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From a grand mansion to a family-run guest house to a restaurant-with-rooms, these hotels are warm and welcoming.
Loch and ocean, moor and mountain, highlands and islands ... Scotland is blessed with some of the most beautiful, unspoiled scenery the U.K. has to show, with welcoming, characterful hotels from which to explore it. Here is a pick of 20 of the best — from grand classical mansion to family-run guest house and restaurant-with-rooms — chosen by U.K. accommodations site Good Hotel Guide.
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2019-04-22T00:42:42Z
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/hotels/2017/07/10/beautiful-hotels-scotland/460314001/
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Disney films remain ever-popular, chiefly because of their soundtracks. Many songs continue to enjoy fame and popularity decades after the film premieres. The songs in this volume – Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins dating from1964, Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid dating from 1989 and I See the Light from Tangled dating from 2010 – received many awards including Oscars and Grammys. Because the tunes are so catchy, they are timeless, appeal to many generations, and have a life of their own beyond the film. High spirited songs like sympathetic nanny Mary Poppins’ nonsense song can be sung anywhere! Rainer Butz has expertly arranged the songs for equal-voice youth choir with piano accompaniment.
The new series “chorissimo! MOVIE” contains up-to-date choral arrangements of well-known film music suitable for school and youth choirs.
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2019-04-25T12:48:06Z
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https://www.carus-verlag.com/fr/musique-chorale/musique-chorale-profane/songs-from-disney-films-mary-poppins-the-little-mermaid-tangled-chorissimo-movie-vol-3.html
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Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Michael R. Bloomberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Climate Action.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday appointed Michael R. Bloomberg, the former Mayor of New York City, as his Special Envoy for Climate Action.
“[Mr. Bloomberg’s actions have] has made an enormous difference, and makes us believe that we will soon be running faster than climate change, that we will soon be starting to defeat climate change, that the Paris Agreement [on climate change] can be fully implemented but with an enhanced ambition,” Secretary-General Guterres told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York.
“We need that enhanced ambition in order to make sure that we reach the end of the century with an increase in temperature of about 1.5 and below 2 [degrees Celsius],” he added, referring to the central aim of the three-year-old Paris Accord, which set the stage for all countries to take ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so.
According the UN chief’s spokesperson, Mr. Bloomberg – who earlier served as the UN Special Envoy on Cities and Climate Change – will support the Secretary-General’s climate strategy and efforts toward the planned 2019 Climate Summit at UN Headquarters, which seeks to mobilize stronger and more ambitious action towards 2020 climate targets.
The note further stated that Secretary-General will be engaging and inviting leaders from Governments, businesses, finance and civil society organizations with a view to bending the emissions curve by 2020 and accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
“The Secretary-General and Mr. Bloomberg share the perspective that the emissions gap needs to be closed soon to limit global temperature increase to below 2 degrees Celsius. Climate Action, including those by cities and sub-national actors, play an essential role in driving ambition on climate change,” it added.
In addition to having served as the former UN Special Envoy on Cities and Climate Change, Mr. Bloomberg was appointed by the Chair of the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
The Task Force – which has finished its work – has developed voluntary, climate-related financial disclosures for use by companies in providing information to lenders, insurers, investors and other stakeholders.
From 2002-2013, Mr. Bloomberg served as the 108th Mayor of the City of New York. He began his career in 1966 at Salomon Brothers, and launched the financial news and information company Bloomberg LP in 1981.
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2019-04-18T12:33:33Z
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https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/03/1004152
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newsmax
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David Hogg's home was reportedly visited by a SWAT team Tuesday morning after a false report was made claiming an emergency at a home matching the residence of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor in Parkland, Florida.
Authorities received a report that someone was barricaded inside the house, which local news sites matched with the recent graduate and gun control advocate, Time magazine reported.
Time called the incident an apparent case of "swatting," in which a false report is made with the intention of getting a SWAT team to respond to the location.
No one was home at the time of the call, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office officials, who searched the area and placed a nearby school on lockdown for over an hour, NBC Miami reported.
According to WSVN-TV, the prank call was placed at about 8:30 a.m., claiming that someone with an AR-15 rifle was holding people hostage inside the home.
Hogg is currently in Washington, D.C., meeting with senators regarding his activism efforts that have arisen from the Feb. 14 shooting that killed 17 people at the school from which Hogg graduated Sunday.
"[They’re] trying to distract people from the March For Our Lives Road to Change, which we announced yesterday," Hogg said, according to WSVN-TV. "[It’s] a push to get the highest numbers of youth voters ever in American history turn out to vote come this November."
The March for Our Lives Road to Change set to launch next week is a two-month bus tour with at least 75 stops in more than 20 states, USA Today noted.
"We’re going to places where the NRA has bought and paid for politicians who refuse to take simple steps to save our lives," the March for Our Lives leaders said in a statement, according to USA Today.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office is investigating Tuesday's hoax.
Earlier this year, Hogg was targeted by conspiracy theorist Mike Adams, who reportedly set up a Hoggwatch website to discredit the teen.
A SWAT team reportedly responded to the home of Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg on Tuesday on false reports of a hostage situation.
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2019-04-23T05:57:23Z
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https://www.newsmax.com/thewire/david-hogg-swat-hoax-parkland/2018/06/05/id/864345/
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latimes
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Parents of students in the Los Angeles Unified School District say the Board of Education puts politics ahead of students and the bureaucracy devours money that would be better spent in classrooms, according to a survey to be released today by a new reform group.
The survey of 500 parents by the Los Angeles County Alliance for Student Achievement paints a dismal portrait, finding that nearly half of the parents gave the system a C or worse in helping students reach their academic potential. Many even fear for their children's safety, especially as they enter middle and high school.
Although parents give their children's own campuses relatively high marks, they believe their schools could be more effective if the district bureaucracy spent more money in classrooms and gave more authority to individual schools.
Parents complained as well that they don't have enough information about what is expected of their children, and that they often do not understand what it takes for their kids to get into college.
"There is a real lack of communication from the district to parents," said Sonia Hernandez, president of the Los Angeles alliance. "So many want their kids going to college and think their kids are on the path, but the students aren't."
The alliance includes some of Los Angeles' most influential educators, business executives and civic leaders. Its board of directors includes Bill Ouchi, a UCLA management professor who once served as Mayor Richard Riordan's chief of staff, and the presidents of Occidental College and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Supt. Roy Romer acknowledged that the school district needs to do a better job of communicating with parents. But he reacted angrily to the survey's findings that administrative bloat is denying important resources to schools. According to the survey, that was especially so in the poorest neighborhoods.
Romer said administrative costs are being slashed at the district's downtown headquarters and at 11 subdistrict offices so that the district can spend more on teachers' salaries and programs at schools.
In addition, the district is shifting resources to pay for school "coaches" who train reading and math teachers, he said.
"Putting together a rambling survey of parents and using it as a press release to criticize this district is absolutely counterproductive," Romer said. "They are not helping to push the wagon. They're throwing rocks in front of it."
School board President Genethia Hayes also assailed the survey. She questioned the validity of a report that reached only a sliver of the parents in a district that has 723,000 students.
"This is such a small sampling. I don't see how it can be representative of anything," Hayes said.
Officials with the alliance said the survey was statistically valid and relied on a random sample of parents drawn from throughout the district.
The survey is the first of several school district critiques planned by the alliance, a group that grew out of two previous school reform organizations.
According to the poll, 70% of the parents said the Board of Education puts politics above the best interests of students.
Hayes called the finding on school board politics "bunk," noting that the seven-member panel has adopted new reading and math programs and revamped teacher training.
"We have worked diligently to cut the politics on this board and to begin to look at real issues that affect the achievement of children," Hayes said.
At least one school board member, Caprice Young, said the report offered valuable lessons.
"These are very valid criticisms. I don't discount them for a minute. I think they need to be taken seriously," she said. "We need to do more to communicate the agenda for improving student achievement."
On at least one issue--school safety--the perceptions of parents appeared to be at odds with campus realities. Two-thirds of the parents felt that students districtwide were not safe, even though school police report that most campus crime has been declining for at least five years.
"It takes a long time to change someone's perception," said Richard Page, an assistant chief with the school police force.
The survey offered some insight into how parents gauge academic success. Most parents said they consider grades, parent-teacher conferences and progress reports better measures of academic performance than test scores.
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2019-04-21T11:09:16Z
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-07-me-7561-story.html
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wikipedia
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The Mahi are a people of Benin. They live north of Abomey, from the Togo border on the west to the Zou River on the east, and south to Cové between the Zou and Ouemé rivers, north of the Dassa hills.
The Mahi established their own kingdom before 1800 years ago, and were a target of the Slave trade before French colonization at the end of the 19th century.
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2019-04-23T17:02:33Z
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahi_people
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wsj
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1QBit Information Technologies Inc. works with companies to identify and develop specific applications for quantum computing. Photo: 1QBit Information Technologies Inc.
Vancouver-based startup 1QBit Information Technologies Inc., working with companies such as The Dow Chemical Co. and Biogen Inc., is developing a business model that suggests how quantum computing eventually could be deployed in a commercial setting.
Quantum computing is a cutting-edge technology that harnesses the power of quantum mechanics and is capable of solving complex problems in nanoseconds. It has intrigued technology executives at enterprises for years, but many of them are unsure how it could be applied to their businesses to create competitive advantage, said Andrew Fursman, co-founder and CEO of 1QBit. That’s where his company adds value, he said.
In this new model, vendors develop the quantum computing technology and specialist firms such as 1QBit build software and software extensions to make quantum computers accessible through traditional programming languages such as Python and C++. There are no widely adopted, purpose-built programming languages for quantum computers yet.
Founded in 2012, the venture-backed startup helps companies identify specific uses for quantum computing, and then develops software programs that are crucial to their implementation.
“We see where quantum computing poses a path forward for these companies,” Mr. Fursman said.
For example, 1QBit recently helped biotechnology company Biogen develop a software program that allowed a quantum computer to perform advanced molecule comparisons, which can be used to predict positive and negative effects of specific drugs. The experiment showed that quantum computers have the potential to speed up drug discovery for diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Mr. Fursman previously said.
1QBit has also developed a cloud-based platform on which software applications can be built using 1QBit’s application program interfaces. These APIs can connect to quantum computing processors from companies such as D-Wave Systems Inc. and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. In the future, the APIs could connect to other quantum computing processors from different vendors, Mr. Fursman said.
The platform is also compatible with traditional, classical computing processors. This way, companies don’t have to adapt their software to be compatible with each different computing architecture, Mr. Fursman said.
The platform allows quantum computing to be available to companies as a service and is “hardware agnostic,” Mr. Fursman said. This means that enterprises such as Dow and Biogen can experiment with various classical and quantum computing processors through one single platform.
“They don’t want to choose early on which of these companies is going to be the most relevant, and they don’t want to have to lock themselves into one type of hardware,” Mr. Fursman said.
The complexity and cost of quantum computers, including those such as D-Wave’s $15 million device that needs to be cooled to temperatures 180 times colder than outer-space, makes it impractical for companies to experiment directly with the machines, Mr. Fursman said.
“It’s a little more exotic hardware than what people are typically familiar with,” he said.
Chemical giant Dow and 1QBit last month formally announced a multi-year agreement to explore the uses of quantum computing in materials manufacturing.
Technology executives at Dow, which intends to merge with DuPont Co. and manufactures chemicals, adhesives and materials that are used in industries ranging from automotive to energy and agriculture, say quantum computing could help scientists discover new, environmentally sustainable materials.
“Quantum computing is undoubtedly going to be a critical capability for research in a variety of sectors and the materials industry is no different,” Keith Watson, vice president of corporate research and development at Dow, told CIO Journal.
Quantum computing could, for example, help scientists more quickly discover new chemical formulas for sustainable, reusable materials ranging from paint coating to food packaging and crash-durable adhesive material for cars, said A.N. Sreeram, Dow’s chief technology officer and senior vice president of research and development.
Experts have said that within five years quantum computing will be powerful enough to solve problems that are currently beyond the scope of today’s most advanced computers.
Dow has already been experimenting with high-performance computing for the past decade, and uses supercomputers to help scientists crunch massive amounts of data to discover new materials.
As Dow looks to invent new materials that can be recycled and reused, while reducing the amount of energy it takes to make those materials, quantum computing could become a “critical” tool in research, Dr. Sreeram said.
“It’s going to aid us in solving tougher and tougher problems,” he said.
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2019-04-23T10:47:55Z
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https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/07/10/1qbit-seeks-to-fill-quantum-computings-software-void/
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cnet
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The free shooter from Valve will receive a "VR Mode" update in the next few weeks to support the upcoming virtual-reality headset.
Valve's Team Fortress 2 will be the first game to work with the Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset.
The game will receive an update over the next few weeks to enable support, dubbed VR Mode, for the Oculus Rift. Users will be able to play in public servers using the headset. The Oculus Rift is only available for the Windows platform, with Mac and Linux support in the pipeline.
The first developer kits for the Oculus Rift -- the product of a very successful Kickstarter campaign -- is expected to ship to backers soon. The $300 headset was initially scheduled to ship by December.
We tried out the VR headset at CES, and while it may take a while for users to get used to, it does lead to a more immersive experience that's suitable for exploring game worlds. According to Engadget, which has tried Team Fortress 2 using the Oculus Rift, the game doesn't tap into the full potential of the device, though it may prove a good demonstration (and distraction) for developers looking to create apps for the headset.
There is, however, some bad news for those who have backed the Oculus Rift -- the company won't be bundling a copy of Doom 3: BFG Edition with the developer kit as promised on its Kickstarter page. Apparently, the Oculus Rift won't be supported by Doom 3 in time for its launch. Instead, Oculus VR is offering a choice of a full refund, $25 in Oculus store credit, or a $20 credit on Valve's Steam.
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2019-04-23T05:06:21Z
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https://www.cnet.com/news/team-fortress-2-to-support-oculus-rift-vr-headset/
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qub
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10rodedlad fri doenmige, Met. Dinds. ii 68.46 (reading of LL).
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do-inóla v(*to-in-uss-la, see Ped. ii 511 ). Indic. pres. 3 s.
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60tomlid, tinolaid, SR 2624 . ara chind tinolsat dail, 3109 .
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go haindlightheach, do dhruing eile thionólas, TSh. 7173 .
the distress was levied on him, Laws ii 140.21 Comm. Part.
go léir thionóilte in full muster, ML 62.8 . Rel. Celt. ii 192.31 .
228 . joins, fastens: tinólfither (sic leg.) gl. applicabitur, Thes.
tinoilter teas ┐ fuacht ann a n-enfheacht, 23 P 10, 13a16 .
excess, 306.2 . Of literary work, history, genealogy, etc.
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30Temrach, CF 75.70 . rothinoilsit im Adam, MacCarthy 64.23 .
dtáinig | a mhoille thrá thionáilid, Ir. Review 1913, 595 § 12 .
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2019-04-20T05:10:33Z
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http://edil.qub.ac.uk/print_edition?letter=D2&column=318
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indiatimes
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The 11-digit IFSC Code of state bank of india ,VPO CHHAHARTEHSIL SUNAMDIST SANGRURPUNJAB 148035 located in the location of SANGRUR district of PUNJAB is given below. You can use this IFSC Code to transfer money using Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and the National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) system. You can also find this code on your chequebook issued by the state bank of india. IFSC code of state bank of india located in VPO CHHAHARTEHSIL SUNAMDIST SANGRURPUNJAB 148035, PUNJAB is SBIN0051218 and MICR code is WAITING.
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2019-04-19T00:51:57Z
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/ifsc-bank-codes/params/ifsccode/bank-state-bank-of-india/state-punjab/district-sangrur/branch-chhahar
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thestopbutton
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The premise behind The Killer That Stalked New York (shouldn’t it be Who?) is almost beyond goofy. The movie mixes one part film noir and one part medical thriller and… I mean, I don’t even know what to say about the story. It’s such a ludicrous idea (the fate of the city, under threat from a smallpox outbreak, hinges on a wronged woman on the run), it really does work to some degree. Some of it might have to do with Evelyn Keyes turning in a rather good performance as the hunted woman, but a lot of it also has to do with that wacky story.
While the movie has to take itself seriously (otherwise, it’d be a farce), it goes a little far, utilizing a voiceover narration (from someone who is not a character in the film), who hurries things along, particularly at the beginning. There’s also the problem of not defining the risks. The mayor orders the entire city vaccinated after five cases, damn the expense, but it’s never explained why they’re so worried if all the cases shown are directly related to Keyes. I know I’m asking quite a bit from a seventy-five minute Columbia B-movie, but some of it’s so obvious, someone must have noticed on set.
There are two main characters, one for each story (until Keyes disappears so she can provide some shock value later on). Keyes, like I said, is good as the carrier. The role’s terribly written, but she conveys a lot of emotion. William Bishop plays the doctor in charge; he’s after Keyes. Bishop’s real bad. Of the larger parts, Charles Korvin is best as the sleazy husband. Lots of good small performances–Art Smith, Whit Bissell, Jim Backus–offset the lousy smaller performances.
The movie shot on location in New York City and it’s great looking. McEvoy doesn’t get trapped in a noir mindset and a lot of his composition is, nicely, defined by the locations. The rest of it feels a lot like Meet John Doe Frank Capra, only with less light.
Killer is barely a diversion. Some good stuff about it, but the story’s not compelling and the major perk of watching it (besides the locations) is to catch the silly oversights.
Directed by Earl McEvoy; screenplay by Harry Essex, based on an article by Milton Lehman; director of photography, Joseph F. Biroc; edited by Jerome Thoms; music by Hans J. Salter; produced by Robert Cohn; released by Columbia Pictures.
Starring Evelyn Keyes (Sheila Bennet), Charles Korvin (Matt Krane), William Bishop (Dr. Ben Wood), Dorothy Malone (Alice Lorie), Lola Albright (Francie Bennet), Barry Kelley (Treasury Agent Johnson), Carl Benton Reid (Health Commissioner Ellis), Ludwig Donath (Dr. Cooper), Art Smith (Anthony Moss), Whit Bissell (Sid Bennet), Roy Roberts (Mayor of New York), Connie Gilchrist (Belle – the Landlady), Dan Riss (Skrip), Harry Shannon (Police Officer Houlihan) and Jim Backus (Willie Dennis).
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2019-04-20T08:57:43Z
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https://thestopbutton.com/2007/12/18/the-killer-that-stalked-new-york-1950-earl-mcevoy/
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forbes
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The Plantation Course on Maui has shut down for a nine-month, tee-to-green renovation project.
I visited Kapalua, Maui, for the first time back in 1992 on a family trip and remember being awestruck by the tropical beauty: the beaches, the mountains, the ocean… and the golf. It was like heaven on earth.
I was barely 20 years old and had just started playing golf only five or six years earlier, mostly hacking it around my local munis with friends unless I was playing somewhere while on vacation. I recall thinking the par-3 fifth hole at Kapalua’s Bay Course – with its heroic carry over a rocky bay – was the coolest hole I’d ever seen. From the villa at which we were staying, my younger brother and I would actually snorkel around the point into the cove to collect some of the balls that suffered a watery demise.
There were three courses in Kapalua at the time: the Bay, the Village (now closed) and the Plantation, which had opened just a year earlier.
I hadn’t realized the provenance of the Plantation Course. I had no idea it was the first design collaboration by the team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. I didn’t know that broadcaster Mark Rolfing, who worked for the Kapalua Resort at the time, helped make the course a reality with visions of one day bringing the PGA TOUR to the islands. I actually didn’t know anything at all about its design and, at the time, wouldn’t have appreciated it if I had.
But I did know the Plantation Course was supposed to be the best of the three layouts, built high up on the side of a mountain and boasting wide fairways that seemed to flow downhill like ski slopes.
Now, 28 years after it opened, the Plantation Course has closed.
Not for good, mind you, but to undergo a comprehensive, tee-to-green renovation for the next nine months. It’s a project that is expected to cost between $11 million and $12 million and will make a special course that much better. The last day of play was Feb. 10 and the Plantation isn’t scheduled to open again until December, meaning it will be ready to host this season’s PGA TOUR winners in the Sentry Tournament of Champions come January 2020.
After being lucky enough to play the course in the Pro-Am event ahead of this year’s Tournament of Champions, I can’t wait to see the restoration, which fittingly is being overseen by Coore and Crenshaw.
Although I teed it up at the Plantation Course a couple times during those family vacations years ago, it wasn’t until this latest trip in January that I got a true appreciation for the Kapalua gem that is unquestionably one of the stars in a deep portfolio of resort courses operated by Troon Golf, the world’s biggest management company.
The writer and his daughter with Pro-Am partner Matt Kuchar at the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua.
In addition to the wide fairways and dramatic elevation changes, there are deep ravines, fun angles, massive undulating greens and spectacular views of the ocean and neighboring island of Molokai. It’s sometimes hard to conceive that a course was built on the rugged land that was a former pineapple plantation. Back on Maui with several decades of golf coverage under my belt, I had a much greater appreciation of the drama, scale and subtleties of a special layout.
Every part of the 28-year-old course will be re-worked during the overhaul, from tee boxes and fairways to greens, bunkers, approaches and new drainage. Even the clubhouse will get a facelift.
While the course is on TV each January, hosting the PGA TOUR’s best, the chief intent of the renovation is to cater to the resort players who visit Maui the other 51 weeks of the year. The Plantation will be rejuvenated and refined, and most importantly be restored to the way it played in its early years, when I first experienced it.
“Anyone who was here in those years knows, the golf course played much firmer, much faster than it does and has in the last decade,” Bill Coore said.
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, the original designers of the Plantation Course, are overseeing the renovation.
I was a relatively new player the first time I took on the Plantation Course. I have no recollection whatsoever which tees I was playing, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is I remember standing atop the 17th tee, looking down on what seemed like all of Maui spread out below, and hitting a drive toward the ocean that just kept going and going. It's memories like those -- and the shot euphoria -- that hooked me on the game.
There’s a reason the Plantation Course is widely regarded as the No. 1 layout on Maui. It generates about 38,000 rounds a year and during its heyday had in the neighborhood of 45,000 to 48,000. The visibility the property (and Maui) gets from the Tournament of Champions is also significant and that was a leading driver for shutting down the course: a significant short-term revenue loss for long-time gain.
The renovation at Kapalua's Plantation Course comes after previous work at the property's Bay Course.
Alex Nakajima, the General Manager of Kapalua Golf, says that if the Plantation Course wasn’t improved and lost the Tournament of Champions, then the Sony Open in Hawaii might no longer be played on neighboring Oahu the following week because the world’s top golfers might not make the trip for just one week.
The work that will be done on the Plantation Course over the next nine months is significant, even if the results might not be that readily apparent to the average golfer.
Kapalua's Plantation Course has consistently been the top-rated course on Maui and is one of the leading properties in the deep Troon Golf portfolio.
I might not have fully appreciated playing the Plantation Course during the early 1990’s, but I'm glad I got another chance to recognize the property’s history, design characteristics, overall quality and impact on Maui as a whole. I can’t wait to get back and see the renovation results.
Because what hasn't changed in the 25 years or so since I'd been there last is that Maui is still heaven on earth.
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2019-04-23T20:44:47Z
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikmatuszewski/2019/02/11/kapaluas-plantation-course-on-maui-closes-for-nine-month-renovation/
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brookes
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If you are storing or sending data of any kind, such as recordings, transcripts, data files or other research data that is supposed to be confidential, it is not enough to password protect it.
Data should be stored securely in the field (i.e if not stored in the department under lock and key or its equivalent) before being transferred back to Oxford Brookes University.
If it is stored on a laptop, it should be encrypted, otherwise it may be stored in Google Drive, for which the University has a security agreement. Recordings being sent to/from a transcriber outside the university should also be encrypted.
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2019-04-22T14:32:37Z
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http://psych.brookes.ac.uk/ethics/encryption.php
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| 0.940356 |
edc
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This set of materials was designed to help teachers and learners facilitate life skills education in the classroom, with the goal of preventing the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. The materials are interactive, locally based, gender balanced, culturally sensitive, and differentiated for the different levels of learners. Developed in collaboration with local teachers, each set has a teacher’s guide and learner worksheets.
Botswana Ministry of Education, Department of Curriculum Development and Evaluation, BOTUSA Project, and Education Development Center, Inc.
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2019-04-20T23:08:20Z
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https://www.edc.org/living-skills-life-botswana%E2%80%99s-window-hope
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Health
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libsyn
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Total eclipse reminds us of how cool physics is, so we thought it was a good time to hear from renowned physicist and best-selling author Dr. Lawrence Krauss on how exactly the climate changes and why again.
As you head for the beach or lake for your summer vacation, soothed by nature, remember that there are 1.2 billion people who live in water scarcity – and that drought truly threatens our food supply.
Entrepreneur Tips & Funding - Julie Lenzer Kirk, Serial Entrepreneur & Former Head, Economic Development, Commerce Dept.
Do you want to invest with principle -- and earn great financial returns too?
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2019-04-18T20:48:59Z
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http://greenconnectionsradio.libsyn.com/podcast/2017/08
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Arts
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Business
| 0.960812 |
ramapo
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If you have any questions, please contact the Reserves Coordinator, Emily Hutton: 201.684.6827; email: ehutton@ramapo.edu or reserve@ramapo.edu.
Please allow at least one week for your requests to be processed.
Faculty is responsible for copyright compliance.
Items will be removed after one year, unless we are otherwise notified.
While we do our best to safeguard your personal materials, the library is not responsible for lost or damaged items.
Please complete a Reserves Request Form and bring any physical materials (books, DVDs, etc.) to be placed on reserve to the Circulation Desk.
Before including library-owned books in your syllabus please check the library catalog to ensure that the books are not missing or out on loan.
Textbooks are not part of the library’s collection. However, faculty-owned textbooks may be placed on reserve for your class.
Documents over 25 pages will be processed as hard copies only.
The full citation for the source of articles, book chapters or excerpts must be provided.
Media must be clearly labeled with its title, director and production company.
If you would like to place an item on reserve that is not currently in our collection, please fill out a request form.
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2019-04-18T15:15:47Z
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https://www.ramapo.edu/library/faculty-guidelines-placing-materials-course-reserve/
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Arts
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Reference
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wordpress
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Quotes about writing, about life, about their own work…we have rounded up a collection of the most memorable and famous author quotes and put them into a gallery. Continually updated with new quotations and new graphics.
Click on the author quote meme thumbnails below for larger image.
Want More Quotes by Writers?
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2019-04-21T23:59:47Z
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https://readerswritersjournal.wordpress.com/author-quotes-gallery/
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Arts
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Arts
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utas
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Increasing communities' participation in development processes has been the subject of both policy aspiration and scholarly critique. This paper explores the implications of a critical perspective on the ‘elusive goal’ of participation for community development practitioners. Drawing on insights from a range of scholars, this paper poses a practical challenge to professionals who work with communities: to name and challenge deeply embedded assumptions about expert knowledge and formal institutions, to recognize the role of those who ‘translate’ between community and external organizational spaces, and to integrate community knowledge and community institutions into participatory development processes.
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2019-04-26T05:11:10Z
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http://ecite.utas.edu.au/64674
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Arts
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Reference
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red-castle
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The cookbook was put together the summer of 1983, shortly before Mom had a fatal heart attack. These are 75 of the families all time favorite recipes.
wax paper size desire let cool.
Enough flour to roll about 5 cups.
spoonsful on baking sheet. Bake.
Mix altogether and drop by tsp.
degree oven about 12 or 15 minutes.
dough on top of filling. Bake.
Cover with water and boil.
raisins in place of the dates.
Mix together as any other cookie.
used in place of cream.
Mix above and boil 8 min.
350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes.
1 tsp vanilla or other flavoring.
into them slowly until partly cool.
(300-350). Invert pan until cool.
vanilla and 1/2 tsp nutmeg.
In one hole put 2 tsp vanilla.
In one hole put 2 tsp vinegar.
In third hole put 2/3 cup salad oil.
ingredients with 1/4 cup cold milk.
in cold water. Serve with cream.
Roll in small ball, press with fork.
These are nice decorated with nuts.
DORA DILL PICKLES - For 1 qt.
Boiling water to fill jar.
Pinch mixed spices or garlic.
drained add to the marshmallows.
cherries) and add liquid to jello.
(Break cake do not cut).
in graham cracker or pie crust.
Cut 6 or 8 apples in 1/4 in. slices.
pour over the water and cinnamon.
beets in boiling water until soft.
it forms a soft ball in cold water.
enough to hold its shape.
constantly as it will scorch easily.
Combine cocoa with sugar and salt.
Mix together oats, salt, and sugar.
salt until it spins a long thread.
3/4 cup butter or marg.
Sift flour with soda and salt.
Cream butter in mixing bowl.
creaming until light and fluffy.
vanilla. Mix in sugar in 3 parts.
cream and 1/2 cup brown sugar.
Then form dough in long rolls.
and bake at about 350.
Mix thoroughly. Divide in half.
1/4 recipe makes 9 x 9 pan.
x 12 or 8 1/2 x 13 pan.
water for 9 x 13 pan.
apples. Bake 400 for until done.
Choc in double boiler. Dip.
Roll thin size of pie pan.
Put some custard on rolled dough.
Beat in egg and flavoring. .
preheated 350 oven 8 to 10 min.
cream thoroughly, add eggs, choc.
cut into sqs., sprinkle with sugar.
6-10 min). These burn easily.
1 1/2 cups condensed beef bouillon.
gravy with mashed potatoes. Serves 6.
(Makes 28 servings of 1 tbsp each.
center area is touched lightly.
(c) Copyright 1999-2004 by Red Castle, Inc. Red Castle, Inc. - P.O. Box 1841 - Saint Cloud, MN 56302-1841 All Rights Reserved.
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2019-04-24T18:45:20Z
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http://red-castle.com/resources/momscookbook.htm
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Arts
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Reference
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hellomagazine
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The Duchess of Cambridge, née Kate Middleton, stepped out in style on Thursday (Nov. 3) wearing a dress from label Self-Portrait, a brand she's never worn before. And it looksl like just one week prior to the royal's dazzling appearance, another famous face slipped on the $534 (£320) number: Paris Hilton. The socialite had stepped out in the same design at the amfAR gala in Los Angeles.
Both Kate and Paris looked gorgeous in the long-sleeved gown, and showed off their individual senses of style by accessorizing in completely different ways.
We can see why Kate and Paris chose to wear the dress; with pretty crochet detailing, a floral neckline and a daring slit in the pleated full-length skirt, it is a failsafe choice for easy glamour.
Kate had the opportunity to meet the stars, cast and crew of the film, including Luke Treadaway and, of course, Bob the cat!
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2019-04-26T10:45:21Z
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https://ca.hellomagazine.com/fashion/02016110430772/kate-middleton-paris-hilton-same-self-portrait-dress
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aestheticamagazine
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HOME is an international centre for contemporary visual arts, theatre and film, whose opening programme features new commissions and international collaborations as well as off-site and interdisciplinary productions that represent a new and dynamic force in the UK’s arts scene and beyond.
Their future ambitious and international programme will emphasise innovative, visual storytelling and has been devised by HOME’s artistic directors, Walter Meierjohann (theatre), Sarah Perks (visual arts) and Jason Wood (film), who also work with a network of international visiting curators and dramaturges. The multi-disciplinary programme will embrace the full possibilities afforded by HOME’s purpose-built centre, whose modern, flexible spaces allow for the production and exhibition of provocative and dynamic work.
2015 sees three HOME theatre productions, including the world première of The Funfair, a new adaptation by Simon Stephens of Ödön von Horváth’s modern European classic Kasimir and Karoline, directed by Walter Meierjohann, which sets the break-up of a youthful romance against the dizzying backdrop of the funfair, The Oresteia, directed by Blanche McIntyre – a radically stripped back version of Aeschylus’ masterpiece, and HOME’s Christmas production Inkheart, the UK première of a new stage adaptation of the bestselling novel by Cornelia Funke, directed by Walter Meierjohann. The theme of the funfair is again picked up in The heart is deceitful above all things, a group arts exhibition exploring break up, heartache and wider disenchantment.
Also in the visual arts will be the UK première of La Mélancolie des Dragons by HOME’s 2015 international guest artist, Philippe Quesne. A unique cross-art masterpiece combining performance and visual art, the piece sees five metal heads in a broken car, stranded in a snowy wilderness, encounter a stranger and begin to build their own version of an amusement park. Wigs, snow spray, bubble machines and gigantic plastic bags are transformed into a visually stunning, humorous world. In addition to this, I must first apologise… comes from Beirut-based artists Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige and explores the history of online spam and scamming through film, sculpture, photography and installation.
In music, the Music & Film performances pair Manchester’s finest musicians, including Josephine, GoGo Penguin and Robin Richards, with 20th Century silent films, archive footage and artist film; thus the immediacy and energy of live performance is with the magic of the big screen. Finally, visiting productions from companies including Young Vic, Kneehigh, Rosie Kay Dance Company, 1927 and Nanterre-Amandiers will arrive at HOME: an inclusive site for the arts in all forms.
The site is further inclusive in its engagement programme which links to its wider artistic programme, enabling people to get closer to the programme, artists and artforms through artist-led participatory projects, workshops, courses, residencies, commissions, and talent development projects. These projects run throughout 2015, as well as a dense series of music, dance, visual art, theatre and performance.
1. Doug Coupland install. Courtesy of the artist and HOME.
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2019-04-25T08:08:44Z
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http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/home-2015-opening-season/
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Arts
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Home
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blogs
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From the JFP's most recent report: The Clarion-Ledger has given all free media until Monday, June 19, to vacate the premises of some 160 locations unless we agree to pay them $8 per spot to be in the big ugly box. The Jackson Free Press and other tabloid publications such as Metro Christian Living do not even fit in the box. We are also not clear that all businesses on the list have signed the TDN contract—some tell us they haven't.
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2019-04-26T12:51:04Z
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https://7d.blogs.com/802online/2006/06/report_from_lit.html
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state
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BILOXI, Miss. – Officials with the Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area on Thursday launched the new website, logo and video for the program at an event held at the Biloxi Visitors Center.
Gov. Phil Bryant, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker were on hand for the announcement.
Pres. George W. Bush established the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a National Heritage Area on Dec. 8, 2004. The area includes Harrison, Hancock, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone and George counties.
Hosemann introduced the Nature-Based Tourism Task Force and its management plan, which he said will enhance the National Heritage Area.
Wicker was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives when President Bush named the six counties a National Heritage Area.
Bryant said the Nature Tourism Task Force is a public-private partnership that is helping to bring jobs and tourists to Mississippi.
The video for the Heritage Area can be seen at msgulfcoastheritage.ms.gov.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area unveiled its new logo, website and video Thursday at the Biloxi Visitors Center. From left are: Jamie Miller, executive director of MDMR, Gov. Phil Bryant, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Rhonda Price, coordinator of the Heritage Area.
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2019-04-22T11:06:58Z
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http://www.dmr.state.ms.us/index.php/news-a-events/recent-news/986-16-68-mms
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cam
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Chu, YC and Glover, K and Dowling, AP and Evesque, SMN (1999) Algorithms for feedback control of combustion oscillations. In: The 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1999-12- to --, Phoenix, AZ, US pp. 2863-2868..
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2019-04-20T14:28:54Z
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http://publications.eng.cam.ac.uk/329493/
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Science
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writeradvice
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We all have things we don’t remember. Some memories move over to make space for more important ones, and some get buried because they ignite pain or fear. In Mary Jo Doig’s memoir, Patchwork, a flashback following the death of a relative opens a passageway to horrific secrets buried since childhood.
Patchwork is the riveting story of one woman who strived to live a life full of love, only to endure tragedies with two of her children and struggles in her marriages—the consequences of a mysterious life-long behavior unnoticed by her family or teachers. Like a needle stitching together a quilt, the memories Mary Jo recovers show why her early years were threaded with a need to be invisible. You don’t want to miss her healing journey.
Mary Jo Doig has been editing life-writing and facilitating women’s writing circles for 20 years. Her stories have been published in Inside and Out: Women’s Truths, Women’s Storiesand Kitchen Table Stories.
She writes in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where she enjoys quilting, gardening, hiking, and spending time with friends, family & her rescue pets.
In the interview below she shares her experiences writing a memoir and discovering her truths.
BLG:Tell us about your writing journey before this memoir. Were there life stories you told that helped you prepare for this?
MJD: I majored in English in high school and college and was editor in high school of our literary magazine. I wrote short story fiction back then yet stopped writing when I married and my children arrived.
In my late 40s, after a stunning flashback, I started journaling. I embarked on a therapeutic and lengthy voyage to re-visit the childhood I thought I’d had. Instead, I uncovered a childhood that I’d “forgotten,” or—In psychological terms—that I’d dissociated from.
I began a detailed journal of that time. The end result was two full, three-inch binders of my daily entries, mostly single-spaced, double-sided word processor pages along with some handwritten notes. Ten years later I began to write some of those life stories I’d journaled.
BLG: How do you write objectively about people you know?
MJD: Once I read a memoir draft by a woman whose husband had left her to live his authentic gay life. She hadn’t known about his other life and was hugely angry and deeply hurt. I learned that venting personal anger is good in a journal, but it cannot sustain one’s reader as a final product.
My early drafts (Patchworkwas nearly twenty years—on and off—in its evolution) held negative feelings toward people who had harmed me as a child. In subsequent drafts, as I grew through those feelings, I also grew in my skills. I learned to write as a more impartial observerconveying detail, emotion, and factual information to accurately show my character, without any of my negative emotions.
BLG: How did you decide what to leave out, what to share, and what to emphasize? Were their scenes that you loved that had to be edited out?
MJD: I included everything I thought of in the early drafts, which grew into a manuscript of 115K words. I knew that 65K was a good, average size for memoir and that below 100K was a recommended ceiling.
My editors helped with this, noting parts that dragged with too much detail and some that didn’t move the story along. I edited them out. They also asked questions where I had omitted information that they said my readers would want to know. My skills grew under their wise observations and I began to see what parts I could cut.
Overall, though, my biggest reduction was learning to tighten my wording. I like to include a lot of detail so my reader can feel part of the story with me, but I write as I speak. Learning to become more succinct became a strength.
BLG: Did writing this book affect any relationships with friends and family, and if so, how?
MJD: Every family member has been affected by my writing the memoir in some way. My youngest sister learned about the nine years of our family before she was born. We’ve talked a little since she read the book. “This is so hard; this is my family,” she observed. Patchwork is not the family story I would have wanted for our lives, but it is my truth of living in our family.
One of my children, a professional editor, was involved in the final edits, and the dark parts were deeply painful for her. Another child is presently reading, while a third has not read it and may never. I mentioned that fact during a presentation at Story Circle Network’s July Conference and one class member said one of her children hadn’t read her story either and that she was glad to know there was someone else’s child who hadn’t. Our children will read our words if and when they become ready, I believe, and I honor their feelings.
BLG: What was your biggest challenge as you wrote Patchwork, and how did you overcome it?
MJD: The elephant-size challenge for me was speaking the truth of my childhood. After recovering those long-repressed memories, I was filled with shame and fear and felt my story was too awful to speak. I can remember feeling that I needed to protect the world from my story because there was too much loss.
When I started writing the stories, I learned to take tiny steps. At first, I wrote for myself only, for my healing. The journey from discovering my truth to writing it and healing has taken nearly twenty years. As I healed, I realized that my family could be strengthened by knowing my story and planned to write a tome only for them.
One day, a friend I deeply respected, told me my story must be told. I wrestled with her thought and, after a lot of inner conflict, decided I would give my story to the universe. I hoped to show how early trauma can affect a person’s entire life and wanted to help others heal and show some ways to do that. Each small step forward was huge.
BLG: What editing help did your publisher give you, and what tips did they give you about publicizing your work?
MJD: She Writes Press, my hybrid publisher, provided a hundred-page Author Handbook for each step of their process, with several pages devoted to marketing and publicity suggestions. This information was incredibly helpful to me as a first-time author. I especially appreciated suggestions for a successful book launch and followed them. The event turned out to be a warm, wonderful experience.
In addition, my publicist planned several pre-publication strategies such as purchasing my domain, maryjodoig.com, and developing it to have pages with a preorder purchase link, advance book reviews, a book excerpt, notices of author speaking engagements, as well as my blog posts. We keep in touch and may do some further work together.
I enjoy more intimate events and have scheduled a talk at my library. I am planning another event two counties away where I was part of the community for more than a decade. Also, on my list are talks with book clubs, and a visit to the Catskill Mountain community where I lived for over two decades, a place integral to the story. And more. I am thoroughly enjoying this post- writing part of publication.
BLG: Sounds like you’ve truly embraced the process. What recommendations would you give to people who know they have a story inside of them? How would you tell them to get started?
MJD: There are many courses offered, books written about, and organized events held, such as NaNoWriMo, see https://nanowrimo.org/, to help a person write their story with speed. The main focus is not to edit your work as you write, but to get it all out and onto paper without worrying about skills or anything else. That’s a first draft and there are many names for it.
Then you go back and find what I call the nuggets and start with them as you re-work the story. Or you can just sit down and write, finding a writing friend or group to work with, and eventually an editor. If you feel you have a story, then you do, and you can write a good book.
BLG: What is the best piece of writing advice you ever got from an editor?
MJD: Brooke Warner was our keynote speaker at the 2016 Story Circle Network National Conference. Along with her amazing talk about the changing face of book publication, she gave several individuals a meeting time. She told me during our time together words I will never forget, to the effect that anyone can write a good book if he or she is willing to put in the time. Brooke transformed my thinking about publication.
BLG:What are you working on now and where can readers learn more about you?
MJD:I’m enjoying this marketing aspect more right now than I dreamed I could, and it will keep me busy for more than a year. I’m also reading and reviewing independent women’s books. I have made early notes for two new books: one is a second memoir, a story that is presently unfolding, while the other is a fictionalized story based on true experiences. I’m also contemplating how to frame the next chapter of my life. It is a precious and joyful time.
Many thanks, B. Lynn Goodwin, for this opportunity to talk with you and your readers!
Thanks for sharing your writing journey with Writer Advice readers. I agree completely that anyone with a story and the persistence to bring it to life can write a book.
Learn more about Mary Jo Doig, whose story needed to be told at. http://www.maryjodoig.com. This is an important, revealing memoir.
A lovely interview, Mary Jo. Lynn asked thoughtful questions, and you provided insightful answers. Great job from you both.
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2019-04-22T20:26:30Z
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https://writeradvice.com/interview-with-mary-jo-doig-april-june-2019/
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Arts
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Kids
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smackjeeves
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aaaaaaand, we're back! No more pre-written notes!
By the way, check out that person by the window. I was just making stuff up as I went to fill up space in the establishing shot, when all of a sudden, there's this really cool-looking somebody in flip flops and a top hat with a skull! I have NO idea who this character is, but I'm TOTALLY gonna come up with an excuse to find out.
OH! And I can finally say with certainty that there IS a new Voting Incentive! I found so many weird old Far Out There sketches while packing that I'm just going to run those until I get the new long-running incentive series finished (and it IS coming along) SO keep voting for some glimpses of Far Out There's earliest days!
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2019-04-25T02:06:35Z
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http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1183426/page-345-board-games-for-the-bored/
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depechemode
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waiting for the wonderful DM to walk out onto the stage..
Which i will cherish always..
OOPPS!!! First one went wrong!
lindseylovestaylor wrote: OOPPS!!! First one went wrong!
... almost a year ago !!!
DMNeo wrote: ... almost a year ago !!!
Ohhh! Dave crying!!!...memorable moment...it really moves me.
Thanks for the video Oliver.
Patty wrote: Ohhh! Dave crying!!!...memorable moment...it really moves me.
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 Berlin: The Big Freeze over Europe, The Mode in town,The Black Swarm excited for the last 2 months of TOTU: A magic night !
2.02.10 Finland, Helsinki, Hartwall Arena.
Thank you Depeche Mode! That was more than fantastic! Beyond any words as always.
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2019-04-21T03:21:01Z
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http://community.depechemode.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=32783&start=80&view=print
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Arts
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Arts
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livejournal
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it is nice but it's not what I am after.
But who needs love when there's Law And Order?
And who needs love when there's Dukes Of Hazzard?
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2019-04-19T02:51:10Z
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https://badula.livejournal.com/206490.html
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Arts
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Recreation
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iagenweb
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Martha Louise Barry 79, of Waterloo, Iowa, died Monday, March 27, at Unity Point Allen Hospital in Waterloo.
She was born June 13, 1937, in Clarksville, Tennessee, the daughter of Henry and Dolly Smithey Wall. She married Lawrence Barry August 22, 1956 in Clarksville, Tenn. He died in 2012.
Survivors include three sons: William and Michael Barry of Waterloo, and Richard Barry of Oelwein; three daughters: Teresa (Randy) Meyer of Waverly, Angela (Ted) Gamerdinger of Waterloo and Barbara (Brett) Walters of New Hartford; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, Robert Wall of Boston, Mass.
She was preceded in death by a grandson, Josh Gamerdinger and a sister, Betty Carter.
Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway with burial in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery, Fayette. Public visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Visitation will continue for an hour before services on Friday.
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2019-04-22T08:47:49Z
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http://iagenweb.org/boards/blackhawk/obituaries/index.cgi?read=644069
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Arts
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News
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wordpress
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Sebastian Malheur is one of the most revered naturalists of his day… and one of the most reviled men in England. After all, he gives public lectures about reproduction and genetics and that is simply Not Done in polite company. Imagine how much more scandalous it would be if word got out that his pioneering discoveries about inherited traits were actually made by a woman!
Violet Waterfield, the Countess of Cambury, is the brilliant scientific mind behind all of Sebastian’s theories. Childhood friends, he offered to present her findings to publishers after they all refused to even look at her work so long as her name was attached. Neither one expected him to rocket to fame under false pretenses, and the strain of keeping the secret and dealing with public hatred is wearing on Sebastian. He tells Violet that he’s done, and she has to decide if it’s worth the blow to her reputation and the risk of having her family shunned to finally step out and take credit for all she’s accomplished.
There’s also the small matter that Sebastian has been madly in love with Violet for years. She’s a widow, but her marriage left her traumatized in ways she can’t admit to anyone around her and she’s terrified of getting too close to anyone, especially a man with a reputation of being a rake. Slowly, Violet manages to overcome what amounts to a raging case of PTSD and learns that Sebastian can be trusted not to mistreat her the way her late husband did.
I loved this book. Sure, the author takes some liberties with scientific history, but I love watching Violet’s mind work to puzzle out why some species of violets can be crossed but not others. Her backstory, when it finally comes out (though it was pretty easy to guess at a lot of it), is heartbreaking. It’s depressingly realistic that she’d have trouble reconciling herself to love again and would be continuously surprised that Sebastian basically meets the minimum standards of human decency by respecting her boundaries and not forcing himself on her at every turn. Sebastian also has a side story in which he tries desperately to earn his older brother’s respect, which is hard for him to deal with while also recognizing that his reputation is a fraud. Fortunately everything finally works out in the end!
The Countess Conspiracy is the third book in Courtney Milan’s Brothers Sinister series. I also reviewed book two, The Heiress Effect, on Cannonball Read. This post originally appeared on Cannonball Read as well.
Disclosure: I received an advance reader’s copy of The Countess Conspiracy from Victory Editing via Netgalley in exchange for my fair review. All opinions are my own.
This entry was posted in Books and tagged #cbr6, brothers sinister, cannonball read, Courtney Milan, crosspost, historical romance, The Countess Conspiracy. Bookmark the permalink.
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2019-04-22T08:20:06Z
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https://hillarymeyer.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/cannonball-read-3-the-countess-conspiracy-by-courtney-milan/
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Arts
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Science
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sfasu
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(1975) "List of Books Reviewed," East Texas Historical Journal: Vol. 13 : Iss. 2 , Article 4.
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2019-04-20T05:00:25Z
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https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ethj/vol13/iss2/4/
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Arts
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Reference
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wordpress
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Tonight I almost finished spinning up another Loop bump, this one “Smoke & Mirrors.” I plan to ply it with another bump I spun up another time that is lighter shades of grey. Or I’ll ply it with River Rocks I spun the other day.
I only have about an ounce or so left. It is a bit lighter than the light grey you see in the above picture. What stopped me from finishing?
I have already sent a message to Merlin Tree in hopes of getting that leather part replaced. I tried spinning single treadle, but I just couldn’t get it to work. I have a team spin in tomorrow after work that I’ll be taking a Turkish spindle to instead.
This was my first time spinning from a cloud. It was rather fun and I was able to grab whichever section I wanted to spread the color out. I’ll definitely be buying another cloud from Loop in the future. Probably at Rhinebeck in October.
Lots more spinning done today!
I have started spinning a Loop double bump. The colorway is “River Rocks”. I got the first bump spun, will do the second tomorrow, then two ply together. We’ll see how close I get or if I end up with more on one bobbin than the other.
I almost started on the other bump tonight, but I was starting to feel stiff. I did some stretching then decided I’ll stop spinning for the night. Tomorrow will be busy as it’s my last full day to spin until the following weekend because of work. I’ll of course spin when I get home from work though!
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2019-04-22T00:27:30Z
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https://luckyxiiicreations.wordpress.com/tag/loop/
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Arts
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Business
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who2
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Watch as Ben Vereen commands the stage in “Magic to Do,” the opening to the Stephen Schwartz musical Pippin.
This is from a 1981 production — nine years after Ben Vereen made his big splash in the original Broadway production of Pippin in 1972. That production was directed by the legendary Bob Fosse and was Tony-nominated as best musical. Fosse and Vereen both won Tonys, as best director and best leading actor in a musical.
There can’t be too many better opening numbers out there, on Broadway or off. When this number ends I am *ready to watch a musical,* baby. And I’ve also gotten the hint that it’s going to be a little more twisted than I might want, which is an important emotional tip.
Wish we could go back and see this number by the original Broadway cast, which included Ann Reinking, Jill Clayburgh and Granny Clampett herself, Irene Ryan (who died during the show’s run after having a stroke onstage).
I’ve read many times over the years that Stephen Schwartz and Bob Fosse were at each other’s throats while staging the original Broadway show. Schwartz wanted it to be jolly fun but the all-powerful Fosse took it down a dark and depraved road, that’s the usual take.
The differences between the “Bob Fosse version” of PIPPIN and mine have always been much exaggerated. The media thrive on controversy, and much of this one was invented by them. Though Bob and I did not have a particularly easy time working together, our visions for the show did not diverge all that much. One of our biggest differences was about the ending — believe it or not, two words specifically — whether or not Pippin should say he was “trapped … but happy” or just “trapped” at the end.
My issue with Bob Fosse was not so much the darkness of his vision but the tawdriness and the emphasis on bumps and grinds and cheap jokes. I also felt that the Leading Player was undercutting the focus on Pippin in some cases and forcing Pippin to become a relatively one-dimensional character.
Bob was notoriously difficult for authors to work with (one long-time collaborator of his once smilingly said to me, when I brought up his name, “You mean The Antichrist?”) That being said, his creativity and talent ultimately outweighed the difficulty of collaborating with him, at least in my opinion. I don’t know that there is a contemporary director/choreographer who has as distinctive a personal style as Bob did.
Perhaps it was my youth and naiveté when I worked on PIPPIN, but I saw no evidence of Bob’s drug or alcohol use. While I didn’t find him the easiest personality in the world to deal with, he was always on time, organized and focused — traits not associated with drug or alcohol abuse. Whatever he may have been doing in his off time, he was always entirely professional in his dealings with PIPPIN, as far as I observed.
Fascinating stuff. Schwartz has a lot more about Pippin and his other shows (including Godspell and Wicked) in his official FAQ.
Or see our biographies of Ben Vereen, Bob Fosse and Stephen Schwartz.
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2019-04-26T16:20:21Z
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https://www.who2.com/ben-vereen-sings-a-song-from-pippin-plus-notes-on-fosse-vs-schwartz/
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Mother's fertility treatment called "almost medical malpractice."
While the now-famous California octuplets cry from time to time in their hospital beds, a host of medical and ethical experts are raising questions over the extraordinary births.
"Anyone who transfers eight embryos should be arrested for malpractice," University of Pennsylvania bioethicist Arthur Caplan told ABC News.
"[Experts] would be astounded if a fertility specialist actually implanted eight eggs," ABC News medical contributor Dr. Tim Johnson said. "Current guidelines, which are guidelines, not law, would suggest between one and four. … A vast majority of experts would say that [implanting eight] is bad practice."
According to Suleman, when the woman learned that she was carrying multiple babies, she opted not to reduce the number of embryos even though she was already the mother of six children.
"What do you suggest she should have done? She refused to have them killed. That is a very painful thing," Suleman told the Times.
Studies have shown that the tendency toward prematurity and low birth weight in multiple-birth babies puts them at greater risk for a variety of complications, including respiratory problems at birth, cerebral palsy, birth defects, sensory disorders and even death. These risks increase as the number of babies in the multiple birth increases.
On Monday, the unidentified woman gave birth to the eight babies in five minutes.
Fertility experts have been extremely critical of such high-risk births, which can threaten the life of the mother and lead to myriad health problems for the infants.
"We dodged a bullet here," said Dr. Anne Drapkin Lyerly, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Duke University.
When the babies come home, they are expected to join their six other brothers and sisters as well as their grandparents in the family's three-bedroom home. According to neighbors, the mother is single and in her 30s.
An 87-year-old woman who lives next door was not at all pleased.
"With our economy they way it is, with California going to hell in a handbasket, why should I be excited about this?" she asked ABC News' Mike Von Fremd. "What is their future?"
But according to a statement by the octuplets' mother, joy overshadowed criticism.
"My family and I are ecstatic about all of their arrivals," the statement read.
"When the mom came in and she touches the babies, you can see the expression on the face, the expression on their body that they are very happy about it," Dr. Mandhir Gupta, a neonatalogist who was part of the 46-person delivery team, said during a news conference.
Von Fremd visited the home of the woman, who lives with her parents on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Los Angeles suburbs. With none of the typical joyful markings of a new arrival -- balloons, storks, flowers -- visible, the family and most immediate neighbors wanted nothing to do with the media.
"Do us a favor, give us our privacy and get out, shame on you, shame on you," a man from inside the house screamed at Von Fremd.
Outside the family's home, bikes and toddler toys were scattered across the front yard. It appears the family will live in a three-bedroom house bursting with babies when the octuplets are released from the hospital in an estimated two months.
The babies are under close medical watch and now, of the eight, only one requires assisted breathing. During a news conference Thursday, doctors from Kaiser Permanente Medical Center described the octuplets as "feisty."
But according to Johnson, they are "far from out of the woods."
"They still face great risks in terms of immediate medical problems, such as bleeding in the brain or breathing problems that will develop," he said. "And certainly, they face a long, higher risk for developmental problems. They are seemingly going to get excellent medical care, which is in their favor, but it will be a long time before we know what will happen."
Dr. Charles Sophy, the medical director of Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, cautioned that giving birth to octuplets would put eight times as much stress on a single mother and pose a daunting task in terms of rearing.
"It costs money to raise children. To raise these kids is probably going to cost about $2.5 million, just to give them basics," he said. "That is not baseball lessons or piano lessons. That is food, clothing or getting to school every day -- that is a lot of money."
The Department of Children and Family Services would worry that, in a house of 14, there would be a lack of attention or that the children would be at higher risk of abuse or neglect.
Doctors at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center said they have already received several donations for the children.
The octuplets, who were born by Caesarean section and delivered by a 46-member team of doctors at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center in Bellflower, Calif., arrived nine weeks premature.
The hospital's delivery team, which was spread out in four delivery rooms, ran each baby from the mother into another room and then ran back for the next in a bizarre relay race that successfully brought eight new lives into the world.
The eighth baby surprised the hospital delivery team, which had been planning for a seven-baby delivery for weeks.
"It was a shock, especially finding the eighth baby," Dr. Karen Maples of California's Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center said Tuesday. "My eyes were wide."
Maples said the team handled the surprise birth "without missing a beat."
The two girls and six boys ranged in weight from 1 pound, 8 ounces to 3 pounds, 4 ounces and totaled more than 24 pounds.
They are only the second octuplets born and the first in which all the babies survived for more than a few hours.
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2019-04-19T12:39:12Z
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Dennis John Maruk (born November 17, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player of Ukrainian descent. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1975 to 1989, scoring a career high 60 goals for the Washington Capitals in 1981–82.
As a youth, Maruk played in the 1968 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Etobicoke.
Maruk played junior "A" hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the London Knights before he was drafted in 1975 by the California Golden Seals. While with the Seals, he became the first NHL rookie to score five shorthanded goals in a season. Maruk followed the franchise when it relocated to Cleveland to become the Cleveland Barons a year later.
Maruk's rights were later obtained by the Minnesota North Stars after the Barons merged with them in 1978, but he was traded shortly afterwards to the Washington Capitals. During his time with the Capitals, he scored 50 goals in 1980-1981 and 60 goals in 1981-1982; his mark of 76 assists and 136 points in the 1982 season remain Capitals' records for a single-season. Maruk was the first Capitals player to score 100 points in a season.
In 1982-1983, Maruk was one of the players instrumental in leading the Capitals to their first playoff appearance. Despite this, he was traded back to the Minnesota North Stars where he would finish his career. At the time of his retirement in 1989, he was the last active NHL player to have played for the Seals/Barons franchise, though Charlie Simmer played longer than him in minor leagues. Maruk was also the last Minnesota North Stars player to wear the number 9 prior to Mike Modano.
In 888 NHL games, he scored 356 goals and had 522 assists.
Maruk was discussed by a Soviet Agent during a conversation about ticket scalping in episode 16 of the FX Network television program The Americans, which takes place in the 1980s. The actual Russian dialogue referred to him as able to do "such (amazing) tricks", while the English subtitles translated it as a "wily" player.
^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
This page was last edited on 9 January 2019, at 04:20 (UTC).
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Trivia: The Jamaica Bar scenes were filmed at the "Dragon Bay" in San Ontonio, Jamacia.
Trivia: Watch the patrons at the bar when Jordan comes to thank Brian. James Eckhouse is an uncredited extra who is seated at the far side of the bar. He later went on to play Brenda and Brandon's father on Beverly Hills, 90210.
Trivia: The main Bar was filmed at "TGI'S Fridays" in New York, NY. The Bar is now closed.
Doug: Coughlin's law: never tell tales about a woman, she'll hear you no matter how far away she is.
When Brian takes a picture of his friend Doug on the boat, the picture shows Doug in a different position than that of when the picture was taken.
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2019-04-25T20:25:43Z
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I’ve missed a few commemoration and remembrance occasions recently for various reasons and as usual, it’s provided an opportunity for reflection.
Recent commemorations as I write have included Gallipoli, Tanzania’s national day and South Africa’s Freedom Day. (April). Somewhere along the line, in May, VE Day and Dunkirk featured and whilst I was in Africa at the start of the year there was Mendi Day. The SA Military History Journal for Dec 2014 (read in late April) was full of commemorations linked to WW1: Sandfontein, Square Hill, the 1914 Rebellion at Zandfontein, and the annual 11 November parade. They also had an article on a series of films being shown at Ditsong Military Museum as part of an ongoing commemoration programme. A War and Peace Concert took place in August.
A military journal in itself suggests commemoration although I’ve focused mainly on WW1. In addition there was an article on the Anglo-Boer (AB) War, specifically looking at the work of the SA CWGC. No mention of the WW1 cemeteries at Maitland and elsewhere. This is not surprising as the AB War probably resonates more strongly amongst South Africans than World War 1. Again, not surprising as the AB War was fought on SA territory and impacted on more of the population than did WW1.
This general lack of knowledge or awareness of WW1 and SA’s involvement was brought home on 21 February when I heard a newsreader announce that in future 21 February was to be National Troops’ Day. I stopped. How did they get to that? 21 February is Mendi Day, the day the SANLC lost over 600 labourers: not troops! Before sharing my horror with the world about myth generation, I thought it best to investigate a bit. Low and behold, officially the day is National Forces Day (whew! all inclusive and appropriate) and 2015 wasn’t the inaugral day but 2012. The challenge now will be to ensure that all the forces (WW1 and other) are recognised – from labourer to soldier to medical and support services. They all played a significant role in furthering the aims they believed they were fighting for and should be remembered for their contribution to creating the country we know today. For reasons of unification and reconciliation, Mendi Day is well-chosen but it will depend on the dominant voices and how they ‘use’ the day that will determine whether it perpetuates the myths or encourages honest investigation and recognition of how all the sectors of the armed forces worked together to succeed as they did.
And the reference to VE Day, I discovered is the release of a film showing HM The Queen celebrating the news in Piccadilly Circus as one of the people. Soon after and long past by the time you get to read this, was the commemoration of VE Day by the South African Legion, whose newsletter also contained coverage of the WW1 battle of Trekkopje amongst other bits of interest.
Black Friday kept popping up all over the place this past week causing me some confusion – it’s not too difficult at the best of times to confuse me, but I was trying to work out how Black Friday could be anticipated. That is until I finally gave up and ‘Googled’ it. As most of you probably know it’s a shopping day which happens in the USA after Thanksgiving (Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who celebrate it).
I purposefully don’t follow the news these days as I find it too depressing, but have proven time and time again that if something is that newsworthy I will hear about it soon enough. But I couldn’t place Black Friday at all – my frame of reference being Black Week, 10-17 December 1899, during the Anglo-Boer War when the British suffered three major defeats in six weeks. Although I did try Black History Month, but that is October and is quite different to the majority of my associations with Black days as Black History Month commemorates and celebrates diversity of culture.
Returning to my main frame of reference, there are the numerous letters one comes across in the archives with black borders signifying that someone near has died. This got me doing a bit of digging – the origin of black-border letters seem to be a Victorian phenomenon. During World War 1, letters regularly passed between friends and government officials edged in black. Most notable I’ve come across is the correspondence between Lord Buxton (Governor General and High Commissioner of South Africa) and his good friend Lord Grey (Foreign Secretary) to be found at the British Library.
During the inter-war years, Black Thursday and Black Tuesday became attached to 24 & 29 October 1929 respectively when the Wall Street Stock Exchange crashed. This was to impact on many economies around the world, not least South Africa which only started to recover once it left the Gold Standard in 1932. This event was also to lead to the National Party (JBM Hertzog) and South African Party (Jan Smuts) joining to become the United Party which led the Union until the outbreak of World War 2.
One of the earliest Black days was Black Monday – 8 February 1886 – when London unemployed took to the streets and rioted whilst one of the most recent was Black Saturday, 7 February 2009, when Australian bush fires claimed the lives of 173 people. Between these dates, there’s Black Wednesday, 16 September 1992, when Britain suspended its membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
All in all, a Black day generally refers to a tragedy or significant negative event which had a national or wider impact. To call a shopping day Black therefore just doesn’t fit – no matter how much “I hate shopping, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it” as South Africa’s foremost acapella group, Not the Midnight Mass parodied Marie Penz back in the 1990s.
And for those of you who were wondering about other Black days, Black Sunday refers to a film, whilst Black Days is a song and Black Day is a Korean day, 14 April, for singles – an event similar to Valentine’s Day.
Whilst most people were commemorating the outbreak of World War 1 on Monday 4 August, I took a bit of a break as events in Africa kicked off on 6 August in Togoland and on 8 August in Dar es Salaam. All going well, I should be in Kenya for a special commemoration there on 15 August, the day the first soldier of the war was killed in East Africa. Ed Paice, though, fittingly published a piece on the Great War in East Africa in remembrance of the conflict which began 100 years ago yesterday.
I turnedto World War 2 and a Polish cemetery a friend told me about on my last visit to Tanzania. Your reaction might well be the same as mine was, especially when you realise, if you know Tanzania at all, where the cemetery is – in a little village just outside Arusha called Tengeru. Had the cemetery been on the coast, or possibly even in Moshi or Arusha, it would still have been surprising but made more sense.
Nevertheless, it is this village of Tengeru, about 24km outside of Arusha, where the Polish cemetery dating back to World War 2 can be found. The camp was formed by Polish refugees who were fleeing from Russian occupation of Poland on the one side and Hitler on the other. About 24,000 (18,000 according to Kresy-Siberia Foundation) found themselves in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania with the biggest settlement being at Tengeru. They were en route to the UK, US and other destinations. This spot at Tengeru was apparently chosen because of its climate – this may well be, but it is not the easiest place to get to and there were other white settlements around the slopes of Mount Meru [this is going to require some further investigation in the British archives in due course]. Despite the challenge of getting to the cemetery, it must be acknowledged that it is a beautiful setting.
After the war, about 1,000 refugees remained in East Africa with a number remaining in the Arusha area. They contributed to the local community building schools, an argicultural college, clinic and other facilities – all of which are still used in some form today with the agricultural college being their main legacy. There is one remaining refugee, aged 97, still living in Arusha and when it comes time for him to leave this earth, he will be laid to rest amongst his fellow Poles in a little corner of Africa.
The cemetery is striking in its similarity to the Commonwealth War Graves. Most of the head stones look the same and are lined in the same way. Frangipani trees, a common feature of the German African graves, provide shade. The garden is tended by Simon Joseph who has taken over the work from his father who tended the graves for 32 years. He is supported financially by the Polish Embassy and donations from the many visitors who come to see this little bit of Eastern Europe in the heart of Africa.
No matter what war one talks about, there are always those who are displaced, and it seems fitting, that on the day when most people are remembering the horrors the declaration of war started 100 years ago, we remember all those who were and have been displaced from their homes due to the national and other localised conflicts.
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2019-04-23T18:12:41Z
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https://thesamsonsedhistorian.wordpress.com/category/ww2/
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My production manager has our guys filing (by hand) laminate work that has come out of our $30K Brandt edgebander. Does this sound right? Do people still file by hand using those large farmer files? I'm sure they have better tools and much faster on the market, do you know of any? Shouldn't we be able to calibrate our edgebander for no filing once it is done? We spend a lot of time filing laminate jobs and it drives me crazy as a business owner.
I can tell you that we still have to do some handwork through our 46K Brandt bander. When we run PVC it pretty much comes out finished other than some possible glue to clean off here and there, but when we run laminate strips there always seems to be some filing to do just to get rid of the chatter marks.
Keeping the cutters sharp does help, but they will dull pretty fast with the HPL. Also depending on what material we are banding we may set the trimmers slightly high just so we don’t have to worry about burn-through on a possible high spot of glue from when the panel was laid up.
I have seen banders that do not require any hand work when the parts come out, however this has always been at a mfg. showroom where the bander is not being used in a production setting and is only running sample pieces. I'm sure others will chime in that they have banders that require no hand work, perhaps 30 to 46K is not enough. I guess it would also depend on what condition you want to send your parts out in. I know of a company that employs three to four people and their only job is to file and clean parts when they come out of the bander.
No experience with HPL in expensive edge banders, but I do still file by hand. I do small HPL jobs on occasion and use a Beaver air file to get close. Regardless of what they advertise, if I really want to get the edge clean I still need to do some hand filing. I'd imagine the same would be true of an edge bander, but I couldn't say for sure.
I have a habit of not setting the cutters too close on edgebanding laminate. It is too difficult to repair or touch-up the laminate whether you are using PVC or laminate. With a laminate edge I edge first, then laminate the panel and then use a 22.5 degree router cutter set to the appropriate depth. With a matching PVC edge (laminating the panel before edgebanding) I have to use a razor to do some cleaning. One solution is to set the edgebander cutters so they just cut the edgebanding and not move into the plane of the panel. The height gauge needs to be accurate. The pressure on the panel can cause it to vary in tracking.
1. The tooling has to be sharp and it does not last long for this, but I think sharpening is less expensive than filing. I keep one or two extra sets of tooling available so I have at least one to use when I get them sharpened.
2. Use laid up panels from a factory if you can't get them flat enough in your shop. We can't do it that flat with contact cement.
3. If your machine allows, set the routers at a very slight bevel so if there is a high spot on the panel, it will not cut into the laminate very much. If your machine does not allow it, there may be a bevel tool available for your machine or have one made. I use a very slight bevel, less than 1/2 degree.
4. At this point, I either have no filing or just breaking the edge. I only go through this much trouble if I have a large quantity of parts to run, or else it takes more time to set up the bander this way than to file.
I do not use laminate for my banding. I use edgebanding and have the bottom trimmer cut almost perfect to the melamine and leave a minor lip at top. As soon as it comes out of the edge bander we just run a 3" wide blade down the edge and bam! Plus it shows no black line. I hate it when on occasion they pick a laminate they don’t make a banding for!
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2019-04-20T17:28:54Z
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http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Is_It_Necessary_to_File_Edgebanding_by_Hand.html
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Summary: Raptors begin migrating in late August, with some sticking around Wisconsin until the snow flies. To see one of the more remarkable raptor migrations, visit Devil’s Lake State Park where you can see up to 300 turkey vultures soaring for hours on the thermals in early October. Hear more about these birds with a face only a mother could love.
Credits: The Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin and Mind's Eye Audio in Madison.
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2019-04-25T20:29:36Z
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http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/88901
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Every weekday at 4:20 p.m., Houston's listener-sponsored community radio station KPFT gives you some news you can use. Dean Becker wants his pot-smokin' buddies to stay out of jail, and to do that they have to be informed. Becker monitors the drug war like Fox News monitors the war on terrorism, and he isn't afraid to call a spade a spade. In his eyes, the war on drugs is a failure and should be stopped immediately. And he's got no problem getting folks to co-sign that notion. Some of the nation's "highest"-ranking hemp activists have appeared on his show, including former Dallas Cowboy and president of Texas NORML Mark Stepnoski.
Best Radio Commentary: Dean Becker, "420 Drug War News"
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2019-04-21T22:26:03Z
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https://www.houstonpress.com/best-of/2003/people-and-places/best-radio-commentary-6604651
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CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela's government announced plans Monday to have the state oil company turn over more of its earnings in dollars to the Central Bank, seeking to confront shortages of some foods and other products that have worsened due to a lack of dollars provided to importers at official rates.
Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez announced the change at a news conference, saying state-run Petroleos de Venezuela SA is to increase by nearly $2.5 billion the amount of dollars it turns over to the Central Bank this year.
Ramirez said that President Hugo Chavez had supported changing the law and that is to be approved by the National Assembly, where pro-Chavez lawmakers hold the majority.
Sporadic shortages of some foods such as cooking oil and chicken have worsened recently while the government has been making available fewer dollars at the fixed exchange rate. Since November, the government has scaled back the amount of dollars it has been providing through its currency agency to businesses and individuals.
The situation has generated growing rumors of a possible devaluation while pushing down the bolivar in street-level black market trading to less than one quarter of the official rate of 4.30 bolivars to the dollar.
Some business leaders have said that the insufficient amounts of dollars provided to businesses has led to fewer imports and worsened shortages of some foods and other products in stores.
Ramirez said the government has sufficient funds to meet the economy's needs for dollars. Oil is the lifeblood of Venezuela, accounting for most of its export earnings and helping to bankroll an economy heavily reliant on imports.
Last year, the state oil company sold to the Central Bank $46 billion, Ramirez said. This year, he said, if oil prices keep to the range where they have been, the oil company should provide about $49 billion to the Central Bank.
Ramirez spoke in front of a photo of Chavez saluting, and showed journalists a document with the president's signature.
The oil minister was among several officials who visited the ailing president last week in Cuba, where he has been recovering since undergoing a Dec. 11 cancer surgery.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro had announced on Saturday that during their meeting, Chavez made decisions on certain economic matters and had signed various documents. One was the decision announced by Ramirez on Monday.
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2019-04-25T04:37:34Z
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuela-state-oil-company-to-turn-over-more-dollars-to-central-bank-to-fight-shortages
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>> automatically in the graphic as well.
>> breaks when you wrap the DynamicModule in a function definition.
I'll provide you some hints. It has to do with evaluation order.
front end because Dynamic is HoldFirst.
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the ignite service was awesome this month!!!
The First Ignite Service of the Year... was LAST NIGHT!!!
IGNITE IS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3RD!!!
writing a dissertation on "Walk It Out !!!!!"
adrienne on WILD N OUT!!
adrienne on Ignite is now on YouTube!!!!
brea derrick on Ignite is now on YouTube!!!!
At Ignite this month we talked about walking in love. We had a panel discussion with the youth leaders and a couple guests.. and we discussed how to handle certain scenarios.. by walking in love. The youth are really walkin it out .... lol. They know how to walk in love. Next month we'll be dealing with how to operate in love with family members.... oh...boy...lol. I believe it will be easier and easier for them to walk in love as they walk it out.
The Ignite service was AWESOME!!!!!!!!
We had a great turn out and lots of fun with the games and activities. The topic for the night was music. We did an activity where, the students had to take a secular song that they liked, and change the lyrics to make it a song that represents God. The lyrics they came up with were SO POWERFUL. Teenagers know God, even when they act like they don't. At the end I ministered on the subject and we watched a clip of a dvd entitled 'The Truth about Hip Hop'. Satan uses music to trap the minds of our youth. But at Ignite on Wednesday, we exposed the devil!! GOD IS TOO GOOD!!!!
Each student should have went home with a list of Christian music artists to buy new cd's. If for some reason your student did not get a list. Please let me know. God is doing big things with the Ignite students. YES!!!!!!!!!!!
We will be dealing with the importance of listening to the right music! You don't want to miss this!
We had an awesome service last night. The message was "Worshipping God with your lifestyle". We dealt with the vitality of living a lifestyle of pleasing God, showing Him that you love Him through the way you act, and what you do when no one is watching. After the message, each student got alone with God in different parts of the sanctuary to get right with God and to repent for anything they needed to repent for. IT WAS AWESOME. It was probably one of the most precious experiences Ignite has had with God. LIFE CHANGING! God did His thing last night. What a great way to start off the year. The students also wrote down 3 things that they want to do different in 2009. I'm excited for Ignite. And I know that God is going to show Himself strong to them this year!!!!
WhAt ArE yOuUuUuUuUuUuU bRiNgInG tO tHe iGnItE ChRIsTmAs PaRtY ?????????????????????
The following is the list of what everyone signed up to bring to the Christmas party. If you are bringing a main dish or side... PLEASE COME 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE PARTY STARTS.
Attention Parents : The next Ignite Service will be held on Wednesday, December 3rd. Every Ignite service will be held on the first Wednesday night of each month. Our day has changed due to the Saturday night services.
At this service, I will be teaching on sowing and reaping and why it is important for young people to grasp this God ordained principle! It's going to be good!
Also be sure to have your student sign up for the Ignite Christmas Party this Sunday. The Party will be held at the Jennings' Home on December 21st. There will be more details at the Welcome Center this Sunday.
1. There is a Spiritual Realm that listens to you.
2. God is waiting on you to start speaking His word so that He can perform it.
3. What's in you will eventually come out of you.
WE HAD AN AWESOME TIME....GREAT FELLOWSHIP....AWESOME GAMES....IT WAS THE BEST!!!!!!
you know!!!!!! you already know right from wrong! don't resist the conviction of the holy spirit... YOU KNOW.....IGNITE STUDENTS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT..
Last night we had a great service!! Latoyia Smith and I tag team ministered on Conviction. What it means to be convicted, what conviction is, what happens when you are not convicted for sin that you do, purity, heaven and hell. I could tell that the students received from the message. We also allowed the students to have an open discussion on what conviction meant to them. Very few knew what conviction was or what it meant. So I'm glad that we covered that topic. It was an awesome service. We also had fun games and a few prizes.
My prayer is that every Ignite student will develop an intimate relationship with God. Because if they do that, they will live their lives to please Him. And when they please God, they will please their parents and those that care about them.
I love you Ignite!!! You guys Ignite ME!
The youth leaders did an AWESOME job at the service. Everyone did their part well!
GOD GETS ALL THE GLORY.. IGNITE STUDENT MINISTRIES IS ORDAINED AND RAN BY GOD!
FUN FUN FUN.... AND TIRING.. LOL.
Thank you thank you thank you.... to everyone who supported the trip to Six Flags. I know the students appreciated your support. Even if you just supported them by coming to the car wash. Although it was extremely hot, the trip went very well. Rides.. food.. laughs... just fun. I am looking forward to many other trips in the future! Here are some pictures of the trip..
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2019-04-22T20:56:49Z
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https://aljennings.typepad.com/ignite_yourself/
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Arts
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Games
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wordpress
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Thanks Sheen for sharing these two awards with me. You can visit her at http://flowersandbreezes.wordpress.com. She is a wonderful blogger. I enjoy reading her blog because of the creative drawings, poems and writings presented by Sheen.
Thanks Kirstan for passing this award to me. You can visit her blog at http://gettingontop.wordpress.com. She never fails to surprise me with her creativity in terms of writing. I just love reading her blog.
Thanks to Arundhathi for nominating me with this award. You can check her blog at https://justinmywritemind.wordpress.com. She talks about her travelling experiences and life in general.
For these three awards I would like to thank Millie. You can check her blog at https://milliethom.wordpress.com/. She is full of creative ideas. You would love the informative pieces that she shares with her bloggers.
Thanks, Sohini for sharing The Real Neat Blog Award with me. Her blog is a wonderful place with photos and posts. You can check her blog at https://sohinikumar.com/. She is a book lover and an amazing person in the blog world.
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2019-04-21T16:56:52Z
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https://normashilpi.wordpress.com/awards/
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Arts
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Arts
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hollywoodtheatre
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OLÈ OLÈ OLÈ!: A TRIP ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA is a feature-length documentary that follows he Rolling Stones’ 2016 tour through ten Latin American cities, as the band attempts to pull off a once-in-a-lifetime open air concert in Havana, Cuba. The film celebrates the revolutionary power of rock ’n’ roll—exhilarating and exploratory—while chronicling the tour itself, the local culture and the unique bond that exists between the Latin American people and The Rolling Stones.
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2019-04-20T16:12:05Z
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https://hollywoodtheatre.org/events/ole-ole-ole-a-trip-across-latin-america/
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Arts
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Arts
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wtop
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An advocacy group claims Alabama health officials are discriminating against residents of a poor, mostly black county by failing to address sanitation problems that led to an outbreak of a parasite most common in underdeveloped countries.
San Francisco-based Earthjustice said Friday it filed a civil rights complaint with the federal government on behalf of residents of Lowndes County, which is one of Alabama’s poorest areas yet lies just a few miles west of the state capital of Montgomery.
The nonprofit environmental law firm contends state and county health officials have failed to address sewage conditions that led to a hookworm problem in the county, which once was a hotbed of civil rights activity and is part of an impoverished region called the Black Belt.
Dr. Scott Harris, head of the Alabama Department of Public Health, said he hadn’t seen the complaint but denied that racial bias was behind the agency’s actions in Lowndes County. He says the agency is working on solutions.
“It’s not a race problem, it’s a poverty problem,” Harris said in a telephone interview.
The area’s dense soil, composed of clay and chalk, reduces the effectiveness of ordinary sewage systems, and some homes drain human waste directly into open pits or ditches that overflow during storms. The complaint, filed with Health and Human Services, contends state and county health officials have failed to address the problem.
“We hope that the Department of Health and Human Services will exercise its power under federal civil rights law to resolve the discriminatory conduct that has long deprived African-American residents in the Black Belt from functional wastewater systems and adequate protections of their health,” Earthjustice attorney Anna Sewell said in a statement.
The state has denied claims made in a study about a hookworm outbreak in the county, which has a population of roughly 10,000 people. Nearly three-quarters of them are black, and Census statistics show more than 30 percent live in poverty.
The anti-poverty nonprofit Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise, which initiated the complaint, said the sewage problem in Lowndes is another form of racial oppression toward black residents.
A study by Baylor University last year concluded that about one-third of the county’s residents tested positive for low levels of hookworm, an intestinal parasite that typically spreads through human feces. It is most commonly found in non-industrial nations in the Southern Hemisphere.
State health officials released an announcement in April disputing that the county was suffering an outbreak of hookworm. The study released last year was based on technology not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, Harris said, and it wasn’t large enough to be statistically meaningful.
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2019-04-23T00:52:47Z
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https://wtop.com/national/2018/09/compliant-racial-bias-behind-health-woes-in-alabama-county/
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Health
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iastate
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Sooty mold fungi cause needles, branches, or leaves of trees or shrubs to appear black. The common name "sooty mold" is descriptive of the black coating or crust that is formed on these plant surfaces.
Several different species of fungi often exist together to cause the sooty appearance. These fungi don't infect plants, but grow on the sugary honeydew excreted by aphids, scales, mealybugs, and other insects.
The growth of these fungi is primarily an aesthetic problem, although they can be detrimental to plant health by blocking sunlight and interfering with photosynthesis.
Control of sooty mold is targeted at preventing or reducing insect populations. Scales and aphids are usually the culprits in sooty mold infestations. It's important to identify the species of insect present to determine what control measures to apply and when.
In Iowa, sooty mold is most commonly spotted on pine, maple, and elm trees, but can occur in variety of plant species.
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2019-04-26T12:53:23Z
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https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/sooty-mold
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Arts
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Science
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fleisher
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In this five-session figurative course, students will be challenged to think of the figure in terms of simple interlocking forms and shapes to create powerful design-compositions. The aim will be to create dozens of quickly finished sketches each session in order to build strong picture making habits with immediate results.
Open to any medium, this class will meet the needs of creating bold figurative abstractions with the human form as a pretext.
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2019-04-19T05:13:10Z
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https://fleisher.org/take-a-class/class-listings/abstracting-the-figure-five-session-workshop-2-2/
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Arts
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Arts
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alien8recordings
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Only CD or CD-R formats (no DATs, MDs or audio cassettes please).
Do not email audio files.
Please do not send us email messages asking us to visit your page on mp3.com or any other web site.
If you desire acknowledgment of the receipt of your demo please use some form of registered mail.
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2019-04-23T20:03:47Z
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http://alien8recordings.com/info/demos
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Arts
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Reference
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wikipedia
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A low-residency program (or limited residency program) is a form of education, normally at the university level, which involves some amount of distance education and brief on-campus or specific-site residencies—residencies may be one weekend or several weeks. These programs are most frequently offered by colleges and universities that also teach standard full-time courses on campus. There are numerous Master's degree programs in a wide range of content areas; one of the most popular limited residency degree programs is the Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. The first such program was developed by Evalyn Bates and launched in 1963 at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.
There are low-residency MFA programs in creative writing, visual arts, photography, and painting. Other graduate programs that can earn a student a degree include Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, and Master of Accounting. A few schools offer limited residency undergraduate options: Goddard College, Prescott College, Lesley University, New Hampshire Institute of Art, and Union Institute & University.
Programs vary, but an intensive, low-residency model requires students to come to campus every six months for 1-2 weeks, during which time students engage in a variety of activities and lectures during the day, and create detailed study plans. During the non-residency semester periods, students study independently, sending in "packets" to their faculty mentors every month or so. The content of the packets varies with each individual, but focuses on research, writing, and reflection related to each student's individualized study plan. A few schools, such as Western State Colorado University, actually conduct live online classes via Skype each week during the non-residency periods as well as having instructors reading students' work and provide written feedback weekly.
^ Carlson, Scott (Sep 9, 2011). "Goddard College Takes a Highly Unconventional Path to Survival". The Chronicle of Higher Education. LVIII: A6.
^ "MFA in Dance - Montclair State University". www.montclair.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
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2019-04-18T15:52:43Z
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-residency_program
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Arts
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Arts
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msn
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There is just something lavish and lucrative about a cosy summerhouse located in a garden. Even if it’s just an ordinary, traditionally built little structure that’s not too big, having access to a summerhouse immediately tells everyone that you have extra space to boast about. And not to mention what it can mean for your house’s resale value.
When properly designed, a summerhouse is a great place for several activities like painting, crafting, working, exercising, etc. On the other hand it can also be the ideal spot for some alone time (like reading a book with a glass of wine) or socialising with friends. Your summerhouse, your rules!
To help you set up the perfect outdoor space (regardless of what you plan on using it for), let’s see some crucial things you must (and must not) do!
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2019-04-21T20:53:25Z
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http://www.msn.com/en-ph/lifestyle/home-and-garden/your-perfect-summerhouse-what-to-do-and-not-to-do/ar-BBPrtKd?li=BBr8OIZ
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Recreation
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fox43
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President Donald Trump will ask for a Pentagon budget of $718 billion for 2020, part of an overall $750 billion request for defense, two US officials say.
However, given the fact that the Democrats control the House of Representatives, it’s unclear whether the budget proposal can win congressional approval.
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget and the Defense Department did not comment on the figures and the administration is expected to formally announce the figures next week.
“We won’t have anything for you until Tuesday,” acting chief Pentagon spokesman Charles Summers told reporters Friday when asked about the budget.
He did say the administration’s budget would be “strategy driven” and build on the last two budgets.
The officials say approximately $544 billion is being requested for the “base” defense budget with an additional $9 billion going to an “emergency” fund. The remaining $165 billion would go to “Overseas Contingency Operations,” an account that pays for military operations overseas in places like Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. That’s a dramatic increase from the 2019 budget, which sought $69 billion for that operational account.
“The President’s budget will apparently rely on a giant OCO gimmick to prop up defense spending. If true, this is nothing more than a blatant attempt to make a mockery of the federal budget process, obscure the true cost of military operations, and severely shortchange other investments vital to our national and economic security,” House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith said in a joint statement last month.
“You’re only doing that because I gave you the greatest and biggest budget in our history,” Trump told a crowd at the Pentagon in January.
“I’ve now done it two times, and I hate to tell the rest of the world, but I’m about to do it three times,” he added, strongly suggesting that he would provide another defense spending boost.
Mattis resigned weeks after following a disagreement over Trump’s decision to pull US troops out of Syria.
The day prior to that meeting, Trump had publicly signaled an intent to shrink defense spending, appearing to call the Pentagon’s 2019 budget of $716 billion “crazy” in a tweet.
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget did not respond to a request for comment.
“Some will be deferred and if in fact, they are deferred, those projects will be… funds for those will be included the president’s budget for 2020,” McMahon said.
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2019-04-25T22:00:05Z
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https://fox43.com/2019/03/10/trump-administration-to-propose-750-billion-military-budget-next-week/
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Arts
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News
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wordpress
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Falling right from under me.
Dear, you are the epitome of love.
To things I didn’t even know existed.
Dreams of you make me shiver.
Chastising me for an empty life.
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2019-04-26T02:02:26Z
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https://inspiredlover.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/strange-allusions/
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Arts
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Reference
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arlo
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Ronald Reagan the ex-president. And livin' in the janitor's closet like that, they got a lot of room downstairs where the crew used to be in. Havin' all that room, seein' as how they let the crew starve to death years ago, they decided that they didn't have to take out their nuclear waste for a long time.
on toward the Toxic Waste Disposal Site.
Toxic Disposal Site saying, "Closed for Orange Alert." And we had never heard of a Toxic Disposal Site closed for an Orange Alert before, and with tears in our eyes, and some of our hair fallin' out, we drove off into the sunset looking for another place to put the nuclear waste.
"no, not that." one of us said referring to a naked man (all but for his sneakers) who happened to be jogging, "that."
"that's what i was looking at before, what did you think i was looking at, that naked man or something?"
"antoinette! there ain't no towels in the bathroom!"
"well, what do you want me to do about it?!"
"so, is your name antoinette?"
"ditto...so like, what do you suppose is happening out there?"
"one never knows around these parts...although there does seem to be a certain familiar ring to it."
"i know what you mean, something like, 'hmmm-hmmm-hmm-hm-huh-hmm-hmm-hmm-at-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hm-hm'"
as agnes looked through the lens of the camera, she thought of how the scene reminded her of her old neighborhood...a pretty happy-go-lucky place if one could stay out of harms way, almost like dancing. a lot had happened between that time and now which filled her with a sense of sadness and detachment. she turned to look at antoinette who had been looking at agnes whose finger had been poised for several minutes over the shutter button.
antoinette was a thin woman of average height, and like so many others agnes had known, was also a chain smoker. agnes knew it best that she not allow herself to take up smoking. she knew every cigarette would be red hot from start to finish and each carton of cigarettes a mission.
agnes didn't just look at antoinette, she struggled to look deep into her as though something were just out of reach. much of her memory seemed made up of snap shots constantly being rearranged to try and make a whole story. for now however, she would wing it.
she was just about to bring up the subject of native american flute music when she noticed a little man who reminded her of danny devito, about two foot high, wearing brown clothes and bells, leaving a trail of sparkly dust wherever he went, hop up onto the table next to where she stood and wave to her to "come on!".
her face lit right up, when again he waved, "come on!" and hopped off the table onto the floor and straight out the doggy door. agnes turned quickly toward antoinette with every indication of wanting to follow the little man written all over her face and was implored to, "well? go ahead dammit!" and was sent off with a smile and an invitation to "please come back and visit!".
for a little feller he made good time and was showing no signs of slowing down.
"wait up you little twerp!" but he kept running till he came to the top of a hill and jumped with both arms held high over his head.
"why so dramatic?" agnes wondered, and hauled herself up to the edge of the world to try and see where the little man had gone. nowhere. the little man had jumped into oblivion. disappointed, she stood up to turn back when unexpectedly, as you might have imagined, the little man rushed her from behind pushing her over the side and then jumped himself. they were falling fast. agnes grabbed hold of the little man to try and strangle him, but the little man fought back. that combined with falling at a high rate of speed rendered both their efforts useless, reduced to a failure of a slap fight, when abruptly they landed in a heap on a mystifyingly soft surface. followed by a last ditch effort swing from agnes to try and punch the little man, only to have him duck it, which sent agnes rolling onto a wooden floor, to look up and find antoinette where she'd last left her, but with a hand reached down to help her up.
...at the moment, agnes wasn't sure that she wanted to take antoinette's hand. while watching antoinette's eyes, she got up on her own.
"you can trust me." antoinette offered, and agnes wanted to trust her, but for now would try not to allow her desires to get in the way of her awareness. and right now she needed plenty of room to see. at times she had a tendency to overlook an awful lot all in the name of trust and the desire to believe, which had led her down some pretty strange paths, believing in things that were not true. not that she had any regrets, only divine discontent in the realization that what she had believed in was not, after-all, so.
"it could have been great," she thought to herself, "if only it were true." for it seemed to agnes as though none of it had been.
for all that, there had been times when she followed her heart completely, and despite appearances and the ensuing mass hysteria, is fully convinced she was right in doing so.
truth has always been subject to scrutiny, true enough, but only in debates. plain and simple however, what is true is true, and what isn't, isn't.
she decided during her self-communion, that she would try to remain aware, no matter how difficult the task. especially with all the little people running around all the time wearing their "merry-man" hats. it was hard not to run right along side them.
agnes had turned her attention to some french paperweights that had been arranged along a window sill, the way the light shone through them and their beautiful encapsulated 3D effect, when through the window noticed a woman with the reddest hair she'd ever seen, wearing a shimmery green gown and golden shoes, and with sparks at her finger tips.
agnes clapped both her hands over her mouth in an attempt to hide an erupting smile, then moving them away enough to speak, leaned to antoinette and in a whisper asked, "do you see that?"
agnes took antoinette's "telling" smile as a yes and after tapping at the window and waving, went and threw the door wide open and ran out to try and catch up to her.
as she pulled up along side the woman, the woman turned to her and remarked, "it must seem strange telling stories about one's self, and in the third person."
the two had walked on quietly for a ways and agnes began to wonder if it was her turn to say something, or what? there was really nothing she wanted to say at the moment and was enjoying the scenery and the strange and wonderful energy the woman seemed to have, but wondered if it was her duty to say something for the sake of proper etiquette.
"i've never seen you around here before." agnes offered, knowing full well she hadn't seen anyone she'd seen recently, around anywhere before, and so added, "where are we going?"
the woman responded, only by glancing sideways at her.
"you haven't even told me your name."
agnes looked skeptically at the woman and was promptly whacked on the head from the other direction and turned to find a person in a hooded friar's robe, holding a rolled up proclamation parchment and looking straight off into the distance as though to proclaim his or her complete irrelevance.
"perhaps there was an insect flying near my head and the stranger was only trying to sweep it away from me, and accidentally hit me on the head instead?" agnes thought stupidly to herself for the sake of pointless theorizing.
when it appeared safe to do so, agnes turned her attention back to the woman, and watched as the entire sky behind her became a crimson red, framing the woman's hair and face beautifully, and creating the appearance of a gigantic tapestry unrolling in place of the natural world, and then watched as it all went back again.
followed then by another whack to the head. agnes turned quickly to the "friar" and shot a look to convey what words could not, while the friar maintained an irrelevant attitude, continuing onward unsympathetically.
"i am here fighting the good fight, and in the name of what is right and good, i am doing what is good and fine. you would have known that if you weren't so stupid." finishing off as flattly as how he or she had begun.
"well in that case, let me help you. but first, take off your hood so that i will know who i will be fighting alongside." agnes said, barely able to contain her excitement.
"grendalynn. and what is the name of the person i will be fighting alongside, then?"
"hey, look!" agnes pointed, "it's the alphonse mucha lady!"
grendalynn looked, "you mean, the zodiac lady?"
"no..." said an exasperated agnes.
you mean the cigareette papers lady?" grendalynn wondered still.
"no, no! the chocolate sampler lady, salmagundi!" agnes thundered, "can we go meet her?"
"no, i don't think so..." grendalynn stated soundly.
"okay then, i will. you wait here." agnes said as she ran to greet salmagundi, while grendalynn, with much fearlessness, trailed not far behind as it would turn out.
"salmagundi!" agnes called out, and as the woman turned, agnes stared with the subtlety of a screech owl, for the crystals the woman wore in her headdress here and there had agnes utterly hypnotized.
"i'll trade you something for one of your crystals," agnes offered in a semi-sub conscious tone.
salmagundi was intrigued with agnes' behavior, as she was used to a more rigid bowing down at her feet from most strangers she had met, as though they had mistaken her for someone or something far greater than themselves.
"well, what would you have to trade?" asked salmagundi.
agnes searched herself and remembered the satchel she'd had strapped over her shoulder for some time now, "i have this bag-o-hemp bag...and inside, a pot of tea brewing...a gift from a shaolin priest. would you like a cup?"
salmagundi agreed to the trade and pulled one of the crystals from her crown, and with a piece of silver wire, wrapped it so as to be worn by agnes as a pendant.
agnes pulled from her satchel a steamimg cup of tea and offered it in trade...salmagundi obliged and offered some to agnes.
"no thanks, " agnes said, "i have this..." as she opened her hand to reveal a small brilliant blue ball of light which she held to her forehead and hence began thinking deep thoughts.
in a moment of inspiration, salmagundi stood (and how marvelous in all her splendor, agnes could not take her eyes off her) and said, "come, follow me.."
agnes was already to her feet, "come on!" she said while dragging grendalynn along with her.
soon they arrived at an enormous glass mushroom, with a spiraling blue staircase going up through the stem. throughout the smooth glass cap were many stained glass windows, creating a carnival of color.
"oh...i knew it..." grendalynn mumbled gloomily.
"come on!" agnes said, as an oversized glass door began to open, slowly revealing the little man in the brown suit, wearing bells..."it's you!" blasted agnes haltingly, "what are you doing here?!"
"well of course it's me, and where else would i be, but right here right now." snorted the smug little man facetiously.
agnes was not amused, "go away!" she said, and to boot, tried to boot him with her kicking boot.
"i'm here because of you." he said, staying just out of reach of her foot, "i'm your unwillingness to believe that i'm an idiot. you would much rather doubt yourself than to believe that i'm an idiot."
"you're an idiot!" agnes spewed, "now go away!"
the next thing agnes knew, grendalynn was shaking her soundly while salmagundi looked on smilingly, "not so rough, " she said to grendalynn, "it's really not necessary."
grendalynn became suspicious of salmagundi, if that was indeed her name, and of agnes who had it seemed, become fond of salmagundi. but the real pisser was that salmagundi seemed to genuinely care about agnes.
"and why should she?" wondered grendalynn as her mind wandered wildly over all sorts of possible scenarios.
"...after all, what great things has she done? anything? anything at all? i have after all, performed many great deeds, have fought many great fights in the name of all that is right...she on the other hand seems to do nothing but daydream! look at her!" (grendalynn holds both hands in front of agnes' eyes, snapping her fingers) "...not so much as a flinch!"
despite outward signs, agnes was fully aware of her surroundings, and no less of grendalynn's snapping fingers. it was more of the same.
from the corner of her eye, agnes turned a glance toward salmagundi, whose eyes conveyed complete understanding and whose smile conveyed total acceptance. agnes felt she had nothing to prove. neither innocence nor guilt. she was free to be herself. she reached her arms around salmagundi in an embrace.
to salmagundi, it was perfectly natural (a little off the wall, but natural nonetheless) and she responded in kind. to grendalynn, it was disgusting.
"what is she doing?! obviously she's insane! or worse!" grendalynn could see it no other way.
salmagundi then looked to grendalynn and very deliberately reached deep into the shoulder bag that had been hidden under an outer garment and pulled from it a strand of turquoise beads she'd picked up in atlantis.
"here," salmagundi said to her, "wear this, it will remind you of your strength."
"okay...i accept it, but i still think you're weird, agnes!!"
"well, look who's talking..." agnes replied, thinking this as more of a joke...as something she'd remembered a friend saying to her when she'd made such accusations.
...before long, agnes could see just ahead an open air market with rows of awnings and aisles of colorful produce arranged in crates.
"let's go over there..." agnes mumbled while making her way over. as she threaded her way through the crowd and looked around, "special occasion" seemed written all over everyone's faces and was rubbing off on agnes as she worked her way over to a basket of fresh garlic.
she conjured a smile and looked toward salmagundi who was still close by and confided, "i've been feeling a tad out-of-sorts lately..." and then picked from the bushel of garlic a nice firm bulb and after buying it with a few jingle bells and a marble, began eating it like an apple. even salmagundi took note of this, while grendalynn stood away pretending not to know either one of them.
agnes explained, "sometimes, when i feel like &*^% i like to binge on garlic. at some point one starts to feel euphoric..."
"...and no doubt, one begins to find out who ones true friends really are." salmagundi pointed out on the brink of laughter and tears.
agnes smiled stupidly, as all the garlic she had just eaten had left her feeling daft and looking every bit the part.
"transporter room, have you a fix on us?"
"Howdy! I was wondering if I could get a roast beast sandwich, an order of zee uhn-yuhn rings and a cold Jones to go then eh," asked the stranger than life if it was only fiction before prose.
"Am I hearing voices or do I just imagine them," queried Agnes in her usual delightful yet straightforward manner.
"Well now, that all deep ends on what that little fella over there is willing to put up with," opined salmagundi.
The steamy roast beast was a fragrant delight as were zee uhn-yuhn reens to the stranger's nostrils.
"Why, I am much obliged at the free eats, but I insist - I would like to pay for vittles," coughed the stranger confidently.
"By the way, what flavor of Jones would you like?"
"I'll take a Pineapple Upside Down, if you've got some. If not a good old Root Beer would fit the bill," he responded sheepishly.
"One Jones PUD comin' up!!!" yelled Agnes quietly so as not to disturb the other patrons in their gustation phase of oral enjoyment of the aforementioned vittles, er.... ah.... food.
Placing the soda carefully on the counter in front of the stranger Agnes asked thoughtfully, "So what brings you to these parts?" All of the Sudanese there was a racket over in the corner by the juke box.
One of the wait staph dropped and coupla cuppas. agnes just laughed a delightful laugh - you know the kind when the twinkle in her eye lights up and her head goes back a bit as the laugh comes from deep down and just rolls out into the air around you?
"Well, in answer to your query, I was feeling a bit peckish, saw your sign and figured it sounded good and so I dropped in the out door indoors and what a surprise to be here and all that, but I digest," sneezed Ron with a mouthful of roast beast sandwich and, dang it you know what happens when you sneeze with a mouthful of toast least hand twitch. Luckily Ron turned away at just...the...right...moment and with one deft move brought the napkin into play at just...that...right...moment. a close calling all cars there in a rubbery residue to the left of the right of way, please bare arms and be prepared to stoop.
Ron thought, "I thought we already said howdy, but maybe it's the custom here." So speaking out loud he posited, "Howdy!!!!" And soon everyone was doing that thing they do - the joint was rockin' softly (I mean, afterall, it is a wistful song isn't it?) And a good time was had by Al not to mentioned everyone else which I didn't do as it would take way too much time to do so.
"...and i thought we were talking about onion rings!" laughed agnes pensively, "...this is even better, though..."
"voices in the sky" by the moody blues.
waaaay off in the corner, ron, salmagundi and agnes had all simultaneously caught mikey tapping one toe to the music, while his eyes rolled watchfully as to keep from being caught dancing, but it was too late, he'd been caught.
the words and melody struck a whimsical chord in agnes and she leaned in front of ron (the stranger) catching his eyes in hers and thrusting a hand before him, unpalmed a weightless sphere, bubble like, and in it, a rose blossom and the two of them watched as it floated up and away...then she held another hand before him...revealing another weightless bubble-like sphere, and in it a dandelion gone to seed, full and round, and releasing it into the atmosphere watched it too, as it floated up and away. ron could see the joy agnes had in both and how it seemed almost as though she had forgotten for the moment, about everyone and everything else.
"Things are not as they seem," spoke someone ominously.
"Did you hear that?" asked Robbie as everyone - and I mean EVERYONE - paused to listen. "Man this is sure stirrin' up some ghosts for me."
Agnes had a few more wonderful things up her sleeve and was not afraid to use them. The smile of pure joy poured across her face and she was indeed lost in the moment - fully aware and yet not incumbered.
"Do the bubble again!" shouted Ron in a half awake sort of way as he munched a dee-lish uhn-yuhn reen. "But this time make it a big, soapy bubble full of swirling colors that, well, swirl. And then make it turn into a multi-faceted crystal that throws rainbow light all over the room."
agnes turned to ron and whisking her hand around in the air revealed a sphere of pure crystal, faceted, which turned suspended from her palm. snatching it from the air, she presented it, "for you." she offered.
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Everyone dreams of visiting Paris at least once in their lifetime. The wide boulevards, exquisite food and refined way of Parisian life seem to reach out to entice the senses of even the most hard-nosed traveler. The City of Light, however, has an often well-deserved reputation for costliness and difficulty. Fortunately, by following a few simple tips, you can have the vacation of your dreams without the hassle.
Tour guide Fodor's cautions would-be Paris visitors that the city empties out every August as Parisians take their yearly month-long vacation to the south of France. If you want to avoid the crowds, heat and extra expense of the summer months, consider visiting Paris in the shoulder seasons of April to May and September to November. The weather is mild during these months, and most tourist attractions remain open. You'll also benefit from cheaper accommodation and travel tickets.
If you'll be staying in Paris for a week or more, Paris Escapes recommends you purchase a weekly Metro pass ($21 as of 2010). The Metro is the easiest way to get around Paris. If museums are your thing, the Paris Convention and Tourist Bureau sells Paris Museum Passes, allowing you unlimited access for two, four or six days to more than 60 monuments without having to stand in line. Purchase these at the Bureau kiosks at Charles du Gaulle Airport or Gare du Nord.
Travel expert Rick Steves recommends getting off the beaten tourist path and visiting the Left Bank, the quieter and more historic part of Paris. Especially worth visiting is the Quartier Latin, home to famous universities like the Sorbonne. Booksellers abound on the Left Bank, and you can pick up a walking tour near the Sorbonne or follow a suggested self-guided itinerary (see Resources).
Hotel rooms are small and streets are narrow and often cobbled in Paris, making large roll-aboard bags a bad choice for travelers. Most smaller hotels and hostels lack elevators, meaning you may have to carry your bags up six flights of stairs to reach your room. Travel expert Rick Steves recommends that visitors to Europe pack no more than 20 lbs. of luggage in a carry-on bag with backpack straps. The less you bring, the less stress you'll have.
Versailles is Paris' most famous suburb, reachable via the RER D train from the Paris main train station, Gare du Nord. Besides the famous Palace of Versailles, the town boasts beautiful historic gardens and a downtown area with shops and cafes, according to Lonely Planet. The Mairie (Mayor's residence) is worth a stopover on the 10-minute walk from the train station to the Palace.
Chandos, Rebecca. "Best Travel Tips for Paris." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/travel-tips-paris-15175.html. Accessed 22 April 2019.
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Sense Number 1: (Baseball) Tag the base runner to get him out.
He nabbed the runner at second.
The catcher had a chance to nab the runner.
Sense Number 2: (Criminal law) Take into custody.
The police nabbed the suspected criminals.
Authorities nabbed her in the grocery store.
Sense Number 3: Seize (a person or object) suddenly.
They nabbed the child and held him for ransom.
She nabbed several pill bottles from the pharmacy.
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Fans are upset the 'RHOA' star hasn't show her newborn's face yet.
Kenya Moore has turned off comments on the latest photo of her newborn daughter Brooklyn for one big reason. Read on for all the details.
The former RHOA star posted a photo of her daughter's feet on Instagram Saturday. At that point the comments section was active and alive as several of her fans, notably BFF Cynthia Bailey, left her with several positive comments about the adorable pic.
As of Sunday afternoon, the comments section was removed after some trolls wrote very rude comments about Kenya and her child.
Some of them vented about the new mommy not showing Brooklyn's face just yet. So far she's only shown her feet, her tiny hand and a photo of Kenya cradling her little one where her face was not visible.
Others were simply happy with what Kenya has displayed of Brooklyn so far. "I agree that you don’t have to show us your baby at all, so I am happy you have shown hands and feet," one said.
Kenya welcomed her first child on November 4th with husband Marc Daly. She has since gone on to gush about his parenting skills on Instagram in a very sweet post she penned.
When do you think Kenya will show Brooklyn's face? Sound off in the comments.
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https://okmagazine.com/photos/kenya-moore-turns-comments-off-brooklyn-photo/
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A free drop-in program for children (ages 4–10 years) with a different story and craft activity each month.
Story: Where is my Mummy?
If you have any questions, please email museum_antiquities@usask.ca.
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Troy Andrews, the horn player better known as Trombone Shorty, and Jonathan Batiste, the hot-shot pianist, first met when they were twelve and eleven, at jazz camp, in their home town of New Orleans. Andrews was already something of a star; he’d been a bandleader since he was six. Batiste had only just taken up the piano, having grown up playing percussion with his family, in the Batiste Brothers Band. Andrews had admirers, a circle of kids who tried to talk the way he did. Batiste kept to himself and didn’t talk at all.
They reconnected in high school, at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, and became friends. Andrews started a band called Orleans Avenue, with Batiste on keys. They skipped classes to teach each other musical tricks. Batiste gave Andrews books and taught him new words. “One was ‘fallacy,’ ” Andrews said the other day. “ ‘Fabricated fallacy.’ That was a trip. I’d hang around him and say something stupid just so he could correct me.” Sometimes Andrews and the others robbed Batiste of his lunch.
Batiste was offered a full ride to Juilliard and went north. Andrews stayed. Batiste blossomed into a jazz virtuoso. (He still performs with a band of Juilliard classmates called Stay Human. They sometimes play guerrilla sets on the subway, in what he calls “love riots.” He’s also the artistic director-at-large at the National Jazz Museum, in Harlem.) Andrews did the New Orleans thing, toured with Lenny Kravitz for two years, and developed a sense of how to do it on a grand scale. “Johnny went to Juilliard, and I went to the school of rock,” Andrews said. The two are now, at twenty-eight and twenty-seven, their generation’s most prominent ambassadors of what’s still possible and fresh in mixing up the music of New Orleans. “I didn’t know what the word ‘genre’ meant till I was twenty years old,” Andrews said.
Andrews and Batiste met up a few weeks ago at Red Bull Studios, on West Eighteenth Street. Andrews was there to help produce a record for the Original Pinettes Brass Band, an all-female group from New Orleans. The Pinettes had won a competition back home, and the prize was a recording session in New York with Trombone Shorty and the rapper and hip-hop producer Mannie Fresh. Batiste, just back in town from Qatar, stopped in to say hello. They hadn’t seen each other since Mardi Gras last year.
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2019-04-25T08:23:54Z
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/03/reunion-23
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A little bit of both, dependant on the scene.
Interesting concept. Had my attention! Well done.
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2019-04-22T04:21:24Z
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https://www.newgrounds.com/reviews/portal/595313/1/date/6
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The Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) provides revenue projections for use in the state budget process along with impartial and timely analysis of fiscal, economic and budgetary issues to assist Commonwealth residents and the General Assembly in their evaluation of policy decisions. In that capacity, the IFO does not support or oppose any policy it analyzes, and will disclose the methodologies, data sources and assumptions used in published reports and estimates. The IFO will seek to establish collaborative relationships with the General Assembly, executive agencies and various non-governmental organizations that have an interest in the policy making process.
To submit a Right-to-Know request, please visit our RTK page.
Formerly employed as a financial economist by the US Department of Treasury and an economist by the Michigan Department of Treasury. Mr. Knittel holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University and a bachelor's degree in Economics from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Mr. Knittel has taught courses at George Washington, Johns Hopkins, and Penn State Universities and published several articles in the National Tax Journal, the NBER and US Treasury's Office of Tax Analysis working paper series.
Prior to joining the IFO, Ms. Warburton held several positions related to state budgeting and tax policy and administration in the commonwealth, including executive deputy secretary for the Office of the Budget, research director for the Department of Revenue, and unemployment compensation tax services director for the Department of Labor and Industry. Ms. Warburton holds a M.P.A. in Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and a B.A. in International Studies from American University.
Formerly employed as a manager in the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue's Bureau of Research, where she coordinated the revenue forecasting process for both the General Fund and the Motor License Fund. Ms. Knavel also conducted policy analysis related to a wide variety of tax types and participated in shaping many aspects of the Department's tax policy. Ms. Knavel holds a B.S. in Finance from Pennsylvania State University.
Primary responsibilities at the IFO include forecasting personal income tax revenues, coordinating the forecasting of various department expenditures and working on special projects pertaining to education, demographics and other subjects as needed. Ms. Maynard was formerly employed as an Economist at the Joint State Government Commission where she provided statistical and economic data analysis on a very broad range of subjects including Earned Income Tax Credits, K-12 and postsecondary education, health care, and state pension benefits. Ms. Maynard holds a M.A. in Economics from Penn State University and two bachelor's degrees, in Economics and Mathematics, and a minor in Business Administration from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to joining the IFO, Mr. Shockey was employed as an analyst by several commonwealth agencies including the Office of the Budget, Department of Revenue's Bureau of Research and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Bureau of Fiscal Management. Mr. Shockey's experience includes analysis of state budgets, policy and legislation, and revenue and cash flow. Mr. Shockey holds a B.S. in Finance from Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Prior to joining the IFO, Mr. Taylor was employed at the Illinois Governor's Office of Management and Budget serving as an analyst and later Deputy Director. Duties there included the development and management of budgets for agencies including the Departments of Transportation, Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and Natural Resources. He was also responsible for fiscal oversight of the State Employees' Group Health Insurance program for the Governor's Budget Office, as well as other core government services. Mr. Taylor holds a B.S. in Economics from Illinois College and a Master's in Public Administration from the University of Illinois Springfield. His duties at the IFO are focused on state and local pension analysis and reform.
Primary responsibilities at the IFO include forecasting revenues from sales and use tax, working on special projects regarding human services and demographics, forecasting state demographic trends and assisting in the coordination of various department expenditures forecasts. Ms. Rompalo holds a M.P.A. with a concentration in Healthcare Policy from Penn State University and a B.A. in Economics and Public Policy from Gettysburg College.
Holds a B.S. in Economics with a minor in Business Administration from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. His primary responsibilities at the IFO include forecasting revenues from the inheritance and gross receipts taxes along with numerous projects related to school district property taxes and natural gas. Prior to joining the IFO, Mr. Bushman was employed as a Purchasing Intern at Volvo Construction Equipment in Shippensburg, PA.
Holds a B.S. from Duquesne University in Economics with a concentration in International Business. Her primary responsibilities at the IFO include forecasting revenues from minor and repealed taxes, insurance premiums and financial institutions.
Primary responsibilities at the IFO include forecasting revenues from personal income taxes and lottery proceeds along with other projects related to performance-based budgeting and tax credit reviews. Ms. Bowers holds a B.S. in Public Policy and a minor in Applied Economics. Prior to joining the IFO, she was a research assistant at the Pennsylvania State Data Center.
Prior to joining the IFO, Ms. Toth held various management positions in the retail sector as well as a Client Services Analyst position where her duties included hiring, scheduling and performance projections. Primary responsibilities at the IFO include payroll, taxes and supporting the staff as needed.
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2019-04-23T23:02:44Z
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http://www.ifo.state.pa.us/about.cfm
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Virtually everything you hear on the radio while you lose hours on the way to work is trash. But it is possible to do something useful at that time, like listening to James Mason’s audiobook, Siege, available on YouTube.
I have listened to the first three audios and it seems to me that the Covingtonistas should do the same. Mason in the voice of Linder says it is no time for a direct orchestrated struggle, like a frontal combat. Gathering all the racists of the world in one place would expose themselves to Uncle Sam bombarding them as sitting ducks, even if women and children die.
If there is to be urban guerrilla, things are not as simple as taking the novels of the late Covington as a script for our film (the blogger Severus Niflson, who retired his blog from the Internet years ago, wrote an article along these lines criticising Covington’s plan). I think Mason is right in saying, seek ye first the eradication of Uncle Sam and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. The Covingtonistas do the opposite: they put the chariot ahead of the horse. Their strategy is to first form the ethnostate by humiliating Sam with their little guerrilla wars—and then crossing their fingers so that he does not behave as he did in 1861 and 1945!
But going back to Siege. While it is true that the printed book is boring (it was not boring in the 1980s because then the articles appeared from time to time in Mason’s newsletter), with the voice of Linder it ceases to be boring in the journey to work.
If the thoughtpolice were to remove those YouTube audios, do not forget that Linder has a backup of all his spoken books on his website.
Listen to this YouTube audio involving Andrew Anglin and Mike Enoch. In my humble opinion these guys are dead wrong. I know nothing about the AWD group they mention but I wonder if Anglin or Enoch have read The Turner Diaries or even The Brigade or Siege?
I believe that in this age of treason ‘black hats’ should coexist with ‘white hats’ even if the two sides never, ever meet each other for obvious security reasons. Incidentally, by having this site on the open internet I’m obviously a ‘white hat’. But I’d never condemn people like Breivik or Roof.
I wish I could speak fluent English but I can’t. Anyone interested to debate this kind of anti-black-hat guys in the WDH Radio Show within the limits of the Brandenburg v. Ohio ?
Further to ‘Alt-Right vs. the sceptics’. I have heard part of two more audios with Greg Johnson: the one about Carl Benjamin (‘Sargon of Akkad’ in the YouTube subculture) and an exchange with a vlogger who uses the ridiculous pseudonym of Styxhexenhammer666.
Even if I could talk fluent English I’d never debate the Alt-Lite: they’re goners far from my left. I can only punch those on my immediate left (including Greg). However, those who are at my immediate left, like Richard Spencer and Johnson, may be winning the debates against those at my far left; and therefore could be considered stepping-stones towards our side.
—because exercising on my stationary bicycle this morning I listened fifteen more minutes of the Greg/Styx exchange. What is really notorious is that both, white nationalist (Greg) and civic nationalist (Styx) thoroughly subscribe Christian ethics. They’re perfect examples of what in this blog we have been calling ‘secular Christians’: both seem to be more concerned about not using violence on non-whites in the formation of the ethnostate than on the survival of their race.
This is typical of atheists, that I call secular Christians.
This is exactly what we should be striving for. A highly militant, exclusionary, technocratic meritocracy built around the ideas of radical Traditionalism.
A society hell-bent on expansion and the preservation of one’s own kind and culture, at the detriment of all others.
This is the only natural, sane response to a world filled with sub-human filth and degenerate untermensch whose only goal in life is the extermination of everything just and pure.
We tried to give the Other its chance.
We bent over backwards accommodating them; we shared our technology, our art, our literature, our accomplishments; we educated them, fed them, allowed entire broods of them to settle in our ancestral lands; we humbled ourselves, apologizing for imaginary slights and groveling at their feet for the perceived transgression of taming this planet and bringing the torch of civilization to the world—and for what? All our efforts were rewarded with scorn, hatred, jealousy, and outright malevolence.
We need a new system—something more noble than the petty mercantile aspirations of Semites; something greater than the slave-like morality imposed upon us by alien religions.
A society built on unshakeable, indelible foundations, woven from our own racial stock and governed by the guiding light of Apotheosis: that driving, all-consuming framework of beliefs that the White Man is his own God, that he is God, the keeper of his own destiny—noble by birth, master by choice, tyrant by need, and ruler by right! We tamed this world once, and we can do it again.
But first, we must burn the heretic, kill the mutant, and purge the unclean.
And then, when we’ve freed ourselves of weakness, empathy, remorse, and guilt, when the last sub-human has been cleansed from Terra, and the last trace of their existence purged from this planet, we’ll ascend to the stars, and make them our own—and the galaxy will tremble.
Taylor perfectly exemplifies what we call secular Christianity. Although he now holds a secular worldview, as a child his parents moved to Japan to convert the heathen. As I have experienced religious introjects coming from my parents (and written a lot about it in Spanish), I know there’s always a residual tail that cannot be erased.
Regarding Kevin MacDonald’s admitting a Jew as a contributor, in the latest podcast I told Walsh that more than an Aryan problem I see it as a Christian problem, in the sense of what we are calling ‘secular Christianity’. Like MacDonald, Taylor also seems to subscribe universal love, which includes Jews and non-whites: something absent in pre-Christian Europe.
Taylor went further to say that he does not like much the term ‘white nationalism’ because it evokes the violence needed to create an ethnostate, and that he’s against any kind of violence coming from us! He added he’s prepared to admit some non-whites in the Aryan ethnostate precisely because he doesn’t want ethnic cleansing!
I didn’t listen the whole interview. But I am sure very few visitors of my site will comprehend the need of continuing the instalments of Deschner’s book for an in-depth analysis of what went wrong with the white psyche. Just think about it: big leaders of our movement hold views that would have been unthinkable for pre-Christian Europeans.
Alex Linder reads Pierce’s Hunter in five sessions. If you have not read the novel you might consider listening to it. The dialogues between the novel’s two main characters are incredibly perceptive as to the whys of white decline. Linder of course reads it in English (this pic is from the German translation of the book).
What is still wrong with WN?
In my yesterday’s post I added an image of Matt Heimbach’s recent speech at Kentucky. That is ok, as he was one of the central speakers in Pikeville last month.
Prior to leaving camp, Heimbach gave a second speech, this time on National Socialism. It was the most clear and concise summation of that topic I think I have ever heard.
That’s bunk of course. Heimbach’s speech was but Southern Nationalism (listen to it: here). While I like Southern Nationalism and wish they had won the war, it must not be confused with National Socialism.
As I have iterated many times in this site, the problem with southern nationalists, white nationalists and even American neonazis is that they are stuck with Christian ethics. For those who have not digested the articles on this site about “axiology” I recommend listening very, very carefully what Alex Linder recently told a South African about the Christian problem. To me this is a problem more serious than the Jewish problem, insofar as it is a kind of malware for the Aryan mind: a malicious software that whites must erase as soon as possible.
To erase it you can read my book Day of Wrath mentioned on the sidebar, a copy of which recently I sent to Linder. If you don’t want to read it, listen the Linder interview after minute 27:30, or more to the point around minute 40 and contrast it with the ethics of normies.
The interview is a treasure of commonsensical arguments by Linder against the scale of values that is killing whites around the globe, a scale even shared by many in the white nationalist community. I liked particularly something he says around minute 55: “Who dominates this world? People who don’t believe in the afterlife,” referring to the Jews.
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2019-04-26T00:21:39Z
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SOS Forum • Yamaha 01v96 - still relevant?
How do older Yamaha mixers like the 01v96 stack up against the likes of the Behringer X32 or the AH Qu series? I've always fancied getting one but the prices were too high - now I see them on ebay for as little as £350/400 which is nothing for all those motorised faders and fx etc. I suppose apart for the 'i' version they require an audio interface but are the modern mixers just easier to use?
Re: Yamaha 01v96 - still relevant?
The 01V96 was really designed as a studio console rather than a live-sound desk, and it's operating paradigm can make it a bit clunky to use in a live-sound situation. Beasts like the Qu and X32 are much more live-sound oriented and -- being much later designs -- also benefit from developments in user interface thinking and control and display components (particularly in terms of the displays).
However, the 01V96 (and other Yamaha consoles of the same era) do have excellent technical and sonic performance as well as very flexible connectivity options and easily match that of the QU and X32.
I am still happily using a 01V96VCM, both live and in the studio, after a decade + of trouble free service.It performs well above the price I could get on the used market and, as Hugh states, it still stands up in most regards to the latest products in the same class.
Interestingly, I have been able to make it iPad friendly, albeit in a less than elegant manner.
Turn the knobs 'til the music moves ya.
Chromeman wrote: How do older Yamaha mixers like the 01v96 stack up against the likes of the Behringer X32 or the AH Qu series? I've always fancied getting one but the prices were too high - now I see them on ebay for as little as £350/400 which is nothing for all those motorised faders and fx etc. I suppose apart for the 'i' version they require an audio interface but are the modern mixers just easier to use?
For the cost of an 01v96 you get a DAW controller with 16 faders, what is missing of course is the transport controls. But the 01v96 has 8 configurable buttons, albeit tiny ones. My point being for less than the cost of a good used MCU Pro you're getting a 16 fader controller, that integrates extremely well with Cubase, and a mixer thrown in.
All in all, I reckon the 01v96 is a good piece of kit, and reliability? it never let me down over something like 4 years of use.
Thanks for the replies. I'm definitely on the lookout for one at the moment. Are there noticeable differences between the original and the VCM models which obviously go for more?
Whether you think those effects would be useful to your situation, and worth the higher price, will be down to you.
Thanks Hugh, I think they are worth it. I've always like the Yamaha REVX reverb, I used to have a Yamaha N12 which I think had reverb based on the REVX and which would have been a killer desk if it had had motorised faders and 16 channels.
Chromeman wrote: Thanks Hugh, I think they are worth it. I've always like the Yamaha REVX reverb, I used to have a Yamaha N12 which I think had reverb based on the REVX and which would have been a killer desk if it had had motorised faders and 16 channels.
I had the N12 before I got the 01v96 and as far as controlling the DAW, it (N12) wasn't that good, the 01v96 worked a treat, but why oh why Mr Yamaha, why did you make a mixer with a remote layer but no transport controls!
If Yamaha had taken the best of the N12 and the 01v96 and combined them into one product they would have been years ahead of the competition.
What are the FX like on the Behringer? Are they likely to be on a par with the 01v96?
Chromeman wrote: What are the FX like on the Behringer? Are they likely to be on a par with the 01v96?
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The myth goes that in 1620 the famed Mayflower landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts when their beer supply was running low. If you’re picturing a bunch of rowdy seamen getting crunk on a boat, refrain yourself. The beer found on the Mayflower was most likely “ship’s beer,” which contained very little alcohol but could be stored for months without spoiling.
Although I probably should mention that the image of the pilgrims landing in Plymouth in hopes of refueling their beer stash was a trend created by the makers of Budweiser. As Anheuser-Bush went head to head with Prohibition in the early 1900s, an advertising campaign was launched in hopes of portraying beer as an integral part of American culture. Budweiser ads portrayed beer as “the drink of the great” and during Thanksgiving from the 1930s to the 1940s, the U.S. Brewers Association ran slogans in newspapers announcing, “Beer, Not Turkey, Lured Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock,” in hopes of spiking beer sales.
Sorry, no party hardy Pilgrims here.
FANSTITIONS– Convincing ourselves that we are actually having some sort of tangible effect on our teams playing abilities.
Fighting with Inanimate Objects, and not always winning….
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2019-04-23T01:26:41Z
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https://beersportsbabes.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/brewstalgia-pilgrims-land-mayflower-to-make-a-beer-run/
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A new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch goes beyond nutrition and calorie counting. NutriSleuth hopes to make it easier to shop for a family with multiple dietary needs.
Of the many apps spotted at Appnation, one called NutriSleuth had a particular ring to it--a ring that called out to anyone with a bent on health and nutrition. Sadly, this iPhone and iPod Touch app isn't as generally useful as I initially thought, but it does provide some interesting and useful features for those who have to shop for multiple eaters with particular dietary concerns.
NutriSleuth uses your device's camera to scan the bar code on any food item in order to expediently test its compatibility with dietary profiles you've set in the app. So, if you're shopping for a family of four and one person is allergic to soy and another is a vegetarian, the program will quickly assess whether the package in your hand will be edible for both, either, or neither person. Various nutrition criteria from food allergies (egg, peanut) to health conditions (Crohn's Disease, diabetes) to lifestyle preferences (high fiber, kosher) are included to help you create just the right profiles for each person.
The app, which was due out in August but appears to still be under construction, doesn't need a Wi-Fi connection to work, and its database includes more than 200,000 food items, including top brands and more specialty items. Other features include a favorites list that lets you save your preferred food items, an alternative product choices list based on scanned items, and customizable severity levels for user profiles. Somewhat ridiculously, the app even offers dog and cat food products for pets with special needs. No word yet on how much the app will cost, but it's highly unlikely it will be free.
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2019-04-26T01:04:26Z
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https://www.cnet.com/news/nutrisleuth-aims-to-make-grocery-shopping-easier/
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Published: The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 20, 1906.
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Marx worked out his system of theory in the main during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. He came to the work from the standpoint given him by his early training in German thought, such as the most advanced and aggressive German thinking was through the middle period of the century, and he added to this German standpoint the further premises given him by an exceptionally close contact with and alert observation of the English situation. The result is that he brings to his theoretical work a twofold line of premises, or rather of preconceptions. By early training he is a neo-Hegelian, and from this German source he derives his peculiar formulation of the Materialistic Theory of History. By later experience he acquired the point of view of that Liberal-Utilitarian school which dominated English thought through the greater part of his active life. To this experience he owes (probably) the somewhat pronounced individualistic preconceptions on which the doctrines of the Full Product of Labor and the Exploitation of Labor are based. These two not altogether compatible lines of doctrine found their way together into the tenets of scientific socialism, and give its characteristic Marxian features to the body of socialist economics.
The socialism that inspires hopes and fears to-day is of the school of Marx. No one is seriously apprehensive of any other so-called socialistic movement, and no one is seriously concerned to criticise or refute the doctrines set forth by any other school of "socialists." It may be that the socialists of Marxist observance are not always or at all points in consonance with the best accepted body of Marxist doctrine. Those who make up the body of the movement may not always be familiar with the details perhaps not even with the general features -- of the Marxian scheme of economics; but with such consistency as may fairly be looked for in any popular movements the socialists of all countries gravitate toward the theoretical position of the avowed Marxism. In proportion as the movement in any given community grows in mass, maturity, and conscious purpose, it unavoidably takes on a more consistently Marxian complexion. It is not the Marxism of Marx, but the materialism of Darwin, which the socialists of today have adopted. The Marxist socialists of Germany have the lead, and the socialists of other countries largely take their cue from the German leaders.
The authentic spokesmen of the current international socialism are avowed Marxists. Exceptions to that rule are very few. On the whole, substantial truth of the Marxist doctrines is not seriously questioned within the lines of the socialists, tho there may be some appreciable divergence as to what the true Marxist position is on one point and another. Much and eager controversy circles about questions of that class.
The keepers of the socialist doctrines are passably agreed as to the main position and the general principles. Indeed, so secure is this current agreement on the general principles that a very lively controversy on matters of detail may go on without risk of disturbing the general position. This general position is avowedly Marxism. But it is not precisely the position held by Karl Marx. It has been modernized, adapted, tilled out, in response to exigencies of a later date than those which conditioned the original formulation of the theories. It is, of course, not admitted by the followers of Marx that any substantial change or departure from the original position has taken place. They are somewhat jealously orthodox, and are impatient of any suggested "improvements" on the Marxist position, as witness the heat engendered in the "revisionist" controversy of a few years back. But the jealous protests of the followers of Marx do not alter the fact that Marxism has undergone some substantial change since it left the hands of its creator. Now and then a more or less consistent disciple of Marx will avow a need of adapting the received doctrines to circumstances that have arisen later than the formulation of the doctrines; and amendments, qualifications, and extensions, with this need in view, have been offered from time to time. But more pervasive tho unavowed changes have come in the teachings of Marxism by way of interpretation and an unintended shifting of the point of view. Virtually, the whole of the younger generation of socialist writers shows such a growth. A citation of personal instances would be quite futile.
It is the testimony of his friends as well as of his writings that the theoretical position of Marx, both as regards his standpoint and as regards his main tenets, fell into a definitive shape relatively early, and that his later work was substantially a working out of what was contained in the position taken at the outset of his career. By the latter half of the forties, if not by the middle of the forties, Marx and Engels had found the outlook on human life which came to serve as the point of departure and the guide for their subsequent development of theory. Such is the view of the matter expressed by Engels during the later years of his life. The position taken by the two greater leaders, and held by them substantially intact, was a variant of neo-Hegelianism, as has been indicated in an earlier section of this paper. But neo-Hegelianism was short-lived, particularly considered as a standpoint for scientific theory. The whole romantic school of thought, comprising neo-Hegelianism with the rest, began to go to pieces very soon after it had reached an approach to maturity, and its disintegration proceeded with exceptional speed, so that the close of the third quarter of the century saw the virtual end of it as a vital factor in the development of human knowledge. In the realm of theory, primarily of course in the material sciences, the new era belongs not to romantic philosophy, but to the evolutionists of the school of Darwin. Some few great figures, of course, stood over from the earlier days, but it turns out in the sequel that they have served mainly to mark the rate and degree in which the method of scientific knowledge has left them behind. Such were Virchow and Max Muller, and such, in economic science, were the great figures of the Historical School, and such, in a degree, were also Marx and Engels. The later generation of socialists, the spokesmen and adherents of Marxism during the closing quarter of the century, belong to the new generation, and see the phenomena of human life under the new light. The materialistic conception in their handling of it takes on the color of the time in which they lived, even while they retain the phraseology of the generation that went before them. The difference between the romantic school of thought, to which Marx belonged, and the school of the evolutionists into whose hands the system has fallen, -- or perhaps, better, is falling, -- is great and pervading, tho it may not show a staring superficial difference at any one point, - at least not yet. The discrepancy between the two is likely to appear more palpable and more sweeping when the new method of knowledge has been applied with fuller realization of its reach and its requirements in that domain of knowledge that once belonged to the neo-Hegelian Marxism. The supplanting of the one by the other has been taking place slowly, gently, in large measure unavowedly, by a sort of precession of the point of view from which men size up the facts and reduce them to intelligible order.
What difference, now, does it make if the materialistic conception is translated from the romantic concepts of Marx into the mechanical concepts of Darwinism? It distorts every feature of the system in some degree, and throws a shadow of doubt on every conclusion that once seemed secure. The first principle of the Marxian scheme is the concept covered by the term "Materialistic," to the effect that the exigencies of the material means of life control the conduct of men in society throughout, and thereby indefeasibly guide the growth of institutions and shape every shifting trait of human culture. This control of the life of society by the material exigencies takes effect thru men's taking thought of material (economic) advantages and disadvantages, and choosing that which will yield the iller (?) material measure of life. When the materialistic conception passes under the Darwinian norm, of cumulative causation, it happens, first, that this initial principle itself is reduced to the rank of a habit of thought induced in the speculator who depends on its light by the circumstances of his life, in the way of hereditary bent, occupation, tradition, education, climate, food supply, and the like. But under the Darwinian norm the question of whether and how far material exigencies control human conduct and cultural growth becomes a question of the share which these material exigencies have in shaping men's habits of thought; i.e., their ideals and aspirations, their sense of the true, the beautiful, and the good. Whether and how far these traits of human culture and the institutional structure built out of them are the outgrowth of material (economic) exigencies becomes a question of what kind and degree of efficiency belongs to the economic exigencies among the complex of circumstances that conduce to the formation of habits. It is no longer a question of whether material exigencies rationally should guide men's conduct, but whether, as a matter of brute causation, they do induce such habits of thought in men as the economic interpretation presumes, and whether in the last analysis economic exigencies alone are, directly or indirectly, effective in shaping human habits of thought.
So, again, as to the doctrine of the class struggle. In the Marxian scheme of dialectical evolution the development which is in this way held to be controlled by the material exigencies must, it is held, proceed by the method of the class struggle. This class struggle is held to be inevitable, and is held inevitably to lead at each revolutionary epoch to a more efficient adjustment of human industry to human uses, because. when a large proportion of the community find themselves ill served by the current economic arrangements, they take thought, band together, and enforce a readjustment more equitable and more advantageous to them. So long as differences of economic advantage prevail, there will be a divergence of interests between those more advantageously placed and those less advantageously placed. The members of society will take sides as this line of cleavage indicated by their several economic interests may decide. Class solidarity will arise on the basis of this class interest, and a struggle between the two classes so marked off against each other will set in, -- a struggle which, in the logic of the situation, can end only when the previously less fortunate class gains the ascendency, -- and so must the class struggle proceed until it shall have put an end to that diversity of economic interest on which the class struggle rests. All this is logically consistent and convincing, but it proceeds on the ground of reasoned conduct, calculus of advantage, not on the ground of cause and effect. The class struggle so conceived should always and everywhere tend unremittingly toward the socialistic consummation, and should reach that consummation in the end, whatever obstructions or diversions might retard the sequence of development along the way. Such is the notion of it embodied in the system of Marx. Such, however, is not the showing of history. Not all nations or civilizations have advanced unremittingly toward a socialistic consummation, in which all divergence of economic interest has lapsed or would lapse. Those nations and civilizations which have decayed and failed, as nearly all known nations and civilizations have done, illustrate the point that, however reasonable and logical the advance by means of the class struggle may be, it is by no means inevitable. Under the Darwinian norm it must be held that men's reasoning is largely controlled by other than logical, intellectual forces; that the conclusion reached by public or class opinion is as much, or more, a matter of sentiment than of logical inference; and that the sentiment which animates men, singly or collectively, is as much, or more, an outcome of habit and native propensity as of calculated material interest. There is, for instance, no warrant in the Darwinian scheme of things for asserting a priori that the class interest of the working class will bring them to take a stand against the propertied class. It may as well be that their training in subservience to their employers will bring them again to realize the equity and excellence of the established system of subjection and unequal distribution of wealth. Again, no one, for instance, can tell to-day what will be the outcome of the present situation in Europe and America. It may be that the working classes will go forward along the line of the socialistic ideals and enforce a new deal, in which there shall be no economic class discrepancies, no international animosity, no dynastic politics. But then it may also, so far as can be foreseen, equally well happen that the working class, with the rest of the community in Germany, England, or America, will be led by the habit of loyalty and by their sportsman-like propensities to lend themselves enthusiastically to the game of drastic politics which alone their sportsman-like rulers consider worth while. It is quite impossible on Darwinian ground to foretell whether the "proletariat" will go on to establish the socialistic revolution or turn aside again, and sink their force in the broad sands of patriotism. It is a question of habit and native propensity and of the range of stimuli to which the proletariat are exposed and are to be exposed, and what may be the outcome is not a matter of logical consistency, but of response to stimulus.
It fares not much better with the Marxian theory of value and its corollaries and dependent doctrines when Darwinian concepts are brought in to replace the romantic elements out of which it is built up. Its foundation is the metaphysical equality between the volume of human life force productively spent in the making of goods and the magnitude of these goods considered as human products. The question of such an equality has no meaning in terms of cause and effect, nor does it bear in any intelligible way upon the Darwinian question of the fitness of any given system of production or distribution. In any evolutionary system of economics the central question touching the efficiency and fitness of any given system of production is necessarily the question as to the excess of serviceability in the product over the cost of production. It is in such an excess of serviceability over cost that the chance of survival lies for any system of production, in so far as the question of survival is a question of production, and this matter comes into the speculation of Marx only indirectly or incidentally, and leads to nothing in his argument.
And, as bearing on the Marxian doctrines of exploitation, there is on Darwinian ground no place for a natural right to the full product of labor. What can be argued in that connection on the ground of cause and effect simply is the question as to what scheme of distribution will help or hinder the survival of a given people or a given civilization. But these questions of abstruse theory need not be pursued, since they count, after all, but relatively little among the working tenets of the movement. Little need be done by the Marxists to work out or to adapt the Marxian system of value theory, since it has but slight bearing on the main question, -- the question of the trend towards socialism and of its chances of success. It is conceivable that a competent theory of value dealing with the excess of serviceability over cost, on the one hand, and with the discrepancy between price and serviceability, on the other hand, would have a substantial bearing upon the advisability of the present as against the socialistic regime, and would go far to clear up the notions of both socialists and conservatives as to the nature of the points in dispute between them.
But the socialists have not moved in the direction of this problem, and they have the excuse that their critics have suggested neither a question nor a solution to a question along any such line. None of the value theorists have so far offered anything that could be called good, bad, or indifferent in this connection, and the socialists are as innocent as the rest. Economics, indeed, has not at this point yet begun to take on a modern tone, unless the current neglect of value theory by the socialists be taken as a negative symptom of advance, indicating that they at least recognize the futility of the received problems and solutions, even if they are not ready to make a positive move.
The shifting of the current point of view, from romantic philosophy to matter-of-fact, has affected the attitude of the Marxists towards the several articles of theory more than it has induced an avowed alteration or a substitution of new elements of theory for the old. It is always possible to make one's peace with a new standpoint by new interpretations and a shrewd use of figures of speech, so far as the theoretical formulation is concerned, and something of this kind has taken place in the case of Marxism; but when, as in the case of Marxism, the formulations of theory are drafted into practical use, substantial changes of appreciable magnitude are apt to show themselves in a changed attitude towards practical questions. The Marxists have had to face certain practical problems, especially problems of party tactics, and the substantial changes wrought in their theoretical outlook have come into evidence here. The real gravity of the changes that have overtaken Marxism would scarcely be seen by a scrutiny of the formal professions of the Marxists alone. But the exigencies of a changing situation have provoked re-adjustments of the received doctrinal position, and the shifting of the philosophical standpoint and postulates has come into evidence as marking the limits of change in their professions which the socialistic doctrinaires could allow themselves.
The changes comprised in the cultural movement that lies between the middle and the close of the nineteenth century are great and grave, at least as seen from so near a standpoint as the present day, and it is safe to say that, in whatever historical perspective they may be seen, they must, in some respects, always assert themselves as unprecedented. So far as concerns the present topic, there are three main lines of change that have converged upon the Marxist system of doctrines, and have led to its latter-day modification and growth. One of these -- the change in the postulates of knowledge, in the metaphysical foundations of theory -- has been spoken of already, and its bearing on the growth of socialist theory has been indicated in certain of its general features. But, among the circumstances that have conditioned the growth of the system, the most obvious is the fact that since Marx's time his doctrines have come to serve as the platform of a political movement, and so have been exposed to the stress of practical party politics dealing with a new and changing situation. At the same time the industrial (economic) situation to which the doctrines are held to apply - of which they are the theoretical formulation -- has also in important respects changed its character from what it was when Marx first formulated his views. These several lines of cultural change affecting the growth of Marxism cannot be held apart in so distinct a manner as to appraise the work of each separately. They belong inextricably together, as do the effects wrought by them in the system.
In practical politics the Social Democrats have had to make up their account with the labor movement, the agricultural population, and the imperialistic policy. On each of these heads the preconceived program of Marxism has come in conflict with the run of events, and on each head it has been necessary to deal shrewdly and adapt the principles to the facts of the time. The adaptation to circumstances has not been altogether of the nature of the compromise, although here and there the spirit of compromise and conciliation is visible enough. A conciliatory party policy may, of course, impose an adaptation of form and color upon the party principles. whether thereby seriously affecting the substance of the principles themselves; but the need of a conciliatory policy may, even more, provoke a substantial change of attitude toward practical questions in a case where a shifting of the theoretical point of view makes room for a substantial change.
Apart from all merely tactical expedients, the experience of the past thirty years has led the German Marxists to see the facts of the labor situation in a new light, and has induced them to attach an altered meaning to the accepted formulations of doctrine. The facts have not freely lent themselves to the scheme of the Marxist system, but the scheme has taken on such a new meaning as would be consistent with the facts. The untroubled Marxian economics, such as it finds expression in the Kapital and earlier documents of the theory, has no place and no use for a trade-union movement, or, indeed, for any similar non-political organization among the working class, and the attitude of the Social-Democratic leaders of opinion in the early days of the party's history was accordingly hostile to any such movement, -- as much so, indeed, as the loyal adherents of the classical political economy. That was before the modern industrial era had got under way in Germany, and therefore before the German socialistic doctrinaires had learned by experience what the development of industry was to bring with it. It was also before the modern scientific postulates had begun to disintegrate the neo-Hegelian preconceptions as to the logical sequence in the development of institutions.
In Germany, as elsewhere, the growth of the capitalistic system presently brought on trade-unionism; that is to say, it brought on an organized attempt on the part of the workmen to deal with the questions of capitalistic production and distribution by business methods, to settle the problems of working-class employment and livelihood by a system of nonpolitical, businesslike bargains. But the great point of all socialist aspiration and endeavor is the abolition of all business and all bargaining, and, accordingly, the Social Democrats were heartily out of sympathy with the unions and their endeavors to make business terms with the capitalist system, and make life tolerable for the workmen under that system. But the union movement grew to be so serious a feature of the situation that the socialists found themselves obliged to deal with unions, since they could not deal with the workmen over the heads of the unions. The Social Democrats, and therefore the Marxian theorists, had to deal with a situation which included the union movement, and this movement was bent on improving the workman's conditions of life from day to day. Therefore it was necessary to figure out how the union movement could and must further the socialistic advance; to work into the body of doctrines a theory of how the unions belong in the course of economic development that leads up to socialism, and to reconcile the unionist efforts at improvement with the ends of Social Democracy. Not only were the unions seeking improvement by unsocialistic methods, but the level of comfort among the working classes was in some respects advancing, apparently as a result of these union efforts. Both the huckstering animus of the workmen in their unionist policy and the possible amelioration of working-class conditions had to be incorporated into the socialistic platform and into the Marxist theory of economic development. The Marxist theory of progressive misery and degradation has, accordingly, fallen into the background, and a large proportion of the Marxists have already come to see the whole question of working-class deterioration in some such apologetic light as is shed upon it by Goldscheid in his Verelendungs-oder Meliorationstheorie. It is now not an unusual thing for orthodox Marxists to hold that the improvement of the conditions of the working classes is a necessary condition to the advance of the socialistic cause, and that the unionist efforts at amelioration must be furthered as a means toward the socialistic consummation. It is recognized that the socialistic revolution must be carried through not by an anaemic working class under the pressure of abject privation, but by a body of full-blooded workingmen gradually gaining strength from improved conditions of life. Instead of the revolution being worked out by the leverage of desperate misery, every improvement in working-class conditions is to be counted as a gain for the revolutionary forces. This is a good Darwinism, but it does not belong in the neo-Hegelian Marxism.
Perhaps the sorest experience of the Marxist doctrinaires has been with the agricultural population. Notoriously, the people of the open country have not taken kindly to socialism. No propaganda and no changes in the economic situation have won the sympathy of the peasant farmers for the socialistic revolution. Notoriously, too, the large-scale industry has not invaded the agricultural field, or expropriated the small proprietors, in anything like the degree expected by the Marxist doctrinaires of a generation ago. It is contained in the theoretical system of Marx that, as modern industrial and business methods gain ground, the small proprietor farmers will be reduced to the ranks of the wage-proletariat, and that, as this process of conversion goes on, in the course of time the class interest of the agricultural population will throw them into the movement side by side with the other wage-workmen. But at this point the facts have hitherto not come out in consonance with the Marxist theory. And the efforts of the Social Democrats to convert the peasant population to socialism have been practically unrewarded. So it has come about that the political leaders and the keepers of the doctrines have, tardily and reluctantly, come to see the facts of the agrarian situation in a new light, and to give a new phrasing to the articles of Marxian theory that touch on the fortunes of the peasant farmer. It is no longer held that either the small properties of the peasant farmer must be absorbed into larger properties, and then taken over by the State, or that they must be taken over by the State directly, when the socialistic revolution is established. On the contrary, it is now coming to be held that the peasant proprietors will not be disturbed in their holdings by the great change. The great change is to deal with capitalistic enterprise, and the peasant farming is not properly "capitalistic." It is a system of production in which the producer normally gets only the product of his own labor. Indeed, under the current regime of markets and credit relations, the small agricultural producer, it is held, gets less than the product of his own labor, since the capitalistic business enterprises with which he has to deal are always able to take advantage of him. So it has become part of the overt doctrine of socialists that as regards the peasant farmer it will be the consistent aim of the movement to secure him in the untroubled enjoyment of his holding, and free him from the vexatious exactions of his creditors and the ruinous business traffic in which he is now perforce involved. According to the revised code, made possible by recourse to Darwinian concepts of evolution instead of the Hegelian three-phase dialectic, therefore, and contrary to the earlier prognostications of Marx, it is no longer held that agricultural industry must go thru the capitalistic mill, and it is hoped that under the revised code it may be possible to enlist the interest and sympathy of this obstinately conservative element for the revolutionary cause. The change in the official socialist position on the agricultural question has come about only lately, and is scarcely yet complete, and there is no knowing what degree of success it may meet with either as a matter of party tactics or as a feature of the socialistic theory of economic development. All discussions of party policy, and of theory so far as bears on policy, take up the question; and nearly aIl authoritative spokesmen of socialism have modified their views in the course of time on this point.
The socialism of Karl Marx is characteristically inclined to peaceable measures and disinclined to a coercive government and belligerent politics. It is, or at least it was, strongly averse to international jealousy and patriotic animosity, and has taken a stand against armaments, wars, and dynastic aggrandizement. At the time of the French-Prussian war the official organization of Marxism, the International, went so far in its advocacy of peace as to urge the soldiery on both sides to refuse to fight. After the campaign had warmed the blood of the two nations, this advocacy of peace made the International odious in the eyes of both French and Germans. War begets patriotism, and the socialists fell under the reproach of not being sufficiently patriotic. After the conclusion of the war, the Socialistic Workingmen's Party of Germany sinned against the German patriotic sentiment in a similar way and with similarly grave results. Since the foundation of the empire and of the Social-Democratic party, the socialists and their doctrines have passed thru a further experience of a similar kind, but on a larger scale and more protracted. The government has gradually strengthened its autocratic position at home, increased its warlike equipment, and enlarged its pretensions in international politics, until what would have seemed absurdly impossible a generation ago is now submitted to by the German people, not only with a good grace, but with enthusiasm. During all this time that part of the population that has adhered to the socialist ideals has also grown gradually more patriotic and more loyal, and the leaders and keepers of socialist opinion have shared in the growth of chauvinism with the rest of the German people. But at no time have the socialists been able to keep abreast of the general upward movement in this respect. They have not attained the pitch of reckless loyalty that animates the conservative German patriots, although it is probably safe to say that the Social Democrats of to-day are as good and headlong patriots as the conservative Germans were a generation ago. During all this period of the new era of German political life the socialists have been freely accused of disloyalty to the national ambition, of placing their international aspirations above the ambition of imperial aggrandizement.
The socialist spokesmen have been continually on the defensive. They set out with a round opposition to any considerable military establishment, and have more and more apologetically continued to oppose any "undue" extension of the warlike establishments and the warlike policy. But with the passage of time and the habituation to warlike politics and military discipline, the infection of jingoism has gradually permeated the body of Social Democrats, until they have now reached such a pitch of enthusiastic loyalty as they would not patiently hear a truthful characterization of. The spokesmen now are concerned to show that, while they still stand for international socialism, consonant with their ancient position, they stand for national aggrandizement first and for international comity second. The relative importance of the national ad the international ideals in German socialist professions has been reversed since the seventies. The leaders are busy with interpretation of their earlier formulations. They have come to excite themselves over nebulous distinctions between patriotism and jingoism. The Social Democrats have come to be German patriots first and socialists second, which comes to saving that they are a political party working for the maintenance of the existing order, with modifications. They are no longer a party of revolution, but of reform, tho the measure of reform which they demand greatly exceeds the Hohenzollern limit of tolerance. They are now as much, if not more, in touch with the ideas of English liberalism than with those of revolutionary Marxism.
The material and tactical exigencies that have grown out of changes in the industrial system and in the political situation, then, have brought on far-reaching changes of adaptation in the position of the socialists. The change may not be extremely large at any one point, so far as regards the specific articles of the program, but, taken as a whole, the resulting modification of the socialistic position is a very substantial one. The process of change is, of course, not yet completed, -- whether or not it ever will be, but it is already evident that what is taking place is not so much a change in amount or degree of conviction on certain given points as a change in kind, -- a change in the current socialistic habit of mind.
The factional discrepancies of theory that have occupied the socialists of Germany for some years past are evidence that the conclusion, even a provisional conclusion, of the shifting of their standpoint has not been reached. It is even hazardous to guess which way the drift is setting. It is only evident that the past standpoint, the standpoint of neo-Hegelian Marxism, cannot be regained, -- it is a forgotten standpoint. For the immediate present the drift of sentiment, at least among the educated, seems to set toward a position resembling that of the National Socials and the Rev. Mr. Naumann; that is to say, imperialistic liberalism. Should the conditions, political, social, and economic, which to-day are chiefly effective in shaping the habits of thought among the German people, continue substantially unchanged and continue to be the chief determining causes, it need surprise no one to find German socialism gradually changing into a somewhat characterless imperialistic democracy. The imperial policy seems in a fair way to get the better of revolutionary socialism, not by repressing it, but by force of the discipline in imperialistic ways of thinking to which it subjects all classes of the population. How far a similar process of sterilization is under way, or is likely to overtake the socialist movement in other countries, is an obscure question to which the German object-lesson affords no certain answer.
"Scientific" is here used in the half technical sense which by usage it often has in this connection, designating the theories of Marx and his followers.
There is, indeed, a remarkable consistency, amounting substantially to an invariability of position, in Marx's writing, from the Communist Manifesto to the last volume of the Capital. The only portion of the great Manifesto which became antiquated, in the apprehension of its creators, is the polemics addressed to the Philosophical socialists of the forties and the illustrative material taken from contemporary politics. The main position and the more important articles of theory, the materialistic conception, the doctrine of class struggle, the theory of value and surplus value, of increasing distress, of the reserve army, of the capitalistic collapse are to be found in the Critique of Political Economy (1859), and much of them in the Misery of Philosophy (1847), together with the masterful method of analysis and construction which he employed throughout his theoretical work.
Cf. Engels, Feuerbach (English translation, Chicago, 1903), especially Part IV., various papers published in the Neue Zeit; also the preface to the Communist Manifesto written in 1888; also the preface to volume II of Capital, where Engels argues the question of Marx's priority in connection with the leading theoretical principles of his system.
Cf. Feuerbach, as above; The Development of Socialism from Utopia to Science, especially sections II and III.
Such a socialist as Anton Menger, e.g., comes into the neo-Marxian school from without, from the field of modern scientific inquiry, and shows, at least virtually, no Hegelian color, whether in the scope of his inquiry, in his method, or in the theoretical work which he puts forth. It should be added that his Neue Staatslehre and Neue Sittenlehre are the first socialistic constructive work of substantial value as a contribution to knowledge, outside of economic theory proper, that has appeared since Lassalle. The efforts of Engels (Ursprung der Familie) and Bebel (Der Frau) would scarcely be taken seriously as scientific monographs even by hot-headed socialists if it were not for the lack of anything better. Menger's work is not Marxism, whereas Engels' and Bebel's work of this class is practically without value or originality. The unfitness of the Marxian postulates and methods for the purposes of modern science shows itself in the sweeping barrenness of socialistic literature all along that line of inquiry into the evolution of institutions for the promotion of which the materialistic dialectic was invented.
This contrast holds between the original Marxism of Marx and the scope and method of modern science; but it does not, therefore, hold between the latterday Marxists -- who are largely imbued with post-Darwinian concepts -- and the non-Marxian scientists. Even Engels, in his latter-day formulation of Marxism is strongly affected with the notions of post-Darwinian science, and reads Darwinism into Hegel and Marx with a good deal of naivete. (See his Feuerbach, especially pp. 93-98 of the English translation.) So, also, the serious but scarcely quite consistent qualification of the materialistic conception offered by Engels in the letters printed in the Sozialistische Akademiker, 1895.
The fact that the theoretical structures of Marx collapse when their elements are converted into the terms of modern science should of itself be sufficient proof that those structures were not built by their maker out of such elements as modern science habitually makes use of. Marx was neither ignorant, imbecile, nor disingenuous, and his work must be construed from such a point of view and in terms of such elements as will enable his results to stand substantially sound and convincing.
Cf. Voraussetzungen des Sozialismus, especially the first two (critical) chapters. Bernstein's reverent attitude toward Marx and Engels, as well as his somewhat old-fashioned conception of the scope and method of science, gives his discussion an air of much greater consonance with the orthodox Marxism than it really has. In his latter expressions this consonance and conciliatory animus show up more strongly rather than otherwise. (See Socialism and Science, including the special preface written for the French edition.) That which was to Marx and Engels the point of departure and the guiding norm -- the Hegelian dialectic -- is to Bernstein a mistake from which scientific socialism must free itself. He says, e.g., (Voraussetzungen, end of ch. iv.), "The great things achieved by Marx and Engels they have achieved not by the help of the Hegelian dialectic, but in spite of it."
Except that he is not officially inscribed in the socialist calender, Sombart might be cited as a particularly effective revisionist, so far as concerns the point of modernizing Marxism and putting the modernized materialistic conception to work.
Cf. the files of the Neue Zeit, particularly during the controversy with Bernstein, and Bernstein und das Sozialdemokratische Programm.
The "idealist" socialists are even more in evidence outside of Germany. They may fairly be said to be in the ascendant in France, and they are a very strong and free-spoken contingent of the socialist movement of America. They do not commonly speak the language either of science or of philosophy, but, so far as their contentions may be construed from the standpoint of modern science, their drift seems to be something of the kind indicated above. At the same time the spokesmen of this scattering and shifting group stand for a variety of opinions and aspirations that cannot be classified under Marxism, Darwinism, or any other system of theory. At the margin they shade off into theology and the creeds.
Throughout the revisionist literature in Germany there is visible a softening of the traits of the doctrine of the class struggle, and the like shows itself in the programs of the party. Outside of Germany the doctrinaire insistence on this tenet is weakening even more decidedly. The opportunist politicians, with strong aspirations, but with relatively few and ill-defined theoretical preconceptions, are gaining ground.
Cf. Bernstein, Die heutige Sozialdemokratie in Theorie und Praxis, an answer to Brunhuber, Die heutige Sozialdemokratie, which should be consulted in the same connection; Goldscheid, Verelendungs- oder Meliorationstheorie; also Sombart, Sozialismus und soziale Bewegung, 5th edition, pp. 86-89.
Accordingly, in later Marxian handling of the questions of exploitation and accumulation, the attention is centred on the "surplus product" rather than on the "surplus value". It is also currently held that the doctrines and practical consequences which Marx derived from the theory of surplus value would remain substantially well founded, even if the theory of surplus value were given up. These secondary doctrines could be saved -- at the cost of orthodoxy -- by putting a theory of surplus product in the place of the theory of surplus value, as in effect is done by Bernstein (Sozialdemokratie in Theorie und Praxis, sec. 5. Also various essays included in Zur Geschichte und Theorie des Sozialismus).
The "right to the full product of labor" and the Marxian theory of exploitation associated with that principle has fallen into the background, except as a campaign cry designed to stir the emotions of the working class. Even as a campaign cry it has not the prominence, nor apparently the efficacy, which it once had. The tenet is better preserved, in fact, among the "idealists", who draw for their antecedents on the French Revolution and the English philosophy of natural rights, than among the latter-day Marxists.
It is, of course, well known that even in the transactions and pronunciamentos of the International a good word is repeatedly said for the trade-unions, and both the Gotha and the Erfurt programs speak in favor of labor organizations, and put forth demands designed to further the trade-union endeavors. But it is equally well known that these expressions were in good part perfunctory, and that the substantial motive behind them was the politic wish of the socialists to conciliate the unionists, and make use of the unions for the propaganda. The early expressions of sympathy with the unionist cause were made for an ulterior purpose. Later on, in the nineties, there comes a change in the attitude of the socialist leaders toward the unions.
Cf. Capital, vol. i. ch. xiii., sect. 10.
Cf. Kautsky, Erfurter Programm, ch. v., sect. 13; Bernstein, Voraussetzungern, ch. iv., sect. e.
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2019-04-22T22:45:06Z
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https://www.marxists.org/subject/economy/authors/veblen/soc-econ02.htm
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Tweak says, "What would Brian Boitano do?"
The following asylums are also interested in "charmed".
The following users are also interested in charmed. More fun stuff can be found on the interests page.
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2019-04-23T18:24:32Z
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http://www.insanejournal.com/interests.bml?int=charmed
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Watch the 2nd Full-Length Indiana Jones 4 Trailer!
Paramount Picture has unveiled yet a second full-length trailer for the long-awaited adventure film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which comes to theaters May 22nd. Take a look below!
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2019-04-20T02:24:08Z
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https://movieweb.com/watch-the-2nd-full-length-indiana-jones-4-trailer/
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This essay examines the relations between state formation, capitalism, and slavery in North America from the early eighteenth century through the post-Civil War era. By examining a series of case studies involving important policies, wars, and crises that occurred during this 150 year period, the essay argues that we must simultaneously consider the process of state formation and the rise of a capitalist economy that very much involved slavery. Recent distinct scholarly literatures have argued for a much stronger and more powerful U.S. nation state, and for understanding slavery as the core of American capitalism. This essay, by calling for a social history of federalism, argues that we must think about the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. nation-state, and the compatibilities but also major differences between free and slave labor regimes and political economies. This essay seeks to bring more precision to our discussion of the nation-state in the early American republic by asking what conditions allowed it to act with real coercive authority, when it could do so, why it could do so, and just as importantly, when and why it could not. The possibilities and limits for state power had a profound impact on the growth and development of the North American slave political economy, and on its thorough interconnectedness with continental, indeed global, capitalism. It was this very interconnectedness that produced the hegemonic breakdown and the disintegration of the national polity and nation-state in civil war.
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2019-04-25T06:24:25Z
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https://muse.jhu.edu/article/676131
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Skeldon, Joanne (2015) The impact of neurocardiogenic syncope on young people’s health related quality of life and psychological functioning: A qualitative study. D Clin Psy thesis, University of Glasgow.
Introduction: The literature shows that syncope in childhood is common with around one in five children experiencing an episode before the age of 15 years old. Neurocardiogenic Syncope (NCS) is a form of reflex syncope and is the most common form of syncope in children and adolescents. Overall, there is limited research investigating the associations between NCS and health related quality of life (HRQOL) and psychological functioning. This project aims to explore young people’s experiences of NCS, to gain a more detailed understanding of young people’s understanding of their symptoms and diagnosis and the possible impact of NCS on HRQOL and psychological functioning. Methods: Five adolescents aged 12-17 years old, with a diagnosis of NCS, participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews collected qualitative data which was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results: Analysis of the data revealed the following four overarching themes: uncertainty, self-concept, coping strategies and experiences of medical services. Each theme was divided into a number of sub-ordinate themes and similarities and differences between participant’s experiences were identified. Conclusion: Young people expressed uncertainty in relation to their experiences of NCS, including the uncertainty of the course and prognosis of symptoms. This was found to interrupt a typical adolescent trajectory, influencing young people’s development of identity, autonomy and relationships, as well as impacting on current and future opportunities and psychological wellbeing. These findings were consistent with previous research investigating young people’s experiences of chronic illness.
Neurocardiogenic syncope, vasovagal syncope, unexplained syncope, psychiatric disorders, prevalence.
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2019-04-25T00:10:08Z
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http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6750/
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South Hook Fort was built to a similar design to Fort Hubberstone and was completed in 1865 and housed 20 nine-inch and seven-inch RML guns. It comprised two batteries linked by a covered way and protected by earthworks with a D-plan defensible barracks for 180 soldiers on high ground surrounded by a deep ditch. In the 1890s the west battery was altered to take a 9.2 inch BL gun and three twelve-pounder guns while the east battery was abandoned. It was manned during both World Wars and then sold off, now it is part of the South Hook refinery complex.
The fort is not accessible to the public.
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2019-04-20T05:24:13Z
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http://www.ecastles.co.uk/southhook.html
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In a saucepan over medium heat, sauté the onion and celery in butter until tender. Do not brown.
Combine the sautéed vegetables with the bread mixture. Stir in chicken broth, using enough to moisten. Stir in the diced chicken, if using, and the seasonings and beaten eggs, blending well.
Spread the mixture in a large shallow baking or roasting pan measuring about 10" x 15".
1. In a large pot, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil and add smoked meat, house seasoning, seasoned salt and hot sauce.
2. Reduce heat to medium and cook for 1 hour.
3. Wash the collard greens thoroughly. Remove the stems that run down the center by holding the leaf in your left hand and stripping the leaf down with your right hand. The tender young leaves in the heart of the collards don't need to be stripped. Stack 6 to 8 leaves on top of one another, roll up, and slice into 1/2 to 1-ince thick slices.
4. Place greens in pot with meat and add butter. Cook for 45 to 60 minutes, stirring occasionally. When done taste and adjust seasoning.
Preheat oven to 350. Lightly butter a deep 2 1/2 quart baking dish.
Fill a large pot with water and bring to a rapid boil. Add macaroni and the 1 TB oil.
Cook for 7 minutes, or until somewhat tender. Drain well, and return to the pot.
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt 8 TB of the butter. Stir into macaroni.
Transfer to the prepared casserole dish, and top with remaining 1/2 cup shredded cheese. Dot with remaining 1 TB of the butter.
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and mist an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Cook bacon according to package directions until crispy, chop or crumble, and set aside. Mist a large skillet with nonstick cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. Add onion, butter, cayenne pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, for 3 to 5 minutes, until slightly softened. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue stirring for 20 to 25 minutes, until browned and caramelized. Remove from heat.
3. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add squash and cook 10 to 15 minutes, until very tender. Drain and mash in a large bowl. Add garlic, pepper, remaining salt, and cheese, breaking it into pieces and mixing well. Spread mixture evenly in the baking pan and top with caramelized onion and bacon. Bake until dish is hot throughout, about 15 minutes.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 13x9 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together soup, sour cream, salt and pepper. Stir in cheese, onion and Hash Browns until well mixed. Spoon evenly into baking dish.
3. In a medium bowl, mix together cereal and butter. Sprinkle evenly on top of Hash Brown mixture.
4. Bake uncovered for about 45 minutes, or until hot and bubbly. Allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving. Garnish with additional sliced green onion if desired.
TIP: If desired, substitute condensed cream of chicken soup with condensed cream of turkey soup.
2. Beat first 7 ingredients with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended.
3. Pour into crust; top with nuts.
4. Bake 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours. Drizzle with syrup just before serving.
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2019-04-25T07:58:43Z
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http://maravillosomagazine.weebly.com/healthy-thanksgiving.html
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Henry Gray (Londen, 1827 – dêre, 13 juny 1861) wie in Britsk anatoom en sjirurch dy't fral ferneamd waard fan it learboek oer anatomy, Gray's Anatomy. Hy waard keazen ta Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) doe't er noch mar 25 jier wie.
Gray skreau him yn 1845 as studint yn oan St. Georges Hospital yn Londen, dêr't er letter dosint anatomy waard. As studint waard er al ûnderskieden mei in priis fan de Royal College of Surgeons foar syn The Origin, Connexions and Distribution of nerves to the human eye and its appendages, illustrated by comparative dissections of the eye in other vertebrate animals. 1852 waard er lid fan de Royal Society.
Yn 1858 waard de earste útjefte fan Gray’s Anatomy, mei goed 750 siden en mear as 350 yllustraasjes, publisearre. De yllustraasjes wiene fan Henry Vandyke Carter en diene harrens ta it súkses fan it wurk. It boek waard yn de rin fan de jierren ta ien fan de ferneamdste standertwurken fan de stúdzje medisinen yn de Angelsaksyskre wrâld.
Gray stoar juny 1861 oan de pokken. Hy waard beïerdige yn Londen op de Highgate Cemetery.
A. E. Flatt: Happy birthday, Gray’s Anatomy. Yn: Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center). Bân 22, nûmer 4, oktober 2009, S. 342–345. PMID 19865508.
J. M. Pearce: Henry Gray’s Anatomy. Yn: Clinical anatomy. Bân 22, nûmer 3, april 2009, S. 291–295. PMID 19280653.
Ruth Richardson: The Making of Mr Gray’s Anatomy: Bodies, Books, Fortune and Fame. Oxford University Press, 2008, ISBN 0-19-955299-1.
Dizze side is it lêst bewurke op 29 des 2017 om 20.10.
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2019-04-24T14:39:07Z
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https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gray
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There was a problem brewing in the South, and it was up to the residents of Jacksonville to help.
The problem was potentially crippling. Emergency services were being disrupted, and important information was not being communicated.
The problem: Too many people were calling Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. operators in the first few months of 1920 and asking for the time of day. So many -- an average of 3,583 calls per day in Jacksonville -- that the phone company took out a quarter-page ad in the April 10 Florida Metropolis newspaper asking for help.
"It has become necessary for us to discontinue the practice of permitting our telephone operators to answer requests for the time of day, the location of fires and other information not a necessary part of telephone service," read the ad. "... The operators and equipment employed in rendering this special service are in urgent demand for the serious needs of the community."
Apparently, Jacksonville residents were clogging phone lines with requests for the time, the location of fires, and other information. That, coupled with a shortage of telephone material and equipment, caused delays in installing new telephones.
By eliminating that service, as of April 15, Southern Bell District Manager R.L. Boyd, said the company would be able to add 514 new stations without employing additional operators or equipment.
And, as the ad read, the company's request was not made maliciously. "In normal times, this special service did not interfere with the service of our subscribers and the general public," read the ad. "It was an accommodation which we cheerfully rendered for many years."
"...We find it necessary to ask you to relieve our lines of this burden. When the operator politely tells you she cannot give you the time of day, it is entirely in the interest of better service."
The Duval High School girls basketball team won the state championship by beating host Sanford 38-24. The game's MVP was Duval's Miss Hanson, who scored a game-high 32 points. Miss Sompayrac added the remaining six points for Duval. Sanford took an early 3-0 lead, but Duval quickly erased the deficit and grabbed a four-point lead. The Celery City tossers, as the writer called Sanford, were never able to get any closer than four points.
The Khorassan minstrel show played to a crowd of about 1,600 at the Duval County Armory. Before the show, there was a minstrel parade that The Florida Metropolis reported was "big enough and long enough to satisfy everybody." The group performed for the benefit of the Moharrum Temple, No. 119, Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan, into the night and the event was followed by a dance that ended at roughly 2:30 a.m.
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2019-04-20T20:18:06Z
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https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20190410/today-in-jacksonville-history-april-10-1920
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Neo-Scholasticism is the development of the Scholasticism of the Middle Ages during the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is not merely the resuscitation of a philosophy long since defunct, but rather a restatement in our own day of the philosophia perennis which, elaborated by the Greeks and brought to perfection by the great medieval teachers, has never ceased to exist even in modern times. It has some times been called neo-Thomism partly because St. Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century gave to Scholasticism among the Latins its final form, partly because the idea has gained ground that only Thomism can infuse vitality into twentieth century scholasticism. But Thomism is too narrow a term; the system itself is too large and comprehensive to be expressed by the name of any single exponent. This article will deal with the elements which neo-Scholasticism takes over from the past; the modifications which adapt it to the present; the welcome accorded it by contemporary thought and the outlook for its future; its leading representatives and centres.
(1) God, pure actuality and absolute perfection, is substantially distinct from every finite thing: he alone can create and preserve all beings other than Himself. His infinite knowledge includes all that has been, is, or shall be, and likewise all that is possible.
(2) As to our knowledge of the material world: whatever exists is itself, an incommunicable, individual substance. To the core of self-sustaining reality, in the oak-tree for instance, other realities (accidents) are added size, form, roughness, and so on. All oak-trees are alike, indeed are identical in respect of certain constituent elements. Considering this likeness and even identity, our human intelligence groups them into one species and again, in view of their common characteristics, it ranges various species under one genus. Such is the Aristotelean solution of the problem of universals. Each substance is in its nature fixed and determined; and nothing is farther from the spirit of Scholasticism than a theory of evolution which would regard even the essences of things as products of change.
But this statism requires as its complement a moderate dynamism, and this is supplied by the central concepts of act and potency. Whatsoever changes is, just for that reason, limited. The oak-tree passes through a process of growth, of becoming: whatever is actually in it now was potentially in it from the beginning. Its vital functions go on unceasingly (accidental change); but the tree itself will die, and out of its decayed trunk other substances will come forth (substantial change). The theory of matter and form is simply an interpretation of the substantial changes which bodies undergo. The union of matter and form constitutes the essence of concrete being, and this essence is endowed with existence. Throughout all change and becoming there runs a rhythm of finality; the activities of the countless substances of the universe converge towards an end which is known to God; finality, in a word, involves optimism.
(3) Man, a compound of body (matter) and of soul (form), puts forth activities of a higher order knowledge and volition. Through his senses he perceives concrete objects, e.g. this oak; through his intellect he knows the abstract and universal (the oak). All our intellectual activity rests on sensory function; but through the active intellect (intellectus agens) an abstract representation of the sensible object is provided for the intellectus possibilis. Hence the characteristic of the idea, its non-materiality, and on this is based the principal argument for the spirituality and immortality of the soul. Here, too, is the foundation of logic and of the theory of knowledge, the justification of our judgments and syllogisms.
Upon knowledge follows the appetitive process, sensory or intellectual according to the sort of knowledge. The will (appetitus intellectualis) in certain conditions is free, and thanks to this liberty man is the master of his destiny. Like all other beings, we have an end to attain and we are morally obliged, though not compelled, to attain it.
Natural happiness would result from the full development of our powers of knowing and loving. We should find and possess God in this world since the corporeal world is the proper object of our intelligence. But above nature is the order of grace and our supernatural happiness will consist in the direct intuition of God, the beatific vision. Here philosophy ends and theology begins.
The neo-Scholastic programme includes, in the next place, the adaptation of medieval principles and doctrines to our present intellectual needs. Complete immobility is no less incompatible with progress than out-and-out relativism. Vita in motu. To make Scholasticism rigid and stationary would be fatal to it. The doctrines revived by the new movement are like an inherited fortune; to refuse it would be folly, but to manage it without regard to actual conditions would be worse. With Dr. Ehrhard one may say: "Aquinas should be our beacon, not our boundary" ("Der Katholicismus und das zwanzigste Jahrh. im Lichte der Kirchlichen Entwicklung der Neuzeit", Stuttgart, 1902, 252). We have now to pass in review the various factors in the situation and to see in what respect the new Scholasticism differs from the old and how far it adapts itself to our age.
Neo-Scholasticism rejects the theories of physics, celestial and terrestrial, which the Middle Ages grafted on the principles, otherwise sound enough, of cosmology and metaphysics; e.g. the perfection and superiority of astral substance, the "incorruptibility" of the heavenly bodies, their external connexion with "motor spirits", the influence of the stars on the generation of earthly beings, the four "simple" bodies, etc. It further rejects those philosophical theories which are disproved by the results of investigation; e.g. the diffusion of sensible "species" throughout a medium and their introduction into the organs of sense. Even the Scholastic ideas that have been retained are not all of equal importance; criticism and personal conviction may retrench or modify them considerably, without injury to fundamental principles.
The medieval scholars cultivated the history of philosophy solely with a view to its utility, i.e. as a means of gathering the deposit of truth contained in the writings of the ancients and, especially, for the purpose of refuting error and thus emphasizing the value of their own doctrine. Modern students, on the contrary, regard every human fact and achievement as in itself significant, and accordingly they treat the history of philosophy in a spirit that is more disinterested. With this new attitude, neo-Scholasticism is in full sympathy; it does its share in the work of historical reconstruction by employing critical methods; it does not attempt to condense the opinions of others into a syllogism and refute them with a phrase, nor does it commend the practice of putting whole systems into a paragraph or two in order to annihilate them with epithet or invective. Neo-Scholasticism, however, does not confine its interest to ancient and medieval philosophy; its chief concern is with present-day systems. It takes issue with them and offsets their theories of the world by a synthesis of its own. It is only by keeping in touch with actual living thought that it can claim a place in the twentieth century and command the attention of its opponents. And it has everything to gain from a discussion in which it encounters Positivism, Kantism, and other forms or tendencies of modern speculation.
The need of a philosophy based on science is recognized today by every school. Neo-Scholasticism simply follows the example of the Aristotelean and medieval philosophy in taking the data of research as the groundwork of its speculation. That there are profound differences between the Middle Ages and modern times from the scientific point of view, is obvious. One has only to consider the multiplication of the sciences in special lines, the autonomy which science as a whole has acquired, and the clear demarcation established between popular views of nature and their scientific interpretation. But it is equally plain that neo-Scholasticism must follow up each avenue of investigation, since it undertakes, as Aristotle and Aquinas did, to provide a synthetic explanation of phenomena by referring them to their ultimate causes and determining their place in the universal order of things; and this undertaking, if the synthesis is to be deep and comprehensive, presupposes a knowledge of the details furnished by each science. It is not possible to explain the world of phenomena while neglecting the phenomena that make up the world. "All that exists, as contemplated by the human mind, forms one large system or complex fact. . . . Like a short-sighted reader, its eye pores closely, and travels slowly, over the awful volume which lies open for its inspection. . . . These various partial views or abstractions . . . are called sciences . . . they proceed on the principle of a division of labour. . . . And further the comprehension of the bearings of one science on another, and the use of each to each, and the location of them all, with one another, this belongs, I conceive, to a sort of science distinct from all of them, and in some sense, a science of sciences, which is my own conception of what is meant by philosophy" (Newman, "Idea of a University", Discourse III, iii, iv, 44 sqq.).
There is, of course, the pedagogical problem; how shall philosophy maintain its control over the ever-widening field of the various sciences? In reply, we may cite the words of Cardinal Mercier, a prominent leader in the neo-Scholastic movement: "As a matter of fact", he declares, "the difficulty is a serious one, and one may say in general terms, that it is not going to be solved by any one man. As the domain of fact and observation grows larger and larger, individual effort becomes less competent to survey and master it all: hence the necessity of co-operative effort to supply what is lacking in the work of isolated investigators; hence too the need of union between the synthetic mind and the analytic, in order to secure, by daily contact and joint action, the harmonious development of philosophy and science". ("La philosophie néo-scholastique" in "Revue néo-scholastique", 1894, 17).
Once it turned its attention to modern fashions of thought, neo-Scholasticism found itself face to face with problems of which medieval philosophy had not the slightest suspicion or at any rate did not furnish a solution. It had to bear the brunt of conflict between its own principles and those of the systems in vogue, especially of Positivism and Criticism. And it had to take up, from its own point of view, the questions which are favourite topics of discussion in the schools of our time. How far then, one may ask, has neo-Scholasticism been affected by modern thought? First of all, as to metaphysics: in the Middle Ages its claim to validity met with no challenge, whereas, in the twentieth century, its very possibility is at stake and, to defend it against the concerted attack of Hume and Kant and Comte, the true significance of such concepts as being, substance, absolute, cause, potency, and act must be explained and upheld. It is further needful to show that, in a very real sense, God is not unknowable; to rebut the charges preferred by Herbert Spencer against the traditional proofs of God's existence; to deal with the materials furnished by ethnography and the history of religions; and to study the various forms which monism and immanentism nowadays assume.
Cosmology can well afford to insist on the traditional theory of matter and form, provided it pay due attention to the findings of physics, chemistry, crystallography, and mineralogy, and meet the objections of atomism and dynamism, theories which, in the opinion of scientific authority, are less satisfactory as explanations of natural phenomena than the hylomorphism (q.v.) of the Scholastics. The theory also of qualities, once the subject of ridicule, is nowadays endorsed by some of the most prominent scientists. In psychology especially the progressive spirit of neo-Scholasticism makes itself felt. The theory of the substantial union of body and soul, as an interpretation of biological, psychical, and psycho-physiological facts, is far more serviceable than the extreme spiritualism of Descartes on the one hand and the Positivism of modern thinkers on the other. As Wundt admits, the results of investigation in physiological psychology do not square either with materialism or with dualism whether of the Platonic or of the Cartesian type; it is only Aristotelean animism, which brings psychology into connexion with biology, that can offer a satisfactory metaphysical interpretation of experimental psychology. So vigorous indeed has been the growth of psychology that each of its offshoots is developing in its own way: such is the case with criteriology, æsthetics, didactics, pedagogy, and the numerous ramifications of applied psychology. Along these various lines, unknown to medieval philosophy, neo-Scholasticism is working energetically and successfully. Its criteriology is altogether new: the older Scholasticism handled the problem of certitude from the deductive point of view; God could not have misshaped the faculties with which He endowed the mind in order that it might attain to knowledge. Neo-Scholasticism, on the other hand, proceeds by analysis and introspection it states the problem in the terms which, since Kant's day, are the only admissible terms, but as against the Kantian criticism it finds the solution in a rational dogmatism. Its æsthetics holds a middle course between the extreme subjectivism of many modern thinkers who would reduce the beautiful to a mere impression, and the no less extreme objectivism which the Greeks of old maintained. It is equally at home in the field of experimental psychology which investigates the correlation between conscious phenomena and their physiological accompaniments; in fact, its theory of the substantial union of body and soul implies as its corollary a "bodily resonance" corresponding to each psychical process.
The laws and principles which the modern science of education has drawn from experience find their adequate explanation in neo-Scholastic doctrine; thus, the intuitive method, so largely accepted at present as an essential element in education, is based on the Scholastic theory that nothing enters the intellect save through the avenue of sense. In the study of ethical problems, neo-Scholasticism holds fast to the vital teachings that prevailed in the thirteenth century, but at the same time it takes into account the historical and sociological data which explain the varying application of principles in successive ages. In view of contemporary systems which, on a purely experimental basis, attempt to set aside all moral imperatives and ideas of value, it is necessary to insist on the older concepts of good and evil, of finality and obligation a need which is easily supplied by neo-Scholastic ethics. As to logic, the most perfect part of Aristotle's great constructive work and therefore that which has been least modified in the course of time. Its positions still call for defence against the objections of writers like Mill, who regard the syllogism as a "solemn farce". Accordingly, with due consideration for modern modes of thinking, neo-Scholasticism adapts the teaching of the Middle Ages to actual conditions. Even as regards the relations between philosophy and religion, there are important changes to note. For the medieval mind in the Western world, philosophy and theology were identical until about the twelfth century. In the thirteenth the line of demarcation was clearly drawn, but philosophy was still treated as the preliminary training for theology. This is no longer the case; neo-Scholasticism assigns to philosophy a value of its own as a rational explanation of the world, on a par in this respect with Positivism and other systems; and it welcomes all who are bent on honest research, whether their aim be purely philosophical or apologetic.
Parallel with these modifications are those which affect the pedagogical phase of the movement. The methods of teaching philosophy in the thirteenth century were too closely dependent on the culture of that age; hence they have been replaced by modern procedures, curricula, and means of propagation. It would be ill-advised to wrap neo-Scholastic doctrine in medieval envelopes, e.g. to write books on the plan of the theological "Summae" or the "Quodlibetal Questions" that were current in the thirteenth century. Without at all lessening its force, syllogistic demonstration gains in attractiveness when its essential characteristics are retained and clothed about with modern forms of presentation. In this connexion, the use of living languages as a means of exposition has obvious advantages and finds favour with many of those who are best qualified to judge.
By interesting itself in modern questions, interpreting the results of scientific research and setting forth its principles for thorough discussion, neo-Scholasticism has compelled attention: it has to be reckoned with. Among non-Catholics, many leaders of thought have frankly acknowledged that its methods and doctrines deserve to be examined anew. Men like Boutroux admit that Aristotle's system may well serve as an offset to Kantism and evolution (Aristote, Etudes d'histoire et de philosophie, Paris, 1901, 202). Paulsen ("Kant der Philosoph des Protestantismus" in "Kantstudien", 1899) and Eucken ("Thomas von Aquino u. Kant, Ein Kampf zweier Welten", loc. cit., 1901) declare that neo-Thomism is the rival of Kantism and that the conflict between them is the "clash of two worlds". Harnack ("Lehrbuch d. Dogmengesch.", III, 3rd. ed., 327), Seeberg ("Realencyklopädie f. Prot. Theol." 5. v. "Scholastik") and others protest against those who underrate the value of scholastic doctrine.
Among Catholics, neo-Scholasticism gains ground day by day. It is doing away with Ontologism, Traditionalism, the Dualism of Gunther, and the exaggerated Spiritualism of Descartes. It is free from the weaknesses of Pragmatism and Voluntarism, systems in which some thinkers have vainly sought the reconciliation of their philosophy and their faith. Neo-Scholasticism has a character of permanence as truth itself has; but it is destined in its development to keep up with scientific progress. Like everything that lives, it must advance; arrested growth would mean decay.
The neo-Scholastic movement was inaugurated by such writers as Sanseverino (1811-65) and Cornoldi (1822-92) in Italy; Gonzalez (1831-92) in Spain; Kleutgen (1811-83) and Stöckl (1823-95) in Germany; de San (1832-1904), Dupont, and Lepidi in Belgium; Farges and Dormet de Vorges (1910) in France, who with other scholars carried on the work of restoration before the Holy See gave it solemn approval and encouragement. Pius IX, it is true, in various letters, recognized its importance; but it was the encyclical "AEterni Patris" of Leo XIII (4 Aug., 1879) that imparted to neo-Scholasticism its definitive character and quickened its development. This document sets forth the principles by which the movement is to be guided in a progressive spirit, and by which the medieval doctrine is to take on new life in its modern environment. "If," says the pope, "there be anything that the Scholastic doctors treated with excessive subtlety or with insufficient consideration, or that is at variance with well founded teachings of later date, or is otherwise improbable, we by no means intend that it shall be proposed to our age for imitation. . . . We certainly do not blame those learned and energetic men who turn to the profit of philosophy their own assiduous labours and erudition as well as the results of modern investigation; for we are fully aware that all this goes to the advancement of knowledge."
In Italy, the movement was vigorous from the start. The Accademia di San Tommaso, founded in 1874, published, up to 1891, a review entitled "La Scienza Italiana". Numerous works were produced by Zigliara (1833-93), Satolli (1839-1909), Liberatore (1810-92), Barberis (1847-96), Schiffini (1841-1906), de Maria, Talamo, Lorenzelli, Ballerini, Matussi, and others. The Italian writers at first laid special emphasis on the metaphysical features of Scholasticism, without paying sufficient attention to the sciences or to the history of philosophy. Recently, however, this situation has undergone a change which promises excellent results.
From Italy the movement spread into the other European countries and found supporters in Germany such as Kleutgen, Stöckl, the authors of the "Philosophia Lacensis", published at Maria Laach by the Jesuits (Pesch, Hontheim, Cathrein), Gutberlet, Commer, Willmann, Kaufmann, Glossner, Grabmann, and Schneid. These scholars have made valuable contributions to the history of philosophy, especially that of the Middle Ages. Stöckl led the way with his "Geschichte d. Philosophie des Mittelalters" (Mainz, 1864-66). Ehrle and Denifle founded in 1885 the "Archiv für Literatur u. Kirchengesch. d. Mittelalters", and the latter edited the monumental "Chartularium" of the University of Paris. In 1891, Von Hertling and Bäumker began the publication of their "Beiträge zur Gesch. d. Phil. des Mittelalters".
Belgium has been particularly favoured. Leo XIII established (1891) at Louvain the "Institut de philosophie" for the special purpose of teaching the doctrine of St. Thomas together with history and the natural sciences. The Institute was placed in charge of Mgr (now Cardinal) Mercier whose "Cours de philosophie" has been translated into the principal languages of Europe.
In France, besides those already mentioned, Vallet, Gardair, Fonsegrive, and Piat have taken a prominent part in the movement; in Holland (Amsterdam) de Groot; in Switzerland (Freiburg), Mandonnet; in Spain, Orti y Lara, Urráburu, Gómez Izquierdo; in Mexico, Garcia; in Brazil, Santroul; in Hungary, Kiss and Pecsi; in England, Clarke, Maher, John Rickaby, Joseph Rickaby, Boedder (Stonyhurst Series); in the United States Coppens, Poland, Brother Chrysostom, and the professors at the Catholic University (Shanahan, Turner, and Pace).
Neo-Scholasticism has been endorsed by four Catholic Congresses: Paris (1891); Brussels (1895); Freiburg (1897); Munich (1900). A considerable number of reviews have served as its exponents: "Divus Thomas" (1879-1903); "Rivista Italiana di filosofia neo-scolastica" (Florence, since 1909); "Annales de Philosophie Chrétienne" (Paris, since 1830); "Revue néo-scolastique de Philosophie" (Louvain, since 1894); "Revue de Philosophie" (Paris, since 1900);" Revue des Sciences philosophiques et théologiques" (Kain, Belgium, since 1907); "Revue Thomiste" (Paris, since 1893); "Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Philosophie und spekulative Theologie" (Paderborn, since 1887); "St. Thomas Blätter" (Ratisbon, since 1888); Bölcseleti-Folyóirat (Budapest, since 1886);" Revista Lulliana" (Barcelona, since 1901); "Cienza Tomista" (Madrid, since 1910). In addition to these, various periodical publications not specially devoted to philosophy have given neo-Scholasticism their cordial support.
MLA citation. De Wulf, Maurice. "Neo-Scholasticism." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10746a.htm>.
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Always ready doesn’t mean always paid.
The Coast Guard’s 42,000 active duty officers missed a check Tuesday — and became the only U.S. service members to work without pay as President Trump and Democrats remain at odds over a border wall.
“To the best of my knowledge, this marks the first time in our Nation’s history that service members in a U.S. Armed Force have not been paid during a lapse in appropriations,” tweeted Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz tweeted.
The Coast Guard is funded through the Department of Homeland Security, while other branches are backed by Department of Defense appropriations.
Officers continued to patrol the ports and waterways around New York harbor and beyond despite the lack of cash.
Roughly 540 active duty members are based in the New York City area, according to Petty Ofiicer 3rd Class Steve Strohmaier, a spokesman for the Coast Guard units in the tri-state area.
It’s unclear when those service members will be receiving their next paycheck as Trump refuses to sign any legislation reopening the government without $5.6 billion in funds for a wall along the border with Mexico.
The political impasse over the wall has caused chaos for some families, as 800,000 federal employees have been furloughed without pay since the shutdown began on Dec. 22.
School teacher Blythe Aguayo said she was forced to skip regular dental cleanings for her four children this week because she’s unsure when her husband, a civilian Coast Guard employee, will be back to work.
“I have to decide whether we’re going to buy food or if we’ll have enough money for gas next week,” the 40-year-old mother said.
Aguayo’s husband has worked at the Coast Guard’s New York Station on Staten Island for 13 years, but the couple never thought they’d have to endure the financial instability of a prolonged government shutdown.
On top of the economic strain, Aguayo said it’s hard to watch others who are unaffected fight about the shutdown on social media.
Several organizations have stepped up to aid those affected by the shutdown, Schultz said in a letter to officers.
The Coast Guard Mutual Assistance, which offers financial aid to U.S. Coast Guard officers and employees has received a $15 million donation from USAA. The funding will be distributed through the Red Cross to those who need it.
“I recognize the anxiety and uncertainty this situation places on you and your family, and we are working closely with service organizations on your behalf,” Schultz wrote.
In Connecticut, a coalition of Coast Guard-related nonprofit groups have opened a pop-up food pantry at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to help officers’ families and academy workers affected by the shutdown.
About 160 of the 260 government-funded nonessential employees at the New London, Connecticut-based academy are out of work. Most others, including faculty and active-duty Coast Guard personnel, are working without pay.
Grocery stores and restaurants on Long Island have offered discounts to officers, according to Strohmaier.
The President, meanwhile, on a conference call with supporters, showed no signs of backing down.
A group of rank-and-file Democrats declined to dine with President Trump at the White House on Tuesday as the ongoing government shutdown stretches into its 25th day.
Trump tried to bypass House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and build support for funding his border wall with Mexico by appealing directly to lawmakers.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said instead of a bipartisan lunch, only nine House Republicans joined the President.
A short time later, a group of House Democrats did try to cross aisle. They went to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office demanding he consider House-passed bills to fund the government. McConnell was not there at the time, so the group left a note.
The House and Senate also announced they would stay in session, canceling an upcoming recess, if the shutdown continued into next week.
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2019-04-21T02:45:09Z
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A unique beam of energy that scatters some of its light at right angles to the direction of propagation.
A classic battle between a stationary fort on the lunar surface versus a quick, mobile spacecraft is decided by this fort-based weapon.
Readers should note that Clarke alters the version of this weapon for use in the 1955 novelization of the story. See the stilletto beam from the novel Earthlight to see Clarke's final (and perhaps more elegant treatment) of this idea.
For it was during a lull in the engagement that the polaron beam operated for the first time in history.
The two watchers saw it strike upward like an inverted lightning flash. It was clearly visible along its whole length not merely in patches where it passed through dust and gas. Even in that brief instant of time Wheeler noticed this staggering violation of the laws of optics and wondered at its implications. Not until many years later did he learn how a polaron beam radiates some of its energy at right angles to its direction of propagation so that it can be seen even in a vacuum.
The beam went through the Phlegethon as if she did not exist.
From Earthlight (Novella), by Arthur C. Clarke.
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2019-04-20T10:59:16Z
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I realised today that I have just missed my third Twitter birthday as I write this I have had my twitter account for three years two days and twenty-three hours. This wasn’t my first Twitter account but it has always been the account where I can be myself completely.
I am certain I can say I am not the person I was when I opened this account, I have grown so much by having the freedom to be me, say what I want and be accepted for that. I have just been looking back through some old photographs that were taken in 2010, the year I joined twitter. I have always been one of those people who will take at least 30 pictures to get to one I like enough to show to anyone else but now looking back, I realise that actually some of the photos I have from back then are good. The skin on show, I love a lot more than I did back then. The flaws I probably picked at when the photo was taken no longer bothers me. I am never going to be a skinny mini and that’s OK!!
So here we are, my celebratory 3rd birthday photo. Thanks for sticking with me and putting up with my rants and my waffle.
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2019-04-23T03:01:21Z
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The employer at X Company sent me, instead of her administrative assistant, that email by accident. I had applied for a part-time editing assignment. That was 2006. Blogging was still a relatively new medium. And that's how I found out that maybe I shouldn't include that I was a blogger in my cover letter to small or conservative organizations. Obviously, it could scare them.
As the years went by, I was to also discover what else I was putting in cover letters that was, well, scaring employers. Often, I had to figure that out on my own.
For example, both my former colleague at IBM and I applied for communications assignments at a utility in New Jersey. She was invited for an interview. I wasn't.
I made a guess that what turned off the employer was that in the cover letter I made a list of recommendations on how its newsletter could be improved. It is probable that they were scared I was going to be too aggressive. No, I never did that again.
If you are not getting a positive response in your cover letters, review the patterns for what might be scaring employers. For instance, is your tone too enthusiastic? They could assume that you are desperate for a job, any job. Of course, that scares them off.
Takeaway: In this volatile global economy most employers are jittery, Don't put anything in cover letters which will make them even more anxious.
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2019-04-24T02:15:34Z
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_Dominazione di Eternita_ includes four new songs plus four bonus tracks in the form of a demo recorded live on 8 December 1999. (The LP version includes five new songs.) For those who are in doubt, this is indeed an NSBM band, performing raw black metal (no national romantic flutes present here), but without totally messing up the production.
The demo tracks are absolutely pathetic, and just about every note screams with rank amateurism. The vocals sound like an epileptic Donald Duck and the recording quality is horrendous, possessing the reverb usually associated with cheap radios played at full volume. There is a strong amateurish liking for samples, including predictable samples of Hitler speeches and German WWII songs.
Fast forward to 2005, and it is clear that while Gaszimmer remain an NSBM band, they have eschewed many of the cheap tricks of their demo. The vocals are greatly improved, the samples are gone and lyrics possess a greater degree of ambiguity. The songs are more complex and are not as simplistic as the demo tracks. There is a liking for the double bass pedal, suggesting a death metal influence. The guitars are occasionally distorted, creating a floating quality.
If the demo is a reliable indicator, then Gaszimmer have made considerable attempt towards honing their sound. However, they still have a way to go before they can be considered Italy's premier NSBM band.
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2019-04-23T08:53:01Z
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http://chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-4453
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Since posting an initial list of blogs, a number more blogs have been sent through (thanks!), and I have also dived heavily into my old woodworking links folder, checking all my links to make sure only current ones were retained. There are still notable exceptions I’m sure – there are some I’m sure I could find for the commercial section, but will pick them up later. For any sites I’ve missed but shouldn’t have (particularly because I do know of them). My apologies – please remind me!!
Any others you want to submit, go right ahead. In the meantime, the contents of this post will become a separate links page on this site as a permanent resource. Currently 173 sites are listed here – enjoy the explore!
And just a note – there is no ulterior motivation here for me having listed sites both here and a few posts ago – the response from the previous post was so positive, I decided a more comprehensive list was justified.
I kept adding sites, and so as not to have to do any more double handling than necessary, one central depository of links is a lot easier!
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2019-04-18T10:15:57Z
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https://stusshed.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/super-link-post/
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Just tapping away really. Carried on with the Paul Arden chapter, inserting points from my web research. It’s just a bit laborious really, not boring but you have to work your way systematically through. So I was sitting in the back room, door open onto the garden, cat asleep under the coffee table, a bit of David Gilmour on the old music system (and I mean old), autumn sun streaming in, Turkish coffee steaming beside me. Uneventful. Enjoyable.
On the research front was reading up about Craig Venter so see if the Human Genome story can be told in an unexpected, less received-wisdom way.
Had to call operations to a halt just before 5 to make my first visit to Google Campus near Old Street and my second visit to The Fox Pub round the corner (first visit was on the evening of a benefit exhibition for street artist Robbo a couple of years ago). I was there at the kind invitation of Moray Coulter, creator of ProductionBase [media recruitment website] and new start-up We Can Go Dutch (Do things you couldn’t do on your own by aggregating your buying power and splitting the cost). The event was a gathering of TableCrowd focused on the Sharing Economy. The start-ups represented ranged from house-sharing to lift-sharing, no waste veg-buying to integrated online home-renting. It resonated for me on a number of levels – my Landshare commission with Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall in 2009, FruitShare last week (104,359 UK children involved so far), the pilot on collaborative consumption I worked on last year with Rachel Botsman (w/t the Big Share). But beside all that, as I described the book I’m working on to fellow guests, it became increasingly clear that the spirit of this strand of online/start-up activity is closely allied to that of the central figures in When Sparks Fly.
The event was held in a space run in the Google Campus basement by Centralworking. This shared work-space operation was set up by James Layfield. He’s the fella I’m going to talk to about the Business section. According to one of the start-ups at the gathering to whom I was chatting after dinner, James regularly sits down with the businesses in his premises and listens to their plans and shares his experience, simply as a good-will/out-of-genuine-interest bonus.
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2019-04-26T12:46:05Z
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https://aarkangel.wordpress.com/tag/collaborative-consumption/
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2000-10-01T12:00:38-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/15f/1490107355.pngMr. Vidal talked about his body of work which included essays, plays, and novels. He also talked about the art of writing, his involvement in politics, his perspectives on history, and his experiences as an author. He also responded to viewer comments and questions.
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2019-04-26T14:29:01Z
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https://www.c-span.org/video/?159496-1/depth-gore-vidal
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Vishnuvardhan who shot to fame with that stylishly made Arindhum Ariyamalum that was a big hit is back. Now the same team of Vishnu, producer Geeta, music director Yuvan and Arya along with Bharath, Padmapriya and Pooja is back in a new film titled Pattiyal.
The cast also has theatre actor Balan making his debut along with V.M.C Haneefa in a fantastic supporting role. The team of Pattiyal with producer ‘Pungaipoove’ Geeta held a press meet at Devi-Sridevi preview theatre.
Said producer Geeta, an RJ in Malaysia: “Vishnuvardhan and his boys mainly Arya and Yuvan are largely responsible for the super success of Arindhum Ariyamalum and they are sure to create magic once again with Pattiyal”.
Said Vishnuvardhan: ““Pattiyal is a stark reality movie based on Chennai underworld and Arya and Bharath plays two gangsters. It will be character driven and is being shot at some original locations and not on erected sets.” Vishnu however refused to speak more on the storyline and added that the film is a list of events woven together.
The coming together of Arya and Bharath two upcoming hot heroes is a major coup for Vishnu who plans to complete the shoot for the film by mid-December.
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2019-04-25T18:28:11Z
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http://www.sify.com/movies/the-winning-team-is-back-news-tamil-kkfvyPgiffj.html
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sections 1 to 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
25expenses in calculating the profits of the trade.
treated as a post-cessation receipt (see Chapter 15).
or between those two bodies and other persons.
15sections 1 to 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
a qualifying flood or coastal erosion risk management project.
no deduction is allowed under section 1219.
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2019-04-21T03:04:55Z
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https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2014-2015/0193/cbill_2014-20150193_en_18.htm
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Hey – where’s everybody gone?
Consulting is a great business. It’s fun, it’s profitable, and it helps people. Evidently, many people agree with me, because they set up small consulting companies. I’ve worked for a good many of them over the years, either as an employee or, more recently, as a sub-contractor. Some of them work out well. A good few are still going strong, 10 years down the line under their original ownership or in their original form. A more common story is that after a period of between five and ten years, the founder members sell the business and make their million.
1. Thinking you can be all things to all customers – with just ten consultants.
It’s so hard to focus. The temptation is to list all the skills of all your consultants. And since we have all been round the block a few times, all our consultants have at least three skills. That makes about 30 offerings right there. And the more skills we list, the more likely we are to get work – right? Wrong. If you are ten consultants, or even if you are 100 consultants, it’s not credible to specialise in 30 things. Potential customers have got to know when to pick up the phone. Decide what you want to be known for. One thing. This one thing is what you do. This is what you sell. What people end up buying will, of course, be the multi-talented and adaptable people you are, with your wide range of skills. But unless they know when to pick up the phone. they won’t even be calling you.
“Now he was in business on his own account. He was high end. He didn’t advertise. He was hard to get. He was expensive. He was a true specialist. He only offered one service. All he did was find missing persons.” Description of Terry Bramall, in “The Midnight Line”, the latest Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. End of Chapter 6.
What happens to consulting companies who try to do it all? They become agencies, selling their people body-shopped by the day. Then the people leave, because why would I want to offer my services through your agency rather than any other? You don’t want this. You want to sell a coherent service which you are known for. Be a true specialist.
This is amazingly common. Why do small companies do this? I guess it’s fun to get in aeroplanes and go and set up offices in Tokyo, Chicago or Brussels. If you are a small company director and your fellow board members are talking like this: beware. Try to work out why they are trying to sell consulting services in a country where we don’t have any staff and we can’t speak the business language. Are they bored? Do they simply want to see “London – Paris – New York” on the headed notepaper? The fact that we have one client in Milan is NOT a good enough reason to establish an Italian Office. Overseas expansion is fine as part of a plan, when there is sales effort costed in, a stream of clients in the pipeline, and the legal situation thoroughly explored. But too often I’ve seen setting up the office as “Step One” of the expansion plan. Don’t do that. Get clients, more than one. Get fee-earning staff out there. Service it from the UK if at all possible, for as long as possible. Then, and only then, consider if you really want to go to the trouble and expense of an office, a legal presence, and infra-structure.
One medium-sized consulting company of my acquaintance wanted a ‘presence in Europe’. They set up an office in Brussels, complete with secretarial staff and a Managing Director. The idea was that this MD would sell work and generate a whole new income stream from European clients. Well, he had been very good at selling himself to the consulting company. He was very bad at selling the company’s services to his compatriots. No business came in. After a while the company had had enough, and decided to let the MD go. Then they discovered what they should have known before. It is almost impossible to dismiss staff in Brussels. Belgian employee protection legislation is formidable. That MD stayed on, drawing a salary, and doing nothing, in Brussels, for years. About four years if I remember correctly.
The moral of this story is do everything possible to build a strong business in the UK. You know the regulations. You pay tax you broadly understand. You have the networks. You have income and costs in the same currency. If you are 10 people, the UK is a huge market, almost infinite. You really don’t need overseas clients. Not for the first ten years or so. Focus on the UK until you can afford to lose a lot of money.
3. Hanging on to the ownership – I started this company, it was my idea and no-one else is entitled to have any of it. Hey – where’s everybody gone?
If you are a small company, something to consider is “What is my value proposition to my staff?” The work might be its own reward, but usually that doesn’t quite do it. Consultants, and particularly consultants who can sell, are people who know their own worth. If someone can both sell and deliver business, they can, in principle, manage perfectly well without the company. They can sell and deliver their own business. Or they can go and do that for someone else. So you have to offer them something additional. As the company grows, this might be an equity stake in the company: shares.
At a certain critical size, a consulting company’s success depends on the founder members plus about 2-5 principals, who know the clients, manage the projects, bring in the follow-on business and are trusted by the other fee-earning staff. If these critical people leave, the company fails. So if you are a founder member, you might want to look hard at your business model, and consider how you can stabilise it, so that important staff members have a slice of the financial action, and stay with the company to contribute to its success.
What do you think? What advice would you offer to a small consultancy?
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2019-04-23T23:53:21Z
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https://janenorthcote.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/three-reasons-why-consulting-companies-fail/
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fotocommunity
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Cold sunset photo & image | landscape, sunrise & sunset, nature images at photo community Cold sunset Photo & image by Dmitry Rezun ᐅ View and rate this photo free at fotocommunity.de. Discover more images here.
Yes cold but a beautiful sky, well captured.
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2019-04-22T04:59:57Z
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https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/cold-sunset-dmitry-rezun/11994505
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Arts
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cinemablend
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Director Quentin Tarantino is no stranger to controversy. Normally, however, that controversy surrounds his films, and not the man himself. The Pulp Fiction director has recently found himself in hot water with the NYPD regarding comments he made during a march to protest police violence. Now his words have reverberated across the country, and the LAPD currently is backing New York’s call to boycott Tarantino’s films.
Over this past weekend Tarantino was part of a march and rally put on by a group called RiseUpOctober to protest police brutality. When he spoke to the assembled crowd, he referred to some of the deaths that have occurred as "murders." To add insult to injury, the protest occurred on the heels of an NYPD officer being killed while on duty. This led to the NYPD calling for a boycott of Tarantino’s movies. Now, according to MSNBC that call has now been picked up and supported by police in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Protective League president Craig Lally stated that language like that which Tarantino used could make police bigger targets than they already are.
Tarantino had previously commented on the unfortunate timing of the rally in relation to the officer’s death, and also stated that the killing was equally tragic. He has not, however, made any public comments on the call to boycott his movies. While it’s still only been a few days, the issue does seem to be growing rather than shrinking. Tarantino’s newest film, The Hateful Eight, doesn’t come out until Christmas Day, so leaving the problem alone may be the best option. Drawing attention to the problem now will only give it more life, and the best thing for the filmmaker would be to hope it’s all forgotten by December. It also wouldn’t be surprising if making a response only makes things worse, as it’s unlikely the outspoken writer would apologize for his words.
Criticism is nothing new for Quentin Tarantino. His films are often derided for their excessive language and violence. Whether or not they glorify crime -- as the NYPD has said -- is more open to interpretation, but they do certainly use it as a major centerpiece. His recent films, however, like Django Unchained and the upcoming The Hateful Eight have taken a close look at racial relations, admittedly in a hyperbolic way, which is an issue at the center of the current uneasiness. It’s something the man has spoken about at length and an issue he is obviously passionate about.
What at first seemed like two sides at odds with each other is now spreading to include additional parties. If more police departments take up the call, it will be interesting to see if the boycott really becomes something that will need to be dealt with.
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2019-04-18T18:30:47Z
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https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-LAPD-Doesn-t-Want-You-See-Quentin-Tarantino-Hateful-Eight-90897.html
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latimes
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Do you have information to share about the life of Geoff Garland? The Homicide Report needs your help. E-mail us at homicidereport@latimes.com.
— Eric Sanders Jan. 30, 2019 at 12:51 p.m.
I knew Geoff and his family when he was a teenager and young adult.His older brother Brent Garland was tragically killed in a car accident while traveling from Fontana California to Lancaster California. At the time I believe Brent meant everything to Geoff. When Geoff got out of the army, he was quickly becoming one of the worst alcoholics I have met. He was a sweet kid innocent and full of life at one point. His story is one of a life full of tragedy.
— Eric Sanders Jan. 30, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.
A true friend. Former Army Ranger, and Airbourne Infantryman. A combat veteran and my brother in arms. He was harmless, selfless, and would never hurt anyone.
— Aaron Pixler Dec. 8, 2018 at 12:14 p.m.
A memory of Geoff Garland. I have so many of them. 6 years worth. My best memory of him is the way he would make you laugh with his crazy scenarios about different things.
— Melissa Millner Nov. 16, 2018 at 1:39 a.m.
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2019-04-22T08:05:04Z
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https://homicide.latimes.com/post/geoff-garland/
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jrank
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Myth approached from the field of religious studies naturally subsumes myth under religion and thereby directly exposes myth to the challenge to religion from science. Twentieth-century theories from religious studies sought to reconcile myth with science by reconciling religion with science.
There have been two main strategies for doing so. One tactic has been the recharacterization of the subject matter of religion and therefore of myth. Here religion is not about the physical world, in which case it is safe from any encroachment by science. The myths considered under this approach to religion are traditional myths such as biblical and classical ones, but they are now read symbolically rather than literally. Myth, it is claimed, has been taken to be at odds with science because it has been misread—by those who, like Tylor, read myth literally.
The other tactic for retaining myth in the wake of science has been the elevation of seemingly secular phenomena to religious ones. Here myth is no longer confined to explicitly religious ancient tales. There are now overtly secular modern myths as well. For example, stories about heroes are at face value about mere human beings, but the humans are raised so high above ordinary mortals as to become virtual gods. This approach retains a literal reading of myth but recategorizes the literal status of the agents in myth.
The grandest exponents of a symbolic rendition of traditional religious myths were Bultmann and Jonas. Taken literally, myth for Bultmann is exactly what it is for Tylor and should be rejected as uncompromisingly as Tylor rejects it. But unlike Tylor, Bultmann reads myth symbolically. In his celebrated, if excruciatingly confusing, phrase, he "demythologizes" myth, which means not eliminating, or "demythicizing," the mythology but instead extricating its true, symbolic meaning. To seek evidence of an actual worldwide flood, while dismissing the miraculous notion of an ark containing all species, would be to demythicize the Noah myth. To interpret the flood as a symbolic statement about the precariousness of human life would be to demythologize the myth.
Demythologized, myth ceases to be about the world and turns out to be about the human experience of the world. Demythologized, myth ceases to be an explanation at all and becomes an expression, an expression of what it feels like to live in the world. The New Testament, when demythologized, contrasts the alienation from the world felt by those who have not yet found God to the at-home-ness in the world felt by those who have found God. Myth ceases to be merely primitive and becomes universal. It ceases to be false and becomes true. It depicts the human condition.
Taken literally, myth, as a personalistic explanation of the physical world, is incompatible with science and is therefore unacceptable to moderns. Once demythologized, however, myth is compatible with science because it now refers at once to the transcendent, nonphysical world and, even more, to humans' experience of the physical one. But to say that myth is acceptable to scientifically minded moderns is not to say why it should be accepted. In providing a modern subject matter of myth, Bultmann provides no modern function.
Jonas argues that ancient Gnosticism presents the same fundamental view of the human condition as modern existentialism—but of atheistic rather than, as for Bultmann, of religious existentialism. Both Gnosticism and existentialism stress the radical alienation of human beings from the world. Unlike Bultmann, who strives to bridge the gap between Christianity and modernity, Jonas acknowledges the divide between Gnosticism and modernity. Yet for Jonas, Gnostic mythology can still speak to moderns, and not to modern believers, as for Bultmann, but to modern skeptics. Like Bultmann, Jonas seeks to reconcile myth with science by recharacterizing the subject matter of myth. Yet no more than Bultmann does he offer any function of myth for moderns.
Hagiographical biographies of celebrated figures transform them into near-gods and their sagas into myths. For example, immediately after the First Gulf War, biographies of the American commander-in-chief, "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf (b. 1934), touted him as the smartest and bravest soldier in the world—so much smarter and braver than anyone else as to make him almost more than human.
The chief theorist here is the Romanian-born historian of religions Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), who spent the last three decades of his life in the United States. Unlike Bultmann and Jonas, Eliade does not seek to reconcile myth with science by interpreting myth symbolically. He reads myth as literally as Tylor does. Unlike Bultmann and Jonas, Eliade does not try to update traditional myths. But rather than, like Tylor, sticking to traditional, explicitly religious myths, he turns to modern, seemingly nonreligious ones. Yet instead of trying to reconcile those myths with science, as Bultmann and Jonas would, he appeals to the sheer presence of them to argue for their compatibility with science: if moderns, who for Eliade no less than for the others have science, also have myth, then myth simply must be compatible with science. Where Bultmann and Jonas argue meekly that moderns can have myth, Eliade argues boldly that they do. Where Tylor and Frazer assume that myth is the victim of the process of secularization, Eliade argues that only a superficial secularization has occurred.
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2019-04-20T18:45:43Z
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https://science.jrank.org/pages/10366/Myth-Myth-Religion.html
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wordpress
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In one line, “India’s best captain ever”. Yes, he’s not won the world cup as the great Kapil Dev did. But one final victory does not make a captain. At least, that’s not my yardstick for judging a captain. Ganguly changed the Indian mentality, the Indian way of playing cricket.
A very crucial defining moment as captain came when Steve Waugh’s Australia toured India in 2001. India paid back Australia both with words (read sledging) and with the bat. Yes, maybe he was lucky that Laxman chose to play the innings of his life (everybody’s life!) when it mattered most. But yes, the “never say die” attitude ground in the past years by Saurav did make it happen.
A quick look at Ganguly’s batting… Let us accept that he was never a great test bat. He has an average of 41.5, and as captain, it’s not much different. As he warily mentioned during the post match conference on Sunday (after the Ind-Pak match at Kolkata), he’s had a good last 14 matches. In fact, his average in the last 15, which includes a couple of really bad matches like the one at Kolkata, is nearly 43. The presence of geniuses like Sachin and Dravid, who’ve got averages the height of Everest should certainly not undermine Saurav.
He’s made great sacrifices as a team man in the shorter version of the game, dropping down the order to accommodate the belligerent Sehwag and the popular Sachin, though he was at his best opening and had been the most consistent. (For a long time, Saurav had a better ODI average than Sachin).
Yes, his fielding is indifferent, he’s too cocky at times, but overall, he’s been great for India. It’s the only thing India needed when it was abounding in talent with the likes of Sachin, Dravid and the dada himself — direction and motivation.
And no eulogy of Ganguly would be complete without the innings that changed India’s fortunes — Brisbane, 2003, 144(196). It’s an innings that gave India too much impetus, that Australia could bounce back only at Melbourne, thanks mainly to some shoddy lower order batting. And yes, his form in South Africa before the 1999 WC, creaming Pollock square of the wicket for six after six. It was a pity that we managed to lose so many matches in SA, despite the form Saurav and Sachin were in. And why end this whole essay without a mention of that imperious 128 at Headingley. Yes, Dravid, Bangar and Sachin himself had built the platform. But, No. 5 batsmen never build platforms, they rub it in when the others have done their part, and that’s what Ganguly did with such awesome arrogance.
Reaching the WCC 2003 final, ICC knockout 2002, reaching the finals of ICC knockout 2000, the Natwest 2002, and more.. were all partly due to Ganguly, some as captain, some as batsman too.
Kudos to you dada. I believe your best is still to come.
p.s. will try and hyperlink the quoted matches soon.
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2019-04-19T02:44:31Z
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https://karthikr.wordpress.com/2005/03/22/the-enigma-that-is-saurav-ganguly/
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cnbc
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Oat milk has a texture and taste that more closely resemble cow's milk than other dairy-free alternatives like soy and almond milk, even when steamed for lattes.
Starbucks' entry into oat milk comes as Americans' appetites for milk alternatives keeps growing.
The oat milk trend doesn't look like it is dying anytime soon.
Oat milk has a texture and taste that more closely resemble cow's milk than other nondairy alternatives like soy and almond milk, even when steamed for lattes. The dairy-free milk is made by soaking steel-cut oats in water, blending the mixture and then straining it.
Starbucks' entry into oat milk comes as Americans' appetites for milk alternatives keeps growing. Some, like quinoa milk, have struggled to take hold, but almond and soy milk remain among the most popular options. U.S. nondairy milk sales grew 61 percent to an estimated $2.11 billion between 2012 and 2017, according to a Mintel report. Overall dairy milk sales declined by 15 percent to $16.12 billion during the period.
Other beverage companies are now jumping on the trend, with PepsiCo's Quaker Oats launching its own version in November.
Starbucks started offering oat milk in European locations in early 2018, but it's finally bringing the dairy substitute to the U.S. as the trend grows. However, for now, its U.S. availability will be limited to five Starbucks Reserve locations in three cities: Seattle, San Francisco and New York.
The coffee chain has been using the upscale Reserve stores to launch innovative new drinks, like its Nitro Cold Brew, before rolling them out nationwide. They're also part of a strategy to defend against high-end upstarts, like Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea — which was also the first U.S. coffee shop to offer Oatly.
Oat milk fans can also order the vegan substitute at three of Starbucks' Princi bakeries in Seattle, Chicago and New York.
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2019-04-23T12:03:09Z
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/12/starbucks-is-bringing-the-next-big-dairy-free-milk-to-some-us-cafes.html?__source=thestreet%7Cheadline%7Cheadline%7Cstory&par=thestreet
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Business
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fiu
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The February Features Exhibit Evening will be held on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Deering Estate.
Exhibit Evenings are free and open to the public. Light refreshments and a cash bar will be available. The exhibits will be on display daily, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., from February 06 – March 25, 2016, and are free with Estate admission.
The Deering Estate provided John Bailly with the perfect setting to explore the history of Miami, revealing how popular perception of Miami and the authentic reality of Miami are divergent. Bailly’s 10,000 Years of Miami is the artist’s humble effort to remind us of who we are, from a historical and environmental perspective. Through richly-layered paintings he depicts natural elements and transatlantic cultural commonalities.
As a Deering Estate Artist in Residence, Bailly was able to conduct field research through hiking onsite, snorkeling in adjacent Biscayne Bay, and by conducting collaborative research with interpretive staff on the sites’ archaeological and historical resources. Additionally, the artist traveled to Catalonia (Spain) to visit Charles Deering's former villa Maricel in Sitges where he collected visual and factual records. John Bailly (MFA Yale), is a French-American, Miami based artist and a Fellow at FIU’s Honor College. He is represented by ClampArt in New York, NY.
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2019-04-25T02:24:42Z
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https://miamieuc.fiu.edu/events/general/2016/exhibition-10000-years-of-miami-by-john-bailly/
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Arts
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microsoft
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The next logical structure in the hierarchy is the FLT_INSTANCE. An instance represents an attachment of a filter on a volume. Please note that any given filter may have more than one instance on a given volume, at different altitudes. This is something pretty unusual but the system allows it. I’ve used it when I wanted to monitor something between each installed minifilter.
Another case when this might come in handy is when developing a minifilter: a really good way to test it is to have multiple instances of it one below the other. This is unbelievably useful at revealing strange errors and unfortunate design decisions. And for those design decisions you don’t want to wait until your product is ready to ship so better start early on with this… It might require some effort to do this at first (including instrumenting your minifilter) but you’ll probably find some issues that would otherwise remain hidden until you interop with some other minifilter at PlugFest or until a customer finds it for you.
One important point is that all the instances of a minifilter belong to the same frame (I already mentioned this while talking about FLT_FILTER but this question seems to come up again and again). Given that having multiple instances on the same volume doesn’t appear to be that useful this is not a problem in general, but I still got bitten by it a couple of times.
So, just looking at the picture, we can tell that in Frame 2 (the one on the top) all the instances belong to one filter. It’s hard to tell why there are 3 instances of the same minifilter on the FLT_VOLUME associated with \Device\Mup, but you know, it can potentially happen.
Filter List: fffffa80022fa0c0 "Frame 0"
There really isn’t a lot here, most of the fields are related to keeping track of references. There are also the obvious pointers to the volume and filter objects for this instance.
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2019-04-21T17:40:57Z
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https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alexcarp/2009/06/24/filter-manager-concepts-part-4-flt_instance/
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Reference
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indiatimes
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Get ready to get your mind blown as the International Spy Museum reopens this May in Washington DC’s L’Enfant Plaza. The museum is set to become one of the most interesting museums in Washington DC, and of course one of the most visited, because who doesn’t like spies! The museum went through a $162 million makeover, and is twice bigger than the old building.
The museum was earlier on F Street, and has now moved to the state-of-the-art building on L’Enfant Plaza.
The all new International Spy Museum is supposedly where you will find the world’s largest collection of items that are related to international espionage. The collection includes some world espionage classics such as a 1777 letter written by George Washington that authorised a spy from New York network. Also includes a lipstick pistol, and a camera in a coat button used in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
You will also be able to take a look into the way in which intelligence has shaped our world, alongside a foremost collection of spy artefacts. There will also be first-person accounts from intelligence officers and experts. Perhaps the most exciting thing to look forward to during your trip to the museum is the interactive session that would let you know your own capability to become a spy!
More surprises for visitors as here you will get an in-depth analysis of the intelligence work that went into capturing Osama Bin Laden. There is even a section on Weapons of Mass Distribution, and this exhibition will show you what role computers play in spying. Of course there is a wide range of exhibits, films, and videos relating to espionage during the World War II.
What’s a hill doing in the middle of Mumbai city?
Why the statue of Maitreya Buddha in Kargil has been an attractive sight for tourists?
4What’s a hill doing in the middle of Mumbai city?
9Why the statue of Maitreya Buddha in Kargil has been an attractive sight for tourists?
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2019-04-25T20:21:48Z
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/international-museum-of-spy-in-washington-dc/as68874342.cms?utm_source=TOInewHP_TILwidget&utm_medium=ABtest&utm_campaign=TOInewHP
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Arts
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Reference
| 0.138084 |
complex
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"May I place you on hold?"
Even if you're lucky enough to speak with a human being, chances are you are such a low priority that you'll be trapped in a muzak scored death loop. The buckethead zombie is provided some small measure of protective armor thanks to his head piece, but like the customer service rep, and your spot in queue, he probably just forgot it was there in the first place.
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2019-04-19T10:23:19Z
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https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/09/best-plants-vs-zombies-real-world-guide/customer
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Arts
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Reference
| 0.547222 |
utexas
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This study explores the spatial pricing discrimination of ride-sourcing trips using empirical data. We use information from more than 1.1 million rides in Austin, Texas, provided by a non-profit transportation network company from a period where the main companies were out of the city. We base the analysis on operational variables such as the waiting or idle time between trips, reaching time, and trip distance. Also, we estimate three different productivity measures to evaluate the impact of the trip destination on the driver continuation payoff. We propose the application of a total variation denoising method that enhances the spatial data interpretation. The selected methodology, known as the graph-fussed lasso (GFL), uses an l₁-norm penalty term that presents a variety of benefits to the denoising process. Specifically, this approach provides local adaptivity; it can adapt to inhomogeneity in the level of smoothness across the graph. Solving the GFL smoothing problem involves convex-optimization methods, we make use of a fast and flexible algorithm that presents scalability and high computational efficiency. The principal contributions of this research effort include a temporal and spatial evaluation of different ride-sourcing productivity measures in the Austin area, an analysis of ride-sourcing trip pricing and its effect on driver equity, and a description of the principal ride-sourcing travel patterns in the city of Austin. The main results suggest that drivers with rides ending in the central area present favorable spatial differences in productivity when including the revenue of two consecutive trips. However, the time effect was more contrasting. Weekend rides tend to provide better driver productivity measures.
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2019-04-19T18:35:51Z
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https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/72845
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Science
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wordpress
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Betsy Otter Thompson very kindly responded to my asking for a blog post by sending me an article called “Animal Crackers”.
This is the first time that this article has been published outside of her own website!
An author of six books from a background in radio stations, acting, television and motion pictures, who in addition to writing The Mirror Theory, the first book in her trilogy on the life of Jesus, has written four other books, published and distributed through her own company, Ascension Publishing.
Although these books are currently out of print, Betsy hopes to eventually reprint.
When I was a child, Nabisco had a product called Animal Crackers. And for all I know, they still do. I loved how these cookies tasted and looked. I loved the packaging, too; the box alone was worthy of being a gift by itself. Each animal had characteristics that stirred my imagination and, as I reached into the box that looked like a circus trailer, I never knew what creative image my fingers would select. To me, it didn’t matter if the cookies were broken or chipped; I was hooked on the total package.
I believe that, as humans, we are equally diverse and appealing. So if we delight in the uniqueness of lions, tigers, and elephants, why can’t we enjoy the uniqueness of each other? Aren’t we individual in colour, shape, and sound like the animals are unique? And don’t we live in habitats that suit our personal growth? No one says to an elephant, why aren’t you more like a possum; and no one says to a rhinoceros, why don’t you sound like a bird? Why can’t we take the same delight in our different characteristics?
The animals have hearts that beat, bodies that function, and brains that react to stimuli. We do, too. When animals are attacked, they do what they must to survive. Why are we surprised when humans do the same?
The world is shrinking. Intercontinental communications, transportation systems, and escalating populations are making isolation impossible. How can harmony exist if we can’t accept each other? Throughout history, lasting peace has never come from making others wrong, calling religions evil, or shifting the blame. Why do we still think it will? How can peace be lived in the big picture of Earth if it isn’t lived in the small picture of each and every experience?
When my life is less than the peaceful world I seek, I ask myself the following: Am I living peacefully or hatefully? Am I taking responsibility or am I blaming? Am I looking for the best in others or the worst? Am I tolerant or am I bigoted? That’s where I find my answers for living the peace I lack.
Animals come wrapped in a package that suits their purpose here on Earth. Why wouldn’t we come packaged for the purposes we have here?
I believe that healing begins with me; not with this or that leader, or this or that country. I believe that leaders reflect the acting out of the masses in whatever country they rule. I also believe that, as we love and accept each other for exactly who we are, our leaders will mirror that oneness.
This article comes from dumblittleman.com.
Needless to say I have read “How to Win Friends & Influence People”. It is an highly innovative book, considering it was published in 1937 and it has sold over 15 million copies!
Dale Carnegie was a famous lecturer and writer as well as the developer of very popular courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, interpersonal skills, and public speaking.
Dale wrote the first book I ever read (that I wasn’t required to read). The book was titled “How to Win Friends & Influence People .” I read the book when I was about 11 years old; this book was an incredible bestseller, and an amazing read.
Although born in poverty on a farm in Missouri, Dale Carnegie managed to become quite successful.
Dale authored popular books such as “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living ,” and “Lincoln the Unknown ,” as well as several other books.
One of my favourite principles that he taught was that it’s possible to change other people’s behaviour towards you by changing your reaction towards them. Give that some deep thought , apply it, and it alone can change your life. But there’s more to consider.
With that, let’s look at seven success lessons from Dale Carnegie.
Everything you do sends a message. The way you dress sends a message, the way you comb your hair sends a message.
Determine the message you want to send to the world, and then package yourself to ensure that message is being sent. Send a message of success and the world will receive it.
If you want to succeed, don’t do it for the money. Money is not a sufficient enough motivation to pull you over the many hurdles that are requisite for you to achieve success. If you want to succeed, spend your time doing what you enjoy. This way, when you succeed, you will enjoy your success.
You have to take chances! You have to sometimes risk being embarrassed or risk failure in order to succeed.
Success requires everything that you are; you have to put it all out there. Dare to be different, dare to succeed. Carnegie said, “We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do.” But if you never dare, you will never know your potential.
Written on 8/2/2010 by Mr. Self Development who is a motivational author that offers a practical guide to success and wealth; support him by visiting his blog at mrselfdevelopment.com or by subscribing to his feed.
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The question arises from a recent online discussion with readers after a study reported that 42 percent of Republicans and 17 percent of Democrats regard as “fake news” information they know to be accurate if they don’t like what it says.
I tend to agree, but even that’s problematic. It is, after all, a short hop from dismissing people because they are facts-challenged to dismissing them just because they disagree with you.
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