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Hey Guys:
It's 2016! This is my first post [as the author of a post] this year, and that feels really weird. i'm going to have to get used to writing –///-16 on my schol work now, and that comes from the person who wrote –/–/14 in DECEMBER 2015. It's going to be hard…
Now that I'm another year older, and we're in a new year, I thought I'd write down some of the things I want. They're not very realistic; my parents are far too controlling for that. It's sort of like a description, but of how I want to be, not how I am. You'll see when I get started: let's give it a go.
I really want to have blue hair. I know, you're judging me already, but hear me out: I like the idea of not having a natural colour in my hair; it sort of shows that I have individuality, and it shows that despitethe whole blind thing, I can appreciate style, looks and colour.
I'd quite like to have my ear[s?] pierced, to have earing[s?]. Again, I think it can display that you have individuality, and I just love the idea of earings. I'm thinking maybe ones with an animal or something – I'm really into animals. They could look good, right?
They're the main two things that I'd like to have. I know that there are hundreds of other things, but they're all mainly mental and emotional, and I wanted to talk about the physical changes I'd make if I was allowed. You've probably got the image in your head now of some kind of demented, half-drunk Smurf, and if you have, I have just ne thing to say to you… RUDE!!!
I hope you've enjoyed this post. What changes would you make to yourself, if you were allowed, or had the money? Is there anything that you're going to do imminently? Let me know; I'd love to hear!


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Total Living Network, er Chicagoland area with a special "Shining His Light – Sharing His Love" Banquet featuring keynote speaker Kay Arthur, host of Precepts for Life and author of over 100 books and Bible studies. This celebration will take place at Lindner Conference Center on the lovely grounds of Northern Seminary in Lombard on March 10, 2017.
Guests will also enjoy the music of internationally renowned pianist Huntley Brown and will hear from Mary Stutts, named on the list of 25 Influential Black Women in Business by The Network Journal. Honorary co-chairs are Vance Henry, Deputy Chief of Staff, Community and Faith-based Partnerships, Office of the Mayor of Chicago and Dr. John Fuder, Founder and Director of Heart for the City and Visionary Leader of Pray Chicago.
"I'm very pleased that my good friends Kay Arthur, Huntley Brown and Mary Stutts are joining us for our 40th Anniversary Banquet – it doesn't get any better than that!" said TLN Chairman Jerry K. Rose.
TLN launched as WCFC TV38 in 1976 with Mayor Richard J. Daley presiding as guest speaker at the McCormick Place dedication. Over its forty years of operation, TLN has produced original programming serving the Chicagoland faith community and has received numerous Midwest Emmy awards. In Illinois, TLN is an exclusive XFINITY TV channel covering Chicago, most of Illinois and Northwest Indiana on basic channel 138. Recently, TLN expanded to multiple digital platforms including ROKU, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV and its 24/7 live stream at TLN.com.
Tickets are still available to the TV38/TLN 40th Anniversary Banquet as well as the VIP Reception to meet Kay Arthur. Online registration is available at tln.com/about/40th-anniversary/ or by calling 630.801.3646.

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No. 105, October 2002
Fresh Prince
Joshua Bell on composition, hypervioilns, and the future of music. By David Templeton.
Born on the Bayou
Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet steps into an American vernacular string quartet. By Greg Cahill.
The Write Stuff
New Music Comes Alive Through an Innovative Program of Orchestral Composer Residencies. By James Reel.
Rare Beauty
Bow makers launch effort to conserve pernambuco trees. By Russ Rymer.
Dorothy Delay Tribute. Aspen Music Festival's tribute to the great teacher. By Christopher Whiting.
Fulton Fiddles Come Out to Play. David Fulton shares his instrument collection at the 30th annual International Viola Congress.
NEA Awards. Ralph Blizard and Luderin Darbone win awards.
Nigel's News. Sinfonia Varsovia of Poland names Nigel Kennedy artistic director.
Orderly Conduct. Symphony awards and personal changes .
Remembering Ray Brown. Memorial to the passing of this great bassist.
Musical Chairs. Orchestra and Symphony member changes.
Noteworthy. Trios and Quartet competition award winners.
Passings. Memorials to Alan Lomax.
That's the Old Ballgame. Seiji Ozawa takes his final bow at the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
But Then Again . . . Internet Classical radio stations suffer setbacks.
Half Empty? Half Full? The fight for orchestras to stay afloat fiscally. It may not be as bad as the media says
Space is the Place. The Kronos Quartet debuts its multimedia piece, Sun Rings, this fall. Based on space sounds. By Greg Cahill.
Flexor Digitorum Profundus. A severed flexor tendon on the left index finger has a reader wondering if reconstructive surgery is the answer. Treatment is suggested by Dr. Karen Nugent. By Karen Nugent.
Tuning your tuners. Making sure you have the right fine tuners can prevent damage to the instrument. By Donovan Murray.
What Price Bows? What is the price range of new violin bows by American makers? "Wide," says Elisa M. Welch. By Elisa M. Welch.
Know the Score. Learning to trust your instincts when approaching a piece of music. Tips and advice on how to properly learn a piece of music on your own. By David Finckel.
From Oppression to Expression. Interpreting the string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich. How to better understand and play Shostakovich's quartets. By Judith Glyde.
Bach and Bach Again. Lost J.S. Bach concerto--a work of musical scholarship or a flight of artistic license? A restored work from Bach creates beautiful music--and a stir in the music world. By Robert S. Bridges.
Sedona, Arizona. Succumbing to one of the Southwest's most alluring chamber music festivals. An insider's look at this Southwestern music festival. By Carolyn S. Ellis.
Cao to Display Guarneri at VSA and Silent Partner. The Yamaha corp. markets the new Silent Viola; Scott Cao will display Guarneri at 2002 VSA comp.
Passing the Baton. New textbook brings clarity to the art of conducting. Review of Conduction the Music, Not the Musicians (Jerry and Henry Nowak). By Gabriel Sakakeeny.
The Oxford Companion to Music. Review of the new book edited by Alison Latham. By Heather K. Scott.
Classical Music 101. Review of the Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music. By Meg Eldridge.
Memories and Commentaries. Review of the new edition by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft. By Meg Eldridge.
On Record
Sonates pour Violin. Gabriel Faure, Isabell Faust, violin. By Greg Cahill.
The Good 'Bbuk. St. Lawrence String Quartet delivers a powerful musical statement Review of the new Yiddishbbuk CD. By Greg Cahill.
Biber Sonatas for Violin and Coninuo. John Holloway, violin; Aloysia Assenbaum, organ; Lars Ulrick Mortenson, harpsichord. By Greg Cahill.
Henryk Wieniowsky: Complete Works for Solo Violin, and Violin and Piano. Daniel Stabrawa, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Bartlomiej Niziol, and Piotr Plawner, violinists. By Christopher Whiting.
Rautavaara: Complete Works for String Orchestra. Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas, conductor. By Robert Moon.
Short Takes. McEwen String Quartets, Volume 1; William Lawes: Consort Sets in Five & Six Parts and Vivaldi: Farnace; The Rabbi's Lover. Multiple short reviews.
A Gallery of Greats. Verbier Music Festival hosts some of the world's finest string players. The Verbier Festival highlights include Gidon Kremer and Marta Sudraba. By Daniel Felsenfeld.
Your Instrument
Drying Times. How to protect your instrument from climate changes. Tips for keeping your instrument safe during different temperature shifts, humidity. By Richard Ward.
A Certain Gentleness. Cremonese luthier Luca Salvadori stays true to himself. A profile and interview with this highly acclaimed Italian contemporary maker. By Dominik Musafia.
On the Case. A welterweight cello carrier from a top French manufacturer. Product reviews of Bam's new NewTech cello case, Mathias Thoma MT violin, Play Music software, kits. By Heather K. Scott.
Collective Soul. A long list of players find immortality in a rare violin Jascha Heifetz' fabled violin continues to shape the lives of who encounter it. By David Templeton.


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Educators share STEAM strategies in September's #MSFTEduChat TweetMeet
The best ideas are too big, too broad, to be bound by a single discipline or subject. While Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Design, and Mathematics are often seen as distinct and rooted in their own universes, there's common ground in their potential to give rise to creativity. It's no wonder we go with "STEAM" for short. As you may have already surmised, our... Read more


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I am Dr. Christina Seiman Chu.
You can read my updated professional biography/resume/CV at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinaschu/
I am currently a research associate professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach, Florida. I have also started taking classes towards a Master of Business Administration.
I was previously a Doctorate of Philosophy in Space Physics student at the Geophysical Institute (GI), University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). I matriculated in August 2017.
Up until December 2010, I was a accelerated masters student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach, Florida, working on my Master of Science in Engineering Physics.
The Florida Aquarium
I've started volunteering as a divemaster at The Florida Aquarium and it is so much fun!
I've Outgrown My Entry-Level DSLR
In April 2017, I saw blue aurora for the first time in my life (after trying for 6 years). It was disappointing to have grainy pictures even at low ISO levels.
I Love Ice Diving!
I'm a better artist than I though I was!
I've learned to do ice sculpting in spring 2014 at the Fairbanks Ice Alaska Park. I started with a small tabletop sized dalek. It took 5 hours.
I was then invited to compete in the single block competition with an experienced sculptor (the competition with all the professional artists). I was incredibly nervous because I'd only ever done the one small sculpture pictured above. It was a 60 hour competition, 2 person teams. http://www.icealaska.com/en/component/zoo/item/sb_site-48-2014.html
I then decided to captain my own 2 person team in the amateur open exhibition. I estimate that this 'Nightmare Before Christmas' inspired piece took about 58 hours to create. (Tuesday-Friday) http://www.icealaska.com/en/component/zoo/item/ao_site-05-2014.html
Full summary at Ice Alaska's website http://sculptures.icealaska.com/en/component/zoo/item/chu-christina.html
Dominion: a strategy card game with medieval themed cards - not something I'd ever picture myself playing (I can't stand to associate myself with Lord-of-the-Rings-Harry-Potteresque movies/books) but it actually is a lot of fun and thinking.
This link autopicks the cards to play with in each game: http://www.hiwiller.com/dominion/
Top Ramen is way better than Maruchan.
DropBox! Lets you store your documents on multiple computers at the same time. Updates all copies automatically and saves a copy online. Awesome! Now you can work from anywhere :)
Working on research for my thesis, Hot Flow Anomalies.
Being excited to live in Wickersham Hall.
Finding stuff to do in Fairbanks (ex. aurora hunting).
NASA Goddard internship/fellowship work - finding interesting things to do on trips out of the Prince George's Metro station.
Working on research for my thesis, A Statistical Study of the Turbulence in the Magnetospheric Cusp,
Being a Resident Advisor in Apollo Hall
Finding things to do in Daytona Beach.
This website was created as I neared the end of my masters thesis writing as a means to showcase my awards, activities, and personality to graduate schools/potential PhD advisers. As a result, most of the information here is academic/resume related. It is why the CV page is the most up-to-date. I am in the process of updating the site to include more of my non-academic life. This updating process is started at http://christinachuopinions.webs.com/
In fall 2013, I started flight lessons to earn my private pilot certificate. I've kept a detailed blog (complete with many pictures) at http://flyinginfairbanks.wordpress.com/


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Bloodsucking Parasites
Dave tells the listener to sell everything in his house if it will get the bloodsuckers from a payday loans place out of his life!
QUESTION: Listener has $2,600 in payday loans and needs to get current. Any advice from Dave? For starters, get these bloodsuckers out of your life, Dave says.
ANSWER: Sell everything in your house until you get those things paid off this weekend. Work 6 extra jobs so you can get those things paid off this weekend. You have to do this very, very fast and get these bloodsucking parasite ticks out of your life.


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We're about to delve into the book of Revelation in our Keukabiblia Bible study. It's probably the book of the Bible that has received the worst treatment. (By the way, it's the book of Revelation—not Revelations.) We'll be using as a companion Bruce Metzger's Breaking the Code.
It's understandable why this book so often gets mishandled and basically looks like the storyline for a horror movie. Apocalyptic literature has dramatic and vivid imagery. ("Apocalypse" itself means "uncovering," "unveiling," or "revelation.") That's why it lends itself so easily to misunderstanding and mistreatment.
Isn't it interesting how a revelation can be so obscure?
19 July 2010
Revelation revelations
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Well worth your while. We've been using the PW Horizons Bible Study by Barbara Rossing on Sunday mornings at North Pres, Williamsville this summer (men and women) and having a great time.
Pat Townsend
- August 9, 2010 at 12:36 PM
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A brief sketch of my life from birth, June 9, 1916, to the day I became President John F. Kennedy's secretary of defense, January 20, 1961. I explain how I came to that post and the beliefs and values I brought to it.
The Kennedy administration's decisions relating to Vietnam from the time of a critical meeting with President Eisenhower the day before JFK's inauguration, through the political crisis that erupted in Saigon in the summer of 1963. The chapter outlines the assumptions behind the administration's decision to increase sharply U.S. involvement in Vietnam. It stresses the two contradictory premises that underlay that commitment: the fall of South Vietnam to Communist control would threaten the security of the West, but the U.S. military role would be limited to providing training and logistical support.
A pivotal period of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, punctuated by three important events: the overthrow and assassination of South Vietnam's president Ngo Dinh Diem; President Kennedy's decision on October 2 to begin the withdrawal of U.S. forces; and his assassination fifty days later.
The chapter opens with a statement of what I believe President Kennedy would have done in Vietnam had he lived. It then describes the subtle, incremental, but crucial slide toward deeper involvement in Vietnam during the first eight months of the Johnson Administration. After Diem's death, we confronted an unraveling political situation in Saigon, along with growing demands for more U.S. military action.
The closest the United States came to a declaration of war, the Tonkin Gulf Congressional Resolution of August 1964 generated intense controversy and enduring questions: What happened? Why? What were the consequences? What should have been done differently? This chapter addresses those questions by describing what transpired in the Tonkin Gulf; why the Johnson administration acted as it did; why Congress quickly and overwhelmingly approved the resolution: and how LBJ and his successor, President Nixon, subsequently misused it.
As the Johnson administration's policy on Vietnam drifted during the 1964 presidential election, military and political conditions in South Vietnam rapidly worsened, heightening the dilemma between avoiding direct U.S. military involvement in the conflict and avoiding the loss of South Vietnam to communist control. Deep divisions developed within the American government, and the Pentagon itself, over what to do in the face of an increasingly difficult and dangerous problem. Events reached a critical juncture when we faced a choice among unpalatable alternatives at the beginning of 1965.
The most crucial phase of America's thirty-year involvement in Indochina, the six months between January 28 and July 28, 1965, saw the United States embark on a course of massive military intervention in Vietnam, an intervention which ultimately destroyed Lyndon Johnson's presidency and polarized America like nothing since the Civil War. How did it happen? Why did we fail to foresee the implications of our actions? What hopes, fears, perceptions, and judgments--accurate and inaccurate--shaped our thinking and actions? This chapter gives answers to these and other often-asked questions.
Reality collided with expectations. Slowly and gradually the sobering, frustrating, tormenting problems and limitations dogging our military operations in Vietnam became painfully apparent. The growing realization of these difficulties led to proposals for further escalation which in turn, increased the pressure for a diplomatic resolution of the war. This culmination in a highly controversial month-long bombing pause at the end of 1965. But Hanoi and the Vietcong responded negatively, and 1966 began with pressures for an ever-widening war.
Between late January 1966 and mid-May 1967, the war and its casualties grew substantially; debates over ground strategy, pacification, and especially bombing intensified dramatically; and war-related pressures on the Johnson administration, my family, and me increased almost daily. Public support remained strong but dissent began to grow. Three further sporadic, amateurish, and ineffective attempts to start negotiations failed. The period ended with still another request from General Westmoreland to increase U.S. troop levels. And underlying it all was the growing gap between the president and his secretary of defense, a gap crystallized by a memorandum from me to President Johnson on May 19, 1967.
My May 19, 1967 memorandum triggered a storm of controversy. It intensified already sharp debate within the administration. It led to tense and acrimonious Senate hearings on the bombing that pitted me against the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And it accelerated the process that ultimately drove LBJ and me apart. A deluge of other crises taxed the already strained government: a Mideast war leading to the first use of the "hot line" between Moscow and Washington; racial rioting in major American cities; rising public unrest culminating in a massive attempt to shut down the Pentagon. Carrying my thoughts of May 19 further still, I gave President Johnson another memo on November 1 that brought the difference between us over Vietnam to the breaking point.
Reflections on the war: With hindsight, was the U.S. wise to intervene militarily in Vietnam? What mistakes did we make? What lessons can be learned? And how can those lessons be applied to the present and the future?
On several occasions during the Vietnam War, the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended actions which they stated might lead to the use of nuclear weapons. And recent disclosures have shown that during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the United States, the Soviet Union, Cuba, and indeed the world came much closer to nuclear disaster than was realized at the time. There is today both a growing recognition of the lack of military utility of nuclear weapons and a heightened understanding of the risks associated with their continued deployment. As a result, more and more security experts are urging that nuclear arsenals be reduced below the levels agreed to by President Bush and Yeltsin. Some are urging we return, insofar as practicable, to a non-nuclear world.


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We posted yesterday that myTrains from mxData had received a rather special update. The same has also happened for their London Underground app - Tube Map for BlackBerry 10 and it too has got super smart.
Tube Map has been around for some time - first on legacy devices and the BlackBerry 10. But things have now been taken to a new level thanks to mxDATA working alongside BlackBerry to make Tube Map very clever.
As you'll see below there's a bunch of new stuff, but having push notifications, a real time Active Frame and BBM integrated just for starters is pretty sweet.
- Official licensed Tube map from TfL (Transport for London).
- Smarter Travel enables you to set home and work stations plus manage a commute schedule all from the Tube Map Menu.
- Commute Schedule - Push notifications keep you updated on any real-time issues or delays.
- BBM integration - Your BBM profile box will be updated while you travel, letting friends know you're on the tube.
- Additional map features all stations that support Oyster PAYG services.
- Route Planner - Enter station, address or point of interest as your start and end location then let Tube Map plan your route.
- Lost? - Find your nearest station to get you back on track.
- LIVE departure boards and station information.
- Access QUICK departure view just by selecting a station on the map.
- Active Frame - See real-time information that's important to you. Tap the Frame to re-open Tube Map. It's that easy.
- Twitter integration – access to Tube Map's aggregated feed of Status and News Tweets
Tube map is free to download for all BlackBerry 10 smartphones. If you're heading to London or already live here this one is a must have app for your BlackBerry.


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– Opportunity Is Knocking For Donovan Mitchell (from David Ramil, The Step Back):
– What Do Teams Do With Non-Shooters Like Justise Winslow? (from Jeff Siegel, The Step Back):
– Video Breakdown: Behind The Scenes Of The Timberwolves Offense (from Brian Sampson, Dunking With Wolves):
Read and watch it here: https://dunkingwithwolves.com/2017/11/30/an-inside-look-at-2-key-plays-the-minnesota-timberwolves-run/
– Video Breakdown: Steph's Amazing Overtime (from Eric Apricot, Golden State Of Mind):
Read and watch it here: https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2017/11/30/16718956/nba-2017-warriors-lakers-stephen-curry-amazing-overtime
– What Adding CP3 Has Done For The Rockets (from Darren Yuvan, The Dream Shake):
Read and watch it here: https://www.thedreamshake.com/2017/11/29/16714636/houston-rockets-chris-paul-statistics
– Robert Covington: The Best Undrafted Player (from Ben Detrick, The Ringer):
Read and watch it here: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/11/30/16719370/robert-covington-sixers-best-undrafted-player
– The Draft: How Teams Should Think About Positionality (from Jonathan Tjarks, The Ringer)):
Read it here: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/11/30/16717774/jayson-tatum-boston-celtics-nba-draft-wings
– The Week In Review (from Brian Sampson, NBA Math):
– Reassessing The Celtics' Offseason Moves (from Chris Tyler, Hashtag Basketball):
Read it here: https://hashtagbasketball.com/boston-celtics/content/reassessing-celtics-offseason-moves
– What The Fizdale Firing Says (from Chris Herrington, Commercial Appeal):
Read it here: http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/pick-and-pop/2017/11/29/what-david-fizdale-firing-says-him-marc-gasol-grizzlies-front-office-and-others/904113001/
– Doc Rivers: "You've Got To Be Willing To Fail" (from Katie Baker, The Ringer):
Read it here: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/11/30/16718840/los-angeles-clippers-doc-rivers-blake-griffin-injuries
– Pacers: Should We Worry About Myles Turner? (from Adrian Lawhorn, 8points9seconds.com):
– Pelicans: Darius Miller Is A Sharpshooter (from Warsame Abdi, Pelican Debrief ):
Read it here: https://hoopshabit.com/2017/11/29/new-orleans-pelicans-darius-miller-is-a-sharpshooter/
– Kris Dunn Is Bouncing Back (from Noah Shatzer, 16 Wins):
Read and watch it here: https://16winsaring.com/kris-dunn-is-bouncing-back-with-the-chicago-bulls/
– Wizards: Quick Fixes (from Rob Athmer, Hashtag Basketball):
Read it here: https://hashtagbasketball.com/washington-wizards/content/quick-fixes-scott-brooks-wizards
From Ben Standig, Fanrag Sports: https://www.fanragsports.com/wizards-find-rough-terrain-creativity-without-john-wall/
– OKC: Breaking Old Habits Is Not That Easy (from Steve Kyler, Basketball Insiders):
– Should OKC Bring Melo Off The Bench? (from Tom Ziller, SBNation):
Read and watch it here: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/11/30/16719138/oklahoma-city-thunder-panic-stats-carmelo-anthony-bench
– The Cavs Are Using Wade More Efficiently (from Jesse Blanchard, BBall Breakdown):
Read and watch it here: https://bballbreakdown.com/2017/11/28/the-cavaliers-and-downside-of-the-process/
– Defense Fuels Cavs' Winning Streak (from Dan McCarney, NBA.com):
Read it here: http://www.nba.com/article/2017/11/28/vastly-improved-defense-fuels-cleveland-cavaliers-winning-streak#/
– Fred VanVleet Is Legit (from Blake Murphy, VICE Sports):
Read and watch it here: https://sports.vice.com/en_ca/article/qvz4d7/fred-vanvleet-has-developed-into-a-legit-piece-for-toronto
– Two-Way Contracts: The Difficulty Of Tracking Days Of Service (from Adam Johnson, twoways10days.com):
Read it here: https://2ways10days.com/the-challenge-of-tracking-days-of-service-for-two-way-players-70c842dc2e07
– "Sets That Have Caught My Eye" (from Zak Boisvert, pickandpop.net):
Watch it here: http://pickandpop.net/2017/11/sets-that-have-caught-my-eye/
Note: We Are Still Playing "Catch-up", so watch for PART TWO of today's BI, to be published later today.


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Album Reviews Archive
Lydia Loveless – Indestructible Machine
October 2nd, 2011
Had Neko Case not made a belated splash with her own punk Patsy Cline schtick, Lydia Loveless' second album would seem astounding.
As it is, it's still pretty good. Loveless' holler is just the right side of wrecked and, on Learn To Say No and More Like Them, Todd May leavens the roots rock with chiming guitar cascades, like he'd rather be in Television, circa 1977. Adrian Jusdanis' sensitive fiddle playing transforms the acoustic closer, Crazy and How Many Women? sees Loveless pen the kind of classic, wounded and fatalistic, country song that they don't write any more, apparently.
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Cheryl Cole celebrated her birthday in style on Monday afternoon, taking time out from the 'X Factor' auditions to enjoy some downtime with her fellow judges aboard a private jet… but it looks like there was one notable absence.
While Mel B and Simon Cowell got into the party mood, posing for a selfie in brightly coloured party hats while on a flight to Edinburgh, it seems as though Louis Walsh's invitation was lost in the post.
Louis and Cheryl's working relationship doesn't appear to be going brilliantly since she rejoined the panel, with Simon previously saying that Cheryl didn't even want the Irish judge to return to the show for this year's series.
It was also recently reported that the 'Crazy Stupid Love' singer went as far as refusing to sit next to him on the panel, and she told presenter Graham Norton during an interview on his talk show that their relationship had been "frosty" when auditions kicked off.
It's now been claimed that Louis is starting to feel left out on the panel, with Mel and Cheryl growing closer than anyone had expected them to.
A source close to Louis told The Mirror: "He had joked that it would be Cheryl who was the one left out on her own. He has been friends with Simon for what seems to him like a lifetime and he thought he and Mel would be mates and that she and Cheryl would clash.
"But things have worked just the opposite… It definitely isn't how he thought it would be."
Meanwhile, a cryptic tweet from Mel has sparked rumours that she may be joined by her old friend Victoria Beckham at the judges' houses stage of this year's series of 'X Factor'.
We wonder if she'll be rocking a leaf bikini as a tribute to Sinitta...
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25 October 2016
A delegation of police widows will this week make a fresh attempt to lobby MPs into securing better pension rights.
More than 30 widows and widowers from across the UK will make the trip to the House of Commons on Wednesday (26 Oct), accompanied by representatives from the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) and the National Association of Retired Police officers (NARPO.)
They are led by Cathryn (Kate) Hall who was just 24 when her husband Colin, a 40-year-old dog handler with West Midlands Police, collapsed and died of a heart attack on duty after being called to a disturbance at a block of flats in 1997. Their daughter Kelly was just four at the time.
Kate has been campaigning for a change in legislation to allow widows and widowers whose lives have been blighted by 1987 Police Pension Regulations to remarry or cohabit without losing their pension rights.
Now she has written an open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May in which she says: "You clearly have a loving marriage, Mrs May - please do not deny this privilege to the widows of those officers who served their communities so well. You cannot make history as the first woman Prime Minister of this great nation of ours but you can be the first to grant life-long pensions to ALL police widows."
After Colin's death, Kate met her new partner John in 1994 when she enrolled on a college course to improve her prospects to support herself and her daughter. In 2001, they decided to live together as a couple, resulting in the loss of Kate's police pension.
Alex Duncan, PFEW lead on police widows' pensions, said: "This is an issue which causes much misery and hardship for many families left behind when a police officer dies on duty. The current legislation is a double punishment for many widows and widowers, forcing them to choose between a lifetime of love and newfound happiness or a future of financial hardship. That is morally wrong, grossly unfair and this needs to be put right."
You can read the rest of Kate's letter to Mrs May here
She has also set up a petition calling for a change in the law, which has reached over 115,000 signatures
• The group wants parity with the RUC widows in Northern Ireland – lifelong pensions for all police widows.
• They have already managed to secure pensions for widows, widowers and civil partners of officers whose husbands were killed on duty, providing they had remained unmarried or were not co-habiting with a partner by 1st April 2015. The changes also apply to the survivors of firefighters killed on duty.
• But they say the changes do not go far enough and believe lifelong pensions should apply to everybody.
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So, I had a random thought and accident lately:
1) One day in the morning, I woke up so sudden (because I need to pee!), after 3 steps I fell and hit the floor. I've loosen control of my legs. My friends said that after you wake up it's better to 'idle' for a while before stand up. Hmm, must be very careful next time.
2) I wonder why people are so focus on the east Indonesia as the most poor region. Yea I know, there are the poorest region. So thats why all the aid focus on them (have you heard cynical stereotype about the island of aid). But, I just wondering about the same problem in here. Big city, urban problem, that the distance between rich and poor are so extreme. For example, every morning while I'm on my to the office using train I always pass the slum area. Where people sleep on the street, even pee and do other things! In here, sanitation problem still big deal.
And, funnily I heard someone who gave a (silly and naive) comment about Indonesia status became Middle Income Country. She said, as the status rise so (supposedly) we already leave the status of poverty, hunger etc (she against the project of zero hunger btw). I think she's being funny. Number is just a number. Yes, eventhough Indonesia now a MIC but it still has more complicated problem. I was hardly hold my laugh.
3) Still related of number 2, so my conclusion is Poverty is a trap. I did a whole day research about poverty. And poverty doesn't have any related with how much money you have. But with 'what will you do with the money'. It's pretty obvious why poor people stay poor. Because they clearly not had any idea about the finance literate. That's why BLT or Bolsa Familia didn't give any improvement to reduce poverty BUT the Grameen Banks did. Although, it's still need years of experience and research to adapt the knowledge here. Microfinance surely is a great topic.
4) To empower any human being (I don't want to use any gender nor age nor religion for this term) is about to bring any groups (that separate by the terms I'm using before) become balance and in the same level. The first thing to do is to cooperate with the dominant groups. Involve them to make it happen. yes, it's still utopia but everything starts from a dream, right.
5) Do you think that hunger is big problem? Just tell me about food waste. How many food wasted a year and compare it with people who can't afford decent food. It just breaks my heart. Food waste also a BIG problem. N'oublie pas! Order food that only you can finish.


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This page describes Concurrent Real-Time software repositories for Debian and Ubuntu systems. These are deb-based repositories in APT-compatible format; also known as Debian repository format.
You can find information on Concurrent Real-Time's rpm-based repositories at RPM Repositories.
Product Repositories
APT (deb) Repositories (for use with apt, aptitude, synaptic, etc.)
The following Concurrent Real-Time products have APT repositories:
- RedHawk
- Server
- Embedded
- Frequency Based Scheduler (FBS)
- RCIM w/ GPS (NTP)
- NightStar RT
- MAXAda
Access to these repositories requires a few setup steps:
- Step 1: Installing Concurrent Real-Time Public Keys
- Step 2: Installing Repository Definition Files on your system
- Step 3: Refreshing the APT Database
Once those setup steps are completed, you can then use APT utilities to Install or Update Concurrent Real-Time Products.
Step 1: Installing Concurrent Real-Time Public Keys
Concurrent Real-Time signs its APT repositories with a GPG-generated DSA and ElGamal key pair. You need to install Concurrent Real-Time's public key so that the APT system can authorize usage of the repositories.
You can download the ccur-public-keys file and import the public keys as needed into APT's key ring. You should import the keys before attempting to access software from Concurrent Real-Time's repositories.
The following commands will download the public keys file and make apt aware of it:
- wget -q http://redhawk.concurrent-rt.com/network/ccur-public-keys
- apt-key add ccur-public-keys
If you wish to check the authenticity of the public keys you downloaded from Concurrent Real-Time, request the key fingerprints from Concurrent Real-Time Support and compare them to the fingerprints of the keys you downloaded. You can obtain the fingerprints you downloaded with the following command:
Step 2: Installing Repository Definition Files
Repository definition files tell the APT installation and update system how to access specific repositories. The definition files must reside in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory and the file name must end ".list; e.g. /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ccur.list.
The following is typical of such a repository definition for a Concurrent Real-Time product:
The Repositories Definitions page contains important information. It defines the fields used in the definition line above, the products available, and supported architectures.
Step 3: Refreshing the APT database
After adding or modifying repository definition files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/, you need to tell the APT system to update its internal list of repositories and packages.
Issue the following command to update this information.
No actual product packages will be installed by the command:
If you receive errors related to Concurrent Real-Time repositories, check the following:
- Ensure that the login and password portions of the repository definition are present and valid.
- Ensure that you only include products and product components which you have purchased.
The easiest way to test these requirements is to visit https://redhawk.concurrent-rt.com/browse where you we be required to enter your login ID and password and then be able to browse product repositories to which you have rights.
Installing/Updating Concurrent Real-Time Products
Once the setup steps have been completed, you can install or update software from Concurrent Real-Time.
All of Concurrent Real-Time product package names begin with a ccur- prefix. Thus to install or update all such packages, you can issue the following command:
This assumes that you have added the appropriate repository definition files as discussed above.
Some of Concurrent Real-Time's products include a "suite" or "group" package that contain no content, but have dependencies on all the actual packages in the product. Thus you can install the entire product by installing a single package.
The names of these package are shown in the table below:
|Suite Package Name
|RedHawk Linux
|NightStar RT
For example, the following command installs the entire core component of RedHawk Linux:
For more control over which packages you want to install or update, use a GUI tool such as synaptic or aptitude and filter the package names by 'ccur-'.
If you need assistance, please contact the Concurrent Real-Time Software Support Center at our toll free number 1-800-245-6453. For calls outside the continental United States, the number is 1-954-283-1822. The Software Support Center operates Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
You may also submit a request for assistance at any time by using the Concurrent Real-Time web main site at http://concurrent-rt.com/support or by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


text: MIT's Human-Powered Aircraft The aircraft was also a marketing vehicle. by Anne O. Glausser, SM '09 June 23, 2009 Slideshow: Preparing for a Daedalus test flight. Slideshow: The last test flight of Daedalus at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, March 7, 1988. Slideshow: Daedalus pilot Kanellos Kanellopoulos, shortly after his historic flight on April 23, 1988.


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Managing Your Money Effectively
With this application, expenditure costs are never too late to be updated and are never a tedious process to analyze it either. This is a free application that is available on the istores and that gives you the best time at accounting particularly when you are the wheels!
5. HMRC tax office issue a P6 form after receiiving the P46 form which advises the employer which tax code is to be used. If the employee produces a P45 late but received prior to receiving the P6 from HMRC an employer should use the tax code, earnings and tax paid to date as shown on the P45, providing the form contains a leaving date in the current financial year. If the P6 form has already been received from the tax office then the P45 is irrelevant, filed and ignored for tax purposes.
Regnskapskontor tromsø can identify the root of your financial problem and get the chance of improving your finances. You will learn how you can categorize your expenses according to your needs. The meticulous organization as well as categorization is the realm of accounting that must be utilized by homeowners. Homeowners must be very careful in hiring accounting service online as there are lots of scam websites that will try to get money from you without giving the service that you need.
In some ways, running a family is similar to running a business. You need to make sure that your family's income is used wisely so that you can save for extras like vacations. With accounting skills you gain from college-level accounting classes, you will have an easier time accounting for where your money goes, and you'll have an easier time interpreting the fine print on things like credit card and loan offers. Your accounting skills will help you at tax time too. The discipline you learn in accounting carries over into family life and helps you keep your personal finances on track.
If you have a small business at home..., if you have real estate investments...., if you have payroll for employees, you will require more bookkeeping features than free software usually has. That means a move to more powerful software.
• Debt management: if you own several credit cards or any other plastic then you may have experienced debt trouble at least once. A home accounting software will help you in managing your debt in an efficient way. Get rid of the unwanted credit cards first then manage rest of them properly with help of the accounting software.
On the continuity of the nature of the accounting bodies and the need to inform both management and external parties at regular intervals, the concept is adopted - that the current period. This divide an unlimited lifetime subject to finite periods - it is appropriate to use must be made in the financial statements. The most common time of the monthly management (internal) purposes, and year (or every six months) for a simple objective (external) accounts.


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The Larwill Studio
Sharp and smart, The Larwill Studio is one of Melbourne's newer mid-range properties. Energised by original, soul-lifting artworks by the late Australian artist David Larwill, it's a polished, contemporary, 96-room hotel in which Scandi-style aesthetics meet home-grown creativity.
- Cristian Bonetto, Destination expert
Adjacent to the new Royal Children's Hospital, the four-level property backs onto the green expanse of Royal Park, home to the Melbourne Zoo. Walk to the boutiques, cafés and bars of village-like North Melbourne in 15 minutes or to central Melbourne in 20. Trams to the city stop right outside the hotel.
Style & character
Perforated, blonde-wood wall panels and space-age edges set a millennial tone in the expansive lobby. Dramatic black text runs across mirrored wall panels, floor-to-ceiling windows frame the Melbourne skyline and Modernist-style furniture flanks a long shelving unit filled with novels, art books, potted plants and quirky decorative objects. Upstairs, wide, charcoal-hued corridors keep the mood chic and hushed.
Service & facilities
Staffers are young and competent. A foldable map of the area is yours, with eating, drinking and sightseeing tips, and the staff offer short tours of the hotel's artworks. Fitness types have 24-hour access to a well-equipped gym between the hotel and hospital lobbies. The wellness theme extends to yoga mats in the rooms and iPads behind the desk pre-loaded with a meditation app. Undercover parking (£13 per night) is available.
- Bar
- Fitness centre
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Wi-Fi
Standard Workspace rooms are a little short on space but appealing nonetheless. Whites and greys are spiked with uplifting, colourful details, from industrial-style bedside lights in yellow and blue, to multi-hued Larwill artworks. Light, Modernist furniture channels a Nordic aesthetic, with in-room perks including luxurious A.H. Beard beds, televisions, microwave and complimentary T2 specialty teas. Unless you're happy drinking instant coffee you'll need to pay to use the in-room coffee machine (£1 per pod).
Bathrooms are functional yet modern, many with combined bath/shower and all with EVO toiletries. Consider upgrading to a spacious Corner Parkview room, light-drenched and with sweeping skyline views from bed. Otherwise, opt for a Park View King or Twin to avoid a claustrophobic view of the neighbouring building.
Food & drink
Adjacent to the lobby is Smith & Singleton, a casual, all-day eatery and bar with prerequisite filament lights, subway tiling and open kitchen. Still finding its feet, its menu is a little hit-and-miss; the seafood pasta ordered was bland and the chargrilled broccoli burnt, though the range of salads (and coffee) hit the spot. A la carte breakfast options (£5-9) include organic yoghurt, egg dishes and Oz classic smashed avocado with Persian feta and hazelnut dukkah on multigrain toast.
The hotel's health-conscious branding extends to the in-room minibar options, which include cacao and goji berry snack bars.
Value for money
Double rooms from £87; rising to £135. Breakfast excluded - dishes priced from £5-9. Free Wi-Fi.
Access for guests with disabilities?
Accessible rooms are available, featuring additional space and flat bathrooms for guests with limited mobility.
There are no interconnecting rooms, though twins are suitable for families. Neighbouring rooms can be arranged, as well as cots for infants.


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Scot McCloughan reportedly hired by Browns as draft consultant
Scot McCloughan has continued to running a scouting service evaluating NFL talent even after his messy divorce with the Washington Redskins last year, and the executive has now landed a new job with the Cleveland Browns.
Chris Mortensen of ESPN is reporting that the Browns have hired McCloughan to serve as a consultant for the 2018 NFL Draft.
Scot McCloughan has joined the Cleveland Browns as a personnel consultant for the 2018 NFL draft, as of Saturday, when he participated in full scouting sessions, according to sources. More coming.
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) February 4, 2018
Before he became the general manager of the Redskins in 2015, McCloughan ran a scouting service where he offered teams his opinion on draft prospects. He resumed with that business after Washington fired him last March, and he advised multiple teams on players leading up to the 2017 NFL Draft.
McCloughan has always been one of the most respected talent evaluators in football, and the Redskins seemingly smeared his name on the way out the door with reports leaking that he was having alcohol relapses. He has since filed a grievance against Washington, and some have predicted that the organization could end up looking bad if details emerge from the way McCloughan's termination was handled.
The Browns pick at the top of every round in the upcoming draft and have one additional first-round pick — No. 4 overall — and two additional second-round picks. If they choose wisely, they have a great chance to start rebuilding their franchise. McCloughan should be able to help with that.


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The slogan that appears on the police uniform is "Satyamev Jayate" - "Truth alone triumps"- unfortunately, nothing could be farther from the truth
The slogan that appears on the police uniform is "Satyamev Jayate" - "Truth alone triumps"- unfortunately, nothing could be farther from the truth
Straight on the face! LOL at your mangoes:p And funny enough, two policewomen fainted in Madurai PS where the wife was murdered in broad day light, on witnessing the incident. How do we entrust our safety to such women? And traffic police in chennai are by far the worst in India, have had my share of bitter experiences too. Next time, have some mangoes or guavas handy when you overstep a signal!!!ReplyDelete
Why single out policemen?As Ajay Devgan put,it is a widely prevalent malaise that Anna is trying to eliminate.ReplyDelete
Some of the incidents you had mentioned invited mirth.You are as fluent in writing humorous episodes as you are with serious issues.
" Policemen are also part of this society. How can we expect them to be different?What you see in the police is a reflection of what is happening in society,"ReplyDelete
This sums it all.
Changes are not impossible but will those in power keen to do so? If I am not mistaken a report by prominent person on Police Reforms is picnic place for white ants in some remote corner of office where it was submitted.
Take care
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM
You said it, bravo. Law enforcement comes by willpower; willpower of the society and of the enforcer. These policemen also are from the very same society. We need a complete overhauling if we want to change things.ReplyDelete
Story in pieces
Thanks folks for all your comments. Yes the police are a reflection of our society. It is people like us who make up the police forceReplyDelete
This article is a mirror placed in front of the state of our contemporary society..The opinions are portrayed well with carefully chosen words as if in a smooth flowing stream..ReplyDelete
We in India have no fear or respect for the law. whereas when we are abroad, we follow rules, for we know once we are caught there is no way out, if we tried bribing we are in more trouble, for we can be jailed. That is why those countries are way ahead of us.ReplyDelete
It could also be that police are not paid well in our country, so taking bribe is one way to solve their problems. Somewhere something is missing.
Your experiences were very interesting to read.
:) oh my I have ad my run in's with the Cops during the good old days of college.. been in trouble a LOTTTT .. THat reminds me I should write my views too ..ReplyDelete
Not had any run ins with police here in UK .. so far so good ..
enforcing law is not easy, people dont understand its not jsut wearing a uniform and thats it .. a lot can go wrong and one has to think a lot ASK ME ...
anyway you had some reasons to smile with you hiccups with the law.. if i write they will probably throw me out of job if they find out this is what i did :)
Lovely post on many counts! First, making me remember of Mr Goon the legendary policeman of the Mystery series.. Next about the way you handled the cops and Finally the state of police force a true reflection of the society!A delightful read!ReplyDelete
@ Bikram you should write a post on your experiences with the police :). Rama you are right we are very law abiding when we go abroad but here we do just as we like. @ Rahul glad to know that you are also a fan of the Mr. Goon series. Thanks for the compliments on my ability to handle cops..!ReplyDelete
hmmmmmmmmmmmm....like all things in life there is the good, the bad and the damn ugly, the police force/officers are no exceptions.
great write up.....
Delightful post on policeman related anecdotes(or true stories?). I am curious to know who that ancient 100 yr lady was with whom you had an appointment:)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 3, 2011 at 10:50 PM
Mr. Goon! hahaha I loved those books... the find outers were really interesting. I haven't had any run in's with cops yet lol sounds scary tho!ReplyDelete
Hi Meera,ReplyDelete
What is happening? It is more than a week since you wrote last.Looking forward to your posts


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"If I didn't feel so much, how easy it would be to go on."
The accessibility of something so informative as an artist's biography/diary is not something that had ever occurred to me. For years I have eaten up every secret, every story, that has been relayed to me by my mentors and have treasured each of these conversations. I almost feel pathetic for only reasoning now, at 17, that this information and experience that I am constantly in search of is waiting for me on a bookshelf.
I frequently inquire about the experiences of the artists in my life because I have found a consistency in the advice and sentiments communicated by these individuals. This is not to say that the experience of an artist is unanimous. I simply am often surprised by the extent to which many creative individuals share comparable philosophies toward their work.
I typically identify advice as valuable when the individual's sentiments are similar to something I have heard before. I have found the diary entries of Virginia Woolf to be particularly potent, not only because they emulate what I have accepted as principle, but because her sentiments painfully resonate with experiences and sensations that I assumed were unique to me. I do not know that the diary provided me with any answers. I do not think it is likely that answers exist, for if they did, none of us would be struggling. While I do not know that I have happened upon a solution, I do think that I have encountered a remedy of sorts. Woolf's diary has alleviated some of the discomfort that comes with feeling as though one is alone. I have found seclusion to be disagreeable because it breeds a sense of incompetency, futility, and impossibility.
When I began reading Woolf's diary, I was immediately taken aback by the abundance of commentary on the writings of her contemporaries. I would say that Virginia Woolf analyzed the work of others at least once a month in her diary. Actually, her sentiments were more akin to criticism than analysis and were often outright condemnations. There was something comforting about the frequency of these criticisms. So many entries in Woolf's diary exude a sense of pride that certainly does not conceal Woolf's ego. To many, Woolf may come off as ill-tempered. I, on the other hand, experienced a peculiar kinship while reading the diary. I have always been extremely critical of the work of others. I am very quick to belittle other artists and am rarely impressed by the performance of my peers. What I am getting at, is that the arrogance of Virginia Woolf's diary entries is astoundingly familiar.
I have always found my conceit to be remarkable (and not in a positive way). I am constantly convinced that I can do a better job than everyone around me and think very highly of my intellect, ability, and potential. I, like Virginia Woolf, am entirely cocky and overwhelmingly critical. This is probably the most irritating aspect of my personality. It relates almost directly to my superpower/kryptonite. I am extremely competitive, only because I have seen myself win and think very little of my competitors. This confidence completely unravels when I encounter an obstacle that I worry will jeopardize my reputation and confidence if I end up failing. In her diary, Virginia Woolf mentioned failure more times than I can count. Because of her confidence and competitive nature (that was quite possibly her superpower), a major concern of Woolf 's was her ascendency into fame, recognition as a leading female modernist of the 20th century, and the opinions of her own critics.
Throughout her diary, just days after releasing one of her pieces into public eye, Woolf would determine whether her work was a success or a failure based on the sentiments of critics and the recognition it received. Woolf would often reread her writings once they were finished and declare, in her journal, that they were failures. While writing The Years in December of 1935, Woolf proclaimed, "the main feeling about this book is vitality, fruitfulness, energy." I was amazed, and stared at the pages of the diary with my mouth agape, when I read her comments regarding The Years from just one month later. In January of 1936, Woolf asserted, in her diary, that The Years was a "show up of (her) own decrepitude." What she had originally characterized as energetic was now "feeble twaddle." I almost threw the book across my room. The statements left me angered and irritated. It was not until the following day that I recognized the familiarity of these sentiments. It is so like me to endlessly criticize others, temporarily think very highly of myself while commencing a project, and then ultimately grow miserable as I attack my work upon considering its fate in the laps of my critics. In her diary, Woolf would also anticipate the criticism she would receive upon publication: "The reviewers will say that it is disjointed because of the mad scenes not connecting with the Dalloway scenes." This tendency to evaluate her performance through the eyes of others (something that I think is a by-product of one's competitive personality), was listed as one of my kryptonites two weeks ago.
I do not know that the diary provides any concrete answers, though I should note that Virginia Woolf is, ultimately, one of the most influential authors of her time. Does this teach me that my own judgement of my work is irrelevant and valueless? I do not think that I should conclude that the opinions of others are meaningless. I believe that the lesson is not to disregard their opinions, for it is impossible for an artist to improve, be successful, or make any money without some public approval/criticism. Rather, Woolf's diary may teach me that I really do not know what others will think and should stop allowing my guesses and concerns to consume my energy and deplete my confidence.


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Styles come and go, as do colour schemes, but simple and elegant black endures. Chanel's little black dress is the epitome of elegance and style, a look that has survived the years, most famously worn by Audrey Hepburn and emulated by women for decades. This classic neutral is … [Read more...]
Why I love a weatherboard home
Growing up in England, weatherboard houses were few and far between but I always admired the clapboard houses of East Coast America and longed to live in one of those. Moving to Australia, I thought I would achieve my dream of owning a weatherboard house, as they are referred to … [Read more...]
Modern Home Magazine – Silvery Hues
So with Christmas in mind my thoughts are turning to beautiful silvery hues. It's that time of year when sparkle is called for and I really love the cool silver tones at this time of year, particularly in the heat of Australia. With only 50 sleeps to go, it is probably too late … [Read more...]
Country Home Ideas – Delicate Celadon Green
Celadon Green is such a user-friendly colour and never seems to be out of fashion. A delicate and soft decorating colour, Celadon works beautifully in all areas of the home, particularly in bedrooms where its calming influence is perfect. Read my latest article in Country Home … [Read more...]


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How many people want to bet that Kanimozhi will not get bail in the 2G scam case? And how many think she should?
Update: She didn't get bail, was arrested and sent to jail.
Categories: Law and governance, Politics 2G licence, 2G scam, corruption, DMK, Kanimozhi


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A 28-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the alleged murder of Annalise Johnstone.
Ms Johnstone, 22, from Ardrossan in Ayrshire, was found in a wooded area at the side of the B8062 between Dunning and Auchterarder in Perthshire on May 10.
Her brother Jordan Johnstone, 24, was charged with her murder and appeared in court the same month, having been arrested in Dundee.
He made no plea and the case was fully committed for trial.
However, officers revealed a further development in the case.
A force spokesman said: "Police Scotland can confirm that the 28 year old woman arrested in connection with the alleged murder of 22 year Annalise Johnstone has now been charged."
The woman, who was arrested in Inchture, was due to appear at Perth Sheriff Court today.


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The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, Feb. 16, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
1st annual Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras party at Mez
Mardi Gras party at Tilt
Tune-up Tuesday Fat Tuesday at Whisky River
Wild Wing Mardi Gras Blowout
Fat Tuesday! Hospitality Industry Party at Howl At The Moon


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March 27, 2003
I just heard the broadcast of the press conference with Tony Blair and George W. Bush at Camp David. The difference in eloquence between them is staggering and, yes, embarassing.
Example: Asked about the recent shift in estimates of the duration of the war, Bush answered. "However long it takes", followed by a few reiterations of the same thought, with little information added. Blair reminded the questioner that with the glut of coverage, it's easy to forget that it's only been one week, noted in detail what has been accomplished in that week, stated why he thought that question shouldn't be emphasized while giving credence to opposing perceptions, and reiterated the key points again.
Overall, in the segment I heard, Blair had a word count ratio of about 10 to 1 over Bush. I was most impressed with the way that Blair acknowledged opposing positions while emphasizing his own. What a statesman.
Transcript here (starting with Q&A).
March 19, 2003
Here's a shameless plug for my friends Bob and Rick who own Softpro Books in Burlington, MA, a longtime excellent resource for Boston-area software people. They're pretty excited about an event next Wednesday, March 26: They're hosting Chris Sells and David Platt at their store for a "software legends night", and offering 50% off on all their .NET books that evening.
I'll be there.
March 16, 2003
I'm not ordinarily much interested in party politics, but for the first time ever I feel it's my duty to spend time and money over the next year working for the Democratic party, the goal being to do what I can to assure that George W. Bush isn't re-elected.
March 10, 2003
Doc says
Oddly, Google still gets only 75 results for "World of Ends". None point to the site (World of Ends).Hope this helps. Maybe Google's spiders have been by since Doc's post because I see it's at number 11 right now, just a couple of items below the Quick Doc Review they created for it.
Can someone at SXSW put me in touch with the person David refers to here:
An audience member is complaining that QuickTopic sucks. (Quick, get me my broker!) QT is separate from the web site you're working on, has separate UI, etc.I love to work with feedback to improve QT, but I need more context here. Thanks.
[Update: David responds in email (here by permission):
He meant that if I use QT to handle the discussions engendered by my site, I am sending my visitors to a site that doesn't have my brand or branding. Obviously this would be fixed if they paid you to create a QT site for them.And people can get a customized QuickTopic like the one CIO Magazine uses. And customization will eventually be a self-serve feature in QT Pro. So I feel better.]
Fun with links: Raging Cow. Via David.
March 03, 2003
How interesting that Jeneane did a dream-blog last week (I just read it). Must be something in the collective unconscious poking through. Last week I started reading Morton Kelsey's old book Adventure Inward, which I'd found on my father's bookshelf. Getting past the hokey 1970's Christian-press cover, I'm finding it to be very interesting. It's about keeping a journal of your inner search, and to the point here, includes a section on journalling your dreams, which I've started to do. I also just saw the movie Waking Life (which I highly recommend) after reading about it on Cody Clark's blog. Waking life is a fascinating animated sort of multi-character My Dinner With Andre on the subject of lucid dreaming (I'll let you discover the rest).
Giles Turnbull interviewed me for Write the Web. Read to the end for news about what's coming soon in QuickTopic. e.g.
Imagine being able to take any group email conversation easily to QT, then being able to search those conversations with any stock inhouse search engine. I actually think this has even bigger potential for corporate knowledge sharing than enterprise weblogging.


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Welcome to BA's Book Features showcasing a small collection of books to be released this week, or showcasing a special feature as part of a blog tour and promotion event. If you'd like to have your book featured on Bookish Ardour please send an enquiry.
Author Irvine Welsh and his newest release The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins
- Release Date: May 1st 2014
- Genre: Contemporary Fiction
- Publisher: Random House UK – Vintage Publishing
- Meet the Author: Website – Facebook – Twitter
- Find the Title: Bookworld AU – Bookworld ePub – Bookfari AU – Amazon AU – Wordery – Book Depository – Amazon US
The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins taps into two great obsessions of our time, personal training regimes and real estate – how we look and where we live – and tells a story so subversive and dark it blacks out the Florida sun.
When Lucy Brennan, a Miami Beach personal-fitness trainer, disarms a gunman chasing two frightened homeless men, the police and the breaking-news cameras are not far behind and, within hours, Lucy is a media hero. The solitary eye-witness is the depressed and overweight Lena Sorensen, who becomes obsessed with Lucy and signs up as her client – though she seems more interested in the trainer's body than her own. When the two women find themselves more closely aligned, and can't stop thinking about the sex lives of Siamese twins, the real problems start…
In the aggressive, foul-mouthed trainer, Lucy Brennan, and the needy, manipulative Lena Sorensen, Irvine Welsh has created two of his most memorable female protagonists, and one of the most bizarre, sado-masochistic folies à deux in contemporary fiction. Featuring murder, depravity and revenge – and enormous amounts of food and sex – The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins taps into two great obsessions of our time – how we look and where we live – and tells a story so subversive and dark it blacks out the Florida sun.
About the Author
Probably most famous for his gritty depiction of a gang of Scottish Heroin addicts, Trainspotting, Welsh focuses on the darker side of human nature and drug use. All of his novels are set in his native Scotland and filled with anti-heroes, small time crooks and hooligans. Welsh manages, however to imbue these characters with a sad humanity that makes them likable despite their obvious scumbaggerry. Irvine Welsh is also known for writing in his native Edinburgh Scots dialect, making his prose challenging for the average reader unfamiliar with this style.


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Arsenal went ahead on 58 minutes through a bullet from the impressive Oxlade-Chamberlain.
After the break Oxlade-Chamberlain put Arsenal ahead when his 25-yard shot squirmed under Ben Smith before Benayoun converted from close range.
The result was welcome relief for beleaguered Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, whose side have made their worst start to a season since he arrived at the club.
And it looked like there was more misery to come for Wenger when the Gunners went behind after Shrewsbury got their reward for early pressure.
Having earlier struck the post through Wright's stabbed shot, Shrewsbury took the lead when Collins rose above a static Arsenal defence to head the League Two side into a deserved lead after 16 minutes.
The visiting side should have doubled their lead but Reuben Hazell headed wide when it looked easier to hit the target.
But Arsenal equalised just after the half-hour as Gibbs headed home from deep inside the penalty area for the home side.
Arsenal went ahead on 58 minutes through a bullet from the impressive Oxlade-Chamberlain.
There looked to be little danger when the 18-year-old former Southampton trainee collected the ball 25 yards out, but he promptly drilled a low strike under Smith.
With 12 minutes left, Benayoun made the tie safe when he swept home from close range following good work on the right side of the Shrewsbury penalty box by young substitute Oguzhan Ozyakup.


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Jonathan Lam
Major:Neurobiology Minor: Chemistry, Mathematics
Mentor: Martin Davas, Pathology
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Current research project: Examining the Role of Acetylcholine on Long-Term Plasticity in the Ventral Striatum after Repeated Amphetamine Exposure
Translate your work so that we can all understand its importance
Short-term increases in the neurotransmitter dopamine cause persistent changes in glutamate release that contributes to drug dependence. Our lab has shown in the past that within the dorsal striatum, a structure of the brain that plays a critical role in the reward pathway, acetylcholine encodes long lasting changes in glutamate release after repeated amphetamine exposure to raise dopamine levels. Currently, we are examining whether this same mechanism also occurs within the ventral striatum to gain a better understanding of how abnormal dopamine release can impact neural pathways in the brain.
When, how, and why did you get involved in undergraduate research?
I started with undergraduate research during Autumn Quarter of my freshman year by contacting various faculty through the URP database and managed to find an position in the Neurology department. Ever since I was in high school, I have been fascinated with the inner workings of the brain and undergraduate research provided me with an opportunity to explore my curiosity while learning firsthand from an expert in the field.
What advice would you give a student who is considering getting involved in undergraduate research?
Keep an open mind when you look for a research position as you may find an interesting project in a field you never considered. Also, be persistent as not every professor has an open position in their lab so just keep looking if they say no!


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Bingo for Blazers
Thursday February 15, 2018 from 07:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Ottawa, CA
Thank you for your interest in the Bingo for Blazers. However at this time, registration for this event has closed.
Event Details
Get your Hockey Mom friends together and come out for a fun night of Bingo and Dancing!
All proceeds raised will be shared between the KMHA post-secondary scholarship fund and the Capital City Condors.
Ticket includes appetizers, bingo games, dancing and a chance to win a door prize.
Get your friends together and support two great local charities.
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Irish Hills Golf & Country
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Diva Pearls Debuts
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Library Management Solution
Library is a place where all kinds of books for educational purposes are stored. In an education system, libraries are a very important place. Students come to relax or take notes for their academic reference purposes. Mishandling/stealing of books would cost a lot to the management and the administrative department.
RFID for Library Management
Unlike RF (Radio Frequency) and EM (Electro-Mechanical) systems, which have been used for decades in all libraries in the past, are now being replaced by Radio Frequency Identification technology. Radio frequency Identification is the new age technology that helps keep anappropriate and accurate tracking system with a combination of security as well. All of the books become traceable through this.
RFID Library Management Solution will help keep the whole process of tracking and accountability of library assets in an easier and effortless manner. The tags attached to the shelves or books will help keep the count of the number of books. It will also help in tracking who has delayed in returning the books used for a period of time. The installation charges are very low and so is the maintenance of this technology.
AOPL will help give the finest RFID solution and will help you with all the help you need.


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Science Journal of Sociology and Anthropology
November 2013, Volume 2013, ISSN:2276-6359
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research Article
The Effects of Boko Haram Insurgency and the School System; A Case Study of Selected States in Northern Nigeria
Ekereke, Aniefiok Silas
Department of Educational Administration and Planning.
University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115, Calabar, Nigeria.
doi: 10.7237/sjsa/137
Accepted 25 October, 2013; Available Online 22 October 2013
Nation state of Nigeria has been grip by ethno-religious conflicts with huge human and material losses since the return of civilian government in 1999. This ethno-religious conflict is traced to Boko Haram insurgency which started in July 2009 in the Northern states of Nigeria. This is an attempt by Islamic conservative elements to imposing a variant of Islamic religious ideology on a secular Nigerian state. Some scholars believe that religious sensitivity of Nigerians provided fertile ground for the breeding of the Boko Haram sect, while others linked sect's blossoming to the prevailing political and economic dislocation in Nigerian, most especially the introduction of party politics and politics of anxiety, the associated desperation of politicians for political power, and the ambivalence of some vocal Islamic leaders, who thought western education breed corruption which gives rise to poverty hence Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria State. Documented evidence shows that sects' activities have forced so many schools into extinction especially in the city of Maiduguri, Borno state; Mubi, Adamawa State and Yobe state Nigeria. Despites Government dialogue for peace, amnesty for sects' members, state of emergency declaration and strengthening of security; Boko Haram sects' uprising becomes more severe than ever targeting all humans and Schools in the Northern part of Nigeria.
Keywords:Boko-Haram, School system, Islamic fundamentalism, party politics, Corruption, Nigeria


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Accueil > Publications > Recherche par années > Années 2000 > 2001
Pichon, C ; Goncalves, C ; Midoux, P
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 53 (1) 75-94
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Nucleic acids transfer into mammalian cells requires devices to improve their escape from endocytic vesicles where they are mainly confined following cellular uptake. In this review, we describe histidine-rich molecules that enable the transfer of plasmid and oligonucleotides (ODN) in human and non-human cultured cells. An histidine-rich peptide which permeabilizes biological membrane at pH 6.4, favored the transfection mediated by lactosylated polylysine/pDNA complexes.


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[News ✮ 2013 | 상어 Shark] Son Ye Jin Finally Knows who 김남길(Kim Nam Gil) really is
Shark Episode 11 Review: Son Ye Jin Finally Knows Who Kim Nam Gil Really Is
In Shark, episode 11, Jo Hae Woo(played by Son Ye Jin) finally knew that Kim Joon(played by Kim Nam Gil) was her first love, Han Yi Soo.
As soon as Hae Woo found out through a security camera that Joon was Yi Soo, she called him out to a park. She looked at him with her eyes filled with tears. She said, "Please stop, Yi Soo. If you do this, you'll only become one of them who made you like this."
Yi Soo stared at her and said, "You're trying to stop me? If you want to stop me, you'll have to follow me to hell." However, Hae Woon answered, "If I can find Han Yi Soo again, not Kim Joon, I'll follow you wherever it is, even if it's at the deepest part of hell." (Source)


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As a publishing company, we use a lot of paper. But we are always seeking ways to offset this usage -- we recycle all of our office papers and most of our books are printed on sustainably sourced paper from responsibly managed forests (FSC-certified). We give back to our community and the planet in other ways too, most notably through our ongoing reforestation project in Costa Rica.


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I have a bad habit of going through sunglasses far too quickly. I misplace them, I lose them, and I sit on them when I put them on the seat of my car. I have bought a pair for each of my cars just to avoid moving them between vehicles and guess what…I still lose them. For this reason I have stopped purchasing expensive sunglasses and I have made stores that specialize in dollar merchandise my go to sunglass provider. For most people sunglasses are an important part of their style and they spend money to make sure they get a pair that expresses who they are while protecting their eyes from the brightness and glare of the sun, especially when driving. Some buy them for the outdoor sports they love or for the job they do. Whatever the reason, people will spend a lot of money on a quality pair of glasses, just not me because I can't take care of them. For the stores that carry a better quality of sunglasses, theft is always a concern and trying to prevent shoplifting is a challenge. In spite of this challenge there are retail anti-theft devices from Alpha Security that can deter criminals who would clean out your inventory if given half a chance.
The Alpha Security Eyewear Tag gives store owners the advantage of electronic article surveillance protection (EAS) while allowing shoppers the ability to try on glasses without affecting the way they fit. The tags are reusable so there is no need for constant replenishment of these retail anti-theft devices. When the customer is ready to make a purchase the glasses are taken to the point of sale where a special Alpha Security detachment tool is used by the cashier to remove the tag. Tags are then stored in a bin until ready for application on new products received by the store. Stores that invest in EAS pedestals, like those sold by Checkpoint Systems, have the advantage of alarm protection should a thief attempt to walk out with a protected pair of glasses. The pedestals sound a loud, beeping alert and flash colorful LED lights to alert employees that a tagged item is carried too close to the doors. Often this is enough to deter a theft since shoplifters don't want to chance being caught. For store owners that have chosen not to invest in EAS pedestals the Eyewear Tag still provides ample deterrence value. In order to try to remove a tag a thief would have to try to force a tag off of the arm of the sunglasses and we all know how fragile those arms can be (especially me)!
How effective is this retail anti-theft device in protecting product? On the Alpha Security website they have a "Hard Tag Infographic" and in it they have posted, "A leading sunglasses chain began using the Eyewear Tag. Shrink went from more than 20% to ZERO! Even with no EAS!" Having worked in Retail Loss Prevention for nearly 20 years, being a L.P. Manager for 13 of those years, I can tell you I have NEVER seen any other shortage reduction strategy that has been THAT effective! Think about that if you own a small eyewear store(s) and have annual sales of $100,000 a year, 20% shrink is $20,000! What could you do with a windfall of $20,000 added back to your profit line? Could you use that money to add another part-time employee to your staff thereby increasing customer service and increasing sales even more? Could you use it for pay raises and thereby increase employee morale and their desire to improve their own sales performance? You may choose to expand your business or simply enjoy the fruits of your labor and investment.
Retail anti-theft devices are proven to be effective at shortage reduction through deterrence and tag detection adding to store profitability. For sunglass and eyeglass stores, Eyewear Tags may be the ultimate solution for eliminating theft in your business and driving theft-related shortage to zero.
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|Sylvia Daoust, My Head, 1930 (source)
I think that highlights an issue with Women Artists, Because their work is/was seldom or sparsely collected by major Galleries, it can be difficult to find them online in a well documented way. They are often snapshots from someones phone, instead of professional images in a virtual museum, and as such the real documentation is often lost. For example the image of My head says it's painted plaster- and that might be so- but it looks a lot like bronze to me- and because my source is yelp, I'm not really very trusting of it, so I won't write down the material, and it goes undocumented.
We're living in an internet age and for years the struggle has been to get more work by Women into galleries, but now I wonder if we should be taking a different approach. A proper Virtual Museum of Women's Art would likely get far visitors than a real brick and mortar museum. At the last kids art class I taught I was surprised to find that the 12 year old kids I was teaching had never been to an art gallery, art is not really a priority in rural schools, I know, but still, I expected at least one field trip- there is a small gallery a half hour away, but that is not so. That sort of shook me up, and got me wondering how many adults in my area have never been to an art gallery, more than I realized I think. So- if people are going to the internet for their art, it sort of makes representation of Women's art on Google much more relevent, don't you think?
Throughout this little Canadian artist challenge of mine I've been thinking- "well of course there's no more than a few photos of the work- the women were not collected by major museums". Now I'm wondering what would happen if we reversed that process, and gave them proper space on the Internet as the first step to getting the names out there, and then that in turn would make a demand for their works to be collected and preserved in bigger galleries.
Okay- Brainstorm done- sorry for Hi-jacking your post Sylvia Daoust- your work is phenomenal- or what I can see of it on yelp.
Monday Inspiration 2014 is all about Canadian artists. Each Monday I'll pick a new one to profile- If you can think of any that you think I ought to look up- please let me know in the comments- I'd love to hear from you. You can find a list of the artists I've done so far here.


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Your church website is critical to people deciding whether to attend your Sunday service or not. In 2012 a study revealed that more than half of the people interviewed decided to attend (or not attend) a church's Sunday service based on their experience with the congregation's website.
If you are interested in improving your website you will want to get a copy of Justin Wise's book, The Social Church: A Theology of Digital Communication. A summary of the book states,
Every other societal building block has been disrupted by the shift toward social media. Why would we think the church should be any different? Churches can choose to become interactive as a church or we can choose to fade further into the cultural background. The choice is up to us. This book is for Christians who advocate for social media in their churches. It's for pastors and ministry leaders who want to understand what social media is and why it's crucial for the survival of local churches. It's for Christians who want to be on the right side of history, leveraging new technologies to further the Kingdom of God.
Justin Wise contends that social media is this generation's printing press-a revolutionary technology that can spread the gospel further and faster than we can imagine.
Are you ready to think theologically about digital communication? Are you ready to adapt your methods to share the Message that never changes?


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This week it was announced the Doctor will come face to face with every generation of the Daleks in the new seventh series of Doctor Who, from the 1970s to the 2010 models.
The evil 'salt and pepper pots' will return to the series after a break from world domination when the show's bosses retired the Daleks to avoid audiences tiring of them. The Doctor's evil foes will return in true Dalek-style when the Doctor, Amy and Rory unexpectedly come up against an army of them. The news that the classic Who baddies had been shelved last year was met with much disappointment, however the blast from the past has caused excitement amongst fans.
The surprise twist is a nod to the 50th anniversary of the show which is due to be celebrated next year. The Daleks have repeatedly changed their image since the 1970s, during which they were all a uniform grey, had smaller bases, a blue eye stalk and despite claiming to be the superior race of the universe were stumped by stairs, uneven surfaces, and steps. They made a shocking return in 1979 when they appeared more two dimensional than ever before – quite literally – when cardbroad cut outs were used to bulk out the 'army'.
Thankfully a lot has changed since then and it's highly unlikely the cut out Daleks will be used, however there will be a noticeable contrast between the cruder older ones and the bulkier new types – dubbed iDaleks by some fans – who are no longer vertically challenged. Images revealing various Dalek parts have been released by the BBC and a clip from the episode can be seen in the series preview.
Doctor Who will be returning to our screens this autumn featuring new companion Jenna-Louise Coleman in five episodes followed by a Christmas special as part of the build up to the 50th anniversary celebrations, during which there will be eight initial episodes and several TV specials.
The show's chief Steven Moffat said: "Next year is a great year to be a 'Doctor Who' fan."


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Presenting Carly Rae Jepsen with her brand new hit song called Run Away With Me. You can download the sheet music notes and chords here. This song is featured on her third album called Emotion, which was released in July 2015.
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About the score, chords and sheet music
This is an 8-page score, written by the Canadian singer and some other authors like Shellback and Jonnali. Currently arranged for keyboard and voice in the range of F#3-D#5.