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I wish there were more options like removing the ranking numbers, toggle view shares, and thumbnails on the widget interface. This would be the best out there.
There is a separate PHP file that you can edit so that updates won't change your work, very nice.
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Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, has acknowledged the country's history of political violence, calling his nation to move on from the past.
Mugabe made the remarks as he addressed thousands of people during independence day celebrations in Harare on Wednesday.
"We are going to elections and troubles have already started. This is happening not only parties versus parties but within parties as well," he said in his speech at Harare's biggest stadium.
"All our political leaders should encourage their supporters to promote the spirit of peace and tranquillity through social dialogue."
The speech to mark Zimbabwe's 32nd anniversary of independence from Britain was the first public appearance by 88-year-old Mugabe since he returned from Singapore last week.
That trip sparked new worries about his health, amid reports that he has advanced prostate cancer.
Mugabe has repeatedly brushed off concerns about his health.
The government said he went to Singapore to arrange post-graduate studies for his daughter Bona, but his near-monthly visits to the city-state have raised suspicions he is receiving medical care there.
Mugabe's health is a crucial factor in Zimbabwe's politics, as he has no clear successor.
His ZANU-PF party has already endorsed him as its candidate for the next polls.
But he appeared strong as he delivered his speech before cheering supporters under a hot sun, and inspected a guard of honour on the football pitch.
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Mugabe again called for the West to remove a travel ban and arms embargo imposed on himself and his close associates, saying they affected Zimbabwe's economic development.
"We call upon those responsible for imposing these sanctions to urgently remove them unconditionally," he said.
Mugabe bemoaned delays in the completion of the drafting of a new charter meant to pave way for new elections.
"The principals of the global political agreement are worried and we are now demanding that the draft constitution be delivered to us," he said.
Mugabe insists elections to choose a successor to his power-sharing government with Morgan Tsvangirai, prime minister, should be held this year.
Tsvangirai wants elections only after the constitution that is supposed to usher in reforms to ensure a free and fair vote, as required under the three-year-old coalition deal.
Every election since 2000 has been marred by violence and intimidation, mainly against Tsvangirai supporters.
After winning a first-round presidential vote in 2008, Tsvangirai withdrew from the run-off citing the deaths of more than 200 of his supporters and the displacement of thousands more.
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Margaret Moore, MBA (aka Coach Meg) is the founder and CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation. She a 17-year veteran of the biotechnology industry in the US, UK, Canada, and France. She served in executive roles at three companies which later joined Sanofi, and served as CEO and COO of two early stage biotech companies.
In 2000, Margaret shifted from high tech medicine to build the field of coaching in healthcare and wellness, and founded Wellcoaches Corporation - strategic partner of the American College of Sports Medicine, now a standard-bearer for professional coaches in healthcare and wellness. The Wellcoaches School of Coaching has trained more than 9,000 health and wellness coaches in 45 countries.
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Margaret's collaboration with Edward Phillips, MD, to create a Harvard Medical School CME program to teach physicians basic coaching skills, led to the launch of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine now based at Joslin Diabetes Center, of which Margaret is an advisor.
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Harvard Medical School online CME course: Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine for Weight Management (basic coaching skills for physicians)
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Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life a Harvard Health book published by Harlequin (2012)
Coaching Psychology Manual endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine, published by Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, 2009. 2nd edition in press.
Chapter 22, Health & Wellness Coaching; The Complete Handbook of Coaching, 2nd edition
Chapter 27: Health & Wellness Coaching Skills for Lasting Change; Lifestyle Medicine (medical textbook), 2nd Edition, 2013
Health & Wellness Coaching for Sustainable Change, Wegener/Fritze/Loebbert, Coaching-Praxisfelder
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National Training and Education Standards for Health and Wellness Coaching:The Path to National Certification. Global Advances in Health and Medicine. 2015. 4(3): 46-56
Delivering Change that Lasts.ASCM Health & Fitness Journal. 2015. Volume 19. Issue 2. 20-26.
Coaching the Multiplicity of Mind: A Strengths-based Model. Global Advances in Health and Medicine, Volume 2, Number 4, July 2013
Group Health Coaching: Strengths, Challenges, and Next Steps. Global Advances in Health and Medicine, Volume 2, Number 3, May 2013
Coaching for Behavior Change in Physiatry. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2011; 90:1074-1082.
Climbing up Mount Lasting Change; ACSM Health & Fitness Journal, July 2009
Relational Flow: Theoretical Model for the Intuitive Dance (new theory of coaching psychology); Coaching Research Proceedings, International Coach Federation, 2005
Principles of Behavioral Psychology in Wellness Coaching; Coaching Research Proceedings, International Coach Federation, 2004
International Coach Federation: Organize Your Mind for Coaching, Aug 2014
International Coach Federation: From Surviving to Thriving. Feb 2014
Harvard Business Review: Train your brain to focus, 2012
CMSA Today: Facilitating Change When Change is Hard - The Work of Professional Health and Wellness Coach, 2012
Next Avenue: It's 10'clock. Do You Know Where Your Keys Are?, 2012
CNN Health: Organize your mind to organize your health, 2012
Body Intelligence: A Guide to Self-Attunement; IDEA Fitness Journal, Nov 2010
Coaching News Quarterly Columns - American College of Sports Medicine Certified News; 2003-2010
Coaching through the lens of consciousness; IDEA Fitness Journal, Nov 2009
What it takes to change. Personal Fitness Professional, Jan 2009
Flow to Health & Happiness: IDEA Fitness Journal, Oct 2008
Case Management Society of America article: Case Manager to Professional Coach, 2008
IHRSA Active Careers Digest article: Fitness Expert to Professional Coach, 2008
CDHC Solutions Magazine article: Choosing a Great Wellness Coach, 2007
White paper: The obesity epidemic - a confidence crisis calling for professional coaches, 2006
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American Association of Thoracic Surgeons 2014 - Annual Conference Keynote
Health Coaching Summit, National Health Service, UK, 2013
Coaching the Whole Leader, The Conference Board, 2013
Coaching: A Catalyst of Change, 2012
Harvard Business Review: Turn Coaching into Collaboration, 2012
Harvard Business Review: Prepare Your Brain for Change, 2012
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Coaching for Sustainable Change: Cleveland Clinic Grand Rounds, 2011
Positive Psychology: Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare conference, 2009
How Coaching Works - YouTube animation presented to Coaching & Leadership Conference, 2008, viewed by over 1,000,000!
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Co-Course Director of Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare, Harvard Medical School (2008/9/10/11/12/13/14)
Harvard Medical School Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (2008/9/10/11/12/14)
Harvard Medical School - Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives (2011/12/13/14)
Harvard Medical School Obesity Conference (2010/11/13)
American College of Sports Medicine Summit (2005/6/9/13)
German Coaching Congress, Basel (2012)
Medical Wellness Association Forum (2010)
International Coach Federation International Conference (2004/5/9/10/11/14)
National Wellness Conference (2005/9/10/12/14)
Consumer Health World (2006/7/8)
Institute of Health & Productivity Management (2007)
American Journal of Health Promotion (2007/8/9/10/11/12/13)
Case Management Society of America (2007/8/9)
Canadian Medical Association conference on physician health (2009)
Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (2011)
Medical Fitness Association (2008/9/10/11/12)
Positive Psychology Forum (2009)
ECA World Fitness (2009)
World Research Group Health Coaching conference (2008/9)
B.S. Biology, University of Western Ontario, 1978
M.B.A., Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, 1983; last term at London Business School under an international scholarship
Margaret was born on a dairy farm northeast of Toronto where she attended a two-room school and learned to drive a tractor. She is a board member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. Margaret lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts with her husband, Paul Clark, a prominent biotechnology patent attorney who patented the first genetically engineered animal, the Harvard mouse. She is both a US and Canadian citizen.


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With more than 40 golf courses in the metropolitan area, Tucson has long been considered a national capital of golf.
But the abundance of golf courses belies the suffering of the industry generally and the looming troubles with the City of Tucson's municipal golf operations.
Tucson City Golf, a division of the Parks and Recreation Department, has been losing money on a large scale for several years. In fiscal 2011, the city's golf course fund ran a $1.2 million deficit, requiring a subsidy from other city funds to make up the difference.
Over several years, the city golf fund has accrued nearly $7 million in subsidies, which accounting officials call interfund balances.
The city operates golf as an enterprise fund that is supposed to be self-sustaining. The growing annual losses have sparked a debate among elected officials and city management as how best to address the issue.
"The status quo is unacceptable," said City Councilwoman Regina Romero.
Romero brought the issue of golf revenues to the table in April. Since then, the council has begun look for ways to make golf operations truly self-sustaining, to pay off the accumulated debt and develop a five-year plan for city golf's future.
"I want to be as fiscally prudent as possible," Romero said. "As I see it, nothing is off the table."
The troubles with city golf appear to have started around 2002. That year nearly 300,000 rounds of golf were played on the five city courses. In 2011, the number of rounds dropped to 193,000.
A decline in revenues followed. In fiscal 2007, city golf brought in more than $9.7 million in revenue. By fiscal 2011, that had fallen to slightly more than $7 million.
Despite the falling revenue, Tucson City Parks and Recreation Director Fred Gray said the division has been able to cut costs to alleviate the losses. The department has reduced its budget from roughly $11 million in fiscal 2008 to about $6.5 million this year.
"We've been aggressive in controlling costs, we can't control how many people play," Gray said.
A subcommittee of the city's greens committee was assembled earlier this year to study the options. The group has been meeting twice monthly through the summer to parse the issue and come up with a recommendation for the city council.
Subcommittee chairman Jeff Farkas said one issue has been discussed at length — marketing as a way to attract more golfers.
"That is one of my central focuses," Farkas said.
He said city golf has an annual budget of less than $30,000 for marketing the city's five courses.
That's a sparse budget for marketing, according to Ben Blake, executive vice president of business development at KemperSports, an Illinois-based golf management company that manages 35 municipal golf courses across the country.
Blake said it's not unusual for KemperSports to spend more than $50,000 a year on marketing for just one course.
But it's not just traditional advertising, Blake said. Courses are now using social media as a way to attract players.
Marketing alone, however, isn't likely to fix the ongoing financial issues Tucson City Golf faces.
"Even if we add another 75,000 rounds of golf, it still doesn't solve the structural problems," Romero said.
Other options for the subcommittee include changing the operating structure of city golf.
Other communities across the country have privatized golf operations. This has generally two forms — a standard service-provider agreement whereby a municipality pays a management company to run golf operations or a long-term lease agreement, which a management company assumes all the costs and associated financial risks and receives greater autonomy to set fees and other policies.
Blake said the first alternative is what's used most often but he said a lease agreement holds benefits for a municipality that a service provider agreement doesn't. For instance, leases will generally require the service provider to invest a specified amount in capital improvements.
"In that case, the management company assumes all the risk," Blake said.
In either agreement, though, Blake said a management company like KemperSports brings to the table the expertise of running multiple courses across the country.
Other cities have gone to a nonprofit model for course management. Often called the Baltimore model after the city where it originated, the municipal golf operations are run by a semi-autonomous nonprofit group.
Although at this point no option has been ruled out for Tucson City Golf, neither of the alternative management structures would guarantee solvency.
"I wouldn't say privatization is the instant answer," said City Councilman Paul Cunningham.
The nonprofit model has struggled in many places it has been adopted due to the waning popularity of golf.
It's also the case that golf nonprofits haven't been freed of political machinations, as evidenced by frequent squabbles over funding and controling Baltimore Municipal Golf.
Private courses haven't been spared from the loss of interest in golf as numerous courses have closed or fallen into insolvency.
In the Tucson region, financial issues plagued the Vistoso Golf Club for years. Forty-Niner Country Club also suffered and at one points was cut off from water service for not paying its bills until it was sold this summer for about $500,000, a fraction of the more than $3 million sales price the former owners paid a decade ago.
Gray noted that two other private courses in Southern Arizona have recently closed, Santa Rita Golf Course in Corona de Tucson and San Ignacio in Green Valley. San Ignacio's website says the course is scheduled to reopen in the fall following maintenance work.
Aside from golf, it's also possible the city might discuss alternative uses for underperforming courses. Both El Rio, 1400 W. Speedway, and Fred Enke, 8251 E. Irvington Road, are performing below expectations which has led to some talk of converting them to parks.
"Based on water usage, parks are cheaper to run and benefit more people," Romero said, adding that wants to ensure golf does not drain city resources away from other programs.
"It's not an attack on golf, I don't want to dismantle golf," she said.
The subcommittee's findings likely will be a study session item at a city council meeting in October or November.
Contact reporter Patrick McNamara at firstname.lastname@example.com or at (520) 295-4259.


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A method and apparatus for detecting faulty nozzles is applied to a multi-function peripheral (MFP). The method is to print a predefined test pattern by an inkjet component of a printing unit. A scanning unit connecting with the printing unit scans the predefined test pattern to generate an image data of the predefined test pattern. Afterwards, an analyzing unit analyzes the image data of the predefined test pattern to see if any one of the nozzles is clogged. Finally, the analyzing unit reports the result to the printing unit. The printing unit will avoid using the clogged nozzles during the printing process to improve the quality of printing.
1. An apparatus for detecting faulty nozzles comprising:
a printing unit, which contains an inkjet component with a plurality of nozzles for printing a predefined test pattern consisted of a plurality of blocks, each of which corresponds to each one of the nozzle;
a scanning unit, which scans the predefined test pattern to generate an image thereof;
an analyzing unit, which analyzes the image of the predefined test pattern to determine the locations of faulty nozzles and returns the result to the printing unit so that normal nozzles are used to compensate for the faulty nozzles in subsequent printing.
2. The apparatus of
3. The apparatus of
4. The apparatus of
5. The apparatus of
6. A method for detecting faulty nozzles used in a scanning unit and a connected printing unit with an inkjet component with more than one nozzle, the method comprising the steps of:
printing a predefined test pattern corresponding to the nozzles on the ink-jet component;
sending the predefined test pattern to the scanning unit;
scanning the predefined test pattern to generate an image thereof;
analyzing the image of the predefined test pattern; and
returning the analysis result to the printing unit so that the normal nozzles are used to compensate for the faulty nozzles in subsequent printing.
7. The method of
8. The method of
9. The method of
10. The method of
1. Field of Invention
The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for detecting faulty nozzles. In particular, it relates to an inkjet printer for multi-function peripherals (MFP) and with printing and scanning functions. It also relates to an apparatus and method that use connected scanner and inkjet printer to detect faulty nozzles in the inkjet component.
2. Related Art
An inkjet multi-function printer with printing and scanning functions can be used to scan or print images and documents. The image scanning part uses an image sensor (such as CCD or CIS) in the optical scanning apparatus to scan an image or document, obtaining a raw image data. The raw image data are stored in memory.
To print the image data, the apparatus performs appropriate image and half-tone processes and makes the inkjet print head to move back and forth on a medium (such as paper). The nozzles on the inkjet print head are driven to eject ink droplets at desired positions on the medium, printing the image.
Nowadays, to achieve the photographic quality, the inkjet MFP has to ensure that all nozzles on the print head are functioning correctly. However, the nozzles on the print head may be clogged due to the shortage of ink or burned out heaters. In such cases, the nozzles are damaged and cannot function normally. Correspondingly, the pixel locations corresponding to the faulty on paper are blank or light in color. These are the commonly seen bandings.
However, if there are too many or large bandings in a document, the scanned or faxed document may become useless. One has to replace the print head before printing or faxing again. This results in resource wastes.
To solve the problems, the U.S. Pat. No. 6,215,557 discloses a method for detecting faulty nozzles on the print head of an inkjet printer. It uses the printer to print a test pattern. The test pattern is comprised of a series of blocks, each of which has a position corresponding to a distinct nozzle.
Afterwards, the method uses a personal computer to display the same test pattern on a terminal using the user interface (UI) of a printer driver. If the printed test pattern has some blank block, it means that the nozzle corresponding to block is out of order. In this case, the user uses the mouse to click the blank area on the screen to record the disordered nozzle. Thus, the printer driver records the positions of the faulty nozzles in a mask. Using the mask, the method can avoid using the faulty nozzles to print. For users, however, the clicking process is complicated, time consuming and may result in errors.
Moreover, the method of detecting whether nozzles in an inkjet printer are clogged or out of order disclosed in the U.S. Pat. No. 6,352,331 adds a set of optical scanning apparatus on the side of the print head carrier. When performing the calibration before printing, the printer first prints a test pattern on paper. The optical scanner detects the test pattern (as a beam will be reflected from the test pattern once it is emitted from the optical scanner). Afterwards, the method uses the reflected signal received from the optical scanner to determine whether any nozzle is clogged or damaged. In such case, an optical apparatus has to be installed besides the carriage. This may be redundant and costly especially in MFP.
In view of the foregoing, an objective of the invention is to provide an apparatus and method for detecting faulty nozzles. The invention can be used in multi-function peripherals (MFP), inkjet printers with printing and scanning functions, or modules of a scanner and an inkjet printer connected by wire or wireless. Through the steps of printing, scanning, and analyzing, the method can detect which nozzles in the inkjet component are clogged or damaged. Finally, the analyzed results are used to establish a mask containing the faulty nozzles. The mask is utilized in subsequent printing jobs to use normal nozzles to compensate for the faulty nozzles. Therefore, the invention can avoid bandings in the printed documents, rending a higher quality of printing.
The disclosed apparatus mainly contains a printing unit, a scanning unit, a memory unit, and an analyzing unit.
First, the inkjet component of the printing unit prints a predefined test pattern. The inkjet component comprises of multiple arrayed nozzles. The predefined test pattern constitutes of many small blocks, each of which corresponds to a distinct nozzle in the printing unit.
The printed predefined test pattern is sent to the scanning unit for scanning. An image of the printed predefined test pattern is thus generated.
The image data are stored in the memory unit. The analyzing unit analyzes the image data of the predefined test pattern. If there is any nozzle clogged or damaged in the ink-jet component, the corresponding block is blank.
Finally, the analyzing module sends the result back to the printing unit so that it will avoid using the faulty nozzle in future printing. The quality of printing can thus be enhanced.
The invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
The system structure of the disclosed apparatus for detecting faulty nozzles is shown in
Of course, the applications of the invention are not limited to the MFP. It can also be applied to inkjet printers including printing and scanning functions or a module of a scanner and an inkjet printer connected by wire or wireless together with proper applications software.
The apparatus has the following main parts: a printing unit 10, a scanning unit 20, a memory unit 30, and an analyzing unit 40.
The printing unit 10 contains an inkjet component 11 with multiple arrayed nozzles 111. Its function is equivalent to an inkjet printer. As shown in
For a monochromatic printing unit 10, each printed block 60 in the predefined test pattern is black. For a color printing unit 10, the predefined test pattern has several sets of differently colored blocks 60 corresponding to the nozzles 111.
Take the printing unit 10 with four different colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) as an example. As shown in
The scanning unit 20 is connected to the printing unit 10. (They can be connected using wire or wireless for signal transmissions). The predefined test pattern printed by the printing unit 10 sends manually or mechanically to the scanning unit 20 for scanning. During the scanning process, an indicator 90 in the predefined test pattern has to align with a predetermined reference point in the scanning unit 20 in order to establish the related position between the blocks in the predefined test pattern and the nozzles 111. An image of the predefined test pattern is generated after the scanning. The scanning unit 20 is an optical scanner.
The image data of the predefined test pattern are stored in the memory unit 30 and sent to the analyzing unit 40. The analyzing unit analyzes the image data to determine whether an individual nozzle 111 is damaged or clogged.
When a nozzle 111 is out of order or clogged, it cannot eject ink. The corresponding block in the image is then blank. Thus, the analyzing strategy of the analyzing unit 40 is to check whether any printing block 60 in the image is blank. The analyzing unit 40 has a microprocessor, a signal processor, or a circuit.
We use the predefined color test pattern shown in
Once all blocks are checked, the analyzing module 40 establishes a mask that lists all faulty nozzles 111 and returns the result to the printing unit 10. Therefore, the mask can be employed to make normal nozzles compensate for the faulty nozzles. The invention is thus able to avoid printing documents with bandings, thereby increasing the quality of printing.
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Finally, the analysis results are returned to the printing unit so that the faulty nozzles will be compensate by using normal nozzles in subsequent printing to increase the equality (step 85). The analyzing module 40 establishes a mask corresponding to the faulty nozzles in accordance with the analysis result and sends it back to the printing unit. Therefore, the mask is employed to make normal nozzles 111 compensate for the faulty nozzles 111. The bandings can thus be avoided.
Certain variations would be apparent to those skilled in the art, which variations are considered within the spirit and scope of the claimed invention.
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- Tegan and Sara: "Closer" (via SoundCloud)
It would have once been obvious to say that a band's fans made them what they were. Now there's almost something quaint about it, especially considering (and not in spite of) the hashtagged millions that comprise the Little Monsters, Swifties, and Beliebers, who are as much a marketing tool as the groups being marketed to. Although they get a decent amount of exposure each time they release a record, until now, Tegan and Sara's sustained success has been down to a core fanbase. The title of their seventh album, Heartthrob, is a reference to how we relate to the objects of our affection as teenagers, that obsessive feeling that you live and die by for a few years, and how those crushes usually end up getting replaced by real, mutually loving relationships. Being someone who's liked this band to varying degrees of intensity for a decade, it's easy to interpret the name as the Quins recognizing their own role in their more devoted fans' lives. Doing so at the same time as they decide to make an album with pop impresario Greg Kurstin and dabble in writing for Carly Rae Jepsen might seem a little like selling their cow for a handful of supposedly magic beans.
Some folks have accused the duo of selling out with Heartthrob-- a concise 10 songs, at least half of which could be pop radio singles-- to which I'd argue that accessibility has always been a part of their appeal, in more respects than just working in friendly acoustic, rock, and electro-pop mediums. Surely part of the comfort of their music, at least to a young person quietly negotiating their sexuality without wanting to be obvious about it, is that it doesn't make a big deal of what it's come to represent. It's not like putting on an Ani DiFranco record in your bedroom and the lyrics sparking a parent's ear. One thing they've not been shy about in their songs, however, is ambition-- there's a sweet example of that on the Chris Walla-produced Sainthood's "Someday"-- and more power to them for deciding to explore a populist bent on Heartthrob, which pulls it off with aplomb.
The clearest sign that the Quins would follow this path lies in Sainthood's "Alligator", an insanely catchy, arid little pop song that had become Sara's trademark. ("Shock to Your System" and "How Come You Don't Want Me" carry on that impulse here.) But it was also a sign of the growing disparity between the twins' respective songwriting styles; Tegan's efforts on that record were stormy emo/power pop blasts, and the two didn't gel to the extent that it seemed fair to wonder whether it made sense for them to continue recording together. The Roxette and Cyndi Lauper-referencing, soaring keyboard pop of Heartthrob is a welcome stylistic reconciliation, if one that sacrifices their sonic weirdness.
Kurstin has taken Tegan and Sara's ability to write a solid refrain (some of their old songs were arguably all refrain) and channeled it into rushing, skyward stadium pop songs where their voices are more upfront, and less tethered to their former prickly structures. "Closer" is the killer, starting with Tegan's coy, tightly wound vocal laying out what she's after-- "All I dream of lately/ Is how to get you underneath me"-- the triumphantly shouted chorus coming off brash and charming, as if she knows she's definitely going to get it. It's a gloriously freeing, retrospective retelling of first infatuations, rewriting the script to articulate what you could only think about furiously back when.
"Closer"'s trad structure is typical of most of the songs on the record, but "Now I'm All Messed Up" breaks through its crackly piano and static whirr of a chorus with piercing, layered pleas: "Go! Go! Go if you want, I can't stop you!" It plays like a Wham! ballad repurposed as a glitchy, modern slow jam, which, in case that needs clarifying, is brilliant. The lyrics are a great, tragic portrait of post-split heartbreak-- "Now I'm all messed up, sick inside wondering where/ Where you're leaving your make-up"-- but the song as a whole never sounds anything less than fully empowering.
On Heartthrob, Tegan and Sara sing about solitude, regret, and self-loathing alongside romance, but most of its 10 songs feel amazing. That's not a sign of cognitive dissonance, but their considerable abilities fusing with those of Kurstin to drag their music out of headphones and into zones of unabashed communal euphoria and delight. The dramatic, ravey swish of "Goodbye, Goodbye" and new wavey tick of "I'm Not Your Hero" actually deal with the problem of coming across differently to your true self, and the risks you incur to reconcile that gap, whether that means losing someone or admitting that you're lost inside.
Making a relatively conventional sounding pop record-- not an acceptably hip, minimalist one produced by Devonte Hynes or Ariel Rechtshaid-- is a small risk in itself for the duo; for one, if its charms don't chime with sales, I can't imagine Warners keeping on a band whose last album sold 110k. Its misfires are few, if pronounced: On "Drove Me Wild", Tegan's voice is pitched up to sound unrecognizable, and the blandness of the music doesn't exactly inspire a wild vocal take-- it sounds like the music on an ad for Ibiza package holidays; "Love They Say" dies under slimy 90s production, bland acoustic verses, and a string of clichés about love ("true," "blind") that an actual teenager would probably balk at scrawling on a "Love is..." notelet.
At its best, however, Heartthrob brings the 32-year old siblings' more adult, romantic touch to a record that roundly avoids turning into any old generic, radio-friendly collection: "Love like ours is never fixed," Tegan sings on the classic piano pop of "I Was a Fool". It's hard to believe you could ever feel differently when you're a teenager crushing so hard you could cry at the injustice of your emotions going unrecognized. One of the strongest ideas Tegan and Sara give anyone who's ever plotted their identity by their music is the potential for change and transformation. For the unconverted, a temporary suspension of cynicism may be required.
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The Board of Supervisors authorized lot clean-ups and took action on citizen concerns at their March 18 meeting.
County code enforcer Jewelie Brown had previously presented a list of properties in need of attention. County attorney Andy Dulaney said public hearing notices had been mailed to the physical address of the properties, the address on file at the tax assessor's office or hand delivered by the Tunica County Sheriff's Department. No one had responded to the notices by Monday, except property owner Eddie Lee Cole, who was present at the hearing.
Dulaney said Cole was in the process of correcting issues on his property and no action was required on his lot.
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CSU swimming & diving vs. Northern Colorado
The Rams hosted their final meet of the 2014-15 season, beating the Bears and recognizing their five seniors. Photos by Dan Byers.
2013-14 (JUNIOR): Competed in the backstroke events, earning the team's third-fastest time of the season in the 200 Backstroke (2:03.81) and the fourth-best in the 100 Backstroke (57.89)... At the 2014 Mountain West Championships, finished 19th in the 200 Backstroke, 19th in the 100 Backstroke and 35th in the 100 Butterfly.
2012-13 (SOPHOMORE): Was one of the fastest backstrokers of the season for CSU... At the 2013 Mountain West Championships, she exceeded expectations in the 100 and 200 Backstroke, earning a lifetime-best time in the 200 Backstroke (2:00.24)... The time earned a 14th-place finish at the Championships and was the second-fastest of the season by a Ram, only trailing MW-record-holder Breann Fuller... Set a lifetime best in the 100 Backstroke (56.31), placing 18th at the Championships.
2011-12 (FRESHMAN): Held the Rams' third-fastest time of the season in the 100 (58.40) and 200 Backstroke events (2:05.47)... Both times were set at the 2012 Mountain West Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: Is a 2011 graduate of A.J. Dimond High School in Anchorage, Alaska... Earned letters all four years of high school... Was a captain during her senior season... As a sophomore, was part of a school-record time in the 200 Medley Relay (1:48.97)... Earned her team's Most Valuable and Most Inspirational awards as a sophomore in 2009-10... Also participated with the Northern Lights Swim Club.
PERSONAL: Born in Anchorage, Alaska... Daughter of Mike and Karen Hawkins...Has two younger sisters, Megan and Makenzie...Majoring in biological science.
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