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RBISE announces Inter Part-I results
Rawalpindi, Oct 14: Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RBISE) on Friday announced the results of Intermediate Part-I examination with the 44.59 % success rate. According to RBISE, out of 55,595 candidates 24,790 succeeded, whereas the total number of students who appeared in the examination included 30858 girls and 24737 boys. The candidates can visit RBIS's website www.biserwp.edu.pk to check their results. They can also contact Controller of Examinations RBISE in case of any query. Daily times
Decision to end parts system for exams in Punjab
Rawalpindi: Provincial Ministry of Education has decided to end the system of taking Matric and Intermediate examinations in parts in the Punjab province.
According to decision, system of taking by parts examinations of Matric-Part-I, Part-II (9th , 10th) and Intermediate (FA, FSc)-Part-I, Part-II (11th , 12th) has been ended.
The examinations of Matric and Intermediate will be conducted as a whole instead of parts in year 2016. In this regard the students' registration will be started from year 2015.
It may be noted that all nine Boards of Punjab earlier took Matric and Intermediate examinations as whole instead of parts but latterly they had started to take these examinations in parts like Federal Board.
AIOU to receive admission forms till Oct 15
Islamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will receive the admissions form of its SSC to PhD level programmes with late fee charges for the Semester Autumn, 2014 till October 15.
The candidates around the country could submit their admission forms with late fee charges till October 15 at all the countrywide branches of Bank Al-Falah, Habib Bank Ltd, First Women Bank and Allied Bank and at the nominated branches of National Bank of Pakistan and Muslim Commercial Bank.
The late fee charges are Rs100 for matriculation, Rs200 for PTC, intermediate and graduation, and Rs500 for bachelor of education and master's programmes.
AIOU has already been approved special fee concession for those candidates who residing in flood-affected areas and for the IDPs, in this connection, all Regional Directors have been advised to propagate the fee concision's decision in all the affected areas.
AIOU exams from 20th
Islamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will conduct its final exams of ATTC, PTC, CT and B.Ed programmes for the Semester Spring, 2014 from October 20.
This was announced by Iqbal Hussain, controller of Exams, AIOU. The roll number slips, he said have been dispatched to all the eligible/enrolled students at their given addresses by Postal Mail Service.
The students who will not receive their roll number slips till October 15, have been advised to contact the nearest Regional Office of the University for issuance of duplicate roll number slip. For duplicate roll number slip students are required to bring two passport size photographs duly attested by the gazetted officer.
IIU welcomes appointment of Professor Yasinzai as rector
Islamabad: The International Islamic University (IIU), Islamabad, has celebrated the appointment of Professor Masoom Yasinzai as its rector.
Top university officials and employees felicitated Dr Masoom Yasinzai declaring his appointment as a major development towards the progress of the university.
On the advice of the prime minister, President Mamnoon Hussain had appointed Professor Masoom as the IIU rector.
Professor Masoom, former vice chancellor of Balochistan University and Quaid-i-Azam University, had been holding the acting charge of the rector for almost three years.
The university officials said first IIU saw appointment of Dr Al-Draiweesh as its president for four years and now it had got a permanent rector.
They felt the two appointments would help the university touch new heights of excellence.
To congratulate the rector, a ceremony was held on the university's new campus, where all DGs, deans, directors, administrative officers, faculty members and other employees were in attendance.
IIU veteran Gulzar Ahmed Khwaja said the university staff and students were happy at the appointment of the president and rector as the appointees had great exposure, vision and leadership qualities and would pave the way for the university's success.
The deans and directors expressed the hope that the rector would set new trends of research at university.
Professor Masoom Yasinzai thanked speakers for congratulating him on appointment said he would work for the internationalisation of the university.
He said he would also work for expanding his university's ties with other universities.
The rector also appreciated the efforts of President and university chancellor Mamnoon Hussain and Pro-Chancellor IIU Professor Dr. Suliman A. Aba Al-Khail for progress of the university.
IIU to electrify campus with solar energy
Islamabad: In a bid to its power expenses, the International Islamic University (IIU) has planned to turn to solar energy to electrify its main campus.
Under the plan, 10 megawatts electricity is to be generated by installing grid solar panels.
According to a key member of the IIU staff, a special committee comprising the university's technical experts, directors and relevant people has been formed to explore ways and means to execute the plan.
The committee has also been tasked with examining the possibility of developing partnerships with investors and technical organisations concerned to make the project more feasible.
The university's current energy requirements total two megawatts.
The staff member said the energy produced in excess would be provided to the interested organisations and thus, generating more revenue for university. The news

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Author(s):Seo Kouji
Status: Ongoing
Alternative(s): プリンセス・ルシア; 恶魔公主露茜娅; ลูเซียปีศาจสาวจอมป่วน; 魔界公主; 프린세스 루시아; Puteri Lucia
Manga Summary: Koizumi Yuta is a 14 year old boy who has quite a bit of a problem. The princess of the magical world, Lucia, has to procreate with him. That child would have the ability to engulf the entire world for 7 whole days. Mikamoto El and Kasukabe Rie are the two angels assigned to make sure that doesn't happen. Kasukabe Rie happens to be the girl he likes. Just how is he going to survive this ordeal?


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The Fullness of Freedom in Me
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Urantia, January 25, 2019.
Teacher: The Beloved One.
Subject; "The Fullness of Freedom in Me."
Message received by Lytske.
The Beloved One: "My child, empty your heart and soul and mind of all past grievances, so you can become free of all shadows that tend to hold you chained to the past and prevent you from coming more freely into My presence.
"Forgive yourself and forgive all others, so you can breathe in deeply the fullness of freedom in Me.
"Ask for more unconditional love when it is needed; for I tell you that unreserved devotion is hard to find anywhere, for so many retain hidden agendas whilst trying to obtain the love they so earnestly seek and desire.
"Practice unconditional love. It is freely available to you, for the Source and Giver of unconditional love has sent Me to live inside of you, and I shall fill you full since I am that unconditional love.
"I shall lead you through those lessons which will give you lots of practice. I have already done so throughout your life, because I have given you the desire for this practice. Only now are you slowly becoming ready to be more mindful of the reactions to your actions and of those around you through their speech and behavior.
"It is through mindful living, in and with Me, that the clinging grudges and resentments of past and present, lose their grip on you and eventually become forgotten things of the memory.
"You are beginning to see certain situations of the past in a more compassionate understanding and an increasing spiritual light for the lessons they contain which surprisingly turn out to be blessing in disguise.
"You are beginning to realize that through forgiveness the traumas of the past become easier to accept and you finally can let go.
"It is through living a spiritual life that freedom comes — freedom from attachment to circumstances and the causes and effects beyond your control."
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2010 has started off with a bang. Insiders purchased $4.5 million worth of stock (and yes, this does not include the end year transaction by such individuals as Nelson Peltz who acquired nearly 10 million shares of Legg Mason on the last day of 2009, to validate his recent board seat standstill), in the period from January 4. It should, however, comes as no surprise that in the same period selling did not moderate, and insiders offloaded $281 million in shares (yes, this accounts for the double counting of trades between various ultimately identical corporate entities, which seems to have been missed by some of our peers). Net result: an insider selling to buying of 62x to kick off 2010. And still the quants are chasing momentum ever higher. There is no way this will end in anything but tears.
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You have no idea how wowed my husband and I are by your PalBox, the way it's packed, the special labels and every word and design on them. It's fabulous.
Tucked inside was a additional glorious surprise: the sterling Palestine necklace! It is absolutely GORGEOUS, elegant and beautifully made. I wore it with such joy yesterday to church and am so excited to wear it whenever going out a bit dressed up. I'm elated by it, it carries so many layers of meaning and love with it, resonating with my heart for Palestine.
It's wonderful how the arts open a path to reach someone in a new way. People will ask me "what does that say?"
The Arabic script also reminds me at the bottom of waves - the sea...and the upper, a boat...Gaza bound...Sea of Galilee...the ship's mast, a cross. All are part of the story of Palestine.
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Having a homemade salad dressing on hand in the pantry means you'll always have something to drizzle on your salads and veggies. This one is super simple to make, tastes great, and stores in the pantry for a few weeks too.
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text: US / Jared Lee Loughner College Bares Chilling Loughner Behavior Bizarre outbursts by suspect in Rep. Giffords' shooting troubled staff By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff Posted May 20, 2011 4:49 AM CDT Copied Suspected gunman Jared Loughner poses for a mug shot. (AP Photo/Pima County Sheriff's Dept. via The Arizona Republic, File) (Newser) – Staff and students at a Tucson college were deeply concerned about Jared Lee Loughner's strange and aggressive behavior, newly released emails reveal. The emails, released by Pima Community College after a lawsuit from the Arizona Republic, show that administrators balanced their concerns about Loughner with their wish to respect his right to due process. "I did not come up with any gun info on this guy. Let me know if you need anything else," an ATF officer wrote to a campus police officer in one email. story continues below Loughner's disruptive behavior included "staring at the instructor and some classmates with an 'evil' big smile and laughing very inappropriately at a math point the instructor made," the college's dean wrote. "I have been asking myself if there is/was anything more we could have or should have done in situations like this one," a college counselor wrote after Loughner was arrested for the Tucson shootings that killed six people and wounded 12 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. "I keep coming back to the conclusion that we did the best we could, given legal counsel's advice and the limited resources available to us, to look out for the safety and well-being of the greater student body while respecting the troubled students' status as adults who are responsible for their actions, and thus can't be forced to seek help," the counselor wrote. Click to read excerpts from the emails. (Read more Jared Lee Loughner stories.)


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Research findings have established clearly that folk music preceded traditional, classical music in Tamil Nadu. Cave men and tribal men made sounds that developed into a language. These people gave simple tunes without any rules, but a sense of music was apparent even then.
In the early 1900s, there was no cinema as there is now. Performers travelled from village to village telling stories . Songs were interwoven in the stories. The appreciative audience offered these performers whatever they could. This was the beginning of symphony.
During the era of silent movies as recounted by our present CM Dr.M.Karunanidhi, a great lover of arts, musicians used to sit in front of the screen and sing, render music and dialogues at appropriate places to keep the audience enthralled.
Sri Shankaradas Swamigal, a magan was the individual, to the best of my knowledge who gave a fillip to integration of music, verse and dialogues in a drama. Great creations such as Meenakshi Kalyanam, Yesu can be attributed to this Mahan. He included songs in appropriate places. 'Kayatha Kanagathe' is a prime example. He established the Bala Nataka Sabha, where only children were involved in enacting all the roles. Then came Sakthi and Vaira Nataka Sabhas.
Nawab RajaManickam was a note-worthy person of these days who enacted plays using grand props and settings. Sakthi Nataka Sabha has gifted to the world of Tamil Cinema such greats as Shivaji Ganesan, V.K.Ramaswamy. The troupe used to consist of about 60 members and it was important for each artiste to be thorough with the dialogues and songs of all characters for each actor was made to play a different role each day. Vaira Nataka Sabha has contributed greats like M.G.R and Nambiar.
In the early stages of talkies, people who sought to act in movies had to be endowed with good looks, good voice and capacity to sing. Kittappa, Bhagavathar, P.U.Chinnappa, all great singers and actors of yesteryears were persons endowed with such gifts. As these actors act and sing, the orchestra had to move along with the actor and this recording was done in single track. The records were created with the whole group doing a special recording of the same song all over again in the studios. Saraswati Stores of A.V.Meyappa Chettiar was a renowned company that released records of film songs. Gramophones were owned only by the very rich, who preferred carnatic trend in film music also and hence the songs of those days were based entirely on carnatic music.
We owe a great deal to the Britishers for introducing technology into cinema. Ellis.R.Duncan is one person I can single out, whose assistants after learning the tricks of the trade from him branched out to make their own movies. Drama, thus developed into cinema and in its wake came studios, recording with mike etc. The concept of dubbing was not known in those days. For a song to be perfected the entire troupe would work for months, paid on a monthly basis.
If you look at the chronology of singers, Kittappa was followed be T.R.Mahalingam, who was followed by T.M.Soundarajan, Seergazhi Govindarajan, all persons who could sing in very high pitches.
G.Ramanathan brought a fresh air to cine music. But folk songs were not appreciated in those days. Along with Papanasam Sivan who was a great composer he gave a variety of songs. There was no need do to go to a Kutchery. The Tamil film songs were strongly based on Carnatic music tradition.
P.U.Chinnappa was followed by Chidambaram Jayaraman, Tiruchi Loganathan. Ghantasala was followed by P.B.Srinivas, S.P.B , Mano etc., K.J.Yesudoss is a singer who emerged with a different voice. Sivaji Ganesan, the recipient of Dada Saheb Palke award, could sing eloquently, but did not do so in movies giving way to the playback singers. Though T.M.S. claims that he used to change his voice to suit Sivaji and M.G.R., but his voice definitely suits Sivaji best and it is my personal view that he has not really changed his voice much.
The domination of actors and singers from the Telugu field existed for a time. In order to sing for Telugu actors such as Nageswara Rao, N.T.RamaRao, Adi NarayanaRao, P.G.Lingappa, Chalapathi Rao etc. several singers such as Ghantasala, P.B. Srinivas were introduced in Tamil. Other singers from Telugu field are S.Janaki, P.Susheela. Music obviously has no language barriers.
All the veterans of the early days had paved and smoothed the road for us in the present days. The trials faced by Viswanathan Ramamurthy, G.Ramanathan, S.V.Venkatraman are not faced by the present day musicians. Illayaraja's way was smoothed by his peers and in his turn he has shown the way for the next generation.
M.S.Viswanathan started his career as a chorus singer in K.V.Mahadevan's troupe and then became a great music director. He changed the history of Tamil cine music by giving lighter, melodious songs appreciated by all. Sudarsanam and Devarajan Masters were also great music directors of the day.
Hindi music was popular then, and several songs were based on Hindi music tunes. M.S.Viswanathan- Ramamurthy were great for they took the essence from other music but managed to deliver their own creations and hence their music is able to stand for long. Chandrababu with his interest in western music also got them to make songs for him mostly based on western style.
Shankar - Ganesh have directed music in several films. V.Kumar was a music director who was brought into film music by K.Balachander from his drama days. Kunnakudi, Deva , A.R.Rehaman are people who entered the film music line from other related fields such as devotional music, jingles, etc.
A.R.Rehaman is an extrememly talented youngster and some of the music rendered by him, can only be done by someone who has a wonderful understanding of music and the medium.


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Conservation Agriculture: Global Prospects and Challenges
Jat, R. A. (ed.)
Sahrawat, K. L. (ed.)
Kassam, A. H. (ed.)
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This book provides an overview of the dissemination and adoption of conservation agricultural (CA) in developed and developing countries. The performance of CA is discussed, along with its potential to improve productivity and food security while decreasing environmental degradation and responding to climate change. Chapters are based on recent scientific evidence.


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Seri A : Derby d'Italia On Saturday , Internazionale Milan VS Juventus
Inter coach Claudio Ranieri will be without the services of first-choice goalkeeper Julio Cesar, who suffered a thigh strain in the 1-1 draw with Atalanta on Wednesday. Defenders Andrea Ranocchia and Walter Samuel are ruled out of the crunch clash due to muscle problems, while Diego Forlan is still nursing a leg injury. Thiago Motta picked up a muscle injury and will also miss the match.
Juventus boss Antonio Conte will also be missing No. 1 as Gianluigi Buffon is still out with a shoulder injury he picked up in training last week. Emanuele Giaccherini is nearing a return but won't be back in time to face Inter, while Milos Krasic was left out against Fiorentina on Tuesday for tactical reasons and could suffer the same fate against the Nerazzurri at the weekend.
- Inter have two wins in their last five games (W2 D1 L2) and have conceded seven goals during that span.
- The Nerazzurri have only picked up one Serie A victory at home this season.
- The San Siro side's last league victory over Juve came on April 16, 2010.
- Juventus are undefeated on their road travels this term (W1 D2) but have only scored two goals during that stretch.
- Antonio Conte's men have failed to score in only one of their first eight Serie A encounters.
- The Turin outfit have lost only once in their past four league matches against Inter (W2 D1 L1).
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After the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a great amount of controversy was generated by Republicans and Democrats, each seeking to appoint a justice who would readily make decisions attuned to the specific party. Hoping to position an agreeable judge prior to the presidential inauguration, President Barack Obama nominated federal circuit court judge Merrick Garland. With fierce opposition from Senate Republicans such as Sen. Grassley (R-IA), who sits on the Senate judiciary committee responsible for overseeing federal judicial appointments, Scalia's seat remained vacant for the rest of Obama's term. A lengthy battle ensued well into newly-elected President Donald Trump's first weeks of office, when he nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill Scalia's seat, a man following the strict constitutionalist ideology that Scalia subscribed to. With immense opposition facing Trump's nominee, Senate Republicans amended rules to prevent a filibuster attempt by the Democrats and Gorsuch was confirmed. Such politically charged drama for a seat on the Federal Supreme Court is unprecedented. The process unfairly politicizes judging, a function of government which rests on notions of fairness and impartiality. Interjecting political ideology into judging should be limited or else the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary may be compromised by political agendas rather than a firm grounding in law, jurisprudence, and the Constitution.
The federal court system is the only court system in the United States that engages in such drawn out appointment processes. Moreover, it is the only system in the US where judges serve for life. In stark contrast, state judges are selected with a vastly different approach. For example, in Pennsylvania judges are selected in competitive partisan elections, with each selected judge serving for ten years, with the opportunity to submit themselves for a retention election in which they run unopposed without party affiliation. Voters cast a "yes" or "no" vote to decide whether a judge remains on the bench for another term, with required retirement at 75 years of age.
Both selection models politicize judging, thereby diminishing the independence of the judiciary and its ability to remain impartial. Although some states opt for nonpartisan elections or nontraditional selection methods, most use partisan elections. Some political scientists and legal scholars, such as Chris Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall, posit that partisan judicial elections have a positive effect citing higher degrees of turnout and increased awareness of judicial issues amongst the electorate. Engaging in judicial elections in a post Citizens United era raises the specter of campaign finance against the image of a fair and impartial judiciary. Large sums of money are now nearly always necessary to win a seat on the bench as is evidenced by the current Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court spending over one million dollars to secure a seat in 1997. In 2015, post Citizens United, current Justice Kevin M Dougherty, amassed 5.6 million dollars of campaign contributions to win his election. The two runners up, who also won seats, were David Wecht and Christine Donohue, raising 3.6 million and 2.1 million respectively. In a high stakes election to determine the future of the state's highest court, such wild spending might be expected; however, the increased spending levels follow both state and national election trends.
Judicial campaign finance raises the issue of large donations undermining the fairness, impartiality, and independence of a judiciary. In 2009, the US Supreme Court addressed a nightmare scenario of this fear in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.[1] This case dealt with a West Virginia Supreme Court justice who refused to recuse himself from a case concerning one of his campaign contributors. Apart from Caperton, a 2006 New York Times study of the Ohio Supreme court made claims that justices voted in favor of their contributors 70 percent of the time on average. Surprisingly, on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, these trends do not seem to follow. Upon evaluating their voting records, it was found that justices were not shy of recusing themselves. Notwithstanding the donations from law firms, a source of judicial campaign cash seen as a blatant conflict of interest, the Chief Justice ruled in favor of his donors only 52 percent of the time while the Ranking member of the court, Justice Debra McCloskey Todd, ruled in favor of her donors just 44 percent of the time. Analyzing cases from top donors it was found the justices either did not participate in the decision of such cases or no lawsuits had come before the court with a direct link to the donors' interests. The difference between these two sets of data, apart from methodology, is time. In the wake of Caperton, Citizens United, and the string of scandals on the Pennsylvania high court, justices might be more self-aware of the potentially harmful effect the appearance of political loyalty could have on perceived notions of fairness and impartiality.
While many large donors are law firms or individuals, a significant amount of donations come from more nebulous sources such as interest groups or party committees. While donations from law firms or individuals may present a clear conflict of interest it is less clear how interest groups or parties factor in since they are not always a named party in a case. If the Pennsylvania Republican or Democratic parties donated to a candidate it would be too prohibitive to demand recusal if a politically charged case came before the court. Justices already have well developed legal opinions on issues from a long career in legal practice and recusal cannot become common enough that donations are given strategically to prevent a judge from hearing a case. Additionally, some candidates running for seats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court contribute significant sums of their own money to fund their campaigns. Therefore, the causality of decisions may not rest on Justices favoring donors. Rather, causality might rest more properly on the Justice's base ideology influencing who donates to them in the first place. This is to say, the ideology of a candidate for justice determines the amount of donations and from whom they originate and that a Justice would have made the same decision in a given case irrespective of donations.
Traditionally, winning a retention election as a judge in Pennsylvania is relatively easy. Moving into an era of highly politicized elections with large donations the ease with which a judge can win a retention election may diminish as public knowledge is bolstered by attack ads and other sources of media. Currently, only one sitting member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has engaged in a retention election, Chief Justice Thomas Saylor. Saylor spent just over 1 million dollars to win his seat on the court in 1997. In 2007, despite the trend for increased spending in all American elections, Saylor spent $627,564. There is some room for interpretation as to what this could mean. On the one hand, the smaller amount of donations might mean that if the Chief Justice is influenced by donations in any manner whatsoever, he will feel far less obligated to consider the preferences of donors during his second term. In Contrast, when he ran for office in 1997 the top 10 largest donors to his campaign constituted just over 21 percent of his total contribution. In his 2007 retention election the top 10 donors to his campaign constituted 48 percent. Furthermore, it could be argued that the Chief Justice relied more heavily on his biggest donors to win retention than he did in 1997 therefore making him more beholden to them not less. This logic assumes that donations have a measurable effect on judging. While this effect has been observed in some jurisdictions it has not been immediately observable in Pennsylvania. Although the possibility may exist for campaign cash to have a corrupting effect on the judiciary, on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court this effect seems to have been minimal at best.
The federal model of judicial appointments and the election and retention methods used by Pennsylvania both serve to politicize the process of judging in their own ways. Since the politicization of judging is becoming unavoidable with the political battles waged for US Supreme Court seats, commentary in the media, and state judicial elections raking in large amounts of donations, the citizenry must decide how it wishes to select those who inevitably pass judgement on their behalf. It is somewhat given that federal judges serving life tenure are perhaps the most independent from outside influences. However, it comes at the expense of the electorate who have no direct say in their appointment process. The best the US electorate can do to select individuals such as Justice Gorsuch is by carefully voting for their senators. Judicial elections give the electorate an opportunity to directly choose their justices rather than indirectly. Whether this benefit outweighs the threat of diminished impartiality or increases the politicization of judging is a debate more people should be engaging in. What is certain is that there is an alternative to the federal judicial appointment system. Electing judges, even in a post Citizens United era may not have the corrupting effects on impartiality many fear. Yet, with the recent scandals that have wreaked havoc on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court one cannot help but wonder if the appointment process at the federal level is superior.


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Hi everyone!
I'll be presenting "Making Movies: Authentic Forms of Integrated Learning with Video Technology and Innovation in the Library" at ECOO Camp Owen Sound on Saturday, April 14, 2018.
I'll post my slides and samples here at Teach Ontario.
Before the event, I was just wondering ...
IF you are attending ECOO Camp Owen Sound and IF you plan on attending my session: What do you hope to get out of the experience?
(Knowing in advance will help me tailor the talk to your needs.)
See you in Owen Sound (the location where I bought the skinny pig that's my Teach Ontario avatar, Owen!)


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Sigil of Lyrium is a rare sigil from the Trespasser DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition.
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- Rare random loot.
- Rewarded upon completing To Serve Any Master war table operation with Josephine.
- Rewarded upon completion of the Emerald Graves' side quest Map of Elgar'nan's Bastion.
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- While the sigil increases maximum Barrier by 50%, the extra amount does not contribute to calculation in Barrier regeneration from Knight Enchanter's Fade Shield passive. Given the fact that Barrier decays at a fixed rate regardless of its full amount, it actually imposes extra pressure on characters in maintaining Barrier strength. Other methods that increases maximum Barrier, apart from increases in base weapon damage, for instance Strength of Spirits and Enhanced Barrier Ring, will have the same consequence.
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How to add content to your Avada Sliding Bar
In this video, I'll show you how to add content to your Avada Sliding bar.
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If you've been following my free Website course, you'll know that I've been building out the eBike Diary Website step-by-step using the Wordpress Avada Theme. Recently I got a question on YouTube. The question was: "Jordan, at the very top of your site where it's black with social icons, I have added my contact info-phone and email. The font is very small. Where do I change the font for this [...]
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If you just setup your G Suite account and are not able to receive emails, you're not alone. I recently had this issue, but I was able to get it fixed. I've setup lots of accounts and this almost never happens, but if it does I've included instructions on how to fix this. Here's what happened: When someone would send me an email, this message would happen on their [...]


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Most of the focus lately about the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
has been on the botched federal government rollout of the individual health
exchanges, but the clock is ticking on the law's next major provision: the
employer mandate.
For the first time, employers with 50 or more full-time employees,
or their full-time equivalents, will be required to offer health insurance
coverage or pay a tax penalty.
Employer-sponsored insurance now covers an estimated 149 million
Americans, according to a survey last year by the Kaiser Family Foundation. But
the complexity and confusion over the rules for the mandate caused so much
turmoil, particularly among employers in low-wage industries like restaurants
and retail, that last July the Obama Administration agreed to postpone the
employer mandate from this year to 2015.
Attorneys for some of Cincinnati's largest law firms say the delay
bought more time for employers to understand the rules and figure out what
they'll do next year.
But they say it doesn't mean employers could just forget about the
law for a year.
For one thing, the ACA defines some things differently from what
many employers are used to. For example, just who is a full-time employee?
Bill Freedman, partner at the Dinsmore & Shohl firm, says many
employers consider full-time to be someone who works 35 or more hours a week,
but the ACA defines full-time as 30 or more hours a week.
That's something of a curveball for a lot of employers, he
Under the law, employers also must calculate the number of hours
part-time, non-seasonal employees work and convert them to full-time equivalents
and add those to their roster of employees working 30 or more hours a week to
determine if they exceed the 50 full-time employee rule that triggers the
insurance mandate.
"The very first thing all employers, large and small, need to be
doing this year, in advance of 2015, is to track the hours of all their
employees," says Helana Darrow, an employee benefits lawyer with Frost Brown
Lisa Wintersheimer Michel, leader of the employee benefits group
at Keating, Muething & Klekamp, says, "I think employers are monitoring
hours more closely and making sure employees are not working more than 30 hours
if they're scheduled to work less than that so they don't slip into the
full-time category."
"The biggest thing in 2014 is data collection and determining how
you're going to collect that data," says Darrow. "For small employers, that can
be difficult because they may not have sophisticated software. So they'll have
to come up with an understanding of what they need to do to demonstrate to the
government that they're not subject to the mandate."
Gregory Parker Rogers, partner at the Taft Stettinius &
Hollister law firm, says it is important for employers to look at the actual
number of hours worked by employees routinely scheduled for less than 30
"What we've discovered with a number of employers is that some
employees scheduled to work fewer than 30 hours a week, routinely work more than
30 hours," he says, which could result in being counted as full-time
For example, he says, a nurse scheduled to work three eight-hour
shifts a week, might actually work four shifts, covering vacations and other
Another wrinkle in the law: while part-time employees are included
in the calculation for meeting the 50 full-time employee rule, that doesn't mean
the employer has to offer part-time employees insurance coverage.
"One of the biggest misconceptions I've run into is that employers
who have 50 or more full-time employees believe they must offer coverage to
their part-time employees," says Darrow. "To escape the penalty, you only have
to offer insurance coverage to employees who work 30 or more hours a week."
There's been lots of media speculation that some employers who
fall under the 50 full-time employee rule may find the ACA's requirements too
onerous and simply opt not to offer coverage and pay the government tax
"Employers who say they plan to wash their hands of the law need
to be very careful," says Darrow. "What they think may be a cost savings may not
For example, what the employer pays to an insurance premium is a
deductible expense, but the tax penalties aren't. Attorneys say there are a
number of reasons beyond the ACA to offer insurance coverage to employees.
"Preparing now and understanding your situation now is critical,"
says Jolie Havens, partner in the Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease law firm who
practices out of its Columbus and Cincinnati offices.
"The first thing you have to do is understand what is your size
relative to ACA calculations," she says. "You could have lots of part-timers and
far fewer full-time employees and still be within the mandate. That's
Another place where employers could trigger penalties under the
ACA is how they count contract employees or temporary workers leased through
employment agencies.
"I tell clients to take a hard look at what I called leased
employees—employees they're using from an employment organization or independent
contractors," says Patricia Shlonsky at Ulmer & Berne Associates. "Make sure
you're not misclassifying them because you could get hit with a much larger tax
Michel at the Keating firm says the government basically uses a
common law test on who is an employee versus a contractor.
"Basically comes down to who do you have control over as an
employee. Who do you direct and control?" she says.
Rogers says entrepreneurs who own multiple businesses could also
get snagged by the ACA's requirements.
"People with multiple small businesses need to understand that
even though each … business has fewer than 50 full-time employees, they may be
treated as one business under the government's common ownership rules and
subject to providing health insurance," he says. "I've come across a number of
entrepreneurs who weren't aware of that."
On the other hand, Havens says a couple clients with businesses
employing a total of more than 50 full-time employees have asked if it's
possible to breakup the businesses into smaller ones to avoid the 50-employee
"As a rule, you can't take a 75-employee company and break it into
five 15-employee businesses," she says.
One positive of the ACA, says KMK's Michel, is that it's forced
employers to take a hard look at who comprises their workforce and who they want
to provide coverage to.
"It has really brought that issue back into focus as far as
understanding who your employees are," she says.
Small- and medium-sized employers need to seek out professional
expertise when developing their compliance strategy, Havens says.
"One of the things I preach is that these are really expensive
decisions being made based on what you provide employees and how you comply,"
she says.
The changes employers face under the ACA are unprecedented, and
Havens says most employers are preparing.
"I think some employers are hoping it will just go away," she
says. "We will see modifications and changes as we move forward but it won't
disappear completely."
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We say the words: "Je ne suis pas #CharlieHebdo" ("I am not #CharlieHebdo") with due respect to all those affected by the terrorist attack at the Charlie Hebdo offices yesterday in the French capital, Paris. As Kenyans, we are all too familiar with the pain, loss and damage caused by acts of terror. So, we empathise with the French people and we say to them: "Poleni sana". However, as #CharlieHebdo continues to flood timelines, media outlets and newspapers, we must decolonise our minds and remember not to get sucked into the Western Media frenzy. As Kenyans and Africans at large, we have very complex and pressing problems of our own that are not so fortunate as to receive the worldwide coverage currently being given to #CharlieHebdo.
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Drawing the Line: Online Freedom, Rights Abuses and the Constitutional Imperative
"The persistent controversy about the reach of the state's power to restrict free thought and speech in a democracy suggests that freedom of expression has still not made an unassailable case for itself." – Githu Muigai, Esq. (September 1993).
To speak or to otherwise express oneself is a natural, and indeed an essential human activity, part of what it means to be human. Expression is therefore a means of fulfillment of the human personality. On a larger scale, freedom of expression is essential to the functioning of a democratic state. For people to make political choices they must have access to information and to different view-points. In a democracy, the right to express grievances and to propagate or criticise policies enables people to contribute to peaceful progress and change their society.
Well, atleast in theory.
Enter the curious case of Robert Alai.
Dictators, Democracy and Free Press: A Commentary on Black Tuesday.
"The homage we can pay to truth is to use it." – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).
Imagine Robert Mugabe decides to sue Nandos and the creatives behind this ad for defamation. I'm almost sure that in addition to disputing whether or not the Nandos ad is defamatory of the Zimbabwean President, the legal team for Nandos would also rely on the right to freedom of expression which is a basic political right found in almost all the Constitutions of the world.
Freedom of expression is closely linked with freedom of the press and other media as one of the essential ingredients of democracy. The press, especially for countries committed to the path of democratisation, is meant to serve as the medium of delivery and transmitting ideas to and from the People. There is however a danger of unnecessarily and irresponsibly hiding behind democracy to justify every action of the press. It is within the context of these two extremes that the following comments are made on South Africa's latest Bill to be tabled before Parliament: The Protection of Information Bill aka 'Secrecy Bill'


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Dogs are more commonly affected than cats, likely due to higher exposure. You may or may not witness the attack or see the puncture wounds, but the most frequently affected area is the face. Facial swelling, pain, bruising, hemorrhage, hypersalivation and possible fang marks are the most visible and common clinical signs. These signs can appear anywhere from 1 hour to 6 hours post incident. Neurological signs as well as severe bleeding resulting from coagulation (clotting) deficiencies can occur in very severe cases.Treatment provided in these cases usually consists of fluids to treat possible shock and antibiotics for infections that may occur at the site of the snake bite. Antiinflammatory medications are used to decrease swelling and pain medications for discomfort. Monitoring should be continued for 48 hours; it can take up to 1 week for swelling to resolve.
Preventable measures that you can take as a pet owner include keeping your grass in your yards cut short and keeping your pets in your sight at all times. In this area, the Riverwalk/Greenway is very popular this time of year, and we have had some patients at Riverwood Veterinary Clinic suffer from snake bites off the trail. It is best to keep your pets on the leash at all times when walking them and to keep them off of the grass and on the paved trail. If your pet has suffered from a snake bite, please seek veterinary care immediately.


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So, I'm still prepping the stick game for uploading to the web site. When I wrote it originally, I thought it would be cool to allow arbitrarily large numbers of rows – probably something about showing off the robustness of the data structures. The problem is, when I wrote it, I gave short shrift to performance optimization. The AI enumerates all possible moves and possible games, then plays a move which leads to it winning (or taking the longest possible time to lose). That's fine for when you have a small number of sticks, but when you have a larger number of sticks, the process of enumeration consumes all available RAM, and causes the program to become non-responsive. As a result, the fact that the AI will only play once it's found the correct move means that it (effectively) never plays once it has to deal with a large number of sticks.
Now, if I'd been thinking about performance optimization when I originally wrote the game, I would have done something marginally clever, like have a calculation thread constantly running the background, enumerating away, rather than waiting till it's the computer's turn to start thinking. I could also have done something like add a timer on the computer's thinking, and forced it to make a move after it had been enumerating for some set period (e.g., 30 seconds). That second one would actually go hand-in-hand with a third optimization that I didn't implement: I could have written the code to save intermediate results, rather than only saving the results once the enumeration's finished (the current approach).
So there are all sorts of optimizations I could implement to help clean up the mess from when I originally wrote it. Alternatively, I could just remove the user's ability to start the game with an arbitrarily large number of sticks (thereby making sure the game is only played with the smaller numbers where the lack of optimization isn't a problem). As it happens, in my relatively old age, I have found that there's another optimization that is more important than the ones I described above: minimizing my own time expenditure. Given that, what will actually happen is that I'm going to remove the functionality that's causing the problems, and leave the task of optimizing for another day.
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Audio engineer Nic Pope designed a hoodie originally made to be used while working in a studio or on stage, but just perfect, for the average man, to be wear at festivals, or simply while listening the music with big headphones in a chilly weather.
This hoodie protects the head without muffling sound
Named the "Audio Engineer's Hoodie", the well designed and technical outfit is built to get you through your professional or leisure activities involving sound, with style and comfort. The hoddie was created to be not too bulky neither too fitted. It is made in a breathable enough to work in water-resistant poly/cotton blend with two specific acoustically transparent, speaker-cloth panels, placed in the hood.
The hoodie is available for 150$ in black with matte black hardware only, because, as Nic Pope explains : "as sound engineer, I hate it when I'm onstage and people pay attention to me!"
The hoodie features include:
Fabric: Durable, water-resistant poly/cotton blend (65% polyester, 35% cotton).
Acoustically transparent, speaker-cloth hood panels.
Twin kangaroo pockets, with headphone pass-through hole.
Interior lined with cassette-themed pattern.
External and internal chest pocket.
Internal pull-out wiring diagram.
Loop in the left pocket to clip your keys/flashlight/multi-tool/drum key on.
The Audio Engineer's Hoodie is being produced by Betabrand as a crowdfunding initiative, (note that just few hours after the launching the funding goal was reached!)
To pre-order yours, you can visit the Engineer's Hoodie Betabrand page
This post is also available in: French


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Home > Journals > CLR > Vol. 82 > Iss. 4 (1997)
Volume 82, Issue 4
May 1997
Fame the Founding and the Power to Declare War
William Michael Treanor
Choosing Ignorance in the Manufacture of Toxic Products
Wendy E. Wagner
Book Review
Community and Statism: A Conservative Contractarian Critique of Progressive Corporate Law Scholarship
Stephen M. Bainbridge


text: Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who follows Santamaria around and participates in the crimes he commits. The two bandits take over a house after kidnapping its owner and his girlfriend. The film's finale is classic, with music by the singer Luis Gonzaga and the "endless" shot of an empty road. "When I made O Anjo Nasceu I thought I had made my most difficult film, a completely irresponsible film, that space, that vacuum, that nothing. It was a devastating experience for me, a shock. Much, much more than Matou a Família e Foi ao Cinema, which was a well-received film. I think O Anjo Nasceu is still unknown territory, even for me" (J. Bressane).link


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"Valentina" Print
From $7.00
This colossally detailed piece of a Dia de los Muertos saint is framed by an ornately elegant border, besotted with religious symbols and meaning.
I wanted to capture the size and energy of my first Dia piece. Doing images with a tremendous amount of detail obviously take a tremendous amount of time, but they almost always pay off in final impact. I typically work quickly to maintain momentum and finish projects in a timely manner. But this one I really took my time on, mostly working on it at shows. Without a pressing desire to finish it, I went pretty overboard on the detail, which I think worked to the piece's benefit. Not to say that more detail equals better art, though.
I've been exploring religious (Catholic, specifically) themes and imagery more and more in my work as of late. Despite my own non-religious affiliation, I'm fascinated by the power and cultural cache this type of imagery has. It's something that has meaning to a very large amount of people, as opposed to something purely original and personal that only has meaning to me. It's interesting to see the reaction and connection that people instantly seem to have with things like this, or Day of the Dead stuff. True enough, despite the fact I was never raised to behold any of this religious stuff, I myself can feel the power of it, if only because I know how much it means to others.


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Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island OBX
Fort Raleigh
Over four hundred years ago, a colony of 112 English men, women and children settled on Roanoke Island, attempting to establish the first permanent English colony in the New World. Although the fate of these settlers who were to have build "The cittie of Raleigh" remains unknown, their dreams, courage and ideals are symbols of the birthplace of America.
In a quiet wooded area on the northern end of Roanoke Island stands Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, location of that first settlement. Visitors are encouraged to visit the Lindsay Warren Center to explore the museum and view a 10-minute orientation film.
Then, if you're interested in Elizabethan-era entertainment, step into the 400-year-old Tudor room from Herndon Hall in Kent, England. The oak panelled room contains period furnishings, a hand carved mantelpiece and blown glass windows, typical of Elizabethan England.
A path from the visitor's center winds into the woods, where one may encounter living history interpreters representing colonists and soldiers of the era. They are prepared to describe various aspects of life in the colony and answer questions about Elizabethan times.
About 100 yards down the path, visitors come upon the reconstructed earthworks of Fort Raleigh, a fortification built to protect the settlement from expected Spanish attack. The settlement itself, with its thatched roofed houses, was actually somewhere outside the fort.
Just past the fort is the Thomas Harriot Trail, a half-mile self-guided path, gently winding its way to the sound. The trail is marked to point out the native plants which colonists found and put to use during their time on Roanoke Island.


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I was until recently a Canberra based photographic artist. I am currently studying my Diploma of Photography and Diploma of Visual Arts at the Canberra Institute of Technology.
My passion is combining technical skills with elements of the human body , architecture and abstraction.
Alchemy: a power or process that changes or transforms something in a mysterious way, both physically and spiritually.
The "My Alchemy" series of images represents the journey of transforming a simple life drawing into something mysterious. The original drawings are in charcoal and the energy is captured in the simple mark making giving a feeling of purity and air flowing around and through the lines. As the images change so does the need for the audience to become more intimate with the detail, fluidity, structure and tone and intense colour.
Darkroom Experiments
The images have been made in the darkroom using contact negatives of charcoal drawings. In some cases these have been overlaid to produce alien like creatures. The set also includes some of the original drawings in the negative. Once I get settled I will spend more time in the darkroom. So stay tuned.


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Steven DeLuca Officially Welcomed as Departures Publisher
He took over the reigns as VP and publisher at the American Express Publishing high-end periodical Departures in June. But last night, Steven DeLuca was feted by AMEX as the magazine's savior.
When DeLuca joined Departures, the company was reeling, down 15 percent for the year. With a tip of his own cap, though, DeLuca tells FishbowlNY that the magazine is poised to finish the year with 2 percent gains in revenue.
"It's really been across the board in all of our major categories," DeLuca says.
Most recently, New York City native DeLuca was VP and publisher at Conde´ Nast's Details before being ousted in October 2009.
He also was associate publisher at Conde´ Nast Traveler and at Maxim.
But unlike his work at those mainstream periodicals, DeLuca is now overseeing niche publishing.
Departures is only available to the 1 million AMEX Platinum and Centurion Card members.
"For me it's a dream job. …Everything I've been doing for the last 10 years comes to the highest point with a magazine like Departures."
He says it's at the upper echelon of marketing and brands.
And building a strong marketing partnership going forward is a key to continued success.
"That unique access that we have to affluent consumers is going to allow us to really put that to work for our clients," DeLuca says.
DeLuca also is working on new signature events and ramping up their digital platform.
"Having all of the assets of American Express—it's really one of the most exciting jobs I've ever had."
Photo: Departures editor-in-chief Richard David Story (left) and DeLuca.


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Our Case Management offers information and support to individuals and those that care for others to meet their need to remain independent. They assist with determining which services may be best for them.
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A Case Manager is your guide to accessing our services. They will ask you questions over the phone or in person to help determine how we can best help you. Should you require a service that WTSS does not provide, a Case Manager will help link you to another community service that meets your needs.
2. Does the Case Manager visit me?
Depending on the service you require, a Case Manager may arrange a home visit at a time that is convenient to you. All visits take place during regular business hours Monday through Friday, from 9am to 4:30pm.
3. I need help filling out forms, can a case manager help?
Yes, our Case Managers can assist in filling out and submitting some forms. In cases where the case manager is unable to assist with a specific form they will link you to an agency that can.
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Case Managers can help in liaising with landlords on a clients behalf, help with rent renewal forms and some housing application forms. Case Managers cannot find housing for clients. In this case, clients will be referred to a more appropriate agency.
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All applications for long term care must go through the LHIN (Local Health Integration Network). Our Case Managers can give you information on different long term care homes and provide a referral.
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Jamelle McMillan is excelling as a coach in the NBA. It wasn't his plan, but it worked out that way.
Jamelle, 28, is the son of Pacers head coach Nate McMillan. He remembers watching his dad play growing up, and was a ball boy for Nate's Seattle SuperSonics team. The two also worked together with USA Basketball in 2012 when Nate was an assistant.
"This game has provided so much for me and my family," Jamelle said.
The youngest McMillan played four years of college basketball at Arizona State University (2007-11), where he averaged 7.2 points, 3.9 assists and 2.5 rebounds during his senior season as the team captain.
He then remained in hoops as a Director of Basketball Operations at Drake University, and a year later was hired on Monty Williams' staff in New Orleans. His title was "coaching intern," but it was a great start being in his early twenties.
After two seasons, Jamelle was promoted to player development coach and later to assistant coach, now under Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry.
This summer, Jamelle had the opportunity to serve as head coach for their Summer League team in Las Vegas. That had to be special for him. (For the record, they went 1-5.)
"This thing never stops. It's a tough deal going through the grind of a season," Jamelle was saying to me earlier this year."
Because it is a grind, McMillan even takes computer coding classes and turns his attention to his passion for technology to decompress after games. But he continues to work his way up the bench.
Nate explained how he advised his son not to walk in his footsteps and coach in the NBA. It demands so much of you and your family — and is obviously very stressful. They lived through that together.
Jamelle didn't listen, though, as things worked out following their time together with USA Basketball. Dell Demps, the Pelicans GM, offered young Jamelle a job — and it was one he could not refuse.
(I first wrote about Nate and Jamelle back in 2014.)
When the Pelicans were in Indianapolis earlier this year, I spoke with Jamelle about growing up in and NBA family and choosing to remain in it. Also, he said he didn't even consider or ask Nate about joining his staff last summer when he was promoted to Pacers head coach.
"These guys here [with New Orleans] asked me to stay. The players. That meant a lot," Jamelle said.
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Topics Discussed:
- Coaching against his father
- His interest in technology and writing before hoops
- Whether he can remember watching his dad play
- How much, if at all, do they talk basketball during the season
- Whether he has any desire to join Nate's Pacers staff
- How his dad has evolved as a coach
- The importance of player development coaches
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The legendary Nigerian drummer has died at 76:
- Babatunde Olatunji, 76, the Nigerian drummer whose 1959 Columbia Records album, "Drums of Passion," helped introduce African music into the American mainstream, died of complications of diabetes April 6 in Salinas, Calif. He taught at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Calif., where he was artist in residence.
Mr. Olatunji, who was well known as a teacher of traditional African drumming, was raised in a fishing and trading village, Ajido. The village's Yorba traditions of musical communication and storytelling were later reflected in the work of Mr. Olatunji's touring group of drummers, singers and dancers.
He came to the United States in 1950 as a scholarship student at Morehouse College in Atlanta and later studied public administration at New York University.
The ensemble he formed in New York performed initially at civil rights rallies led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and with an orchestra at Radio City Music Hall. It also toured schools.
"Drums of Passion," which was a top-selling record in its time, is regarded as one of the first world music albums recorded in the United States. It influenced musicians and helped spark African-jazz fusions in the early 1960s.
Mr. Olatunji headed his own jazz group for a while and then went on to play with artists such as Mickey Hart, Airto Moreira and Carlos Santana. [Washington Post]
I love African drumming and Olatunji was THE source – he will be missed.


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