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Opinion: On The Imminent Expulsion Of Julian Assange
According to WikiLeaks, Julian Assange will be expelled from the Ecuadorian embassy in London within "hours to days." Earlier today, WikiLeaks announced via Twitter: "A high level source within the Ecuadorian state has told WikiLeaks that Julian Assange will be expelled within "hours to days" using the #INAPapers offshore scandal as a pretext--and that it already has an agreement with the UK for his arrest." Ruptly has also related that WikiLeaks reports it has secondary confirmation regarding Assange expulsion from another "high level source."
Following the announcement, WikiLeaks Tweeted:
"This man is a son, a father, a brother. He has won dozens of journalism awards. He's been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize every year since 2010. Powerful actors, including CIA, are engaged in a sophisticated effort to dehumanise, delegitimize and imprison him. #ProtectJulian"
To catch readers up on the context of this breaking news, we note that Consortium News reported Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno's use of a domestic scandal as a hollow pretext to evict Assange from Ecuador's London Embassy, writing:
"Moreno has accused WikiLeaks of leaking documents allegedly implicating him and his family in a corruption scheme with a Panamanian investment firm, INA Investments Corp. WikiLeaks has denied being behind the leaks and no documents related to the scandal appear on its website. Moreno said the alleged leak by WikiLeaks is a breach in a "protocol" with Assange that allows him to remain in the London embassy in exchange for his public silence on all political matters. Assange has never agreed to the protocol. His social media accounts were shut down by Ecuador in March 2018."
It is also worth noting that the so-called "Protocol" forced on Assange without his consent has no legal legitimacy whatsoever, and never applied to the WikiLeaks Twitter account, which Assange has not been able to access for over a year. This is thanks to Lenin Moreno's unilateral decision to sever Assange's connection with the outside world, including internet access. Nonetheless, Moreno centers his accusations on the WikiLeaks' Twitter account, for merely observing the unfolding INA Papers scandal.
The reality of Assange's isolation also renders allegations that he "hacked" documents relating to Moreno, for which there is no evidence whatsoever, totally impossible. As the decision-maker who ordered the muzzling of Assange, Moreno knows better than anyone that his allegations have no basis in fact.
To summarize: the Ecuadorian claims against Assange are the definition of "fake news."
Additionally, the imposition of the "protocol" against Assange since 2018 has manifested as an ever-shifting set of goal-posts, as seen in the documentation of Assange's living conditions by Cassandra Fairbanks, following her recent visit to the Ecuadorian embassy. Fairbanks described Assange and his lawyer being ordered to submit to full-body scans and searches simply in order to be allowed to speak with a journalist. Fairbanks quoted Assange protesting his treatment, accusing the Ecuadorian ambassador of acting as an agent of the US government.
The inevitable US prosecution of Assange following his expulsion from the embassy will likely focus on WikiLeaks' publication of Manning-era documents. The recent imprisonment of Chelsea Manning for her refusal to cooperate with a secret grand jury convened to prosecute Assange and WikiLeaks corroborates this conclusion. This point is crucial to understand, as it defines the prosecution of Assange as retaliation for his groundbreaking documentation of war crimes, and not the events of 2016.
Why is this of massive significance to the press and the wider public? Former UK Ambassador Craig Murray cut straight to the heart of the matter, writing:
"The fundamental question is, should a journalist or publisher be locked up for life for publishing leaked documents showing war crimes? If the answer is yes, where is press freedom?"
If legacy news outlets cared about their ability to operate as anything other than mouthpieces of intelligence agencies and massive corporations, they would be raising almighty hell against the persecution of the greatest among them.
Instead, we have witnessed legacy press wage a propaganda war against Assange, vilifying him based on utterly fake news. We are watching the unfolding death of the concept of journalism, of Ecuador's sovereignty, and the public's hope for transparency.
Assange and WikiLeaks are standing before the US and UK military power structures for the sake of all of us, and especially those who consider themselves journalists. Unfortunately, those who have done the most to injure WikiLeaks amongst the press, are also the very people who have gained the most from Assange's sacrifices.
The word "journalist" no longer seems to apply to the establishment media. Instead, it is a class of talking heads, mute on this issue, revealing themselves in their silence as nothing other than sycophants baying at the knees of plutocrats.
Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges allegorized Assange's treatment, comparing it with the crucifixion of Christ. To extend that metaphor, Lenin Moreno can be likened to Judas Iscariot, selling Assange for 30 pieces of silver - or debt relief.
There seems to be no way to fully encapsulate the depth of betrayal of the global public that Assange's arrest would represent. No words can fully communicate the intentional reversals of truth used to tarnish Assange's reputation in the public arena from 2010 to the latest gas-lighting attempts by Lenin Moreno's government and Ecuador's state-backed media.
Independent journalist Caitlin Johnstone writes:
"If we allow them to imprison Julian Assange for practicing journalism, that's it. It's over. We might as well all stop caring what happens to the world and sit on our hands while the oligarchs drive us to ecological disaster, nuclear annihilation or Orwellian dystopia. If we, the many, don't have the spine to stand up against the few and say "No, we get to find out facts about you bastards and use it to inform our worldview, you don't get to criminalize that," then we certainly don't have the spine it will take to wrest control of this world away from the hands of sociopathic plutocrats and take our fate into our own hands."
Johnstone continued:
"The arrest of Julian Assange would be the fork in the road. It would be where we collectively decide as a species whether we want to survive into the future, and if we deserve to."
If Assange is successfully extradited and prosecuted, it will also mean that the US is willing to prosecute any journalist across the world who comments on international affairs, and yet, those who are not citizens of the United States will not be granted protections under the first amendment.
No matter your political persuasion, or your views on the events of 2016, If you value the right of the public to empower itself via truth and transparency, I implore you to raise your voice on behalf of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, in the place of a mute legacy press.
Do not allow Assange to go the way of the countless victims of the American deep state and its vengeance against truth-tellers. If we do not have a free press, we are no longer a free people.
Supporters are encouraged to gather in solidarity with Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and number 3, Hans Crescent, near the Knightsbridge Railway Station. Those who cannot travel to the embassy are encouraged to raise hell and their voices via every avenue of expression possible, using hashtags including but not limited to #ProtectJulian.
Crazy how for spreading the truth he gets treated like this, but this is the world that we live in. Speak up against government, the elite or the powerful people and they will try to shut you down. Where is the freedom of speech? It's so easy for the elites to give Assange or any independent journalist a bad name/reputation as they control the media and press and as most people believe what they see and read on TV/newspapers it's hard to change their opinion.
The tale of corruption and manipulation of power in Assange's case is nerve shattering. It's indeed saddening to see the events playout this way. Even though the public's support lies with Assange, the influence of people in power reigns high.


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"Let's cross to the other side," I say to Katie as we're walking down the street. "There's some 'talkers' at the corner."
And so we cross in the middle of the block, to the shady side of the street, to avoid the two kids in matching green outfits standing at the corner with clipboards, waiting to accost strangers in a shameless attempt to guilt the various monied walkers of Park Slope into donating to some relatively wary cause or other.
While we stand at the corner in a crowd waiting to cross the intersection to continue on our way unmolested, I wonder to myself what a traffic analyst would make of these two kids changing the pedestrian flow for blocks in either direction, as people like us crossed the streets to avoid talking to them.
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The hill, known as "The Maiden", towers to the left above the green and four bunkers ring this two-tiered green where picking the right club is critical, especially in windy conditions. Even though this hole is slightly longer than in the past, it is not a hole that scares many, though still deserves respect.
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15 years after resurrecting and refining Mother Earth News, Cheryl Long is retiring, and they are looking for a new editor-in-chief, as follows:
"Topeka, Kansas-based Ogden Publications is looking for an experienced professional with passion for, and knowledge of, all things sustainable to lead its flagship media brand, Mother Earth News into the future. Ideally this person will have first-hand experience as a sustainable lifestyle community member as well as an impeccable record of innovation and leadership in the publishing business – or other closely related media area. But don't let us define you too narrowly. If you have related experiences and the drive to lead a highly collaborative team devoted to creating and delivering the best, most relevant sustainable lifestyle content possible, we'd like to hear from you.
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I suspect that cross-referencing a list of 'construction/last major renovation' dates with a list of building code upgrade times could make for depressing reading.
sitting in one right now.
Of course an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 would destroy many new and old buildings in LA. I lived in LA for over 40 years, experienced many 6.0 and above quakes and most of the older concrete buildings (those on USC's campus and downtown LA like the Bradbury Building etc) withstood the shaking and quaking. The LA Times report, perhaps valid, may in fact engender more fear in an area where the residents are used to living through quakes with minor to no damage.
How about when a big earthquake hits NYC or Chicago?
"Expect > 6.0 once every ~670 years"
Quake damage seems to flow like water in a way. It doesn't effect every area equally or even in an obviously sensible way like in a radius around the epicenter. I suppose the waves are bouncing around underground depending on local densities and the like. Major area of damage can occur far from the center and can go through an area similar to a wild fire where some trees are burnt and other areas not. A building surviving an earthquake means nothing really. It may have been lucky so far.
When I worked for a while in a skyscraper in the financial district of downtown L.A., I was surprised that our emergency procedures both in the office and in my hotel were to evacuate to a "sanctuary floor", and then, if necessary, to the roof.
I always assumed that, upon emerging onto the roof, I would find a giant trebuchet prepared to hurl me gently into the sea.
I'l thank you not to mock our pain.
I think that was the one I felt in southwestern Ontario. Really freaky when you've never experienced an earthquake before.
WHEN not If…
It's really freaky EVERY DAMN TIME !
I'm apparently oblivious… I didn't notice it myself, and I've been in other mild tremors in California without being aware of it.
BB had just posted an article linking fracking to earthquakes like the day before that one occurred, and since the WV/KY border is full of gas taps it's the first thing I thought of.
I didn't feel that one. I felt the one where the chair fell over. It was really widespread as I recall and a different kind of earthquake. The kind where the ground is springing back up because the glaciers retreated.
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Google in the coming months will begin taking a cut from sales on its Apps Marketplace, where external developers currently pocket all revenue from sales of their applications.
Google, which launched the Apps Marketplace about six months ago, has said all along that it intends to charge developers a 20 per cent commission. However, the billing API (application programming interface) required isn't yet ready.
Google plans to release the API, which is based on the Google Checkout e-payment system, to U.S. developers in the last quarter of this year, and afterwards start to roll it out abroad, the company said Thursday, in its latest update about this topic.
Developers will have to start paying commissions three months after Google releases the API in the country where they are based, the company said.
In addition to being an e-store, the Marketplace is a technology platform designed to let developers integrate their applications in various ways with the Google Apps suite.
For example, Marketplace applications can be integrated with Google Apps to share a single sign-on and common user interface navigation, as well as to exchange and synchronize data.
In that way, the Marketplace has been conceived as a store that contains complementary, cloud-hosted applications and tools that have been pre-integrated with Google Apps.
The roughly 200 applications currently available in the Marketplace include CRM (customer relationship management), accounting and project management software.
Google has high ambitions for the Marketplace, which it hopes will eventually house what Google considers all the best cloud-based applications for businesses.


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So rather than run away from the U-word (toward what exactly?) I decided to embrace it, fully — and name the company UserLand. The idea caught on even if the company ultimately didn't make it.
The bottom line is how you treat them, how much respect you have for them — not what word you use to describe the people who use your product or service.
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Monday, 3 October 2016
The child maintenance campaign 'Bairns Come First - Fairness for Their Future' was launched on Friday 30th September at Carnegie Conference Centre, Dunfermline.
Fife Gingerbread, Citizens Advice and Rights Fife, One Parent Families Scotland, and Fife Law Centre are working in partnership on the campaign, designed to raise awareness of child maintenance changes and provide support and information to those who need it.
At the heart of the event was the unveiling of the Poverty Alliance research into child maintenance in Fife, which has been used to shape the campaign messages. Fiona McHardy, Research and Information Manager at the Poverty Alliance, said "This research shows that despite radical changes over the last few year, the system of child maintenance is still not working for many parents and children. Too many parents are still not receiving all these need to ensure that they give their children the best start. There are a number of practice and policy changes that can be introduced at the local and national levels to improve the experience of all parents. We hope this research will contribute to making these changes happen."
As well as Fiona launching her findings, Scottish Commissioner for Children and Young People Tam Baillie spoke at the event. Tam said "This report shines a light on an area which has been overlooked for too long. At present we have complex systems which make it difficult to ensure all families have access to the child maintenance they are entitled to expect. To improve the position, action is required by the UK Government, Scottish Government and local authorities. The sooner this issue is recognised and addressed the better for our children affected."
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Serendipitydodah for Moms is a private Facebook group for moms of lgbtq kids. This series will address common questions that often get asked by members of the group. For more information about the group email email@example.com
There are some common questions that we hear over and over from moms of lgbtq kids and one of those questions goes like this:
Should I tell my friend that my son is gay? my daughter is lesbian? my child is transgender?
Like many questions, there may not be one answer that is right for everyone, but, there is some conventional wisdom that can be very helpful as parents think through their own unique situations.
Because we live in a world where lgbtq people are still oppressed and marginalized, because we live in a world where lgbtq people are often bullied, because we live in a world where lgbtq people are known to be treated like second class citizens, because we live in a world where lgbtq people still receive the message that they are broken and need to be fixed due to their lgbtq status, because we live in a world where lgbtq people still don't have equal rights and protections, parents need to be extra thoughtful, considerate and careful about who they talk to about their child's lgbtq status until their children (no matter the age) are completely out.
My advice is:
Always check with your child if they are not completely out before sharing their lgbtq status with someone.
If a child is too young to be able to consider all the factors parents will have to make the decision independently of their children.
The younger the child the more careful parents may want to be about revealing their child's lgbtq status to others.
When your child is not completely out it is important to consider how well you know the people you want to confide in and how trustworthy you believe them to be.
Once your child is an adult and completely out you can decide for yourself who to tell.
I often hear people say it's not necessary to tell anyone because it is no one's business but I don't think that is the issue here. I think the issue is more complex than that.
Let me explain …
I have two kids – one straight and one gay. Over the years I have talked to other moms about who my straight son dated – something in a relationship that hurt him – who he had a crush on – who had a crush on him – who he wanted to go to prom with and other similar things. These were his business but they were things that were going on with my son at the time – they were things on my mind and on my heart because my son was on my mind and on my heart – sometimes I talked to other moms about these things because I was concerned and wanted to know how to best support my son, sometimes I talked to other moms because I was excited for my son, sometimes I talked about something because I thought it was cute and moms often share cute little things about their kids with one another. I'm pretty sure if I had asked my straight son if I could talk about any of these things with other moms he would have probably said no.
There are also other "personal and private" things parents talk to other parents about for regularly – a medical issue, a behavior issue, a problem with a friend, a problem at school – things our kids wouldn't have want us to share with anyone else. We don't talk about such things to violate their privacy – but because we are seeking wisdom, insight, support, and/or encouragement.
My point is that we often talk to other moms about confidential and private things about our kids. It is a normal part of parenting – probably even more normal for mothers than dads because women often tend to process verbally and it helps them to talk about stuff they care about and are dealing with – it helps moms be better moms to share their situations with one another and learn with one another and from one another – it helps moms be stronger and steadier, and more loving, kind and patient when they can get some things off of their chest and say them out loud to another mom … because motherhood is a significant bond that mothers share and it really does take a village to raise a child.
It's hard to be a good, smart, capable mom without depending on other moms, without having the freedom to share with and talk to other moms about things on our minds about our kids. And trying to keep our kid's sexual orientation a secret can limit us when it comes to having these normal interactions and those limitations can make being a mom a LOT more challenging and even limit our knowledge, wisdom and effectiveness when it comes to being a mom.
So, I see being able to talk about my gay son with the same amount of freedom that I talk about my straight son as progress.
Sometimes I hear people say they look forward to the day when they don't need to tell anyone their kid is lgbtq – but I don't see that as progress.
Instead, I look forward to the day when all of us can openly speak of our child's lgbtq status and not have to worry about it. I look forward to it being as normal to say "my son is gay" as it is to say "my son is left handed" or "my son has blue eyes" or "my son is an introvert"
When I hear people say "being gay doesn't define my child" or "my child is more than his sexual orientation or gender identity" or "I don't have to tell anyone my straight kid is straight so why should I have to tell them my gay son is gay" I hear defensive remarks that are a response to the kind of world we live in. Those remarks remind me that I look forward to the day when we don't have to say anything like that or think anything like that.
After all, the only reason we don't have to tell anyone our straight kid is straight is because we live in a world where being straight has been the default. We don't have to tell anyone our straight kid is straight because we have been living in a world where anything other than straight has been erased, pushed to the margins, kept hidden. If nothing is said people assume that someone is straight and that can feel like erasure and disregard to lgbtq people.
Of course, people are more than their sexual orientation or gender identity, and, of course, there are many things that define us as human beings. But, our sexual orientation and gender identity are important elements of who we are. They are elements of ourselves that can impact our opinions and perspectives, how we engage with the world around us, what we are interested in, our comfort zones. Our sexual orientation and gender identity exist in the core of who we are. I would argue they are more important than many other things that we readily admit define us. I would argue that our sexual orientation and gender identity are among the few things that are central to who we are.
This is the time of year when lgbtq people and those who stand with them and support them are preparing to participate in Pride parades and celebrations.
Pride parades and celebrations are a response to a world that wants to erase the existence of lgbtq people, a world that wants lgbtq people to keep quiet about their lgbtq status, a world that wants lgbtq people to hide their status, a world that wants to diminish the significance of being lgbtq.
It's very common for conservative Christians who support conversion therapy to tell lgbt people that they should not think of themselves as "being gay" – they often use phrases such as "attracted to someone of the same sex" or "struggling with same sex attraction"
That way of thinking and speaking is rooted in shame. The idea that people should not identify as lgbtq or make it a main part of their identity are ideas that have grown out of anti-lgbtq belief systems. They are ideas that cause lgbtq people to feel shame and self loathing regarding their lgbtq status.
Pride parades are a protest against those kinds of ideas.
Pride parades are lgbt people saying "I am gay, I am proud of it, it is a part of who I am, it is an important part of who I am, I am not going to be ashamed about it, it matters, I am not going to hide it, I am not going to apologize about it, I am going to declare it, I am going to say it out loud, I am going to own it, I am going to flaunt it, it is a big part of who I am."
As beautiful as I think that is – to see lgbtq people let go and fully embrace their sexual orientation and gender identity with no apology, with no downplaying, with no shame – I look forward to the day when Pride parades are no longer necessary, I look forward when it will be normal for people to share they are lgbtq, when it will be normal for parents to share that their kid is lgbtq, but no longer necessary to have a parade about it, no longer necessary for us to be careful about who we tell …
But, for now we DO live in a world where Pride parades are necessary.
For now, we DO live in a world where we have to worry about people's reactions towards our lgbt children.
There is still a lot of work to do and the work that needs to be done will surely not be completed in our lifetime.
So – we have to be careful and thoughtful – especially if our kid is not completely out.
Moms share confidential things and stuff that is no one else's business all the time when they are close with each other – it is normal and good and helpful.
But, because we still live in a world where lgbtq people are still oppressed and marginalized, because we still live in a world where lgbtq people are often bullied, because we still live in a world where lgbtq people are often treated like second class citizens, because we still live in a world where lgbtq people still receive the message that they are broken and need to be fixed, we have to be extra thoughtful, considerate and careful about who we talk to about our kids lgbtq status until they are completely out.
Not because it isn't anyone's business – but because we still live in a world where it isn't always safe to be lgbtq.
Serendipitydodah for Moms is a private Facebook group for moms of lgbtq kids. Our official motto is "We Are Better Together" and our nickname is "Mama Bears"
The group is private so only members can see who is in the group and what is posted in the group. It was started in June 2014 and as of November 2018 has more than 3,700 members. For more info about the private facebook group email firstname.lastname@example.com


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Record growth
The American solar industry is enjoying an era of record-breaking growth. Last year saw more growth in new solar generation—12.5 GW—and jobs—51,000—than any year on record. Thanks to cost declines, more and more homeowners are now opting to purchase the panels outright instead of taking the more common approach and leasing them. The typical payoff period for new solar today is only five to seven years.
This growth in solar is fueled by many factors in addition to declining costs: technological improvements, greater consumer awareness, increased demand among residential, commercial and utility customers, and a favorable legislative and regulatory environment. This includes the recent extension of the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) at the federal level as well as pro-solar Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing in a majority of states. Best of all, the industry is showing little sign of slowing down; growth is projected to be even higher in 2017.
Despite the great story solar has to tell, the industry faces challenges. Coal and other fossil fuel interests, from corporate shareholders to workers extracting the resources, view renewables as an existential threat to their industry. As a result, large fossil fuel companies and labor groups alike are pushing back. And though some utilities fall somewhere on the spectrum between accepting and embracing solar, the national trade association representing investor-owned utilities (IOUs) is doubling down on coal.
This organized opposition from fossil fuel-reliant labor, corporations and utilities has led some states to take direct action against solar and other renewables. Two notable examples include Nevada and Oklahoma:
- Nevada slammed the brakes on its solar industry in late 2015 when its Public Utilities Commission did away with net metering, which had allowed solar customers to receive retail-rate financial credits for excess electricity they sent to the grid. (The PUC moderated its position last year and grandfathered in net metering for existing customers, but Nevada still prohibits net metering for new solar installations.)
- Oklahoma overwhelmingly adopted a bill in 2014 to levy a surcharge on distributed solar and wind. Proponents argued the surcharge made up for these customers' avoided costs for grid connection and usage, but it was derided nationally as a "sun tax."
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Other groups don't fall neatly into either the supporters' or opponents' camp. The Independent System Operators (ISOs), which don't generate electricity but rather manage its transmission, are wary as they navigate an uncertain future shaped by dramatic growth in distributed generation. To the extent that religion shapes Americans' views on energy, the Southern Baptist Convention—America's second largest denomination—has taken a formal position "to reject government-mandated reductions in greenhouse gas emissions." And even as solar is becoming the new normal, far too many Americans still perceive it more as an upper-middle class alternative for liberal, tree-hugging, latte-drinkers than as part of the mainstream.
Solar clearly has an acceptance gap it still needs to close. Fortunately, selling solar is not like selling snake oil—solar truly is a commercially viable and affordable source of reliable, clean energy. These very strengths suggest pathways forward to seek common ground and expand alliances across the political spectrum.
Commercial solar
Collectively, the top 25 corporate solar users have installed over a gigawatt of capacity nationwide, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, or SEIA. These commercial leaders are household names such as Target, Wal-Mart, Costco and Kohl's. However, despite these headliners, the commercial and industrial solar market is lagging. According to joint research by SEIA and GTM Research, since 2014 this market has ranked third behind the utility-scale and residential markets as measured by total megawatts installed.
Why is this market relatively undeveloped? I believe a big reason is lack of knowledge. The chief financial concern of most commercial property owners is not climate change or how to manage the energy transition. It's the bottom line of how they are going to cover their expenses. And even setting aside all the social and environmental benefits of solar, the bottom line is where solar truly shines. Because solar's cost decline has happened so rapidly, many commercial property owners who could benefit from it are simply unaware how affordable it is.
Last month I had a conversation with a commercial property owner and investor who has been in commercial real estate for decades. We were discussing a few of his projects, and when I asked if he had considered installing solar, he said he'd looked into it several years ago, but it hadn't been worth it. He was knowledgeable enough to cite numbers about the cost per watt installed; the problem was his numbers were out of date. And even though his information was only five or six years old, the intervening years have made all the difference.
Solar is now cost-competitive with any other form of power. Last year the Berkeley National Lab reported the price of non-residential solar had declined to between $2.50-$3.50 per watt installed. This represents a 30% to 50% decline over the past six years. As a result, solar has finally achieved widespread financial viability. The big challenge now is simply getting the word out. This is where reaching outside of the solar community to carry the right message to the right audience can have a big impact. Events such as the International Council of Shopping Centers' annual RECon in Las Vegas—billed as "the world's largest real estate convention"—and Building Operating Management's NFMT—billed as "the largest free conference and product expo for facilities professionals"—are two such opportunities to reach real estate professionals who aren't solar advocates but who would be receptive to the right message.
Back to my commercial real estate friend: a week or two after our conversation he called me back and left a message. He had looked into solar some more, agreed that it now appeared viable at least on paper, and was going to contact a commercial installer to pursue it further.
Low and moderate income households
One of the knocks against solar is that many of the low and moderate income (LMI) households who would benefit the most from solar are unable to take advantage of it. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, LMI households comprise 40% of the U.S. population but only 5% of all solar customers. A major reason is LMI households are more likely to be renters compared to the rest of the population. As a result, they lack the legal authority to buy or lease rooftop solar, and they are also unable to benefit from any solar property tax credits. Lack of credit history and poor credit are often additional obstacles to accessing financing.
Community solar is a way for LMI households and others who cannot connect their own solar to still receive the benefits of solar energy. It achieves this by allowing users to subscribe to a nearby community solar installation, typically in the 2 to 5 MW range. Virtual net metering allows subscribers to pay for the energy they consume and to receive credit for any portion of their energy allotment they conserve.
Though still in its relative infancy compared to the other solar markets, a recent report by GTM Research concludes community solar is becoming "increasingly mainstream." Social entrepreneurs in both urban America—e.g. DC SUN—and rural America—e.g. Solar Holler—are sprouting up and investing their money, time and effort to find suitable sites and to educate and sign up customers. The DOE recently launched Solar In Your Community, a $5 million contest "to support innovative and replicable community-based solar business models and programs that will bring solar to underserved communities." So far, it appears the initiative will move forward even despite the uncertain future for DOE initiatives in the Trump administration.
This broad range of activity around community solar, from government incentives to low-income champions to plain old solar entrepreneurs seeking untapped markets, has led GTM Research to label community solar the "next largest solar growth market" in the U.S.
The Faith community
All major religions call for respecting and protecting our world. In terms of how, though, the Southern Baptist Convention is a notable exception to the rule in taking a position against "dangerous" regulation of CO2 emissions, as noted earlier. On the other hand, most other major faith traditions clearly accept that human activity is a cause of climate change, and call for aggressive action to address it. Below are just four:
- Pope Francis pointedly and clearly warned about the harmful effects of fossil fuels and carbon emissions in his 2015 Second Encyclical. In it he criticized measures he saw as insufficient such as carbon credit trading, and instead advocated for "a new and universal solidarity" to effect "the radical change which present circumstances require."
- In its 2016 Resolution, A Call for Stewardship and Justice, the United Methodist Church advocates "reducing emissions that contribute to ozone depletion… and climate change" and "a shift toward cleaner, renewable sources of energy."
- The 2015 Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change clearly affirms "the present climate change catastrophe" is caused by human activity, and calls on all nations to "phase out greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible" and "commit themselves to 100% renewable energy."
- More than 400 Rabbis spanning the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox branches of Judaism signed a 2015 Rabbinic Letter on the Climate Crisis. The Letter links the "extreme extraction of fossil fuels" to climate change and specifically cites oil drilling, coal burning, and fracking for gas as "overworking the earth." The Rabbis call for a shift away from "deadly" carbon-burning to a swift deployment of solar, wind and other renewables.
Many like-minded religious leaders have been pursuing tangible solutions to address their climate concerns. Some have built bridges across denominations to form groups such as GreenFaith based in New Jersey and Interfaith Power & Light based in San Francisco. The driving force behind these efforts is, as IPL describes it, to bring "the voice of the faith community into the policy-making arena." Whether encouraging energy conservation by turning off lights in places of worship, or flexing their political muscle by lobbying legislators, organizations like these understand the power of transforming principles of faith into political activity.
Electric industry stakeholders
As mentioned earlier, many labor groups view solar as an existential threat to their industry. It's not surprising when one considers the staggering job loss in the coal mining sector. It peaked almost a century ago, employing 863,000 Americans in 1923. By 2011 it had dropped to 143,000 and has continued to fall every year since. Last year only 81,000 Americans were employed as coal miners.
By contrast, solar employment has been growing like crazy. The 50,000 new solar jobs added last year equate to an annual growth rate of 25 percent. In fact, one in every 50 new jobs created last year was in the solar industry. The problem is this solar job growth has not been geographically balanced, and has failed to reach some of the regions still reeling from the loss of coal jobs.
Colorado and West Virginia, for instance, tell a tale of two states. In Colorado, the growing solar industry now employs close to twice as many workers as the coal, gas and oil industries combined. Coloradans have real reason to be optimistic about finding employment in the solar industry. On the other hand, in West Virginia only a relative handful of new solar jobs have materialized. Coal mining, even after all the job losses, still employs almost five times as many West Virginians as solar. It's no wonder coal country takes such a dim view of solar. They must bear the double indignity of losing their jobs and then seeing all these new solar jobs blossom across the rest of the country instead.
It goes without saying there are no easy or quick solutions to the seismic economic shifts rocking coal families. Still, there are some paths forward. Local companies such as Coalfield Development Corporation and Solar Holler work to bring clean energy jobs to Appalachia and to retrain former coal miners to do the work. These groups demonstrate that solar doesn't need to be the enemy of coal workers; it can be an employment lifeline.
Politically, the labor movement is not monolithic. Its broad umbrella covers pro-coal unions such as the United Mine Workers as well as unions more receptive to solar such as the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). For these unions, solar can be a source of good jobs. A distribution line is still a distribution line regardless of whether the electricity it carries comes from coal or the sun. As Joe Uehlein, founder of the Labor Network for Sustainability, said, "We (Labor) have a lot to gain by becoming a part of the solution to this climate crisis and to become a central player in the movement to build a sustainable future for the planet and its people."
And when it comes to jobs and infrastructure, unusual political bedfellows can sometimes find common ground. Just this week, a diverse group of more than 40 energy, labor and utility organizations sent a letter to Congressional leaders to advocate for the expansion and upgrade of the nation's electrical transmission infrastructure. Although these groups "are seldom in full agreement with regard to energy policy," they spoke with a unified voice about the need to invest in a resilient, 21st century electric grid.
Looking forward
The nation's electric system is in the midst of a clean energy revolution that is rapidly and fundamentally transforming how electricity is generated, delivered and sold. To the extent this change is producing winners and losers, solar is by any measure a big winner. But despite its dramatic expansion, solar still holds tremendous untapped potential. Markets such as the commercial/industrial sector and low-to-moderate income households remain ripe for significant growth. Strategic partnerships, such as with faith leaders, can be strengthened. And even historically adversarial relationships such as with some labor groups can be repositioned to find common ground.
After last year's unusual presidential campaign and this year's even more unorthodox start to the Trump administration, few things seem outside the realm of possibility any more. Even liberal, tree-hugging latte-drinkers and far-right libertarians might have more in common than they think. After all, what's more libertarian than generating one's own power and untethering oneself from a state-regulated utility monopoly? Stranger bedfellows have there been.


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Carl Wilhelm Scheele (9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786) was a tartaric, oxalic, uric, lactic, and citric, as well as hydrofluoric, hydrocyanic, and arsenic acids.[1] He preferred speaking German to Swedish his whole life, and German was commonly spoken among Swedish pharmacists.[2]
Scheele was born in Stralsund, in western Pomerania, which was at the time part of Sweden. Scheele's father Joachim (or Johann) Christian Scheele, was a grain dealer and brewer from a respected German family. His mother was Margaretha Eleanore Warnekros.
Friends of his parents taught him the art of reading prescriptions and the meaning of chemical and pharmaceutical signs.[3] Then in 1757, at age fourteen, Carl was sent to phlogiston theory). Much of his later theoretical speculations were based upon Stahl.[3]
In 1765 he worked under the progressive and well informed apothecary, C. M. Kjellström in Malmö, and became acquainted with Anders Jahan Retzius, a lecturer at the University of Lund and later a professor of chemistry at Stockholm. Scheele arrived in Stockholm some time between 1767 and 1769 and worked as a pharmacist. During this period, he discovered tartaric acid, and with his friend Retzius, studied the relation of quicklime to calcium carbonate. While in the capital, he also became acquainted with many luminaries, such as Abraham Bäck, Peter Jonas Bergius, Bengt Bergius and Carl Friedreich von Schultzenheim.
In the fall of 1770 he became director of the laboratory of the great pharmacy of Locke, at Uppsala (about 40 miles north of Stockholm). The laboratory supplied chemicals to professor of chemistry Torbern Bergman, and a friendship developed after Scheele analyzed a reaction which Bergman and his assistant Johan Gottlieb Gahn could not resolve. The reaction was between melted saltpetre and acetic acid, producing a red vapor. Further study of this reaction later led to Scheele's discovery of oxygen (see "The theory of phlogiston" below). Based upon this friendship and respect, Scheele was given free use of Bergman's laboratory, both men profiting from their working relationship. In 1774 Scheele was nominated by Peter Jonas Bergius to be a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and was elected February 4, 1775. In 1775 he also managed a pharmacy for a short time in Köping, and between the end of 1776 and the beginning of 1777, established his own business there.
On October 29, 1777, he took his seat for the first and only time at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences, and on November 11 he passed the examination as apothecary before the Royal Medical College, with highest honors. After his return to Köping he devoted himself, outside of his business, to scientific researches resulting in a long series of important papers.[3]
By the time he was a teenager, Scheele had learned the dominant theory of gases in the 1770s, the phlogiston theory. Phlogiston, classified as "matter of fire", was supposed to be released from any burning material, and when it was exhausted, combustion would stop. When Scheele discovered oxygen, he called it "fire air" because it supported combustion, but he explained oxygen using phlogistical terms because he did not believe that his discovery disproved the phlogiston theory.
Before Scheele made his discovery of oxygen, he studied air. Air was thought to be an element that made up the environment in which chemical reactions took place but did not interfere with the reactions. Scheele's investigation of air enabled him to conclude that air was a mixture of "fire air" and "foul air;" in other words, a mixture of two gases. He performed numerous experiments in which he burned substances such as saltpeter (potassium nitrate), manganese dioxide, heavy metal nitrates, silver carbonate and mercuric oxide. In all of these experiments, he isolated gas with the same properties: his "fire air," which he believed combined with phlogiston in materials to be released during heat-releasing reactions.
However, his first publication, Chemische Abhandlung von der Luft und dem Feuer, was delivered to the printer Swederus in 1775, but not published until 1777, at which time both Joseph Priestley and Lavoisier had already published their experimental data and conclusions concerning oxygen and the phlogiston theory. The first English edition, Chemical Observation and Experiments on Air and Fire was published in 1780, with an introduction "Chemical Treatise on Air and Fire".[4]
Historians of science no longer question the role of Carl Scheele in the overturning of the phlogiston theory, although Scheele himself never discarded the theory. It is generally accepted that he was the first to discover oxygen, among a number of prominent scientists (namely his esteemed colleagues Antoine Lavoisier, Joseph Black, and Joseph Priestley).
In fact, it was determined that Scheele made the discovery three years prior to Priestley and at least several before Lavoisier. Joseph Priestley relied heavily on Scheele's work, perhaps so much so that he would not have made the discovery of oxygen on his own. Correspondence between Lavoisier and Scheele indicate that Scheele achieved interesting results without the advanced laboratory equipment to which Lavoisier was accustomed. Through the studies of Lavoisier, Joseph Priestley, Scheele, and others, chemistry was made a standardized field with consistent procedures. Although Scheele was unable to grasp the significance of his discovery of oxygen, his work was essential for the invalidation of the long-held theory of phlogiston.
Scheele's study of the gas not yet named oxygen was prompted by a complaint by Torbern Olof Bergman a professor at Upsala University who would eventually become Scheele's friend. Bergman informed Scheele that the saltpeter he had purchased from Scheele's employer, after long heating, produced red vapors (now known to be nitrogen dioxide) when it came into contact with acetic acid. Scheele's quick explanation was that the saltpeter had absorbed phlogiston with the heat (had been reduced to nitrite, in modern terms) and gave off a new phlogisticated gas as an active principle when combined with an acid (even a weak acid).
Bergman next suggested that Scheele analyze the properties of manganese dioxide. It was through his studies of manganese dioxide that Scheele developed his concept of "fire air" (his name for oxygen). He ultimately obtained oxygen by heating mercuric oxide, silver carbonate, magnesium nitrate, and other nitrate salts. Scheele wrote about his findings to Lavoisier who was able to see the significance of the results.
Although Scheele would always believe in some form of the phlogiston theory, his work reduced phlogiston to an unusually simple form, complicated only by the fact that chemists of Scheele's day still believed that light and heat were elements and were to be found in combination with them. Thus, Scheele assumed that hydrogen was composed of phlogiston (a reducing principle lost when objects were burned) plus heat. Scheele speculated that his fire air or oxygen (which he found the active part of air, estimating it to compose one quarter of air) combined with the phlogiston in objects to produce either light or heat (light and heat were presumed to be composed of differing proportions of phlogiston and oxygen).
When other chemists later showed water is produced when burning hydrogen and that rusting of metals added weight to them and that passing water over hot iron gave hydrogen, Scheele modified his theory to suggest that oxygen was the salt (or "saline principle" of water), and that when added to iron, water was reproduced, which added weight to the iron as rust.
In addition to his joint recognition for the discovery of oxygen, Scheele is argued to have been the first to discover other chemical elements such as barium (1774),[5] manganese (1774),[6] molybdenum (1778),[7] and tungsten (1781),[8] as well as several chemical compounds, including citric acid,[9] lactic acid,[10] glycerol,[11] hydrogen cyanide (also known, in aqueous solution, as prussic acid),[12] hydrogen fluoride,[13] and hydrogen sulfide (1777).[14] In addition, he discovered a process similar to pasteurization, along with a means of mass-producing phosphorus (1769), leading Sweden to become one of the world's leading producers of matches.
Scheele made one other very important scientific discovery in 1774, arguably more revolutionary than his isolation of oxygen. He identified lime, silica, and iron in a specimen of pyrolusite (impure manganese dioxide) given to him by his friend, Johann Gottlieb Gahn, but could not identify an additional component (this was the manganese, which Scheele recognized was present as a new element, but could not isolate). When he treated the pyrolusite with hydrochloric acid over a warm sand bath, a yellow-green gas with a strong odor was produced.[15] He found that the gas sank to the bottom of an open bottle and was denser than ordinary air. He also noted that the gas was not soluble in water. It turned corks a yellow color and removed all color from wet, blue litmus paper and some flowers. He called this gas with bleaching abilities, "dephlogisticated muriatic acid" (dephlogisticated hydrochloric acid, or oxidized hydrochloric acid). Eventually, Sir Humphry Davy named the gas chlorine.
Chlorine's bleaching properties were eventually turned into an industry by Berzelius, and became the foundation of a second industry of disinfection and deodorization of putrified tissue and wounds (including wounds in living humans) in the hands of Labarraque, by 1824.
In the fall of 1785, Scheele began to suffer from symptoms described as kidney disease. In early 1786, he also contracted a disease of the skin, which, combined with kidney problems, so enfeebled him that he could foresee an early death. With this in mind, he married the widow of his predecessor,[3] Pohl, two days before he died, so that he could pass undisputed title to his pharmacy and his possessions to her.
While Scheele's experiments generated substances which have long since been found to be hazardous, the compounds and elements he used to start his experiments were dangerous to begin with, especially heavy metals. Scheele had a bad habit of sniffing and tasting any new substances he discovered.[16] Cumulative exposure to arsenic, mercury, lead, their compounds, and perhaps hydrofluoric acid which he had discovered, and other substances took their toll on Scheele, who died at the early age of 43, on 21 May 1786, at his home in Köping. Doctors said that he died of mercury poisoning .
All of the following papers were published by Scheele within a span of fifteen years.[3]
Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Helium, Sulfur, Fluorine
Technetium, Year, Chromium, Tungsten, Niobium
Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Carbon
Quantum mechanics, Hydrogen, Periodic table, Physics, Biology
Oxygen, Fluorine, Argon, Nitrogen, Sulfur
Lanthanum, Ytterbium, Periodic table, Humphry Davy, Carl Gustaf Mosander
Oxygen, Determinism, Royal Society, Unitarianism, Metaphysics


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By Pastor Kathy Itzin
Recently, during a church service, we read the story of the disciples in a boat on the stormy seas. (Matthew 15: 22-33) In doing my sermon research, I discovered that a ship or boat is a very ancient symbol for the Christian Church. Going back even as far as the second century, Jesus' followers used it as code at a time when it was illegal to be a Christian. It was even used to mark graves in the catacombs.
Why do we care? What difference does it make?
The deeper I dug into this image, the more I think it speaks to us.
First and foremost, none of the crew joins on their own. They are picked out, and hired by the captain. In the scriptures, the idea of 'my deciding to join a church' is never addressed. I doubt if the concept was ever considered. In the scriptures, we are chosen by God, not the other way around. "You have not chosen me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last…" (John 15: 16)
In the story of Jesus calming the seas, "he made the disciples get into a boat and go on ahead to the other side." (Matthew 14: 22) Not only does Jesus tell them to get in the boat, but he also says they have to sail or row to the other side of the lake at night, when a bad storm is approaching. This clearly is not a pleasure cruise.
This story tells us a lot, if we think of the Church as a ship. We are chosen for it. We are told to get on board. Then we are pushed off into stormy seas. The stormy seas could be happening in our personal lives, or in this phase of our life as a church. Maybe it's involving the whole Christian Church, or we could think of our own Parkway. The perilous seas can be all around us, and we could be afraid.
Here's where more of that ship image comes into play. We're not in the ship by ourselves. We are surrounded by other good-hearted people just like us, people that want the same things in life, and people trying their best to follow Jesus' Way. We can ask each other for help. We support each other. We all have different jobs to do, and we bring different personalities to meet other's needs.
But by far, the most important thing is that Jesus came when they needed him, and it wasn't just Jesus. Raging waters had always been a symbol of uncontrollable chaos, fear, and death. In the Creation story, God creates land to hem in the uncontrollable waters. In the story of Noah's Ark, waters threatened all life. In the Exodus story, the Red Sea closed back on the Egyptians when they were trying to take the Hebrews captive, and the Egyptians drowned. For these Jewish men in Jesus' time, it was very clear that only God could control the waters.
Then, when the boat was threatened with the raging water, Jesus came walking on the waves. He not only controlled them, he stepped on them. He crushed evil underfoot.
We can worry about the stormy seas in our lives. We can be concerned about the future of our church. We can even be afraid of what will happen to us. But, we also know that we are in the boat together, and that God has the ship well in hand.


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The American Medical Association closely tracks the activities of physicians from medical school to death. In its Physician Masterfile, the AMA merges all of the information it has ever collected about physicians and the medical care they provide.
The AMA began compiling physician data in 1906—the Physician Masterfile is now more than a century old and includes records for approximately 900,000 physicians, about two thirds of whom are not AMA members. Physician records are never removed from the AMA Physician Masterfile, even in the case of a physician's death.
The results of a Kaiser Family Foundation research study showed that only 60% of physicians were aware that the American Medical Association is selling their information through the AMA Physician Masterfile Database, but 74% of physicians were opposed to the practice once they were so informed.
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According to Dr. Robert Musacchio, PhD, the AMA's Senior Vice President of Publishing and Business Services, "Our goal is to have 60% of the physicians aware of the program at the end of 2007 and shoot for 100% by the end of 2008, which is probably an unrealistic goal…We're doing everything possible to make physicians aware of this, and so far there has been a higher level of awareness than I thought there would be, but a much lower response in terms of people actually opting out." In 2002, sales of licenses to the American Medical Association's (AMA) Physician Masterfile generated $20 million in revenue for the organization. By 2007, sales of the AMA Physician Masterfile had reached $40 million per year.
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California Town Becomes Tense Immigration Battleground
As Americans celebrated Independence Day across the country, demonstrators for and against immigration prepared for another showdown in southern California.
This week, the small town of Murrieta about 80 miles from the U.S.-Mexican border has turned into a battleground over immigration with raucous protesters blocking buses carrying undocumented children en route to a U.S. Border Patrol processing center in town.
About 120 protesters came to Murrieta on Friday morning, with about one third opposing immigration and about two thirds supporting the immigrants. There has been no violence yet, according to the Associated Press — just a lot of shouting back and forth amid a heavy police presence. Murrieta has a population of about 107,000.
Sizable police presence as migrant buses expected to arrive this hour in #Murrieta #cnn pic.twitter.com/hfOxEVs4fH
— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) July 4, 2014
Earlier in the week, anti-immigration protesters managed to block busses carrying migrant children from entering town. More buses with children were expected Friday.
Immigration protest in murrieta today. Both sides waiting to see if unauthorized families sent here today pic.twitter.com/5xIebyhYK8
— Teri Figueroa (@TeriFigueroaUT) July 4, 2014
Anti-immigration foes say they want US laws enforced, spending July 4 in #murrieta as migrants expected to arrive pic.twitter.com/EAfHPPRCeb
— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) July 4, 2014
On Friday, some demonstrators carried placards saying, "Stop Illegal Immigration" while others help up signs saying: "No human is illegal" and "No white supremacy."
pic.twitter.com/2vaSDzxiTG #Murietta This is a good thing! #ImmigrationCrisis #4thofJuly #America #USA
— Aggie from Cali (@FerrerAgnes) July 4, 2014
Fleeing violence in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, thousands of migrants have come to the U.S. border in recent months.
Since October, more than 52,000 unaccompanied children have been detained. Because many have come to the border in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, authorities have transported immigrants to other parts of the country to be processed.
The influx has inflamed an already emotional debate about immigration in a country of immigrants.
According to U.S. Census data, there is a higher proportion of 'white' residents in Murrieta compared to the rest of California, with almost 56% identifying themselves as 'white alone, not Hispanic or Latino' on census forms compared to 40% in the rest of the state.
But, as CNN pointed out in its report, the town was originally named after a Spanish immigrant whose family set up a sheep ranch there in 1873.


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Bale - Meaning of Bale
What does Bale mean?
[ 2 syll. ba-le, bal-e ] The baby boy name Bale is pronounced as BAA-Leh- †. Bale's language of origin is Old Greek and it is predominantly used in French. Bale is a form of the Arabic, Czech, English, French, and German Basil.
See also the related categories, greek and french.
Bale is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.
Baby names that sound like Bale include Bailea, Bailee (English), Baileigh (English), Bailey (English and German), Baili, Bailie (English), Baillee, Bailley, Bailli, Baillie (English), Bailly, Bailou, Baily (English), Bailye, Bala (Indian), Baley, Bali (Indian), Ballou (English), Bally, and Balu (Indian).
† English pronunciation for Bale: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"
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With Cocktail Night and Production Castings right around the corner (checkout our key dates page), we present some friendly advice for those wishing to give it a shot.
Cocktail Night Castings:
Here's the advice:
Cocktail Night Castings:
- Week 3 (18/3 - 24/3)
- Week 9 (29/4 - 5/5)
Here's the advice:
With the stress of casting, it can be easy to forget the real reason we all dance.
- Practice. Makes perfect.
Practice at least 40 hours a day :) and you should be fine. It could also help to film yourself too. Oftentimes what you think you look like can be very different to what you actually look like can be very different what the choreographer wants you to look like. Phew....
- Listen to the choreographer.
If the choreographer has priorities, you should prioritise them too. This could include expression, timing, technique, commitment. What the choreographer wants should be your areas of focus.
- Ask the choreographer questions.
Remember the choreographer isn't just there to cast people for a piece, but also to develop and improve your dancing skills in the long term. Asking questions also gives a good impression, as it's a good indicator of your willingness to improve.
- Ask other people questions.
This can be good to get a different perspective or insight on a certain dance move or technique. You might just even make a friend.
This rule is even more important than advice no. 1
- Stay healthy.
This includes diet, sleep, dancing, exercise, meditation, stretches, dancing, etc... It's amazing how all these factors can contribute towards a healthy body and mind, both of which are necessary to perform when it counts.
- You may feel a little frustrated or a bit hurt, but it's OK, I promise. Take this as an learning experience and an opportunity to grow. Imagine how difficult it was for the choreographer to decide who to cast and who not to cast, especially if there are lots of people auditioning.
- Ask for feedback. You can't go wrong with this one.
- There are plenty of other opportunities throughout the semester and year, including our new-to-2019 Mid Year Showcase (takes place mid-year, stay tuned for details).
- I'm still proud of you. Auditions are not easy.


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Beef cheeks have become wildly popular lately we now know why. They are an cheap, economical cut of meat that's still huge on flavour and
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Chicken Vadouvan curry- french inspired curry
The French who colonized the Pondicherry area of eastern India took a liking to the local flavours and made this version their own. A larger-than-usual
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Spaghetti meatballs is always a family favorite, using pork or turkey makes a pleasant change. This recipe originates from french cuisine using spices such as
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Lamb Pot Pie with a classic twist
A hearty home made pie is definitely one of the best comfort foods. The golden flaky pastry looks and tastes amazing but is actually very
Cream of celeriac soup with vadouvan spices
Earthy sweet and delicious this hearty soup is perfect for winter . There are many possible variations of this soup so you will never get
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One of The Lyric's Saturday shows in the Lyric Studio for very young children (from 3 months) through to 6 year-olds
A tiny boat, a little lost man and the great wide ocean — how can he get home? And why does that fish keep biting him on the bottom? Singing whales, acrobatic dolphins and lots of deep-sea creatures swim to the surface in this aquatic adventure from the makers of the sell-out Dragon's Teeth and Other Tales. Featuring puppetry, animation, live-music and the odd squirt of water.
Across the Deep Blue Sea
Created by Stuff and Nonsense Theatre
11am, 1pm / 50 mins
Ages 5+
Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Square, King St, London W6 0QL
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Malaysian budget airline Air Asia has announced the opening of the world's first
global budget airline in July. Air Asia X flights from Kuala Lumpur to London will
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Doing what I normally do when leading up to Gambler Tuesday, I search around Twitter looking for people talking about "The Gambler." One day, a couple weeks back, I came across this twoot:
I thought to myself, "Self, this seems really interesting. You should click on it."
So I did.
What I found was nothing short of magic. It's a parody of "The Gambler" from the perspective of a commuting code monkey. Here's a small sample:
Now every coder knows that the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
Cause every lines a keeper and every line is buggy,
And the best that you can hope for is to manage project creep.
I would love to hear somebody cover this. It's just absolutely brilliant.
Do you hear that? Do your ears deceive you?
Oh, yes that's a new cover of "The Gambler" by Seattle musician Jim Santanella who was kind enough to send it our way and let us feature it in the playlist. I gotta tell you, in the few years I've done this, this might be the best Gambler Tuesday ever.
Not only did Jim gives us this great cover, he also answered a few burning questions.
Who are you? Where are you from and what's your musical background?
My name is Jim Santanella and I am a singer-songwriter originally from the New York/New Jersey area. I moved to Seattle from New York City in 2000 and continue to call the Pacific Northwest home. I have released three albums, as well as "The Gambler" single, independently on my Squatter Records label.
What drew you to covering "The Gambler"?
I was always drawn to "The Gambler" as a kid because my parents were playing that Kenny Rogers album constantly throughout our house in NJ and still have their original LP in my record collection. (I toyed with the idea of replicating the cover with a modern day photo shoot for my version.) But I really ended up recording it because "The Gambler" popped in my head while I was checking out my friend Perry Morgan's band, Blue Spark, play at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard (a Seattle neighborhood). I remember thinking the singer, Garth Reeves (previously of Goodness), would sound great singing a version of "The Gambler". I told Perry that they should cover the song. Perry laughed a little and said yeah, yeah, yeah. But I could tell he was never even gonna tell him. So, I decided to do it instead. I originally started working on it as an acoustic version. While working on it, I was also messing around with a drum loop that was pretty punk. Next thing I knew, I was laying "The Gambler" chord structure over the loops on the electric guitar. The vocals were a mix of me singing laid back in a low register and a backup screaming vocal that was strait up New York Hardcore (I was going for Agnostic Front/Cro-Mags). When it was done, I played it a few times and then my wife came in to our detached garage where my studio was and asked me to play it again. That moment of acceptance is probably the only reason this song made it this far. I then sent the song to longtime friend and engineer Tom Camuso (Steve Earle, Madeski Martin & Wood, John Scofield) for a listen and he wanted to get involved. He asked to send the ProTool session over to him in NYC and said he would fool around with it and make it sound better. Tom added some guitars and brought in Anthony Krizan (Spin Doctors, John Waite, Noel Redding) for the drums and additional guitars including the solo and Greg Faiella to play bass on the final mixes.
Have you figured out when to hold 'em or when to fold 'em?
Such a great line that can apply to almost every aspect of your life. Let's put it this way, I am getting better at these types of decisions.
What's the best advice you've received you consider an ace you've kept?
You never fail until you stop trying.
What's the most you've ever had when the dealing was done? Did you walk or run?
My favorite gambling story is playing black jack when I was in Puerto Rico and I had the first seat to the left of the dealer. I was new to the game at the time and clearly inexperienced. The people to my left were pissed that I was taking cards when I shouldn't be and I ultimately ended up taking their face cards. The whole table was cursing and talking under their breath about my lack of blackjack knowledge. Even the dealer shook her head at me on one occasion. I played a few hands but ran away before it got too out of hand. Advise: If you are new to blackjack, sit to the right of the dealer, not the left.
I'd like to thank Jim for taking the time to answer these questions. As you can tell, he has some deep musical roots and great musical connections. I'd recommend gonig out picking up not only the single for "The Gambler," but I also recommend you picking up one of his albums. Get them at emusic, Amazon, iTunes, or CD Baby.
According to Seattle-based songwriter, Scott Andrew, musician Jim Santanella is working on a "punked-up version" of "The Gambler."
This is already album art:
According to Santanella's web site, it should be coming soon and will be available at all the major online mp3 stores including Amazon, iTunes, and eMusic.
I can't wait to hear this. I have a feeling it's going to be awesome.
About a week ago, Mike Doughty played a Question Jar show at The Independent in San Francisco. I was hoping he'd play "The Gambler" and even brought my Flip in anticipation that he'd play it.
Unfortunately, over two shows, he didn't play it. I was a little disappointed.
Luckily, though, early in the first set, he was asked "How do you know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em?"
I freaked out and quickly fired up the the Flip and got most of his answer.
On a quick note about finding new versions of "The Gambler," I've started trolling through ReverbNation, PureVolume, The Live Music Archive, and, of course, the stand-by of all stand-by's, MySpace. If you know anybody that's recorded or if you've recorded it yourself, please send it in, and I'll add it to the playlist.
Apparently, the fellas over Penny Arcade are just as excited as I am that "The Gambler" is hitting Rock Band.
It's been a while since I've done a few things here.
1) I haven't written anything in a good long while. I apologize for this.
2) I haven't posted a new Gambler.
Luckily, today, I'm remedying both.
I'm what you could call something of a video game player. I'm not necessarily good at them, but they make for great stress relievers. I also peruse video game news sites/blogs. With that said, I got excited when I saw that a country track pack was being produced for Rock Band, and that it includes the immortal classic "The Gambler" on it. I don't own the game, but this really makes me want to buy it.
With all that said, if you were to pick up the track pack and, say, record yourself performing "The Gambler" with friends or even by yourself, I will post your video right here on GamblerTuesday.com.
Up next: A new Gambler.
While trolling through Amazon's MP3 store, I came across a version by the venerable Johnny Cash. I heard there was one out there, but never really tried to chase it down, but now that I've actually found, I posted it. On a quick side note, Cash is one of my all-time favorite musicians.
I hope you enjoy his take on "The Gambler" as much I have.
There's no denying the greatness "The Gambler." Just listen to the lyrics. They can help you come to a solution for any problem life hands you.
Girlfriend problems? You got to know when to hold 'em. Know when to fold 'em.
Found a big satchel of money a few hundred feet from drug deal gone wrong? Know when to walk away. Know when to run.
Stephen over at zeigen.com created a nice flowchart mapping out the epic classic.
Welcome to the new GamblerTuesday.com.
The site has been redesigned and reworked to act as more of a music blog and celebration Kenny Rogers' epic classic "The Gambler."
As with the spirit of the site, I will post performances of "The Gambler" I find on different social media sites including YouTube, Vimeo, MySpace, Facebook, and many others.
If you should ever find a performance that you think should be played on this web site, feel free to email me.
If you have a recorded performance of the classic, once again, send it to me, and I'll put into the rotation above.
The player above features performances that I have found on the Live Music Archive. The player will only show up on Tuesday (hence the name of the web site). I should note that Monster Boy Flappy Bat submitted his own version. Thank you for that.
I feel I'm using all the music in the spirit of Fair Use. If your music is featured in the player above and you don't want it there, I will gladly take it out.
Please enjoy the web site and have a great time. Below, I'm featuring the song done by the man himself, Kenny Rogers.


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Aftermath of 26/11 attacks: Six years and tears
Aftermath of the 26/11 attacks. Some random jottings and memories...
A Chief Minister (CM) lost his chair post the attacks. The late Vilasrao Deshmukh along with son Riteish Deshmukh and filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma, visited the terror site earning the wrath of an outraged city.
A group of 25 musicians performed opposite the Taj Mahal hotel, whose burning spires became the most visible symbol of the attacks as a memorial to those slain in 26/11. Pic/Sameer Markande
Deshmukh had to leave his seat. His son Riteish was quoted in some reports saying that people could shoot him if he ever acted in a film on the attacks. Ram Gopal Verma did go on to make a highly forgettable film on 26/11, after denying that he intended to make a movie on the attacks.
Mumbaikars came out on the roads holding posters and placards against the Government which they claimed failed to act with alacrity against attackers. Many of them abused politicians for their flippant reactions. It was a show of people power like no other.
One Minister was called unprintable names on the posters. A gentleman from the US who happened to be visiting Mumbai at that time told somebody, "This is democracy. Where you can come out on the streets and abuse your leaders."
The then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh mumbled a few inadequate lines in response to the attacks, to a country which was thirsting for a strong response even if only in words. Books of various merit were published post the attacks. People wanted to tell the story. The Mumbai terror attacks have unfortunately got a dubious kind of fame all over the world.
They have become a 'yardstick' for other terror attacks. Now, newspaper reports read that terrorists were planning 'Mumbai-style attacks' whenever a terror attack is foiled in other countries. A shameful comparison but one that cannot be disputed.
The attacks threw up unlikely heroes. So many of them, that it is difficult to recount all here. People who put their life on the line shepherding others out of train stations and saving hundreds of lives. Police who confronted AK-47s with lathis, in an unequal battle.
Hotel staff who died saving the lives of guests in the hotels attacked. The hospitality industry could not have been prouder of these young men and women who gave a new definition to the phrase, 'service with a smile'.
Mumbai's little known Nariman House or Chabad House was on the radar of the Mumbaikar. Suddenly people were asking, 'What is the Chabad House?' The terrorists killed Jews in the Chabad House. They were killed specifically because they were Jews.
In a global world, it was the first, shocking evidence that Mumbai was caught up in the vortex of the Israel-Palestine problem. Today, to understand 26/11 or 9/11 for that matter, people have to know the Israel-Palestine history. That conflict is the flashpoint of the world. Baby Moshe, who lost his parents in the attacks, became a symbol of this confrontation.
So many felicitations for heroes followed those attacks. Clubs and organizations in the city held functions and tributes, memorials for those slain in these attacks. At one such discussion about policing in the city, children of police personnel who lost their lives in the attack, were brought on to the stage.
Many of them stated that they wanted to grow up and become police to fight terror. Those answers, naïve though they have been, moved the most cynical to thunderous applause. At a book launch in the city (the book was not related to the terror attacks) an elderly SoBo gentleman was asked to speak, about a subject related to the book.
This gent from a well-known business family lost his son and daughter-in-law in the attacks. His son, along with his daughter-in-law was dining in one of the hotels when the terrorists struck. The grief-stricken father said that any death is acceptable, but not a death like this.
He claimed, and his hand holding the mike started to shake at that juncture, that his son was to go overseas on a business trip, but he postponed it and stayed in Mumbai. Then, he said that they (his family) had had such a happy life till then. His voice shook and he wept copious tears as he said, "Today, nothing scares me.
Not even death. I am ready to drop dead, right here, right now," he finished on the dais as his audience wept with him. The Mumbai marathon of January 2009, run inside of two months following the attacks, had added security. For the first time, marathoners passed through metal detectors at the Azad Maidan before trooping to the start line. The Mumbai marathon's age of innocence had ended.
It was still dark when the 42-km (full marathon) participants started their race. As they neared the NCPA and turned from there on the course, most of them turned to look at the Oberoi-Trident opposite, as if in silent salute to those who died there.
Even the Africans, the ebony-hued running machines who don't stop for anything, slowed for a few precious seconds to stare at the hotel, target of the attacks. Next to them Marine Drive stretched out and the sea crashed on to the rocks.
The salt from those waves, were as salty as the tears of those who stood near the Marine Drive for three days and wept in disbelief and despair when they knew their loved ones were not coming out of that hotel, alive.
The full marathoners bit back their pain that year, because they knew that screaming lungs and aching limbs were nothing in comparison to the pain of a city who lost so much on those three days.
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