and concerts with many outstanding musical organizations throughout the Greater Sacramento and San Francisco Bay areas--including Pocket Opera, West Bay Opera, Mission City Opera, Berkeley Opera, Monterey Symphony, Camerata California, Auburn Symphony, Camellia Symphony, Gold Country Chamber Orchestra, Sacramento State University, Opera La Piccola Scala. and Sierra College. Among his favorite roles are Tamino in The Magic Flute, Ghermann in Queen of Spades, and Rodolfo in La Boheme, for which he was nominated a Sacramento regional theater Elly Award. He is also well known as a professional vocal coach and instructor, teaches privately, and was on the music faculty of Sierra College in Rocklin, CA for ten years.
Toru Dodo
Toru Dodo, Pianist
The Spiritual Side Of Duke
Born in Tokyo, Toru Dodo started playing classical piano at age 4. While majoring in Economics at Meiji University, he discovered jazz, and he soon began gigging in Tokyo area. He went to Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music , graduating summa cum laude in 1998, then moved to New York and began touring as both leader and sideman throughout the U.S.,Japan, Canada, Italy, Africa, and south America. Among the artists with whom he has played are Kenny Garrett, Benny Golson,Curtis Fuller, Louis Hayes, Ruth Brown, Terumasa Hino, Somi, Michelle Walker, Karen Marie, Alicia Olatuja, and Aimee Allen. Dodo has also released five solo albums and is the author of Excellent Jazz Solo Piano, published by Rittor Music in Japan in 2008.
The International Association for Jazz Education awarded Dodo its 2008 prize for outstanding service to jazz education. That same year, he also received the BRIO Award (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) by his home borough.
Robert Edwards
Robert Edwards, Trombonist
One of the bright new voices in jazz trombone today, Robert Edwards was educated at the Juilliard School. Since moving to New York, he has performed with Jimmy Heath, Claudio Roditi, Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. His debut CD, on D Clef Records, is Sound Business. Robert Edwards plays Michael Rath trombones exclusively.
Michael Fennelly
Michael Fennelly, Conductor/ Pianist
A child prodigy who first performed onstage at age ten, Californian Michael Fennelly is a virtuoso piano solo performer, a conductor, and a music director par excellence for opera and concert performances around the world. The United States winner of the Horowitz Competition and a Bösendorfer Artist who represented the US on a tour of Japan for the State Department, Michael made his Carnegie Hall solo recital debut as winner of the Artist International Competition and has performed in many of the world's great concert halls, including Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall, Munich's Prinzregenten Theatre, and Berlin's Komische Oper. He has performed in Moscow Conservatory's International Chopin Symposium, New York's Schoenberg Music Festival, and Italy's Wilhelm Kempff Beethoven Seminar, and in master classes under John O'Connor, Richard Goode, and Abbey Simon. In addition to solo performing, Michael conducts, coaches, and directs productions of opera, from Lucia di Lammermoor in concert at Carnegie Hall to the premiere of John Musto's The Inspector with Wolf Trap Opera to serving as music director for La Cenerentola with New York City Opera.
Lauren Flanigan
Lauren Flanigan, Soprano, Voices of Distinction: A French Affair
nternationally acclaimed soprano Lauren Flanigan is the Founder/Director of Music and Mentoring House, a New York State not-for-profit organization that creates affordable training programs for opera singers and provides hands on mentoring and an upscale residency program to students studying in the arts in NYC. She has enjoyed a thirty-year career that included performances at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Bayerisches Staatsoper, Glyndebourne, the New York City Opera, 10 world premieres, 1 movie, 11 cd's, 5 Live From Lincoln Center telecasts and 15 awards for musical and humanitarian work. Now in it's 23rd year, she started Comfort Ye… an annual musical event to raise food and awareness for New York's homeless. This year Lauren received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation.
David Foster, Actor.
Role: Momus in La Boheme
David Foster has been a mainstay of the local theater scene since he moved to the area more than a decade ago. A professional actor as a teenager and a baritone with the Notre Dame Glee Club while in college, David later lived and performed in New York, Indiana, Iowa, Virginia, Italy, Florida, and Mississippi. Most recently, he played Fred Graham in Kiss Me, Kate at the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck. He also took part in the very first Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, serving as the Stage Manager for Closer Than Ever. He lives in Woodstock with his wife Teresa and their children.
Kevin Glavin
Kevin Glavin, Bass
Role: Benoit/Alcindoro in La Boheme
Basso buffo Kevin Glavin has performed in opera houses and concert halls across the length and breadth of North and South America. Career highlights have included the milestone production of The Nose by Shostakovich at the Metropolitan Opera, Bartolo in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Don Magnifico in that composer's La Cenerentola with San Francisco Opera, the title role in Donizetti's Don Pasquale at Glimmerglass, and with New York City Opera as Don Pasquale (again), Mustafà in L'Italiana in Algeri, Bartolo (again), Don Inigo Gomez in Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole, and the Sacristan in Tosca. From Seattle to Florida, from Vancouver to Buenos Aires, from Montreal to Edmonton to Quebec across Canada, in the major opera houses of South America, and from sea to shining sea in the U.S., Kevin has wowed and won audiences with his virtuoso singing and his brilliant comedic talents. He is also well known for his performances in Holiday Concerts with the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, and with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, conducted by the late Marvin Hamlisch.
Beth Greenberg
Director of The Young Artists Program/Stage Director
Renowned for her work with New York City Opera, where she directed original main stage productions of Turandot and Tales of Hoffmann as well as classic revivals of Der Rosenkavalier, Tosca, La Traviata, La Boheme, and Intermezzo, Beth Greenberg may be best known for her groundbreaking production of Puccini's Il Tabarro aboard an historic ship moored in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Her collaborations with living composers are legendary, as they work together on all phases of a new show's development from first libretto read to fully staged premieres. Recent examples include Opera Colorado's production of The Scarlet Letter (Laitman & Mason), The Three Feathers (Laitman & Gioia), The Red Silk Thread (Sung & Hilbert), and Pumped Fiction (Eaton). Add her staging of Carmen in Tokyo and Tosca in Lima to works for Crested Butte Music Festival, Utah Festival Opera, Pittsburgh Opera Center, Opera Delaware, and--in her sixth consecutive season--the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice. A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music and Brooklyn College, Greenberg apprenticed with Gotz Friedrich at Berlin's Deutsche Oper on a Fulbright.
Sarah Heltzel
Sarah Heltzel, Mezzo Soprano
Role : Milady De Winter , Les Trois Mousquetaires
"Vocally striking and visually appealing" (New York Times), American mezzo-soprano Sarah Heltzel consistently "sets the stage ablaze with her vocal and dramatic pyrotechnics" (HoustonChronicle). Heltzel has brought her compelling presence to diverse roles such as Eboli in Don Carlo (Wichita Grand Opera), Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (String Orchestra of Brooklyn), Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos (Winter Opera St Louis), Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Houston (Opera in the Heights), Musetta in La Bohème (Opera on the James), Carmen (Tacoma Opera) and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (Indianapolis, Amarillo, Syracuse, Nevada, and Opera on the James). Recent roles include Siegrune and covers of Waltraute, Flosshilde, and Zweite Norn in Der Ring des Nibelungen and Flora in La Traviata at Seattle Opera, Jo in Little Women for Opera on the James, and Desirée and Charlotte in A Little Night Music for Syracuse Opera and the Phoenicia Festival. Heltzel closes this season with New York City Opera's Angels in America, American Opera Projects' OperaLab collaboration with NYU, and with The String Orchestra of Brooklyn for Respighi's Il Tramonto. www.sarahheltzel.com
Jon Irabagon
Jon Irabagon, Saxophonist
"Revolutionary… a subverter of the jazz form," declares Martin Longley of Jon Irabagon in the New York City Jazz Record. The winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition, Irabagon has since topped both the Rising Star Alto Saxophone and the Rising Star Tenor Saxophone categories in the DownBeat Critics' Poll and has been named one of Time Out New York's 25 New York City Jazz Icons. An established bandleader in his own right, Jon is also an integral member of such high-profile ensembles as the Mary Halvorson Quintet, the Dave Douglas Quintet, and Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor. His own record label, Irabbagast Records, has released five recordings of Jon working with other musicians as well as his first solo saxophone effort, Inaction is an Action. A native of the Philippines, Jon received a 2012 Mabuhay Award from the National Association of Filipino-Americans and a 2014 Philippine Presidential Award.
Oswaldo Iraheta
Oswaldo Iraheta, tenor
Role: King of France, Les Trois Mousquetaires
Baritone-turned-tenor Oswaldo Iraheta, recognized internationally for his "pure tone filled with emotion," adds to numerous roles in the standard repertoire--Alfredo, Cavaradossi, Rodolfo, Ferrando, etc.-- a litany of opera premieres. He sang Domingo in Luis Díaz Hérodier's El Mozote with Ópera de El Salvador; performed the role of the Prince in Polina Nazaykinskaya's The Magic Mirror for its New York City premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival; and most recently, he had the role of the Shepherd in Dina Pruzhansky's Shulamit in New York City. In addition to performances with opera companies in the U.S., South America, and Europe, Oswaldo performs regularly in concerts and recitals. He recently made his Chicago debut as part of the Sounds of the South Loop concert series with acclaimed Brazilian guitarist Paulinho Garcia and has premiered song cycles by Juan Guerra Gonzalez and chamber works by Polina Nazaykinskaya. He cherishes the memory of a performance with Marvin Hamlisch at Cleveland's legendary Severance Hall. Oswaldo is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and studied with renowned tenor Vinson Cole.
Justin Kolb
Justin Kolb: Young Artists Program Career Advisor/Concert Pianist
"Without an understanding of entrepreneurism, community engagement and self-promotion today's performing artist will neither accomplish nor succeed. "It's a tough business…but it's a business!" JK, Chamber Music America, annual conference 2016. Between his 50 annual solo recitals Justin is engaged by conservatories, schools of music, festivals and competitions. His role as lecturer and consultant to emerging artists and ensembles attempting to broaden a developing career focuses on: entrepreneurism, the criticality of community engagement, and tasteful yet productive self promotion. From Budapest to Santa Barbara his partial client list has included: Manhattan School of Music, DePaul, University of Georgia, California State-Northridge, University of Oregon, University of Toronto, Liszt-Garrison Int'l Competition, Franz Liszt Memorial Museum, Catholic University, L.A. Int'l Piano Competition & SUNY. Justin's solo recitals, conservatory "power talks", university lectures and motivational "kids clinics" for teens have shaped a successful 21st century performance career for the acclaimed pianist. Justinkolb.com
Olivier Laurent
Olivier Laurent, impersonator, Voice of Distinction: A French Affair
In a performance as elegant as it is powerful, Olivier Laurent revives on stage the words, gestures, and poetry of Jacques Brel. He summons Aznavour, Montand, Chevalier, and so many other voices in the service of this great artist's songs. More than an imitator, Laurent is an interpreter of genius, a man of the stage with a blazing voice who delivers a masterful show. Olivier imitates more than 110 Voices.
John Lumpkin II
John Lumpkin II is a producer, arranger, and artist of jazz, R&B, and gospel music. At the University of Florida, he obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Studies under the direction of Danny Gottlieb and a Master's under the leadership of Leon Anderson. John grew up in the pentecostal church and declares that "the church is the root of my zeal for music and forever shall be." He has shared stages across the country with such greats as Delfeayo Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Roberts, Arturo Sandoval, Curtis Fuller, Marcus Printup, Houston Person, Rufus Reid, Ben Tucker, James Moody, Nathan Davis, and David Baker. He is on the staff of both the University of North Florida and the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and is also the founder of the Jazz Discovery Series at The Ritz Theatre in Jacksonville, Florida.
David Mayfield
Pianist/Chorus master
New York pianist David Mayfield, a specialist in working with singers, trained with famed accompanists John Wustman and Martin Katz and has worked with national opera companies and students alike, honing his interpretative and teaching skills. He has conducted for the Texas Gilbert and Sullivan Company in Dallas, has performed at the Dallas and Fort Worth Operas, toured with the national company of New York City Opera, conducted for three seasons at Utah Festival Opera, and played master classes for Horst Guenther, Dominick Argento, and, at the New School, where he has been vocal coach since 1997, for Liza Minelli. David has been on staff at Manhattan School of Music since 2000 and has also coached and taught Vocal Literature and Diction at New Jersey City University since 2005. He also conducts and performs opera throughout the U.S.; he has performed Dido and Aeneas with period instruments and recently conducted The Magic Flute, directed by Met artist Anthony Laciura. David holds a Master's in Music from the prestigious University of North Texas.
Irina Meachem
Rehearsal pianist La Boheme
First-generation Romanian-American pianist Irina Meachem coaches and accompanies as a freelance artist for many opera singers, opera companies, and classical music festivals. Ms. Meachem served as a staff pianist/coach at companies such Palm Beach Opera, Sarasota Opera, Opera Birmingham, Amarillo Opera, Nashville Opera, Shreveport Opera, OperaWorks, Chicago Summer Opera, Mill City Summer Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, Bay View Music Festival, The Banff Centre, and the Interlochen Summer Arts Academy.
Irina regularly accompanies her husband, baritone Lucas Meachem, on recitals throughout Europe and the United States, most recently at the Ateneul Music Hall in Bucuresti, Romania. Earlier this summer she performed a recital with soprano Danielle De Niese at the Napa Valley Music Festival.
She earned a Master's of Music degree from Florida State University and a Bachelor's of Music from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Additionally, she attended the George Enescu High School of Music in Bucuresti, Romania and received an Artist Diploma Award during her training at the MacPhail Center of Music in Minneapoli
Lucas Meachem
Lucas Meachem, Baritone
Role: Marcello in La Bohème
North Carolina native Lucas Meachem is an internationally sought-after performer whose compelling lyric baritone voice and dramatic interpretations have led him to the world's most important operatic stages. Hailed by critics for his "fluent, lyrical phrasing" (San Francisco Chronicle) and for his "natural vocalism and theatricality" (Chicago Sun-Times), Meachem performs routinely in major roles in both those cities as well as at the Met, the Los Angeles Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Birmingham, Palm Beach Opera, Opera Kansas City, and Opera Florida, and abroad in London, Vienna, Paris, Dresden, Oslo, and Madrid. His Covent Garden performance as Aeneas in Purcell's Dido & Aeneas was released on DVD in 2009 on the Opus Arte label. Named the 2016 winner of San Francisco Opera's Emerging Star of the Year Award, Meachem also performs in concert halls across the country and around the world. He studied music at Appalachian State University, the Eastman School of Music, and Yale University before being named an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera and igniting his busy career.
http://lucasmeachem.com/
John Menegon
Latte Lecture Sunday morning: The Spiritual Side of Duke
Canadian-born Menegon--arranger, sideman, bandleader, performer with the greatest jazz musicians of the era, and composer of instrumentals for quartet and quintet, songs with lyrics, big band music, music for film, music for dance, spoken word, and music for solo piano. John's 2017 release, Blew By Blues, with his new band Quartet East, celebrates Charlie Haden and Ornette Coleman and offers six new compositions as well.
John Osborn
John Osborn, Tenor
Role: Rodolfo in La Bohème
American tenor John Osborn has gained international acclaim performing with leading theaters around the world--at the Met, the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, Covent Garden, the Lyric of Chicago, the Berlin State Opera, L'Opéra National de Paris, San Francisco, Zurich, Geneva, and the Théâtre de la Monnaie of Brussels. Osborn has been specifically identified as a specialist in the bel canto repertoire and in French grand opera. He made a spectacular debut as Arnold in Rossini's Guillaume Tell with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia under Antonio Pappano in 2007, and he has since sung the role in Rome, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in new productions at both the Dutch National Opera and Covent Garden. Other bel canto roles include Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Elvino in La Sonnambula, and the title character in Rossini's Otello.
Louis Otey
Louis Otey: Young Artists Program Voice Technique
In a career spanning 35 years, Louis Otey has performed most of opera's great baritone roles in most of the world's major theaters--from Covent Garden to Paris, Brussels to Geneva to Rome to Madrid, San Francisco to Chicago to New York's Met. Noted for his incisive and in-depth portrayals of great roles in the Italian repertoire--Scarpia, Don Giovanni, and the Verdi canon including Rigoletto, Count di Luna, Macbeth, Germont, Forza, and Falstaff, he has also performed the four villains in Tales of Hoffmann, Jokanaan in Salome, the title role in Der Fliegende Hollander, and Escamillo in Carmen. Last season saw him jet from Hawaii for his first Tonio in I Pagliacci to Rome and London for the title role in Il Prigioniero with the orchestra of Santa Cecilia, Anthony Pappano conducting. The season also saw his returns to Covent Garden for I Due Foscari and to the Royal Danish Opera for Les Vepres Siciliennes. With his wife, Maria Todaro, whom he met when both performed in Brazil, he is a co-founder of the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice.
Joan Marie Peitscher
Joan Marie Peitscher, Mezzo Soprano
Role: Queen of France in Les Trois Mousquetaires
Hailed for her "rich sound and moving performance," American Joan Marie Peitscher kicked off her career by winning the Young Aspiring Artist Competition at Carnegie Hall in 1997. She majored in Vocal Performance at Gordon College in Massachusetts, then further honed her skills as a Resident Artist at Palm Beach Opera, bringing her uniquely dark, colorful sound to roles in Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel, Robert Chaul's Alice in Wonderland, and Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites. She has since graced stages across the U.S. and abroad—as Dorabella in Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Alma March in Mark Adamo's Little Women, and Mrs. Trout in Peter Ash's world premiere The Golden Ticket at New York's American Lyric Theater. A compelling concert and oratorio soloist, Joan has sung the Verdi and Mozart Requiems and Mendelssohn's Elijah and Messiah and performed in the world premiere of Secular Requiem: A Tribute to 9/11 in New York City. A student of legendary Met Opera mezzo Mignon Dunn, Joan was the 2007 grant recipient of the Gerda Lissner Competition.
Teri Roiger
Vocalist Teri Roiger and bassist John Menegon have been collaborating musically--and personally--for more than 25 years, bringing their talent, experience, and knowledge of and passion for jazz to their live performances, original compositions, the recording studio, and their students at SUNY New Paltz, Williams College, Bard, and in master classes around the world. Their profound musicality and their inborn sense of what jazz is all about--its traditions and its ever-fresh relevance--have garnered critical acclaim and audience adulation for years. Known universally as a "vocalist extraordinaire," Roiger brings a profound sense of phrasing to her highly personal sound. Drawn to jazz by the artistry of Billie Holiday, she pays tribute to Lady Day in her most recent album, Ghost of Yesterday, released this year, which sheds new light on that artist's multidimensional genius. "Multidimensional" also describes
Courtney Jeanne Roy
Courtney Jeanne Roy, Fire Artist, La Boheme
Courtney Jeanne Roy aka Courtney Combos first found the flow arts during the summer of 2009, not long after a devastating personal loss. Drawn in by the joy, rhythm, and meditative movement, a new passion was awakened. Hooping gave her an overwhelming drive and focus she had not found in a hobby before. This simple toy became the outlet to express all facets of emotion she so desperately needed. Since then, Courtney's skill set has stepped up from playing with one hoop to teaching beginner and intermediate hoop dance classes as well as performing with one to multiple hoops, fans, and levitation wand. In 2012 she began adding the element of fire to her performances, lending her skills to several different performance troupes local to the northeast. Her newest ventures include juggling and fire eating. Courtney holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and works to incorporate her education and life experience into her passion by exploring dance and movement therapy.
Daniel Scofield
Daniel Scofield, Baritone
Role: Schaunard In La Boheme
A native of Binghamton and therefore a neighbor of the Phoenicia Festival, Daniel Scofield has been heard at a range of venues in a range of roles--from Pistola in Verdi's Falstaff at Opera Santa Barbara to Ben in Menotti's The Telephone at Arizona Opera, from Tonio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at Opera on the Edge to Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro on the stage of the Southern Theatre, from the title role in Rigoletto with Opera in the Heights to Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor for the Southern Illinois Music Festival, and as part of the ensemble of Fidelio at Santa Fe Opera. He has performed at Carnegie Hall in Strauss's Feuersnot with the American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leon Botstein and has sung in Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Fanciulla del West and in Massenet's Werther. This onetime apprentice at the Seattle Opera is also known for his recitals of pieces ranging from art song to music theater. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Dean Southern and at<|fim_middle|> music, guided by her father, vocalist and percussionist Charlie Thomas. Just shy of her teens, Brianna's talents were discovered by distinguished jazz educator Mary Jo Papich, and soon thereafter, Brianna formally kicked off her career as a jazz vocalist when she toured Europe with Papich's Peoria Jazz All-Stars. She has since performed across the country as well as in jazz festivals at Montreux, the North Sea, and Umbria. She was a resident in both the 2001 and 2002 Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Programs, where she worked with a host of premier jazz educators and performers including Carmen Lundy, Winard Harper, and Nathan Davis. In her soulful sound a listener can discern the influences of the great vocalists who preceded her--Sarah Vaughn, Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Dianne Reeves. But she has a talent and style all her own.
DownBeat's 2001 "High School Jazz Vocalist of the Year," Brianna is the youngest inductee into Peoria's African-American Hall of Fame (at thirteen!), and has been honored by the state of Illinois.
Maria Todaro
Maria Todaro is Executive director of The Phoenicia International Festival of The Voice and one of its co-founders. Born into a family of singers, she has from earliest youth been surrounded by music and arts. She has performed classical and contemporary opera, operetta, and concert works around the country and around the world--from Rosina in Barber of Seville to Valencienne in the Merry Widow to the alto lead in Mahler's Second Symphony. Maria created the role of Elvire in the world premiere of Eric Perre's m'as tu vu? at the Théâtre Traversière in Paris, where she also held the stage for nine months with her one-woman show, Kilunisan, which she created and directed and in which she sings 12 different operatic arias by composers ranging from Mozart to Bernstein. She is the co-author with Michelle Jennings--together, they are known as Divas Unleashed--of an explosive operatic comedy, The Benefit, and is the librettist with composer Mitchell Bach of Les Trois Mousquetaires, which has its world premiere at the 2017 Phoenicia Festival.
John Viscardi
John Viscardi, Baritone
Role: Athos in les Trois Mousquetaires
Native New Yorker John Viscardi is a rising talent noted for the diversity of his vocal repertoire. Most recently a resident artist with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, John also performed the title role in the DiChiera-Uzan Cyrano with Michigan Opera Theatre, returned to San Luis Obispo as Marcello in La Bohème, and headed back to Kansas City to solo in Elvis Costello's Juliet Letters and to take on the role of the Motorcycle Cop in Heggie's Dead Man Walking--then flew to Tokyo to perform in a concert. Viscardi moves easily between such classic operatic roles as Silvio in Pagliacci and the equally classic Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me Kate, between a concert of bel canto works conducted by Eve Queler to a performance of Vaughan Williams's Five Mystical Songs at Carnegie Hall and Orff's Carmina Burana with Opera Philadelphia. This season, in addition to Cyrano with Opera Carolina and the role of Aramis in the world premiere Three Musketeers here in Phoenicia, Viscardi also heads to Italy for recitals in Trevi and Ortona.
Megan Weston
Megan Weston, Soprano
Role : Constance in Les Trois Mousquetaires
The very model of a contemporary vocal artist, Megan Weston can sing, act, compose, and collaborate in just about any style from just about any period of musical history--and can do so anywhere in the world. Recognized for what the Financial Times has called her "remarkable virtuosity and charm," for what Opera Magazine dubbed her "gorgeous lyric soprano," and for what the New York Times has described as her "strong" and "persuasive" acting, Megan first came to attention as Lightfoot McClendon in Carlisle Floyd's Cold Sassy Tree with San Diego Opera, then burst onto the international scene as Lisa in La Sonnambula with the Caramoor Music Festival and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. She has performed as far afield as Bora Bora in French Polynesia and as close as Carnegie Hall. In addition to opera and concerts, Megan sings operetta and Broadway musicals and is a champion of new music, premiering works by Carlisle Floyd, Nico Muhly, Craig Lucas, Myron Fink, Harold Farberman, Arthur Kopit, Ben Moore, and many more. She has also composed for and acted in network television!
Maria Whitcomb
Maria Whitcomb, Soprano
A native of New York State's beautiful Catskill Mountain region, Maria holds both an M.A. from Syracuse University's Janklow Arts Leadership Program and a B.M. in Vocal Performance from Syracuse's Setnor School of Music, where she studied under the tutelage of Janet Brown. An affinity for American art song runs like a theme through her career, evidenced in her having been awarded the Ernst Bacon Prize at the 40th annual Civic Morning Musicals Vocal Competition where this season, she will perform her award-winning recital, Escape from Amherst: Emily Dickinson's Life of Freedom. Maria's main stage debut came in the 2017 Rigoletto by Syracuse Opera, whose chorus she had graced for two prior seasons, appearing in La Cenerentola, My Fair Lady, and La Bohème. Other favorite credits include Die Fledermaus (Adele), Dido and Aeneas (Belinda), and Too Many Sopranos (Sandman)--all with Syracuse University Opera Theatre; A Celebration Service with Meredith Monk's M6 Vocal Ensemble and Plymouth Congregational Church; and Jesus Christ Superstar at the Woodstock Playhouse.
Katarina Wilson
Katarina Wilson, Mezzo-Soprano, Young Artist Program.
Mezzo-soprano Katarina Wilson, "Kat," recently earned her Bachelor's degree in Vocal Performance from New York University's Steinhardt School of Music, where she studied with internationally acclaimed American tenor, Bill Neill. Notable roles at NYU included The Witch in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel and the sixth Spirit in NYU's mainstage production of Massenet's Cendrillon. She also performed at NYU in The Student Prince and The Saga of Jenny: A Kurt Weill Revue. Following graduation, Kat headed for the Music and Mentoring House founded by acclaimed American soprano Lauren Flanigan to participate in The Audition BootCamp. She was featured in the House's Spring Concert Series, The Saturday Soirée, singing the songs of Mozart and Montsalvage. This southern California native now lives and performs in New York City, where she is furthering her studies under the direction of baritone Michael Chioldi. She is excited to be making her festival debut with the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice and would like to thank her family, friends, and teachers in both New York and California for all of their love and encouragement.
David Wroe
David Wroe, Conductor
Music Director of the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, a principal conductor of L'Ensemble de Region Normandie in France, and of course the Phoenicia Festival's Principal Conductor, David Wroe had a long association with New York City Opera, leading numerous productions and performing and assisting in more than 100 presentations. He has conducted orchestras too numerous to mention and ranging from Saint Louis to Shenzen, Heidelberg to Jerusalem, the Royal Scottish and the Ensemble de Paris, and of course the Boston Symphony Orchestra where, as a young assistant to Seiji Ozawa, he led performances at both Symphony Hall and Tanglewood. Maestro Wroe was Music Director of Music on the Mountain: Garrett Lakes Arts Summer Festival in Maryland from 2000–2006, and Music Director and Founder of the Kansas City Camerata from 1990-1996. His diverse experience in cross-over conducting includes concerts with Kristin Chenoweth, Mannheim Steamrollers, The 3 Irish Tenors, Natalie Merchant, Celtic Thunder, and Mstislav Rostropovitch. David devotes considerable time to musical education and has led university orchestras at Brown, New York University, and Montclair State University. | Indiana University under the instruction of Timothy Noble.
Jason Slaydon
Jason Slaydon, tenor
Role: Aramis, Les Trois Mousquetaires
Winner of a 2012-13 Sullivan Career Grant, tenor Jason Slayden has been celebrated for the warmth and beauty of his voice and for his "considerable subtlety" as an actor. He began his career in the 2014-1015 season at New York's Gotham Chamber Opera, which was dedicated to producing rarely heard works, in a double bill of Bohuslav Martinů's Alexandre Bis and Veselohra na Mostĕ (Comedy on the Bridge).The 2015-1016 season saw a number of debuts for Jason--with Lyric Opera of Chicago as Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette, with Virginia Opera as Rodolfo in La bohème, Alfredo in a Cedar Rapids La traviata, Opera Santa Barbara as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Don Jose in Carmen for the Colorado Music Festival, and as Pinkerton with the Berkshire Opera Festival. The current season includes performances as Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra with Pacific Opera Victoria, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Annapolis Opera, Jimmy Ogle in Later the Same Evening with Opera Memphis, and Christian in Cyrano with Michigan Opera Theatre.
Vuyo Sotashe
Vuyo Sotashe, Vocalist
Winner of the very first Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Vocal Competition in 2014 and of the Audience Prize at the Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition in 2015, Vuyo Sotashe also won a Fulbright Scholarship and competed in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Vocal competition, becoming the first male vocalist ever to place in the finals. He has performed on such international stages as the Arcevia Jazz Fest and the Fermo Jazz Festival in Italy 2012; the Stockholm Jazz Festival with South African National Youth Jazz Band in Sweden 2012; the Cape Town International Festival with George Benson and the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra 2010; and the Johannesburg Joy of Jazz Festival 2012;. He has toured with the band Proxy in the UK and Ireland 2009-2011 and has performed with Grammy Award winning gospel artist, Israel Houghton. as part of New Breed (Africa) Ensemble. Vuyo Sotashe currently performs around New York City with drummer Winard Harper, who has performed with such jazz legends as Betty Carter, Shirley Horn, and many others.
Barry Stephenson
Barry Stephenson, Bassist
Florida-born Barry Stephenson began playing electric bass at 14, inadvertently signed up with the jazz band in high school, and has been a jazz acoustic and electric bassist ever since. Upon graduation from Florida State University, where he studied jazz and classical double bass, Barry moved to New Orleans and played with many of the city's notable musicians while studying for his Master's degree at the University of New Orleans under the tutelage of Roland Guerin. He joined the Glen David Andrews Band in 2011, serving as musical director on Redemption as well as appearing on several on the band's others albums. Barry joined Jon Batiste and Stay Human in 2013 and has since toured the world nonstop. He has performed at the festivals of Montreaux, Montreal, Newport, North Sea, Monterey, Umbria, and Playboy as well as Bonnaroo and Lallapalooza. A bandleader and composer in various musical genres, he was awarded the ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Award in 2011 and the Svenson Composition Award in 2012. His debut jazz album, Basic Truths, features original compositions.
Lynette Tapia
Lynette Tapia, Soprano
Role: Mimi in La Boheme
Bolivian-American Lynette Tapia is consistently acclaimed by journalists worldwide for the "canary-like" purity of her embellishments, for the "crystalline" quality of her coloratura passages, and for what a reviewer in the Denver Post called the "sparkle and clarity" of her voice. A 1996 winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and winner of both First Place and the Public's Choice Award in the Operalia International Voice Competition of Placido Domingo, Ms. Tapia made her European debut singing the title role in Lakmé at the Grand Theatre Municipal de Bordeaux. She has performed with the opera companies of Los Angeles, Portland, Atlanta, Colorado, Washington, the Lyric of Chicago, Arizona Opera, Santa Fe, Opera Pacific, the Opera Orchestra of New York, Netherlands Opera, and the Florentine Opera, and with such orchestras as Dallas Symphony, Washington Concert Opera, at Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Cologne Philharmonic, and the Musikverein in Vienna among others.
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Brianna Thomas
Brianna Thomas, Vocalist
Born and raised in Peoria Illinois, Brianna grew up surrounded by | 1,084 |
Aquí tenéis una pequeña lista de las mejores aplicaciones para iOS del 2012, podéis encontrar el articulo original al pie.
We did a bit of a double-take on seeing Microsoft's name attached to this, not least given the lack of a price-tag. But PhotoSynth is a really great panorama app; it's user-friendly and fun to use, especially when watching your panoramas take shape while you capture them.
The prospect of Nike+ but better and for free might sound unlikely, but that's what RunKeeper provides. Previously split into 'pro' and 'free' versions, the developer now generously includes all the features in one free app.
That means you can spend no money, yet use your iPhone's GPS capabilities to track your jogging and cycling routes, and examine mapping and details of your pace and calories burned. Activities can be shared online, and treadmill runs and other exercise details can be entered manually.
For anyone commuting by train, National Rail Enquiries is a handy app to have installed. There's journey planning, timetables and a location-aware 'next train home' option, along with progress tracking, so you can see when a train's likely to show up. It's not as usable nor as pretty as UK Train Times, but it is broadly similar – and five quid cheaper.
FaceTime is a great alternative to standard voice<|fim_middle|> which is rather nice. And if you've a web connection, the app also provides live board info, a station finder and a route calculator.
XE Currency is a fine example of an app that does what it needs to, without fuss. You configure a list of currencies, and it shows current conversion rates. Double-tap a currency to set its base rate or to define values for custom conversions.
Shazam is an app that feels like magic when you first use it. It's deceptively simple—hold your iPhone near to a music source, and wait while the app listens and tells you what track is playing. But the sheer technology behind this simplicity is mind-boggling, and while Shazam doesn't always guess right, it's worth a download. | calls, but it's no good if you're trying to contact someone without a Mac or compatible iOS device. Therefore, Skype remains an essential download. The interface is simple and usable, enabling anyone with a Skype account to make free calls to other Skype users and cheap calls to anywhere in the world. If you're on Pay and Go, this is particularly handy, but the app also enables iPod touch users to utilise their devices for calls.
Although some aspects of cinema listings app Movies by Flixter are disappointingly US-centric (notably regarding details on upcoming movies and DVDs), it succeeds where it matters. Select a film and the app figures out where you're located, lists nearby cinemas, and displays times your chosen film is showing. Efficiency can be further increased by pinning favourite cinemas to the top of the list.
The official Twitter app might lack some of the features found in the likes ofTweetbot, but it does provide a sleek and simple means of using the service. It also directly mirrors the latest navigational scheme on the Twitter website.
Check out 10 best iPhone and iPad Twitter apps for alternative Twitter apps we recommend.
With iBooks on the iPhone, you might wonder why you should bother with Amazon's Kindle. After all, the app's not as pretty as iBooks, nor is there an integrated store (you buy in Safari and sync purchases to the app). However, Kindle offers a massive selection of books compared to Apple's app and the reading experience is great.
Around Me figures out where you are and lists local stuff – banks, bars, petrol stations and, er, Apple Retail Stores. The app's reliance on Google Maps info means there are gaps, but it's nonetheless handy to have installed when in unfamiliar surroundings, and the 'augmented reality' landscape mode is amusing, if flaky.
Air Video Free can stream (and convert as necessary) video from any computer running the free Air Video Server. You only get access to a small number of items per folder or playlist, but some careful planning can get around that limitation.
If you're looking for Photoshop-style power, Photoshop Express won't impress. However, if you're after a quick, free, highly usable tool for making edits to your iPhone photos, Adobe's app is ideal. Use it for cropping, straightening, exposure adjustments, colour effects, sharpening and more.
For more cool iPhone image editors, check out 10 best iPhone and iPad photo editing apps.
The service formerly known as Read It Later enables you to save pages from websites, to read them later, bereft of the advertising and other junk on the original page. The service is free, as is the Pocket app, which downloads your articles, so that you can digest them without a web connection.
"But I've already got a calculator on my device," you might argue. True, but we'd recommend stashing the default Apple app in a folder and replacing it with PCalc Lite. The reason: this is without doubt the finest free calculator for iOS, with a great interface and plenty of options. You can also bolt-on features from the paid version via in-app purchases.
The Red Laser bar-code scanner is pretty accurate, even if you're still saddled with an iPhone 3G. It's great for checking prices while shopping, and also enables you to get your media collections into Delicious Library if you make use of AppleScript.
On using eBay Mobile, there's a good chance you won't go near the eBay website again. The app is fast, has great saved searches (which flag new finds), and enables you to create listings. The last of those things is also improved by the built-in bar-code scanning.
At its most basic, Tube Map is a London Tube map on your device, for free. In landscape, even the ads get out of your way, | 776 |
Teresa Marie is a wife and mother living in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She is also a natural born Psychic Medium. Teresa Marie accesses the Cosmic Consciousness of the Spirit world to provide Psychic information past and present. As a Medium she has the gift of seeing, hearing and providing messages from loved ones who have passed. Frightened as a young child by these gifts Teresa Marie has spent her life studying Spiritual Phenomena and developing her own gifts. Her fascinating experiences make her book impossible to put down.
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The dynamic response of structures is examined under a general condition of loading. It is shown that<|fim_middle|> examined. | the inelastic response of structures depends on the interaction between forces and displacements existing at a section during yielding. A theory of yielding is developed in terms of forces and displacements incorporating the effects of such interactions. Based on this theory, a force-displacement relationship is derived under a general condition of loading. The use of this relationship to study the response of structures is discussed and equations of motion are derived for a simple frame subjected to simultaneous base excitation along its principal directions. To study the inelastic response of structures, under a general condition of loading, it is necessary to derive the equation of the yield surface in terms of forces acting at a section. For the special case of bending about the principal axes of a section, equations of yield surfaces are derived for various structural sections. The response of a simple frame, subjected to sinusoidal base excitation, is obtained for elastic behavior, elasto-plastic behavior and elasto-plastic behavior with interaction. The response for these behaviors is compared and it is shown that interaction causes significant changes in the response. The response of the frame is also investigated for earthquake type excitation and a series of curves are presented to show the effect of interaction on various response parameters. Use of these curves for inelastic design of structures is indicated and the implications of the effects of interaction are | 263 |
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The National Lottery Community Fund - National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland)
Type of funding: Grant Source: Lottery Type of cost: Capital, Revenue
National Lottery Awards<|fim_middle|> at appropriate sports facilities; major items of sports equipment. They will provide enhanced support to projects within or serving the most deprived communities, according to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).
BBC Children In Need - Main Grants
BBC Children in Need awards grants each year to organisations supporting disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. They give grants for children and young people of 18 years and under experiencing disadvantage through: illness, distress, abuse or neglect; any kind of disability; behavioural or psychological difficulties; living in poverty or situations of deprivation. Projects funded will make differences in children's lives that help prevent or overcome the effects of the disadvantages they face. Projects achieve these differences by either working directly with children or seeking to improve their social and physical environments.
Foundation Scotland - Baillie Gifford Community Awards Programme
Foundation Scotland
The Baillie Gifford grants programme supports grass roots community organisations across the whole of Scotland. It replaces Foundation Scotland's Express Grants programme. Priorities for the programme are: children and families, elderly people, education, environment, health, people who are physically disabled, homelessness, women and grass roots sports.
The National Lottery Community Fund - (Scotland) - Young Start
Young Start is a grants programme that distributes money from dormant bank accounts. They will support a wide range of projects for up to three years that will make children and young people aged 8 to 24 confident, healthy, connected or enterprising. They will fund work that achieves at least one of the following three outcomes: children and young people have better physical, mental and emotional wellbeing; children and young people have better connections with the wider community; children and young people get access to new skills and training opportunities which will help them to get a new job or start a business. The National Lottery Community Fund is the new name for the Big Lottery.
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The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Scottish Land Fund
Type of funding: Grant Source: Statutory Type of cost: Capital, Revenue
The fund will help communities take ownership of the land and buildings that matter to them, as well as practical support to develop their aspirations into viable projects. It supports communities to become more resilient and sustainable through the ownership and management of land and land assets. The Scottish Land Fund is open to organisations in both urban and rural Scotland which are community-led, community-controlled, and defined by a geographic area. The National Lottery Community Fund was previously known as the Big Lottery.
Creative Scotland - Open Project Funding
This fund supports the arts, screen and creative industries, with projects that help them explore, realise and develop their creative potential, widen access to their work, and enrich Scotland's reputation as a distinctive creative nation connected to the world.
The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Community Led Activity
Funding to support communities to bring real improvements to the places they live and the wellbeing of those in need. They will fund organisations to deliver work that achieves the following outcomes: Everyone in the community has the opportunity to influence and get involved in community led activity; people in the community are better connected and work together to improve their wellbeing. The National Lottery Community Fund is the new name for the Big Lottery.
The National Lottery Community Fund - (Scotland) - Improving Lives
Funding for people experiencing challenges in their lives to help them overcome this and become more resilient. They want to fund activity which means people: are better able to identify solutions that enable them to take control over their lives and build resilience; are able to shape the projects and services they use to better meet their needs; have more access to support and opportunities to improve their lives. The National Lottery Community Fund is the new name for the Big Lottery.
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The Trust provides funding to charities to deliver positive outcomes for the individuals and communities that they work with through three funding strands. Care and Wellbeing seeks to improve people's physical and mental health including: ensuring the best quality of life for Scotland's vulnerable adults, including those directly or indirectly affected by dementia; improving the health and wellbeing of children & young people affected by mental and/or physical ill health; supporting adults with life limiting, long term health conditions or disability to overcome barriers and remain involved with their communities. Realising Potential addresses social and educational inequalities in children and young people including: enabling young people to realise their potential; supporting "at risk" young people to make positive choices; broadening horizons and nurturing talents among Scotland's young people. Strengthening Communities looks for solutions which address local need including: reducing health and social inequalities in Scotland's communities; supporting people and communities to find routes out of poverty; empowering communities.
sportscotland - Sport Facilities Fund
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Type of funding: Grant Source: Lottery Type of cost: Capital
The fund supports capital projects that create or improve places that people take part in sport and physical activity. Awards of up to £100,000 are available for sports facility projects within club & communities, school & education or performance sport environments. In clubs and communities they will support: new, upgraded or extended sports facilities; Inclusive changing facilities; facilities that provide or improve access for outdoor sport and adventure activities; floodlights that increase capacity | 898 |
Aguas Calientes is a very small town, but very colorful..
After the exhausting four days trail those baths were really something to rest my bones.
Boleto (Boleto Turístico General, or BTG) is the admission tickets to some sites in around Cusco. If<|fim_middle|>as Calientes means (Aguas - Water, Calientes -hot) hot springs. So they do have hot springs in Aguas Calientes. People who are really exhausted by hiking the trail usually visit this place. Not a very sophisticated place though. Even those who are tried walking in the ruins may find this place useful.
It is not far from the town. This town is so small, nothing actually far from here. From Plaza de Armas take the Avenida pacacutec to the east, north east. Go up the mountain, maybe in ten minutes you will reach the springs.
There you will see underground hot sulfur springs bubble up from the rocky ground. Aguas Calientes municipality has a small complex here. They have polls with different temperature. Temperature of water is between 38ºc and 46ºc. You will find changing rooms and bathrooms there. And if you need to eat something, there is also a small snack bar for you. It is open from 6am to 8.00 pm. And the price of the admission ticket is $2.00. You must have swimsuit, towel and sandals to get in. Sandals can be rented here though.
They have sulfurs in the water. Water of these springs are good for bones. At least that what locals say. This thermal bath is popular among the locals due to this reason.
There is another swimming pool complex Just outside and below this hot springs complex. Usually local children come to have swims and fun and play games at that complex. That one is not part of this hot spring complex though. | included sites matches with your plan, it is wise to purchase the Cusco Tourist Ticket.
How do they lift those 15 tons stones? How they place those stones so neatly?
Agu | 41 |
Duino Castle (, , ) is a fourteenth-century fortification located in Duino (municipality of Duino-Aurisina), near Trieste, Italy, on the cliffs overlooking the Gulf of Trieste.
Building commenced in 1389 at the order of the Wallsee family. The ruins of an older castle built in the eleventh century by the Patriarch of Aquileia are located on the grounds. In the nineteenth century, it became one of two residences for Prince Alexander von Thurn und Taxis and his wife Princess Marie of the Czech<|fim_middle|> Rilke
Thurn und Taxis residences | branch of the House of Thurn und Taxis. While not the wealthiest of the Thurn und Taxis line, Alexander and Marie supported artists and writers, among these included Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke. While a guest of Princess Marie in early 1912, Rilke began to write his Duino Elegies, a collection of ten long deeply philosophical and mystical poems which are considered to be his greatest work. Rilke dedicated his work to Princess Marie when they were completed in February 1922 and published the following year.
Duino Castle remains property of the Thurn und Taxis family, and is owned by Prince Alexander and Princess Marie's great-grandson, Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, Duke of Castel Duino. The castle has been opened to the public as a museum and park.
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Early history
Near the castle are the ruins of the Old Castle which dates back to the 11th century. It belonged to the patriarchy of Aquileia. The castle dates back to 1389, when the Wallsee family commanded the construction of a strong fortress. Over time, the Wallsee family disappeared and the castle, after having been used as a prison, became the residence of the Luogar and Hofer.
The House of Thurn und Taxis
At the end of the 19th century it became the property of Prince Alexander Johann Vincenz Rudolf Hugo Karl Lamoral Eligius von Thurn und Taxis from the Czech branch of the House of Thurn and Taxis. It remains with the family to this day with his great-grandson Prince Carlo Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, Duke of Castel Duino the current owner. The castle has been opened to the public as a museum and park.
At the end of and after World War II, the castle served as Headquarters of the British XIII Corps (United Kingdom) under the command of Lt. Gen. Sir John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton. XIII Corps was part of the combined Allied Mediterranean Theater of Operations under Supreme Allied Commander Lt. Gen. Sir William Duthie Morgan.
Rilke and the Duino Elegies
In 1912, Austrian-Bohemian writer and poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) began to write portions of his famous work, Duino Elegies, while visiting Duino Castle as a guest of the Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis (born Princess of Hohenlohe). While walking along the cliffs overlooking the Adriatic Sea near the castle, Rilke claimed to hear a voice calling to him speaking the words of the first line, Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen? ("Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the hierarchies of angels?") which he quickly wrote in his notebook. Within days, he produced drafts of the first two elegies in the series (of ten) and drafted passages and fragments that would later be incorporated into later elegies—including the opening passage of the tenth elegy. The Duino Elegies are recognized by critics and scholars as his most important work and one of the chief transitional works between the apex of German Romanticism and Modernist poetry. They are ten intensely religious, mystical poems that weigh beauty and existential suffering. The poems employ a rich symbolism of angels and salvation, and are described as a metamorphosis of Rilke's "ontological torment" and an "impassioned monologue about coming to terms with human existence" discussing themes of "the limitations and insufficiency of the human condition and fractured human consciousness ... man's loneliness, the perfection of the angels, life and death, love and lovers, and the task of the poet".
Rilke finished the work in Switzerland after a ten-year period where depression and an existential crisis rendered him unable to continue writing. Upon publication in 1922, Rilke dedicated the work to the Princess, who he esteemed as one of his greatest patrons and closest friends.
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The whole health care industry is actually getting so popular that you cannot believe how hard it is to stay on the field because of the number of competition existing these days. With advance software technology today, a lot<|fim_middle|> choose a software that is going to be easy to operate so that you don't have to stress out during training. Business is all about getting on top and you can't do that if you don't use a home health care software. | of health care centers have turned their business up; if you want to know why it is important to have a home health care software then better read the article below. You can easily streamline the health care business today and that is going to be something so conveniently good. You can reach higher heights with the help of a home health care software; no matter how established you are in the health care industry, with the right tools, you can always go higher. You are going to need the health care software to get you the help you need to focus on your patients rather than focusing most of your time on adding up the numbers whether it can keep up with the bills and finances. With a good home health care software, you can manage everything under a much lesser amount of time.
You can even enjoy features like tracking patient information and employee payroll; this is going to make managing your health care business in a more efficient manner.
Streamlining the business task is going to go smoother with a properly programmed health care software. You can track everything from appointment scheduling and generating insurance claims. The health care software is going to make everything you do in the health care industry easier than ever. You can generate and support both electronic and paper claim forms with good health care software. You have to understand that with health care software, all general accounting features will be easier to do because the software will do it for you, automatically. All of the automated processes has made back-breaking office work a lot easier and it has also helped with improving the profitability of a home health care business.
The market has a number of home health care software being sold but makes sure you get the best one. All of the software is indeed made through the use of top technologies but there will still be differences that you need to consider. You need to find a home health care software that can be easy to operate. If you want to boost the efficiency of the company then you better | 386 |
I was spending some time going through my Lightroom catalog looking for some interesting images to post to my Google+ profile when I came across this image that I took in 20<|fim_middle|> trip!
Gorgeous car. I really like the way you've caught the highlights.
I like this one James. Great job isolating the distracting elements in post. Makes the car POP! | 08. The car is a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham and it was on display at the annual Eyes on Design car show held in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. I don't think I ever posted this image anywhere before, so here it is now!
If you compare the image to the raw image below, you will notice that a few things have been done to get to the final version. One of the first things I did was to remove all the grass surrounding the car, simply painting over it with a black brush. I used a couple of different HSL layers to remove some of the color which was reflected in the chrome. I wanted the chrome to look more silver than either green or blue. I used Topaz Simplify to give the body a somewhat HDR look, but I masked the effect elsewhere. Finished it off with a bit of sharpening and that was it.
Please feel free to leave any feedback you might have below. Thanks!
Copyright © 2008-2011 James W. Howe – All rights reserved.
Great work James! Definitely looks better than the last caddy I shot on a junk yard | 239 |
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Companies looking to avoid a repeat of the Triton cybersecurity incident in 2017 should follow standards and practices and make cybersecurity part of the whole lifecycle for their process safety systems.
An attack that shut down a gas facility in Saudi Arabia last August could have been prevented if proper security hygiene was in play.
In that attack, the Saudi critical infrastructure user suffered a shutdown of its facility and the controllers of a targeted Triconex safety system failed safe<|fim_middle|> Williams said. "Our industry is under assault. We have a duty to respond to Triton which requires everyone to work together. We are trying to protect the people at the plant, the plant, and the area around the plant." | . During an initial investigation security professionals noticed there were some suspicious things going on and that is when they found malware. The safety instrumented system (SIS) engineering workstation was compromised and had the Triton malware deployed on it. The distributed control system (DCS) was also compromised. It is possible to envision an attack where the attacker had the ability to manipulate the DCS while reprogramming the SIS controllers.
"Could the attack have been stopped? The answer is yes," said Gary Williams, senior director of technology, cybersecurity and communications at Schneider Electric during his talk last week at PAS 2018 Optics conference in Houston, TX. "Segmentation could help. Every time you bypass one, you increase risk."
"The attacker wasn't at the company, not even in the country, Williams said. "The attack was highly sophisticated, focused on that one company and was not self-replicated. The Triton attack we believe was to create a catastrophic event. The attacker was able to get into the DMZ, then the process area and then into the safety system."
The attack occurred August 4, 2017, where there was an unexplained emergency shutdown at the end user site.
Remember this is all about collaboration.
When talking about security, it is all about people, process, and technology.
"Investing in people is the best return you will ever get," | 284 |
Barcelona Coach Ernesto Valverde said the draw with Inter "had everything and was a great spectacle" worthy of the Champions League.
The Blaugrana are comfortably top and already qualified for the next round, but the 1-1 draw at San Siro has their lead at just three points.
"We'll have to secure first place in the next two games," said the Coach.
"That was our first objective, but we go home happy. Malcom had great success and we're very happy for him, of course.
"There was a moment in the first half when it seemed like the game could become end-to-end and possibly suffer.
"We have to read everything very well. We're a team who play close together and find space. Problems can always<|fim_middle|> but the Champions League is a Super League. You could see it here. It was a great spectacle, like those that we played at Wembley or Camp Nou.
"Inter showed they could attack and be aggressive with their pressure. We didn't give much away in the first game, like tonight.
Lionel Messi was again in the stands, as he only recently broke his arm and was not even given a spot on the bench. | flare up, but we played well and it was a game that had everything.
Valverde was asked about reports that Barcelona were among clubs trying to break away and form a new Super League.
"I'm not aware of any plans for a European Super League, | 52 |
What is a dentiguous cyst?
This is a cyst or a cavity that is filled with fluid and is surrounding the crown of a tooth that is beneath the gum line (unerupted tooth). In the early development of a<|fim_middle|> now is strong and the canine tooth is firmly attached to the bone. | tooth, there is a multi layered sac of tissue that is surrounded by the dental pulp. The sac which is the enamel organ covers the pulp like a sock on your foot. Once the enamel has formed on the tooth, the enamel organ becomes inactive. When the tooth erupts through the gum line, the majority of the outer epithelium breaks away from the tooth, thus it is no longer a closed sac, but just a collar of tissue along the neck of the tooth.
If a tooth does not erupt, a number of things can happen: nothing, resorption of the tooth, or formation of a cyst. A cyst will form if the cells from the enamel organ that secrete fluid. As the cells secrete fluid, the pressure from the fluid will cause the surrounding bone to dissolve. If this condition is left undiagnosed, the cyst will enlarge and destroy large sections of the upper or lower jaw bone.
Signs of a dentiguous cyst frequently are not noted until the patient is older and in some cases geriatric. Fracture of the jaw, swelling and tenderness of the jaw may be signs of an advanced cyst.
The diagnosis of a dentiguous cyst is made with x-rays, which shows destruction of the bone.
Early treatment of dentiguous cysts has the best outcome with the least amount of surgery for the pet. When pets are young (such as 6 months of age) the number of teeth in the mouth should be counted. If there are any less than normal, the entire jaw should be x-rayed to find any unerupted teeth, as these are the ones that are prone to developing dentiguous cysts. The associated unerupted tooth is removed and the lining of the cyst is removed. If cysts are large (as see above in the x-ray), then affected teeth and cyst lining are removed and the cavity in the jaw is filled with bone graft.
In the postop period, no chew toys are permitted and exercise should be limited so that your companion does not hit the face on any hard surface. Only soft food is permitted if there is any concern that the jaw may develop a fracture. The affected jaw bone should be x-rayed in 2 to 4 months after the surgery.
The earlier the treatment, the better the chance for curative surgery. When left untreated for many years, the risk is much greater for delayed healing or recurrence of the cystic structure.
Comparative radiographs of a dentiguous cyst presurgery and 6 months post bone grafting. The jaw bone | 516 |
Research has found that almost everyone will experience an anxiety (panic) attack at least once during his/her life. People who behave more anxiously than normal often experience many anxiety attacks. Some anxious people, approximately 3 percent of the general population, develop panic attack disorder (PAD) – when panic attacks become problematic and interfere with a normal lifestyle.
Anxiety attacks and panic attacks are the same thing.
You can experience one, many, or all of the symptoms listed above. Just because you aren't experiencing many or all of the above symptoms doesn't mean you aren't having an anxiety attack. Each person can have a unique anxiety attack experience.
This list is<|fim_middle|> and symptoms, including the 10 Best Ways to Stop Anxiety Attacks. | not exhaustive. As you can see, there are many physical, psychological, and emotional signs and symptoms of an anxiety attack. For a more comprehensive list of anxiety symptoms and descriptions of what they feel like, visit our anxiety symptoms page.
Even though anxiety attacks can be powerful physical, psychological, and emotional experiences, they occur for specific reasons. Understanding these reasons can put you in control of anxiety attacks rather than anxiety attacks seeming like they are out of your control. Learning to control anxiety attacks can set you free from them.
In this regard, anxiety is caused by behaving in an apprehensive manner, such as worrying, imagining the worst, and fearing the worst.
You can learn more about anxiety on our "What causes anxiety?" page in our Anxiety 101 section.
When we behave apprehensively, the body activates the stress response, which causes the body to secrete stress hormones into the bloodstream where they travel to targeted spots in the body to bring about specific physiological, psychological, and emotional changes that enhance the body's ability to deal with a threat—to either fight with or flee from it—which is the reason the stress response is often referred to as the fight or flight response or the emergency response.
The Stress Response is designed to 'supercharge' the body so that it is better equipped to deal with a threat. This supercharge 'boost' is a vital part of our survival mechanism. Consequently, the stress response is our ally when in real danger.
Whenever we believe we are in danger, the body activates a stress response. This is how the survival mechanism works.
As one of our anxiety clients noted, there are no freebies – meaning that the body ALWAYS produces a stress response when we think we are in danger. Just because we don't feel the effects of a stress response doesn't mean one didn't happen. The stronger the response, the more we feel them.
If a person isn't familiar with how the body's emergency survival system works or how it is triggered, the stress response and the changes it causes can seem threatening and even frightening for people who are overly anxious. This is one of the reasons many people fear anxiety attacks…because they don't understand them or know they can control them.
The degree of stress response is directly proportional to the degree of perceived threat.
As the degree of stress response increases, so does the intensity and magnitude of the changes the stress response brings about.
For example, if you conclude that a situation or circumstance isn't going to be too dangerous, your body will produce only a small degree stress response, which results in slight physiological, psychological, and emotional changes. On the other hand, if you believe a situation or circumstance could be very dangerous, your body will produce a high degree stress response and powerful physiological, psychological, and emotional changes.
The degree of stress response and its associated physiological, psychological, and emotional changes are directly proportional to the degree of perceived threat. The more threatening the perceived threat seems, the more powerful the stress response.
An anxiety attack is a high degree stress response activated by either overly apprehensive behavior (worrying/fearing something really bad may happen) or by the involuntary action of an overly stressed body.
Voluntary anxiety attacks: When we worry something really bad may happen and the body responds with a high degree stress response.
Involuntary anxiety attacks: When the body activates a high degree stress response due to persistently elevated stress.
Most anxiety attacks are voluntary anxiety attacks caused by overly apprehensive behavior: believing something really bad is about to happen, which activates a high degree stress response. Once the high degree stress response is activated, the physiological, psychological, and emotional changes that result can be powerful. These powerful changes, even though they are our ally, can seem like something really bad is happening, which many anxious people react to with more fear…which activates another stress response, and so on.
Reacting to anxiety attacks in a fearful way will keep anxiety attacks going.
In a sense, anxious personalities become afraid of what the high degree stress response feels like and/or believe that it is the harbinger of something dangerous, which causes more stress responses. This is often the scenario that sets up Panic Attack Disorder: becoming afraid of the feelings of a high degree stress response and believing they are uncontrollable.
In this regard, fear set off the initial anxiety attack and fearing the sensations associated with the anxiety attack activates more stress responses. We call this the 'fear cycle' – worry about/fear activates a high degree stress response = we worry about/fear the feelings of a high degree stress response = which activates another stress response, and so on.
Voluntary anxiety attacks account for approximately 98 percent of all anxiety attacks.
The body has a number of systems that automatically (involuntarily) monitor and regulate each other moment by moment. When the body is healthy and not overly stressed, it does a good job of keeping all of its systems working normally.
When the body becomes overly stressed, however, it can sometimes mismanage systems, which can cause the body to behave erratically and more involuntarily than normal. This erratic and more involuntary behavior can cause the body to involuntarily activate the stress response. The great majority of 'out-of-the-blue' anxiety attacks are caused by this involuntary mismanagement.
Experiencing an involuntary panic can be unnerving. If a person doesn't understand why the body produced an involuntary panic attack, he could react to it with more anxiety, which can cause more anxiety attacks.
As we mentioned earlier, reacting with fear to anxiety attacks is the most common reason why anxiety attacks persist.
Much more could be said. We've completely described anxiety attacks, their cause, and resolution in chapters 3, 5 and 6 in the Recovery Support area of our website.
1. Understand the anatomy of an anxiety attack (understanding the physiological, psychological, and emotional components that contribute to anxiety attacks). - When you understand what anxiety attacks are; what causes them; how the body responds - the many physiological, psychological, and emotional changes that can occur and why; the many stages of the stress response; and how stress affects the body; anxiety attacks are no longer mysteries that have the potential to scare you. Becoming unafraid of anxiety attacks is the surest way to stop them. We explain the complete anatomy of an anxiety attack in Chapter 3 in the Recovery Support area of our website.
2. Stop scaring yourself – As we mentioned above, anxiety attacks are mostly caused by being afraid. So being afraid of anxiety attacks is one of the most common reasons why anxiety attacks sustain…and why people develop Panic Attack Disorder. Since fear is the most common reason why anxiety attacks occur and persist, refusing to scare yourself removes the main reason anxiety attacks occur.
When you eliminate fear, you eliminate the most common cause of anxiety attacks. Yes, you can learn to stop scaring yourself. This is the second most powerful way to eliminate anxiety attacks.
Taking charge of your thinking puts you in control of your body's emergency system. As you get proficient at taking control, you can completely shut down anxiety attacks and prevent them from starting.
3. Calm yourself down – Similar to point two, calming yourself down shuts off the mechanism that causes anxiety attacks. Calming yourself down ends the stress response. Then it's just a matter of time until the body uses up or expels the remaining stress hormones.
The more you calm yourself down, the faster the anxiety attack will end and the sooner you'll feel better. Keep in mind that the physiological, psychological, and emotional changes resulting from a minor stress response last for approximately a few to ten minutes. A high degree stress response can last for twenty to thirty minutes or more. You want to keep yourself calm until the body recovers from the active stress response. This means you may feel the physiological, psychological, and emotional changes in the meantime, but that they will all end as the body recovers from the active stress response.
Calming yourself down is another sure way to end, control, and prevent anxiety attacks.
4. Relaxed diaphragmatic breathing – Slow, relaxed, diaphragmatic breaths cause the body to trigger a natural tranquilizing effect. This tranquilizing effect counters the effects of the stress response. As you relax diaphragmatic breathe, your body will calm down, which again will end an anxiety attack.
Relaxed diaphragmatic breathing (slow breathing from your diaphragm) is another natural way to end, control, and prevent anxiety attacks.
5. Relax your body – Relaxing the body shuts off the stress response since the body can't go in both (arousal/relaxed) directions at the same time. The more relaxed you make your body, the faster the body uses up and expels stress hormones, which will bring an end to the feelings associated with an active stress response.
Relaxing the body also offsets the muscle tension caused by the stress response. You can read more about that under the 'muscle tension' symptom.
6. Distract yourself – As we mentioned earlier, most anxiety attacks are caused and fueled by thinking anxiously. Distracting your attention can prevent anxious thinking. As you prevent anxious thinking you also prevent voluntary anxiety attacks.
7. Recognize all panic attacks end – No matter how powerful the anxiety attack, it will end. We can end them faster by doing some or all of the above. Nevertheless, all anxiety attacks end. It's only a matter of time. No one experiences unending anxiety attacks even though sometimes it can feel that way. Riding out the anxiety attack knowing it will end can help you remain calm, which also shuts off the stress response and anxiety attack.
8. Recognize your body is doing what it's supposed to in response to thinking you are in danger (survival mechanism and the stress response). Many people go to great lengths to experience the rush of the stress response (skydiving, bungee jumping, other dangerous and thrilling activities). So a high degree stress response isn't a bad thing, but the body's temporary emergency survival mechanism in action. We can shut it off anytime by using the above strategies.
9. Even though an anxiety attack may feel like it is out of control, it actually isn't. Using the above strategies can put you in control…and every time. While it may take courage and practice initially, all of us can control anxiety and anxiety attacks. Knowing how to control anxiety attacks, and becoming practiced at it, eliminates them.
Moreover, even though you may feel you are in danger from an anxiety attack, you aren't. An anxiety attack is a common response to believing you are in danger, but not the actual cause of being in danger.
10. Keep your body's stress in check. – Keeping your body's stress in the healthy range will prevent involuntary anxiety attacks. You will also have more control over your body's reactions when stress is minimized (persistently elevated stress can cause the body to act erratically and more involuntarily than normal, which can affect the level of control you have over your physical, psychological, and emotional capacities).
Persistently elevated stress is the number one cause of involuntary anxiety attacks.
For more information about anxiety attacks and how to control them, see chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 in the Recovery Support area of our website.
Panic Attack Disorder (Panic Disorder) is one of the easiest anxiety disorders to eliminate when you know how. No one needs to suffer needlessly. You can eliminate anxiety attacks naturally by knowing how and through practice.
Chapter 6 in the Recovery Support area has a complete section on how to overcome Panic Disorder as well as how to extinguish a fear of anxiety attacks.
anxietycentre.com: Information, support, and coaching/counseling/therapy for problematic anxiety and its sensations | 2,398 |
Pokagon State Park
Ruth Coffee
I've lived in Indiana for much of my life, and I've explored lots of what the state has to offer. I can show you what's here to enjoy.
A Visit to Pokagon State Park
Pokagon State Park lies in the northeastern corner of Indiana, near Angola, Indiana. The park offers visitors camping, fishing, boating, swimming, hiking, and horseback riding. In the winter, sledding, ice skating, cross country skiing, ice fishing, and even a toboggan ride can be added to the list of entertainment.
During a visit to the park in September 2009, I took some photographs and will share them with you here. Learn more about what the park has to offer, enjoy a few of its sights, and find other pages about Pokagon here.
The land that includes Pokagon State Park was originally inhabited by the Potawatomi Indians. Later it was established as a state park in 1925. It covers 1,260 acres of land and is bordered on its west and much of its southern side by Lake James while Snow Lake is near its northwestern end. Getting to the park is very easy as it lies just off of interstate highway 69 at US Highway 27 just 5 miles north of Angola, Indiana.
There are several campgrounds within the park and a number of picnic shelters. Visitors can make online reservations for any of these facilities online. There are also cabins for those who want a rustic experience as well an Inn for those who want more of a resort type of experience.
The Potawatomi Inn includes a swimming pool, sauna, restaurant, conference center, and much more. The Inn offers a lovely view of the lake as well as a roaring fireplace on cold winter days and gives visitors the feel of a rustic European Chalet. Cabins are in the woods nearby and the volleyball courts, toboggan run, and beach are all located in the same area.
The park has a saddle barn and a two mile bridle trail as well as a beach that's open from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Boats can also be rented. Fishermen can find bass, bluegill, walleye, crappie, catfish, and northern pike in the lake.
The Toboggan Run, pictured above at it's foot, was originally built by the CCC in the 1930's but has of course been renovated. It's a 1,780 foot refrigerated twin track and is open to visitors<|fim_middle|>25, 2009:
Would like to see Pochahontas in her canoe there. Beautiful photos!
NatureMaven on September 24, 2009:
Hi Mulberry. I loved the tobaggan run. I wish we had that here in Maryland. Another neat lens! *****
julieannbrady on September 24, 2009:
Gosh, it was time to take a break from the action of Squidoo and my normal work day -- so I dropped by for a little exercise -- enjoyed my walk through this park! ;)
Andy-Po on September 24, 2009:
Looks wonderful
Looks wonderful. I love the colours of the leaves.
Joan4 on September 24, 2009:
Pokagon is a beautiful park! your pictures are great!
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Pokagon also has a paved 1.6 mile bike trail that winds around from the main entrance gate, beyond the saddle barn, through some picnic areas, and ends up at the nature center. It's an easy, level ride.
The Hiking Trails at Pokagon
Pokagon offers over 13 miles of hiking trails The landscape is mostly wooded and rolling but there are also some wetlands and marsh. A trail map can be found here.
Trail 1 is 2 miles long and lies on the southwestern border of the park with Lake James lying at its edge. It can be picked up between the Volleyball Courts and the Lake and will loop around returning hikers to the Inn as it parallels the bike trail near the saddle barn. This trail is easy to moderate and gives you the opportunity to hike over to the Nature Center.
Trail 2 is a 2.2-mile hike at the northwestern end of the park and is easily accessed from the various campground areas. Trail 3, also 2.2 miles long, can be accessed near the Inn parking lot and gives hikers access to a number of other trails. Trail 2, 7, 8, 9, and 6 can all be picked up here. It will also lead to the highest point in the Park, Hell's Point where you can climb a few steps and get a view of the surrounding woods. Trail 3 will give you a taste of not only the area hardwood forest but some marsh as well.
The Beechwood Nature Preserve is a small area that offers an additional hike through preserved forest and meadows that is lightly traveled. It is not part of Pokagon State Park and is not state-owned but lies at the northeast end of the park and is accessible off of US highway 27.
Trails 4 (1.2 miles) and 5 (.7 miles) offer the easiest hiking at Pokagon and can be accessed near the entrance of the campground at the Black Cherry Picnic Area. Trail 5 will take you to the Bath/Beach House where you can swim or get refreshments.
Trail 6, is a short hike off of trail 3 which loops around through an open meadow area, while Trail 7, 1.8 miles long (Blue Bird Hills) is another easy hike giving a view of prairie vegetation and wetlands. Trail 8, 1 mile, and Trail 9, 1.7 miles, can also be accessed from Trail 3 and give hikers a range of environments, from hardwood forest, to open meadows, marshes, and prairie land. All of these areas are great for spotting birds, wildflowers, and small wildlife during the warmer months.
I wouldn't consider any of the hiking at Pokagon to be rugged. The footing is always solid, and although it's rolling, there are no extended climbs. Trails are also well marked.
A Look Around Pokagon State Park - Click on Thumbnails to View Larger Images
A path into the woods, heading north from the Inn
Lake James, zooming out from the back of the Potawatomi Inn
Take a Ride on the Tobbogan Run
© 2009 Ruth Coffee
Let Us Know You Stopped By!
Kristen from Wisconsin on May 13, 2012:
Susanna Duffy from Melbourne Australia on March 21, 2010:
Another wonderful lens from you. The Pokagon State Park looks so lovely
rebeccahiatt on October 11, 2009:
By the pics it looks like a beautiful park, I don't believe I have ever been there.
GramaBarb from Vancouver on September 25, 2009:
I would love to go for a long walk in this park in all its seasons. Great lens!
irenemaria from Sweden on September | 870 |
Taxi driver remanded for attempted murder, two armed robberies
Posted by: Derwayne Wills in Courts, Crime, News Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 12:01 0
Last Updated on<|fim_middle|> robbery matters.
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Kevin France
Kevin France, 29 years, of East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, was this morning charged with attempted murder and two counts of robbery under arms before city Magistrate Leron Daly.
The court heard that on October 28, 2016, France unlawfully and maliciously wounded Kwasie Joseph at Water Street with intent to commit murder.
France, a taxi driver, was named in two armed robberies. The first on October 1, 2016 at Robb and Alexander Streets where he robbed Boodnarine Boodhoo of some $600,000.
Also, on October 12, 2016, the Court heard France robbed Bibi Jabar of $6,000.
He was not required to plea to any of the charges since all the matters were laid indictably.
France's lawyer, Patrice Henry, asked the court for reasonable bail for his client. Henry told the court France has no other pending matters.
France was arrested on Valentine's Day and was kept in connection with a number of illegal activities with 21-year-old career criminal Jason Howard.
Howard implicated France in a statement he gave to the police. Howard has a number of matters before the court including murder, attempted murder, and armed robbery. France denied his involvement.
Investigations into a series of robberies are still ongoing, which France is believed to be linked to.
France was remanded to prison until March 13, when the preliminary inquiry into his attempted murder charge is set to commence. He will return again on March 20 for the armed | 362 |
Q: Intuition behind a result in measure theory Let $(X, \mathcal{A}, \mu)$ be a measured space and let $w : X \to [0, \infty]$ be a measurable function. Define
$$
\nu(A) := \int_A w \,\ d\mu \qquad (A \in \mathcal{A}).
$$
Then $\nu$ is a measure on $(X, \mathcal{A})$, and if $f : X<|fim_middle|> $\mu$ is the Lebesgue measure and $w$ is a probability distribution. In this case the equality is saying something like integrating $f$ over the probability space is the same as integrated $f$ weighted point-wise by the distribution over all of $\mathbb R$.
| \to \mathbb{R}$ is measurable, then $f \in L^1(\nu) \Leftrightarrow fw \in L^1(\mu)$ and in that case we have
$$
\int_X f \,\ d\nu = \int_X (fw) \,\ d\mu.
$$
My question is : Is there an intuitive way to understand this result ? Why is this equality not so surprising ?
I was thinking that maybe we could interpret $w$ as a mass density and so $\nu$ would measure the mass of a given entity $A \in \mathcal{A}$... ?
A: As to "not so surprising" I'd say its because the equality trivially holds when $f$ is a simple function. But this doesn't go very far toward intuition. I think your mass density is spot on. A good example is when | 184 |
Huascarán Norte, North Face, Solo. Renato Casarotto climbed the north face of Huascarán Norte solo in sixteen days from June <|fim_middle|> and windy. For the last three days he was without food. After completing the ascent late on June 21, in an hour and a half he descended to the Garganta between Huascarán Norte and the main peak for a final cold bivouac in the snow without his sleeping bag, which he had lost at the end of the climb. | 5 to 21, cut off from direct contact with his base except by radio with his wife Goretta, who waited in a tent at the Llanganuco Lakes at the bottom of the climb. He described the climb as being of all grades of difficulty up to UIAA VI+ and direct aid. It was on snow, ice, smooth slabs, solid granite and rotten rock. Having some 90 pounds of equipment and food, Casarotto stated that he really had to climb the route three or four times, first to fix the route, then to carry his supplies up and finally to clean the route. The sun shone on only one day. Most of the time it was cold, snowy | 146 |
Todd Wallinger
Todd Wallinger grew up in the small town of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. In the 19<|fim_middle|>.
Visit Todd Wallinger's web page: https://toddwallinger.blogspot.com
Plays by Todd Wallinger with Brooklyn Publishers:
LIGHTS! CAMERA! MURDER! | 70's, Beaver Dam wasnrsquot exactly a Mecca of culture, but three times a year the local community theatre took over the town's only movie house and put on a show. That is where Todd first fell in love with theatre.
He made his own theatrical debut on that stage at the age of 11, appearing as an unusually large munchkin in The Wizard of Oz. Even then, it was obvious that if Todd was going to have a career in theatre, it was not going to involve singing.
Years later, Todd took the practical approach to life, earning a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. But his love of theatre never left him, and he eventually realized there's nothing practical about being afraid to follow your dreams.
In 2005, Todd took the plunge and, with little more than a handful of posters and an astonishing amount of naivete, launched a children's theater company in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Although he enjoyed directing, it was in working with such talented students that Todd discovered his true calling: playwriting.
Since then, he has written several plays for the youth market, focusing on light-hearted comedies with over-the-top characters that kids love to play.
Todd is always happy to talk to students about theatre and playwriting. For information on setting up a school visit or video chat, visit his web site. Just don't ask him to sing | 284 |
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Time's Up, Elon
Jai Phillips
On October 22, 2022, Elon Musk assumed his tyrannical reign over Twitter. Promising users that their voices matter - spoiler alert: they don't. By urging them to decide Twitter's fate through polls, Elon's TwitterVerse was decreed a "good thing." However, it's been anything but.
Since the very moment Jack Dorsey handed Elon the keys to Twitter HQ, previously banned accounts for controversial public figures like Andrew Tate and Donald Trump (although Trump refuses to rejoin) have been reinstated. We've witnessed the arrival of Twitter Blue, where just about anyone can get verified for $9/month and impersonate your favorite public figure. It's been…interesting.
The sort of "Free Speech" Elon's referring to actually means people have the freedom to spread hateful speech…and absolutely no one can Tweet negatively about Elon. Since Musk acquired Twitter, he's publicly mocked the usage of pronouns despite having a transgender daughter and suspended a handful of journalists who actively investigate his behavior.
Crazy, unattainable hours, a mass-quitting exodus at HQ, and an intense drop in the Tesla stock have resulted from this absolute disaster that is Elon's Twitter. It's the Fyre Fest of social media.
Since Elon is so "For The People," he's heard your cries for help. Last night, 17 million people voted on a poll focused on whether or not Elon Musk should step down from Twitter on his own. The resounding consensus? Yes!
Since he is an egotistical billionaire, I won't be shocked if this Tweet gets swept under the rug. I fear for whomever steps up to take his place.
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This Haunts Me: Did Scientists at CERN End the World in 2012?
Can the strangeness of recent history be blamed on scientists meddling with forces beyond their comprehension?
Keith Baldwin
Do you remember 2012?
People were convinced that the world was going to end — that the Mayan calendar had predicted it more than 2,000 years earlier. Protesters and time-travelers continued to decry the cataclysmic dangers of CERN's Large Hadron Collider, where scientists were taking apart the building blocks of the universe to understand how they worked...
But those scientists discovered the particle they were looking for without any apparent disruption to the fabric of reality. And so the year passed without the world flipping on its axis or neutrinos suddenly becoming deadly while John Cusack raced to save his children.
Did you laugh, then, at the people who predicted doom? Did you mock them? And how have things been for you lately? Because for most of the world they're increasingly chaotic and incomprehensible — suffused with a growing sense of unreality.
People and events have stopped making sense. Almost as if the predictable order of the universe is unraveling...
After going on an incoherent rant about the lab leak theory, @jonstewart brokenly admitted: "I have been alone<|fim_middle|> staggering death toll.
It was in response to this contribution to Donald Trump's reelection campaign that one of Jon Voight's Ray Donovan co-stars spoke out on Twitter about his experience with Voight while filming the Showtime series.
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Frank Whaley, best known for his performance as the man who should definitely not "say 'what' again" to Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction, opened with a succinct "**** Jon Voight" and recounted an event when he claims that Jon Voight "slapped [Whaley] across the face in the middle of a scene because he couldn't keep up."
Whaley even provided proof of the incident in the form of a still photograph taken on set — plainly showing the moment immediately after Voight slapped him. But this evidence wasn't enough for Dean Cain, ever loyal to his awful team.
Sure, Whaley was actually there, and he was the one who actually got slapped, but he doesn't support Donald Trump, so he must be lying to make Trump-supporters look bad! It's Trump derangement syndrome!
That seems to be Cain's logic in responding to Whaley on Twitter, saying, "the reason he slapped you remains a mystery." He went on to add his baseless theory that Voight was probably supposed to slap Whaley, and it was "in the script."
Cain then went on to offer extensive evidence supporting his claim. Oh, wait. Not extensive. Zero.
He has no evidence at all, he just seems to think that's what happened, despite the testimony of the man being slapped in that picture — a man who presumably read the script. But as long as we're allowed to rewrite history however we want, it's time to go back and erase Dean Cain as Superman. Dean Cain never was Superman, because there's no such thing as MAGA superman.
Superman hates guns. He would never be on the board of the NRA.
Superman saves lives. He would never spread the kind of anti-mask propaganda that resulted in so many deaths over the past 16 months.
Superman is the quintessential immigrant success story — his parents sent him from a homeland that was falling apart so he could live a better life in America. He would never have supported a politician who demonized immigrants, turned away refugees, treated undocumented children like animals, and tried to take away the rights of DACA recipients who came here much like Superman himself.
Superman helped bring down the KKK. He would never have posed happily with a president who was endorsed by David Duke — a president who called attendees at a white-supremacist rally "very fine people."
Superman stands up for the powerless. He wouldn't complain about "anti-police rhetoric" and share a video calling protesters "rioting thugs" while dismissing the systemic problem of police brutality as a case of "bad apples."
Superman is the defender of Earth. He wouldn't make a pro-Trump play with a man who makes propaganda "documentaries" supporting fracking and attacking environmentalism.
Clearly, Dean Cain has nothing to do with Superman. Comic book fans are always complaining when a depiction of a superhero isn't loyal to the source material. Last year they were complaining that Robert Pattinson wasn't working out enough for his starring role in The Batman, with one obnoxious fan saying, "When you hire the twink from Twilight, you get a twink Batman."
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But now that some trailers for The Batman are out, we can confirm that it looks kind of badass — Pattinson's performance included. So let's turn that fan attention back to the '90s and just declare that Dean Cain is too big of an assh*le to play Superman. We need to retcon the whole thing and replace him with another handsome, all-American TV icon with great hair — but one who can believably play a good guy.
MAGA Superman is dead. From now on Lois and Clark starred Teri Hatcher and Early Edition's Kyle Chandler. Can't wait to see them in the revival.
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Late Capitalism Diaries: The Worst COVID Scams
There is no cure for the coronavirus, but these people still think you should give them money.
If there's one thing that can save us from a global pandemic, it's capitalism.
Maybe you think that a sense of shared humanity uniting us in collective action — with those least at risk looking out for the most vulnerable — would be a better approach than embracing greed and short-term profit. But you're wrong.
Capitalism teaches us that money is the only thing that's real and the only solution to every problem. So when people are desperate and afraid because a deadly and wildly contagious virus is killing hundreds of thousands and ravaging the global economy, what they really need is someone to give their last few dollars to.
Thankfully, the ancient, venerated tradition of the snake oil salesman is alive and well, and the following good Samaritans were more than happy to strip confused and struggling people of every last dime in exchange for "cures" that primarily treated the problem of having too many dimes.
Americans have lost tens of millions of dollars to scams related to the coronavirus pandemic. Because if there's one thing that could maximize the efficiency of the end times, it's capitalism.
Kenneth Copeland: The Wind of God
Kenneth Copeland is not, as you might be thinking, the haunted mask from Goosebumps. He's a carefully preserved 83-year-old televangelist who preaches his own version of Christianity to an audience of millions.
You might be surprised to see a preacher at the top of a list about capitalism. After all, aren't churches considered non-profit? Shouldn't they be, like, funding charities to help the sick and the poor?
That's certainly true of churches that worship Jesus, but Kenneth Copeland — like most televangelists — preaches the Prosperity Gospel of Jesus™, which says that if you have faith in God, you will be rewarded with lots and lots of money and that the best way to demonstrate faith in God is to give the little bit of money you have right now to...Kenneth Copeland.
Essentially, the Prosperity Gospel is the worship of capitalism, and Kenneth Copeland has proven himself worthy of Capitalist God's favor by amassing a net worth of at least $300 million. Clearly, God wants this man to have money, so why not give him yours?
While Copeland's plan to destroy COVID-19 by blowing it away with "the wind of God" — which looks remarkably like a toddler blowing out birthday candles — was not directly expensive, the force of that wind is only as powerful as your faith, as measured in dollars sent to Kenneth Copeland.
So if there's still a pandemic going on, that means you haven't sent enough money to Kenneth Copeland. Thousands who gave him money met in person at the 40th annual Southwest Believers' Convention in Fort Worth Texas — an area that has seen the incidence of COVID-19 cases more than double in the last month.
And remember, if you start feeling sick, just spray a violent fountain of spittle from your mouth, because faith in Jesus™ is the only mask you need.
Jim Bakker: Colloidal Silver
Staying in the realm of Televangelsim, it's important to note that Jim Bakker is not, in fact, Wolf Blitzer after being corrupted by the One Ring. He has, of course, been corrupted by his monomaniacal love for the precious, but in this case the precious refers to your $125.
That's how much it would have cost you to get your hands on a bottle of Silver Solution when Bakker was promoting it back in February 2020 with the help of Sherrill Sellman, a "natural health expert" who assured Bakker's viewers that Silver Solution had been "proven by the government that it has the ability to kill every pathogen it has ever been tested on, including SARS and HIV."
As for COVID-19, which Bakker referred to as "this influenza that is now circling the globe," Sellman didn't want to oversell it, stating that Silver Solution "hasn't been tested on this strain of the coronavirus, but it has been tested on other strains of the coronavirus ... Totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it."
In reality, colloidal silver — the active ingredient in Silver Solution, has not been shown to be an effective treatment for literally anything ever. It can, however, permanently turn your skin a nice gray-blue color...which is cool.
Bakker's promotion of Silver Solution as a COVID cure resulted in him being sued by the state of Missouri.
Celebrity Chef Pete Evans: The Biocharger NG
Pete Evans promotes Biocharger NG
According to Australian celebrity chef Pete Evans, the BioCharger NG, which he was promoting and selling back in April 2020, is "a pretty amazing device," and it had better be with a price tag of nearly $15,000 AUD (around $10,500 USD).
Described on his website as a "subtle energy revitalisation platform," the BioCharger NG looks a lot like a Tesla coil in a glass case, but it purports to be so much more.
Evans' website describes the power of the device's "four transmitted energies" to "stimulate and invigorate the entire body to optimize and improve potential health, wellness, and athletic performance," which is all vague and pseudoscientific enough to fit in with the rest of Evans' paleo diet, anti-vax shtick.
Where he got himself into trouble was in asserting that among "about a thousand different recipes" programmed into the device, there were a couple that could help with "Wuhan coronavirus."
Australia's Department of Health would fine Evans over $25,000 for making these false claims.
According to the Australian Medical Associations official Twitter account, the BioCharger NG is in fact effective at being "a $15,000 fancy light machine," so that's cool.
Alex Jones: Toothpaste
You may know Alex Jones for his friendship with President Donald Trump, or for his deep and abiding concern for the sexuality of the friggin' frogs, but you may not know how he makes his money.
Having been banned from YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, etc., Jones' conspiracy-heavy InfoWars videos aren't exactly raking in ad revenue. Instead, Jones makes his money by selling health and survival products at a steep markup. Often presented as the best option for combating the elaborate conspiracies that never stop targeting his viewers in particular, these products are sold through Jones' website.
Speaking through a throat that is 90% gravel, Jones informs his loyal followers of the tremendous benefits they can receive by buying "cutting edge" scientific products like the supplement that Alex Jones took for 45 days to turn slightly redder, or any of the other various products that require him to go shirtless.
But when it comes to COVID-19, Alex Jones knew back in March 2020 that the only cure was... toothpaste. In this case, toothpaste infused with "nano-silver" which is just a fancy name for colloidal silver–which sadly has not added any beneficial properties since Jim Bakker tried the same scam back in February.
The toothpaste and other colloidal silver products that Jones had promoted as COVID treatments were removed from the InfoWars site in April after an FDA warning.
Genesis II: Miracle Mineral Solution (AKA Industrial Bleach)
The Genesis II "Church" of Health and Healing is not quite a church at all — nor does it really have anything to do with health and healing. A more accurate name for it might be the Genesis II Industrial Bleach Garage, but that might not be as enticing to prospective customers who — until recently — could order "Miracle Mineral Solution" as a cure for everything from Autism to (of course) the coronavirus.
The Grenon family of Bradenton Florida had stockpiled dozens of barrels of industrial bleach in their home in order to sell it as a miracle cure to strangers on the Internet. While they couldn't officially advise their customers to drink the bleach, they were assured that a dilute mixture of MMS could solve any and all of their health problems. They were shut down in July 2020.
Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro: Chloroquine/Hydroxychloroquine
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and President Trump of Trump Tower have a lot in common. They both like to hide information on impending environmental disasters, they have both been censored on social media, and they both loved taking hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. And while it wasn't as fun as injecting disinfectant, at least it was technically medicine.
As for the fact that extensive studies have not shown the anti-malarial drug to have any benefits when it comes to the coronavirus, who cares? It also didn't matter that spikes in demand for the drug led to shortages for people who really needed it, along with some accidental poisonings. It didn't matter that there were serious, even life-threatening side effects associated with hydroxychloroquine. These two just loved it!
Was it because both of their governments stockpiled millions of doses, and they wanted desperate people to buy them? Did they have some secret personal financial investment in the drug's sales? Who knew? They just loved the stuff!
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While it's hard to point to a moment when things started to go wrong — do we all revert to 2012? — it's easy to say when life was less weird.
But the weirdness seems to be accelerating at such an incredible rate that the answer to that question changes at shorter and shorter intervals.
Things were less weird before 2013, when we got a new pope without the old one dying — resulting in two popes plotting against each other. Things were less weird before 2016, when Donald Trump was elected president. Before Trump made sweet, passionate love to the American flag on live TV.
Before 2018, when school shooting survivors became instant celebrities and then despised by half the country. Before 2021...before the coronavirus pandemic.
Before QAnon candidates. Before Kanye ran for president. Before Rudy Giuliani in Borat 2 and Rudy Giuliani at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Before Elon Musk hosted SNL and he and Grimes named their baby X Æ A-Xii. Before Jeff Bezos announced his plans to go to space...
In short, everything has gotten so f***ing weird. But why? What is the origin? It's as if humanity has lost its grip on reality… or reality has lost its grip on us.
He points to a number of supposed "Mandela effects" and an anonymous CERN "whistleblower" on 4Chan as evidence that we have left our familiar reality. But while the particulars of his theory and his evidence may not hold up to scrutiny, there's a kernel of truth in Hinton's vision that's only gotten more compelling in the 16 months since he wrote it.
With that in mind, I developed an alternate explanation for the accelerating weirdness of the world.
Back in 2012, the Higgs Boson was still theoretical. It was thought to mediate the quantum field responsible for providing particles their mass, thus regulating the force of gravity. And beneath the border of France and Switzerland, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) were using their enormous and massively powerful particle accelerator to find it.
They were hoping to improve our understanding of Gravity. The weakest of the fundamental forces, yet potent enough to puncture the fabric of the universe — creating a black hole from which even light cannot escape. As familiar as it is mysterious.
At the quantum level, the mechanics of gravity remain vague, and events are theorized to take place not as a result of ordinary cause and effect but as a function of probabilities. A popular explanation for this is that every possible outcome takes place, but splits off into an endlessly branching multiverse.
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In that sense, there would be countless versions of the Earth, the Berenstain Bears, and you. But the vast majority of those versions would likely be clustered together around the most probable outcomes.
What if that cluster was held together by the force of gravity? What if the people decrying the power of the Large Hadron Collider were right to be worried?
The scientists at CERN were messing with forces beyond their control — beyond their understanding. So maybe they did trigger a doomsday scenario — one that we couldn't see.
Three weeks after they announced the discovery of the Higgs Boson, the sun shot out the largest solar flare in more than a century. If it had struck the Earth, it would have caused trillions of dollars of damage to electronics worldwide. It missed us by the astronomical equivalent of inches. That was just the beginning.
Could it be that they ruptured our universe's quantum gravitational bond to that core of probable realities? That we have been drifting further and further from its center ever since — into improbable events?
If so, we're now either living at a frayed end split off from the central strand of the multiverse — waiting to be pruned. Or are we doomed to spiral off in an endless fractal of increasing absurdity? Each year more ridiculous than the last. An eternal apocalypse of strangeness.
Once I'd had this thought, I couldn't let it go. It seems far-fetched at first, but is it more absurd than the notion that millions of Americans subscribe to a conspiracy theory that places every celebrity and politician in an elite cabal of satanic, pedophile cannibals? And that America would elect legislators who believe that?
The more I thought about it, the more I began to see the evidence in every improbable headline. I've started to perceive our hyper-dimensional drift in the erratic behavior of my fellow citizens.
I know now why they deny the overwhelming evidence of COVID-19's death toll (over 6 million worldwide) or blame its spread on face masks, 5G, and pharmaceutical companies. I get it.
It's not that they're unhinged from reality. Reality is unhinged, and they're adapting to it.
Once you embrace this fundamental truth, the world starts to make sense. The rapid acceleration of strangeness is no longer a mystery. But three questions remain:
How much further can our reality stray from the realm of probable events? What happens when we've been stretched too far? And when is it time to start buying lottery tickets?
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Mike Lindell Is Offering $5 Million to Prove That He's Crazy
If you're hoping to collect your reward at the "cyber symposium," you just have to shatter a man's faith in God.
Democracy, it turns out, is a fragile thing.
What felt, not long ago, like a deeply flawed but ultimately ironclad arrangement of American politics has recently been undermined. But don't worry, Mike Lindell — the MyPillow guy — intends to save it...
Earlier this month Lindell announced his plans to reveal his evidence of election fraud at a so-called "cyber symposium" in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which he is set to kick off in just three weeks time, and which he claims "is going to change the world ... it's gonna show everything and that this election was taken." At which point he believes that Donald Trump will be put immediately back in office.
The Threat to Democracy
For anyone living in a reality where Joe Biden and the Democrats stole the presidency, it must seem strange that the savior of democracy is a man whose primary claim to fame is the development of an $80 pillow that was supposed to make it possible to sleep while high on so much crack that your crack dealers are worried for you.
As Jimmy Kimmel put it in April, "Somehow a simple pillow salesman from Minnesota got to the bottom of the deepest conspiracy in the history of American politics. It's so crazy, it's almost hard to believe."
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Still, whatever mental gymnastics are required to make that make sense, it seems that plenty of people have managed to do them, as Lindell reports people approaching him to say, "'You're our hope,' and all these things."
But for those of us who accept that millions of votes were not covertly flipped and manufactured — in a dozen states with wholly distinct election systems — in the most elaborate election fraud to ever go undetected by every expert except the secretive people reaching out to a pillow company CEO...the threat to democracy looks a little different.
From that perspective, the concerted effort — by former President Donald Trump and a legion of his most deranged stooges and acolytes — to spread these conspiracy theories is the real threat. And while we still have a technically functional democracy (albeit flawed to the point of practical oligarchy), the threat posed by these figures is to undermine faith in the legitimacy of that system until it's torn apart by terroristic violence and a groundswell of support for reactionary voter suppression.
Thanks to the loud and pervasive insistence of people like Lindell, around 60% of Republicans believe that the 2020 election was fraudulent. In reality, of course, the only thing substantially out of the ordinary about the whole process was the wide availability of mail-in ballots.
This made it far easier for more eligible citizens to cast their votes — particularly in Black and brown communities, which are often deliberately deprived of adequate polling stations, and which were hit particularly hard by the pandemic. But even that vital measure — taken as the COVID pandemic began the build up toward its horrifying winter surge — is treated as insidious by a group that disproportionately embraces virus denial, vaccine paranoia, and outright rejection of medical expertise. And seemingly nothing can make a crack in their defenses.
Even when Sidney Powell and the other lawyers behind the much-vaunted election fraud "Kraken" in Michigan are being viciously dressed down and considered for professional sanctions over the submission of their "fantastical" affidavit, it doesn't begin to break through. After all, Fox News, ONN, Newsmax, and your weird uncle who spends all day on Facebook aren't covering it, so it must not really be news...
A Way Out?
So when Mike Lindell announced this week a $5 million dollar reward for "cyber guys" or media figures who could prove his election fraud data is "not valid," it seemed like a golden opportunity. It seemed like there might be a way out of this mess.
Finally, a highly public chance to expose what a joke this whole theory is, and to get rich doing it! There are just two problems.
First, Lindell has shifted the burden of proof in the wrong direction. In his wording, the group calling to overturn the results of a presidential election for the first time in American history is assumed to be right, rather than the group calling for the constitutionally mandated election process to be upheld as usual.
He should have to prove that his numbers are valid, not the other way around. Because while it's trivially easy to show that a bunch of made up "true" election results have no basis in reality, and nothing to back them up, it's substantially harder to "prove" that they're nonsense.
For example, if I were to show you a drawing on the back of a Denny's placemat, and claim that it's a blueprint of Joe Biden's secret bunker where every missing child in America is being held prisoner, you probably wouldn't believe me. You might say "that's ridiculous" or "why is it drawn in crayon?" but you would be hard pressed to prove that I hadn't copied it by hand from secret government files that have since been destroyed as part of a massive coverup...
The Fatal Flaw
It will be incredibly surprising if Mike Lindell's "data" turns out to be more substantiated than that. But the second problem with Mike Lindell's offer is even harder to correct: Mike Lindell is the judge, and Mike Lindell is crazy.
Things would never have gotten to this point otherwise. A sane man, knowing as little about data analysis and cyber security as Lindell does, and knowing how easily he's been fooled in the past, would never feel qualified to say that the data he received from his anonymous sources is legit. But Mike Lindell feels qualified.
Why? Because Mike Lindell wants to believe it, and because Mike Lindell is crazy.
While he claims that a group of five supposed experts will evaluate every attempt to refute his "evidence" — again, an extremely difficult task even if those "experts" were unbiased — that $5 million is Mike's. He's not going to give it up until you convince him that he's wrong, and that's never going to happen, because Mike Lindell knows that God is on his side, and Mike Lindell is crazy.
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God has chosen him to sell over-priced pillows and to get the 2020 presidential election overturned. He believes this is all God's plan, and that after his cyber symposium "we will once again be one nation under God and it will be the biggest revival for Jesus in history." The only way you're going to win this $5 million dollars is if you shatter his faith in God and convince a truly unhinged man to notice his own lack of hinges.
As far as Mike Lindell is concerned, the only reason Donald Trump won't be in the White House on August 13th is if the devil and the deep state interfere. Therefore, his $5 million is safe.
Still, the spectacle of whatever happens at Mike Lindell's "cyber symposium" — from August 10-12 — is guaranteed to be entertaining — maybe even more so than the launch of his social media platform, Frank. And if the false promise of a $5 million reward is enough to bring some extra media attention to an event, that will no doubt be equal parts sad and hilarious, and we won't complain.
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What Happened with Addison Rae and Donald Trump?
If they cancel Addison Rae, will they cancel her impending "She's All That" Reboot ... please?
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Addison Rae, queen of chaotic friendships, might just be gearing up for a new one … with Donald Trump?
The 20-year-old TikTok star, known for her viral dance videos and her upcoming reboot of the 90s classic She's All That, has spent her time in the spotlight making friendships which are questionable at best.
Most notably, Rae spent months this summer glued to Kourtney Kardashian's side before being tossed aside for Travis Barker — an even more chaotic pairing that we've all stopped trying to make sense of.
The unlikely, inexplicable friendship started when Kourtney's 11-year-old son — notorious on social media for spilling family secrets and making hilarious TikToks — made a dance video with none other than Addison herself. After the two met in person, Rae seemed to hit it off with Kourtney and even ended up on the family's TV show as Kourtney's new sidekick.
The friendship was (is?) weird to say the least, and many speculated that Kourtney might have been paid to give Addison more publicity in preparation for her movie and maybe even a reality show of her own.
Whether or not this is true, if nothing else, Rae has adopted the Kardashian penchant for controversy.
At the Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor UFC fight in Vegas on July 11th, Rae found herself surrounded by celebrities. One she couldn't miss the chance to meet? Former President Donald Trump.
Rae approached Trump at his seat, where he was surrounded by his entourage, and tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention (sounds like his security was slipping but … okay).
A video shows Rae introducing herself to Trump, saying she "had to say hi" and effusing how it was "so nice to meet you."
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This did not go over well on the internet.
Addison Rae is now being criticized, and perhaps even canceled, for her eager approach. Rae has recently been in the news after her segment teaching TikTok dances on Jimmy Fallon was criticized. Users asked why Rae, a white girl, was asked to perform dances mostly created by Black TikTokers — who subsequently went on strike.
Rae also came under fire in 2019 for allegedly registering as a Republican. The Louisiana native is the second highest-grossing TikTok star and has amassed fans by being likable and from humble origins. She has even been compared to fellow Louisianan Britney Spears … though that might be slander.
But now the internet is turning on her fast.
I, for one, as a person born in a different millennium than she, cannot muster enough energy to really care about another TikTok star scandal but, as the news unravels, I have to laugh. Who knows how her camp will respond, what her notes-app apology will say, and if they will cancel her movie reboot — god help us, I hope they do.
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Because Dean Cain Sucks: MAGA Superman Is Dead
Dean Cain is no longer allowed to have anything to do with Superman. We're retconning him out.
Update: This week Dean Cain was on Fox News, complaining about "wokeness and anti-Americanism" in the recent Ta-Nehisi Coates-led Captain America comics, which featured Captain America decrying the way marginalized Americans are often sold a dream before they're "handed a raw deal."
Never mind the fact that Captain America has a long history of this kind of criticism, or the fact that Dean Cain praises America for "constantly striving for a more perfect union" — an effort that is literally impossible without vocal criticism of the nation's flaws. The more important point is that Cain has no authority to speak on superheroes, because we already erased him from Superman history.
Is it possible for an actor to be so obnoxious that he harms the character he portrays? If so, then Dean Cain has been doing his best in recent years to kill Superman.
Cain's fame peaked in the 1990s when he starred alongside Teri Hatcher in ABC's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which aired for four seasons from 1993 to 1997.
At the time he seemed like an ideal embodiment of the man of steel. He was handsome and charming–with that great Superman hair. He was also a genuine athlete, having once been signed to the NFL's Buffalo Bills — though a knee injury kept him from ever playing with the team. Little did we know at the time that his disarming smile was hiding a garbage personality.
Perhaps that's part of the reason why his career took such a substantial plunge after his breakout role. After Lois & Clark ended, Cain moved on to host the TBS show Ripley's Believe It or Not, which showcased oddities from around the world and was a great option for watching a man squirt milk out of his tear duct, but it wasn't quite the level of prestige of a major network drama.
Since then things have gone even further downhill. Cain's acting career has largely consisted of bit parts in low-budget sci-fi movies and conservative morality tales.
Lucky for him, he's been able to supplement that work with the added fame he gets from being a member of the Republican party's scant, roster of pro-Trump celebrities — joining the prestigious ranks of Scott Baio, Kid Rock, and Roseanne Barr. His biggest TV work these days is an occasional spot on the Fox & Friends couch.
What makes Cain particularly infuriating is his posturing as a reasonable and tolerant man, all while caping for politics that are anything but.
Cain described himself as pro-LGBT rights while defending a president who banned trans people from the military and wanted businesses to be allowed to discriminate on the basis of sexuality. He described himself as pro-choice while defending the Georgia Heartbeat Bill that would have made it virtually impossible for women in that state to seek safe abortions.
He decried "cancel culture" as "an early version of 1984" while continuing to support a presidential administration that was built on Doublespeak. He bemoans the absurd idea that Superman's motto — "Truth, justice, and the American way" — would be censored in 2020, all while supporting a president who ushered in the "post-truth" era, keeps pardoning his criminal cronies, and is actively dismantling America's institutions.
In short, Dean Cain sucks. And in case you ever forget that fact, he regularly reminds the world on Twitter — where his header photo appropriates the most misused MLK quote of all time, and his bio opens: "Father. Filmmaker. Freedom. Family. Former Buffalo Bill."
Last summer on Twitter, Cain once again made it clear where he stands by rushing to the defense of fellow pro-Trump actor Jon Voight. The Anaconda actor, who also happens to be Angelina Jolie's estranged father, has been among the most vocal Trump supporters in Hollywood, and he narrated videos celebrating Donald Trump for both the 2016 Republican National Convention and the 2020 RNC.
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Birds' blood functions as heating system in winter
Coal tit. Photo: Andreas Nord.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that bird blood produces more heat in winter, when it is colder, than in autumn.
The secret lies in the energy factories of cells, the mitochondria. Mammals have no mitochondria in their red blood cells, but birds do, and according to the research team from Lund and Glasgow this means that the blood can function as a central heating system when it is cold.
"In winter, the mitochondria seem to prioritize producing more heat instead of more energy. The blood becomes a type of radiator that they can turn up when it gets colder", says Andreas Nord, researcher in evolutionary ecology at Lund University who led the study.
Until now, the common perception has been that birds keep warm by shivering with their large pectoral muscles and fluffing up their feathers. Less is known about other heat-regulating processes inside birds.
To investigate the function of mitochondria, the researchers examined great tits, coal tits and blue tits on two different occasions: early autumn and late winter. The researchers took blood samples from the birds and isolated the red blood cells. By using a so-called cell respirometer, a highly sensitive instrument that can measure how much oxygen the mitochondria consume, the researchers were able to calculate how much of the oxygen consumption was<|fim_middle|> se | 16 Apr 2021 | spent on producing energy and how much was spent on creating heat. Finally, they also measured the amount of mitochondria in each blood sample.
The results show that the blood samples taken in winter contained more mitochondria and that the mitochondria worked harder. However, the work was not to produce more energy, something the researchers had assumed since birds have a much higher metabolism in winter.
"We had no idea that the birds could regulate their blood as a heating system in this way, so we were surprised", says Andreas Nord.
The researchers will now investigate whether cold weather is the whole explanation for the birds' blood producing more heat in winter. Among other things, they will study whether the food that the birds eat in winter affects the mitochondria.
The study is published in The FASEB Journal.
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The Songwriters Hall of Fame have announced their Finalists for the 2019 Class.
The Performing Finalists are:
Cat Stevens: Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) had four top ten hits. The British Singer/Songwriter was chosen for the Rock<|fim_middle|> Johnny Rivers, The Turtles, Herman's Hermits and the Mamas and the Papas.
Roger Nichols: Nichols wrote many Adult Contemporary hits.
Russell Brown and Irwin Levine: Brown and Levine wrote all of the hits for Tony Orlando and Dawn.
Tom T. Hall: Hall was a country music writer whose compositions spawned twelve number one hits on the Country Music Charts.
Six of these nominees will be chosen and will comprise the 50th Songwriters Hall of Fame Class. The ceremony will take place on June 13 in New York City.
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Liking this year's love for John Prine. Yes, I guess they ought to name a drink after him if he gets in. They can name it "Sweet Revenge."
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An exhibit showing the size of the Mantle plume relative to Iceland. The reconstruction is in accordance with measurements done by scientists who measeured the phenoma.
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The biggest surprise on the team sheet Wenger is expected to post against Red Star Mathieu Debuchy.
With Skhodran Mustafi injured and the Arsenal manager wrapping his Premier League back three of Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker and Nacho Monreal in cotton wool, the French defender is in line for his first game since November 2016. | to describe it really as "fighting talk".
Following Arsenal's late surrender at Vicarage Road on Saturday, Deeney questioned the "cojones" of the players, suggesting that Watford's greater desire had helped them achieve the 2-1 win.
"There's a reason they lost and it wasn't because of one penalty," he said afterwards.
"I have to watch what I say but... having a bit of cojones, I think the word is. Having a bit of nuts.
Wilshere was on the bench on Saturday but is expected to play in the pivotal No10 role in Belgrade that he performed so impressively in the previous group game against BATE Borisov.
"As a player, if you're attitude is questioned, it's horrible," he said.
"I look around this team, I went to Bournemouth last year and I look around this team and you can't question our character. People try and put us down, they always have. I don't think the comments were justified.
I'm sure individually players are disappointed – no one wants to hear those comments. But players are entitled to their opinions and to talk. That's part of the modern day game and we have to deal with that.
"When we look back at the game we look back at ourselves and what we did wrong. I don't think we can look back and question our character. We did certain things wrong but we certainly didn't want to let the lead slip. We will move on.
But there was little sense that it has stung the Arsenal camp into some sort of demonstration to that effect in the intimidating environment of the stadium known locally as the Marakana for its Brazilian-style noise levels.
Wilshere was asked if the players were angry at the comments.
"As players we have not spoke about that," he said.
Wenger's response was equally as lacklustre. "Everybody is entitled to talk," he said.
"I think after the game sometimes the enthusiasm of what happened people can go overboard. We don't listen too much to what people say, we try to analyse our own game and get on with it.
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Currently we are running the Academy Director course 2.0 at the Hungarian National Training Center. The exciting part about it is that we organize, at the same time and location the brand new Master Class Sporting Director developed by Double Pass.
With this educational track we create the journey of the Sporting Director position, adjusted to the Hungarian context. 5 different workshops, 5 different topics, based upon the role of the Sporting Director:
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After each workshop the participant receives an assignment to complete. The assignment is discussed within a mentor during a skype call. All assignments are gathered within a portfolio together with an individual development plan.
"The overall satisfaction score till now given by the participants is 8,9 / 10", says Jimmy Lelie, Head of Education at Double Pass.
The Sporting Director role is a position which is being discussed in the European clubs. What is his exact position, what is he accountable for, how does he or she relate to the Owner, Senior Board, CEO or Head Coach?
This Master Class provides a frame, clear role description, is a guidance for the Sporting Director with regard to Management skills, Management of the first team squad or his relation to the Academy.
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Chicago Cubs 2020 Season Preview
Well, we don't know for sure when the 2020 season will get underway, or how many games will be played, but we still need something to look forward to. 2019 was a disappointing season for the Cubs. They finished 84-78, good for a third-place finish, which led to the firing of curse-breaking World Series Champion manager Joe Maddon, and the hiring of former beloved catcher David Ross.
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The season was filled with distractions, starting with Addison Russell's off-field issues, continuing with Ben Zobrist's family situation and time away from the team, and concluding with the constant talk about the potential and eventual firing of Maddon. The Cubs bullpen let them down early and often, which led to the midseason acquisition of free-agent closer Craig Kimbrel. Even after the signing, the bullpen remained murky at best. Timely hitting and manufacturing runs were definitely an issue, the Cubs ranked 15th in the majors with a .259 BA with runners in scoring position. Surprisingly, that average was better than the two teams that finished atop them in the NL Central. Injuries, especially down the stretch, took its toll on the team. Glancing at the moves, or lack thereof, made this offseason, did the Cubs do enough to contend this year?
Given the distractions last year, maybe the frugality displayed by the Cubs this offseason, wasn't the worst decision in the world. Obviously, the luxury tax is a big reason why it made sense for the Cubs to not spend money. Furthermore, the introduction of the new Marquee Sports Network, has its fair share of criticism, mostly due to the lack of TV provider deals set in place. Making a big splash, like trading away the 2016 NL MVP Kris Bryant, could've added unnecessary fuel to the fire.
With all of that out of the way, how will David Ross lead the club in his first year as Cubs manager? Let's dive in and talk about the expectations for this season.
C/IF Projections
C: Willson Contreras
1B: Anthony Rizzo
2B: Jason Kipnis/David Bote
3B: Kris Bryant
SS: Javier Baez
Bench: Victor Caratini, Daniel Descalso
As for the locked-in starters, let's start behind the plate. Much has been said and made of Willson Contreras' inability to frame pitches. However, last season he showed improvement with a 48.5% strike rate, ranking in the 50th percentile, which is the equivalent of league average. His pop time to second base was 1.93 seconds on average, which was good enough for third-best in the Majors. He's always had and shown that ability, but it was the quickest average time of his career. The bat was really coming around as well. Contreras logged limited playing time (105 games) due to a right foot strain and right hamstring strain, which forced him into two IL trips. If the Cubs can get a full season out of Willy "The Beast" Contreras, they will be in very good shape offensively, and with his improving pitch-framing ability, defensively as well.
Rizzo, Bryant, and Baez remain the team's cornerstone pieces. When they are all healthy and rolling, it's tough for opposing pitchers to locate an easy out in the top half of the lineup. Manager David Ross is approaching things differently than the Cubs ever have before, opting to start the season with Kris Bryant at the leadoff spot. His OBP will certainly suffice. Since he's arrived to the show, Bryant has been very good at getting on-base, he ranked second on the team to Rizzo with a .382 OBP in 2019. The Cubs have struggled mightily to find a leadoff hitter since Dexter Fowler departed in free agency after the 2016 Championship season. Believe it or not, Anthony Rizzo has been their best leadoff hitter, due in part because of his great plate discipline. Baez doesn't need much introduction, but I'll provide a stat that some people might not be aware of. Baez ranked first with 19 outs above average last season. He also tied for third in baseball with 26 defensive runs saved. I'd say his 29 homers and 85 runs driven in, in only 138 games played, qualifies as pretty good as well.
With four out of the five infield starting spots covered, let's turn to the biggest uncertainty heading into the regular season, second base. This offseason, the Cubs signed Northbrook, IL native and former 2016 World Series opponent Jason Kipnis to a Minor League contract worth $1 million before incentives. Kipnis is competing with Bote, Descalso, and Nico Hoerner for the starting second base job. Both Bote and Descalso are virtual locks to make the roster based on their contracts. Descalso is guaranteed to make $2.5<|fim_middle|>
One through four of the rotation is pretty set. The order of which the starters will be rolled out there is the only thing to be determined. Basing it off last season, Darvish or Hendricks presume to be the number one and two starters, followed by Jon Lester and Jose Quintana. Darvish started out rough but really turned it up a notch in the second half of the season, pitching like a true ace. Take a look at some of the numbers. In 81.2 IP, Darvish had a 2.76 ERA, 0.81 WHIP, .199 BAA, 37.8% K%, and only a 2.2% BB%. The second half numbers might not be sustainable, but if he pitches somewhat close to this level, Cubs management will be more than happy with the return on investment.
Hendricks remained the most reliable. The professor put up almost a spitting image of his ERA from 2018, with a 3.46 ERA, compared to a 3.44 ERA in 2018. He continued to mix speeds well and suppress hard contact and home runs, finishing in the 88th percentile with a 31% HH%, while allowing only a 0.97 HR/9 rate.
Jon Lester took a step back, posting a 4.46 ERA, which was over a full run more than his 3.32 ERA in 2018. If the Cubs can get a rejuvenated season out of him, they'll be in good shape. He's getting up there in age (36-years old), so there's definitely some concerns whether he'll be able to rebound or if this is just Lester in the final stages of his career. Quintana hasn't lived up to his side of the trade, which sent Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease to the Chicago White Sox. However, you could do worse for a fourth starter than someone who's started at least 31 games in each of the last seven seasons.
The fifth starter spot is still up for grabs. As speculated, Tyler Chatwood is the front runner, according to David Ross. Although Chatwood has failed to meet the requirements during his time with the Cubs, especially his first season after signing, the front office would love to get some type of payout from what looks to be a detrimentally poor free agency investment, in hindsight. They paid him to be a full time starting pitcher. Last year, Chatwood worked as a swingman, pitching mostly in relief, while making a few spot starts. His numbers looked much better than his first season as a Cub. Chatwood finished the season with a 3.76 ERA and pitched superbly in the second half with a 2.84 ERA, .198 BAA, and 20.8% K-BB%. Overall, his 22.8% K%, was a 5.3% increase from 2018, and he did a solid job of cutting down the extremely high walk rate, 11.4% compared to 19.6%. Expanding on that, in the second half of the season, he only walked 8.5% of batters. So far, he's looked more than good enough in spring training, to hold the fort. He's throwing upper 90s and mixing in a nasty-looking changeup more often.
The other option is Alec Mills, who's pitched very well this spring and showed promise last season at the MLB level. According to baseball savant, a lot of his pitches move at an above-average clip. And he threw 47.6% of his pitches on the edge of the zone last year. League Average is 39%. This spring, he has a 0.84 ERA in 10.2 IP. At the very minimum, I expect him to carve out some type of role as a solid relief option. Solid segue. That leads us directly to the next section.
Bullpen Projections
Craig Kimbrel
Rowan Wick
Jeremy Jeffress
Brad Wieck*
Casey Sadler
Rex Brothers
Duane Underwood Jr.
Alec Mills
Before we begin to dissect the bullpen for the upcoming season, let's touch on some Cubs relief pitching stats from last year. In high leverage situations, they had the highest FIP in the NL (5.83). They tied for the highest BB rate in MLB (15.4%). Cubs relievers had the lowest K rate in the NL (20.7%), and they had the fifth-highest wOBA against in all of baseball (.352).
Going into the season, Kimbrel is locked in to be the closer. Because he was picked up in the middle of the season last year, he never had the chance to get a true spring training. Maybe that played into his bad performance and he can rebound. Before the spring training stoppage, in his three appearances, he was lit up to the tune of three earned runs and two homers allowed in only 2.2 IP. Hopefully, he's just working out some kinks, as his curveball looked sharp.
Returning standouts, Kyle Ryan and Rowan Wick will be the main setup men. After that, it's really a mixed bag of creatures. Jeremy Jeffress is the biggest name the Cubs signed as far as relief pitchers go, and that comes after a down season last year with the Milwaukee Brewers where he registered a 5.02 ERA in 48 appearances. The hope is that he can rekindle some of the magic that helped him obtain a 1.29 ERA and 15 saves in 2018.
Brad Wieck showcased a lot of his potential, after the Cubs brought him over last season from the San Diego Padres, in a move that shipped Carl Edwards Jr. off. Wieck certainly has strikeout potential (34.3% career K%). The high HR/9 rate while a member of the Padres is alarming. All of his numbers were pretty solid with the Cubs, but did he just have a hot stretch or was that Wieck coming into his own? Wieck wasn't on track to be on the opening day roster because he underwent cardiac ablation surgery to correct an atrial flutter. However, with the start of the season now being delayed, Wieck has a chance to get himself fully healthy before it begins.
Casey Sadler has some promise. Both his fastball and curveball had spin rates that sat in the 90th percentile, and his curve held opponents to a .157 BAA. The Cubs traded Minor League infielder Clayton Daniel for him on January 17th and he's out of options, which indicates he'll make the opening day roster.
Underwood Jr. is another pitcher out of options. Regardless of how he's looked in spring training (not good based on results), the team may decide to put him on the roster. He has good stuff, so it's more about him putting it together.
Throwing a dart with this last pick, I think Rex Brothers is the last man to make the bullpen. This may depend on how much time we have until the season begins. If Wieck is unavailable to start the year, the Cubs will only have one lefty in the pen (Ryan). Brothers has good strikeout stuff and has pitched well this spring, with a 2.57 ERA and 12 strikeouts in six appearances. Brothers is not currently on the 40-man roster, so the Cubs will have to make a corresponding move to make room for him.
List of other relievers in the mix to make the opening day roster:
Dan Winkler, Trevor Megill, Ryan Tepera, Dillon Maples, Jharel Cotton
Players to Watch For
Nico Hoerner – Interestingly enough, Hoerner was called up a little sooner than many expected, skipping Triple-A entirely, to make his debut last season. Although he played well, this is a team trying to compete now, and his development and everyday playing time are just as important. The playing time at the big league level isn't guaranteed, nor is it a guarantee he'll produce the same way he did a year ago. To me, the fact that Jason Kipnis was brought in, signals that Hoerner will not make the opening day roster. However, Nico could very well be a midseason call up, whether it be because of injuries or because of how well he is playing in the Minors. If someone on the big league roster takes off, the Cubs will be much more patient with him.
Ian Miller – Something that gets talked about and discussed all the time in the fantasy baseball community – STEALS. This isn't a fantasy baseball preview, but the Cubs lack what many of our fantasy teams do, stolen bases. Last season, the Cubs finished 29th in the league with only 45 swipes. Miller has stolen 30 bags each of the last five Minor League seasons and he currently leads all base runners with eight spring training steals. On top of that, he's played pretty solid defense, bunted well, and batted .382. The Cubs could use that kind of versatility from a bench player, whether he's the 26th-man on the opening day roster or a midseason call up, I think Miller has a role on this team.
Brandon Morrow – Stop me if you've heard this before. Brandon Morrow is hopeful to make an impact at some point this season. After attempting to return much of last year, Morrow's efforts eventually came up short, as he failed to pitch in a single MLB game due to injury. Now, Morrow has suffered a chest injury and a mild tear in his calf this spring. He's recovered from the chest injury, but he wasn't expected to be ready for the start of the season because of the calf and his rehab from elbow issues. The added time off will be good for his journey back. If he can return and pitch anything as he did in 2018, when he posted a 1.47 ERA in 35 appearances with the Cubs, that would be a huge club win. That's not to be expected, but any type of contribution would help.
Adbert Alzolay – It became apparent early on in spring training that Alzolay was on the outside looking in at the rotation, and even an opening day bullpen spot. Alzolay has incredibly electric stuff, but he's not quite there yet as far as his development goes. A lot of that can be chalked up to setbacks from injuries. Nonetheless, Alzolay has already been optioned to Iowa where he will begin the season pitching at Triple-A. It's no secret that the Cubs have struggled to develop young pitching, but Alzolay remains among the top prospects in the organization. After making his debut last season, control and readiness are a concern, however, if he pitches well at the Triple-A level, he'll be with the parent club at some point during the season, whether it be in the rotation or the pen.
91-71 First Place in the NL Central
I know, I know. I'm a meatball and a homer for picking my favorite team to win the division, right? I'm a wishful thinker, there's no doubt about it, but hear me out. While the Cincinnati Reds have undoubtedly improved, they are still beatable. They've added a lot of new pieces, including last season's second half Cubs hero Nicholas Castellanos. But, those new pieces could take time to gel together and work themselves out. The rest of the division didn't get much better, and maybe even got worse. Both the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers lost talent in the offseason. Notably, the Cardinals lost Marcell Ozuna and the Brewers lost Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas.
No, the Cubs didn't make a big splash, or really even as much as a ripple in free agency, but the core is still intact. Eyes are certainly watching how David Ross will manage this team, and it's certainly not a perfectly constructed one by any stretch. But, I believe Ross will be a good change. Joe Maddon was the best manager in Cubs history. Sometimes things get stale. Sometimes a new voice is needed. In this case, a new voice is a very welcomed familiar one. Ross was acting like a coach long before his playing days were over and really got on the players he called teammates when mistakes were made. He's very respected and well-liked in the clubhouse, but that doesn't mean things will be all buddy-buddy.
A 90+ win season isn't too bold. If they get decent production out of Kimbrel and a couple of others in the bullpen, an Ian Happ emergence, 2019 first-half Jon Lester, second half Yu Darvish, and full health, this team could still make a run. The Central Division is difficult to repeat and I don't think the Cardinals will do it. The Reds aren't quite ready, in my opinion. And the Brewers won't be able to keep pace. Whenever baseball resumes, and the regular season eventually begins, I believe the Cubs will get off to a hot start and not look back, although, the three other teams mentioned will be in contention all season. The pitching is the only thing I really question with this team…do they have enough? Only time will tell.
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Top NFL Players at Each Jersey Number (49-25) | million this season. Bote signed a five-year $15 million extension last April.
At this moment, Theo Epstein has to be regretting the Descalso deal, to some extent. He batted a measly .173 in 168 at-bats last year. Bote was decent with a .362 OBP and 106 wRC+. He also can move around the infield and creates more flexibility than the two older veterans, Descalso and Kipnis. Kipnis' production has faltered since 2016, he's hit no better than .245 each of the last three years. However, he still hits for decent power, with at least 17 bombs each of the last two seasons. As for Hoerner, we'll talk about him more later in the article.
OF Projections
LF: Kyle Schwarber
CF: Ian Happ
RF: Jason Heyward
Bench/platoon: Albert Almora Jr., Steven Souza Jr.
Kyle Schwarber looks to be the main man in LF and really came on strong towards the end of the season in 2019, hitting .280 with 20 homers in the second half. He'll look to continue that, along with improving his hitting against left-handed pitchers. Ian Happ, arguably the hottest Cubs hitter this spring, figures to be manning CF. Almora will get some playing time, likely, in more of a platoon role against left-handed starters. Both have had their struggles and aren't guaranteed anything if they struggle out of the gate. Happ is one of my breakout calls of the year. His statcast batted ball metrics are solid and he could blossom into a nice post-hype player. Jason Heyward will forever be loved and remembered for his World Series rain delay speech. But, his contract has been a burden almost since the day he arrived. However, there's no doubt he will be starting in the outfield for the majority of the Cubs' games. He'll mainly be in RF, but he can play CF on certain days as well. Steven Souza Jr. was an interesting acquisition. He'll presumably play LF on days the team rests Schwarber, mainly against southpaws. However, he has to make the team first. More on that later.
Starting Rotation Projections
Yu Darvish
Kyle Hendricks
Jon Lester
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The Fascinating History of COR-TEN and Weathering Steel
A paradoxical group of materials, where decay is a feature.
This is part one of our three part series on weathering steels. Read about the art & science of preweathering in part 2 and the manufacture and applications of preweathered weathering steels in part 3.
The terminology around weathering steel can often be confusing. COR-TEN, Corten, weathering steel, and preweathered steel are all used, often interchangeably, to refer to the rust-hued steel that is used today for everything from bridge structural members to world-class architecture. But there are important differences between these materials.
To help untangle the nomenclature — and to provide clarity on how these materials differ in application — it helps to understand their origins.
COR-TEN: The origins of weathering steel
Weathering steels were first developed by US Steel Corporation back in the 1930s. They were looking for a steel alloy for their ore carrying hopper carts they would use to transfer the iron ore and coal to the furnace. They needed a stronger, more durable steel alloy that had exceptional hardness and did not need to be painted. It was only later they realized this alloy had interesting corrosion resistant traits that could be marketed in other industries, so it trademarked the name COR-TEN® for this corrosion-resistant steel alloy. COR stands for corrosion resistance and TEN stands for tensile strength. (Today, while the terms Corten and COR-TEN are used interchangeably, COR-TEN® is a trademarked product of US Steel.)
The steel was not introduced as an architectural metal, however, until the 1950s. In 1964, the John Deere Headquarters, in Moline, Illinois, opened and was one of the first major architectural structures to be clad in weathering steel. Eero Saarinen designed the John Deere complex but, unfortunately, he died before seeing it completed.
John Deere World Headquarters in Moline, Illinois.
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William Hewitt, then president of the John Deere company, said:
The seven buildings should be thoroughly modern in concept but should not give the effect of being especially sophisticated or glossy. Instead, they should be more 'down to earth' and rugged.
Saarinen chose this special weathering steel, Corten, to age and provide the earth tones and the "down to earth" feel his client desired. He knew the metal would age gracefully and create a deep, natural tone as the thickened oxide formed. The deep rich surface oxide exhibits a natural brownish-red tone that is both durable and stable.
Many artists have also incorporated weathering steel into their work, the most well-known being Richard Serra. Serra has used weathering steel plates on numerous massive sculptures found around the world.
Richard Serra's 67-foot-tall Corten steel Vortex, installed outside the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Serra's Contour 290, at Glenstone Museum in Maryland.
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The great minimalist artist Donald Judd also used weathering steel in his works. Judd would often preweather large plates and then allow them to continue to oxidize outdoors in Marfa, Texas. He also created smaller weathering steel wall units where he worked the surface oxide to create a fine velvet-like appearance.
Easy to work with, weldable, and now with appealing surface finishing, weathering steel is giving new value and inspiration to the designer and artist.
The Keeper of the Plains is a 44 ft Corten steel sculpture by Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin that stands at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers in Wichita, Kansas.
What is weathering steel?
In the context of art and architecture, steels are rarely used uncoated because of their tendency to absorb moisture and develop the porous and friable oxide commonly called rust. Coatings can consist of a sacrificial zinc, as in the galvanizing process where the steel is electroplated
or immersed into a molten bath of zinc. Other metal coatings in common use are the aluminum–zinc coatings and Galfan™, a combination of zinc and rare earth metals. These are all considered sacrificial coatings of other metals that involve the protection of the base steel by offering up their electrons as well as acting as barrier coatings.
In addition to the preweathering rust effects, there are also treatments that induce a blue or black protective coating on the steel, such as Oscura blackened steel. These involve the integration of metal salts onto the surface of the steel. There is some diffusion of the iron into these coatings to create the dark, sulfide, phosphate or selenide salt. Not as protective as the sacrificial coating of zinc in the galvanized process, these coatings are often applied to smaller features, pieces and areas.
Weathering steel, with its copper-bearing properties, forms its own distinctive oxide barrier over the surface. This barrier grows outward and inward from the surface. Unlike common rust, the oxide formed on weathering steel is a thick, impervious ferro-oxyhydroxide that will afford the base metal extensive resistance to corrosion. Below are some of the most common coatings applied when necessary for internal and external design, in art and architecture.
Surface Coatings on Steel Used in Art and Architecture
Coated with other metals – zinc, zinc–aluminum, chrome plate
Metal oxides – blackening, bluing, and phosphate treatments
Coated with paints – organic paints, polyesters, acrylics, fluorocarbons
Coated with glass – porcelain
Oxide – weathering steel
Fully-weathered Corten steel.
Protective Oxides and Applications of Weathering Steels
High-strength, low-alloy weathering ste<|fim_middle|> the weathering steel may take months or years to form, if at all.
Corten steel panels early in the weathering process.
The development of the oxide is a chemical reaction on the surface. The chemical reaction occurs as the atoms of iron and oxygen collide. The more frequent these collisions the faster the reaction. The warmer the surface of the steel the higher the number of these reactions. This thermodynamic reaction is called the activation energy and the warmer the surface the greater the energy.
The development of the iron oxide requires a surface temperature at least 10°C (50°F) along with oxygen laden moisture. The iron atoms go into the solution and collide with the oxygen. A surface that is too hot, however, will evaporate the moisture before it has time to create the ferrous ions needed to combine with the oxygen. If the temperature range is right and moisture is present, the oxide will quickly form. This rich oxygenated layer develops when the surface undergoes a series of wet and dry cycles.
Initially, a light layer of ferric oxide forms. This oxide is loosely established on the surface and is porous and brittle. It easily comes off onto one's hands or clothing.
Different rates of weathering occur with Corten steel, as seen on the facade of the Musée Soulages in Rodez, France.
Detail view of the weathering pattern on the Corten facade of the Musée Soulages.
In a short time, if the environment is correct, it covers the entire surface with a soft, friable layer of oxide. In a way it is similar to what happens when brushing velvet. Brushing this friable oxide layer will leave a mark on the surface. This is the result of collapsing the microscopic peaks of oxide that initially forms. This initial layer of ferric oxide is responsible for the rust stain that forms below weathering steel surfaces that are allowed to form the oxide naturally. It is unavoidable during the weathering process. As the oxide develops, it initially is loosely attached and will sluff off as moisture drips down the surface, and grabs the particles only to redeposit them on adjacent materials.
The weathering steels have a rich color tone that comes across as a material of the earth. Like brick, wood, or patina copper, weathering steel has a very natural, pleasing appearance once the oxidation takes place.
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Next: A Look at the Art and Science of Preweathering
The intrinsic beauty of weathering steel and its popularity among designers only seems to be growing, but as we've discussed earlier, controlling and conquering the decaying condition of rust — the weathering indicator for steel — is paramount for successful, and durable, applications of this material.
At Zahner, we've worked with Corten for nearly as long as it's been around.
However, about 25 years ago we realized a major drawback, from an aesthetic point of view, was the amount of time it took for the deepest colors to appear. People did not want to wait and watch as their building corroded and stained the surrounding stonework and sidewalks with the umber hues of rust.
The idea of preweathering this type of steel seemed to be the answer. Many artists over the years pushed the metal to achieve this preweathering on their sculptures using acids and wetting the surface. In addition to being hazardous to one's health, it's also impractical to scale for large projects.
After a bit of testing and trials, we came up with a process and preweathered high-strength, low-alloy (HSLA) steel we now call Solanum Steel™. Solanum provides even more opportunities for using weathering steel in architectural and art applications.
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Solanum Steel is a pre-oxidized weathering steel (Corten) surface developed by Zahner. The surface is produced by accelerating the natural weathering process and stabilizing the result. Solanum Steel provides artists, architects, and designers with a range of resonant tones on an enduring surface.
In our next installment of this series on weathering steel, we'll explain the preweathering process, including the oxidizing agents, methods, and results from various applications over time.
Read Part 2 in our series on weathering steel: The Art & Science of Preweathered Weathering Steel.
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prev Metal is a Low Waste, Sustainable Building Material—Zahner Takes it a Step... next The Art & Science of Preweathered Weathering Steel | els are designed to develop a special thick iron oxide capable of slowing down the effects of atmospheric corrosion much like the green patina that develops on copper surfaces exposed to the atmosphere. This oxide grows on exposure to moisture and air.
As with all uncoated steels, the oxide develops when the surface is exposed to moisture and oxygen. For the weathering steels, however, the difference lies in the nature of the oxide that develops over time.
The oxide that gives weathering steel its protective ability is ferric oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH) an oxygenated version of ferric oxide — essentially, a mixture of oxides and hydroxide. This attractive, orange to rich purple brown oxide acts as a protective barrier to the base metal. When correctly formed, this tough layer of oxide develops into a surface that resists atmospheric degradation in outdoor environments. Once the oxide develops correctly, further changes are very slow in most environmental exposures.
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Weathering steel also contains copper, phosphorus, chromium, and nickel as alloying elements. The small addition of copper along with the chromium, causes a change in the oxide formation at the surface. The initial oxide develops rapidly at first, a matter of days or weeks, depending on the moisture and temperature. Both are critical for the development of this initial oxide layer. Without moisture, as in a desert climate, | 390 |
Mention the words 'chocolate' and 'mousse' and three distinct childhood memories immediately spring to my mind.
First up is that of eating little plastic pots of the stuff after the occasional mid-week meal. Nowadays I'm pretty scornful of these foamy excuses for mousses (think ingredients including reduced fat cocoa, skimmed milk, gelatine and some sort of starch), but then they were something of a childhood treat and certainly a step up from Petit Filous in the excitement stakes (chocolate; not yoghurt!). I can clearly remember the satisfying ritual of peeling back and licking the lid, scraping out each mouthful with a tiny teaspoon and trying to make my mousse last longer than<|fim_middle|> adorable serving cups!
This is the perfect, old-fashion mousse, the coffee makes it a bit better! Chocolate mousse was `the´ restaurant dessert when I was growing up.
I was allergic to chocolate as a kid so I was always stuck having petit filous, or Hippo Tots which they banned because they were really bad for you. I too was a very picky eater as a child!
I've never made a mousse before but yours sounds delish – I'm getting bored of making crumbles and things now!
Paula – a little bit of coffee lifts the chocolate so wonderfully.
I love the presentation. The little cups are so cute.
I also have very fond childhood memories of chocolate mousse. It wasn't homemade though!
Perfect little sweet treat for after dinner 🙂 and a coffee all rolled in to one.
yay, have to try this. Always love a good chocolate mousse.
A delicious chocolate mousse recipe is great to have in one's repertoire, with or without personal variations.
Wow these look so cute, in the espresso cups! Love the mix of chocolate and espresso.
Oh TLL you are a girl I feel is a kindred spirit. I believe this is the only way to make mousse. It's how it's made in France as well. I am a sucker for a good mousse.
I also saw, you loved pasta with just butter and parm. This is my absolute fav way to eat pasta. Carb, butter, cheese = perfection.
I used to love those plastic pots too. I will have to try your recipe next time I'm making chocolate mousse.
My goodness that mousse looks good! So fluffy. I love the cocoa nibs on top too. Can almost taste it.
Nuts About Food – agreed!
Lemon Cake – coffee always makes things taste that little bit more chocolaty.
Jen – haha, great description!
Fudging Ahead – and not even that unhealthy. You can make it without the sugar too for a slightly more bitter/sophisticated version.
Amanda – I love the contrast of the crunchy nibs against the fluffy, smooth mousse.
Mousse without whipped cream (actually in the recipe itself) is one of my favorite desserts. I love the pure chocolate flavor that comes through when you use only eggs.
100% agree, it tastes so much more chocolaty and the flavour is so clean.
I loved reading your chocolate mousse memories. The one about the Italian restaurant, in particular, made me feel nostalgic – haven't had a Mozzarella in Carrozza in ages!
I know, definitely need some more mozzarella in carozza in my life! Hope you like the mousse – it's so simple and delicious, I've tried lots of other recipes but always fall back to this one.
I basically just made this in cake form! Can't wait to try it in mousse form! Looks amazing! | my brother's without him trying to steal any as I ate.
Second is the chocolate mousse they used to serve at our favourite local Italian. An old school family-run restaurant situated in what felt like the ground floor of a London townhouse – our usual table affording us children a sneaky peek into their bustling shoebox of a kitchen – this is a place where my (far less adventurous than now) littler loaf menu choice was almost always the same.
To start, I'd eat mozzarella in carozza – literal meaning: 'in a carriage' – crunchy deep-fried crumbs surrounding melting mozzarella cheese and served alongside a silver gravy boat of spicy tomato sauce. My main course was always a plate of homemade pasta with butter and parmesan (the fussy child's option and a staple of my childhood holidays in Italy between the ages of about five and fifteen), accompanied by a salad or plate of mixed grilled vegetables. For pudding, I'd never think to order anything but that incredible chocolate mousse, light with bubbles and rich with butter, served in a deep white dish that seemed to be all but bottomless.
My third, and favourite, memory, is that of my Mum's chocolate mousse. Infinitely superior to those shop-bought pots and perhaps a little less indulgent than that buttery restaurant version, I remember her recipe involving double boilers, plenty of patience, a lot of whisking and a shot of coffee. Served in little white ramekins with a blob of cream on top (or shaving foam from a can when I was a certain age and insisted that squirty cream was the absolute height of edible sophistication), this delicious mousse was made only on rare occasions and enjoyed all the more because of it.
The recipe I'm sharing today isn't anything wildly new. It's not a vegan version made from tofu or avocado (silken tofu I've tried, it's nice but I'm still not convinced that I'd call it a mousse), coconut milk whipped into amazing moussy heaven or a miracle mixture of just water and chocolate. It is, however, one of my favourite fall-back recipes, inspired by my Mum, made with ingredients I almost always have on hand and reminiscent of happy childhood days.
Like these chocolate frangipane tarts, this recipe is also intended as a springboard from which to try other flavour variations. Omit the coffee and use the same volume of water for a straight-up chocolate mousse, stir in bourbon or rum for an alcoholic kick, add Aperol, orange zest or other fruity flavours and scatter with anything from toasted nuts to dried fruits, chocolate chips, chilli, cardamom and more.
Share this recipe with friends and family, enjoy it in its simplicity and hopefully you'll be making moussy memories for generations to come.
Place the chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl with the warm coffee and water mixture. Place over a pan of barely simmering water and melt slowly. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool for 2 – 3 minutes.
Beat the egg yolks into the melted chocolate then set aside. In a clean, dry bowl, whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form. Adding a little sugar at a time and the pinch of salt, continue to whisk until glossy, stiff peaks form.
Using a large metal spoon, gently fold about one quarter of the egg whites into the melted chocolate mixture to loosen it. Tip in the remaining whipped egg whites and gently fold until combined. The more careful you are, the more air will remain in the mixture and the lighter your mousse will be.
Divide the mousse between eight little espresso cups or whatever pots/ramekins you are using. Pop in the fridge, covered with cling film, and allow to chill for at least two hours before serving.
When ready to serve, remove from the fridge, top with a little whipped cream and sprinkle with cocoa nibs or toasted nuts.
Yum, this mousse looks amazing!
You can't beat a classic chocolate mousse – they always remind me of holidays in France where it was inevitably my pudding of choice. This post brought back so many happy memories.
Kathryn – ah, memories of mousse are a wonderful thing!
Nicky – oh, I'm not a fan of cream in mousse – so much more chocolaty and less cloying without.
Oh I do love mousse and it always goes down very well everywhere. These look and sound delicious.
I love your stories of chocolate mousse pots and squirty cream! I was exactly the same when I was younger! this recipe looks delicious!
Oh, thank you so much for the coffee substitution suggestions. I'm not a coffee drinker and I never know what to substitute. Thanks!
YUUUM! This looks like gorgeous, thick mousse – perfect. I had a similar obsession with chocolate mousse as a child, every year on holiday in France I'd sample each and every version going. Happy times.
This looks like the perfect chocolate mousse in my books. Rich, creamy and with a good dose of coffee.
Ah, the supermarket ones are pants! All air! Once you stirred the spoon around the pot a few times you'd just end up with a chocolately too-sweet gloop at the bottom! Ohh, can you tell I feel somewhat strongly about chocolate mousse!? Way over on the other extreme, yours look dee-lish!
My Kitchen Stories – I sometimes make it without the water/coffee but it is definitely denser and more truffly which isn't always what you want.
Jenny – haha, did you spray it straight from the can into your mouth?!
Kirsten – just plain water will still produce a gorgeous mousse, enjoy!
Kate – it's a subject I feel very strongly about too!
I don't have kids, I have no excuse 😉 ok I have a husband who is a big kid.
Chocolate mousse is something that will always remain a favourite as it contains so few ingredients but produce something so superb. I love the way you can add different flavours according to your mood. I must get myself some cocoa nibs and am trying to think of a perfect Valentine dessert for my husband as a surprise. He will buy the main course and cook/assemble it & I am happy to do pud. Of course it will be chocolate….but mousse, tart or cake?!
Wow, these look great. Love how you've presented them. Throwing a dinner party this weekend and these could be just the non nonsense dessert I'm looking for! Thanks for the inspiration. I love your blog!
Hmm is that a dig at my choc tofu mousse? 😉 I tried a vegan cake out on friends the other night that said if I hadn't presented it as 'cheesecake' they would have loved it but you raise someones hopes of it being just that when you give it that name.. so when it tastes different, you feel let down. I'm glad you didn't put cream in your recipe, it doesn't need it and I love the richness of using only eggs in choc mousse and finishing it with a pillow of soft, cold cream in contrast. These look yummy and the perfect size!
Ahem, um, definitely not a dig… 🙂 I think we're agreed though – the tofu stuff is nice but it's just not mousse/cheesecake. You're right about cream – it's so claggy in mousses, I'm not a fan.
Mousse really does bring back memories. It's one of those old-school classics that never goes out of style and that I eat infrequently enough to appreciate it whenever I get a good one. I also love your | 1,573 |
Lisa Kaye-Stanisky (left) and Gina Seaton flank their half-brother Floyd in his home on the north site of Michener Centre. Floyd is epilectic and has spent 56 of his 61 years living at Michener Centre. His sisters fear that forcing him out of his longtime home would hasten his death.
When the group advocating for the continued existence of Michener Centre goes to court in November hoping to get an injunction against the government's plans, it will hardly be the first time a judge is asked to consider if Michener is the right place to house disabled individuals.
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When the group advocating for the continued existence of Michener Centre goes to court in November hoping to get an injunction against the government's plans, it will hardly be the first time a judge is asked to consider if Michener is the right place to house disabled individuals. Over the years, residents have gone to court to try to get out of Michener, people have been forced into Michener, and judges have lamented the fact they could not put ex-Michener residents who had fallen afoul of the law back into the facility.
Of the thousands of people who have moved out of Michener Centre over the decades, most have transitioned well into life in group homes or in independent living situations. But, in<|fim_middle|> two processes should not be compared.
"The mental health system has never had the community-based support systems we've created largely because the community living movement is family driven. Its roots lie in families wanting their sons and daughters to be able to grow up at home, able to stay in their communities, to be able to go to school and to have the supports necessary to do that," he says.
But Dr. Robert Lampard, former Michener medical director, notes that approximately half of all centre residents are dually diagnosed with developmental disabilities and treatable mental illnesses. Dealing with such residents requires tolerant, knowledgeable staff who are able to quickly judge whether to treat related behaviours medically or in another fashion, he said.
Coming Thursday: The cost of Michener Centre compared to community care. | the early 1990s particularly, when a series of ex-residents ended up in the courts, judges struggled with what to do with them.
In 1991 alone, the cases of four repeat offenders left local courts in a bind as to how best to deter future wrongdoing and protect the public from the assaults and sexual assaults the one-time Michener residents were carrying out. Without the option of sending those convicted back to Michener though, in each case the judges reluctantly imposed prison sentences, which left advocates fearing the handicapped would be easy victims within prison walls.
The Michener parents' organization at the time argued that the cases showed that the institution had a purpose — to house those who could not function properly in the community. Mark Keohane, then an early-career Edmonton lawyer, suggested that wholesale changes were needed to address the "blatant inequities" in the justice system that saw those with mental handicaps treated like regular adults in the courts rather than with regard to their actual functional level.
He said both handicapped victims and offenders should have special provisions under the law similar to children because they may have the same mental capacities. His own sister Susan has lived most of her life at the centre and though she has been sexually assaulted in the past, no charges were laid because police could not prove that she did not consent.
While that change has not occurred, in 2012 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that mentally handicapped individuals are able to give truthful and reliable testimony, even if they have limited mental capacities. The court challenge came about after the accused in a sexual assault case successfully argued that the testimony of the mentally handicapped complainant should be dismissed because she could not swear an oath or communicate effectively.
Notwithstanding societal progress in the treatment of the developmentally disabled, Keohane says that the process of deinstitutionalization leaves scores of mentally ill and handicapped individuals vulnerable to abuse and more likely to abuse others. Various studies have found that over 80 per cent of intellectually disabled individuals will experience some form of sexual abuse during their lifetimes.
"I don't know what happens to these people. I think I see them when I'm walking to the courthouse, they're pushing shopping carts full of cans and they're sexually assaulted from time to time and terrible things happen to them," says Keohane.
In 2006, then B.C. premier Gordon Campbell called mass deinstitutionalization a "failed experiment," linking the closure of large facilities to an increase in the numbers of homeless people on the streets and in jails in his province. Campbell's comments had more to do with the closing of mental hospitals than places like Michener Centre, though, and Alberta Association for Community Living CEO Bruce Uditsky says the | 563 |
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In this video I build an automatic based on the general design of my EDC-1 slipjoint pattern. The knife uses a leaf spring to throw the blade, and it uses a lever to fire it. I pretty much design the knife on the fly, and while this may not be the best method, the viewer should benefit from seeing what works and what does not.
Building a lever action automatic is an advanced level knifmaking project, and it helps to have some experiance in building folders prior to taking it on. That being said, if you've previously made a lock-back folder, then you are well on your way to building a lever action auto.
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The TSC Board of Trustees Facilities Committee is responsible for oversight of the overall structural needs of the facilities of the Titan Student Centers including building changes, capital purchases, office space allocation, marketing efforts, space designation, planning of future projects, and bylaw recommendations. The Vice Chair for Facilities is responsible for setting the meeting agendas and running regular and special meetings of the Committee.
The TSC Board of Trustees Operations Committee is responsible for oversight of the overall operations of the Titan Student Centers including the development and evaluation of programs and services, acquisition of student art, operations of the Titan Student Centers food services, the budget, fee assessments (user fees, room rental fees, and other such fees charged by the Titan Student Centers), line item transfers, operating hours, and bylaw recommendations. The Vice Chair for Operations is responsible for setting the meeting agendas and running regular and special meetings of the Committee.
Meet the ASI student leaders representing the California State University, Fullerton student body for the 2018-2019 academic year.
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The ASI Elections are held during the spring semester, traditionally two weeks before spring recess each year. The purpose of the elections is to elect the ASI President and Vice President, ASI Board of Directors, and the ASI Titan Student Centers Board of Trustees. All elected representatives serve a one year term.
Elections for the 2019-2020 school year have been completed. If you are interested in serving as a student leader please check out the student leadership opportunities listed on our About ASI page. .
Elected leaders may receive a Student Leadership Scholarship of up to $19,336 to help cover education expenses, priority registration, and faculty/staff parking privilege.
Teams MUST have a President and Vice President. No candidate for president or vice president will be allowed to run as only one or the other without a teammate.
Independent candidates run for the office they desire on their own as an individual.
The ASI President is the Chief Executive Officer for ASI Student Government and is responsible for carrying out directives of the ASI Board of Directors and overseeing all efforts of the Executive Officers. The President is the voice for CSUF students in working with CSUF administration. The President also works on special projects and initiatives developed with the Vice President.
Qualifications:Must currently have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 and have earned a semester GPA of 2.0 during the semester immediately prior to application; successful applicant must maintain these standards throughout term.Must be enrolled in each regular semester (Fall and Spring) with at least 6 units for undergraduate students or 3 units for graduate students.Must meet residency requirements as stated in the bylaws.
The ASI Vice President fulfills any duties of the President, in the Presidents absence, and is responsible for working with ASI programs and funded/funding councils. The Vice President helps to support and build connection between these areas by running the Executive Senate. The Vice President also works on special project and initiatives developed with the President.
Members of the ASI Board of Directors are elected from and represent their academic college. As Board Members, they maintain communication with their college constituencies, their colleges Inter-Club Council and Assistant Dean, and with other student groups. Board Members are assigned to serve on or as liaison to various committees, councils, and campus organizations. Board Members hear student concerns and bring those voice to the ASI Board of Directors during its weekly meetings.
Qualifications:Must currently have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 and have earned a semester GPA of 2.0 during the semester immediately prior | 1,243 |
Alvin Hou, sometimes spelled as Alwin (born 18 September 1996) is a footballer and futsal player from the Solomon Islands. He plays as a forward for the Kossa in the Telekom S-League and the Solomon Islands national futsal team.
Club career
Hou came through the youth ranks of Real Kakamora and made his debut for the club in 2015. In 2017 he transferred to FC Guadalcanal. A year later he moved to Solomon top club the Solomon Warriors. After one season he moved to Kossa.
International career
Hou made his debut for the Solomon Islands national futsal team on September 18, 2017 in a 4-3 victory against Chinese Taipei. He has played at the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
International goals
Scores and<|fim_middle|>
Living people
Futsal defenders
Solomon Islands footballers
Solomon Islands international footballers
Association football forwards
Solomon Islands men's futsal players
FC Guadalcanal players | results list Solomon Islands' goal tally first.
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1996 births | 16 |
Some good news for a change about Whitney Houston. She made a tremendous comeback last Saturday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, performing several of her hits as if little time had passed.
Were we worried that drugs and alcohol had killed her voice? Yes, indeed. But video and audio from the concert, thanks to fans at the Live & Loud KL 07 show who posted on YouTube, reveal a cheery-looking, healthy Whitney hitting high notes and striking the right chord every time.
Among the songs posted are two difficult ones to sing: "I Will Always Love You" and "I Believe in You and Me." Each time, Whitney is singing with little musical accompaniment. She's out there on her own and finding her way. On the latter number in particular she sounds like her old self. It's a brave performance and to be commended.
Whitney also taped some promotional spots for Live & Loud which can be seen on YouTube. Again, she looks clear-eyed and sounds extremely coherent.
There were some wobbly moments but Whitney Houston still delivered. SHUIB TAIB remains a fan.
THEY were there for her! And Whitney Houston could do no wrong. Despite several announcements made prior to her performance requesting that no photographs nor recordings be done while she performed had the crowd go "boo"... they waited<|fim_middle|>ics out there, the diva is definitely coming to town end of this month to meet her fans for the first time ever here at Live & Loud KL 07.
Again, the skeptics will tell you that she will be here to just sing one or two songs, but they are wrong again. She will be performing live for over one hour concert during the "Turn on the Pop" night, which is scheduled to take place at Bukit Kiara Equestrian Park on 1 December 2007.
This is surely a dream come through for her fans in this part of the world and it is like a wish granted as Houston has in the last couple of years shied away from the international music scene.
Whitney Houston made a sensational surprise return at Swarovski Fashion Rocks last night in one of the industry's most closely guarded secrets.
There were gasps in London's Royal Albert Hall auditorium when the singer stepped on to the stage in a dazzling white Valentino dress.
The 44-year-old introduced the final catwalk show of the night by Swarovski - with Patti La Belle and Sugababes performing Lady Marmalade.
The superstar had secretly flown in from New York and had been in hiding in a London hotel to avoid the surprise being ruined. | .
Then there was the time factor. By the time "Mr Lover Lover" Shaggy ended his segment, it was 11.30pm. It took another hour for the stage to be set for Whitney and despite it being past midnight, the crowd stayed on.
The presence of a journalist from BBC London also showed the magnitude of the event. After all, the diva was making a comeback and Kuala Lumpur had the honour of being the venue of her first stage re-appearance!
"Beyonce may have given us a miss but thank God for Whitney!" said a fan just before the tall and stylish singer came out.
KUALA LUMPUR: Multiple-award winning singer Whitney Houston lived up to her billing as the top draw in the Live & Loud concert here last night.
Her appearance at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club here signalled the start of her comeback, and will be followed by a brand-new album next year.
The 44-year-old pop diva, who came on after midnight, wowed a crowd of about 10,000 people, who were earlier entertained by a host of world-class singers at the event which started at 3pm yesterday.
Houston showed the crowd just why she is a multi-platinum selling music legend, with songs like Saving All My Love and her evergreen hit I Will Always Love You.
Clad in skin-tight leather pants, a flashy top and a white overcoat, the Grammy Award winner spiritedly pranced across the stage, starting off with the energetic If I Told You That.
Whitney made a short video message for the Live & Loud website.
In the video she says that she is going to perform at Live & Loud.
Whitney Houston and other superstars of her calibre are a rare sight in Kuala Lumpur, or even a sight at all according to skeptics. To all those skept | 390 |
Meryl Streep and Timothée Chalamet filmed 'Little Women' scenes in Boston on Wednesday
By Kevin Slane
Harvard's Arnold Arboretum was transformed on Wednesday, Oct. 31 for the filming of "Little Women."
As the city of Boston cheered on the Red Sox at the team's World Series parade, the cast of "Little Women" quietly filmed scenes a few miles south in Harvard's Arnold Arboretum, located in Jamaica Plain.
Louisa May Alcott's Concord-set novel turns 150 this year, so naturally the arboretum was full of petticoats, stovepipe hats, and other period-appropriate garb for Wednesday's shoot. On a section of Meadow Road in the northern half of the arboretum, producers laid down a layer of dirt for horses and carriages, much like they did earlier in the month when the movie filmed in the Back Bay
Filming for "Little Women" took place at the Arnold Arboretum on Wednesday. (STEPHANIE MITCHELL/HARVARD STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Meryl Streep, Tim<|fim_middle|> WGBH Boston
Worcester Aud getting role in movie with Liam Neeson | othée Chalamet ("Call Me by Your Name"), and Florence Pugh ("Lady Macbeth") were all on set to shoot scenes for much of the day on Wednesday, along with director-screenwriter Greta Gerwig.
According to The Harvard Gazette, "Little Women" is the first movie to be filmed in the arboretum, which was established in 1872.
Extras in horse-drawn carriages on the set of "Little Women" in the Arnold Arboretum. (STEPHANIE MITCHELL/HARVARD STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
While most Bostonians had their attention focused on the World Series winners, a couple of eagle-eyed fans shared photos from the set on social media.
Along with Streep, Chalamet, and Pugh, "Little Women" is set to star Laura Dern ("Star Wars: The Last Jedi"), Saoirse Ronan ("Lady Bird"), and Emma Watson (the "Harry Potter" films). The film is scheduled to shoot from October through December in Boston, Concord, Ipswich, Lawrence, and the Lexington/Burlington area, and is slated to hit theaters on Dec. 25, 2019.
Kevin Slane can be reached at kevin.slane@globe.com.
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The Berlucchi Vineyards
Winecellar
The Historical Cellar
A passion for Franciacorta
Here's how our cuvées are made
"One of my old and very expert oenology professors at Montpellier used to say that assembling a cuvée is like composing a symphony," recounted Arturo Ziliani, Oenologist and Vice President of Berlucchi.
He continued: "Thirty years later, what he taught me is still quite apropos."
Ziliani has been Berlucchi's winemaker since1988, when he worked alongside his father Franco (who created the first Franciacorta, in 1961), and over the last twenty years he has had overall responsibility for production.
Guido Berlucchi produces four lines of DOCG Franciacortas, wines with very distinctive, individual sensory signatures: the cuvées combining Chardonnay base wines, which are marked by elegance and finesse, and those of Pinot Noir, which represent body and strength, must respect the established identity of the various wines.
"We use the term cuvée for the "assemblage" of still wines, which are made from different grape varieties, grown in different vineyards, often belonging to different vintages. We the add a mixture of cultured yeasts and cane sugar to that final cuvée, which will create the effervescence, that miracle in the bottle, which raises to a greater power the original qualities of the base, and reveals, many months later, a completely new wine, Franciacorta."
Continues Ziliani: "Our starting point consists of the 150 base wines at our disposition, which are from the grapes grown in 600 hectares of vineyard in the Franciacorta growing area. Beginning in December, our tasting panel begins the tastings of these base wines, which are kept in steel tanks and oak barrels. They identify their<|fim_middle|> give it back as well. Our sustainability path has reached a fundamental step this year: the publication of our first sustainability report. Year after year, harvest after harvest, neither hailstorms, nor freezes, nor droughts have checked our dream of creating a company with ever-heightened respect […]
Berlucchi's Caffè del Teatro
Berlucchi's commitment to the promotion of art and culture in our local community remains strong this year, too, as we continue our support of the Teatro Grande Foundation in Brescia. "Ritorno a un grande amore" (Return to Our Great Love) is the theme for the new Sept.-Dec. 2020 theatrical season, one that will certainly be […]
The Special Editions | individual characteristics and design the assemblage, which is a very complex job, requiring passion and dedication–just like composing a symphony!"
Even the "reserve wines"–wines held back from previous vintages–can be tesserae in the mosaic, since they can ensure sensory continuity and consistency of a particular Franciacorta wine.
"For Cuvée Imperiale Brut, in fact, Berlucchi's best-known and most widely-available Franciacorta, we assemble together one hundred base wines, with some 10 percent from previous vintages. On the other hand, to create the Palazzo Lana wines, our Riserva Franciacortas, we need only 4, maximum 6, base wines."
Ziliani and his colleagues were involved in tastings until mid-March, then in April the tirage, or secondary fermentation bottling, began for the 2012 Franciacortas. And for the current vintage, the first toasts will have to wait for at least two years. "And at that moment, we could very well be surprised, since nature makes every growing year literally unique, and thus its wines, too."
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Islamic bronze gilt helmet surmounted by a lion
: Islamic
: 12th Century A.D. - 13th Century A.D.
: Gilt bronze
: Height: 17 cm
: POR
European art market, 1994
A majestic lion sits atop this richly embellished helmet, which has been hammered out of bronze and then gilt. The lion's anatomy and fur are distinguished by various cold-worked and punched designs. Beneath the lion a calligraphic inscription,<|fim_middle|> the Prophet Mohammed. | which is bordered by a guilloche pattern above and a rope design below, extends around the helmet. The helmet's small size suggests it was made for a young man, or possibly used in some ritual or religious context.
In Islamic society the lion remains one of their most important symbols. As with Western cultures, the lion evokes qualities of bravery, strength, and valor. The motif has been popular throughout the centuries, having been mentioned in the Koran, the traditions of the Prophet, and in Sufi poetry. In early Islam, the lion is associated with the Caliph Ali, who is said to have been given the title of "Lion of God" by | 137 |
Pittsburgh Steelers' Cameron Heyward named finalist for Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award
Updated: 4:20 PM EST Dec 15, 2020
By WTAE.com with The Associated Press
<|fim_middle|> a player who best demonstrates on-field sportsmanship with fair play, respect for the game and opponents and integrity in competition.In addition to Heyward, this year's finalists are Baltimore Ravens defensive end Calais Campbell, New England Patriots wide receiver Matthew Slater, Indianapolis Colts defensive end Justin Houston, Carolina Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce and San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk.The finalists include four players from each conference. They were chosen by a panel comprised of Warrick Dunn, Curtis Martin, Karl Mecklenberg and Leonard Wheeler from the NFL Legends Community.
PITTSBURGH —
Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward was one of eight finalists for the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award announced by the NFL on Tuesday.
The award was created to honor Art Rooney Sr., the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It is given each year to a player who best demonstrates on-field sportsmanship with fair play, respect for the game and opponents and integrity in competition.
In addition to Heyward, this year's finalists are Baltimore Ravens defensive end Calais Campbell, New England Patriots wide receiver Matthew Slater, Indianapolis Colts defensive end Justin Houston, Carolina Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce and San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk.
The finalists include four players from each conference. They were chosen by a panel comprised of Warrick Dunn, Curtis Martin, Karl Mecklenberg and Leonard Wheeler from the NFL Legends Community. | FOR THEM. GUY: STEELERS DEFENSIVE CAPTAIN CAM HEYWARD HAS BEEN NAMED BY THE NFL AS ONE OF THE EIGHT FINALISTS FOR THE ART ROONEY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD. NAMED AFTER THE CHIEF, IT'S GIVEN TO THE PLAYER WHO BEST
Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward was one of eight finalists for the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award announced by the NFL on Tuesday.The award was created to honor Art Rooney Sr., the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It is given each year to | 112 |
One of the critical processing steps in the production of extruded, dry pet food is cooling. The cooling step is required after the drying and liquid-coating processes to remove excess heat. If enough heat is not removed, condensation can occur in the product storage bins or in the product package. This article will discuss the major change in dry pet food that has prompted a change in the method that pet food needs to be cooled. The article will also review horizontal and vertical cooler designs, typical processing conditions, and how much cooling is required.
In the last 10 to 15 years, product changes have caused the cooling process to be redesigned in most pet food production facilities. In the early stages of pet food production, specifically dog food, fat addition levels applied at the coating process were usually less than 10%. The cooling step was normally done before the coating process, as the typical plant flow was extrusion, drying, cooling, coating, storage and packaging. The pre-cooled product would satisfactorily absorb the fat added in the coating system, and the additional heat added from the fat was usually not sufficient to cause storage problems.
As producers began to make dog food with higher levels<|fim_middle|> retention time to cool the product. Ambient or chilled air is pulled through the product bed with a centrifugal fan to remove the heat. | of added fat, problems were encountered in the coating process. The cool pet food would not absorb the high levels of fat, resulting in pet food with large amount of free fat on the external surface. It was quickly discovered that if the pet food was coated while it was warm, it would absorb the fat much more effectively. The major problem this created was that most plants were not designed to cool the product after the coating system. Since that time, some plants have been modified to incorporate the cooling process after the coating process. The majority of the new plants being built today are designed to cool the product after the coating process.
Most pet food production systems built prior to 1990 commonly incorporated a horizontal cooler (Figure 1) between the drying and the coating process. These coolers were normally an extension of the dryer, which is often referred to as a combination, horizontal dryer-cooler. Although horizontal coolers can be arranged as stand-alone machines, it is more common to see them included as an integral part of the dryer. Incorporating the cooler into the main body of the dryer is a very cost-effective method because the capital investment is reduced compared to a stand-alone unit. In addition, the heated air recovered from the cooling process can be used as make-up air in the dryer, making the overall operation quite efficient.
The general design of a horizontal cooler consists of a perforated conveyor on which the pet food is uniformly distributed up to depths of 4 to 12 inches. The conveyor is sized with sufficient length and width to provide ample | 313 |
Web Extra: What about Eta Carinae?
FROM THE December 2014 ISSUE
One of our galaxy's most massive stars — Eta Carinae — could explode relatively soon. But this distant behemoth remains shrouded in mystery, and astronomers don't really know when it might go off.
By Francis Reddy | Published: Monday, October 27, <|fim_middle|> created by the Great Eruption, the brilliance of the primary star, and the short 5.54-year period of the binary's eccentric orbit make it difficult for astronomers to sort out what's happening there. Ted Gull and Thomas Madura at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, suspect that the binary's closest approach, comparable to the average distance between the Sun and Mars, may lead to instabilities that make eruptions — and possibly the supernova — more likely. "We simply do not have models of evolved stars that can confidently predict what and when the outcome might be, which is why it is important to understand what happened in the 1840s and the 1890s," says Gull.
Many aspects of the system remain poorly established. The secondary may be a main-sequence O star (the hottest type), a giant, or a Wolf-Rayet star, different evolutionary phases that would affect the timing of its supernova. "We also don't know the exact radii of the stars or the precise orbital eccentricity, so if conditions were just right, the two stars could collide, or merge and explode, which would be quite spectacular," Madura explains.
Assuming the primary star exploded long enough ago that the supernova's light begins washing over Earth tonight, what might we see? The supernova shock wave would plow through the debris of previous eruptions, resulting in a type IIn supernova. At its distance of about 7,500 light-years, Eta Carinae may exceed a visual magnitude of –7, much brighter than Venus and easily visible during the day. This would rival SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history.
Yet because the stars remain shrouded in mystery, so does the timing of any terminal explosion. "I would not say Eta Carinae is an immediate supernova progenitor — we have no evidence for that," says Norbert Langer at the University of Bonn. "But we also cannot exclude it."
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In September 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Eta Carinae and the massive pair of gas and dust clouds the star ejected during its eruption in the 1840s.
Jon Morse (University of Colorado)/NASA
Eta Carinae is one of the most massive binary systems astronomers can study in detail. The smaller star is about 30 times the mass of the Sun and may be as much as a million times more luminous. The primary contains about 90 solar masses and emits 5 million times the Sun's energy. Astronomers classify it as a luminous blue variable (LBV). Based on mass alone, both of these stars are fated to end their lives in spectacular supernova explosions.
The system has already given astronomers a preview. Between 1838 and 1845, Eta Carinae underwent a period of unusual variability during which it briefly became the second-brightest star in the sky. During this event, which astronomers call the Great Eruption, the star shot a gaseous shell into space that contained at least 10 times the Sun's mass. A much smaller ejection took place in the 1890s. While a convincing explanation of these events remains elusive, LBVs and other stellar types are capable of impressive eruptions — sometimes called supernova impostors — that leave the star intact.
Unfortunately, the nebula | 309 |
Love a good run, but keep getting leg injuries? That could be because the way we run puts the brunt of jogging's hard impact shocks on our lower limbs.
The average recreational runner usually clocks between 150 and 170 steps a minute. This means that in a light, half-hour run, your feet will strike the ground around 5000 times. "Every time your foot hits the ground, your body absorbs the impact," says John Mercer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
To<|fim_middle|> tibia (shinbone) and knee. This was particularly pronounced in barefoot running, which produced almost four times the amount of shock energy in the foot as running in shoes.
However, in both barefoot and shoe-wearing runners, the team found that the impact shocks had almost entirely dispersed by the time they reached the hip.
Chadefaux, who presented her findings today at a conference of the Acoustical Society of America in Boston, Massachusetts, thinks this suggests that the way we use our muscles when we run is geared towards protecting the upper body from impact vibrations.
She and her team think understanding how the body does this might lead to ways to reduce shock in the lower part of the leg, and prevent common injuries such as stress fractures and joint problems.
Runners get injured because the constant, repetitive shocks can wear on bones and joints. "If you have too many impacts and the bone does not have a chance to recover, that can lead to a stress fracture or some other issue," says Mercer.
He says the team's methods are a lot more specialised and focused than previous attempts to understand the impact of running, and could improve understanding of the effects of jogging-induced shock vibrations.
Chadefaux now plans to look at how different muscle activity might control the impact of foot strikes. Using a different type of shoe or changing how a person runs might help prevent injuries, she says. | study how these vibrations affect our bodies, Delphine Chadefaux at Aix-Marseille University in France and her colleagues used high-speed cameras, leg sensors and force-sensing plates to follow motion, acceleration, muscle activity and the force of hitting the ground in 10 recreational runners. Each participant ran both barefoot and in shoes, and at two different speeds.
Together, these techniques enabled the researchers to home in on where the leg absorbs the impact energy from running. They found that the foot unsurprisingly absorbed the largest part, and the energy then decreased upwards through the | 116 |
A well-presented bungalow with accessible open-plan accommodation, tucked away in a private cul de sac, a short distance from the town's amenities.
From Bourton-on-the-Water take the A429 Fosse Way south. Proceed straight over the<|fim_middle|> rear of the house, with dwarf Cotswold stone wall and raised bed with close-board fencing to either side and a detached shed to the far end with extensive gravelled area, lawn and further raised paved terrace with mature pear tree. | roundabout with the A40 and turn left at the traffic lights into Northleach. Take the first turning left into Midwinter Road, turn second left into Jessop Drive and follow the close around. No. 7 will be found set back on the right hand side with the driveway leading past the front door to the parking area to the side.
No.7 Jessop Drive comprises a well-appointed semi-detached bungalow constructed or reconstituted stone elevations under a plain concrete tiled roof. The property occupies a peaceful and private position just off the centre of the market town of Northleach with easy access to the town centre. The accommodation comprises a principal Living Room with recently refitted Kitchen, dining and sitting areas, with two double bedrooms, the principal bedroom having access to the rear garden. There is also a wetroom with shower. There is a good sized garden and parking to the side.
Northleach is a charming former wool market town set in the heart of the Cotswolds. The town has a thriving community centred around the historic parish church of St Peter and St Paul dating from the early 12th century. It has an excellent variety of shops including an award-winning butcher, a wine bar, pharmacy, range of pubs, a Post Office, doctor's surgery and community centre. The town provides excellent access on to the A40 with Cheltenham to the west and Oxford and London to the east. The Fosse Way provides access to Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow and Birmingham to the north and Cirencester and Swindon to the south.
With double-glazed casement window to side elevation and newly fitted kitchen comprising 1 bowl sink unit with stainless steel mixer tap set in a worktop with tiled splashback, four-ring halogen hob with brushed stainless steel extractor over, comprehensive range of below-work-surface cupboards and drawers and range of eye-level cupboards with height unit to one side, with brushed stainless steel Zanussi oven/grill with cupboards above and drawers below, height unit to one side with built-in refrigerator and built-in freezer, space and plumbing for washing machine and further separate timber door to coat cupboard with built-in shelving.
With wide double-glazed casement window to front elevation. Electric heater.
With continuation of the timber floor. Access to roof space.
Door to the AIRING CUPBOARD with foam-lagged hot water cylinder and shelf over.
With wide double-glazed French doors leading out to the rear terrace and garden with central double bed position with comprehensive range of newly built-in wardrobes and side tables with light to either side, wall-mounted Elegance electric heater.
With wide double-glazed casement window to rear elevation, electric heater.
With low-level WC, pedestal wash hand basin, tiled floor and walls with shower area with central drain and with chrome wall-mounted shower and mixer taps, opaque double-glazed window to side elevation, shaver point and heated towel rail.
No. 7 Jessop Drive is approached via a shared gravel driveway, in turn leading to the private driveway to No. 7 which leads down the side of the property. A path leads to the front door with cobbled border. The front garden is laid mainly to lawn with a shrub rose, and box hedging to one side. Set to the rear of the property and accessed either from the French doors in the Master Bedroom or via the side gate, is a rear gravelled terrace leading to a private paved terrace immediately to the | 719 |
And it was rough. Not the water but the catching. Ruff One (Tom) and his wife Gail ask if I wanted to tag along the one more day before they leave<|fim_middle|> it takes a special ability to get a fish like that into the boat on such a light outfit! Well done Billy and well done Mr. & Mrs. Ruff!!! Have a Great hunting trip and we'll see you on the Flip Side!!! Billy> You and me are still gonna git it on one of these dayz> I need a fishin lesson!! | for hunting season. I said of course I will. We usually do good as Tom has this trolling method down to a science with us having excellent results when I go out with them.
Well...it "ain't" always excellent. We started off trolling for cobia with no one being home. Slipped out to the first stop and had a few short grouper and a number of hard hits that didn't hook up. Tom decided to go to another spot and the weeds kept us from trolling that area effectively. Plan C was to go back to where we started.
Gail hooks up first and it's all we can do to get the rod out of the holder. The fish gets hung on on some "structure" and it's finally broke the line. Next couple passes and another huge hit that last about a minute as the hook bent on the lure. It seemed to be the theme all day long. Big hits...then no fish. We still had a great time.
When we pulled up to Plan C there was bait activity and I saw some spanish close to the surface. Picking up the smallest rod that had a 3/8 ounce hair jig on it I started tossing to the breaking fish. No spanish but his big brother was there and off we go for a ride. I believe I was down to the spool on three different runs with Tom trying to idle the boat helping me get some line back. Nothing like a nice king on a redfish outfit.
Nice day with good friends on the water. Seas were calm most of the day making a nice ride out and back. Thanks Tom and Gail...see you when you get back.
That's a nice smoker ! I ended up putting a trace of wire on my plug but of course then they didn't eat.
Well done fighting that fish on that light outfit.
Nice one Bill! That sounded like a serious battle.
Yeah, he used my Penn 4500 and I am really glad there was a trace of wire on it. It was fun running down a big fish. It's been awhile since we've had that kind of fire drill on the boat!!
Nice catch, bet that was a fun fight, save me a piece.
Does this mean the kings are coming through? Seems I remember the top time in the fall is around Thanksgiving. Good going, Bill. Glad you had a savvy captain to help run down that bruiser.
SO WHEN IS THIS "OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER" SUPPOSED TO KICK IN?
That's a big one! Congrats! Sux to hear about those big grouper getting away, especially with the plug.
Awesome catch with light tackle! I'm sure Gail was coaching you to make it happen.
Gail was yelling at Tom, saying, "Billy has a big fish on." Tom says, "what?", while Gail yells again "we need to run it down." Always a fun time with them on the boat.
How is it possible for a grouper to hit one of those plugs and not get hooked? I can't even pass my hand close to one without it grabbing me.
Congrats on the king! That was a good time for sure.
You would think that, but the problem this trip was the hooks were straightened out. These were suppose to be quality hooks. Just ordered some VMC 4x trebles. When I get back, I've got some replacing to do.
Quality control on the big plugs seems suspect at best. I've had hooks straightened out and even ripped right out of the plug. It doesn't just seem to be one brand that suffers from these issues either.
Holly Macaroni Billy!! Guess it ain't good to be King when Yer out there fishin w/ The Ruff's!!! Sounds like it was an Epic Battle and a whole lot of fun catching that brute w/ an awesome Crew on board! Doubt you could have got her in w/ any "average crew", | 813 |
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We'll Always Have Boston, Bill Buckley, Churchillian
by Richard M. Langworth
Finest Hour 138, Spring 2008
My first encounter with William F. Buckley, Jr. was as a college senior in 1963. I had responded to one of his annual appeals, which subscribers to National Review expect as part of their reading matter: his eloquent confession that a journal devoted to capitalism has had, not exactly ipso facto, another losing year, and cannot continue without the help of its friends. I said I could not spare a penny to save a publication I simply couldn't imagine being without. (College campuses in those days were hotbeds of ideas from left to right, not the closed shops so many of them are today.)
"For heaven's sake don't apologize," Bill Buckley shot back personally, to my surprise and delight. "It is enough to know you are with us."
Later I had the pleasure to be published twice in National Review, first with a 1980 story about how to save the Detroit auto industry. Mr. Buckley sent another note: "Nice going, hope the President takes it in." Of course Mr. Reagan was a subscriber, and he took it in, and the auto industry was saved. Next I wrote about Latvia, "The Once and Future Republic," speculating on a rebirth of Baltic nationhood "in the event of some unforeseen future breakdown of the Soviet Union." It isn't what they pay at National Review, but the unerring way they make good your predictions.
And with Bill Buckley I've largely been ever since, always with immense admiration for his ability with words, which is equally what attracts so many to Winston Churchill. If Churchill snared us with what Robert Pilpel called "roast beef and pewter phrases," Buckley galvanized us with his sheer breadth of interest, from Rosalind Tureck's Bach recitals to running as a Conservative for Mayor of New York, from sextant navigation to skiing the Alps with David Niven, from serving as a United Nations diplomat to diving two and a half miles down to visit the<|fim_middle|> language can rise. Thanks to him, I know what I owe my country.
"For every thing there is a season." Among his friends there seemed a resignation that it was time for him to go. Just weeks ago he penned his farewell to his best friend, Evan Galbraith; last year he mourned the loss of his wife, wondering what was left that made life worth living. Bill married his wife Pat the same day in 1950 that Elizabeth Taylor married the first of eight husbands. He was always proud of that.
UK Churchillian Award Dinner | Titanic. And he delivered this fusillade of experience using all the words in Mr. Webster's dictionary.
He had a Churchillian characteristic rare in politics today: collegiality toward the opposition. In 1975, when Bill Buckley first sailed the Atlantic, The New York Times reported that he had arrived in the Azores "accompanied by John Kenneth Galbraith, celebrating his retirement from the Harvard faculty." Bill immediately wrote to the Times: "The Galbraith on board was not my friend, the six-foot 11-inch emaciated Menshevik, John Kenneth, but my friend, the chunky, five-foot 11-inch Manchesterist, Evan; and anyway, surely it was Harvard, not Professor Galbraith, that had reason to celebrate."
John Kenneth Galbraith had meanwhile written the Times: "William F. Buckley, Jr. was boasting as usual when he told you that I'd sailed to the Azores as a member of his crew. He is not that brave; nor, may I say, am I." Later, Galbraith read Buckley's account of the voyage which, he wrote, "takes me to sea, makes me part of the whole adventure. Mr. Buckley should give up politics and concentrate on writing. He cannot afford to have serious people think he is a failed politician when he is a master of a higher craft."
The Churchill Centre's great trifecta, in 1995, was bringing William Buckley, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and William Manchester to the same conference in Boston. Each of them provided us with special moments. I will never forget Bill Manchester, old and ailing, astonished and in tears when an audience of 400 rose as one to applaud the author of The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill; or Arthur Schlesinger, the great historian, referring to Sir Winston as "history's impresario…the largest human being of our time." But most of all I remember Bill Buckley's speech.
He began by recalling his coverage, as editor of the Yale Daily News, of Churchill's famous "Mid-Century" oration at M.I.T. in 1949. Then he tracked Churchill's bittersweet postwar political career. I thought his speech ordinary at the time, only to realize later, readying it for publication, how exquisitely crafted a tribute it was, and how generous to Winston Churchill-for Bill had never really warmed to Churchill, had called him a "peacetime catastrophe." And yet he gave us words that will live forever in our annals:
Mr. Churchill had struggled to diminish totalitarian rule in Europe which, however, increased. He fought to save the Empire, which dissolved. He fought socialism, which prevailed. He struggled to defeat Hitler, and he won. It is not, I think, the significance of that victory, mighty and glorious though it was, that causes the name of Churchill to make the blood run a little faster….it is the roar that we hear, when we pronounce his name. It is simply mistaken that battles are necessarily more important than the words that summon men to arms. The battle of Agincourt was long forgotten as a geopolitical event, but the words of Henry V, with Shakespeare to recall them, are imperishable in the mind, even as which side won the battle of Gettysburg will dim from the memory of those who will never forget the words spoken about that battle by Abraham Lincoln. The genius of Churchill was his union of affinities of the heart and of the mind, the total fusion of animal and spiritual energy….It is my proposal that Winston Churchill's words were indispensable to the benediction of that hour, which we hail here tonight, as we hail the memory of the man who spoke them; as we come together, to praise a famous man.
Above all, he was so nice! Riding to the hotel, I asked if there was any Churchill fact he needed that might have eluded him. "Ah, do you know when he was born?" Bill winked. After his speech we fired questions, as at National Press Club luncheons: "If you could have Churchill to yourself for an evening, what would you say to him?" WFB replied: "I would say, 'Please talk non-stop.'"
We come together to praise a famous man, each from our station, each with our memories. Thanks to Bill Buckley, I got into my bones the essential structure of a fund appeal; I've lost track of the times I've used his National Review subscription tally: "the combined circulation of Finest Hour and the Reader's Digest is twenty million copies." Thanks to him, I ventured beyond lake sailing into the Atlantic. Thanks to him, I know what Che Guevara, Barry Goldwater and Whittaker Chambers were really like. Thanks to him, I know how to essay an obituary, for his touch on these was a model. Thanks to him I developed an appreciation for Bach, especially on a harpsichord. Thanks to him, and Sir Winston, I've seen the heights to which the English | 1,053 |
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Sleepaway Camp: Collector's Edition
Review Date June 4th, 2014 by Bryan Kluger
Overview -
At Camp Arawak teenage boys and girls learn to experience the joys of nature as well as each other. But when these happy campers die in a series of horrible 'accidents' it becomes clear that someone - or something - has turned their summer of fun into a vacation to dismember.
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Technical Specs: Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack,New 2K scan of the original camera negative. Uncut version!
Video Resolution/Codec: 1080p MPEG-4 AVC
Length:84
Release Country:United States
English Descriptive Audio: English: DTS-HD 2.0 Mono
Subtitles/Captions: English
Special Features: Original Audio Commentary with writer/director Robert Hiltzik and star Felissa Rose
New Commentary with actors Felissa Rose ("Angela") and Jonathan Tiersten ("Ricky")
New Commentary with writer/director Robert Hiltzik, moderated by SleepawayCampMovies.com webmaster Jeff Hayes
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'Sleepaway Camp' is a hell of a lot of fun. In the midst of so many slasher films, this particular one sticks out to most because of its shock ending. It's one you really won't ever forget. It's a bad movie, but it's so bad that it's actually phenomenal. It has highly entertaining performances, some good gore, and a lot of odd sexual insinuation. The video and audio presentations are both great with some awesome extras. This release is a must for any fan of horror, and highly recommended for everyone else.
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See Comments in Forum | At the Waterfront After the Social: The Legacy of Sleepaway Camp – new interviews with Robert Hiltzik, Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Paul DeAngelo ("Ronnie"), Karen Fields ("Judy"), Desiree Gould ("Aunt Martha"), Frank Saladino ("Gene") and make-up FX artist Ed French.
Judy - a short film by Jeff Hayes starring Karen Fields
Princess - A Music Video by Jonathan Tiersten
Camp Arawak Scrapbook – still gallery
Theatrical Trailer & TV Spots
2K Transfer Presentation
Rare Images From Make-Up Effects Artist Ed French
Movie Studio: Scream Factory
Story Review Storyline: Our Reviewer's Take
During the mid to late 70s and all the way through the impressionable 80s, horror films paved the way for a sub-genre called slasher movies, where a group of people would be terrorized by some evil person or monster and killed off one by one in some gruesome way. Jason Vorhees and his mom paved the way for these films in 'Friday the 13th' and spawned tons of similar takes on this successful genre that is still alive and well today. One that may have slipped through the cracks back in 1983 was a film named 'Sleepaway Camp', a movie that falls into the 'so bad it's amazing' category on every level. And it would have been lost in the vast number of slasher films if it had not been for the twist ending that would have made M. Night Shyamalan kill himself because he didn't think of it first. The shock-twist ending is still regarded as one of the best and most surprising endings in horror movie history, but don't worry, we won't spoil it for you here.
The director, Robert Hiltzik, only directed this one film, then, for some reason, went on to become a lawyer in New York. However, after release of the movie, a few people made a couple of sequels over the years, which are down right laughable. But in 2008, Hiltzik put up his law books and directed a sequel to his own movie that went direct-to-video, and he is now trying to shoot yet another sequel to in hopes that it receives a wider release. After viewing this film, you might wonder why Hiltzik left the world of filmmaking and went to pursue a career in law. But one thing is for sure, Hiltzik sure knew how to offend and shock his audiences with a very low budget film that took place at a summer camp with a bunch of young teenagers.
One great and hilarious aspect to 'Sleepaway Camp' is its level of homoeroticism, which is off the charts. Even for 1983, strong hairy men disguised as camp counselors, wearing tight super short shorts that define every intricate detail of their manhood and cut off t-shirts that expose their bellies is pushing the bounds. If that weren't enough, when the male counselors try and coax the female counselors to go skinny dipping one night, and the females refuse, the men do not let that stop them from jumping in the water in their birthday suits and giggling. Hell, whenever there is a fight between two guys at this camp, the rest of the guys feel the need to join in by jumping on one another in a dog pile and trying to grab one another. It's all quite comical.
The film tells the story of a young teenage girl named Angela (Felissa Rose) and her cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten) who have been sent to a summer camp by their creepy Aunt Martha (Desiree Gould). Angela is a very shy girl who does not talk to anyone and does not partake in any of the summer activities. To her opposite, Ricky enjoys playing pranks on the other kids, one involving an ass-to-mouth joke (homoerotic), and spouting obscenities if someone picks on him or his cousin. The queen of summer-camp bullies here is Judy (Karen Fields), and has decided to make her summer about picking on the poor, shy, and defenseless Angela. It's not known why Judy begins to pick on Angela, but I suspect that it is because she is a huge harlot, because once a guy or two begins to talk or look at Angela, Judy begins her reign of terror.
Meanwhile, the head guy in charge of the camp, Mel (Mike Kellin), who is always tackily dressed in some sort of pastel polo with a cigarette hanging from his lips, golf shorts, and socks pulled up past his knees, has hired a cook (Owen Hughes), where only three words describe him - sweaty child rapist. It's beyond me why the camp hired a guy who is not above luring kids into the walk-in meat freezer while drinking beer and unbuckling his pants, only to have the rest of the staff look away. Speaking of the rest of the cooking staff, there is one guy who has a connection to main-stream Hollywood and might be the biggest name to come out of this film. That guy is Robert Jones who is none other than James Earl Jones' father.
But after the head cook unsuccessfully has his way with Angela, somebody pulls a chair out from under him while he's standing on top of it trying to get an ingredient, and boiling hot water flows all over his body. From here, most of the people who pick on Angela and Ricky start to meet their gruesome demise whether it be from a beehive, a large knife, drowning, or a hot curling iron straight to the female genitalia. But for some odd reason, the camp counselors don't seem to mind to much that their kids are dropping like flies. I guess they would rather oil up and play a game of slow-pitch softball in their cut-off shorts and belly shirts where one of the best lines of dialogue in the film is said. A camp counselor yells at Ricky, "Eat shit and die Ricky", to which Ricky replies with, "Eat shit and live, Bill." It's true poetry. I laugh until I can't breathe when that scene happens.
Even the police officer who during his first scene has a glorious real mustache, and in his second scene later on in the film has a laugh out loud fake mustache made up of electrical tape (see image below), doesn't seem to worry about the murders that are going on at the camp, and has a "give it more time" approach to find the killer. 'Sleepaway Camp' follows all of the basic rules of a slasher flick, that is until the ending, where you might have to pick your jaw up off the floor, which is why this film has procured a permanent spot in the basement of everyone's horror vault.
There was no CG at this point in time, so all the effects are natural and are surprisingly very graphic and good. Hiltzik uses his camera brilliantly by not showing a whole lot of the actual killings, but rather the aftermath, and it works to great effect. And the acting here by everyone is quite fun and energetic, if not over-the-top in a good way. 'Sleepaway Camp' was an instant hit and cult classic amongst genre fans and continues to shock and awe audiences old and new today.
Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack,New 2K scan of the original camera negative. Uncut version!
Video Resolution/Codec:
1080p MPEG-4 AVC
Aspect Ratio(s):
English: DTS-HD 2.0 Mono
Subtitles/Captions:
Original Audio Commentary with writer/director Robert Hiltzik and star Felissa Rose
'Sleepaway Camp' comes with an upgraded 1080p HD transfer presented in 1.78:1 aspect ratio. In fact, this is a new 2k scan of the original camera negative and is the best this has ever looked. Scream! Factory did an impressive job with this transfer. Being a low-budget horror slasher film from the early 80s, some might want that dirty and unclean look with this movie. Don't worry, there is still a nice layer of grain throughout and it still has a very filmic look. But the detail and color have been nicely upgraded from past DVD releases.
You'll be able to see those big hairdos much clearer now and be able see each intricate makeup detail during the death scenes, some of which might make you vomit. When the police officer's electrical tape mustache shows up in the second half of the movie, you'll be able to see the thin lines on the fake mustache, due to the great clarity of the image. The colors have been nicely saturated and balanced, giving this thirty year old film a bright new look. There are still some small instances of specks of dirt here and there and some minor artifacting, but there is no significant banding, edge enhancement or any other compression issue. The skin tones look natural and the black levels are deep and inky, earning this video presentation and great score.
Audio Review
This release comes with a lossless DTS-HD 2.0 Mono mix, and for it being only 2.0, sounds very good. I do wish this received the 5.1 treatment, but this 2.0 Mono mix does the job. The dialogue is always crystal clear and easy to understand and is free of any pops, cracks, and hissing. From the quiet conversations between the campers to the loud yelling and screaming during the more intense scenes, the audio levels have been balanced nicely.
The sound effects of the teenagers horsing around, the nature sounds, and even some of the fun death scenes sound full, but could have benefitted a little more from coming out of the surrounds. The score adds the infamous 80s horror feel and never drowns out any of the dialogue or sound effects. Again, this is an upgrade from the past DVD releases.
Audio Commentary With Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, and Justin Beahm - An all new commentary track with the actors who portrayed Angela and Ricky, and is moderated by Justin Beahm. The two still have great chemistry together and talk about some fun stories while on set, the locations, and the shocking ending. It was a fun commentary to listen to with tons of information.
Audio Commentary With Robert Hiltzik and Jeff Hayes - Another great commentary track with the director of the film and Jeff Hayes who is the webmaster over at the Sleepaway Camp website. Hiltzik gives a lot of technical information on how he shot the movie on a low budget, casting the teenage actors, and the use of special effects. Hayes acts as more of a moderator here.
Audio Commentary With Robert Hiltzik, Felissa Rose, and Jeff Hayes - A vintage commentary track that made its way over from the DVD version of the film. This is also a good commentary track, but is not as fluid as the other two.
At The Waterfront After the Social: The Legacy of Sleepaway Camp (HD, 46 mins.) - The shining point of the extras here, as we have an excellent documentary on the making of the film with new interviews from a lot of the cast and crew. They discuss everything from the ending, the visual effects, the locations, some real romances during filming, and much more. This was a lot of fun and well worth your while to watch.
'Judy': A Short Film By Jeff Hayes (HD, 16 mins.) - Karen Fields stars in this short film by Hayes, which is made with a home video camera and done with no money. Looks like my eight year old nephew filmed it and choreographed it in my grandmother's basement.
'Princess': A Music Video By Jonathan Tiersten - (HD, 6 mins.) - A music video from Tiersten and his band called the Ten Tiers for a song called 'Princess'. Weird and very creepy.
Camp Arawak Scrapbook (HD, 10 mins.) - Photo slideshow of some behind the scenes production stills. These were great to look at.
Trailers (HD, 3 mins.) - Three trailers for the film.
Rare Images From Make-Up Effects Artist Ed French (HD, 2 mins.) - Another slideshow of some the sketches from Ed French.
Demonstration of the 2K Film Scan Process (HD, 9 mins.) - Here we have a cool little extra for you videophiles that explains how exactly the 2K scan works and is executed by using this film as an example, This walks you through step by step how they create the wonderful image you see on screen from the original | 2,612 |
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Walnut Way's The Innovations and Wellness Commons, aka, The Commons, is a current project of Fix Development. Fix serves as co-developer providing guidance<|fim_middle|>. The development will rehabilitate the historic building (Phase I) and construct a new adjacent building (Phase II) that will form a hub for health and wellness services, economic development, educational and training programs and neighborhood organizing efforts in Lindsay Heights.
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Phase I construction was completed with tenant occupancy occurring in Fall 2015. Phase II is now under development.
The Commons traces its origins to the Lindsay Height Quality of Life Plan, a 4- year inclusive community planning process to improve neighborhood social, economic and physical conditions, funded by the Zilber Family Foundation in 2008.
Development of the plan was led by Walnut Way Conservation Corp. a 501c3 organization committed to sustaining an economically diverse and abundant community through civic engagement, environmental stewardship, and by creating venues for prosperity. Chartered by neighbors in 2000, Walnut Way challenges the cycle of poverty in the Lindsay Heights neighborhood by engaging, educating, and employing residents to take leadership roles in revitalizing their community.
Located in a Milwaukee central city area bounded by N. 8th Street to N. 20th Street and W. Locust Street to W. Walnut Street, Lindsay Heights is home to a population comprised of 99% African American and Latino residents, 52.9% of whom live below the poverty line, a statistic that is more than double the average for Milwaukee as a whole. The foreclosure rate in the area has reached crisis level with more than half of the commercial properties currently standing vacant and many homes blighted from absentee ownership.
Offer programs for all ages that promote health and wellness, art and culture, and education and training.
The Commons represents Walnut Way's next step forward in efforts to promote the neighborhood's transformation as reflected in the Quality of Life Plan.
Create sustainable programs, products and services of restoration and healing, providing access in which individual wellbeing and neighborhood quality of life are cultivated.
Nurture and enhance connections among neighbors, organizations and valuable resources to improve individual health and quality of life, and strengthen a neighborhood culture of wellness.
Deepen shared investment in the neighborhood through a comprehensive economic strategy for enterprise development, leading to the creation of job training and employment opportunities for residents.
Design and position worker- owned businesses by leveraging the programs and financial resources of the Commons' anchor institutions.
Build a beautiful, environmentally sustainable campus that will be a catalyst in restoring vitality to the North Avenue commercial corridor.
Expand the Walnut Way campus of gardens and neighborhood environmental center, to a commercial location.
Provides shared space for community gatherings and environmental education.
Those are goals that align with Fix Development's development definitions and quadruple bottom line goals.
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Last Dollar Road – Ridgway-Telluride
Some consider the Last Dollar Road one of Colorado's most scenic drives. It's tucked in the remote San Juan Mountains between Ridgway and Telluride<|fim_middle|>: Last Dollar Rd, Ridgway to Telluride, CO
Season: late spring to late fall, weather permitting
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This stunning stretch of secluded highway leads you through stretches of ranchlands and the San Juan National Forest, with views of Wilson Peak and Greyhead. It's one of the best places see mesmerizing aspens each autumn. The seasonal drive closes when the snow makes it impassable, generally in late November, and reopens again in late May.
4WD Scenic Drive
FJ cruising on the Last Dollar Road. Photo: underactive
The drive takes about two to three hours, or more if you take your time to get out of the car and stroll into nature. The 4 wheel drive requires only light off roading, so it's a fairly easy route with the appropriate automobile. 2WD vehicles with high clearance have done the drive in dry weather.
There's plenty of gorgeous, fields, flowers, forests and mountains to see along the route, as well as local wildlife, cattle and horses. The opening and closing scenic John Wayne's 1969 film, "True Grit", was filmed on Last Dollar Road.
Biking – Mountain biking is popular along parts of Last Dollar Road and various forest service roads within the San Juan National Forest.
Camping – Dispersed campsites can be found along most of the scenic drive.
Hiking – There's no shortage of great places to hike along the Last Dollar Road.
OHV – 4×4 off highway vehicles can use certain roads with the San Juan National Forest.
Last Dollar Ranch. Photo: Urbanicsgroup
While the road is well-maintained, it's also dirt, and heavy rain turns the drive into mud, so it's best avoided. It's also not plowed in the winter, so once the snow builds up on the road, it's there to stay until spring.
From Telluride – Take CO 145 West from the Mountain Village for nearly 3 miles, before making a right onto Airport Rd/Last Dollar Rd. Follow Last Dollar Rd/T60 Rd to CO 62/Ridgway.
From Ridgway – Take CO 62 West from town for nearly 12 miles, before making a left onto Last Dollar Rd. Follow this all the way to Telluride. It's closed seasonally from December to May, sometimes sooner or later depending on weather.
When you reverse the trip and take the highway back, CO 145 and CO 62, it's also a breathtaking stretch of the San Juan Skyway, which shouldn't be missed. Heading back from Placerville to Ridgway you'll cross over the Dallas Divide, a stunning mountain pass.
Wildflowers on Last Dollar Road near Ridgway. Photo: Mark Land
Sunrise on the Last Dollar Road near Telluride. Photo: David Kingham
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A mathematical framework to determine the temporal sequence of somatic genetic events in cancer
Camille Stephan-Otto Attolini, Yu-Kang Cheng, Rameen Beroukhim, Gad Getz, Omar Abdel-Wahab, Ross L. Levine, Ingo K. Mellinghoff, and Franziska Michor
PNAS October 12, 2010 107 (41) 17604-17609; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1009117107
Camille Stephan-Otto Attolini
Yu-Kang Cheng
Rameen Beroukhim
Gad Getz
Omar Abdel-Wahab
Ross L. Levine
Ingo K. Mellinghoff
Franziska Michor
For correspondence: michor@jimmy.harvard.edu
Edited* by Richard T. Durrett, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and approved August 5, 2010 (received for review June 29, 2010)
↵1C.S.-O.A. and Y.-K.C. contributed equally to this work.
Figures & SI
Human cancer is caused by the accumulation of genetic alterations in cells. Of special importance are changes that occur early during malignant transformation because they may result in oncogene addiction and represent promising targets for therapeutic intervention. Here we describe a computational approach, called Retracing the Evolutionary Steps in Cancer (RESIC), to deduce the temporal sequence of genetic events during tumorigenesis from cross-sectional genomic data of tumors at their fully transformed stage. When applied to a dataset of 70 advanced colorectal cancers, our algorithm accurately predicts the sequence of APC, KRAS, and TP53 mutations previously defined by analyzing tumors at different stages of colon cancer formation. We further validate the method with glioblastoma and leukemia sample data and then apply it to complex integrated genomics databases, finding that high-level EGFR amplification appears to be a late event in primary glioblastomas. RESIC represents the first evolutionary mathematical approach to identify the temporal sequence of mutations driving tumorigenesis and may be useful to guide the validation of candidate genes emerging from cancer genome surveys.
stochastic framework
optimization algorithm
Recent technological advances have empowered researchers to examine the cancer genome at unprecedented throughput and resolution (1–3). Computational algorithms designed to filter random genetic events have begun to uncover mutational patterns that are typical for a particular cancer type and highly consistent between sample sets (1, 2, 4, 5). Further functional validation of these recurrent genetic events in nontransformed primary cells and mouse models of human cancer is hampered by the lack of knowledge of the sequence in which these alterations occur during human tumorigenesis. This temporal order can guide the generation of the correct genomic context in animal models of human cancer and can prioritize the validation of potential drug targets because those changes that occur early during malignant transformation may result in rewiring of the signaling circuitry or confer a state of addiction to the new signal. Here we describe a unique computational approach, called Retracing the Evolutionary Steps in Cancer (RESIC), to determine the sequence of genetic events using cross-sectional genomic data from a large number of tumors at their fully transformed stage (Fig. 1).
Schematic diagram of RESIC. For cancer types with clinicopathologically defined stages (e.g., colorectal cancer), the temporal sequence in which genetic alterations arise during tumorigenesis can be identified by genotyping samples from patients at different stages of disease progression. For cancer types that are diagnosed de novo without detectable precursor lesions (e.g., primary GBM), the order of alterations cannot be identified with a similar approach. We present an evolutionary computational algorithm (RESIC) to identify the temporal sequence of events arising during tumorigenesis utilizing genomic data from a large number of samples (one per patient) of a particular histological type. In step 1, we use an algorithm such as GISTIC (4) to identify recurrent genetic aberrations in the genomics dataset. In step 2, these aberrations are ranked according to their pairwise association (statistically significant correlation, e.g., Fisher's exact test). In step 3, the most likely sequence of these associated events is identified using RESIC. The results generated by RESIC are used to reconstruct the order in which alterations arise during development of a particular cancer type (step 4). Our methodology is applicable to large-scale datasets and can be used to identify the temporal sequence of many genetic alterations.
RESIC is based on the principles of population genetics—the mathematical study of the dynamics of genetic variation within populations (6). Consider a population of N cells at risk of accumulating the genetic changes leading to cancer (Fig. 2A). Cells proliferate according to a stochastic process (7): At each time step, a cell is chosen proportional to fitness to produce a possibly mutated daughter cell. Subsequently another cell is chosen at random to die and is replaced by the newly produced cell to maintain homeostasis. A mutated cell can take over the population (i.e., reach fixation) or go extinct due to stochastic fluctuations (Fig. 2A, Inset). Depending on the order of appearance of particular mutations, the population of cells follows different evolutionary paths toward the fully mutated state (Fig. 2A). We developed a mathematical model describing the evolutionary dynamics of this system (see SI Text).
Evolutionary dynamics of genetic alterations leading to cancer. (A) Transition between mutational states and schematic representation of different evolutionary trajectories toward cancer. Initially, the population consists of N cells with genotype i and fitness (i.e., growth rate) ri (detail). During each time step, a cell is chosen at random proportional to fitness to divide, and its daughter cell replaces another randomly chosen cell. During each cell division, a mutation arises with probability u. The mutated daughter has genotype j and fitness rj. If rj > ri, the mutated daughter cell is advantageous as compared to the mother cell; if rj < ri, it is disadvantageous, and if rj = ri, it is selectively neutral. The probability that a mutated cell takes over the population is given by its fixation probability, ρ(ri,rj) = [1 - 1/(rj/ri)]/[1 - 1/(rj/ri)N]. If rj = ri, then ρ(ri,rj) = 1/N. The transition rate between states i and j is given by Nuρ(ri,rj) in small populations. A population of wild-type cells may accumulate mutations in different orders; an example path from the unmutated population to a state with three mutations is highlighted in green. (B) Population dynamics. The dynamics of patients accumulating mutations is represented in this network where nodes (i.e., mutational states) are populated according to the transition rates from one mutational state to the next. In the example shown here, cells can accumulate two mutations. The number of patients harboring cells with no mutations are denoted by X0, whereas those harboring mutations are denoted by X1, X2, and X3. There is a constant influx of cases into the initial node. Cells in these patients accumulate mutations and populate the mutational states. The outflow from the fully mutated state eventually drives the system into steady state. An optimization algorithm is used to identify the transition rates for which the number of patients in each node at steady state coincides with the observations in a cross-sectional genomics dataset. The optimized parameter values of the evolutionary process serve to identify the most likely trajectory through the network.
We assume that cancers originate from a single population of cells per person and study the evolutionary dynamics of individuals accumulating the mutations leading to cancer (Fig. 2B). We consider the dynamics of patients in steady state: There is a constant influx into the unmutated state, representing diagnosis of disease, and a constant outflux from the fully mutated state, accounting for deaths of patients or their cure. At steady state, the population is distributed across all possible states; this steady-state distribution can be compared to the numbers of clinical samples with the corresponding genotypes, where the total number of patients in a dataset is equal to the sum of patients in all states. This mapping is used to optimize a subset of parameters in the mathematical model (i.e., the fitness values of cell types) by minimizing the difference between the prediction and the observed frequencies in the dataset (see SI Text). Other parameters, such as cellular population size, mutation rate and influx rate, are estimated from experimental results (8, 9) and tested for robustness over several orders of magnitude (see SI Text). The output of RESIC is given as percent of the flux through the network via each particular path.
The established sequence of genetic events arising during the multistep process of colorectal carcinogenesis (10) provides a unique example to test the ability of RESIC to recover this sequence from a cross-sectional dataset. We gathered genomic data from 70 advanced colorectal tumors (1, 2) (Table S1) and used RESIC to predict the temporal relationship between alterations in the APC, KRAS, and TP53 genes. RESIC predicts that the most likely sequence of events is homozygous inactivation of APC occurring before alterations of KRAS (Fig. 3A and Table S2). Similarly, we found that both APC alleles are likely mutated before TP53 is homozygously inactivated, and that at least one KRAS allele is likely mutated before inactivation of TP53 (Fig. 3A). Although the small number of samples prevents us from investigating the complete network of APC, KRAS, and TP53 mutations in a single computational analysis, the results of the separate smaller analyses can be combined into a sequence of events (see also Figs. S1 and S2) that coincides with the multistep model of colorectal cancer (10, 11). The results are very robust with regard to sampling stochasticity and variations of the population size, mutation rates, and influx values (Figs. S3–S6 and Table S3).
Validation of RESIC utilizing colorectal cancer and glioblastoma data. We tested the predictions of RESIC in colorectal cancer and glioblastoma because the order of some events leading to those tumor types has been identified (10, 14). In the schematics of the networks, nodes represent the numbers of patients with a particular genotype, whereas black arrows represent transitions between mutational states. (A) The order of APC, KRAS, and TP53 in colorectal cancer. APC is shown in red, KRAS in green, and TP53 in blue. All mutation rates are 10-7 per allele per cell division. We apply a pseudocount of 1 to the entire system to prevent states with zero observations. Schematics of the networks are shown at Left. We display the numbers and frequencies of patients in each mutational node in the network and show the most frequent paths through the network in the histograms at Right. Detailed results are listed in Table S2. (First Row) The APC–KRAS network. RESIC predicts that biallelic inactivation of APC likely occurs before any KRAS alteration. (Second Row) The APC–TP53 network. RESIC predicts that biallelic inactivation of APC likely occurs before TP53 inactivation. (Third Row) The KRAS–TP53 network. RESIC predicts that an alteration of KRAS likely occurs first. (B) The order of NF1 and TP53 in glioblastoma. NF1 is shown in orange. We study the mutational network of heterozygous alterations only since all NF1 and most TP53 mutations in the dataset are heterozygous (Table S1). A schematic of the network is shown at Left. Detailed results are listed in Table S2. We show the number of samples with each genotype observed in the complete set of 91 The Cancer Genome Atlas samples (black) and in the restricted set of 72 untreated samples (blue) (3). For both the unrestricted and the restricted sets, RESIC predicts that a TP53 point mutation likely occurs before NF1 is altered (Right).
The temporal relationship between TP53 inactivation and mutations in the RAS pathway may not be the same in all cancer types. For example, genetic inactivation of neurofibromin-1 (NF1), a negative regulator of RAS activity (12), induces senescence of human astrocytes in the absence of TP53 mutations (13); furthermore, mice develop high-grade gliomas only if TP53 is inactivated prior to or simultaneously with NF1 (14). To investigate the temporal relationship between NF1 and TP53 inactivation in human primary glioblastoma (GBM), we applied RESIC to a genomic dataset containing sequence and copy number information regarding these two genes for 91 primary human GBM samples (3) (Table S1). We found that TP53 is likely inactivated before NF1 is lost (Fig. 3B). Because several GBMs in this particular sample set were collected after treatment with radiation and/or chemotherapy—therapies that might increase mutation rates (3), we reran RESIC using only GBMs that had not received prior therapy (n = 72). We again found that TP53 is likely mutated first (Fig. 3B). Our predictions are thus consistent with experimental data and suggest that TP53 inactivation may not only be an early genetic event in TP53-mutant secondary glioblastomas (15) but also in TP53-mutant primary glioblastomas.
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Camille Stephan-Otto Attolini, Yu-Kang Cheng, Rameen Beroukhim, Gad Getz, Omar Abdel-Wahab, Ross L. Levine, Ingo K. Mellinghoff, Franziska Michor
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Oct 2010, 107 (41) 17604-17609; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009117107
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Copyright © 2019 National Academy of Sciences. Online ISSN 1091-6490 | transformation to AML (17, 18). Recent studies have identified mutations in the putative tumor suppressor gene TET2 in MPNs (17, 19–23), and clonal analysis suggested that TET2 mutations precede the acquisition of JAK2V617F mutations in MPN pathogenesis (19). However, these studies were done on a small number of patients. We therefore analyzed a larger set of patients with leukemic transformation from a preceding MPN, including samples from two different disease states (MPN and post-MPN AML) from 14 different patients (19, 24). When applying RESIC to the set of secondary AML samples for which JAK2 and TET2 mutational status was known, we found that JAK2 mutations likely preceded mutation in TET2 (Fig. 4B). Notably, analysis of 14 patients for which samples were available from the MPN and AML disease states showed that TET2 mutations were present in the AML, but not preceding MPN sample, in 5 patients with concomitant JAK2/TET2 mutations (Fig. 4C) at the time of leukemic transformation. These data demonstrate, contrary to previous reports of smaller patient cohorts from a single time point, that TET2 mutations are more commonly acquired subsequent to JAK2 in MPN/AML pathogenesis (24), as predicted by RESIC.
Application of RESIC to secondary AML and primary GBM. (A) We analyzed a dataset of 57 patients with AML, including samples from two different disease states (MPN and post-MPN AML) from 14 different patients (19, 24). The data of AML patients were analyzed with RESIC (see B), whereas data from both MPN and AML patients were sequenced for JAK2 and TET2 (see C). (B) When applying RESIC to a set of secondary AML samples for which JAK2 and TET2 mutational status was known for both AML and MPN disease states, we found that JAK2 mutations likely precede TET2 mutations in this sample set. (C) Analysis of 14 patients for which samples were available from the MPN and AML disease states showed that TET2 mutations were present in the AML, but not preceding MPN sample, in 5 patients. (D) Genetic alterations in primary glioblastoma. The statistical significance of correlations between genetic alterations was calculated with Fisher's exact test. Color codes range from 10-20 (red) to 100 (white). Significance after Bonferroni correction is marked at ∼3 × 10-7 (orange). Note that lesions colocalized on the same chromosome have stronger correlations likely caused by large-region amplifications or deletions and thus cannot be considered as independent genetic events. (E) Prediction of RESIC for the PTEN-p16-EGFR network in primary glioblastoma. We show the frequencies of the initiating and final mutational events of this network. RESIC predicts that p16 deletion or EGFR low-level amplification are the most common initiating events with frequencies of about 35–39% each, whereas high-level amplification of EGFR is the most frequent last event of this network with a frequency of 56.4%.
After validation of RESIC using examples for which the temporal order of alterations is known, we analyzed a large integrated genomics dataset of primary glioblastoma samples (n = 594) (3, 4). These samples were used together with RESIC to identify genetic alterations occurring early during malignant transformation. Such alterations may result in "rewiring" of the signaling circuitry, confer a state of "addiction" to the new signal (25), and thus represent particularly promising targets for therapeutic intervention (26). We first identified areas of statistically significant gene copy number alterations using GISTIC (4). For each locus, we distinguished gain of a single copy from high-level amplification, and hemizygous from homozygous deletions (Table S1). We then identified alterations that are significantly positively correlated (Fig. 4D), because the determination of an order of oncogenic events is meaningful only for those events that co-occur sufficiently often. Although MDM2 and CDK4 on chromosome 12 and EGFR and MET on chromosome 7 were the most significantly correlated mutations, these associations are likely the result of large-region deletion or amplification events; because such changes cannot be attributed to independent mutational events, we excluded them from our analyses. Low- and high-level amplification of EGFR and homozygous loss of PTEN are the most significantly correlated events on separate chromosomes (p values < 10-30 and 10-24) (Fig. 4D). Because the dataset contains copy number information for 552 GBMs (excluding samples with homozygous loss of PTEN due to their relative infrequency) but sequence data for only 125 GBMs and because for both genes, copy number alterations and point mutations occur frequently, we first sought to investigate the robustness of the algorithm to the exclusion of sequence information. With only copy number data, we found that the two most frequent mutational paths through this network—initiating with EGFR low-level amplification and homozygous PTEN loss, respectively (Fig. S1)—have very similar frequencies. Therefore, RESIC identifies no clear order of events for this mutational network. Using both copy number and point mutation data, we found that EGFR biallelic alterations likely occur before PTEN loss (Fig. S1). Hence the only difference between the two analyses is loss of significance of the dominant path, suggesting that analyzing copy number information only may be a viable option.
To perform a computational analysis on a large mutational network, we next determined that p16 homozygous deletions frequently co-occur with EGFR and PTEN alterations (p value < 10-8) in the dataset containing copy number alterations only (Fig. 4D). When studying the mutational network of EGFR, PTEN, and p16 (Figs. S2–4), RESIC predicts that the most common early alterations are EGFR low-level amplification and p16 deletion, with similar likelihood (Fig. 4E). Although there is no single most frequent path through the network (Fig. S3), the frequency of paths concluding with high-level amplification of EGFR is highest; the second most frequent final event is homozygous p16 deletion (Fig. 4E). These data suggest that glial progenitor cells may tolerate full EGFR activation only after inactivation of p16 or PTEN. This result agrees with the fact that EGFR overexpression is insufficient for tumorigenesis in mouse models of glioblastoma (27, 28), providing support for the temporal order of events predicted by RESIC.
We have presented a rational methodology, RESIC, to identify the temporal order of oncogenic events during tumorigenesis. This computational pipeline uses cross-sectional genomic data as input and provides the most likely temporal order of genomic alterations as output. We validated the predictions of RESIC with events for which the temporal order is known and then applied it to a large integrated genomic dataset of primary glioblastoma samples. RESIC is based on three assumptions: (i) For each network under consideration, all cancers initiate without any of the mutations in the network. Hence all patients enter the network through the unmutated node, but might already have accumulated other mutations causing malignancy. This assumption ensures that the model is consistent with the use of cross-sectional data and is important for situations in which more than one set of mutually exclusive mutations lead to cancer; in such cases, tumor samples can be subdivided into classes of different tumor subtypes, and each subtype must be analyzed individually. (ii) The likelihood of diagnosis is uniform across all states. This assumption can be partially relaxed if more biological data are included in the model, which is equivalent to changes in the number of observed samples with each combination of mutations; variations in these numbers have negligible impact on the results (Fig. S5). (iii) The order of mutations arising during tumorigenesis can be inferred from the order of mutations arising after diagnosis. This assumption links the results obtained from a database containing diagnosed cancer samples to the processes of tumorigenesis before diagnosis. Interactions between tumor cells and the microenvironment or immune system can be considered as a modulation of mutation rates and fitness values but are excluded from the current implementation of RESIC for clarity. The results of RESIC are very robust to changes in the number of samples per genotype due to variability in sampling or the rate of diagnosis (Figs. S5 and S6), the population size of cells at risk of accumulating mutations, the influx value into the unmutated state, and the mutation rate (Table S3).
The frequencies of evolutionary paths through mutational networks identified by RESIC are never 100%. This finding may suggest that there is not a unique order in which these alterations occur—a hypothesis proposing that the genetic model of colorectal cancer (10) describes the order of mutations of only a subset of colorectal tumors (29). Alternatively, it may be attributed to the alteration of signaling pathways through alterations of mutually exclusive but functionally equivalent genes; it could also be the result of distinct mutational classes within the same cancer subtype. The latter issue is addressed by studying highly correlated mutations because strong correlation may reflect functional associations.
We have restricted our analysis to only a subset of mutations implicated in tumorigenesis because RESIC requires correlated alterations as input; the question of the sequence of alterations is meaningful only if those alterations co-occur sufficiently frequently. Even the largest currently available dataset, the The Cancer Genome Atlas data, combined with separate glioblastoma studies (n = 594), contains only a small number of associated lesions (Fig. 4D). These correlated lesions also reflect individual molecular subtypes of glioblastoma. Based upon our analyses, we expect that of the order of 100 samples are sufficient to analyze mutational networks containing several loci. However, RESIC can be applied to any tumor type by analyzing significantly correlated genetic alterations in separate computational analyses (see Fig. 3). Furthermore, RESIC can be applied to individual subtypes of cancers after these subtypes have been identified utilizing gene expression or other data.
Based on the examples presented here, we anticipate that our algorithm will provide the research community with a tool for the identification of tumor-initiating events using the emerging cross-sectional cancer genome datasets and will help with the generation of hypotheses about carcinogenesis that can be tested using modern mouse models of human cancer (30). The identification of the order of genetic alterations in specific cancer (sub)types may lead to important insight into cancer biology and should inspire studies aimed at elucidating how specific genes cooperate (or in a different order may prevent) tumorigenetic processes.
The authors thank Timothy Chan, Eric Holland, Marc Ladanyi, Thomas Pfeiffer, David Solit, Barry Taylor, and the Michor lab for critical reading and comments. R.B. was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (K08CA122833), the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and a V Foundation Scholarship. O.A.W. was supported by the American Society of Hematology Research Training Award for Fellows and by the Clinical Scholars Program at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). R.L.L. is an Early Career Award Recipient and is the Geoffrey Beene Junior Chair at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center. I.K.M. was supported by the Department of Defense, Sontag Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Sidney Kimmel Foundation, Golfers Against Cancer, and Brain Tumors Funders' Collaborative, and is a Leon Levy Foundation Young Investigator. F.M. was supported by the NIH/National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the MSKCC Society and is a Leon Levy Foundation Young Investigator. This work is supported by the NCI initiative for Physical Sciences in Oncology (physics.cancer.gov) through Award U54CA143798.
2To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: michor{at}jimmy.harvard.edu.
Author contributions: R.B., G.G., I.K.M., and F.M. designed research; C.S.-O.A., Y.-K.C., and F.M. performed research; C.S.-O.A., Y.-K.C., O.A.-W., R.L.L., I.K.M., and F.M. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; C.S.-O.A., Y.-K.C., and F.M. analyzed data; and C.S.-O.A., Y.-K.C., R.B., R.L.L., I.K.M., and F.M. wrote the paper.
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9/4/19 This is an aerial shot of our church building, taken by a friend of ours recently. It's interesting to see what you notice from this angle, that you don't notice from ground level. Like how little blue there is on or around the building, and so our friend's blue car stands out so much more. And how clean the roof is! Probably because of all the rain we've had. And the swirly patterns the lawn mower makes on the grass.
Coming to church on a Sunday should be a lot like that, in terms of giving us a fresh perspective. It can be hard to get perspective during the week, with all that's going on, but as we meet together for an hour or so on Sunday, hopefully we get to pause and get God's perspective on our lives.
And as we do that, we just might see some things we haven't seen before!
(8/3/19) It was great to catch up with an old friend of ours, Menno, (he's the guy in the front left of the picture) who came along to our elders meeting last Sunday to tell us about the work of the Gideons, a group dedicated to putting the Bible in the hands of people in hotels, motels, schools... wherever they can. Like all the Gideons, Menno works in his regular job day-to-day and supports the work of the Gideons in his spare time. He shared a great story with us of having the opportunity to give away a copy of the New Testament to a lady at a service station who happened to see his Gideons name tag. "Do you want a copy?" Menno asked. "I need a copy!" was the reply. Doesn't happen often, but it's encouraging to hear. Good on you Menno!
Please note change of date for seminar below, which has been postponed until things settle down a bit after the flooding in Townsville.
Unfortunately due to the ongoing bad weather, North Shore Playtime has been cancelled for tomorrow. Stay safe everyone!
Due to the extreme wet weather, church at North Shore for tomorrow has been cancelled. We hope all are managing to keep dry. Praying you are safe.
Here's some info on an upcoming event we're privileged to be hosting at North Shore in February. Registration details are on the images below.
What are your resolutions this New Year? What about... "This year I'm going to lose five kilos... ten kilos... twenty kilos"? (I do need to lose a bit, by the way!) Perhaps though I should be thinking, "This year I'm going to lose... the sin that clings so closely to my life."
Or maybe your resolutions are more along these lines: "This year I'm going to run on my treadmill (finally!)." Or "This year I'm going to run 5km in less than 30 minutes." But have you thought about, "This year I'm going to run... with endurance the race [of life] that's set before me"?
Or perhaps you're just wanting to knock off some of those maintenance jobs. "This year I'm going to fix the weather strip under the garage door." Or "This year I'm going to fix the oil leak in the car that's been there for the past six months." But what about, "This year I'm going to fix... my eyes on Jesus."
Christian pastor and author Eugene Peterson died recently. If you're unfamiliar with Eugene Peterson, he was the author of a paraphrase of the Bible called 'The Message' - the Bible in contemporary language. Really worth having a look at.
It's a refreshing reminder that when you're a follower of Jesus, death really does hold no fear for you. Because it only gets better from there on.
Christians are often thought to have a negative view of sexuality, consisting simply in a series of 'thou shalt not' type rules. But in reality Jesus offers an incredible vision for sexuality that's part of a broader vision for a life lived to the full. We're going to be exploring this vision at church in from October 21st. We'd love for you to come along and join us. Topics and dates are below.
(18/8/18) This is Matt. Matt oversees our kids & youth ministries at North Shore church. Recently at church Matt got thrown in at the last minute to help lead our kids song. We thought the video was worth sharing (see below, or here if it doesn't load on your device). He takes awhile to get into it, but works his way into it nicely!
Well done Matt for serving our kids and showing them Jesus! I can see Jesus making a fool of himself in front of the kids from time to time too.
Robyn Bain, convener of the the Gospel in Society Today (or GiST) committee of the Presbyterian Church of Qld, recently recorded this podcast on abortion from a Christian viewpoint. Robyn is a doctor and also has theological training. She's done a lot of thinking on this topic and the podcast is really worth listening to.
(8th June 2018) The weather this time of year in Townsville is stunning! So are the sunsets: this is a picture taken from our church's front yard a week or two ago. It was a moment of silence, with a clear blue sky and orange highlights shining on the green shrubs and the browning grass. A moment where you think, "How beautiful is this?" and "I wonder what could have caused it?"
Beauty is, in that way, what a man named Peter Berger called a 'signal of transcendence'. It's not proof that there's a higher being, but it does 'signal' to us that there is something more, beyond our sight; much like a lighthouse signals to sailors.
Signals though are meant to prompt us to act: in this case, to seek out what's beyond our sight; to seek out God. For, as the apostle Paul said in Acts chapter 14 verse 17, "[God] has not left himself without witness" in this world, witness which at this time of year, looks a lot like a sunset.
This is our new church sign. It's been put up down the street to give people directions to our church. It's not a particularly flashy sign - there are no flashing lights or dancing bears (or unicorns!). But it does the job.
Many people want a spectacular sign from God before they'll believe in him. But in my experience God usually works in much more mundane ways. Like through reading the Bible and praying, and seeing people whose lives have been transformed by him. Like you might see at church.
So maybe our church sign is the one you've been looking for after all! Good thing is it's very easy to follow.
Tis the season to be carolling!
We're pleased once again this year to be contributing to our local community Christmas event being put on by Stockland at North Shore. Our church is partnering with some friends at North Qld Operatic & Musical Theatre (NQOMT) to help our community sing about Jesus this Christmas.
It's on Saturday 9th December, 5pm for markets and 7pm for carols, at "The Green", Iris Lane, North Shore. Hope to see you there.
(30 July 17) I want to highlight this website which has recently been launched. It's from a crowd called GiST (Gospel in Society Today). GiST is a committee of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland which interacts with questions being asked in our society. It seeks to address these questions using the gospel - the good news of Jesus - as a framework or starting (and ending!) point. A small disclaimer: I (Andrew<|fim_middle|>'s Day to think about those who are unable to spend time with their dads, for whatever reason. The Bible speaks many times about God's love for those who are without parents. I love especially though Jesus' promise (John 14:18) not to leave those who follow him "as orphans", but rather to provide them his ongoing presence by his Spirit.
It's one of the great joys of following Jesus: never to be alone - left "as orphans". But to know the constant love of our heavenly Father.
(21 August) Registrations are now open for North Queensland Christian Convention. This will be a great weekend, held in Mission Beach, on 1-3 October (Queens Birthday weekend). The speakers are Peter Jensen and Phil Campbell. You can register here.
(31 July 2016) NQ Extreme is a camp for high schoolers during the school holidays at Lake Tinaroo on the Atherton Tablelands. It's a great camp for kids to get to know God while enjoying some awesome activities as well - water skiing, theme nights, and more.
If you know someone who'd like to go along you can register here. Financial assistance is available; just let us know.
(24 July 2016) Every Friday night my wife & I are thrown out of our house. Well, not really: our Northside Youth leaders kindly lead youth group at our house on Friday nights, and because our boys are in it, it's best we make ourselves scarce!
But that leaves us with no option but to spend some time every week down at our local friendly pub. (Oh the burden!) If you'd like to share that burden with us, why not come along? Details in the image beside.
Living with anyone in close relationship can be challenging! As people we all have our faults and those faults tend to show up most clearly in our relationships.
Jesus told us though that God has no faults (Matthew 5:48). So how do you live in relationship with someone like that? Or rather, how does someone like that live in relationship with us?
Our new sermon series, beginning this Sunday looks at that question. It does so from the second half of the Old Testament book of Exodus. Because this is where the ancient nation of Israel learned how a perfect God could live among people who were far from that.
Why not come along and learn the lessons they learned, and see how God can live in relationship with you?
I'm excited that over the next couple of months at Northside we plan to be looking together at the book of Philippians. It's one of the most affectionate letters in the New Testament as the Apostle Paul thanks the Christians at Philippi for their gift to him.
But more importantly the book of Philippians gives us a great insight into what it looks like to be in relationship with one another at church and with others who follow Jesus outside of our church. What kind of relationships are these? How are we to function within those relationships?
Why not come along and explore these questions with us? We'd love to see you. Everyone is welcome.
In previous years at Northside we've issued a calendar of events at the beginning of each year. Problem is though, by about April it's already out of date(!) as things change. So this year, no calendar.
Instead I think we'll put out something like this (see photo) on a regular basis. We gave this out at church this morning.
Over Easter Northside will be meeting on Good Friday at 8.30am and Easter Sunday at 9.30am, Northern Beaches High School, Meranti Street, Deeragun.
All are welcome to join us to remember and celebrate all that Jesus has done.
Starting in February we're planning to trial a new kids program at Northside (see promo video).
The thing I really love about this program is not just that kids get to learn from the Bible, sing songs, and learn memory verses (although those things are great). What I love is the integration with the app that parents can download and use at home with their kids during the week.
We're hoping this program will really help us, and parents, teach the kids amongst us more about Jesus.
The early part of this year at Northside sees us have a bit of focus on the role of the Holy Spirit.
And that's an important thing for us to understand because the Holy Spirit plays such an important role in the lives of Christians. The Spirit turns what would otherwise be a distant relationship with God into one that's more like the kind you have with a favourite family member.
He (the Holy Spirit) can seem a bit elusive though. Jesus (John 3 v.8) compares him with the wind: that is, something you can't see but you certainly know is there.
I'm hoping that as we have this short focus on the Spirit, we will come to grasp the 'wind' just a little bit more.
It was great to be a part of our local community Christmas carols event at North Shore on Sunday. The weather was fine, the food was good... what's not to like? We count it a real privilege to be part of this event and serve our community by helping it sing carols. It helps everyone come together and start to feel like Christmas is really coming!
But more than that we love singing carols with people in our community because many of the carols so clearly point to Jesus, God's gift to us at Christmas time.
My prayer this Christmas is that you would enjoy being together with friends & family - whoever is in your 'community'. But more than that I pray you would know the greatness of God's Christmas gift - Jesus - as you celebrate together.
This week sees our nation mark Remembrance Day, the day hostilities ceased in World War I.
This story came out from the Bible Society to mark Anzac Day this year, and it seems appropriate to mark this week's occasion too.
It's the story of an Austalian man (Elvas Jenkins) whose life was saved, literally, by his Bible. Enjoy!
Northside Youth is back for another term! If you're in high school or know someone who is, you're welcome to come along. Details below.
This video of the relatives of the victims of the recent church shooting in Charleston in the US addressing the shooter is a wonderful demonstration of how forgiveness from Jesus can change people. One by one, as forgiven sinners, the members of the Charleston church address the man who shot their relatives. One by one they forgive him. Powerful stuff.
A few people from Northside recently went along to NQOMT's production of Oliver! at the Townsville Civic Theatre. It was a great night and we all enjoyed it immensely. On the night I handed out to our group some thoughts I'd written down on the story of Oliver! and how it relates to Jesus. Here it is.
At one level Oliver! is a simple story of the triumph of innocence over evil. This was the author's (Charles Dickens') own explanation of the main theme of the book 'Oliver Twist' on which the musical is based, according to his preface in the 1841 edition. Throughout the story Oliver never succumbs to temptation, either to 'bite back' at his oppressors in the work house, or to turn pick-pocket in Fagin's crew. He illustrates Jesus' words, "The meek will inherit the earth." Such innocence is rewarded in the end.
But there is much more to Oliver! than that. When the book first appeared (1837-1839) it was shocking to some that one of the heroes of the story, Nancy, is a prostitute and a thief. Because how can good live in the heart of someone so apparently fallen? But Dickens wanted to remind people that good can live even in those others see as most fallen. The Bible reminds us of this too: that even though humanity is fallen (Genesis 3) the image of God is still seen in us (see Genesis 9:6), although it is now badly spoiled by sin.
Also, the story of Oliver! is a critique of the institutionalised Christianity of Dickens' day. The sub-title of the book is "A Parish Boy's Progress"; that is, Oliver is a 'parish boy' - an orphan under the care of the institutionalised church. The work house, for example, is a church-run work house charged with providing care to some of society's most vulnerable. It is shocking therefore that Oliver receives more hospitality from Fagin's gang of thieves than from the church. The church's care is a million miles away from the care of the Good Samaritan of Jesus' story. We who follow Jesus today need to take heed of Dickens' warning.
This is the second time a group of us from Northside have gone to the theatre. We're looking forward to what we will see next year perhaps.
I love that ad for Cadbury Favourites where the husband & wife are invited over for dinner. The wife asks the one who's invited them, "What can we bring?" and she receives the answer, "You don't have to bring a thing."
The husband's response, once they're alone, is "Sweet! We don't have to bring a thing." The wife's response is the opposite: "Oh no, what am I going to do now? I can't just bring nothing."
Unfortunately, very often the second response is our response too when we learn that God's invited us to a heavenly banquet. We respond by saying, "Great! But what can we bring?" That is, what can we contribute so that we make sure we're not just getting in for free.
But the amazing news that Jesus gives is that the invitation to God's banquet is free. We can't actually contribute to it; it is, by nature, a gift (Romans 3:24).
Are you trying to pay (contribute something) in order to get in to God's banquet - into a relationship with him that will culminate in a heavenly celebration with Jesus and His Father? The great news is you can't pay; you can only hold out your hand to receive this amazing gift.
And that, friends, is grace! | , the minister at North Shore Presbyterian) am on this committee.
Notwithstanding my bias, this website is worth checking out. There are in-depth papers on things like sexuality, gender, humanity, the environment, and domestic violence. There are also shorter articles. Well worth a look.
Our new building is finished and we're now meeting in it on Sundays, at 5 Okino Place, North Shore (Burdell). See map on the side bar. Still at 9.30am. Hope to see you there!
(23 April 17) Here's a sneak peak at our almost-complete building at North Shore!
(5th March 17) Last Sunday a few of us from Northside were able to inspect progress on our new building! Here are some photos, plus a couple more from yesterday.
Northside is pleased to be able to host sexologist, author and speaker Patricia Weerakoon for a special Valentine's Day meal and marriage seminar. This seminar is for married and soon-to-be married couples. Patricia is a Christian and former lecturer at Sydney Medical School.
Child-minding will be available on site. Details of how to book are on the flyer below.
(15 January 2017) I was encouraged today as I read a report from our church's management committee detailing our financial records for the year just past. Management committee reports don't usually get me excited(!) but this one did because it shows the faithfulness and generosity of our God.
Last year Northside faced a huge financial challenge. Looking to our own resources we had no idea how we would meet it. But thankfully it's not only to our own resources that we can look. Because God's resources are infinite and he's the one who's looking after us.
To cut a long story short our management committee report showed that not only did we meet our financial challenge last year but were able to pay even for the significant unforeseen expenses we had - an amazing achievement indeed.
God's people in the desert once asked one another, "Can God spread a table in the wilderness?" (Psalm 78:19). Our management committee's reply is, "Yes he can."
This video is a great reminder that Jesus came especially for those who are feeling lonely or rejected this Christmas. Enjoy!
This Christmas video is a great reminder that Jesus came especially for those who are feeling lonely or rejected. Enjoy!
(20th November 2016) Last Sunday was a special day for Northside as we 'turned the first sod' on our building project.
There was a long list of people to thank, foremost among them our God of course! But it was a nice moment especially to thank the people who come along to Northside regularly and support the work that we're doing. They've put in the 'hard yards' (as it were) to establish a new church in this part of our city and it was nice to be able to acknowledge their significant contribution.
It shows an important aspect of what we want our church to be: a group of people supporting one another. It really was an encouraging moment to be a part of.
(18th September 2016) We had a meeting of our church members today to take what we hope is one of the final steps in an exciting enterprise for us. We are, God willing, looking to build a church building!
With help from our denomination and from sale of property elsewhere in our region we were able to buy a block of land in North Shore late last year. We have been designing a building for that block throughout this year and hope to be able to award a contract for the building in late October.
God has been incredibly good to us and has removed hurdle after hurdle in getting us to this point. We continue to look to him to bring it to completion.
All of that means though these are exciting times as we look to shine Christ's light brighter in the north side of Townsville! We look forward with anticipation to what the coming months will bring.
(4th September 2016) Happy Father's Day to all those dads out there! It was great to acknowledge in a small way at church the great role dads play in our families. And we're grateful to the kind person who made these little gifts (pictured above) to make the dads amongst us feel special.
It was also appropriate though on Father | 897 |
The Local Scene: March 1
Your guide to what's coming up in the Neenah-Menasha area.
The Local Scene: March 1 Your guide to what's coming up in the Neenah-Menasha area. Check out this story on postcrescent.com: http://post.cr/2lOfVDS
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A winter sun offers little warmth to walkers and bicycle riders crossing Lake Winnebago near Faro Springs Road Beach as the Fox Cities Cycling Association 2017 Bike Across Bago and the Walk Across Lake Winnebago to benefit the Neenah Animal Shelter takes place on the ice Feb. 4 near Sherwood.(Photo: Ron Page/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)Buy Photo
Saturday, March 4 Christiaan Smith will perform during a 7 p.m. fundraiser to benefit museum education programs for Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass. Smith was on the national Broadway tour of "Beauty and the Beast." The "Songs We Know" fundraiser will be at University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley in the Communication Arts Building, James W. Perry Hall, 1478 Midway Road. The event begins with a silent auction in the lobby at 6 p.m., the concert at 7 p.m. and a talk back session with Smith at 8:15 p.m. followed by a VIP reception at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for members, volunteers and students; $30 for general admission and $45 for VIP tickets. The VIP includes after concert desserts, a chance to talk with Smith and receive a signed photo. Tickets are available online at http://uwfox.uwc.edu or by calling the museum's Kelly Stoll at 920-751-4658, ext. 305.
Sunday, March 5 The Neenah Community Band will put on a 2 p.m. concert at UW-Fox Valley's Perry Hall in Menasha. The concert is titled "Transformations." Free admission. Donations will be accepted for student music scholarships.
Tuesday, March 7 Have some nonsensical fun at Menasha library's Dr. Seuss book party 6:30-7:15 p.m. Enjoy stories, activities and treats to celebrate Dr. Seuss March madness. For children 3 years to fifth grade. For more information, call 920-967-3670.
Tuesday, March 7 The Fox Valley Free Legal Assistance Clinic will be 4-6 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at the Menasha Public Library in the lower level meeting rooms. Get advice on how to represent yourself or get a referral to an attorney who can possibly represent you without a fee. First come, first served. This program is coordinated by the Winnebago County Clerk of Courts. For more information about the service, call 920-236-4848.
Wednesday, March 8 Fox Valley Women's Connection next lunch will be noon-1:30 p.m. at Bridgewood Resort, 1000 Cameron Way, Neenah. All women are welcome. Unique items will be presented by Red Door Mercantile, downtown Neenah. Speaker will be LeAnn Brechler. Reservations appreciated by Feb. 27 by calling Sue Harvey at 920-725-6472 or emailing maryellenbeck.neenah@gmail.com. Cost is $14.
Thursday March 9 Shelby Milock will explains what "the cloud" is and how you can use it during a 3 p.m. program at the Neenah Public Library. Learn about cloud-based apps that you can use on a smartphone, PC, or tablet. These monthly workshops offer a stress free environment to learn at your own pace. Beginners are encouraged to attend. No registration necessary.
Friday, March 10 The Neenah Public Library hosts a mini comic and graphic novel convention event in conjunction with the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center's "The Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth" show on March 15. The 4 p.m. convention is free. foxcitiespac.com.
Friday, March 10 ThedaCare-Neenah, 130 Second St., will host a 7-11 a.m. blood drive. Another drive will be 2-6 p.m. March 20. To schedule an appointment, call The Community Blood Center at 800-280-4102 or sign up online at www.communityblood.org. Sponsor Code: TCH.
Friday, March 10 The Fox Valley Concert Band, conducted by Dr. Marc Sackman, will present its Winter Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Perry Hall at UW-Fox Valley, 1478 Midway Road. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 920-832-2600 or www.uwfox.uwc.edu.
Sunday, March 12 Local Historian Tom Sutter will discuss the details of his Wisconsin Maps Through the Years exhibit on the Menasha Public Library's art wall during March. The presentation will be at 2 p.m. in the Miron Fireside room. The maps date from 1703 to 1989 and show the history of the place that would come to be known as Wisconsin.
Monday, March 13 Yoga Basics will begin at 6 p.m. at the Menasha Public Library. Tom Finch and Stephanie Lyn Hall from Valley School of Massage & Body Integration will present an introduction to yoga. Participants will need their own yoga mat and a blanket. Space is limited. Register by calling 9<|fim_middle|> collage art inspired by author and illustrator Chris Haughton. For more information, call 920-967-3670.
Saturday, May 6 St. Mary and St. John the Baptist Catholic parishes will host a $25,000 cash raffle and pasta dinner, 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the St. Mary Gymnasium, 528 Second St., Menasha. $15,000 grand prize. $100 ticket can be split four ways and admits four to Pasta Dinner. Only 750 tickets will be sold. Available at the parish office.
Thursday, May 25 Play Script Club is offered in partnership with Attic Theater. Check out a play Attic Theater will perform this summer at the reference desk beginning March 15. A discussion will be 6:30-7 p.m. May 25. Read the play, then join a discussion with Attic Theater cast members. The discussion will be led by Nancy Ernst, UW-Fox Valley Professor in the Communications and Art Department.
The Spring 2017 Friends of the Menasha Library used book sale begins March 9 with a preview sale. Hours are 4-8 p.m. March 9 for the preview sale. Admission is $3 per person with children 12 and younger admitted free. The sale continues with free admission. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. March 10; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 11; and 1:30-4:30 p.m. March 12. A bag sale will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 13. All you can fit in a bag for $4. From 5-7 p.m. March 13, all remaining items are free.
MENTORS NEEDED
Best Friends of Neenah-Menasha is a local nonprofit mentoring agency helping young people thrive through friendships and supportive family networks. Adult volunteers are needed to mentor children of all ages. There are several options, including lunch mentoring, after-school and community-based mentoring programs. For more information, call 920-729-5600.
AGELESS GRACE
Ageless Grace classes will be offered 10-10:45 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at Neuroscience Group (Community Classroom), 1305 W. American Drive, Neenah. $3 per class or 10 class punch card for $30. For more information, call Stacy Parish at 920-251-8341 or email at boomstacy@hotmail.com.
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Tuesday, March 14 A session on Picture Book Art Collage will be 6:30-7:15 p.m. for kids in kindergarten to fifth grade. Use | 50 |
Some diagnostic must be found to determine when practical convergence occurs, i.e. when a sufficient number of simulations have been performed.
The first prerequisite, theoretical convergence, can be reduced to meeting the following three criteria: irreducibility, aperiodicity, and invariance. The second and more ambiguous of the two conditions—a criterion for practical convergence—has several proposed solutions in the literature. For example, Gelman and Rubin (1992) developed an "ANOVA type statistic [for considering] several independent parallel runs of the MCMC simulation," and Geweke (1992) has suggested a comparison of an early-iterations ergodic average to an ergodic average of later iterations. However, Muller also suggests the simpler method of visual diagnosis via plotting the states for each iteration against the iteration number to judge convergence.
Markov Chains and MCMC have many useful applications, ranging across a wide spectrum of fields. One such interesting application is in the game of baseball. When viewing a half-inning in a baseball game, there are 28 possible states based on number of outs–0, 1, 2, or 3–and runners on base–different combinations of having no runners, or having runners on first, second, and/or third base (see http://www.pankin.com/markov/theory.htm for a more detailed description of the transition matrix). This gives us a 28×28 transition matrix filled with the probabilities of being in each respective state. From here, we could calculate the expected value of runs scored from each state and analyze how this expectation changes from state to state. We could also extend this to analyzing the probability of scoring a single run by defining a slightly different transition matrix (again, see the link provided above for more detail). Due to its usefulness, MCMC has become a common tool for baseball analysts and sabermetricians (Editor's Note: Totally had to Google sabermetrician. I'm feeling I got short changed a little in the job naming category).
Another useful application is in the field of ecology. A useful paper, An Application of Markov Chain Monte Carlo to Community Ecology, serves as a wonderful walkthrough of MCMC with the easily conceptualized example of community assemblages (presence/absence) of birds among islands. As with our stated requirements for MCMC, the next state of bird species' distribution among a set of islands only<|fim_middle|> state distribution. The article does a great jobs of connecting the dots from the ecological concept (birds disperse among islands, possibly due to competition) to an ecological question (given the starting state and some measures of competition among species, what is the probability that a random matrix will exhibit the same level of competition) to mathematical challenge (applying MCMC) and then loops the results back around to answer the ecological question (the distribution of finch species among the Galapagos shows evidence of competition!). If you're feeling extra badass and want to make the jump from learning about MCMC to coding some examples in R be sure to check out the following blog posts! | depends on their current | 4 |
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The amount of wonderful stuff that's being created right now for teachers and students is pretty incredible. I've been in the field of education as a teacher for almost nine years now, and I've never seen anything like it. Twitter is the best place to find what's being created, but that's just the start. Teachers are taking to blogs and sharing lessons, screencasts, and directions on how to use Google Apps for Education and various learning management systems in ways that are seriously impressive.
The role of the teacher has reached new levels of professionalism thanks to this proliferation of information. In many cases, teachers must not only know their content areas, but also how to incorporate technology into the classroom. This includes changes to how assignments are assigned and collected, information is dispensed, time is used, students communicate, the set-up of the classroom, the timeframe of learning, professional development, professional learning communities, best practices, and much more.
Teachers are on fire<|fim_middle|> has just begun. | right now in their passion for using the most effective tools to teach students.
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Pioneer David Hogg Changes His Tune - the Cause of Violence in America is No Longer Guns
By Alex Parker | Sep 07, 2019 3:14 PM ET
We're living in an age where people who seem to know nothing are being told they know everything.
Such looks to be true of David Hogg.
But he can't be blamed for being wholly ignorant and completely inexperienced in the world — he's 19. He's not supposed to know anything.
When the horrendous Marjory Stonemen Douglas High shooting occurred in 2018, the media selected a group of students who were anti-gun — that would be, the press excluded all students who were not anti-gun — and then pushed them into the camera with evident whispers of, "Just say things as if you know. Because you magically do. It's a miracle — you just know stuff. Speak as if it's so."
The result was a cringefest of gullible teens being used by<|fim_middle|> country was founded on. That doesn't mean you hate America because it means you love your fellow Americans so much that you don't want to repeat the same mistakes we've made in the past."
To be clear, one need only read the writings of William Bradford to understand American Indians were not viewed justly by some of the early settlers.
As for David Hogg, perhaps this will be his new crusade — the fight against white racist America.
If so, maybe he's learned more than I thought — he's changing his rhetoric to fit the passing preference of the moment.
But it won't make America safer. Only a change of dark hearts will do that.
In the meantime, at least he's got his strange narcissism:
If you want your photo published if you die from gun violence tweet about it so it's on the record with #MyLastShot
— Black Lives Matter (@davidhogg111) August 26, 2019
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Observing young people with absolutely no perspective whatsoever claim themselves the saviors of society as they'd realized what, for some unknown reason, all humans before them had failed to see…watching them on television shout the naive mantra that, because of them, there would never be another mass shooting…was awful. They were being used as pawns toward a political end, unaware of any real-world mechanisms: the intricacies of danger and defense, the wheels of government and how they (don't) turn, the history of crime vs availability of guns, and the sophistication of factors in the commission and rise of violent crime — morality, psychiatric medication, religion, media, the disintegration of the family, plus all the other things people argue about where murders are concerned.
But, perhaps, most of all, the unprepared adolescents didn't understand the realities of the 11-minute news cycle. A gaggle of the fresh-faced believed the future was all theirs.
It wasn't.
It's no group's.
The media pick a story and ride it 'til the ratings wane. Then it's on to the next thing. Buh-bye.
But David Hogg seems intent upon being that person — the one he was told he was, by a media mass that gave him a 4-second spotlight.
He's still popping up every now and then.
But the wave that swept him from teenage anonymity seems to have only served to keep him bubbled.
Here's what he had to say Friday night, on MSNBC (courtesy of The Daily Caller). About gun violence and its cause — the one we're all aware of: white supremacy.
David seems to have moved on to a recent fave of the far Left:
"I think [violence in America] comes down to reckoning with our history, and our history of white supremacy in the United States, and the fact that we live in a post-genocidal society, oftentimes that was orchestrated by the United States government and that, if we want to talk about mass shootings, we have to recognize the massive number of indigenous mass shootings that were committed by the United States government."
His use of "indigenous" is, of course, wrong. All people born in the U.S. are indigenous to it.
"I think back to the Battle of Wounded Knee and the several hundred Native Americans, predominantly men, women and children that were slaughtered by the United States government back in the 19th century and how that's never discussed as a mass shooting, right, and that's wrong, because those people were not armed and we were stealing their land."
He "thinks back" to Wounded Knee?? Has he been lying about his age?
"I think it comes down to reckoning with the tough history and realizing that, it's okay if you recognize the actual history of the United States, it's okay to hate that injustice that much of this country has been founded on and much of the oppression that this | 607 |
Sealants are plastic resins that are placed on the chewing surfaces of teeth, usually back teeth, that have deep grooves and pits in<|fim_middle|>. | them. They help to prevent decay on those surfaces by sealing the bacteria out of the grooves and pits and making these areas easier to keep clean. One of the most common areas for tooth decay is in these grooves on the back teeth that are too narrow for the tooth brush bristles to get to but not for bacteria to penetrate. They are simple to place, rarely require anesthetic because they are painless and only take a few minutes. The tooth is first cleaned and, on occasion, the grooves may be slightly widened with a specially designed drill that removes only a very slight amount of enamel to allow better access to the grooves. Then the sealant material is flowed into the pits and grooves and allowed to harden and bond to the tooth. A slight amount of adjusting and smoothing may be needed to make the sealant fit with the patients bite.
Sealants generally last several years and are checked by the dentist at each check-up visit. At times, they need to be repaired and/or replaced as they will wear out over time under normal chewing forces. They are very good at preventing decay on the chewing surfaces but some other parts of teeth can get decay that are not suitable for sealants, such as in between the teeth. Therefore good oral hygiene, including flossing between the teeth, is necessary to prevent decay.
Some adults can benefit from sealants as well, depending on their decay risk, decay history and the shape, position and groove pattern of their teeth. Some peoples' teeth are harder to keep clean and are therefore at greater risk of decaying and these people would be good candidates for sealants | 329 |
South Central Nebraska has been blessed with abundant natural resources that delight and benefit both residents and visitors to the area.
Clay County is in the middle of the Rainwater Basin which is the name given to the 17 county area in South Central Nebraska that is dotted with shallow marshland basins which attract waterfowl during their spring migration. This Basin, covering almost a 4,200 square mile area, consists of 10,000 acres and approximately 400 wetlands.
These wetlands are depressions in the ground layered with clay which traps rainwater and snow melt and forms natural marshes. These marshes warm quickly in the spring and provide both food and rest to the millions of waterfowl who migrate through the area each spring.
One of the great natural wonders of the world is the migration of water-birds, especially snow geese, from their wintering areas in the south through the center of the United States to their breeding grounds in the north.
This migration path is shaped like an hourglass. Located right in the center and most narrow part of the path is South Central Nebraska and the Rainwater Basin.
The spring migration of snow geese through Nebraska is unmatched by any other place in North America and the path they take is called the Central Flyway. Waterfowl biologists believe this Midcontinent population of snow geese numbers 6 to 8 million birds.
Truly a bird-watching and waterfowl hunting delight.
The Little Blue River, bubbling quietly along through South Central Nebraska, provides a geologic separation to the land on either side of the river. The flat fertile Plains lying above the valley are usually to the north side of the Little Blue and provide great agricultural opportunities.
The hilly Dissected Plains, eroded by water and wind, usually lie to the south of the Little Blue River. The steep slopes and sharp ridge crests of this hilly land provides beautiful scenery and wonderful wildlife habitat.
The Little Blue River in South Central Nebraska begins south of Minden and journeys in an east-to-southeasterly direction before leaving the Nebraska state boundary southeast of Fairbury, Nebraska.
The Little Blue River converges with the Big Blue River about 35 miles into Kansas and ultimately empties into Tuttle Creek Lake in northeast Kansas.
The Republican River in south western and South Central Nebraska is considered one of Nebraska's canoe trails. The river is flanked by hilly land with moderate to steep loess slopes and sharp ridge crests. The Republican River Valley is one to two miles wide and is occupied by farmland.
Among the stands of cottonwood and willows are deer, turkeys, beavers, herons, coyotes, foxes and channel catfish in the river.
The Republican River begins in extreme southwestern Nebraska where the North Fork Republican and the Arikaree Rivers out of Colorado converge. It is also fed by the South Fork Republican further east at Benkelman, NE. From there is flows more than 200 miles east through southwestern and South Central Nebraska until it enters Kansas south east of Superior, NE, eventually dumping into Milford Lake in northeast Kansas by Junction City, Kansas.
A pristine, clear night sky, with very little light pollution, can be found in South Central Nebraska – perfect for phenomenal stargazing.
"The beauty of the sunsets compliments the peacefulness of life in"…South Central Nebraska.
Various governmental groups are dedicated to preserving, protecting and providing access to the natural resources of South Central Nebraska. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were previously mentioned as providing such services.
Natural Resource Districts in the South Central PPD service area include the Little Blue Natural Resource District and the Lower Republican Natural Resource District.
In addition, the Trailblazer Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Council, 402-746-3560, is one of eight councils in Nebraska that tackles issues affecting the vitality of rural communities. The Trailblazer RC&D receives funding from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and includes the service area of South Central PPD. The Trailblazer RC&D is devoted to the environment, tourism and recreation, community leadership, entrepreneurship, and sustainable agriculture.
South Central Nebraska has a rich legacy of involvement in history-making events that shaped our country.
The Oregon Trail, the Pony Express and the railroads—historic corridors that passed through South Central Nebraska—provide a connection of people and places with these historical attractions.
The Oregon Trail started from Independence, Missouri, followed the Kansas River west and then the Little Blue River north into Nebraska. The quarter million pioneers that used this trail from 1841 to 1869 traversed Nuckolls County in South Central Nebraska as they followed this <|fim_middle|> southern branch of the UP mainline bisecting Clay County as it heads for Marysville, Kansas from the switching yard in Hastings, NE. The towns of Glenvil, Fairfield, and Edgar in the South Central PPD service area are on this Union Pacific line and share in the legacy of the UP railroad.
Catherland/Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial – The western half of Webster County was officially proclaimed as "Catherland" by the Nebraska State Legislature in 1965. The Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial has preserved and restored sites in Red Cloud, NE, important to the life and works of Willa Cather, a native of Red Cloud, NE.
The historic Naval Ammunition Depot (NAD) was the largest Navy ammunition plant (48,743 acres) in operation during WWII and is located in part of Clay County on Highway 6, east of Hastings. As part of President Franklin Roosevelt's "Arsenal of Democracy", construction on this military installation for the production and storage of bombs, mines and ammunition began within a matter of months after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941. Many buildings and storage bunkers can still be viewed while driving through the grounds.
Starke Round Barn, located east of Red Cloud, NE, is Nebraska's largest round barn.
Historical museums exist in South Central Nebraska that preserve and display the rich legacy of the area.
The Nebraska State Historical Society operates a state-wide network of history facilities. The Willa Cather Foundation is located in Red Cloud and pays tribute to the Pulitizer Prize-winning author who grew up in the area. The historic site includes six period structures that influenced her writing, including her childhood home, the Catholic and Episcopal churches, the Garber Bank, the Burlington Depot and the Pavelka Farmstead. | 2000 mile trail to Oregon. Many historical markers, sites and events celebrate the passage of this famous trail through the area of South Central Nebraska.
The Pony Express followed the same Oregon Trail route through South Central Nebraska in delivering mail between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. The fabled Pony Express only ran for 18 months, from April 3, 1860 to late October, 1861, as a means of drawing public attention to the dreams of the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company in gaining the million dollar government mail contract.
The completion of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869 marked the end of the Oregon Trail and the need for the Pony Express. The history of the Union Pacific Railroad began while it was still common for many travelers to walk alongside their wagons across the Great Plains of Nebraska following this Oregon Trail. Today, the Union Pacific Mainline continues to follow the Platte River across the State of Nebraska with the | 204 |
A dividend<|fim_middle|>%-75% of free cash flow paid out.
When Bush's recently passed dividends tax cut proposal was first announced, the life insurance industry complained that the bill would sharply reduce the tax advantage of annuities sold by insurance companies, potentially costing them hundreds of millions of dollars. | that a company would have ordinarily declared and paid but decided against doing so. For example, if a company ordinarily pays a dividend each March but decides not to do so in March 2010, that dividend is said to be omitted. A company usually omits a dividend when it is experiencing financial difficulties and wishes to keep the cash that would have gone to pay the dividend to maintain its operations. An omitted dividend is also called a passed dividend.
A regular dividend that is omitted by a firm's board of directors. Passed dividends on most issues of preferred stock, but not on common stock, eventually must be made up. Also called omitted dividend, unpaid dividend. See also dividends in arrears.
The company, which has passed dividend payments to the government since 2006, will resume distributions for the 2011/2012 fiscal year at 65 | 181 |
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The Band's Christmas concert this year was held in the beautifully restored surroundings of Aylesbury Methodist Church. Although we have played here once before for a wedding, this was something of an experiment to see if the church was suitable to become a regular venue for our concerts, and on the whole the answer seemed to be yes. Admittedly the band was a tight fit in the chancel, not helped by the large Christmas tree at the back, but after some juggling the whole band managed to squeeze into place. There are certainly advantages for the audience, the church is more accessible than St Mary's, there are no pillars in the way to obscure the audience's view of the band, and those who wished<|fim_middle|>ols
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The concert opened with Fanfare and Hark the Herald Angels Sing, a quirky modern arrangement of the Christmas carol by Chip Davis for the group Mannheim Steamroller[Wikipedia] (who are very popular in the USA but virtually unknown in this country). This was followed by Alfred Reed's Festive Overture, then Black and White Rag and the four Gypsy Dances Puszta by Jan Van Der Roost. Vanessa Owen and Annalie Ibison played the Flower Duet from Lakmé arranged for flute and oboe by James Curnow. After Christmas Recollections and a carol sung by the audience, the first half ended with A Vaughan Williams Christmas.
After the interval the second half opened with Troika by Prokofiev, and New York by Nigel Hess. Another new piece came next: Good Swing Wenceslas arranged by Sammy Nestico. A quartet from the sax section then played three entertaining pieces, Ceilito Lindo, Solitude by Duke Ellington, and Five foot two, eyes of blue. The old favourite, Carol of the Drum was followed by the 3rd movement of Pineapple Poll, Broadway Showstoppers, and of course, White Christmas. After another carol sung by the audience the concert ended with Sleigh Ride and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
Near the end of the concert, conductor Robert Wicks publicly thanked the members of the band and the committee for all their work in the past year, and John Dablin presented him with a gift in recognition of all the hard work he had done over the Christmas season conducting the band in the absence of Duncan Stubbs.
So ended another year. In January rehearsals start for the next concert in Penn Street, and it will be time to start preparing for another Band Development Weekend in March, as well as the Spring concert. So there is much to look forward to in 2010.
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Curling's Southern Conquest
Brian Patrick
In a state lacking skiable mountains or prolonged cold snaps sufficient to freeze ponds and lakes to a safe thickness, most Oklahomans have long been on the outside looking in where traditional winter athletics are concerned.
But the explosion of a slippery sport from the Great White North onto the state's ice rink scene has found rapidly growing numbers of Oklahomans sliding into a love affair with curling.
An Olympic<|fim_middle|>oms from OCC, the Tulsa Curling Club held its first open house in January 2012. "I expected between 20 and 25 people," Vardeman says. When 67 people showed up, any doubt that curling could be a viable enterprise in the Tulsa area was once and for all swept away.
From humble beginnings, both OCC and TCC have thrived. And in many cases, the sport has proven a rejuvenating force for those who have caught the curling fever. "One guy told me this was the first sport he has ever played," Vardeman says. "One guy could barely walk. But when he got on the ice he was like a 20-year-old."
Curling's repetitive nature allows novice participants to rapidly pick up on its subtle nuances. Vardeman says a curler goes through approximately 50 weekly repetitions during a 10-week season. "It's like golf. You get that one good shot and it's like, 'I could do this forever.'"
As curling continues to establish its growing Sooner State presence, Vardeman is excited by the prospect of seeing Oklahoma curlers compete on a future Winter Olympic stage. "I have delusions of grandeur," he says, pointing to the Austin, Texas-based Lone Star Curling Club's ongoing efforts to build a dedicated curling facility as a similar long-term local goal for TCC.
But like any legitimate visionary on good terms with fate and ambition, he pauses and thinks about his self-described delusions. Very convincingly he declares, "I don't think they're that far-fetched."
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Working to Preserve History | sport tracing its origin to Medieval Scotland, curling is an icy version of shuffleboard played with 40-pound blocks of round granite and a broom. Curlers score points by sliding the blocks into a painted target area while three team members use special brooms to sweep the ice ahead of the gliding granite.
Oklahoma's burgeoning curling community is a melting pot of backgrounds comprised of Canadian expatriates tracing their love for the game to childhood, as well as curious Oklahoma natives captivated by Olympic competition. It is a sport enjoyed by men, women, young, old, athletic and not-so-athletic, alike.
Count Tulsa Curling Club founder Eric Vardeman among the curious captives. A chance televised viewing of the curling competition during the 2006 Olympic Winter Games set him on a quest that would ultimately lead to his establishing the Tulsa club. "It was a vendetta," he says of his instant passion for the game. "I just had to learn how to play it. I got addicted to it without even playing it."
When the curling bug first bit Vardeman, Tulsa lacked a curling league. He found the scratch for his curling itch in the Edmond-based Oklahoma Curling Club. Holding the distinction of being the state's first organized curling organization, OCC was born of founder Jonathan Havercroft's desire to find a game on the north bank of the Red River. "I grew up in Canada where curling is a big winter activity," he explains. After moving to the Oklahoma City area in 2007, Havercroft found himself making Sunday drives to Dallas to get a game in. "After about two years I was getting fed up with this, and I decided to start a club up here."
Curlers score points by sliding the blocks into a painted target area while three team members use special brooms to sweep the ice ahead of the gliding granite.
The trick, Havercroft says, was determining the viability of such a club. "I posted an announcement on Facebook for a meeting at a Starbucks, and five people I had never met before came out to the meeting. That was when I knew that there was at least some interest." Nailing down a host rink would prove somewhat of a bigger challenge. After a tentative reception from the first rink he approached, Havercroft's fortunes changed two days later. "I received a call from Darryl Rowley, the manager of the Arctic Edge ice rink in Edmond. He started asking really technical questions about how to set up the ice, and he was using a lot of curling-specific terms. I asked him, 'Have you curled before?' and it turned out that he had and that he was from a big curling family back in Canada. That's when I knew I had a shot at getting him to try curling at his rink."
Like Havercroft, geography played a role in Vardeman's decision to establish the Tulsa club when gliding back and forth on the Turner Turnpike became a burden. After confirming a home at Oilers Ice Center, the next order of business was introducing curling to a region largely unfamiliar with the sport. "I just knew we needed eight people to play two teams. If that was all we had, that was all we had." Borrowing stones and bro | 693 |
NSAIDs are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Non-prescription NSAIDs include ibuprofen and naproxen. Even aspirin and willow bark are considered NSAIDs. They have been used by people since the early 1900s (willow bark has actually been used a lot longer in alternative medical circles and by lay people). Aspirin was first introduced into the market in 1899.
COX-2 inhibitors are another, more recent class of medications, used by prescription as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Because they are new, long term implications of using these types of drugs have not been studied and this is being studied.
NSAIDs have many uses when it comes to pain. They reduce inflammation, decrease stiffness, decrease fever, and lessen platelet aggregation. NSAID use is very common, with about 50-100 million prescriptions being prescribed each year and an untold number of patients taking the drug as a non-prescription treatment. The overall cost of these medications in the US is about one billion USD per year, although others estimate the cost can be as high as $2.2 billion per year.
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COX-2 is usually not found in normal tissues, except the brain, bones, kidneys, and the female reproductive organs, particularly the ovaries and uterus. In injuries, COX-2 can be "turned on" so that it partakes in the inflammatory process. It increases prostaglandin function (pain) in damaged tissues. Instead of damaging GI tissue, it actually helps promote healing of the tissue.
Exactly which NSAID to take depends on whether or not it works and on its side effect profile. It is estimated that you should try an NSAID for about a week before deciding it is not going to work, except for piroxicam, which has a long half-life and should be tried for about 2 weeks. Naproxen is believed to have the lowest side effect profile and is found in medications like Aleve®. Ibuprofen and fenuprofen also have a relatively low side effect profile. Some NSAIDs contribute to infertility and can cause harm to the fetus so should not be taken.
Start with the lowest dose possible to make sure there are no allergies or toxicities and work up to higher, acceptable doses until symptoms are relieved. Most NSAIDs relieve pain and inflammation to the same degree when taken in prescribed doses. For things like period cramps (dysmenorrhea), the non-salicylate NSAIDs seem to work better than regular salicylate NSAIDs. COX-2 inhibitors like celecoxib are indicated for dysmenorrhea specifically. The dosing recommendations for pain are different from the dosage recommendations for inflammation. The longer the half-life, the longer the pain relief you will experience. It can take up to a month for full anti-inflammatory effects to begin to work.
Some dosage adjustments are necessary for the elderly and for children. This is because renal clearance of drugs varies with kidney function. There are more drug-drug interactions and worsened GI symptoms in the elderly population. Dosages should be reduced in those with either liver or kidney disease.
There are a lot of side effects of NSAIDs. These include GI effects, such as dyspepsia, stomach ulcers, nausea, vomiting and gastrointestinal bleeding. Those that inhibit COX-1 cause more problems than those that inhibit COX-2. Liver toxicity can happen, even with aspirin. Kidney problems, including kidney failure have been noted when taking medications such as indomethacin, piroxicam, and ketorolac. Other side effects are related to the central nervous system and include headache, nightmares, dizziness, and confusion. Ringing of the ears is possible with aspirin. Aspirin can also cause an exacerbation of asthma and Reye's syndrome in kids.
Drug to drug interactions are many with NSAIDs and it depends on which NSAID you take. This is why it is important to talk to the pharmacist or doctor and to tell them all of the medications you are currently taking, including herbal preparations.
Cost is another factor to consider. Some NSAIDs are considerably cheaper than others and those that have generic equivalents tend to be cheaper if you use the generic kind of medication. Costs vary from pharmacy to pharmacy, so it pays to do your homework. | the processes of tenderness, redness, swelling and pain. It can be caused by an injury, ischemia or an infection. There are actually three phases to inflammation. The first phase is when you experience the symptoms of redness, swelling, and pain. This is caused by dilatation of the vessels around the site of the injury and leakage of fluid and inflammatory molecules around the site. The next phase of inflammation is when inflammatory cells and macrophages travel to the injured site to get rid of dead cells and fight bacteria. The last phase of inflammation is when connective tissue comes in to create a scar and healthy tissue is regenerated.
Acetaminophen is a good drug for fever but is not considered to be an NSAID. This is because it has no effect on platelets nor does it affect inflammation. Unlike NSAIDs, acetaminophen carries a greater risk of damage to the liver. It can be used in those who cannot tolerate NSAIDs for whatever reason. Because it does not affect inflammation, it should not be used when there is a significant amount of inflammation associated with a pain. Instead of acting as an anti-inflammatory, acetaminophen, marketed as Tylenol®, acts on the fever centers of the hypothalamus. It increases sweating, promoting a decrease in body temperature. Its effectiveness on controlling pain isn't understood very well.
Aspirin and other salicylates metabolize in the body into salicylic acid. Aspirin is the only NSAID that actually acts on platelets, while all NSAIDs act on pain and inflammation. Salicylates actually go to the site of inflammation in order to work. They block prostaglandin synthesis, which causes pain and inflammation. The antiplatelet activity happens because aspirin acetylates COX (cyclooxygenase), This causes a decrease in thromboxane A2, which causes platelets to stick together. Aspirin also blocks prostaglandin synthesis, which acts directly on the hypothalamic fever centers, decreasing fever. It also causes dilatation of the blood vessels of the body, causing a decrease in body temperature.
Other NSAIDs act a bit differently from aspirin but basically do the same things (except inhibit platelet aggregation). They can be even stronger than opioids in some cases, especially for pain following surgery. There are several classes of NSAIDs. The one most people take over-the-counter is propionic acid. This includes naproxen and ibuprofen, along with prescription drugs ketoprofen, oxaprozin and fenuprofen. COX-2 inhibitors are another common class of NSAID. This includes celecoxib and rofecoxib. They are easier on the stomach when compared to other nonsteroidal agents. It is a sulfonamide-type medication, meaning that it cannot be taken by people known to have sulfonamide allergies. Interestingly, those people who are allergic to aspirin need to avoid taking all types of NSAIDs, even those that are not salicylates.
Anti-inflammatories all inhibit cyclooxygenase or COX. There are two types of COX: COX-1 and COX-2. Both types of enzymes block the synthesis of prostaglandins so pain and inflammation is less. Some NSAIDs inhibit one kind of COX, while others inhibit both types to varying degrees. COX-1 inhibits the formation of thromboxane A2, which contributes to platelet aggregation. Aspirin is almost exclusively a COX-1 inhibitor. COX-1 also helps regulate kidney function, GI mucosa, and the hemostasis of blood. You need COX-1 to maintain the production of gastric mucus and to protect the stomach wall. This is why drugs like aspirin cause stomach | 773 |
Years ago, when I finally resolved to stop smoking cigarettes, I used an approach called gradual reduction. The ideas is, I would smoke fewer cigarettes each day until I reached zero. It's an technique that is often recommended by health professionals.
In my case, my attitude was good, but my performance was imperfect. I failed to keep a log or notebook, so I never knew for sure how much I had smoked yesterday or what my target should be for today. It's<|fim_middle|> number of false positives telling him he was smoking when he wasn't. Nevertheless, he said he believes SmokeBeat would be a very helpful tool in his effort to quit the nicotine habit. | a problem that can trip up many would-be quitters who have good intentions but lack the tools to make their plan work.
This is where SmokeBeat comes in. It's an app that works with a wearable monitoring device to monitor and record a smoker's habits and help them keep track toward their smoke-free goal. The app was developed byTel Aviv-based Somatix, a company that focuses on collecting data to help individuals and organizations track and measure the efficiency of incentives.
The app uses the gyroscope and accelerometer that are built into smart watches and other wearable devices to identify the hand-to-mouth movements that signal smoking. Once the smartphone and wristband are paired, the app starts recording and measuring smoking activities.
The app acts like a personal smoking coach. It delivers a pop-up alert when it believes you are smoking. It tells you how many cigarettes you've smoked today, yesterday or this week. After you set a personal target - say three cigarettes per day - it lets you know if you're on track or if you've blown past your goal.
It also lets you know how much money you're spent (i.e. wasted) on smokes and how much you've save as you reduce your habit. The high cost of smoking has proven to be a good motivating factor for quitters.
Because I haven't smoked cigarettes in many years, I recruited a family member to test drive the SmokeBeat system. Michael's not a heavy smoker, but he might have several cigarettes on an average day and use his electronic vapor pipe in the evening.
Michael also has an Android smartphone and watch. The SmokeBeat app is currently available only for Androids (I'm told and iOS version will be released soon) but it works with a variety of wearable devices, including Apple and Taizen watches.
SmokeBeat's constant reminders that he's a smoker was both welcome and annoying. It reinforced his determination to quit or cut down, but it was a little like having his mother looking over his shoulder.
He also appreciated the app's clean and clear presentation of the data that it collects. It helped him analyze his smoking patterns and illuminated what he already suspected: that smoking consumes more time and money than he would like.
Michael noted that the app and increased the battery usage on his watch and it registered a | 459 |
Daleville<|fim_middle|> | is located in southwest Dale County, in the southeast corner of the state. The town is located adjacent to the southern border of Fort Rucker, the primary training center for Army Aviation, and is home to the U.S. Army Aviation Museum. The town is known as "The Gateway to Fort Rucker."
Daleville and Dale County were named in honor of Samuel Dale, a frontiersman, soldier, and public servant who participated in the Creek War of 1813-14. The town was established in 1827 as the county seat, as it was at the time in the geographical center of the county; initially it was named Dale Court House. By 1843, as county boundaries changed with the creation of new counties around Dale County, its county seat was moved from Dale Court House to Newton and finally to Ozark. After several name changes, the town adopted Daleville as its official name in 1848.
In 1900, a railroad spur ran into the town, and it briefly became a cotton shipping center because of the existence of two cotton gins in the area. A post office was established in 1905, and the first bank was established in 1911. The town voted to incorporate in 1912 but voted to rescind that incorporation four years later.
Fort Rucker. Since that time, Daleville's economic well-being has depended primarily on the fortunes of the fort and its programs. Daleville voted to incorporate again in 1958.
According to 2016 Census estimates, Daleville recorded a population of 5,160. Of that number, 64.4 percent identified themselves as white, 23.2 percent as African American, 8.3 percent as Hispanic, 4.1 percent as two or more races, 3.0 percent as Asian, and 0.2 percent as Native American. The town's median household income was $41,235, and the per capita income was $19,413.
Schools in Daleville are part of the Daleville City School District; the town has approximately 837 students and 59 teachers in one elementary school and one high school.
State Highway 85 runs north-south through Daleville, and State Highway 134 runs east-west. U.S. Highway 84 lies less than a mile south of the city, running east-west. Enterprise Municipal Airport is located less than 10 miles to the west.
Daleville has two parks with tennis courts, walking tracks, softball and baseball fields, and a pavilion and picnic area. The Daleville Community Center offers a basketball gymnasium, outdoor basketball courts, and two baseball fields, as well as meeting rooms.
Dale County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Dale County, Alabama. Clanton, Ala.: Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc., 2001.
McGee, Val. L. Claybank Memories: A History of Dale County, Alabama. Ozark, Ala.: Dale County Historical Society, 1989.
Watson, Fred S. Forgotten Trails: A History of Dale County, Alabama, 1824-1966. Edited by William R. Snell. Birmingham, Ala.: Banner Press, 1968. | 703 |
Watch Travis Barker Drumming On The New blink-182 Album — Kerrang!
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Last month Travis revealed that blink already had "over 40 songs recorded" for the follow-up to 2016's California. "And we've never actually recorded that many songs for an album before," he continued. "But it's a matter of – I don't know, our expectations are crazy. And you know, only 10-12 will be on the album. But we've got to have those 10-12 that are bangers.
Check out Travis in action below. | 182 have been teasing Travis Barker in action in the studio.
As we (hopefully) edge ever-closer to a new blink-182 album, the band have been teasing videos of drummer Travis Barker doing his thing in the studio – and it's sounding killer.
Bassist Mark Hoppus posted on Instagram a clip of Travis with the caption, "blink-182 studio life," while the sticksman himself just wrote: "Left foot still works," alongside video footage of his studio | 102 |
Suppose there is a gold mine somewhere in a jungle and you are standing outside the jungle. There are 10 different paths which are going to the jungle, out of which only one path is going to lead to the mine. What would you do?
There is no option other than checking every path until the mine is found. So, you will start from the first path and if the mine is not found using this path, you will come back to take the second path and so on. This is backtracking, you just backtracked to the origin to take a different path when the mine was not found.
There can be more than one path leading to the mine. In that case, we use backtracking to find just one solution or more solutions depending upon the necessity of the problem.
Think about the problems like finding a path in a maze puzzle, assembling lego pieces, sudoku, etc. In all these problems, backtracking is the natural approach to solve them because all these problems require one thing - if a path is not leading you to the correct solution, come back and choose a different path.
Check if this sub-solution will lead to a solution or not.
If not, then change the sub-solution and continue again.
Take note that even tough backtracking solves the problem but yet it doesn't always give us a great running time. For example, you will see factorial running time in many cases with backtracking but yet we can use it to solve problems with small size (like most of the puzzles).
Let's get our hands dirty and use backtracking to solve N-Queens problem.
N queens problem is one of the most common examples of backtracking. Our goal is to arrange N queens on an NxN chessboard such that no queen can strike down any other queen. A queen can attack horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
So, we start by placing the first queen anywhere arbitrarily and then place the next queen in any of the safe places. We continue this process until the number of unplaced queens becomes zero (a solution is found) or no safe place is left. If no safe place is left, then we change the position of the previously placed queen.
Let's test this algorithm on a 4x4 chessboard.
The above picture shows a 4x4 chessboard and we have to place 4 queens on it. So, we will start by placing the first queen in the first row.
Now, the second step is to place the second queen in a safe position. Also, we can't place the queen in the first row, so we will try putting<|fim_middle|> equation, we can say that the algorithm is going to take $O(n!)$.
Take a note that this is an optimized version of backtracking algorithm to implement N-Queens (no doubts, it can be further improved). Backtracking - Explanation and N queens problem article has the non-optimized version of the algorithm, you can compare the running time of the both. | the queen in the second row this time.
Let's place the third queen in a safe position, somewhere in the third row.
Now, we can see that there is no safe place where we can put the last queen. So, we will just change the position of the previous queen i.e., backtrack and change the previous decision.
Also, there is no other position where we can place the third queen, so we will go back one more step and change the position of the second queen.
And now we will place the third queen again in a safe position other than the previously placed position in the third row.
We will continue this process and finally, we will get the solution as shown below.
After understanding the backtracking and N queens problem, let's write the code for it.
Let's first write a function to check if a place is safe to put a queen or not.
We need to check if a cell (i, j) is under attack or not. For that, we will pass these two in our function along with the chessboard and its size - IS-ATTACK(i, j, board, N).
If there is a queen in a cell of the chessboard, then its value will be 1, otherwise, 0.
The cell (i,j) will be under attack in three condition - if there is any other queen in row i, if there is any other queen in the column j or if there is any queen in the diagonals.
We are already proceeding row-wise, so we know that all the rows above the current row(i) are filled but not the current row and thus, there is no need to check for row i.
We can check for the column j by changing k from 1 to i-1 in board[k][j] because only the rows from 1 to i-1 are filled.
Now, we need to check for the diagonal. We know that all the rows below the row i are empty, so we need to check only for the diagonal elements which above the row i.
If we are on the cell (i, j), then decreasing the value of i and increasing the value of j will make us traverse over the diagonal on the right side, above the row i.
Also if we reduce both the values of i and j of cell (i, j) by 1, we will traverse over the left diagonal, above the row i.
At last, we will return false as it will be return true is not returned by the above statements and the cell (i,j) is safe.
Now, let's write the real code involving backtracking to solve the N Queen problem.
Our function will take the row, number of queens, size of the board and the board itself - N-QUEEN(row, n, N, board).
If the number of queens is 0, then we have already placed all the queens.
Otherwise, we will iterate over each cell of the board in the row passed to the function and for each cell, we will check if we can place the queen in that cell or not. We can't place the queen in a cell if it is under attack.
After placing the queen in the cell, we will check if we are able to place the next queen with this arrangement or not. If not, then we will choose a different position for the current queen.
if N-QUEEN(row+1, n-1, N, board) - We are placing the rest of the queens with the current arrangement. Also, since all the rows up to 'row' are occupied, so we will start from 'row+1'. If this returns true, then we are successful in placing all the queen, if not, then we have to change the position of our current queen. So, we are leaving the current cell board[row][j] = 0 and then iteration will find another place for the queen and this is backtracking.
Take a note that we have already covered the base case - if n==0 → return TRUE. It means when all queens will be placed correctly, then N-QUEEN(row, 0, N, board) will be called and this will return true.
At last, if true is not returned, then we didn't find any way, so we will return false.
The analysis of the code is a little bit tricky. The for loop in the N-QUEEN function is running from 1 to N (N, not n. N is fixed and n is the size of the problem i.e., the number of queens left) but the recursive call of N-QUEEN(row+1, n-1, N, board) ($T(n-1)$) is not going to run N times because it will run only for the safe cells. Since we have started by filling up the rows, so there won't be more than n (number of queens left) safe cells in the row in any case.
So, this part is going to take $n*T(n-1)$ time.
Also, the for loop is making N calls to the function IS-ATTACK and the function has a $O(N-n)$ worst case running time.
Since $(N-n) \leq N$, therefore, $O(N-n) = O(N)$.
The above expression is dependent upon both the size of the board (N) and the number of queens (n). One can think that the term $O(N^2) \left(O((n-2)!)\right)$ will dominate if N is large enough but this is not going to happen.
Think about placing 1 queen on a 4x4 chessboard. Even if the size of the board (N) is quite greater than the number of queen (n), the algorithm will just find a place for the queen and then terminate (if n==0 → return TRUE). So it is not going to depend on N and thus, the running time will be $O(n!)$.
Another case is when the term $O(n!)$ will dominate, i.e., when the number of queens is larger than N, this will happen when there won't be any solution. In this case, the algorithm will take $O(n!)$ time.
and thus, say $O(N^2) \left(O((n-2)!)\right) = O(n!)$. You can use our discussion forum to get your doubt cleared.
So by analyzing the | 1,314 |
Leading up to the UA's 100th Homecoming, we are highlighting UA alumni who are being honored with alumni of the year awards.
James Edward Richärd is the architect responsible for UA's award-winning Meinel Optical Sciences Building, the Bryant Bannister Tree Ring Building and the new Environment and Natural Resources Building II. He is the Alumnus of the Year for<|fim_middle|> successful planning, design and construction of complex, high-profile projects.
His many awards include the AIA Arizona Architect's Medal in 2008. The Meinel Optical Sciences Building garnered state, regional and national AIA Honor Awards. Also, Richärd+Bauer recently was awarded a five-year contract with the U.S. Department of State Overseas Building Operations to design embassies and consulates.
Richärd earned his bachelor's degree in architecture from the UA. | the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture.
In 1996, Richärd partnered with UA alumna Kelly Bauer to open Richärd+Bauer in Phoenix. The firm's focus is primarily higher education, research and library design. It has established a reputation for | 57 |
The Paper Boutique: Two Hobbies Unite… Mine and His!
Two Hobbies Unite… Mine and His!
My husband, in addition to being a<|fim_middle|> purchased the trays. Duh! The good news is that the trays are also perfect for appetizers.
OMG, how fun is this! Your labels look awesome! That is very cool that your hubby brews his own beer! What a perfect way to combine your hobbies!
You better be careful-never know where this "hobby" may lead. My hubby thought his bird carving "hobby" was just to relieve tension from a 9-5 job. It turned into a full time career, which just happened to be the best thing that ever could have happened to us.
What a fun combo! Super fun and festive too!
These are great! You are so creative!
Your party sounds like fun!
Love the wrappers and thanks for the link. | wonderful photographer is also good at brewing microbrews, so I could not resist combining his love of beer making with my love of crafting.
I discovered these free labels on-line and just had to make them. I made more labels that are specific to the type of beer brewed and will share in another post. My next task was to find beer tasting glasses so we could have a beer tasting party.
I searched everywhere for tasting glasses with no luck. Finally a very clever Pier One sales associate suggested that I use votive glasses that were only $1.00 each. I now have quite a few of them to accommodate lots of tastings.
Next, I needed a way to mark the beers. I used my label set from Spellbinders to cut labels out of Martha Stewart removable labels. The great thing about these labels is that you can remove them and use them again and again. Yahoo!! Dry erase markers work great to write on the labels and your guests can have fun decorating their glasses. I used a different color for each style of beer.
The last task was to find beer trays which I did at Pier One. I also bought a large tray that accommodates 12 tasting glasses.
In addition, I am going to design and print beer tasting place-mats. This would have been the most economically way to go, but I thought of it after I | 276 |
I can't believe my blog is 6 years old now. SIX! That's impressive to me. It's been growing year by year and I'm grateful for that. I may not have thousands of followers across social media, but here on WordPress I've been growing year by year. 🙂 That makes this bookish, blogger heart very happy.
If you've been here since the beginning, I thank you! If you're new around here then welcome! Thanks for checking out my blog and I hope that you stick around! ❤ Every comment and/or engagement with fellow bloggers brightens my day.
As a big thank you (and part of my normal tradition!) I'm running a giveaway.
You can win 4 books of your choice from either Amazon or The Book Depository. The only limitations are text books or ridiculously priced books but these will be discussed with the winner.
The giveaway is international, it runs for a week with the winner being contacted on 5th January 2019! If you are under 18, please make sure you have permission to give out your address. Addresses will only be used to enter delivery information and will not be stored. Good luck!
Chrissi Reads Is 5 Today!
My baby turns 5 today. 5 YEARS of blogging. My my.
As always I want to say a big thank you to every single person that has visited my blog. Whether today is your first visit or you're regularly visiting… THANK YOU. I appreciate each and every one of you.
My blog may not be massively successful statistically, but I'm proud<|fim_middle|> also met some amazing bloggers (in real life too!) Thank you to everyone that reads my blog and leaves a comment. Whether it's your first time here, or whether you regularly read, I really appreciate it.
I've got into the habit of hosting a giveaway on my blogoversary, so here goes!
The giveaway is international, it runs for a week with the winner being contacted on 5th January 2015! If you are under 18, please make sure you have permission to give out your address. Addresses will only be used to enter delivery information and will not be stored. | of how far its come and how many wonderful people I've met along the way (some in real life too!) I love interacting with like minded people. Your comments mean the world to me. This year I've hit quite a few milestones of my own and I'm super proud of myself.
As it is a 5 year anniversary I've decided to slightly change my annual giveaway by adding one more book!
The giveaway is international, it runs for a week with the winner being contacted on 5th January 2018! If you are under 18, please make sure you have permission to give out your address. Addresses will only be used to enter delivery information and will not be stored. Good luck!
Today is my fourth year anniversary. 4 YEARS. I am so proud of my blog. It may not be the most well known blog in the world but it's my little area of the internet and I love it. I'm still so passionate about my book blog 4 years down the line. I really think that I've grown as a blogger in these 4 years and I'm looking forward to whatever is next for my blog. I could possibly reach a huge milestone in the next few weeks and I'm ever so excited!
To thank everyone that visits Chrissi Reads, I would like to run my annual giveaway once more.
The giveaway is international, it runs for a week with the winner being contacted on 5th January 2017! If you are under 18, please make sure you have permission to give out your address. Addresses will only be used to enter delivery information and will not be stored.
I'd like to wish everyone that celebrates a very Merry Christmas. I hope you get lots of bookish stuff and that you get to make some special memories with your loved ones.
Thank you to all of the regular readers of my blog. You make blogging so worth while. Here's to a Happy New Year!
Today my blog turns 3! I can't believe I've been book blogging for three years now. It really has flown by! I love book blogging, it has introduced me to genres I never thought I'd read. I have | 446 |
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