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Farengar Secret-Fire is the Jarl's wizard in Dragonsreach. He is a spell vendor. Inside his quarters are an Alchemy Lab and an Arcane Enchanter.
As the Jarl's court wizard, Farengar is expected to lend magical assistance during times of peril. In the meantime, he is permitted to pursue a long-running research project concerning dragons. No apparent progress is made even after the Dragonborn produces an artefact for him from Bleak Falls Barrow. However, once a dragon is captured in the Great Porch (near the end of the main quest line, during The World-Eater's Eyrie), he will interact with the dragon and find himself quite unwelcome to attempt any physical research.
When asked about his place in Dragonreach and his function, he can be quite condescending and irritable.
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I have mixed feelings on the rose bush in a container on the top of my stairs on my front porch, the plant that is closest to my front door. The concern may be that I am so concerned about it. I have tended, preened and pruned to plants that I am working to produce something to put on my kitchen table. I have never, however, been one for fussing over a flower. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate them as much as the day is long. I think they are one of God's most intense, delicate and magnificent creations [I think most folks would agree, having the freedom to enter their higher power of choice, of course]. But I'm not sure how I feel fussing over them. But fuss I do, and probably not as much as I should. I really am very proud when I see a bright pink rose bud burst into full bloom right there in front of my doorstep, as if to shout a message like one of those you might see on a 1970s tee – Someone in Cheyenne loves me. "A green thumb in Brooklyn loves me!" Maybe it trips me up a bit because I am reminded of the Type A rosebush fusser in that really cool movie with Kevin Spacey where he lusts after his kid's friend and she's got the rose petals falling up all around her nakedish body. What a crude juxtaposition…wifey with the rosebud clippers snipping manically away while he makes his life liveable being creepy. Ah, I may not be remembering it perfectly well but there may be some association (think rosebush competitions) between rose growers and gardeners who get their rocks off manipulating God's (or Whoever's) roses into humble submission. It doesn't stop me from being duly impressed by one who lords him or herself over the seemingly untameable force that is the Rosacae, clippers held high victoriously high above the lowly but wild and free Eudicot (yes, I wiki'ed that one). But now, muah ha ha, eep! I'm one of them. Maybe not, though. I can't say I'm successful enough to count myself in the class of clipper wielding rose obsessed gardeners. But I'm getting there.
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The Gold Report Interview with Ian Gordon (6/22/12) "I have a significant investment in Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. Its property is situated in the Cariboo Gold Belt in British Columbia. The property is easily accessible by road. Barkerville the town and Barkerville the company are named after Billy Barker, credited with the gold discovery in the 1860s. Barkerville Gold Mines is now finding the source of that placer gold, which was the gold that Billy Barker and his contemporaries discovered 150 years ago. . .the company anticipates bringing Bonanza Ledge into production, which will produce about 25 Koz. The thing about Barkerville is the huge potential that the property could host multimillion ounces of gold. We haven't seen an NI 43-101 on the property since 2006 and there's been a massive amount of drilling since that time. The next NI 43-101, which should be published this month, should substantially increase the 840 Koz that we saw in 2006." The Gold Report Interview with Ian Gordon (6/22/12) "I have a significant investment in Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.
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I've been trying to find a decent solution for DP/HDMI audio volume control in OSX, and while I understand Apple's reluctance to add another volume level to the "chain", my monitor has awful controls, and the difference between 0.8% and 0% is pretty high. To this end, I looked for and found a rough DDC/CI implementation for OSX, and supplemented it with the VESA specification. Working to clean it up, I made a small app to play with the values, and "unmute" now works in the newest version. My eventual goal is a system daemon `ddcd` which loads at boot, traps the volume keystrokes from my Apple keyboard and sends the appropriate DDC/CI command to my monitor.
The app is no longer "severe": failures will disable the current controller; if you think the failure is wrong, try pressing the refresh button to reset the state of the controller. The X button will factory reset the monitor. The smaller attachment is the source.
I've been trying to find a decent solution for DP/HDMI audio volume control in OSX, and while I understand Apple's reluctance to add another volume level to the "chain", my monitor has awful controls, and the difference between 0.8% and 0% is pretty high. To this end, I looked for and found a rough DDC/CI implementation for OSX, and supplemented it with the VESA specification. Working to clean it up, I made a small app to play with the values, and while I can't "unmute" my monitor with the current controls, it's something. My eventual goal is a system daemon `ddcd` which loads at boot, traps the volume keystrokes from my Apple keyboard and sends the appropriate DDC/CI command to my monitor.
Be aware that the app is "severe", in that it will throw an exception if there is any trouble talking to the monitor. The smaller attachment is the source.
Really wanted something just like this!
Great work & thank you!
Hey seems great, but could you make it targeted to OS X Lion or Snow Leopard and later for those of use whom have not bought Mountain Lion yet?
DVI is 1.3, so it should be fine, but the only real test is to try it.
The app compiles for Lion, but has not been tested, the source is available above.
Do not attempt to run it on a Mac, especially portables.
Sadness my DisplayPort screen is using 1.4. Any idea when support will be added for 1.4 in the future. Or rather what is missing from this project to make it 1.4 compatible so the community could add the features?
the existing implementation I realized only works well with v1.3, so I added the safeguard. You could remove it and get most of the controls, but reading a changed value back in throws an error, and the monitor will likely stop responding to DDC/CI requests until restarted. Being version-aware was the easiest way of making the app safe for now, though I put additional specification links in the source. I haven't gotten around to reading them yet to make the necessary changes.
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Starting a new business is a stressful thing. You require a lot of money, insight, and testing. Also, you need to invest a ton of your time with no guarantee that it will work out. Sometimes it can backfire and you will lose more money than you invested.
There is a reason that so many businesses fail. If you see a restaurant that is working fine and earning in millions then it is tempting to replicate the success.
But what people miss is the real ingredient of success. Facebook was started by people who had a vision and it went to become a giant network where people send their friend request and then talk for hours. Now it is mostly them scrolling up memes and news which are made to make them feel nice. So they end up doing the Facebook thing for hours with no real productivity.
Because Facebook earns in billions, Google got tempted and started their version of the Facebook. But that was it. It was a version and hence it didn't take up.
You don't have to be number 1 to succeed and you can't replicate a business with money. There goes a lot in making a business succeed and that's why it is scary.
But maybe you have this urge to do something. And you are willing to risk a portion of your time and money.
You want to start a tie business. Your aim is to sell all kinds of tie – business, casual and in all vibrant colors. One by one you ask the casual buyer and they are delighted that such a business will come in because they want some fancy ties.
In your neighborhood, there isn't any competition so you are confident that it will take off. But you know that many businesses fail. So you start as small as you can.
And the day when you launch, there is no one. You run ads, put on posters and wait. One month passes by and there are hardly any sales. Many people come in, talk with each other and then end up buying nothing or just one tie. And it is taking a toll on you. Despite doing all the things right, something isn't right.
You realize that many of your customers value the connection they develop with others. Because most of them are a business person and they develop a sense of connection. The tie buying process is secondary for them.
Also, the people coming in for the luxury ties are having functions, conferences and many workshops. So it helps them advertise with well-connected people.
So you have an idea. You start a meeting room for such people with coffee and donuts. The fee is $200 per month as membership and it is inside your store. A room which allows for discussion and such. When someone comes in for the tie, you pitch them the discussion room and boom, they buy in because they know the value.
You are now making more money than room membership than selling tie. So adjust. Do the business room meetings because it is something you have to do to become sustainable. So that it allows you to do the thing which you want to do – selling ties.
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Plano man says girlfriend got cold feet in suicide pact
A Plano man claims that he and his dead girlfriend had a suicide pact, but that she got cold feet and he had to finish the job. Photos of the crime were later posted to her Facebook page.
Jennifer Streit-Spears was found stabbed to death Sunday morning. Her boyfriend Kenneth Amyx also appeared to have stab wounds, but police have since determined they were self-inflicted and he's now charged with her murder.
Amyx told police he and his girlfriend had a suicide pact. According to Amyx's account to police, he and his girlfriend of four months Jennifer Streit-spears had agreed at stab each other until they both died.
Police were called to Streit-Spears' apartment Sunday after receiving a call from her concerned mother. Police arrived to find Amyx lying on top of Streit-Spears, both bloody and nude with two knives nearby.
Amyx told police Streit-Spears had "chickened out," becoming too weak after he cut her neck and they'd taken turns cutting each other. He told police he had to "finish her off."
Amyx had a cut to his neck that required stitches and superficial wounds to his wrist.
"People will fabricate stories to help in their defense, whether or not his story is true, that's something we're still looking into," said Plano Ofc. David Tilley, who said police were still examining if there was a suicide pact.
Police said Amyx admitted to being a fugitive. Warrants had been issued for his arrest out of Rockwall and Dallas counties -- one for continuous abuse of a child under the age of 14 and one for indecency with a child.
Amyx told police Streit-Spears knew he was wanted and they'd agreed to run off together, but then changed their minds.
Franmarie Stamey does not believe that her friend, Streit-Spears, made a suicide pact.
"I don't think there is anything believable coming out of his mouth."
Stamey does not think Spears would knowingly date an admitted fugitive, either, but thinks she might have been more comfortable with him because the two knew each other from high school.
"We're all going to die eventually, but you don't expect somebody that sweet to have such a dramatic, early departure," Stamey said.
Police said it remained unclear why Amyx chose to post graphic images of the murder to her Facebook page.
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Refugee shines with new lease of life
He was only seven years old – sailing on a fishing boat carrying Afghans away from the suppressive regime of the Taliban.
On the fretful day of 26 August in 2001, the boat began to sink. Abbas Nazari, now 17, was one of the 430 people, mostly from Iraq and Afghanistan, rescued by a Norwegian freight carrier – Tampa.
New Zealand accepted 131 of these people, including Abbas, as refugees, and gave them an opportunity to start all over again.
Ten years later on, Abbas is in his final year at Burnside High School in Christchurch, plays rugby for the school team, and plans to take on study in law and political science at university next year, reports the Office of Ethnic Affairs in its latest newsletter.
He also received the prestigious Russell McVeagh Scholarship for School Leavers and has also been awarded the University of Canterbury Emerging Leaders Scholarship for General Excellence.
Abbas exemplifies what is possible if opportunities are provided to refugees.
He says his life changed forever when the Tampa skipper Arne Rinnan picked them up from the sinking boat.
He credits his parents' courage, determination and support as the foundation on which his academic achievements are based.
One award he is particularly proud of is coming third in the New Zealand National Spelling bee at the age of 12, after being in the country only five years.
During his visit to the Office of Ethnic Affairs ministry, Abbas spoke about the different Afghan ethnicities and how his own, Hazāra face additional hardships.
The Hazāra face particular discrimination by the Taliban for their ethnicity and for their religion – most are Shi'a Muslim.
(Input from the newsletter of the Office of Ethnic Affairs.)
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How Are Acai Berry Products Prepared?
Acai berry is a small purple fruit that is less than an inch in diameter and has a shape that is similar to that of blueberries and grapes. It grows in bushes in the Amazon rainforests where a single bunch comprises of 70 to almost 1,000 berries. For so many years, acai berries have been preserved and made into different kinds of products known for their nutritional properties and high levels of antioxidants.
Why Is It Popular?
The popularity of the acai berry comes from its excellent combination of healthy nutrients, such as monosaturated fats, dietary fiber and antioxidants. These fruits are widely used in the field of dieting and weight loss, although they also have many other advantages like helping in cell recovery and resisting the aging process.
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The acai berry fruit has been a major part of the diet of Brazilian people, especially those who live near the rainforests of the amazon.
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Seems like talk regarding how explicit the hit song W.A.P is still continuing. During an interview with Central Ave, Snoop Dogg did not shy away from giving his opinion on Cardi's and Megan Thee Stallion's hit W.A.P.
Snoop Dogg shared that he believes female rappers shouldn't rap about their anatomy or sexuality. He thinks the W.A.P song is too explicit.
"Oh my God. Slow down. Like, slow down. And let's have some imagination. Let's have some, you know, privacy, some intimacy where he wants to find out as opposed to you telling him."
The rapper feels that privates are special and they should be cherished and kept secret for the bedroom, and W.A.P is the exact opposite of that.
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"To me, it's like, it's too fashionable when that is secrecy, that should be a woman's… that's like your pride and possession. That's your jewel of the Nile. That's what you should hold onto. That should be a possession that no one gets to know about until they know about it," he said.
Coming from a rapper who has plenty of songs that talked about sex in general and sexual acts, his current reasoning and perspective on life stem from having a daughter and the fact that he sees things differently now that he's older.
He, however, shared that as a younger man, he would have loved Cardi's hit and would even have jumped on the remix.
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"I may have been with the movement. I probably would have been on the remix."
He went on to add that he supports women in rap.
"I love it that they express theyself and they doing they thing. I just don't want it that fashionable to where young girls, they can express themselves like that without even knowing that that is a jewel that they hold onto until the right person comes around."
Watch Snoop Dogg's full interview with Central Ave below.
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What is fame without a show-off? In the entertainment industry, especially for rappers, it is essential to have the drip, the money, the bars, and the ride.
It is a net worth battle. Lil Pump just bought a Rolls Royce Truck for a whopping four hundred thousand dollars.
The Gucci Gang rapper also revealed that he paid the money in cash.
He flaunted his ride's pictures on his social media platforms, and we can't lie, the rapper has a reason to brag.
The car he bought is one of the most expensive and luxurious in the car industry. In the caption of his post, Pump wrote, "Spent yo lifesaving on a whip 🎁 🎁Pink slip Lil b—h !! Love u."
The white Rolls Royce Cullinan has a comfortable space for Pump's passengers and pretty comfortable seats.
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Some of his fans showed love to the rapper's ride, while others claimed that he couldn't afford the Rolls Royce since he had fallen off.
"How to does this guys still got money? Didn't he fall off or something," one tweet read.
Today we are asking you two questions. Do you think the rapper can afford the ride and do you like Lil Pump's music? Hit us up in the comments section below. We love your responses.
RondoNumbaNine / Instagram
As a way of leaving office, Donald Trump decided to issue pardons to some convicted criminals.
The list was rapper Lil Wayne, Kodak Black, Kilpatrick, Roc Nation's CEO Desiree Perez, and Steve Bannon, among one hundred and sixty-eight others.
There is, however, the lot that the 45th president of the US forgot or didn't pardon. Among them are Ross Ulbricht, Julian Assange, and famous Chicago rapper RondoNumbaNine.
The angered convict, currently serving a thirty-nine-year sentence for murder charges, used his social media to bash Trump for not pardoning him.
Fuck Trump his Bitch ass ain't pardon me
— Rondo600rn4l (@rondonumbanine) January 20, 2021
"F–k Trump his Bitch ass ain't pardon me," the Chicago rapper tweeted.
In 2014, RondoNumbaNine and his accomplice Courtney Ealy shot their victim Javan Boyd seated in a parked car. After a thorough investigation, Rondo's fingerprints and surrounding CCTV footage pointed at the guilty rapper and Ealy.
He was a star rising, but fate chose a different route. Some fans think that he should rot in jail, while others promised to try and convince Joe Biden to pardon him.
we'll convice biden
— osoBDaP (@NeaimiNicholas) January 20, 2021
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Yaya and Floyd Mayweather at 2017 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
It seems like former professional boxer Floyd Mayweather is stoked about being a grandpa. Days after Yaya and NBA YoungBoy welcomed their firstborn son, Yaya posted an adorable photo of Floyd Mayweather. The undefeated boxing star was holding his grandson.
The 20-year-old and new mom shared the adorable photo on her Instagram. Over the photo, she wrote, "My (hearts)." In another slide, she wrote, "My mom $ dad just love the baby so much." Her baby boy was born on Saturday, January 9.
It is still unclear where she and NBA YoungBoy stand given their on-off sort of relationship. NBA YoungBoy, who is rumored to be in a relationship with another, reportedly has seven children. YoungBoy and Drea Symone welcomed a daughter over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Yaya also shared with her 1 million Instagram followers that she would be giving them an insight into her life on her YouTube channel through a reality series. Stay tuned for that!
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Two days after getting lucky and landing a spot on the 173 acts of clemency list from the former U.S. president, Dwayne Carter Jr., popularly known as Lil Wayne, released his latest single.
Titled "Ain't Got Time", the surprise project features Fousheè and pays tribute to the late Juice WRLD, including the story of his gold plated handgun saga.
"They raided my private plane/ I went got one that's more privater/R.I.P. Juice WRLD, wrote that on two cups/Pour out a Lil juice for him/Shit gave me goosebumps/N-gga been through too much/Lookin' in the rearview to see the future," a snippet of the lyrics read.
Wayne seems to have planned his release. In the recently concluded election, the Lollipop rapper endorsed Trump for president and didn't seem to care about what other people or rappers said.
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It worked, and he was pardoned along with other names, including Kodak Black. Other names like Ulbricht didn't make it to the list despite rumours of Trump considering them.
Lil Wayne's lawyer claimed that the pardon had nothing to do with the endorsement adding that
"I think they had a very strong connection. He's in the entertainment world. He's got a style that's similar in terms of the way that he carries himself, and a lot of rappers and people in the industry relate to that."
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DeAndre Cortez Way aka Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, (Marcus Ingram/Getty Images for BET)
US rapper Soulja Boy once responsible for the biggest hits, has been accused of sexual assault, battery, and holding his former assistant hostage. The rapper whose hits include Crank That and Kiss Me Thru the Phone has denied the allegations.
The former assistant who is not named filed a complaint against the 30-year-old rapper on Thursday, January 21. In the complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the woman claims the rapper repeatedly raped her and held her hostage for three days. She also claims that he did not pay her 18-month wages even after subjecting her to a hostile work environment.
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As reported in People magazine, the woman began working for Soulja Boy, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez, in 2018. She was expected to be readily available at all times. Her job description went beyond personal assistant duties. She was expected to cook, clean, and chauffeur.
The woman filed as 'Jane Doe' and Soulja Boy developed a romantic relationship in January 2019. The brief consensual relationship turned violent. The rapper first physically abused her around January 23, 2019. The rapper also threatened to kill her on one occasion.
Soulja Boy first sexually assaulted her in February 2019. Filled with remorse, he offered her $1,000 after the incident. He, however, continued to rape her on several occasions and sometimes twice a day. He locked her up for three days when she attempted to leave.
"Way's treatment of our client…has traumatized and filled her with fear. His abuse imprisoned her physically, mentally and emotionally… We believe he should be held accountable," said the woman's attorney, Neama Rahman.
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Der Glacier Blanc ist ein Gletscher im französischen Département Hautes-Alpes. Seinen Namen (»Weißer Gletscher«) verdankt er dem Umstand, dass – anders als etwa beim benachbarten Glacier Noir (»Schwarzer Gletscher«) – seine Oberfläche durch das Fehlen von Moränenschutt makellos sauber erscheint.
Gletscher, die weitgehend frei von Moränenschutt sind, werden im Französischen ganz allgemein als glacier blanc bezeichnet.
Geografie
Seinen Ursprung hat der Glacier Blanc an der Nordseite des südwestlichsten Viertausenders der Alpen, der hohen Barre des Écrins. Vom südlich gelegenen Glacier Noir ist er durch den Crête de l'Encoula (andere Schreibweise: Crête de l'Encula) genannten Kamm getrennt, der von der Barre des Écrins zur Pointe du Serre Subeyran hinüberzieht. Der obere Teil des Gletschers wird nach diesem Grat manchmal als Glacier de l'Enc(o)ula bezeichnet; in einigen älteren Karten wird dieser Name für den gesamten Gletscher verwendet.
Mit seiner (im Jahr 2002) 5,9 km langen Zunge ist der Glacier Blanc der längste Gletscher des Écrins-Massivs. Seine Fläche von 5,34 km² (2002) reicht jedoch nicht an die des Glacier de la Girose und des Glacier du Mont-de-Lans heran, die ein gemeinsames System bilden. Der Glacier Blanc ist ein typischer Talgletscher, der sich unterhalb der Barre zunächst bogenförmig in nordöstlicher Richtung erstreckt, bevor seine Zunge in einem Eisbruch nach Südosten umbiegt. Seine durchschnittliche Neigung beträgt etwa 30 %. Sie ist im flachen Mittelteil jedoch deutlich geringer als in der Nordflanke der Barre des Écrins oder im unteren Zungenbereich mit dem Eisbruch.
Der Gletscher wird an seiner orografisch linken Seite unter anderem von den Gipfeln des Roche Faurio (), Pic de Neige Cordier () sowie dem Montagne des Agneaux () begrenzt. Die Crête de l'Encoula zieht als südseitige Begrenzung von der Barre des Écrins über Barre Noir (), Pointe Mettrier (), Pointe de la Grande Sagne () zur Pointe du Serre Subeyran (). Zwischen den das Gletscherbecken einfassenden Gipfeln sind kleine Seitengletscher eingelagert, die den Hauptstrom speisen.
In seinem mittleren Teil ist der Hauptstrom (ohne Seitengletscher) des Glacier Blanc etwa 800 bis 1000 Meter breit. Die größte Eistiefe beträgt auf Höhe des Refuge des Écrins bis zu 250 Meter; sie ist damit seit 1985 um rund 30 Meter zurückgegangen. Der Gletscher fließt in seinem zentralen Bereich mit einer Geschwindigkeit von rund 40 (Mitte der 1980er Jahre 50), im Bereich der unteren Zunge von etwa 30 Metern pro Jahr. Der Reaktionszeitraum, der vergeht, bis die unterste Zunge durch Vorstoß oder Rückzug auf wesentlich veränderte Verhältnisse im Nährgebiet reagiert, beträgt beim Glacier Blanc etwa 6 Jahre. Von seinem Ursprung auf über Höhe bis zum Gletschertor auf derzeit etwa (2002: ) überwindet der Glacier Blanc einen Höhenunterschied von rund 1600 Metern.
Die Firnlinie, die das Nährgebiet vom Zehrgebiet trennt, liegt beim Glacier Blanc an den nordseitigen Hängen auf etwa , an den südseitigen Flanken auf etwa . Die Massenbilanz des Gletschers ist derzeit noch nicht vollständig untersucht.
Der Glacier Blanc entwässert über den Torrent du Glacier Blanc, den Gyr, die Gyronde, die Durance und schließlich die Rhône ins Mittelmeer.
Erschließung
Vom Pré de Madame Carle mit dem Refuge Cézanne, wo die Straße vom Dorf Ailefroide im Vallouise an einem großen Parkplatz endet, führt ein alpiner, viel begangener Wanderweg hinauf zum Refuge du Glacier Blanc (), das in Sichtweite der Gletscherzunge liegt. Rund 100 Höhenmeter unterhalb der Hütte passiert der Weg das Ancien Refuge Tuckett, einen kleinen Unterkunftsbau aus dem ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert. Die heute als Ausstellungsobjekt genutzte primitive Hütte wurde direkt neben einer großen Steinplatte errichtet, die den Erschließern des Gebietes zuvor als Biwakplatz diente. Nach dem englischen Alpinisten Francis Fox Tuckett wurde der Unterschlupf mit britischem Humor Hotel Tuckett genannt.
Zwei Gehstunden weiter oben thront das Refuge des Écrins auf Höhe auf einer aussichtsreichen Felskanzel hoch über dem Glacier Blanc. Ein Großteil des Hüttenanstiegs führt direkt über den Gletscher und kann wegen der Spaltensturzgefahr nur von vollständig ausgerüsteten Hochalpinisten bewältigt werden. Der hochalpine Stützpunkt mit 119 Lagern ist in der Hochsaison oft hoffnungslos überbelegt.
Von La Bérarde (), dem alpinistischen Zentrum im Haut Vénéon, erreicht man den Glacier Blanc über den das Val de Bonne Pierre abschließenden Col des Écrins (). Es handelt sich um eine Tagestour im Schwierigkeitsgrad PD. Der westliche Zustieg zum Col ist steil und anspruchsvoll, obwohl im oberen Teil Drahtseile die Sicherung erleichtern. An der östlichen Seite reicht der Glacier Blanc bis unmittelbar an die schmale Einschartung.
Historische Entwicklung
Wie fast alle Alpengletscher schmilzt auch die Zunge des Glacier Blanc zurück. In früheren Zeiten, zuletzt 1866, bildete er mit seinem südlichen Nachbarn, dem schuttbedeckten Glacier Noir, ein einziges Gletschersystem, dessen Zungen sich oberhalb des Pré de Madame Carle vereinigten. Während der Kleinen Eiszeit
erreichten die vereinigten Eiskörper im Jahr 1815 ihre Maximalausdehnung und endeten etwa auf Höhe der Cézannehütte ().
Heute (2010) liegt die Zunge des Glacier Blanc auf einer Höhe von etwa . Für das 20. Jahrhundert wird der Rückgang auf etwa 1 km beziffert, was mit einem Flächenverlust von rund 2 km² einherging. Allein zwischen 1989 und 1999 verlor der Gletscher rund 210 Meter, weitere 300 Meter folgten in den Jahren bis 2006. Die Eisdicke ging in den Jahren von 1981 bis 2002 im Mittel um 13,5 Meter zurück, damit einher ging ein Massenverlust von schätzungsweise 70 Millionen m³ Eis.
Weblinks
Umfangreiche Informationen zum Glacier Blanc auf vallouimages.com (franz.)
Informationen zum Glacier Blanc von l'école de Magnières, l'Académie de Nancy-Metz (franz.)
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Dansk dinnerware has been serving families since 1954. The original Dansk patterns were heavily influenced by their Scandinavian designers and remain as contemporary today as they were in 1954. Recently, Dansk designs have evolved away from their Scandinavian roots to Tuscany with Northern Indigo and to American inspired designs like Starburst Blue.
Dansk is actually an Amercian company started by two entrepreneurial New Yorkers. Visit History of Dansk.
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Lardini is a Made in Italy brand founded in 1978 by four brothers with an unstoppable passion for fashion: an intertwining of feeling, family and professionalism that has made this great family-size company unique. Almost 40 years of history and work marked by the production of men's jackets with both classic and rebellious aesthetics, typical of British elegance. Lardini amazes in every collection for new and particular touches of the author, which transform each piece into a small work of art.
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Verde River The Verde River, an important river in the Colorado River system, where the Conservancy is working with local agriculture producers and communities to increase river flows. © Rick Triana Photography
Saving Water By Making Beer
Partners Create a New Market for River Conservation
Tracey Stone
Email: [email protected]
The state's first malt house will soon open for business, thanks to a collaboration between The Nature Conservancy, local farmers and investors. Sinagua Malt– located in Camp Verde – will produce four tons of malted barley a week for bakeries and breweries while keeping more water in the Verde River.
The barley is part of a crop switching program with Hauser and Hauser Farms – the largest commercial grower in the Verde Valley.
Malting is the process that transforms raw barley into a product that can be used to brew beer and is often used in bread. Sinagua Malt will sell malted barley to local craft and home brewers for production of truly local beer as local breweries.
"This is a great idea because it creates a new market, helps local farmers, and preserves one of the state's hardest working rivers," says Kim Schonek, Verde River Program Director.
The Verde supplies water for agriculture and recreation throughout the Verde Valley before it enters the Salt River Project's management area where it is used again for drinking water, industrial use, and agricultural uses for Phoenix. With drought and increased population, the river is at risk – leaving less water for fish, wildlife, recreation and people who rely on the resource.
"The reason this is happening is a combination of trust and being open to new ideas – there is no one solution to Arizona's water future but this is a strategy that improves flow in the river while enhancing the local economy" adds Schonek.
Hauser and Hauser Farms and Speck Farms has convert 144 acres of summer corn for winter barley. Summer corn is a commodity and uses more water when the river is at its lowest point. Barley is a winter crop that doesn't make as much money as corn, unless there's a malt house nearby.
"Water systems are taxed during the summer," says Kevin Hauser, owner of Hauser and Hauser Farms. "If we can switch crops and spread out our risk so it makes it easier to manage and still make a profit, we're in great shape. It's good for the river and farming."
Converting just one-tenth of the Verde Valley crops for barley would keep 200 million gallons of water in the river during the summer.
The Malt House is an Arizona Benefit Corporation. A benefit corporation is unique in that it focuses on achieving its stated benefit, in this case river conservation, over achieving shareholder profits.
Chip Norton is President of Sinagua Malt and has partnered with the Conservancy and local farmers in successfully establishing Sinagua Malt as both a conservation project and a local business First and foremost, he wants to conserve the Verde River – one of his favorite waterways in the world because of the incredible birds and wildlife. He's also driven because of the scarcity of western rivers.
"If it works, I'll feel good about what I've done.," says Norton, "I'll have made a difference in something that's really important to people and nature."
Intel Corporation and PepsiCo provided funding for this Project. The venture is an important part of a larger effort to secure water across the Salt and Verde basins called the Salt and Verde Alliance – a collaboration between communities, companies, foundations and others.
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Tasting Room Radio
EP 146 | Ariel Posen
March 5, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast
Ariel Posen is an admitted guitar-for-hire.
I discovered him through the music of The Bros Landreth.
Joey and David were the first to take me aside and say "watch that guy…he's much more than a guitar player."
And so we arrive at that moment when Ariel steps out with his second solo album Headway.
His songs. His band. His voice. Pure Posen
And just like the Bros. he already had a growing and established audience in Europe.. He lived in Cork, Ireland for years, toured all over that part of the world. Many in his audience discovered his playing when he regularly demo'd guitars for a large music chain. They had no idea he also sang and wrote his own music. All the fans and fan mags knew was – he was a great guitar player.
We found Ariel now living in Montreal. You're going to love this guy.
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Newsweek Compares Trump Blocking People on Twitter to Iran's Internet Censorship
Protesters wave flags as they gather outside the Iranian Embassy in central London in support of national demonstrations in Iran against the existing regime. / Getty Images
Alex Griswold - January 2, 2018 9:28 PM
Newsweek ran a story Tuesday suggesting that President Donald Trump's habit of blocking people on Twitter is comparable to the blackout of entire sites instituted by Iran earlier this week.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the Trump administration has upped diplomatic pressure on Iran, demanding the regime stop blocking access to social media sites like Twitter and Instagram that were being used by protesters to organize demonstrations.
"They are legitimate avenues for communication," Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein said. "People in Iran should be able to access those sites."
But Newsweek cast the demand as hypocritical, complaining that "Trump, Who Blocks Americans on Twitter, Tells Iran to Unblock Social Media During Protests."
Trump bars Americans on Twitter but tells Iran to unblock social media sites https://t.co/6IIlxHI4MY pic.twitter.com/kHBaBvOLfb
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) January 2, 2018
"Some of President Donald Trump's critics were quick to point out that he has blocked dozens of people from his personal Twitter account," the story notes, without actually naming any such critics. Presumably, the author was alluding to a tweet by the New York Times' Maggie Haberman.
The president often blocks individual people from seeing the @realDonaldTrump Twitter feed https://t.co/cVoLLlXrGR
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 2, 2018
Newsweek notes that an ongoing lawsuit alleges that Trump's Twitter blocks represent a First Amendment violation that unfairly discriminates based on viewpoint.
This entry was posted in Politics and tagged Donald Trump, Iran, Media. Bookmark the permalink.
Alex is a staff writer at the Washington Free Beacon. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2012. Before joining the Free Beacon, he was a writer for Mediaite and The Daily Caller. He is originally from Buffalo, New York, but regrettably now lives in Washington, D.C. He can be reached at [email protected].
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The Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011
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Flora, Jena 31: 506 (1848)
#### Original name
Septoria euonymi Rabenh., 1848
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Assessing the Impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act on Childhood Obesity
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Prevalence and Trends in Overweight and Obesity among Mississippi Public School Students, 2005-2011 (published in the May 2012 issue of the Journal of the MS State Medical Association) >>
Detailed Report:
The 2012 Mississippi Prevalence of Fitness Survey>>
Parent, Youth and Policymaker Perspectives on the Mississippi Healthy Students Act of 2007: Year Four Findings>>
MS School Nutrition Environment Evaluation Data System (MS NEEDS): Year Four Report>>
MS School Nutrition Environment Evaluation Data System (MS NEEDS): Years 1 - 4 Comparison Report>>
Obesity and Mississippi Families: An In-depth Analysis of Contextual Domains>>
The Center for Mississippi Health Policy collaborated with researchers from three Mississippi universities — The University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi State University, and The University of Mississippi — to evaluate the impact of the 2007 Mississippi Healthy Students Act on childhood obesity in the state. The research was funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Bower Foundation and was conducted from 2008 through 2012. The final report, entitled Assessing the Impact of the Mississippi Healthy Students Act: Year Four Report, summarizes the findings from the comprehensive set of studies comprising this evaluation project.
One of several studies contained in the report, the Prevalence of Fitness Survey conducted by The University of Southern Mississippi, assessed the level of fitness of Mississippi public school students attending physical education classes. The research showed that only twelve percent of students could pass the complete battery of fitness tests, and only a little more than half of students (55%) could pass at least four of the six test components.
The Healthy Students Act requires schools to provide at least 150 minutes of physical activity each week in kindergarten through the eighth grade and at least one semester in high school. The findings from another study conducted by The University of Southern Mississippi demonstrated a strong relationship between the fitness of children and their academic performance. Children with greater levels of fitness scored higher on standardized tests – in both math and language arts – and were absent less often, further emphasizing the importance of fitness to academic success.
On-site observational studies through the Mississippi School Nutrition Environment Evaluation Data System (MS NEEDS) conducted by The University of Mississippi document major strides in offering healthier foods and drinks for students. Schools have moved away from frying foods, put healthier snacks and drinks in vending machines, switched to offering low-fat milk, and added more whole grain foods. By 2012, fewer than half of schools had a fryer, compared to 82 percent in 2009. There also are some areas where progress made in earlier years has lapsed, including providing additional training opportunities for food service staff, promoting healthy eating, and offering nutrition education for families.
Parent surveys conducted by Mississippi State University revealed little change in students' home environment over the study period. Although parents reported that they were trying to eat healthier meals and exercise more, family eating and physical activity patterns remained stagnant. The findings also indicate that many parents do not readily recognize obesity in their children. While 41 percent of Mississippi school children are obese or overweight, only 14 percent of parents described their child as obese or overweight. Further, only 13 percent of parents reported that their child's doctor told them their child was overweight or obese.
To date, Mississippi is one of only four states reporting a measured decline in childhood obesity rates among school age children. The Mississippi Child and Youth Prevalence of Obesity Survey conducted by The University of Southern Mississippi showed that the combined prevalence of overweight and obesity in elementary students dropped by 13.3 percent, from 43.0 percent in 2005 to 37.3 percent in 2011. The overall prevalence rates for overweight and obesity in all public school students declined from 43.9 percent in 2005 to 40.9 percent in 2011, a positive but not statistically significant development. California, New Mexico, West Virginia, and several cities also have reported declining obesity rates among school age children.
Copies of the summary report, as well as the detailed reports from each of the universities can be downloaded by clicking the links at the left. Printed copies of the summary report are available by contacting the Center for Mississippi Health Policy at 601-709-2133 or by e-mail at [email protected].
The Center for Mississippi Health Policy is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization that provides objective information to inform health policy decisions.
Center for Mississippi Health Policy • 578 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 105 • Ridgeland, MS 39157 • 601.709.2133 • 601.709.2134 (fax)
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Airmen First, Excellence Follows: Mammen to take command of Selfridge and 127th Wing
By Spc. Samantha Hall, Michigan National Guard / Published April 30, 2019
Michigan Air National Guard Col. Rolf E. Mammen discusses the future of the 127th Wing and Selfridge Air National Guard base with Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, Adjutant General and Director of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs on April 29, 2019, at Joint Force Headquarters in Lansing, Michigan. Mammen will take command of the 127th Wing and Selfridge Air National Guard Base in a ceremony scheduled to be held May 4, 2019, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Mount Clemens, Michigan. The command is currently held by Brig. Gen. John D. "Odie" Slocum, who is approaching his fifth year of the normally three-year command. (Michigan National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Helen Miller)
LANSING, Mich. --
Michigan Air National Guard Col. Rolf E. Mammen will take command of the 127th Wing and Selfridge Air National Guard Base in a ceremony scheduled to be held May 4, 2019, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Mount Clemens, Michigan. The command is currently held by Brig. Gen. John D. "Odie" Slocum, who is in his fifth year of the normally three-year command.
Mammen said he is excited to begin his new assignment and humbled by the responsibility it entails.
"Now it all rests on me," he said.
Mammen currently serves as the Director of Operations for the Michigan Air National Guard, where he advises the Commander of the Michigan Air National Guard on the warfighting capabilities and readiness of each organization within his command. He is also a command pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours and over 10,000 hours flown as a civilian pilot. Mammen deployed to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, from 2004-2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom as the Operations Officer for the 738th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron.
His previous command positions within Selfridge include Vice Commander of the 127th Wing and Commander of the 127th Maintenance Group. During his time in command, he has lived by the idea that he sits at the bottom of the organizational pyramid instead of the top, enabling his Airmen to take the spotlight for their achievements.
"I've always tried to put the members of the organization first," Mammen said. "The most important Airmen are the ones out there completing mission day-to-day."
Slocum, a fighter pilot, flight instructor and motivational speaker said he implemented a similar philosophy through his career and command that "cares for people, values their inputs, and encourages innovation, leading to spectacular results."
The Wing's record shows that this assertion holds water. Under Slocum's command, the 127th Wing was awarded the Carl A. Spaatz Award for their performance in 2015 by the National Guard Association of the United States, naming them the top flying unit in the Air National Guard. Just days later, the unit was presented with the Meritorious Unit Award by the Air Force for exceptional performance in combat and combat support missions of significant difficulty.
"These awards acknowledge the incredibly high level at which our Airmen have been performing," Slocum said. "It is difficult to find adequate superlatives to describe the performance of our Selfridge Citizen-Airmen."
"I am confident the great advancements we've made within the 127th Wing and the strong community partnerships we've built will be carried forward by our outstanding airmen," Slocum said.
Mammen asserts that Slocum has created a powerful connection between Selfridge to the surrounding community, a legacy he hopes to continue for the benefit of the men and women he will soon command.
"Thank you for your leadership for the past four-and-a-half years and for setting up the men and women of the Wing and Selfridge for the next phase," Mammen said.
"I want the community to continue to see the 1700 members of Selfridge," he continued. "There are a lot of really good people doing a lot of good work here."
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Circular gleaming polished brass finish deep set base, with central stem supporting the tilt adjustable classic green banker shade. The centre stem has a ridged detail with a curved arm that supports the traditional green glass cowl. The shade inner is finished with a white reflective coating to bounce the light straight down on whateveryou are working on.
The classic polished brass bankers lamp in a style of desk lamp that never seems to age. This is a lovely stylish lamp that will dress the traditional desk top with a nostalgic presence. Fitted with a convenient inline rocker switch.
Whether you are a Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker or indeed a Banker we all need illuminations. Here we've several traditional banker styled lights featuring the iconic lamp shade in both a contemporary or traditional style.
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Multilateral agreement is the only justification of "humanitarian" wars
Within the last 20 years, the United States and its western allies have gone to war to defend the natural human rights of citizens of other states, thereby violating the principle of non-intervention established within the frame of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Is interventionism justified, or does it reflect the interests of the aggressors? Will other international players, such as China or Russia, use similar rhetoric to justify aggressive behaviours?
Do humans feel more pain than animals?
Many researchers assume that the pain animals feel scales with size, or at least that animals are either partially conscious or completely unconscious of the pain they are suffering. But is the idea that pain scales with size actually true?
Greta Thunberg's speech explained
The young Swedish climate activist gave a sensationalistic speech at the COP24 UN Conference in Katowice that became widely popular. Here we analyze and explain what she said, sentence-by-sentence. Finally, we criticize and challenge her view that people will be the driving force of an environmentalist revolution.
Kim wants denuclearization, not Trump
This is a commentary article of: "North Korea's simple strategies confuse media and political analysts"
India's lowest caste: the untouchables
While travelling through India I came across a social class called "untouchables". Being the lowest possible class of India's society, considered outside of the traditional caste system, untouchables are facing widespread problems. Even though several measures have been taken by the government since the '50s, members of this caste still face discrimination and segregation up until today.
The emergence of infant identity
What is the first sign of human consciousness during childhood? Philosopher Günther Anders pictures the emergence of infant consciousness as a primordial struggle between a child's identity and the surrounding reality, resulting in manifestations of shame. Anders' enlightening explanation of this feeling contributes to understanding the inescapable tendency of humans to conform with others.
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We are a famous wholesaler, retailer, and service provider of quality approved assortment of Slate Wall Stone Cladding, Waterfall Cladding, Stone Pebbles, Stone Wash Basin and many more.
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Polish Olympic Committee
To the Olympic Family
History and activity of the Polish Olympic Committee
The 100th anniversary of the Polish Olympic Committee
Authorities and structure of the Polish Olympic Committee
Presidium of the Board
The Board of the Polish Olympic Committee
Sponsors of the IOC
The Olympic Center
The Olympic Center (building)
The Museum of Sport and Tourism
The Galeria (-1)
Exhibitions schedule 2020
The Moonsfera Restaurant
Beijing 2022 remains on track as countermeasure planning progresses
1 December 2020 20 November 2020
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Beijing 2022 Organising Committee concluded a virtual Joint Project Review today, during which achievements, future milestones and COVID-19 countermeasures were discussed.
Following the meetings, which took place on 19 and 20 November, IOC Coordination Commission Chair Juan Antonio Samaranch said: "The last two days have been very productive as we prepare to enter a crucial phase for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. With competition venues set to be completed by the end of this year and plans for One Year to Go activities developing, excitement is really beginning to build."
He continued: "Acknowledging the difficulties experienced this year, the progress being made by Beijing 2022 has been remarkable. This has been reflected through positive feedback from several International Federations that have visited Beijing in recent weeks. There will be challenges ahead, however, which is why – through, for example, the COVID-19 countermeasure working group – we are fully preparing for all eventualities. To achieve this, the experience and expertise within the Local Organising Committee, the support from the Chinese and Beijing governments and the close collaboration between all Olympic and Paralympic Movement stakeholders will ensure we are stronger together. This will be vital to delivering outstanding Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing in 2022."
IPC President Andrew Parsons said: "Having set Beijing 2022 the target of taking the Paralympic Winter Games to the next level, they continue to make strong progress despite the unprecedented challenges they face as an Organising Committee.
"Working with our counterparts at the IOC, we hope to continue the close collaboration with Beijing 2022 as they tackle a complex final full year before the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2022. The Games in Beijing offer immense potential and will do much to advance the rights of people with disabilities in China."
Beijing 2022 Executive Vice-President Zhang Jiandong said: "After the outbreak of COVID-19 earlier this year, closely collaborating with the IOC and IPC, Beijing 2022 not only prioritised the prevention and control of the pandemic, but also focused on Games preparations. We strive to overcome various difficulties and have made solid progress. In the coming days, facing the new situation and challenges, cooperation among all parties will be even further strengthened, thus laying a solid foundation for successful Beijing 2022 Games."
One of the key steps taken during these meetings was the agreement, by all Games delivery partners, on the formation of a COVID-19 countermeasures working group. This discussion provided the IOC and IPC with an opportunity to share the extensive work being undertaken in this area for the Tokyo 2020 Games, thanks to the support of local and national governments, the World Health Organization and various experts across the world.
As far as competition venues go, Beijing 2022 reported that these all remain on track to be completed by the end of this year. This follows several visits by International Federations in recent weeks, including the pre-homologation of the sliding centre conducted by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) and International Luge Federation (FIL). The International Biathlon Union (IBU), World Curling Federation (WCF), International Skating Union (ISU) and International Ski Federation (FIS) also visited venues in Beijing last week.
The importance of regular communication was also highlighted during the Project Review. The recent World Press Briefing received a lot of positive feedback from attendees. Held online for the first time, this event welcomed more than 400 media representatives, a record for an Olympic Winter Games edition. Further communications were delivered through a National Olympic Committee Open Day conducted earlier this week, also held online for the first time, while numerous other activities took place remotely, such as venue technical reviews and Games services reviews.
In addition, the adapted sports testing programme was discussed following the recent joint decision by Beijing 2022, the Winter Olympic International Federations, the IOC and the IPC. In this respect, great collaboration was acknowledged, as this move is fully in line with the spirit of Olympic Agenda 2020 and its New Norm.
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Our Version of Events — the debut album from Capitol Records' artist Emeli Sandé — debuted on the UK Album Chart at No. 1 this week. Due for release in the U.S. on June 5th, Our Version of Events is a powerful platform for Sandé's rich, soulful voice and sophisticated songwriting. As Q magazine put it: "She's made an album that deserves to linger in the limelight — passionate, powerful, and possessed of real star quality." A heady and complex soundscape to showcase her towering talent, Our Version of Events is rife with raw emotion, while bearing a sharp and shining retro-futurist feel.
Sandé will make her North American live debut with a string of stateside showcases beginning Monday, February 27th. In addition to private shows in New York City and Los Angeles, she will perform for the public in San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Toronto before returning to the U.S. this summer to open a series of arena shows for her Capitol Records' label mates Coldplay, whom she toured with in the UK in December.
The Scottish-born singer and songwriter won the 2012 Critics Choice Award at the BRITs (recent winners include Adele and Florence + the Machine) and was also nominated for "Breakthrough British Artist" this year. Besides the industry embrace, critical acclaim, and radio success she's already earned in the UK, Sandé's fellow artists are also lining up. With Coldplay tapping her for opening slots on both sides of the Atlantic, other early admirers include Alicia Keys who has been quoted saying "She's a magnificent new artist…I just love her style and her flow." Keys also co-wrote and produced the track "Hope" on Our Version of Events and has been writing with Sandé for her next album. Finally Adele was moved to Tweet "How incredible is she?" upon seeing Sandé perform on Later…with Jools Holland.
An intro reminiscent of an operatic nightmare with wandering time signatures and high voltage theatrics kicks off Fun's sophomore album by saying welcome to Some Nights, a world all in itself. Like a Freddy Mercury reincarnate with the backup choir from Paul Simon's, Graceland, Fun's lead singer, Nate Ruess let's his modern day vocal chops shine through in the very catchy song, "Some Nights." The next track, "We Are Young," featuring Janelle Monae, showcases the radio friendly sound of album producers Jeff Bhasker and Emile Haynie. With these two behind them and the band's wide range of influences including Elton John and Queen, Kanye West and Paul Simon, Fun takes its listeners on a hook-fueled journey.
"Carry On" brings in the Irish pub vibe until the guitar solo from Jack Antonoff kicks in. "It Gets Better" picks up the pace with pop rock that was as "effortless" to write as it sounds, according to the band. The same couldn't be said for "All Alright," which was the last song to be written on the album due to being denied use of a sample as their hook. Luckily Emile saved them from the arduous process of starting over from scratch by handing over an original beat. That instance aside, some songs may have been better off less produced such as "Why Am I the One?" which was intended to be an acoustic song from the onset (or Nate's highly vocoded vocals throughout the album and especially overdone in the closing track "Out of Town").
All in all Fun's Some Nights makes for a simple party concoction with vocal heavy rock compositions mixing with the bouncy dance driven singles. There is a cohesive anthemic energy evoking memories of summers long gone and child's play emitting from this album. Taking inspiration from everyday life and the artistic greats of many generations, this young songwriting trio delivers a solid second go around that is equal parts hip hop and indie rock, bubble gum pop and dance music with Some Nights, and quite possibly a song of the summer.
Dance-rock trio Turing Machine have announced the release of their first album in eight years, What Is The Meaning Of What, set for release May 8 on Temporary Residence Ltd. The extended hiatus that ensued following the release of their critically-acclaimed 2004 album Zwei was in large part due to drummer Jerry Fuchs' run of high profile collaborations with !!!, Maserati, The Juan Maclean, LCD Soundsystem, Holy Ghost!, MSTRKRFT, and Massive Attack, amongst others. Recording for What Is The Meaning Of What began in 2008, but came to a halt following Fuchs' tragic death in an elevator accident in Brooklyn, NY. After revisiting the tracks, Turing Machine's remaining members, guitarist Justin Chearno and bassist Scott DeSimon, went into the Brooklyn studios of producers Andrew Raposo (Midnight Magic) and Abe Seiferth to finish writing and recording the record. Over the course of 2011 they called on a plethora of friends to contribute, LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney, Disappears vocalist Brian Case and a host of musicians from the DFA roster, including Abe Seiferth, DJ McNany and Caito Sanchez (Midnight Magic).
What Is The Meaning Of What ups the ante on the uptempo psychedelic post-punk fetishism of Zwei, boasting seven tracks of forceful dance-floor rock anthems. Propelled by Fuchs' unrelenting grooves and bubbling with layer upon layer of hypnotic riffs, the album locks in its target (your hips) and refuses to let go for its 40-minute duration. Check out the full track list and album art below.
Paul Weller returns this spring for his only scheduled appearances in North America this year. Weller and his band will perform at a two-night stand at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, New York on May 18th & 19th.
His New York shows will be in support of Sonik Kicks, which is scheduled for release on March 27th 2012 on Yep Roc Records. The album is the follow up to the Mercury Prize Award nominated Wake Up The Nation and is also Paul's eleventh solo album.
Swedish electro-pop group Lo-Fi-Fnk has announced the release of single "Kissing Taste," out next week featuring remixes by Main Attrakionz, Krusha, Lemaitre and more. Premiered at Stereogum, the video "features the group's Leo Drougge and August Hellsing (as well as other nice-looking Scandanavian youths) making the most of a snowy, smoky lost day as it winds down." Lo-Fi-Fnk has also premiered the Krusha remix of the single, with the original track taken from their Last Summer LP.
Late last year, Lo-Fi-Fnk embarked on a North American tour with Architecture in Helsinki and DOM. They released their debut Boylife LP with Moshi Moshi in 2006, a confection of sharp melodies, beats and clever lyrics, with tracks highlighted on Stereogum, Pitchfork, NME, It's a Trap, Discobelle, and many more. Since then, they've remixed and been remixed by artists including Yelle, Architecture in Helsinki, Foster the People, The Radio Dept., C asiokids, and Mika among others. Touring the world the two have shared the stage with Hot Chip, Crystal Castles, Junior Boys and Datarock & The Presets.
Psychedelic "Off The Wall" Video Out Today!
French electro-pop composer Yuksek (aka Pierre-Alexander Busson) released his new album, Living On The Edge Of Time, February 14 on Ultra Records. Combining the infectious house beats and dance-floor vibe that Pierre has perfected with a more straightforward pop sound, the album has gained widespread praise from the likes of USA Today and CMJ, among others. Today, Yuksek released a psychedelic video for album track "Off The Wall." The playful video brings the bouncy, upbeat track to life with images of mirrored body parts moving along to the beat and giant faces built of colorful paper cutouts. Head to Dailymotion to check out the creative "Off The Wall" video and feel free to post and share!
On Living On The Edge Of Time, Yuksek's melodic vocals shine over catchy hooks and toe-tapping beats. Opening track "Always On The Run" grabs listeners from the start, setting an energetic tone for the rest of the album. "On A Train" is a true dance-floor anthem, building to an explosive chorus that will get stuck in your head for days. "White Keys" is marked by a synth melody that is featured throughout, setting a more contemplative mood. Closing the record is psych-pop track "Out Of Control," complete with finger snaps and driving bass.
Having already made quite an impression in North America, Yuksek's US fans will have more chances to catch the master of electro-pop performing live. Yuksek will head out on a string of US dates this March, including several performances at SXSW and Winter Music Conference. Be sure to catch the band unleash a tour de force live in a city near you!
It's very simple; no one can get enough of Brad Oberhofer. He broke out with the fresh sound that everyone had been craving to hear. Now, this Tacoma bred-Brooklyn based artist is rollin' with the core music crowd and gaining notoriety by the day. Luckily, you can catch him at the Bowery Ballroom March 21st. Every one of your pennies would be worth it.
What's the difference between Washington State's versus Brooklyn's music scene?
Oberhofer: I think Brooklyn's music scene is just more expansive! There are so many places to play, so many neighborhoods to hang out in, and more potential friends!
You blew up after the release of o0Oo0Oo. Were you surprised at how quickly everything evolved?
Oberhofer: I don't think I really noticed!
So you play all the instruments separately on your album?
Oberhofer: Mostly. The rest of the band plays on the record too! Matt Scheiner plays some guitar parts, Dylan Treleven plays some bass, and Pete Sustarsic plays drums. I also had my friend Kristine Kruta play cello, my friend Tessa Sacramone play violin, my friend Cicourel Hanly play Oboe, and my friend Natalie Young play flute. (Steve Lillywhite played a percussion track here and there. They're all super talented.
I read you started playing music in 4th grade. From that point on, did you always know you wanted to be a professional musician?
Oberhofer: No, it took a while!
I also read you used to freestyle rap. Would you ever incorporate any freestyling/hip-hop elements into future tracks?
Oberhofer: Maybe, I haven't tried yet!
You have recorded some beautiful love songs. Is that one of the main themes present in your music?
Oberhofer: I love a lot of things, I figure it must.
My friend told me about the epic time when you performed a cover of Kanye's Runaway at Spotify's show at Mercury Lounge. Are you ever going to release that version?
Congrats on Coachella! What an honor….On a scale from 1-10, how excited are you to perform at the festival?
I always ask a random question, do you have a favorite karaoke song?
Oberhofer: I don't pick favorites, but I did Space Oddity the other night and it felt really nice.
They've been popping up like wildfire nowadays: folk/pop songwriters that sing with a quasi-profound, heart-on-sleeve air. They attempt to affect a "deeper" musical experience than the typical Top-40 radio fare provides, and yet somehow end up making it to the Top-40 anyways. Of course, this approach is nothing new to The Fray, who have built a career around songs like "How To Save a Life," an anthem for Kiss FM listeners trying and/or pretending to have a refined taste.
I shouldn't be so hard on the band. There are some light moments dispersed here and there. After "The Fighter" chugs along for about 2 minutes and 30 seconds, the song quiets as the band fades, evoking elements utilized by bands like The Rocketboys. As the momentum builds again, the key shifts higher but is matched with a low note on the piano while lead singer Isaac Slade sings, "The lover held her love / She begged him not go." He continues, "Somehow they both know / He's not coming home," keenly capturing the emotional intimacy of a couple that has mutually realized the end of their romance.
And it is refreshing to hear any artist convey the beliefs that shape their art, like the band does in "Be Still", even if they do try to inconspicuously mask what they are really talking about (Do they really think the listeners are not going to pick up on who's talking when it says, "When darkness comes upon you / And covers you with fear and shame / Be still and know that I am with you"?), all the while denying any allegations of being a "Christian" band.
For as many eye-rolls and dismissals one might suffer in the company of high-browed hipsters when name-dropping The Fray, it is difficult not to move, albeit reluctantly for some, when their songs play. That's probably the point.
As a follow up to their latest LP, Blood Pressures, The Kills have released an EP, The Last Goodbye. The album begins with a reprisal of their most well-received song by the same name, a track gushing with emotion reminiscent of Duffy's "Warwick Avenue." Only instead of a blonde with Motown influenced vocals you've got VV singing with the dark and moody ruggedness of a 1980's heroin high in Tompkins Square Park. It's a haunting melody that will interrupt your dreams for days and a lyrical line that resonates with anyone who's ever had to begrudgingly bid farewell to an unhealthy love.
Then you'll hear the covers. Fitting right in with the ambience created in the title track is the second song, "Pale Blue Eyes," made famous by The Velvet Underground decades ago and still a staple in the late night bar scene. Fortunately The Kills balance the acts of paying homage to the original vocal performance and stepping it up a couple notches of intensity with a simple but heavy drum beat combined with a sleepy garage rock sound on guitar.
Next on the list is "One Silver Dollar" where VV shows the lighter side. Sticking with the acoustic nature of the original as performed by Marilyn Monroe, The Kills hold true to their somewhat sullen sound but cut back the edge on this one. Like a bridge after two dark verses, "One Silver Dollar" lightens the EP up just before delving back into the abyss of heartache. Winding down the EP with a jukebox favorite and popular cover song, "Crazy" fits right into the theme of The Last Goodbye as a suitable closing for one very lovesick ride.
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Publications and Exhibitions
Backscatter
"Backscatter" was curated by Create:Fixate, and took place in Hollywood, California in July 2007.
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Title: Hida, Japan
Medium: 35mm Film
Photographer: Steve Elkins
I stumbled upon the Zen monastery during one of many train rides into the central mountains of Japan, which I insisted on taking to find some preservation of an older country, removed from the cornucopia of neon pink, J-pop, neo-Harajuku hipsters, and coffin hotels. Fall leaves were everywhere, and bullet trains were nowhere to be found. Here, the much older trains had to take the difficult mountain passes at a more leisurely pace, as we passed spectacular valleys, rivers, and rice farms. Late one night, I stepped off the train into a village shrouded in the perfect mist of a Japanese landscape painting, to find the air imbued with the sound of children humming local folk music as they were carried through the streets in pagodas resting on the shoulders of farmers. As I walked down cobbled streets and across red bridges spanning rivers that cut labyrinthine paths through the village, I found myself weaving between slow processions of villagers, who emerged from the mist swinging red Japanese lanterns that bathed the two-hundred year old wood of the surrounding merchant houses in a luminescent glow.
An elderly Zen monk allowed me to sleep in his monastery in exchange for some small chores around his shrine and garden. But he insisted it was mandatory that I meet with him regularly for tea and miso paste infused with maple leaf burning on a candle. The monk explained that the process of serving tea in Zen Buddhism was so important, that the entire design of Zen monasteries was intended to be an active part of the experience. "The rooms are bare," he explained, "because drinking tea is a celebration of poverty. It is learning to be sufficient within the insufficiency of things. In Zen, the reality of a room is not to be found in its four walls, but in the empty space between them. Only by focusing on what is not in the room, will you realize that you actually possess something in your poverty."
Whenever the room was emptied of his voice, it was obvious what the room did contain. The light crackle of the burning log. The smell of maple leaf. Moonlight. The sound of raindrops dripping off the leaves outside. The faint taste of tea in my mouth. Liquid simmering in the suspended pot. In this room, where nothing was happening and almost nothing was contained, every sensation became a well of gratitude. "When you have nothing," the monk said, "everything becomes a treasure. No room is empty when the mind is full."
Title: Mahakala Caves, Bihar, India
From all over the world, Buddhist monks are gravitating right now to Bihar, mostly on foot, and prostrating themselves flat on the ground after every step as a prayer to reduce suffering and violence in the world. Many have walked for three and a half years, having made several million full body prostrations and worn all fingerprints off their hands to achieve this goal. And here we are, presumably at the final destination of their good karma, only to find that the actual inhabitants in the geographical heart of their beliefs are setting off bombs to express that the annihilation of suffering is a luxury they cannot afford. Contrary to the centuries of non-violence embraced by the monks, the Biharis have concluded that their only hope of annihilating suffering will not be found in reducing it to an intellectual abstraction to peel from the kernel of their souls, but by actually becoming suffering's mouthpiece. And fire has proven to be its most universal language. Or at least the only translator they can afford to hire.
Wendy and I return to Bodhgaya, where we learn that we have just missed the Dalai Lama and the Karmapa, who made a procession down the main dirt road of the village only moments ago. They have left their footprints of peace in the same soil where children, only a few turns down the same road, compensated for their less consequential imprints on the earth with those of the fallen rocks they threw at our heads. And connecting them all like hyphens, are the indentations left in the dirt by bodies of Tibetan monks that have prostrated their way past the village life around them, to reach the tree where the Buddha found enlightenment. The surface of the road is inscribed with more words than libraries, and the story it suggests is that of mankind's varied responses to suffering. Unfortunately, no journalists or camera crews have appeared to lend some permanence to the traces of Bihari suffering along these roads. As usual, even the wind will reveal its bias to the Buddhist view of life, when it carries these delicate outlines of their struggles to an audience of thin air.
I am interested to find that the outer border separating the "real" world from the spiritual world within Buddhist mandalas, is always a ring of fire. Fire is placed around the perimeter to incinerate "coarse matter," because entry is denied to the uninitiated. Just beyond this wall of fire, kalachakra deities are supposed to reduce suffering and violence in the world. The only thing standing between this more ideal world and the real world around us is this barrier of fire.
But as I look up from the mandalas to the landscape around me, I see fires telling conflicting stories. Butter lamps burning in the hands of the monks say that the only cause of suffering is ourselves, and that the divine prays for that suffering to end. Meanwhile fires rising from heaps of cow shit and corpses in the surrounding villages say that a divine plan itself has caused our suffering, and although suffering will not end, meaning will remain as present in it as God is. Meanwhile, bombs are sending up their own fires to contradict the first two, saying that it is neither ourselves, nor a divine plan, but other people who cause our suffering, and all the prayers in the world have not been enough to stop them.
It strikes me how sharply the inhabitants of this parched landscape are defined by their relationship to fire. Each soul is shaped by the belief that the borders of their own fire contains the meeting point between God and man, and that the border of the next man's fire marks the precise point at which God is separated from man. If the history of Bihar is the forked path of fire's touch, then even the air is not exempt from communion. With every breath, history descends from its perch on the breeze to inscribe its words on the pages of my lungs.
Title: Thar Desert, India
Shot in India's Thar Desert, near the border of Pakistan.
Title: Catalonia, Spain
In May 2006, I began walking in France, and didn't stop until I had walked all the way across Spain. Unfortunately, the 500 miles I tread from the Basque region to Galicia did not pass through Catalonia, where I had long dreamed of going to admire the architecture of Antonio Gaudi. Later that summer, the opportunity arrived: I went on tour drumming at music festivals from Buenos Aires to Vienna, which got me back into Europe, and afforded me a cheap flight to Barcelona. Developing the 70 rolls of film I took cost me far more than all of my flights across the Atlantic combined, and this is just one shot that I think captures something of my delirious state during those five trigger happy days.
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Murderer to be freed from prison
Paula Hulburt 17 March, 2020, 9:15 am 25 March, 2020 1402
Aaron Harvey was convicted at Blenheim High Court in 2008. File photo.
A Blenheim man who spent 11 years of a life sentence in prison for murder will be freed on Wednesday.
Aaron James Harvey, 44, was found guilty of murder in 2008 after killing Carl MacDonald in a gang related shooting in Blenheim.
The New Zealand Parole Board has agreed to release Harvey from Rolleston Prison in Christchurch, with staff noting "how well" he has done.
He is forbidden from returning to Blenheim and will be released to a Canterbury address.
In its written decision, the parole board says Harvey will have an initial three-month curfew in place.
"He is no longer an undue risk and may now be released.
"We have amended a number of the proposed special conditions. The curfew provision has been amended.
"It will be from 10pm to 6am and we will not require electronic monitoring of the curfew.
"We will require electronic monitoring of his whereabouts which prevents him from going to Blenheim."
Harvey, a former member of the Lone Legion motorcycle gang, was sentenced to life, serving a minimum of ten years in prison, after a jury found him guilty at a High Court trial in Blenheim.
Three other men on trial for the murder along with Harvey were acquitted and he later lost an appeal against his conviction.
On his release, he is forbidden from communicating or associating with co-offenders Corey William Mackle, Peter Christopher Tait and Jason David Warren.
Carl Edward MacDonald, 39, died at Wairau Hospital after he was shot with a sawn-off .22 rifle following a fight.
An argument outside the Lone Legion Motorcycle headquarters on Gascoigne Street in Blenheim was sparked after Harvey threw a brick at MacDonald's car.
Harvey has impressed the parole board with his efforts to rehabilitate and has been on Release to Work since February 2019
It also noted that a psychologist described Harvey as "having a moderate risk of reoffending"
The report says Harvey has now had an offer of full-time post-release employment from an employer he has worked with while on release.
"He has had a number of guided releases to where he might live and to other places in the community.
"He has an extensive support network, including [withheld] and other family members."
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Q: UITextField Delegate in UITableView G'day guys, I'm building an application that allows users to rapidly input numbers into a UITableView.
I've currently built the framework, but I'm having a bit of a hitch hooking up the view to have the keyboard load and make the text in the cell editable from a user action.
I remember there being an iOS example in the dev code somewhere, (like a year ago so it wouldn't be under NDA) where you added items in and edited them within the context of the UITableView without going to a detailed subview.
Just need a hint on how to hook up the delegates, or how to structure the code.
A: I have code where I create custom cells for a UITableView which have UITextField and UITextView controls on them. In the UITableViewController code I do this:
Interface
@interface MyTableViewController:
UITableViewController <UITextFieldDelegate, UITextViewDelegate> {
....
}
Implementation
-(UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UItableView *) tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath: (NSIndexPath *) indexPath {
....
UITableViewCell * cell = ....
cell.myTextField.delegate = self;
cell.myTextField.tag = 1; //This should be unique.
return cell;
}
-(void) textFieldDidEndEditing: (UITextField * ) textField {
// Decide which text field based on it's tag and save data to the model.
}
-(void) textViewDidEndEditing: (UITextView * ) textView {
// Decide which text view based on it's tag and save data to the model.
}
A: You can add a UITextField or UITextView to any cell. If you have custom cells, make them a delegate for their text view, or if you compose the cells in your table view delegate, then make this the text fields' delegates.
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I graduated from Marion County High School in 1987.
My name is Paige Long and I have been teaching for 15 years. I am married to Thomas Long and have 2 children. Kristen is 24 years old and Braeden is 21.
We have 2 dogs, Millie and Honey plus one cat, Chaca. I enjoy reading and traveling as much as possible.
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July 25, 2017 EPR Food & Beverage News Leave a comment
SOGU COOLER KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED
San Antonio, TX, 2017-Jul-24 — /EPR FOOD & BEVERAGE NEWS/ — The Sogu Cooler keeps liquids cold in their bottle for up to 6 hours!
Sogu (www.sogucooler.com) has launched its first KickStarter Campaign to raise the funds necessary to pay for the tooling for the next version Sogu 2.0 Cooler. The patented Sogu Cooler keeps drinks cold for up to 6 hours while still in their original bottle. No ice needed!!! The Sogu Cooler prevents condensation from soaking your clothes or table cloths and is perfect for work, sports and restaurants.
"Our Sogu Cooler is a great addition to your home, restaurant or travel gear to keep your drink cold or hot!" – Michael Van Steenburg, Sogu President
While the Sogu 1.0 Cooler is ready for market now and fits most 1.0 to 1.5 liter bottles, the new Sogu 2.0 version will be even more modular and adjustable to fit an even wider variety of plastic and glass bottles. Sogu 2.0 also features additional technical features such as an optional reusable ice pack and vacuum insulation that increases the available cooling time up to 24 hours.
Keep It Cool With Sogu!
If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Michael Van Steenburg at [email protected].
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Smart mini beer brewing appliance is going to change the brewing game
April 3, 2016 EPR Food & Beverage News Leave a comment
Los Angeles, CA, 2016-Apr-03 — /EPR FOOD & BEVERAGE NEWS/ — The ArtBrew beer brewing control system – designed, developed and marketed by an international-based team comprised of the world's top engineers and brewers – has been officially launched at Kickstarter as an "inspired innovation" that will "change the concept of beer brewing."
As of this writing, ArtBrew's Kickstarter campaign has already got full funded within two days of being activated. And it will arrive at 200% of target very soon.
Boasting a premium structure that keeps both brewing and fermentation in one chassis and which automates nearly the entire process, the ArtBrew is the world's newest, smartest beer brewing appliance featuring a unique mobile app that provides users another way to control the machine beyond the button on the 400 x 240 pixels LCD screen, either nearby or remotely with a Wi-Fi connection. This also allows for status tracking and access to a massive database containing a plethora of recipes from across the world.
Through ArtBrew's innovative app, users can customize their own recipes while taking advantage of the social networking platform to obtain and share recipes they may not have had previous access to.
"The ArtBrew solution is going to change the brewing game not only because of its ability to keep the brewing tank and fermentation tank in one common chassis – one that boasts excellent structural design – but also because it's a formidable control system with a myriad of sensors to control and provide feedback on the different processes," states an ArtBrew spokesperson.
"What's more, in this day and age of worldwide social networking, the ArtBrew app provides users an alternative control method for the machine, coming fully loaded with a recipe library that contains hundreds of recipes collected from the world's most famous breweries, access to brewing process tracking with a real time curve, market access to all ArtBrew products and accessories, user notification of machine status and much more. To say the ArtBrew product is a forward-thinking, easy-to-use brewing solution is something of an understatement."
A six-liter MiniKeg can represent a serving keg that the user simply leaves inside the machine to access the beer, or can work as a fermentation keg which the user can store in a refrigerator for fermentation purposes. Further, ArtBrew recipes are sorted in various categories, providing the user an easy way of finding the desired recipes while allowing the search process to commence by keyword or name. Users can create their own recipes and can also change or modify the original ArtBrew recipes to create a new one, free to then use/brew them or share with the public.
SOURCE: EuropaWire
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Redefining The Modern Wine Experience
November 19, 2012 EPR Food & Beverage News Leave a comment
Josh McFadden, the 31 yr. old Creative Director and Founder of Proof Wine Collective (a creative company dedicated to developing small-production, critically-acclaimed wineries) has big plans for a space of his own. The self-taught entrepreneur has spent over ten years mastering the ins and outs of the wine industry: working harvest, sommelier at restaurants, wine buyer, wine shop clerk, cellar rat, cook, server, and wine label designer… He's been there!
After 4 years of building Proof from the ground up, Josh is ready to catapult himself into the next big project. Turncoat Wine Co. will be a wine bar located in the center of the rapidly growing wine region that is the Central Coast of California. Not only will it be a wine bar, the 4000 sq. ft. space will also offer a full service restaurant, wine shop, lesson room for tastings, and also act as an event location. Turncoat will create a much larger wine presence in the small downtown of San Luis Obispo, and put the area on the map as a top destination for lovers of wine, art and food. It is set to open its doors in early 2013.
The space will be a "living gallery", as Josh describes it. "Imagine the most interesting party you've ever been to: you are meeting fascinating people, including awesome winemakers, offering you wines you've never seen, you are being offered food from the season you've never tasted, and you have at your disposal over 500 wines from wineries located everywhere in the world. The place will be a display of sensations, and the play between all of them: an interpretation-gasm."
Needless to say, Josh is intent that Turncoat will be a work of art in itself. His repertoire includes labels on display at the SF MOMA, Trader Joes, as well as for many of the top wine producers of Paso Robles and Santa Barbara like Herman Story, Sans Liege, Field Recordings, Alta Maria, and Force of Nature.
"The winemakers I've worked with, just like myself, don't come from money or privilege." Josh brings up. "We've had to make our own way and we couldn't have made it this far without the support from our friends."
In preparation for Turncoat, Proof Wine Collective has put together a compelling campaign to raise money and awareness on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter.com. They're trying to raise $25,000 by Dec. 3rd in order to help fund some of the initial start up costs of the wine bar. Rewards for support vary from graphic t-shirts, fine art prints, and custom art pieces inspired by yourself. "One print we made is called Wine Pangea which is my attempt to simplify and beautify the world of wine; and the other is called Presidential Drugs of Choice it's a print detailing every drug/vice done by each President," explained Josh. Both the prints reflect Proof's unique creative style which reappropriates vintage engravings with colors, elegant typography, and new information.
Proof Wine Collective was founded in 2008 in order to create a world where curious and creative spirits may fall in love with wine. Visit their website atwww.proofwinecollective.com.
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Beer Universe Announces Launch of iPhone App
Beer Universe, Inc. (www.beer-universe.com), a leading online community / e-commerce website that revolutionizes the online experiences for beer enthusiasts, has announced the official launch of the Beer Universe iPhone / iPod Touch app, creating a unique mobile solution for beer lovers on the go.
Through the launch of this first-of-its-kind app, Beer Universe is able to bring its proprietary beer recommendation system to users when they most need it – at the store or their favorite bar / restaurant. The Beer Universe app not only provides users with a huge database of beer profiles for users to explore, rate, and review, but truly outpaces other similar applications by offering tailored recommendations and predictions based on each user's individual preferences. The app's beer list also syncs with the Beer Universe website (www.beer-universe.com), keeping it up to date with the website's ever-growing database of beers.
Commenting on the launch, Co-Founder and President Heath Gray said, "At a time when the craft beer world is steadily expanding, and our number of choices as a consumer are growing exponentially, the Beer Universe app fills a major void in the marketplace and provides an invaluable service for beer lovers. The feedback we've received so far has been overwhelmingly positive, and we're excited about the service we've been able to offer to all types of beer fans."
Features of the App Include:
• Database of over 3,000 beers
• Ability to review / rate beers and share opinions with others
• Power to keep track of favorite beers with easy to use Favorite Beers list
• Beer recommendations based on reviews / ratings
• Predictions for how high users will rate beers based on personal preferences
• Regular synchronization with the Beer Universe website, keeping it up to date with new ratings and beer profiles
The application is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch from Apple's App Store at http://www.itunes.com/appstore/
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The Long and Winding Road to High Reliability
May 29, 2018 mpdigest 0
by Fairview Microwave
Although reliability engineering is a well-established discipline today, the concept itself has a long history of improvements made to ensure that electrical and electronic components are not only reliable but predictable. RF or microwave devices, subsystems, and systems have evolved in lockstep with the evolution of reliability engineering, and today even if a component is not explicitly called "hi-rel," it will still be more reliable than a similar component of even a decade ago.
The foundation of what today is considered reliability prediction arose from probability and statistics described by Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat in the 1600s, and it evolved quickly into statistical quality and process control once large quantities of goods became possible in the 1920s. The word reliability itself was coined by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1816, which he used to compliment one of his contemporaries.
However, it took quite a while before an association with electrical devices was established, primarily because there were relatively few of them until just before World War II. Huge amounts of electronic equipment were needed in a very short time, revealing the fallibility of all types of electrical components, and especially vacuum tubes.
That's not to say that no one took reliability into consideration before the war, and a classic example is Charles Lindbergh's extraordinarily thorough assessment of engine reliability leading up to his 1927 solo flight from New York to Paris. It remains one of the most impressive feats of planning.
One of Lindbergh's many crucial decisions was the number and reliability of the engines chosen to power the Spirit of St. Louis. He had a choice of using up to three engines, and (simple) logic dictates that multiple engines would be more reliable and safer than one. He had settled on a plane built by Ryan Aircraft and as he had experience flying with Wright Aeronautical's JC-5 Whirlwind nine-cylinder, air-cooled engine (Figure 1), he insisted that it be used on the Ryan aircraft.
Figure 1: The Wright J-5 Whirlwind aircraft engine produced 220 hp and was the first engine to use sodium-cooled exhaust valves and to be self-lubricating, both of which significantly increased reliability
A three-engine configuration was ruled out as too complex, heavy, and costly, and although a twin-engine plane had benefits in terms of speed and fuel load, in his era aircraft required two functioning engines to fly. This meant that from a reliability standpoint a single failure was essentially a total one. But there were other conflicting factors, as a twin-engine aircraft would have an engine failure rate half that of a single-engine version, and the plane potentially had a higher probability of survival overall. On the other hand, Lindberg highly valued the light weight and less complexity of a single-engine aircraft.
To arrive at his ultimate decision, Lindbergh calculated based on his experience that if two engines were used and both were from the same lot, the likelihood of a defective engine in any lot was about 0.5%. So, if the lot size was 200 engines, one would be defective. Using this method, a twin-engine aircraft would have a 2-in-200 possibility of having a defective engine versus 1-in-100 for a single-engine aircraft, or half the risk.
Viewed differently, assume that the Whirlwind engine had a 200-hr. (0.005 failure-per-hr.) operating life before requiring maintenance. With two engines, considered in series as both were required for flight, the total failure rate would be the sum of the individual failure rates or 0.005 x 2 failures per hour or 0.01 failures per hour. The two-engine plane would have an average of one engine failure every 100 hours of continuous operation, twice that of the single-engine option. So the latter is what he chose. Lindbergh obviously would not be inclined to make the same decision today as engine reliability (and many other things) are orders of magnitude more reliable. However, in 1927 his conclusion (and intuition) lead him to a successful choice.
Lindbergh was also an extraordinary pilot and "intuitive" navigator and optimized every possible variable, from reducing the flight's distance by 140 nm using the Mercator rather than great circle route to sometimes flying only 20 ft. above the water to correct for drift based on wave conditions. He was only 6 miles off course when landing in Nova Scotia and 3 mi. (accuracy of 0.1 deg. over a 1700-miles distance) from reaching Ireland (he had predicted 50). In short, although Lindberg was hailed as Lucky Lindy (and he was), his success had at least as much to do with meticulous reliability assessment and planning.
Reliability Meets Reality
Before World War II, the U.S. needed to make a rapid assessment of the capabilities and relative reliability of its subsystems, systems, and platforms. The results of one relatively comprehensive study showed, probably to no one's surprise, that more than 50% of all electronic equipment and airborne platforms in the U.S. inventory could not meet minimum military requirements.
Although military requirements were defined only generally, it was obvious that a figure of merit was needed to determine a system's reliability, so government procurement agencies looked to standardization of requirements on which they could base predictions. It was reasoned that without standards, accurately evaluating system performance would be difficult and often impossible as components from different suppliers varied, as did their characteristics from one lot to the next—and from one to the other.
In 1957 the Advisory Group on the Reliability of Electronic Equipment (AGREE) produced a report recommending that more thorough reliability requirements and consistency were required from suppliers, that the military should find better ways to accurately determine why products fail, and that tests should be conducted to establish statistical confidence for various types of components.
The report also accomplished two firsts: development of more stressful tests including temperature cycling and vibration (eventually resulting in MIL-STD 781), and the first definition of reliability as "the probability of a product performing without failure a specified function under given conditions for a specified period of time."
At about the same time, Robert Lusser at Redstone Arsenal produced a report noting that electrical or electronic components were responsible for 60% of failures in an Army missile system he had sampled. This, he noted, was because current methods for determining the quality and reliability of electronic components were inadequate. In addition, Aeronautical, Inc. (ARINC), created in 1929 by the FCC to coordinate and license commercial radio equipment, established a process it believed could reduce the infant mortality of vacuum tubes by a factor of four (Figure 2). And in 1956, RCA produced a document called TR-1100 dedicated to "Reliability Stress Analysis for Electronic Equipment," which ultimately resulted in creation of the legendary or perhaps infamous Military Handbook 217 (MIL-HDBK-217).
Figure 2: With 18,000 vacuum tubes and 6,000 switches, ENIAC was one of the first electronic computers, and used primarily for calculating artillery firing tables. It was functional about half of the time, and at least one tube burned out every day.
The "handbook" has taken its fair share of criticism over the years for various inconsistencies, unrealistic assumptions, and many other things, but it's interesting to note that although it was last updated in 1991, some test methods and other elements are still used today. Another major document created at about the same time was created by the Rome Air Development Center (RADC) and entitled "Quality and Reliability Assurance Procedures for Monolithic Microcircuits" and resulted in MIL-STD- 883 and Mil-M 38510.
Over the years, many studies were conducted requiring thousands of hours of research and analysis by the government, industry, and academia, and significant results were achieved. This was not a moment too soon, because when the transistor arrived and other solid-state devices followed it, assessing the performance of these tiny devices required even more rigorous reliability testing.
This situation became far more difficult with the emergence of space flight, which introduced a host of potential failure mechanisms rarely if ever experienced on Earth. The result of this became the incredibly stringent requirements for "space qualification," which like "hi-rel" (and "lite" beer) mean little without qualification. By this time, the military and NASA had of necessity flown many missions above the atmosphere and in space using standard COTS components, a point to ponder.
Most space missions conducted by the Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and others, rely on fully-radiation-hardened, space qualified parts. After all, using less radiation-tolerant devices makes little sense in billion-dollar missions. That said, even in space, DoD and NASA are under pressure to reduce costs and not all its missions are long-term or high-altitude. In addition, the private space sector is advancing rapidly, and their missions so far are limited to low-Earth orbit. As a result, there is a need for devices that fill the gap between pure COTS, "upscreened" versions and far more costly devices that are radiation hardened by design. This market is just beginning to take shape.
Many of the demanding reliability requirements of space flight were the work of Willis Willoughby who had a long, highly influential career at NASA ensuring that spacecraft worked reliably, including to the moon and back. The Navy Material Command later called on Willoughby's talents to dramatically revise procurement standards and enact policies to improve reliability. Willoughby demanded that all contracts contain specifications for reliability and maintainability rather than simply those for performance. He's largely credited for emphasizing the importance of temperature cycling and random vibration that later became environmental stress screening (ESS), as well.
In the 1970s, accelerated life testing, the use of scanning electron microscopes for analysis and loose particle detection testing, and evaluation of plastic-packaged transistors and ICs were first realized. Important included studies of soft error rates caused by alpha particles and accelerated testing of ICs with calculated activation energies of failure mechanisms. Bell Labs also initiated the goal of achieving communication system reliability with no more than two hours of downtime throughout 40 years of operation.
Figure 3: High-reliability microwave modules once took months to deliver. Today, they're often available from stock. A good example is Fairview Microwave's SPA-020-50-20-SMA RF power amplifier that delivers 4 W from 1.7 to 2 GHz with 40 dB of gain. It meets military specifications for shock and vibration and operates to altitudes defined in MIL-STD-810F Method 500.4.
In the 1980s, communications systems began to replace older mechanical switching systems with semiconductor-based devices and Bell Labs developed the first prediction methodology for telecommunications, while SAE developed a similar document (SAE 870050) for automotive applications. Predictability, and thus reliability techniques, continued to evolve as it was realized that the semiconductor die alone was not the sole cause of failures. As a result, the overall failure rate of electronic components dropped tenfold.
The PC brought reliability analysis to the benchtop and test bench, and for the first time, commercially available programs were available for evaluating reliability. In the next decade, gallium arsenide began to permeate both defense systems, especially phase-array radars, as well as commercial communications equipment, and other applications.
Failure rate models were also developed based upon intrinsic defects that replaced some of the complexity-driven failure rates that dominated from the 1960s through the 1980s. This effort was led by RAC (the new name for RADC) and resulted in PRISM, a new approach to predictions. Reliability growth was recognized for components in this document. Many of the military specifications became obsolete and best commercial practices were often adopted.
The emergence of standards, test routines, and sophisticated equipment had by this time made it possible to predict the failure rate of solid-state devices very accurately. In fact, it was arguable that COTS devices were equal to and in many cases as reliable as those used in defense systems, which cost 10 times as much. To realize the cost benefits of COTS, Defense Secretary William Perry required their use whenever possible in defense systems in 1994.
Looking back on nearly a century of improvements in reliability, and in particular those of RR and microwave components, the results are impressive (Figure 3). Even vacuum tubes, which in the minds of most people no longer exist, are still powering everything from satellite transponders to radar and electronic warfare systems and their reliability and longevity continue to improve. Small-signal and RF power devices operate for millions and even tens of millions of hours without failure, and reliability of both active and passive components in general is predictable with impressive levels of accuracy.
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We are opening the British Quarter in Stodůlky to all those interested in dreaming about or looking for housing in a modern urban residential area.
Come to meet us in Stodůlky! On Thursday, 20 September 2018 at 4:00 p.m. will be organised neighbours gathering by FINEP.
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Ant-Man Movie Now on Back Burner for Wright?
By Nick Winstead - September 7, 2017 01:04 am EDT
After previously saying that work on an Ant-Man movie was certainly a top priority, director Edgar Wright may be having a change of heart, and priorities. In speaking with Empire magazine, Wright mentioned that another project, one not based around an adaptation of a comic book or action figure franchise, may have taken his attention. As he continues to wrap up work on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, another comic book/graphic novel adaptation, Wright discussed what his future plans are, which may surprise some comic book fans. "I'd like to make Baby Driver next if possible. On this film (Pilgrim) and other things I've been blogging furiously and putting up a photo every day, but I think when I do that one I'd like to go completely silent for once. Probably because it's not an adaptation or anything, or a sequel to anything else." Baby Driver would be a twist on crime and action films, although other details surrounding the project remain unclear. In moving on to the Baby Driver project, Wright stated that this might mean no Ant-Man for the time being. "I can't be in two places at once. I'm not one of those people who can do three things at the same time, even though I try to be. So once I'm doing one thing, like this, I'm only doing this. Other things – like Ant-Man... have all gone away until I'm done with this." This may mean that fans of the tiny hero will have to wait longer than expected. This will probably leave him out of the Avengers movie from Marvel.
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Pfft. Just mentioning that the thread counting has been incorrect since like the fourth page.
A HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX ENDINGS.
It's a test of our counting skills~! But I honestly think it is due to the forum's function which causes users to jump to the last post they had seen. It sometimes confuses me when I realize that I was not even on the last page, since the little red dialogue icon does not mean that you will go to the most recent post.
I must have been thrown at the app store and other tabs, or had the forum freeze my phone browser and force-close 158 times. Seriously. It is aggravating, and it is definitely this forum.
Wow that must be annoying. I'm only on here on my desktop and I have an ad block so it hasn't been bad for me but I do notice with my email notifications it doesn't always bring me to the latest post but the one right after my posts so that is kind of annoying as well.
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Q: Possible optimizations after the typechecker in programming lanuages? So I am implementing a statically typed version of solidity.
I have a type checker built. I am working on User defined aliases currently.
type Price is uint256;
Contract A {
Price ofArt = Price.wrap(123);
}
My plan was to type check them properly in the type checker.
Then create an optimization phase after the type-checker has passed without errors.
This optimization would turn all the user defined types into their underlying type so at run time there does not have to be any wrapping or un-wrapping of such types and they are just stored as the underlying type at run time. (There are also other problems that could occur that would save time.).
My questions are
Does this make sense to do for optimization purposes?
What other optimizations like this could be made after the type-checker? Could I do something similar with structs? In other languages, what optimizations are made after the type-checker is complete?
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We are back again for our 2nd round of #DEArTalk! For the month of March we are highlighting the ladies of art! That's right, this round is strictly for women apart of the art field right now in dedication to March being Women's History Month. Blog submissions are open to any female artists including graphic designers, graphic artists, painters, sculptors, fashion designers, interior designers, cake decorators, etc. This blog series has been put together in order to highlight the hard work of female artists from all around the world, a chance to tell their stories in a way to be an inspiration to those around them and coming after them.
All blog submission stories must be between 100-500 word count. Please include a high resolution head shot or full body photograph of yourself for your post submission (no selfies).
Topics are not limited to the suggestions listed above, again you have creative freedom to choose a topic of your choice as long as it is art related in someway.
All submissions must be emailed to [email protected]. Deadline is March 14, 2017.
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Categories for Artworks
Deafeat.
Vata (Βάτος + -ά): Greek name of a wild berries species in Greece. Commonly grown and used as a natural... Artikel ansehen
Vata (Βάτος + -ά): Greek name of a wild berries species in Greece.
Commonly grown and used as a natural fence to mark and protect private properties in rural areas.
Their roots expand fast and deeply into the soil.
They prevent the growth of other species due to their uncontrolled roots.
Depending on their stage of growth, their taste range from sweet to sour.
The gardening culture is commonly used as an example of how a society should be arranged.
An authority shapes the garden, and it chooses what fits where, what will and how it will be used, and what stays out.
Hands (Χέρι + α): Part of the body used for manipulation, sensation, and communication.
Small gestures can indicate fear, trauma, care, need…
Looking at the hands, we grasp a sensation of a person's story.
A hand could practice acts of barbarism, or it could resist the vulgarity with its tenderness.
Using the hand, a plant is harvested, and its fruits are tasted.
To cultivate tenderness in soil invaded by Vata, uproot them to prevent regrowth.
Videos © Magdalena Zotou, excerpts from the series DEFEAT. Black Mediterranean, Black Aegean
Defeat.
Magdalena Zotou, Apostolos Tsorfolias
Opening in Leipzig
December 15, 2022, 3pm
IDEAL Art Space
Schulze-Delitzsch-Str. 27
Billboard in Athens:
Circuits & Currents art space
13 Notara Str.
The work is part of a cooperation of the program p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies with IDEAL artspace within the project DIALOG.
DIALOG consists of a movable wall in front of the IDEAL artspace together with a second movable wall, which is located at changing locations, providing the basis for various exhibition projects. Through different artistic approaches, this format establishes moments of connection and mediation and challenges global and local understandings of the image.
Curated by Clara Hofmann in collaboration with Olga Vostretsova.
More about the DIALOG project
https://idealartspace.de/dialog/
Fitness Condition: Artist
Come hike with us! It's noon, our feet hurt and there is no water left on the island called Hydra.... Artikel ansehen
Come hike with us! It's noon, our feet hurt and there is no water left on the island called Hydra. Going backwards in a loop around the coast we're getting bitten by the sun. So, we invent: a sunscreen workshop, a muddy workshop, picking bitter oranges and candying them to eat with handmade Halva. We brought some bedbugs from the hotel, nesting in wool blankets and blue sheets. It's getting late if we want to see the sun set but I will tell you my favorite story when we meet for the first time.
The three-year exchange program 'postdocumenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies' is coming to an end. After spending two years in lockdown the participating artists finally meet each other on the island Hydra under the theme of cooking listening walking. The event in Circuits + Currents is an experiment to visualize this one week of being together, where we discovered artistic processes of interconnection and social practices as a counter position to the "survival of the fittest" in art industries
wip exhibition and open studios by
p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Circuits + Currents
Eva Andronikidou, Eva Angelaka, Morten Bierre, Nasia Drimousi, Alicia Franzke, Markus Heller, Kevin Koen, Fabian Lehmann, Snow Paik, Sophie Constanze Polheim, Yashar Shirdel, Oliver Schulz, Apostolos Tsorfolias, Despoina Vaxevanidi, Fiete Worreschk, Maria Zervoudaki, Magdalena Zotou
Are We Not Plunging Continually?
Zurück Weiter p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies was conceived and designed as an educational and... Artikel ansehen
p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies was conceived and designed as an educational and artistic research program of intercultural exchange among students and academic staff from the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and the Athens School of Fine Arts. The program started in early 2020, during the months that the covid pandemic broke out, and has been operating under health and safety restrictions of social distancing up until now. Its core aim to foster collaborative artistic praxis in between two different cities was therefore met with unprecedented challenges from the very beginning.
In this framework, the two partite exhibition Are we not plunging continually? is essentially a celebration of our first coming together. Not an actual physical encounter, but an encounter through artworks, raw ideas and quests for new perspectives that is yet to be fulfilled. The project connects the independent art space nyg|west and the LindeNOW Festival of art spaces in West Leipzig with Circuits + Currents, the project space of the Athens School of Fine Arts. Participating artists from both schools present new projects that developed through workshops with artists Mylasher (Leipzig) and Hypercomf (Athens), including individual artworks with shared approaches. Appropriating a quote by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche as expressing our common current condition, Are we not plunging continually? reflects an exploratory process that looks for tensions, affinities and connections between art practices that are separated by some 2,000 km, at a time where uncertainty has become the new normal.
An exhibition in two parts by
Eva Andronikidou, Eva Angelaka, Ronny Aviram, Lennard Bernd Becker, Katerina Chatzikosti, Nasia Drimousi, FELL, Christos Fousekis, Evgenia Fragkolia, Leon Galli, Julia Gerke, Lara Hampe, Julie Hart, Yannick Harter, Lisa Kirchhoff, Franziska Koch, Koa Koppenhöfer, Philine Kuhn & Jonathan McNaughton, Fabian Lehmann, Tianxu Liu, Triantafyllia Ntouroupi, Snow Paik, Sophie Constanze Polheim, Kay Lotte Pommer, Lucie Reichmayr, Natalia Sopidi, Phil Stahlhut, Neam Tarek, Apostolos Tsorfolias, Despoina Vaxevanidi, Victoria Welsh, Fiete Worreschk, Maria Zervoudaki & Magdalena Zotou
LindeNOW #17 festival
nyg|west
Georg-Schwarz-Straße 8
Leipzig Opening hours during the LindeNOW #17 festival:
Saturday 2/10
Sunday 3/10
4/10 – 30/10
Athens Opening hours: Thursday & Friday
12 – 4 pm
and by appointment at:
[email protected]
The program p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies presents an exhibition in two parts in Leipzig and Athens. Titled Are we not plunging continually?, the project connects the independent art space nyg|west and the LindeNOW#17 Festival of independent art spaces in West Leipzig with Circuits & Currents, the project space of the Athens School of Fine Arts. Participating emerging artists from the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and the ASFA in Athens present works that developed through workshops with artists Mylasher (Leipzig) and Hypercomf (Athens), together with other individual projects. They investigate the fragile structures of the post-pandemic context, both in the urban space and in the natural surroundings of Leipzig and Athens, in an attempt to explore the conditions of extended artistic practices in two different places and to develop affinities and connections.
p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies is an educational and artistic research program by the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB) and the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), and a DAAD project in the funding program "University Partnerships with Greece from 2020 – 2022".
Carla Selva und Paul Zech
WFH/The Domestication Theory/Working like a dog
Hypercomf, Part of staged set used for filming in polycelium.net, 2020. Courtesy of the artists Hypercomf share a live stereoscopy and... Artikel ansehen
Hypercomf, Part of staged set used for filming in polycelium.net, 2020. Courtesy of the artists
Hypercomf share a live stereoscopy and audio performance lecture, which will see objects and quotes from inside and outside the domestication process and the Domestication Theory placed under the magnifying lens of the stereoscope.
The session examines material and factual remnants from the fetishization of the biological versus the fetishization of the digital, in the arena of "pre-" and "post-now" importance. Blurring and refocusing, introducing sensory calibration to the single-focus surface of the computer screen. Technical difficulties, high-definition and full-spectrum mechanical misunderstandings.
The quotidian of the digital homestead. Working from home, working like a dog, like a machine, like a bird, like a fish, like a parasite.
Lecture Performance by Hypercomf in the frame of the Virtual-Live Event "Rundgang 2021″of the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
Thursday, June 3 at 19:00 (Leipzig) / 20:00 (Athens), online
KANNAZUKI The Month Without Gods
In the video essay »KANNAZUKI: The Month Without Gods«, I focus on two trips I took in September and October... Artikel ansehen
In the video essay »KANNAZUKI: The Month Without Gods«, I focus on two trips I took in September and October 2020 to the NW and SE of Greece. Both trips are part of an ongoing project, which involves traveling and object making and aims to visualize connections between Greece and Japan. I concentrate on three main themes: volcanoes, mythology and the act of transcription in the work of Lafcadio Hearn (1850 – 1904), Japanese writer of Greek-Irish descent. On the first trip, I drove to the island of Lefcada to trace the birthplace of Hearn and then travelled to Epirus to visit the Acheron temple of Necromancy. On the second trip, I drove to the volcano of Methana. I juxtapose images from Greece and Japan, talk about the trips, and describe how the experience feeds my artistic practice and vice versa.
I contemplate on the analogies between preparing and performing a trip and working on an art piece in the studio. Both actions involve choosing destinations, materials, and concepts, research, budgeting, timing, comparing itineraries or methods, and drawing out a detailed plan.
– Dora Economou
Στο φωτογραφικό δοκίμιο KANNAZUKI: Ο μήνας χωρίς θεούς, εστιάζω σε δύο ταξίδια που έκανα τον Σεπτέμβρη και τον Οκτώβρη του 2020 στη βορειοδυτική και νοτιοανατολική Ελλάδα. Και τα δύο ταξίδια είναι κομμάτι ενός συνεχιζόμενου εγχειρήματος που περιλαμβάνει το ταξίδι και την κατασκευή αντικειμένων, με στόχο να οπτικοποιήσει συνδέσεις ανάμεσα στην Ελλάδα και την Ιαπωνία. Εστιάζω σε τρία κυρίως θέματα: ηφαίστεια, μυθολογία και την πράξη της μεταγραφής στο έργο του Lafcadio Hearn (1850 – 1904), Ιάπωνα συγγραφέα ελληνοϊρλανδικής καταγωγής. Στο πρώτο ταξίδι, οδήγησα στο νησί της Λευκάδας για να εντοπίσω το γεννέθλιο τόπο του Hearn και μετά ταξίδεψα στην Ήπειρο για να επισκευτώ το Νεκρομαντείο του Αχέροντα. Στο δεύτερο ταξίδι, οδήγησα στο ηφαίστειο των Μεθάνων. Αντιπαραβάλλω εικόνες από την Ελλάδα και την Ιαπωνία, μιλώ για τα ταξίδια, και περιγράφω πώς η εμπειρία τροφοδοτεί την καλλιτεχνική μου πρακτική και το αντίστροφο.
Στοχάζομαι πάνω στις αναλογίες ανάμεσα στην προετοιμασία και την επιτέλεση ενός ταξιδιού, και την καλλιτεχνική εργασία στο εργαστήριο. Και οι δύο ενέργειες συνεπάγονται την επιλογή προορισμών, υλικών και εννοιών, έρευνα, προϋπολογισμό, συγχρονισμό, σύγκριση δρομολογίων ή μεθόδων, και λεπτομερή σχεδιασμό.
– Ντόρα Οικονόμου
Dora Economou, KANNAZUKI: The Month Without Gods, 2020
Video essay, color, sound/english, 20'
Ντόρα Οικονόμου, KANNAZUKI: Ο μήνας χωρίς θεούς, 2020
Φωτογραφικό δοκίμιο, εικόνα, ήχος/ελληνικά, 25:13″
Produced for p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies
This event has now ended (arrest 15 Nov. 2016)
This event has now ended (arrest Nov. 15, 2016) is based on a found 42-second video, shot by a mobile... Artikel ansehen
This event has now ended (arrest Nov. 15, 2016) is based on a found 42-second video, shot by a mobile phone, which records an arrest in the neighborhood of Exarchia, Athens, during violent incidents between police and anti-authoritarians on the occasion of US President Barack Obama's visit to Athens on November 15, 2016.
The found video has been converted to text, following the structure of a cinematic decoupage that is often used in the preparation of the shooting of a film. The text analyzes the narrative action of the corresponding found video, including also information about the shooting angle, the position of the camera, the size of the shot and the sound. The text that came out of this process becomes the central element of the new video. It runs vertically over a still image, depicting the interior of a squat in Exarchia that was evacuated by police in 2019.
– Vangelis Vlahos
Vangelis Vlahos, This event has now ended (arrest Nov. 15, 2016), 2021.
Video, 5:48". Courtesy of the artist. Produced in the frame of the project p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies.
Related event: Waste/d / No event for Thursday, Nov 7, 2019, with curator Elpida Karaba and artist Vangelis Vlahos, members of the Temporary Academy of Arts, and political theorist Elena Loizidou, Reader in Law and Political Theory at the School of Law, Birkbeck College.
Screenshot: Melina Brass - today we're going to the Naturkundemuseum
digital exhibition project www.museumfuernaturkun.de
The space of the natural history museum shows in different ways the forms of survival and adaptation in the animal, plant and human world, which often decide over life and death. Institutions such as museums, galleries and actors in the art world are also forced to deal with the current crisis and its effects: They expand their offers to the virtual space of experience. The resulting short-term oversupply of digital artefacts seems to overlay the already endangered enjoyment of art even more. It is now becoming more obvious how these institutions and their producers, namely the artists, seem to submit to the exploitation strategies of fewer online companies. Regarding this, with this project we are questioning how a "digital Institutional Critique" can be formulated.
The saying "Survival of the Fittest" (Herbert Spencer) is symbolic of the current struggle for attention and the resulting reflexive approach to art. At the same time, the process of digitalization is releasing countless resources that are to serve here as inspiration for our own artistic practice and in which we want to intervene digitally, taking the example of the Museum of Natural History Berlin as a concrete example. Beyond the artistic appropriation of its digital resources, this project also reflects on the museums narrative of natural history: a top-down narrative with the help of dead subjects.
Screenshot: Lisa Kirchhoff - MY SURVIVAL ROUTINE (2020, video) / HUNTING (2020, print magazine)
Screenshot: Nora Jil Helga - infolding screenshot 1
Screenshot: Julia Gerke - celestial bodies
(by clicking on the name you will be directed to the contribution of each artist for the project)
Alina Biriukova
Melina Brass
Christian Holze
Lisa Kirchhoff
Nora Jil Helga
Tianxu Liu
Snow Paik
concept by:
Carsten Saeger
production & development
Several Jagged Lines through Space
The video essay "Several Jagged Lines through Space," compiles source material, artworks, and research that responds to my ongoing research... Artikel ansehen
The video essay "Several Jagged Lines through Space," compiles source material, artworks, and research that responds to my ongoing research question: is Exarcheia an island? I take a psychogeographic and participant-observer approach to the Athenian neighborhood, and my research takes the form of interviews, archival research of media images to re-narrate minor histories, and on-site recordings in video, sound, and analog photography.
The artworks are speculative landscapes, natural histories, and not-the-news. They seek to perform an ontology of "crisis," by asking what is in crisis and for whom. The artworks also investigate spaces and modes of confrontation between constituent (and destituent) power and State power, and particularly how this is expressed spatially. This video essay is an intentionally fragmentary and episodic behind-the-scenes look at how my most recent work is made, as well as a meditation on the present of being a political subject while dwelling.
– Eirene Efstathiou
Eirene Efstathiou, Several Jagged Lines through Space (2020, color, sound, 12 min). Produced for p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies
Eirene Efstathiou is a visual artist working in a variety of different media, from painting and printmaking to performance, to small scale installations. Her practice investigates collective and archival memory, sentiment, affect, and how these function in the public sphere. Efstathiou has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe and the United States.
Necessary alliances
(for a collective imagination)
Levasseur presented some of her recent works, addressing Rosi Braidotti's notion of posthumanism, Donna Haraway's speculative fabulation, everything combined in... Artikel ansehen
Levasseur presented some of her recent works, addressing Rosi Braidotti's notion of posthumanism, Donna Haraway's speculative fabulation, everything combined in a feminist science fiction landscape. These notions will be linked to the works in a novel narrative and poetic format; a fictional dialogue taking place in a utopian future imagined and produced jointly with the french artist Audrey Jimenez.
Levasseur's work deals with intimacy, interactions, non-human ecosystems, mediating devices as extensions and perception of language or images through screens. Using diverse forms and techniques like video, installation, sculpture and 3D animation, she questions the proximity of technological and organic surfaces in a posthuman context as well as our perception of device-mediated content. The method she uses feeds from feminist science fiction and its emancipatory potential. Inspired by thinkers such as Donna Haraway, her projects use speculative fabulation; imagined situations with fictive devices, extensions for human and non-human beings that open a cross-species dialogue in order to reflect the system we live in. Her work is multidisciplinary and allows a continuous learning of new techniques, where DIY and open source become part of her artistic posture.
Online screening: Tuesday, 1 December 2020 at 18:00 Leipzig / 19:00 Athens
Necessary alliances (for a collective imagination) was produced in the frame of p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies
Climate Propagandas,
Video Study (2020)
The work Climate Propagandas, Video Study (2020, HD video, color, sound, 16′), explores how the climate crisis is interpreted and... Artikel ansehen
The work Climate Propagandas, Video Study (2020, HD video, color, sound, 16′), explores how the climate crisis is interpreted and weaponized within various ideological discourses.
While liberal climate propaganda argues that ecological collapse is the responsibility of human individuals, rather than extractivist corporations, libertarian climate propaganda considers the climate breakdown as a new resource for geomarkets and interplanetary colonization. And while conspiracist climate propaganda claims climate change is nothing but a hoax to enforce population control, eco-fascist climate propaganda takes it as an opportunity to double down on the question who, in ecosystem collapse, has the racial right to survive and who does not.
Through examples of popular and political culture, from the nature documentaries of David Attenborough to the Marvel superhero franchise, Staal attempts to dissect the conflicting realities each of these climate propagandas brings about.
Online Screening: Tuesday, 24 November 2020 at 18:00 Leipzig / 19:00 Athens, as part of the Artist Talk with Jonas Staal
Climate Propagandas, Video Study (2020) was produced in the frame of p o s t documenta: contemporary arts as territorial agencies
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In the first part of a two part series, Tom Murray explores what society might be like in a new age where people no longer retire in the traditional manner.
The cliché "cradle to grave" is a rhetorical device that covers the entire gamut of life's experiences from birth to death, including by implication the educational stages, working life, and retirement. This addition of retirement is a relatively new phase, as it was not until the end of the 19th century that the concept of retirement became a reality for the majority of the population. Until then, one just worked until one could no longer do so and if one hadn't died by then, one struggled to survive without an income, (I'm ignoring the minute proportion of the country's working population who actually earned enough to stop working as they formed such a small group they could reasonably be identified with lottery winners in today's society).
Given increasing longevity and the less physical nature of a lot of the work done in the 21st century, the question is whether the retirement phase will fade away as quickly as it came, leaving us with one less stage in life as we all essentially work until we die. If so, are the products that the financial services sector are currently providing up to the task of delivering what the public will need in the next few decades? This article, the first of a two part series, proposes to look at what society might be like in a new age where people no longer retire in the traditional manner but adapt their working life to cope with their ageing until they get to the point where only illness or death makes them exit the workforce. In the follow-up article, I aim to address the financial needs of this new workforce and see what changes the current product sets will need in order to be attractive in this new era.
What is leading to this?
There are a number of factors at play that are leading to the shrinking of the retirement phase and these factors may well bring about its complete elimination. They are as follows: the increasing longevity of the population and resulting inability of most western economies to support such a large proportion of their population in leisure, the decreasing level of physical strength needed for much of the work that takes place today as technology and machines take over much of the physical work required, the improvement in health levels that enable people to carry on working for much longer, and the changing nature of society that makes retiring a less appealing proposition than it used to be.
This is the number one reason for the need to work longer. By traditional standards of retirement, where people generally retired at 65, the increase in life expectancy means that after 25 years or so of education and 40 years of work, people can now expect to spend at least 20 years in retirement. This means that roughly half of a university educated person's life is spent working. As a result, the wealth generated from that work has to essentially do twice as much work in terms of supporting them – I know they don't have to cover their childhood costs but in general they will have to cover the next generation's childhood costs, so from a societal point of view it comes down to the same thing.
Given the amount of living their working life has to support, it has become difficult to see how this can be achieved by working over a mere forty years.
As technology, and robotics in particular, has improved, a lot of the physical labour involved in the workplace has been removed or diminished so that the physical strength barrier that previously would lead to retirement has now been removed. Although physical strength does decline as one grows older, the impact has been incredibly reduced so that it is now possible for people to do work in their sixties and seventies that would have been beyond someone in their fifties just half a century ago, as the job now involves manipulating machinery rather than actually doing any of the work directly. As this barrier falls, and the cost of supporting machinery drops so that even small businesses can afford it, it enables experienced people to keep doing a job long after the decline in their strength and flexibility would normally have allowed them to do it.
The strides in medicine that have been taken over the last few decades would dumbfound anyone who visited this century from just 100 years in the past. The advances have meant that diseases that were previously debilitating are now more routinely curable, giving the general population a major extension to the part of their lifespan where they are capable of fully functioning.
Both through improvements in health education and more directly in the procedures they can carry out, we have greatly extended the lifespan of the average person. As a result, people feel less ready to give up working when they feel perfectly capable of keeping going. As long as they can earn, and in the absence of a high enough income to live a good lifestyle, they are perfectly happy to continue to work to generate the level of income they feel they need.
Back in the day of more community-based living, retirement did not mean isolation. Community groups were frequently dominated by the retired who had the time to put into the organisation and its projects. However, modern society is far more individually based and therefore there is a risk, particularly in large urban areas, of having little interaction with the rest of society post-retirement.
There are many people who prefer instead to work on, either at their own job or to change and work in one or more part-time roles that ensure they are still meeting people and interacting. This includes, but is not restricted to, the voluntary sector.
The result of these forces is likely to be dramatic in their impact on society as we currently know it. The knowledge society has increased the number of people who like their jobs for their own sake rather than merely endure them for the financial recompense associated with them. As a result, we can probably look forward to having a nation that is happier with what it does, rather than a nation of people just suffering through their working years and dreaming of an escape. On the bright side, this should lead to a reduction in the type of mental health issues that can all too frequently be associated with the 'over the cliff-face' approach to retirement that takes place at present.
The difference between this view and that of bygone times is that previous visions were always focused on retirement being spent in non-productive activities and generally associated with pleasure. The cruise-ship represented the ultimate destination for many on life's weary journey or at least some equivalent of it for those who found the idea of being cooped up in a luxurious, floating, geriatric home too much to bear.
But for those who enjoy their work and the challenges it brings, sitting at home trying to solve the Countdown Conundrum in thirty seconds sends a shiver of fear down their spine. For many people, artificial challenges represent a pale shadow of the excitement of real work. The appeal to these people of working on, perhaps in a different role, is a far more attractive option particularly as technology that allows working from home and at convenient times now means that it is possible to structure work around your life instead of having to structure your life around your work.
Given this more flexible approach to work in the future, where it remains part of your life but perhaps no longer the dominant part, the financial rewards aren't necessarily the dominant part and many will be looking to have the extra choice in their own future that comes from having built up a certain degree of financial independence during their earlier working years. Thus our later years could become years when previous investments, such as National Insurance payments and pension savings deliver income streams that augment the income streams coming from one or more part time jobs. They could even augment reduced income from someone's current job, particularly if they have dropped a grade or two to work in a less stressful position.
The types of products that are currently used by pensioners are quite rigid. Tax effective savings plans are turned into income streams but with restrictions due to the fact that the money was garnered using tax-favoured status. This leaves a lot to be desired as in many cases, the income stream is not flexible and cannot cope with the further changes that people experience as they move through the years. For example, an annuity covers the needs of an individual who lives on for twenty years but pays out whether they need the money or not and will not provide protection for future events such as ill-health, medical expenses, moving into a care home, nor even with simple straightforward ones such as gaining a dependant through marriage or dealing with a separation or divorce.
The issues that tend to cause anxiety for those of more advanced years are based around security of income, need for assistance in independent living, care costs and, for some unknown reason, a legacy to those left behind after death. Those couples who share an income also have issues where one might need care while the other is living independently. Our simplified view of the financial needs of the elderly needs updating and so do the products the financial services sector offers to support them.
What does this new "retired" generation need?
In the next article, I intend to take a look at the types of products that will be suitable for the pensioners who don't stop working – the un-retired, as HBSC referred to them in a recent report – and see what kind of changes are needed to the current product set that the industry is offering in order to fulfil the needs of this new breed. Financing the type of lifestyle lived by the working pensioner is going to demand a major shift of thinking from the life and pension providers and only those who can adapt their product set to meet the needs of this market will survive.
Part two of this article is now available on the Exaxe blog: http://www.exaxe.com/end-of-retirement-part-two!
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Current: Ethnic Conflict
Ethnic Conflict
The Fate of Palestinian Refugees in Syria and Lebanon
Pinhas Inbari, June 6, 2019
In Syria, the brutal civil war caused significant demographic changes that can be defined as the war crime of ethnic cleansing, as Sunnis, including Palestinians, have been driven out of the country. The large Yarmouk refugee camp adjacent to Damascus, known as the "capital of the camps," has ceased to exist. Read More »
Ethnic Opposition to Iran's Regime Is on the Rise
Lt.-Col. (ret.) Michael Segall, July 24, 2016
Since June 2016, Iran has been enduring terror attacks and assassinations which are a reaction to Iran's ongoing repressive policy against its ethnic minorities, such as Kurds (who are distinguished from Iran's Shiite population by their language and Sunni beliefs) and Arabs (who are also mainly Sunni). Iran's security forces have been cracking down on the Arabs, augmenting this population's discontent along with its separatist aspirations. The Iranian regime, which so far has been spared the regional repercussions of the Arab Spring – or Islamic Awakening as the regime calls it – is now starting to feel the effects. Read More »
Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism: Same Idea, New Cloak
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, June 19, 2016
Comparing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism and showing that the latter is the modern form of the former may be easy if we simply use the U.S. State Department 2010 definition of anti-Semitism that states that "Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities." Read More »
British Policy, Jews and Israel
Adam Shay, Judy Lash Balint, May 4, 2016
A battery of anti-Semitic comments by British Labour Party members has led to dismay among the Jewish community and a probe within the labor party. These unpleasant comments – ranging from associating Hitler with Zionism to blood libels claiming the Islamic State is an Israeli creation – do not necessarily reflect, however, a change from the traditional British mindset. Read More »
The Internal Palestinian Fight for Jerusalem
Pinhas Inbari, April 14, 2016
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The sensitivity to criticism of the Islamic fundamentalist attitude on the "death for Allah" value, which has been fully adopted by the Palestinian cultural code, is a further instance of our difficulty in understanding a different culture, which leads us to project our own values onto the other in a mirror-perfect image. The value of "dying for Allah" has been adopted by Radical Islam's distorted interpretation of Islam's tenets. Read More »
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The Palestinian Authority (PA) is responsible for one more nefarious form of incitement to attack Jews – paying large bounties to the attackers and their families. Rather than being deterred by the harsh consequence of their terrorist attack at Israel's hand, the perpetrators are actually encouraged and incentivized by the Palestinian leadership. Read More »
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The Iranian Penetration of Iraqi Kurdistan
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Iran has positioned itself as a reliable military backer of Iraqi Kurdish forces, filling a vacuum the West has left as a result of its tepid support. Iranian penetration of Kurdistan allows Tehran to render it less likely that its major adversaries, including Israel and the U.S., will gain a secure foothold in a region that has a 400-mile border with Iran. Expectations of Kurdistan becoming an ally of Israel, America, and Europe may be in danger if the West continues to prioritize Iraqi and Turkish interests over those of the Kurds. The writer taught at Salahaddin University in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2012-2013. Read More »
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The outbreak of violence by mostly young individual Palestinian Arabs has been attributed to a variety of explanations that range from nationalistic motives to more religious ones. Religious and nationalistic factors can both act as triggers for violence, and what is termed "incitement" appears to be an interactive process that combines a causative psychological igniting factor with pre-existing supportive cognitive fuel. Read More »
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The execution of Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, a Shiite cleric and bitter opponent of the Saudi regime who regularly and publicly insulted the royal family, has triggered an unprecedented crisis between Tehran and Riyadh. The roots of the crisis are to be found in the long-standing feud between Sunni and Shiite, which dates from the very beginning of Islam. Read More »
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The Palestinian terror wave is not letting up, and fighting it more effectively requires a close examination of its roots and its objectives. Read More »
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Q: Before insert trigger in mysql giving issue when insert is fired from Java code DELIMITER $$
CREATE TRIGGER `classdost`.`tr_xyz_media`
BEFORE INSERT ON classdost.xyz_media
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
DECLARE t_id INT(20);
IF NEW.id < 5000000 THEN
INSERT INTO xyz_media_temp (insert_date) VALUES(CURDATE());
SELECT MAX(xyz_media_temp.id) INTO t_id FROM xyz_media_temp;
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I have this trigger in MySQL this is running fine when I fire any Insert query in PHPMyadmin but when same Insert is fired from java code it is not executing. I tried changing the code made all request as Ajax with async: false and then I found out that that the earlier requests are still running in background and my later request is giving exception as no ID is returned from database yet.
What can be done to avoid this issue?
A: If you say requests are still running in background, then it is possible that your table is locked (MyISAM tables), and you cannot modify it.
See if table is locked using this query -
SHOW OPEN TABLES FROM database_name;
This query will show you open tables, whicj cannot be edited (INSERT, UPDATE or etc.). Then check you Java application, find code that locks tables.
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Absolute Organic Seeded Mustard 180gm - Ingredients: Water, Mustard seed, Vinegar, Sea salt, Agave syrup, Lactic acid, Turmeric, Fennel, Coriander Seeds.
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The operating memory clock also depends on which speed the System's RAM is running and is limited by the highest brkdge speed that the Processor supports. HD Graphics Ivy Bridge compare.
Black Ops 2 However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards. Log in Don't have an account?
On the IDF Intel demonstrated the encoding of a 3 minute long p video to an iPhone compatible format in x in only 14s. Crysis – GPU Benchmark HD i7 HD i7 S. For our Civilization V test we're using the saney built in lateGameView benchmark.
Depending on whether or not the system's RAM is Dual-Channeled, it can access either imtel bit or bit memory interface.
Metro and many newer titles are just not playable at smooth frame rates on anything this low-end.
All image quality settings are set to low, resolution is at x Despite the game's nearfps frame rate, there's way too much stuttering and jerkiness during the game to jd it enjoyable. In this case the Core i is actually slightly slower than last intel hd graphics 2000 sandy bridge gt1 Core i Trackmania Nations Forever For detailled information on the benchmark results, click sanry the fps number. Introduction The Lineup Overclocking: Currently there are three different models:.
On the notebook side this won't be an issue but for desktops with integrated graphics, it is a problem as most will have the lower dandy GPU. We're using the Metro benchmark that comes with the patched game.
Pro Evolution Soccer SPECviewperf 11 – Lightwave x You can easily crank up quality settings or resolution without turning the game into a slideshow.
Therefore, only low demanding games like Sims 3 or World of Warcraft can be played in low detail settings fluently.
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It could be memory bandwidth. You'll notice there's hardly any difference between the performance of the and GPUs, indicating a bottleneck elsewhere. Frame gg1 are pretty low here, definitely not what I'd consider playable. While they exhibit similar graphical performance, the Graphics Desktop should consume less power than the Graphics Created at Wed, 25 Jul HD Graphics Braswell.
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3 More Genres of Romantic Movies To Be Released by Star Cinema this Last Quarter of 2012!
byRocky Chua - Friday, October 19, 2012
Star Cinema is set to release three more films in the fourth quarter of 2012 including this year's biggest comedy movie "This Guy's In Love With You Mare," first Filipino-Thai film "Suddenly It's Magic," and Star Magic's 20th anniversary movie "24/7 in Love."
"This Guy's In Love With You, Mare," the wild comedy riot directed by Wenn Deramas and topbilled by the box-office comedy trio of Toni Gonzaga, Luis Manzano and Vice Ganda continues to spread fun to moviegoers on its second blockbuster week.
Star Cinema's first Filipino-Thai film, "Suddenly It's Magic" is the highly anticipated romantic-comedy flick starred by Erich Gonzales and Thai superstar Mario Maurer. Directed by Rory Quintos, the movie is set to be released on October 31.
Meanwhile, the romance anthology "24/7 in Love" will be starred by some of the biggest Star Magic talents including Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Gerald Anderson, Kim Chiu, Maja Salvador, Sam Milby, Diether Ocampo, Angelica Panganiban, Zaijan Jaranilla, Xyriel Manabat, and Pokwang. The Star Magic 20th anniversary film, which is set to be screened nationwide in November, is directed by John D. Lazatin, Mae Czarina Cruz, Frasco Santos Mortiz, and Dado Lumibao.(www.tvseriescraze.blogspot.com)
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Cut the salmon and cod into large chunks and remove the tough little muscle that sometimes adheres to one side of the scallop (if using).
If the scallops are huge, cut in half around the middle.
Toss the fish with a splash of lemon juice and freshly ground black pepper.
Tip into the bottom of an oven-proof dish that will take the fish leaving enough room for a topping of mashed potato.
Sprinkle over the defrosted, drained peas.
Next make the white sauce.
Melt the butter in a medium heavy saucepan, add the flour and using a heatproof spatula or wooden spoon stir over the heat for 2-3 minutes.
When you have a smooth bubbling paste that is beginning to turn a sandy brown and starts to smell toasty, switch to a wire whisk and begin to add the milk.
Leaving the pan on the heat whisk in the milk in 2 or 3 goes, whisking well to beat out the lumps.
Make sure it is well blended.
Return to the heat and slowly bring to the boil, whisking all the time.
Once thickened, stir in the grated Cheddar, Parmesan and Dijon mustard, lemon zest and juice to taste.
Pour over the fish and peas to cover and stir gently.
Spoon the warmed mashed potato in dollops all over the surface then use the back of the spoon to spread out the potato and join the dollops together.
Brush the surface with melted butter and fluff up the surface with the back of a fork – this looks good and gives nice crunchy bits.
Bake for about 20 minutes until golden brown and bubbling, let it rest for 5 minutes before serving with your favourite greens or salad.
"Enjoying Blackpool Tower changing Colour : Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop…"
I have never had a fish pie. It certainly looks yummy Clairejustine!
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First up, I was not paid to do this iKydz review. For some time I was in the market for something that would filter Internet traffic, especially when it comes to devices such as tablets used by kids. I did try firewall open source firewall solutions such as pfsense and OPNsense but my conclusion was they were overkill for what I wanted to do. I was also concerned that they required a reasonable spec system to run them and so electricity costs could become a factor.
I first heard of iKydz while driving to work one morning. At the time they were running a Kickstarter campaign as they had just launched their first iKydz device. I backed this campaign and received the device shortly after. However, I had some issues getting it to work with a Huawei Vodafone. The support staff behind iKydz were very helpful and I got a refund as it was not possible to get that early version working with that early iKydz device.
My requirements for a device revolved around filtering and time control. I have 3 kids and they can spend too much time on their tablets. While it is recommended to supervise them when they are on their tablets, this is difficult. As a result, filtering and blocking features are very important.
What is the iKydz home device?
iKydz is an Internet control solution. It lets you apply age-appropriate filters and online schedules to individual devices, all with just a smartphone app. When you purchase it, you receive a device which you plug into your broadband router. Once connected, you change the wifi settings on your kids devices so that they connect to the iKydz system.
Earlier this year (2018) I spotted the new variant of the iKydz Home device. I think I was on their email distribution list for their newsletter. This new version addresses one of the big deficiencies of the first device. The new generation has built-in WiFi which allows you to have a separate wifi network and makes it much easier to block sites and applications.
I ordered the device online and got the iKydz Home version which was €99 with €4.50 postage. There is a more powerful iKydz Pro version but I did not need the extra features.
When I received the unit my first impressions were how tiny it is. Not much bigger than a few boxes of matches. You have a power port, Ethernet port, and USB. I was concerned that the lack of a WiFi antenna could mean limited coverage but this is not the case.
While I have not measured power consumption, I am assuming the super small form factor equals lower power draw. WiFi coverage from the unit is up there with what I get from my broadband router. iKydz also sell WiFi extenders on their website but they are a bit expensive at €45.
Installation is very straightforward. You power it up. Connect the Ethernet port to your broadband router or any other switch on your home network. You then download the iKydz App onto your phone. You do need to register an account which you then use to logon to the App.
You need to take each of your children's devices and connect them to the iKydz Wifi network. Be sure to delete other WiFi networks from their devices or then will figure out a way to bypass the iKydz device.
The little black box is useless in isolation. The main features of the system are exposed through the App. When I received my device, the app looked a bit unfinished. However, it has come on a lot in recent releases and now looks good. The main features I use is filtering and time-based access.
Out of the box, it has automatic blocklists already installed. You can block specific apps separately and I blocked social media sites like Snapchat and games like Fortnite.
The time-based access is a really cool feature. I have mine setup switch off Internet access in the evening and it does not come back on until after school. Weekends have a different schedule. There is also a mealtime button which and temporarily disable the Internet but I don't use this. I'm sure there are a ton of features that I do not use.
One thing to watch is that when you add a new device you must add it to a filter list if you want to apply custom game\app filters to it.
The video below shows the basic features of the app and looks at the way I have it set up.
At the current price point of just over €100 including delivery, it is a recommended buy. Small, functions well and regular app updates show that development is continuing. You do need some technical understanding to get it installed but iKydz provide an installation service for €35. According to their website, this setup is done remotely.
To finish I would say that with any filtering product you should not assume it will block all the bad stuff. This applies to expensive firewalls and small devices like iKydz. The Internet is a dynamic place with new websites and apps launching every day. Make sure your children are aware of the dangers of going online and make sure the report anything suspicious to you.
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The Mystery Train 1.0 Blog
November 3, 2014 by TY
Take It Home: The Last Stop
Elvis Presley in 1968
I've been blogging in various forms for over a decade now, including nearly five years on The Mystery Train. After much consideration, I've decided to take some time off.
I'm not yet certain whether I will return to The Mystery Train Blog after that time. Due to Sony's unparalleled That's The Way It Is: Deluxe Edition set, 2014 has been the greatest Elvis year ever for me. I'm not sure what else I have left to add.
Thank you for reading and taking part in my little hobby. Keep the music cranked up!
"There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story." –Frank Herbert
Posted in Site Info, The Mystery Train 1.0 Blog
Dreams You Won't Recapture: A journey through Sony's 10-disc THAT'S THE WAY IT IS: DELUXE EDITION
Introduction: Woven In My Soul
Three months–June, July, and August 1970–contain, for me, the very best of Elvis Presley. It is the Elvis of 1970, specifically of That's The Way It Is, that my mind normally conjures up first when thinking of him.
Not the Elvis of 1956, 1960, 1968, 1969, or any other Elvis.
1970. That is my Elvis. That is the Elvis I connect to more than any other Elvis. Scratch that, more than any other entertainer, period. Even though I was not on this planet for nearly another five years after the events of That's The Way It Is. Even though I did not make it to three-years-old before Elvis was gone, and the universe had robbed me, like most of my generation, from ever having the privilege of seeing the man in person.
His voice remained with us, though, on countless recordings. The universe granted that much, at least.
Released on August 5, the eight CDs of Sony's That's The Way It Is: Deluxe Edition include almost nine hours of music recorded by Elvis Presley during those three months.
The set also contains two DVDs of material filmed for the 1970 documentary Elvis: That's The Way It Is and an 80-page book. All of this is packaged in a 12×12 box that harkens back to the days of vinyl LPs from which the album in question originally sprang.
Released at the same time is That's The Way It Is: Legacy Edition, a more economical option that features two of the same CDs.
Three months. One might be tempted to think that the eight CDs of the Deluxe Edition are surely enough to contain the entire recorded output of Elvis in the timeframe covered by this set. The truth is, it would take more than eight CDs. A lot more. In terms of professional recordings made, when accounting for formal studio sessions, rehearsals, and live performances, this is the most-documented three-month span of his life.
Three months. Take them away, and I am not as big of an Elvis fan as I am today. I would not say that about losing any other three-month span of his career.
I state all of this by way of introduction, to lay my cards right out on the table for you, patient reader, that this boxed set means something to me. This is not just another Elvis release for me, and this is not just another review for my little blog.
That's The Way It Is: Deluxe Edition is a boxed set 44-years in the making. His record label has tried to capture this period many times in the past, yet never quite achieved the last word on the potential of this material.
In the latest and most expansive attempt, has Sony made that definitive statement? Has Sony at last made a release that honors the brilliance of this material?
Settle back for a long journey, and we'll find out together. Don't want all the details? Then skip straight to the Final Verdict.
Disc One [CD]
[Also Disc One of That's The Way It Is: Legacy Edition]
The original That's The Way It Is album makes up the first twelve tracks of this CD. My favorite album released during Elvis's lifetime is That's The Way It Is, but it could have been so much better.
Unfortunately, That's The Way It Is tries to be two things at once–a live album and a studio album. While this hybrid approach combining Nashville studio masters from June with Las Vegas live masters from August brings variety to the listening experience, it ultimately detracts from the overall album.
The compiler of the original album passed over strong studio cuts of "I've Lost You" and "Patch It Up" in favor of inferior live versions. While the live versions were certainly a bonus to fans that collected the songs in 45-RPM format via their studio singles, the album as a whole suffered from an artistic standpoint because of this decision.
To make matters worse, RCA overdubbed applause at the end of Elvis's incredible studio version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" in order to bookend the album with "live" songs. RCA did not release a clean version of the song until nearly 25 years later.
My ideal That's The Way It Is album would present the songs in a different sequence (10, 8, 3, 6, 12, 1; 7, 2, 9, 11, 5, 7), use the studio versions of "I've Lost You" and "Patch It Up" instead, and not include overdubbed applause on the studio version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
Forty-four years later, of course, the original album is what it is, and it opens the Deluxe Edition as the historical foundation for the remainder of the set. The album is presented in its vintage mix and, no matter the sequence, you will find some of Elvis's finest music here.
The pinnacles of the album are studio cuts "How The Web Was Woven" and "Just Pretend," as well as a live reinvention of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" that destroys all other versions by Elvis or anyone else.
Also strong are Winfield Scott's "Stranger In The Crowd," which brings the often slower-paced album some much-needed rhythm, and "Twenty Days And Twenty Nights," which features beautiful guitar work and an exquisite vocal.
Alleviating some of my criticisms of the original presentation, the CD continues with the singles associated with the album. While the live versions are still present, the studio versions of "I've Lost You" and "Patch It Up" are now represented.
Though Elvis began recording in true stereo upon his return from the Army in 1960, most of his singles through 1971 featured dedicated mono mixes. In modern times, Elvis album compilers tend to favor the stereo mixes of these songs–even if identified as a "single"–so many of these mono versions have yet to be released on CD.
It was a listening pleasure to hear the true single mixes of "I've Lost You," "The Next Step Is Love," "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me," and "Patch It Up" in glorious mono. The standouts here are "Patch It Up," which completely rocks, and "I've Lost You," which is just a tremendous song no matter in stereo or mono.
The first CD concludes with early studio takes of a few songs from the June Nashville session. These alternate takes and accompanying studio chatter provide some insight into the making of the album and singles. The absolute highlight is take 1 of "How The Web Was Woven," though take 1 of "Patch It Up" also shines.
The sound of his voice in 1970 was just so . . . comforting. There was nothing quite like it in his previous or subsequent years.
Since much of the material on this set is previously released, I decided to randomly choose a track from each CD to compare to a previous release. For the comparisons to be fair, I volume-matched the tracks.
Keep in mind, however, that I am neither an audiophile nor a musician. I also do not own reference grade audio equipment. There are probably subtle, or even some not-so-subtle, audio nuances that I missed. I can only present you my humble opinions as a lifelong Elvis fan.
For Disc One, I chose Track 20, take 1 of "Patch It Up," and compared it with the same take on the 2008 FTD edition of That's The Way It Is. No differences noted.
While all of the material on Disc One is previously released, it is extremely well-compiled. This makes for a perfect opening to the set.
Disc Two: August 10 – Opening Night [CD]
After an absence of several years, Elvis had returned to performing live in 1969. From July 31 to August 28 of that year, he performed 57 concerts at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. This yielded the Elvis In Person portion of the From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis double album. The set lists from these concerts focused primarily on newly energized versions of his hits.
Just a few months later, he returned to Vegas for another 57-show engagement from January 26 through February 23, 1970. The album On Stage resulted from this series, whose set lists focused primarily on interpreting the hits of others.
MGM's camera crews were rolling for the Elvis: That's The Way It Is documentary as he began his third engagement at the International on August 10, 1970. Marketed as the "Elvis Summer Festival," this one ran through September 8 and included 59 shows.
While MGM stuck around to film visuals through August 15, RCA apparently only recorded audio of the first six concerts–concluding with the August 13 Dinner Show. These six shows make up the majority of That's The Way It Is: Deluxe Edition.
All six concerts feature new mixes by Steven Rosenthal and Kabir Hernon. The vintage That's The Way It Is era mixes presumably approved by Elvis appear on tracks 1 through 16 of Disc One, so I have absolutely no issues with new mixes being applied to these concerts. Sometimes, it is nice to hear something a little different–particularly since the majority of this set's content has been released before anyway.
For the six That's The Way It Is concerts, Elvis assembled ideal set lists that combined highlights from the first two engagements, material from his recent studio sessions, and a few surprises.
Disc Two presents the full August 10 Opening Show, previously released in 2000 on the FTD One Night In Vegas. This 2014 release includes an introductions segment cut in 2000, however.
The concert begins in dramatic fashion with Ronnie Tutt pounding away on his drums–and I suppose Eddie Graham on the kettle drums, too–as a signal that Elvis is about to take the stage. The drums sound tight, and the new mix is impressive right from the start.
The opening numbers are thrilling. Elvis launches into a rocking version of "That's All Right," his very first single, and then moves quickly into the "Mystery Train/Tiger Man" medley. For me, there is no better opening sequence for an Elvis concert than this particular 1-2 punch.
While Elvis delivers a fine version of "I Can't Stop Loving You," it feels out of place as the next number and takes away from the momentum created by the previous songs.
After "Love Me Tender," the remainder of the concert until the "Can't Help Falling In Love" close focuses on new songs from the Nashville session and recent From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis and On Stage albums. Elvis also debuts his versions of "I Just Can't Help Believin'," "Something," and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'."
The microphone feedback problems that plagued this show are no longer as prevalent. It makes for a much more enjoyable listening experience.
Regarding individual performances, the concert features fantastic versions of many songs. This might be Elvis's best version of "Something," and it is certainly his best live version of "Patch It Up." "Polk Salad Annie" benefits as being the least jokey version on this set, though renditions from the earlier 1970 engagement are superior. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is stunning, and even "I've Lost You" stands out despite some mistakes near the end.
Among the six shows, "The Next Step Is Love" is unique to this one. This is one case where I prefer the live version over the studio cut.
I can't say enough about the sound quality. It is as if Glen Hardin is playing piano in my living room as "Can't Help Falling In Love" launches.
Is the sound really that different, though? Or am I just fooling myself?
For Disc Two, I decided to compare "I've Lost You" (Track 14) against the 2000 One Night In Vegas edition. The 2014 mix favors the piano, and the drums have a lot more punch than on the 2000 mix. The biggest difference is notable at the instrumental break at 1:30, when the 2014 edition brings the orchestral strings up in the mix. Beautiful.
However, taken as a whole, there is something unfulfilling about the Opening Show as a concert experience. As much as I love the new material, I think the lack of previous hits makes this concert feel less than stellar. Even "Suspicious Minds," a number one hit just a year before, is notably missing. While I am glad that Elvis never turned his concerts into "Oldies Acts," I prefer a better sprinkling of his past glories than present here.
Disc Three: August 11 – Dinner Show [CD]
Again, the drums knock you back as Ronnie Tutt pounds the opening riff. They are really tight! Disc Three marks the first "complete" release of the August 11 Dinner Show. Elvis immediately kicks into high gear with "That's All Right."
"I Got A Woman" is strong, though I definitely miss "Mystery Train/Tiger Man" as the second song.
A breakneck version of "Hound Dog" follows. Despite the speed, this is actually a strong version. From the recordings I have heard, this appears to be the last concert series where "Hound Dog" was not a complete throwaway (yes, even the 1972 versions). For me, "Hound Dog" does not work well as the third song, either, though. Though more suitable than "I Can't Stop Loving You," it still seems out-of-place.
"Heartbreak Hotel" is next, which I think Elvis should have traded positions in the set with "Hound Dog." Then again, who am I to question the likes of Elvis? I like the bluesy "Well, well, well" beginning on this version, and the crowd obviously loves the song once he gets going on it. "Love Me Tender" is an okay version.
"I've Lost You" and "I Just Can't Help Believin'" from this concert were used for the live masters on the original album. It is significant to have them in proper context without overdubbed applause.
The alternate mixes continue to impress. This set seems to be "saving" the live versions of "I've Lost You" for me, as I have long ignored them in favor of the studio version. "I Just Can't Help Believin'" is another alluring version. The funny thing is, I used to dislike this song – but it has very much grown on me over the years.
After a typical version of "Something," Elvis says, "Forget 'Patch It Up,' let's do 'Can't Stop Loving You.'" After a brief reprise of "Something" and clowning around with the band a bit, he launches into an outstanding version of "I Can't Stop Loving You."
"Sweet Caroline" is good, very energetic. Microphone feedback near the beginning of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" causes Elvis to restart the song. It is fortunate he did not do that on the Opening Show or he never would have finished the concert. "That squealing just ruined our mood completely," he says.
Sony chooses to correct a minor lyric flub on "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," despite the fact that it can still be heard in the accompanying DVDs. The unaltered version is also available on CD One of FTD's Writing For The King.
He plays around at the beginning of "Polk Salad Annie" but ultimately delivers a decent version.
"When I first came to Las Vegas, I was like 19-years-old, and I played the New Frontier, or the Last Frontier, whatever you call it, and I bombed, boy, you wouldn't believe how I bombed, really" Elvis notes after introducing the band.
This is the only time I can recall Elvis discussing his May 1956 Vegas engagement at the New Frontier Hotel (he was actually 21)–the last show of which can be heard on a number of releases, including Elvis Aron Presley, ELVIS: The King of Rock 'n' Roll – The Complete 50s Masters, and Live In Las Vegas. This was one of the few misfires of Elvis's early career.
Elvis turns in another wonderful rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," certainly a contender for his greatest live version. The power of his 1970 voice is ideal for his take on this song.
"Suspicious Minds" is another winner, second only to the August 12 Midnight Show for this engagement. It definitely makes for a more compelling conclusion to the concert versus the Opening Show.
After all of that, "Can't Help Falling In Love" disappoints by being only an okay version. It is certainly better than subsequent years, but not as strong as on some of the other shows represented on the Deluxe Edition.
I compared Disc Three's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Track 14) to its original release on Platinum: A Life In Music from 1997.
The most obvious difference is that the piano is now in the left channel instead of the right. This standardizes the recording to where the piano was placed on stage, so this makes sense.
Elvis also sounds slightly left of center in the Platinum version, while here his vocals sound more centered to me.
I lean towards the 2014 mix, but there really are not striking differences beyond the placement of the piano and, possibly, Elvis.
Overall, this is a very enjoyable show. Offering no unique performances, it is essentially the "standard" That's The Way It Is show, which I do not intend as an insult since I love these concerts.
Disc Four: August 11 – Midnight Show [CD]
I always seem to gravitate towards Elvis's Midnight Shows over his Dinner Shows, and this engagement is no exception. I assume it is because, as a night owl, Elvis truly seemed to come alive during the later shows.
First released on the Live In Las Vegas boxed set, the August 11 Midnight Show represented here on Disc Four is easily the finest of the three That's The Way It Is shows recorded to that point.
"That's All Right" and "I Got A Woman" are both magnificent. Elvis is obviously very much engaged in both songs. Up next is another super-fast but entertaining version of "Hound Dog."
In the first nod to his upcoming Elvis Country album, recorded at the same session as the That's The Way It Is studio tracks, Elvis sings "There Goes My Everything."
This show features the greatest live version of "Just Pretend." It is right up there with the studio version. One of my all-time favorite Elvis songs.
Before singing Joe South's "Walk A Mile In My Shoes," which Elvis had introduced in his On Stage album, he recites from the song "Men With Broken Hearts," first recorded by Hank Williams, Sr., under the name of Luke the Drifter.
Elvis states, "There was a guy who said one time, he said, 'You never stood in that man's shoes or saw things through his eyes; or stood and watched with helpless hands while the heart inside you dies. So, help your brother along the way, no matter where he starts, for the same God that made you made him, too–these men with broken hearts.' I'd like to sing a song along the same line–'Walk a Mile.'"
I love that Elvis makes this thematic connection between a 1969 rock number and a 1950 country song. The sound of his voice during the recitation is inspiring. Even when talking, there was sometimes this musical quality. The first time I heard this portion was on 1992's Elvis: The Lost Performances video – which I credit as making me the obsessive Elvis fan I am today. Sure, I was an Elvis fan before that video, but everything was different after that.
Unfortunately, the version of "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" that follows is abbreviated compared to the February version, but it is still enjoyable.
"Okay, we're gonna get dirty now," Elvis says, which cues the band into "Polk Salad Annie." He keeps the introductory joking to a minimum, so this turns out to be a solid version–definitely among the top three of these six shows.
"We start doing those, man, we'll be up here all night," says Elvis after a loose version of "One Night." He then launches into an acceptable version of "Don't Be Cruel," which would all too soon become a throwaway.
Next up is "Love Me," which Elvis introduces as one of his favorite songs. In this engagement, I tend to believe him. In future years, he unfortunately put less effort into this song. Outstanding version here, though.
Elvis performs another quality version of "Heartbreak Hotel" to close out this segment of the show. As the audience continues to shout requests, he even makes a brief reference to "U.S. Male," his 1968 single.
This show finishes in spectacular fashion, with top-notch versions of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Suspicious Minds," and "Can't Help Falling In Love."
I compared "I Just Can't Help Believin'" from Disc Four (Track 7) against the version on 2001's Live In Las Vegas. One difference right away is that there is a buzzing sound while Elvis is introducing the song on the 2001 version, whereas the 2014 edition has eliminated this.
As far as the actual song, the main difference is that Charlie Hodge's harmony vocals have been either eliminated or significantly reduced on the 2014 mix. The 2001 mix also seems to feature Elvis's vocal ever-so-slightly higher in the mix. I prefer the 2001 mix for this performance, but it is a close call.
Unique to this show among the six are the "Men With Broken Hearts" recitation and "Don't Be Cruel."
You can't ask for a better concert than this, yet . . . Elvis still had more to give for That's The Way It Is.
Disc Five: August 12 – Dinner Show [CD]
[Also Disc Two of That's The Way It Is: Legacy Edition]
This set also marks the debut of the "complete" August 12 Dinner Show. Things get off to a rousing start and then they stop. The opening riff begins with the jungle rhythm, the band kicks into "That's All Right," but Elvis does not join in.
Are there audio problems? Is Elvis late coming to the stage? Sony does not bother to provide answers, never mentioning the incident in the accompanying book.
Eventually, a shortened version of the opening riff begins again and Elvis jokingly starts to sing "Love Me Tender" before tearing into "That's All Right." A bizarre start to the show and this is the one Sony chose as Disc Two of the Legacy Edition–meaning more mainstream/general public audiences will hear this, rather than just the obsessive types like me.
As for me, I enjoy having a stand-alone version of the opening riff. It is a fun novelty, and one that could be used to re-create in a fashion the original That's The Way It Is documentary ending–which featured a reprise of the riff shortly after "Can't Help Falling In Love." It did not reflect how the shows actually ended back then, but was still pretty cool.
"I Got A Woman" is an okay version. He lowers the pitch and then raises it near the end, and while it is an interesting approach, the song loses something.
"Hound Dog" is another fast version, though maybe not quite as fast as the previous two concerts. Elvis plays around a bit after the song, and whatever is going on makes the audience laugh.
A satisfactory version of "Heartbreak Hotel" eventually follows. Sony then edits out the wireless microphone issues that occurred prior to "Love Me Tender." Given that the previous joking segment was left in, this is a strange choice.
First, though the moment certainly works more in a visual context, it would have been very evident from the audio that there were microphone issues.
Second, the moment is captured on the 1970 theatrical version of That's The Way It Is, presented on DVD as Disc Ten of this very set. People who watch the movie might wonder why they do not hear this humorous moment in any of the "complete" shows included here.
After "Heartbreak Hotel," Sony picks back up with Elvis quipping, "I made my first movie . . . I'm gonna bring in the Supremes tomorrow night, you know, with Mahalia Jackson singing lead with them," to the Sweet Inspirations who were laughing at him for holding two microphones.
Anyway, "Love Me Tender" turns out to be a pretty exciting version in the sense that the audience is going absolutely wild. Unfortunately, it has been edited to remove Elvis in the crowd. Portions of this can be seen in the Special Edition of the That's The Way It Is movie, included in this set as Disc Nine–so it is certainly yet another odd decision to cut it. While I am sure the intent was to make for a better listening experience, there are other overly long tracks on this release. Why not truly make this a "complete" show, especially on the Deluxe Edition?
"How do you like it so far?" asks Elvis of the audience as the piano intro of his latest record, "I've Lost You," begins. It is nice finally to have this particular version on CD, which is well-known from the 1970 documentary.
After "I've Lost You," Elvis acknowledges a group in the audience. "Before I go any further," he says, "I'd like to say hello to all the people from the Ford Company with us here tonight. I understand there's about 400 of you out there. Thank you for coming in, thank you. I expect a new Lincoln outside of my thing tomorrow."
He then sings a beautiful version of "I Just Can't Help Believin'" that makes the set for me. I love the portion of the instrumental break that begins at about 2:30, featuring orchestral strings higher in the mix than normal. Then, there is the ending with Elvis whisper-singing along with the Sweet Inspirations, which is nothing short of astonishing. Listen to this with headphones, and it is as if Elvis is whispering right in your ears. How could this have gone unreleased for 44 years?
Next is the version of "Patch It Up" that was used for the live master on the original album. Here, of course, it has an alternate mix. The audio is very clear, and Elvis pulls off another fine version of this lightweight number.
"I gotta explain to you something," says Elvis after a "Twenty Days And Twenty Nights" false start, "We had to learn like 50 songs for this show. We were supposed to learn 50 songs; we only learned 5. So, we were short about 45 songs. Anyway, this is one of them that we don't know." This is another moment that I loved from The Lost Performances video, and on homemade concert compilations, this often crops up as song number six. Though Elvis jokes that he doesn't "really particularly dig singing it," I sure dig hearing it. Among the six shows, it is unique to this concert.
Up next is a nice "in the groove" version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." "Polk Salad Annie" is one of the "hup two three four" joking versions. Presumably, Elvis was starting to get bored with the opening narration of this song. He would eventually drop the narration all together in favor of a new arrangement. While this is not the strongest version, it is still enjoyable. "Polk Salad Annie" is just a likable song, particularly in 1970.
Elvis improvises "don't you step on my white glove shoe" when singing a lackluster "Blue Suede Shoes." There is not much time for reminiscing at this show, though, for he then kicks right into "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me." I enjoy the 1970 live versions of this song more than the studio cut.
Elvis turns in another strong "Bridge Over Troubled Water" then revs up the pace with another killer version of "Suspicious Minds." Unfortunately, "Can't Help Falling In Love" is unremarkable, for he sounds distracted.
Though noted as previously released on FTD's The Way It Was, this version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is actually previously unreleased. The flip side of Sony's mistake, though, is that, though noted as previously unreleased, this version of "Blue Suede Shoes" was actually previously released on The Way It Was.
I compared Disc Five's "Twenty Days And Twenty Nights" (Track 9) to the version found on 2000's That's The Way It Is: Special Edition CD set. While Elvis is introducing the song, as well as a bit during the song, there is a buzzing sound on the 2000 edition, which the 2014 edition has resolved.
Individual components–Elvis, the bass guitar, the Sweet Inspirations, etc.–sound crisper on the 2014 mix. The bass guitar is much more prominent than in 2000. Charlie Hodge's harmony vocals are now lower in the mix, though still there. The orchestra also seems a bit lower in the mix for 2014. Overall, I prefer the 2014 mix, though the orchestra could be a tad louder for my tastes.
Either of the two previously unreleased concerts would have worked as Disc Two of the Legacy Edition. I am sure Sony chose this one because it had more unreleased songs than the other had. The main drawback of this one being presented to mainstream audiences is the aforementioned false start on the opening song. Considering the other questionable edits on this set, that is one that probably should have been edited–at least for the Legacy Edition, if not for the Deluxe Edition. Kudos to Sony, by the way, for providing one of the two unreleased concerts in the economical Legacy Edition to fans unable or unwilling to splurge on the Deluxe Edition. Classy move.
Disc Six: August 12 – Midnight Show [CD]
Elvis had now performed four strong shows, captured by both MGM and RCA. If That's The Way It Is had ended right here, it would still have been an excellent project.
Elvis was not done yet, though. For the August 12 Midnight Show, first released in audio form on the 3-CD set That's The Way It Is: Special Edition in 2000, Elvis performed what I consider the greatest concert of his career.
For this show, after another heart-pounding opening with "That's All Right," Elvis returns to the "Mystery Train/Tiger Man" medley for the last time among the That's The Way It Is shows. Outstanding version. Unfortunately, he never quite did either song justice again after this engagement.
"Welcome to the International, my name is Fats Domino," Elvis says before launching into just a half-line of "Blueberry Hill."
Not long after another lightning-fast "Hound Dog," an irritating audience member begins growling a request to Elvis for "Trouble." The growling man can be heard making this demand between most songs of this show, in fact.
Elvis eventually deals with him, though, and not by singing "Trouble."
The ultimate version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is found on this show. RCA wisely used it as the That's The Way It Is album master, but here it also contains a nice reprise. This was a wonderful surprise back in 2000, and I am glad that it remains intact here.
While he messes around on the opening, "Polk Salad Annie" is Elvis's best rendition of this engagement. Incidentally, the "authentic" opening ("What are you looking at back there, huh?") makes its CD debut on this Deluxe Edition, as the 2000 edition used a few seconds from the Opening Show ("Yeah, lord!") instead.
After "Polk Salad Annie," Sony cuts out a long segment with Elvis in the crowd. Though I would have preferred at least an edited version of this be included, I will not fault them too much on this one since there would not have been enough space on the CD to include the complete crowd walk.
Instead, Sony skips straight to the introductions, which also made their CD debut here after having been unnecessarily left out of the 2000 version. After calling himself "Fats Domino" earlier, Elvis accordingly makes up new names for some of the band on this one, so it is definitely worth a listen.
Elvis now begins the nostalgic portion of the show with "Heartbreak Hotel." A sensational performance and the sound is so crisp. The "off-the-cuff" feel for this segment is what makes it work so well. The band had to be ready to play whatever came to Elvis's mind.
On "One Night," the band and Elvis sound much tighter than when attempting the song the previous night. This is the top version of "One Night" of the 1970s. 1957 and 1968 versions are untouchable, though.
Check out James Burton on "Blue Suede Shoes," he really rocks it.
Though not evident on the audio, by the time he has finished "All Shook Up," Elvis appears absolutely exhausted on film. He still seems to be recovering from his grueling "Polk Salad Annie" workout as well as his walk through the crowd.
To this point, it has been a top-notch show – though not necessarily anything above and beyond the previous night's Midnight Show, as captured on Disc Four.
If this had been any other That's The Way It Is show, Elvis would have started closing out the concert by going into "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Suspicious Minds," and, finally, "Can't Help Falling In Love."
Elvis does not do this, though, for this is not just any other show. This is not just any other night.
Instead, he says, "Get my little stool over here for a second." While Charlie Hodge helps get things in place, Elvis picks up his electric guitar and takes a seat as the audience applauds.
He strums the guitar, but it is barely audible. "It's not loud enough, Charlie," he says. Meanwhile, he introduces "Little Sister" as the next song, but his electric guitar is still barely audible. "No volume on it, man. . . No, it's up there," Elvis says, trying to help Charlie.
Charlie makes the proper adjustment, and then, Elvis strums a loud chord.
"Hot damn, boy, there it is!" he exclaims and launches into a medley of "Little Sister" combined effortlessly with "Get Back." It is an incredible version, never matched by him again.
Continuing to play the guitar, he moves into "I Was The One," the flip-side of "Heartbreak Hotel" in 1956. He forgets some of the words, but the lyrics are not the point by now. He is having a wonderful time.
Still not done with the guitar, he then performs his best 1970s version of "Love Me."
Continuing to play the guitar while sitting on his little stool, Elvis next tries out "Are You Lonesome Tonight," even including the "Do you gaze at your bald head and wish you had hair?" ad-lib that had helped throw him into fits of laughter on the very same stage just a year before. Tonight, he keeps his composure, though, turning in a short but fun version.
Finally, he is done with his mini jam session. "Well, we got that out of the way, now we can go on with the show," he says, either being humble or not realizing what he had just achieved.
He also mentions that there are about 26 songs that he has forgotten to sing.
"Do 'Trouble'!" insists the ever-present growling man. Even back then, Elvis fans could be demanding and feel entitled.
"Punt! We'll punt is what we'll do," Elvis tells him, once and for all silencing the growling man.
Meanwhile, Elvis treats the rest of the audience to "Bridge Over Trouble Water." This is possibly the ideal live version, though it is really hard to make that distinction because of how solid all five versions have been to this point in the engagement.
Without a doubt, though, Elvis next performs his greatest 1970s versions of "Suspicious Minds" and "Can't Help Falling In Love."
It was, in many ways, the perfect show, and much of it was captured on film.
This time, I decided to compare "Heartbreak Hotel" (Track 13) from Disc Six of this 2014 That's The Way It Is: Deluxe Edition set against the 2000 That's The Way It Is: Special Edition CD set.
The 2014 mix has now placed the piano in the left channel and the lead guitar in the right channel, whereas they were reversed in 2000. This, again, matches how the band was arranged if facing the stage, so I support this change. Other than that, sound quality is about the same.
Overall, this concert runs about five minutes longer than the previous edition. About half of the extra time is the introductions track, but the other half is made up of additional dialogue scattered throughout the show. Though still not quite unedited, it is at least closer than before.
Unique to this show among the six concerts are "Little Sister/Get Back," "I Was The One," and "Are You Lonesome Tonight."
I call this concert his "greatest," but of course, a caveat is that it the best for which I have heard audio. Perhaps he performed even better shows at other times, but I can only base it on what I have heard. For the record, here is my current top five:
#1 August 12, 1970 Midnight Show, Las Vegas
#2 June 27, 1968 6 PM Show, Burbank
#3 December 15, 1956, Shreveport
#5 February 23, 1970 Closing Show, Las Vegas
Disc Seven: August 13 – Dinner Show [CD]
It's another high-octane opening as the drums sound and Elvis arrives. Now, I have already stated that the previous concert was the greatest of his career, so, of course, this one is not up to that par.
This show, first released in full on FTD's The Wonder Of You, still has much to offer, though, including a few songs not present on the other five concerts.
Though each is a complete version, Elvis performs "Don't Cry Daddy" in a medley with "In The Ghetto"–the common threads being both were written by Mac Davis and hits for Elvis that he recorded in 1969 at American Sound Studio in Memphis. The sound quality is impressive here, and the mix features some different instruments.
Though it does not reach the heights of the studio version, "Stranger In The Crowd" is an exciting live performance that Elvis should have kept in his repertoire.
Elvis mentions his upcoming country album before singing a heartfelt rendition of "Make The World Go Away."
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" sounds nice, even if he does sing the wrong words.
Be sure to listen through the introductions track to hear Elvis introduce television legend Art Carney (The Honeymooners) in the audience.
Elvis had released a live version of "The Wonder Of You" as a single in April, which had risen into the Top Ten. Here, just four months later, he introduces it as, "I had a record out last year that–this year . . . this year, wasn't it–that did pretty good for me. I'd like to sing it for you." Not as powerful as the single version from the previous engagement, but definitely a treat to have. It is surprising, actually, that he did not perform this one at any of the other five shows.
The nostalgic segment of the show is mostly disappointing this time, with "Blue Suede Shoes" being a particularly poor version. "One Night" stands out, though, in a slightly slower version.
The audience cheers when Elvis tells them, "We've only got 42 more to go." He quickly follows this up with, "Not really!"
Elvis closes out the show with adequate versions of "Suspicious Minds" and "Can't Help Falling In Love."
Among the six shows, "Don't Cry Daddy/In The Ghetto," "Stranger In The Crowd," "Make The World Go Away," and "The Wonder Of You" are all unique to this concert.
For Disc Seven, I decided to compare "Stranger In The Crowd" (Track 8) against one of its previous releases on FTD's The Wonder Of You. This 2009 CD was actually the most recent full release of a That's The Way It Is concert.
The drums are in the left channel on the 2009 release, reflecting a vintage style, but are centered in the 2014 release, reflecting their approximate stage position. One of the guitars has switched from the right channel to the left channel. The horns are more prevalent in the 2014 mix during James Burton's guitar solo about two-thirds of the way through the song than the 2009 edition. With only about a minute to go, additional guitar work is much more prevalent in the 2014 edition than the 2009 edition. Overall, the 2014 release has a "fuller" sound. For my listening preferences, it manages to be much improved over what I already considered a quality mix.
Vocally, Elvis is not nearly as powerful during this concert as the previous ones. He had truly given all during the August 12 Midnight Show, and he still seems to be recovering. Of course, the show has to go on, and he does a commendable job. The rarities also add something special to this concert.
Upon first hearing it in full a few years ago, I actually considered this the second-best show of That's The Way It Is. Opinions change, of course, and I also believe some of my previous enthusiasm for this concert was built on hearing the rarities in context.
Hearing all six shows so close together and in comparable sound quality now, though, reveals that this show overall is weaker than the others. Ask me again in a few years and I might tell you different, but as I write this, I would rank them:
#1 August 12 Midnight Show (Disc Six)
#2 August 11 Midnight Show (Disc Four)
#3 August 12 Dinner Show (Disc Five)
#4 August 11 Dinner Show (Disc Three)
#5 August 10 Opening Show (Disc Two)
#6 August 13 Dinner Show (Disc Seven)
All six concerts are amazing, though, so it is not really worth debating the order.
In the course of only 3 days, Elvis had performed live 36 different songs in 106 individual versions. For those who mistakenly believe that the set lists are too similar on a collection like this, Elvis performed only the following at all six of the shows:
That's All Right
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Polk Salad Annie
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Can't Help Falling In Love
[2021 Update: Read further analysis of Elvis' That's The Way It Is setlists here.]
Listen out after "Can't Help Falling In Love" on Disc Seven and you'll hear Elvis yelling, "Bye!" An appropriate way to end the live portion of this Deluxe Edition.
Disc Eight: The Rehearsals [CD]
Just five weeks after Elvis's marathon studio sessions in Nashville, filming began for That's The Way It Is on July 14. At their Culver City studios in California, MGM captured Elvis in rehearsal with his band. The film crew was also on hand for rehearsals there on July 15 and 29. Away from the MGM cameras, Elvis also rehearsed on July 24 at RCA's studio in Hollywood.
On July 31, Elvis took a chartered jet to Las Vegas, where rehearsals continued at the International Hotel's Convention Center on August 4, with background vocalists now joining in–also captured by MGM.
On August 7, MGM's cameras were still rolling as Elvis conducted a rehearsal on stage of the Showroom Internationale, where the actual concerts would soon take place. The stage rehearsals included the orchestra, now led by Joe Guercio for the first time. All elements of the Elvis Presley Show were in place.
About three hours worth of That's The Way It Is rehearsal material has been officially released on audio to this point. Based upon lists of recorded songs, there is probably about three more hours of material still sitting in the vaults.
For this Deluxe Edition, Sony chose to release no new rehearsal material. In addition, this rehearsal CD contains only 50 minutes of the previously available material. A full 30 minutes of capacity remained on this CD in which either new or more interesting performances should have been included.
Sony selected most of the tracks here not because they represent the cream of the crop of rehearsals previously released, but simply because they are different songs than already represented on Discs One through Seven.
As far as what Sony deigned to actually give us, despite my misgivings, the jam quality of "Alla En El Rancho Grande" going into "Ghost Riders In The Sky" actually works as an amusing way to start Disc Eight, which would have been better named as "Foolin' Around" than "The Rehearsals."
Any momentum is lost by including "Cotton Fields" as the next track. Other than showing what Elvis could achieve with subpar or outdated material, why does this belong on yet another boxed set?
"Cotton Fields" seems like gold in comparison to the next track, though. "Froggy Went A-Courtin'", one of the much-heralded "new songs" of 1995's ELVIS: Walk A Mile In My Shoes – The Essential 70s Masters, makes an extremely unfortunate appearance here as well. It is okay for a single listen, and made sense for warming up the band, but this is one of the few Elvis tracks that I detest. Incidentally, the end of the "Froggy" track includes an uncredited instance of "The Cattle Call."
Things finally get going with "Baby, Let's Play House" as Elvis performs a string of his hits and other recordings on July 29. The effect is still more of a jam than a rehearsal, but at least the material is quality. I love hearing Elvis review his career in his 1970 voice. The lyrics are half-remembered, but it is a treat–perhaps even more so than if he had did "proper" versions.
A poor run-through of "Yesterday" from July 15 is unfortunately inserted in the middle of the July 29 jam, though, likely to tie in with part of the medley on the next track. It appears that Elvis's only decent version of "Yesterday" was the 1969 live master released for On Stage. At least Elvis does not tag "Hey Jude" at the end of the song here as he did on his 1969 live versions.
The highlight of Disc Eight is the "Little Sister/Get Back" medley from July 29. It is awesome! Clocking in at nearly six minutes, the full jam is included. This is even better than the shorter version that he would perform at the August 12 Midnight Show.
For some reason, 15-seconds of "Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home" earns a separate track this time out, while it was uncredited at the end of the "Little Sister/Get Back" track on 2000's That's The Way It Is: Special Edition CD set. Perhaps this was to pad out the overall number of song titles on this Deluxe Edition set or to pad out the number of tracks on Disc Eight.
"Stranger In My Own Home Town" is still edited for language, while "Farther Along" still features all of the acoustic quality of a tape recording made in a restroom. While the performance is of interest, the poor sound just takes away from it.
I enjoy "Oh Happy Day," and it is too bad he never introduced it during one of the six shows, but I sure wish it were in improved sound quality here.
For Disc Eight, I compared "Little Sister/Get Back" (Track 14) against its previous CD release on 2000's That's The Way It Is: Special Edition. No differences noted.
Overall, this disc is a missed opportunity. Even if limiting to previously released performances, a longer and better disc could have easily been made. For example, here is a compilation I might have assembled in that scenario:
Disc Eight (Imaginary Version)
Foolin' Around
01. Johnny B. Goode [July 24, Hollywood]
02. That's All Right [July 15, Culver City]
03. Baby, Let's Play House [July 29, Culver City]
04. Money Honey [July 29, Culver City]
05. I Was The One [July 29, Culver City]
06. Love Me [July 15, Culver City]
07. Don't [July 29, Culver City]
08. A Fool Such As I [July 29, Culver City]
09. Little Sister/Get Back [July 29, Culver City]
10. What'd I Say [July 29, Culver City]
11. Ghost Riders In The Sky [July 15, Culver City]
12. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water [July 29, Culver City]
13. Stranger In My Own Home Town [July 24, Hollywood]
14. I've Lost You [July 24, Hollywood]
15. Just Pretend [July 24, Hollywood]
16. I Can't Stop Loving You [July 15, Culver City]
17. I Just Can't Help Believin' [July 29, Culver City]
18. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights [August 4, Las Vegas]
19. Oh Happy Day [August 7, Las Vegas]
20. Words [August 4, Las Vegas]
21. Polk Salad Annie [August 7, Las Vegas]
22. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me [August 10, Las Vegas (Version 1)]
23. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' [August 10, Las Vegas]
24. Bridge Over Troubled Water [August 10, Las Vegas]
Disc Nine: 2001 Special Edition [DVD]
Other than the disc art, this DVD is the same as Disc One of the Warner Brothers 2007 re-issue–which was the same as the 2001 stand-alone disc.
Disc Ten: 1970 Original Theatrical Version [DVD]
Other than the disc art, this DVD is the same as Disc Two of the Warner Brothers 2007 re-issue.
Inclusion of the 2007 DVDs on this set is of questionable value, though I still suspect there is a behind-the-scenes negotiation reason between Sony and Warner Brothers that resulted in adding the Warner Brothers movies to this Sony audio set. I will say that I bought That's The Way It Is: Deluxe Edition only for the eight CDs, so having backup copies of the DVDs was simply a bonus to me.
The main reasons I love the 80-page Elvis: That's The Way It Is softcover book included with the set are the pictures. While I had seen many of the Elvis photos before, there were still quite a few that were new to me. In addition, it is nice having even familiar photos together in one place. The images of vintage That's The Way It Is memorabilia and record sleeves from all over the world also contribute immensely to the book, and most of these items I had not seen before.
Another highlight of the book is hearing from Denis Sanders (1929-1987), director of the Elvis: That's The Way It Is documentary. A September 1970 interview of Sanders by Ann Moses is included, as well as a 1970 promotional piece called "What's Elvis All About?" that was written by Sanders. From his interview with Moses, here are some of the director's thoughts on Elvis:
"Every time the cameras were rolling [Elvis] knew it. He's very suave about it. He's made too many movies to not know whether the camera is on or off. […] I think he's fantastic [as a performer]. I knew he was fantastic the very first time I saw him in rehearsal. I knew where he was. From then on I knew what I wanted to go after. He's got what Brando had at that perfect moment in his career where you couldn't anticipate Brando as an actor. That's what Presley has. The audience can't anticipate him. […] To the extent that I'm ever a fan, I'd say, yes, I am [an Elvis] fan. […] I'm a professional fan. He moves me as a member of an audience. I admire his great sense of theatrics, and so I'm a fan in that sense. But I don't fall in love with entertainers."
The book also contains more contemporary quotes from members of Elvis's band and writers of many of the key That's The Way It Is songs. All of this serves to provide more insight into the material presented within the set.
An opening essay by Ernst Jorgensen and Roger Semon places the material within the context of Elvis's overall comeback. The book's primary essay, by Warren Zanes, offers little of value until near the end, where Zanes gives some personal thoughts on why That's The Way It Is might seem so special and different from much of Elvis's other work.
The book ambitiously includes song lists for the complete rehearsals and concerts captured for the documentary and album. The That's The Way It Is portions of the Nashville sessions are also covered. When applicable, the first audio and visual release for each performance is noted.
The full track listing for each CD is also included, where the first audio release is noted again for each performance.
While I did not fact-check these sections closely, some errors jumped out at a glance. For instance, the "Introductions" tracks on the August 10 Opening Show and the August 12 Midnight Show are actually previously unreleased, yet the book notes they first appeared on One Night In Vegas and That's The Way It Is: Special Edition respectively. Is it a big deal? No, but I would prefer the information be correct in a book of this nature. As it is, it is an absorbing picture book but a questionable reference book.
Art Design & Packaging
With art design by Amy Knowles of Peacock, That's The Way It Is: Deluxe Edition represents, at long last, an Elvis boxed set for the 1970s that looks as cool as what I consider the "gold standard" of Elvis releases in terms of art design–the vinyl LP version of 1992's ELVIS: The King of Rock 'n' Roll – The Complete 50s Masters. It seems the 1970s always gets shafted in terms of art design, but this time, they got it right.
With a striking cover and excellent art design throughout–including the book, the CD holder, the CDs, and the DVD holder–the overall Deluxe Edition package is stunning.
I do wish Sony could find a better way to protect the actual discs on these multi-disc sets, though, but that is my only complaint about the packaging.
Final Verdict: Closer Than We've Ever Been
There is no question that Sony has lived up to the title of "deluxe" in the 10-disc That's The Way It Is: Deluxe Edition. However, is this the definitive release?
When it comes to the live concerts, this release finally offers a definitive examination. While I would have preferred that each show be truly "complete" and that a lyric flub by Elvis on the August 11 Dinner Show version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" not be edited, the presentation is otherwise flawless.
Sound quality is phenomenal and uniform across the six shows, and they will each become my "go-to" versions. I especially love how the drums and bass sound on each concert, evident right from the start on the opening riffs of each show.
The rehearsals disc unfortunately fails to be definitive, even within the acknowledged confines of a single disc. The liner notes indicate that priority was given to rarity of performance, but perhaps some other criteria should have been used. The disc does not feel representative of what it pretends to portray.
The studio masters are presented as pristine as the day they first rolled off the record plant in 1970. Given the space constraints, the studio outtakes are well-selected and as definitive as can be. For this Deluxe Edition, though, I regret that more space was not available for exploring the That's The Way It Is portions of the June session. I would have preferred a second disc devoted to this, for instance, over the half-baked rehearsals disc.
Both versions of the documentary are included on the two DVD discs, so the film portion of this set can certainly be viewed as definitive–even if I would have preferred high-definition Blu-ray presentations for both films and a third Blu-ray full of high-quality outtakes. Unfortunately, we are at the mercy of Warner Brothers on the documentary footage, so I am not going to waste more space on this review of what is primarily a Sony product complaining about the inadequacies of Warner Brothers when it comes to handling Elvis.
The Deluxe Edition may not be perfect, but it delivers where it counts. The original album and singles are finally given the spotlight they deserve as artistic achievements. The six concerts, including some of the best of his career, shine in their new mixes.
I now have the That's The Way It Is set that I have longed for since first discovering this material in the late 1980s. This one makes up for the shortcomings of the past.
For a number of reasons, Elvis was never quite the same after the events of That's The Way It Is. It is only a fortunate twist of fate that June, July, and August 1970 were documented in such a comprehensive way.
What really conspired to erode away the absolute exuberance Elvis took in making music and touching his fans, as documented by That's The Way It Is?
"Softly, without pain, the joy is over, though why it's gone, we neither of us know," Elvis once sang.
Maybe that is the only answer we will ever have.
For additional analysis of this release by Elvis fans from all over the world, be sure to check out the "That's The Way It Is 8 CD (SONY) Box Set" thread on the For Elvis CD Collectors Forum.
Tracks for Elvis: That's The Way It Is – Deluxe Edition
The Original Album
01. I Just Can't Help Believin'
02. Twenty Days And Twenty Nights
03. How The Web Was Woven
04. Patch It Up
05. Mary In The Morning
06. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
07. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
08. I've Lost You
09. Just Pretend
10. Stranger In The Crowd
11. The Next Step Is Love
The Original Singles
13. I've Lost You (single version)
14. The Next Step Is Love (single version)
15. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (single version)
16. Patch It Up (single version)
The Outtakes
17. How The Web Was Woven (take 1)
18. I've Lost You (take 1)
19. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (take 2)
20. Patch It Up (take 1)
21. Bridge Over Troubled Water (take 1)
Disc Two [CD]
August 10 – Opening Night
01. That's All Right
02. Mystery Train/Tiger Man
03. I Can't Stop Loving You
04. Love Me Tender
06. Words
08. Something
09. Sweet Caroline
13. Introductions *
17. Can't Help Falling In Love
Disc Three [CD]
August 11 – Dinner Show
02. I Got A Woman *
03. Hound Dog
04. Heartbreak Hotel
05. Love Me Tender *
09. I Can't Stop Loving You *
10. Sweet Caroline *
12. Polk Salad Annie *
15. Suspicious Minds *
16. Can't Help Falling In Love *
Disc Four [CD]
August 11 – Midnight Show
02. I Got A Woman
05. There Goes My Everything
09. Men With Broken Hearts
10. Walk A Mile In My Shoes
13. One Night
14. Don't Be Cruel
15. Love Me
16. Instrumental Vamp
20. Suspicious Minds
Disc Five [CD]
01. That's All Right *
03. Hound Dog *
04. Heartbreak Hotel *
06. I've Lost You *
07. I Just Can't Help Believin' *
10. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' *
13. Blue Suede Shoes
15. Bridge Over Troubled Water *
Disc Six [CD]
16. All Shook Up
17. Little Sister/Get Back
18. I Was The One
20. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Disc Seven [CD]
05. Don't Cry Daddy/
06. In The Ghetto
09. Make The World Go Away
14. The Wonder Of You
Disc Eight [CD]
The Rehearsals
01. Alla En El Rancho Grande [July 15, Culver City]
03. Cotton Fields [July 15, Culver City]
04. Froggy Went A-Courtin' [July 29, Culver City]
05. Baby Let's Play House [July 29, Culver City]
09. (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I [July 29, Culver City]
10. Such A Night [July 29, Culver City]
11. It's Now Or Never [July 29, Culver City]
13. Yesterday [July 15, Culver City]
15. Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home [July 29, Culver City]
17. Stranger In My Own Home Town [July 24, Culver City]
18. Farther Along [August 4, Las Vegas]
19. Santa Claus Is Back In Town [August 4, Las Vegas]
Disc Nine [DVD]
Restoration Featurette: Patch It Up
Presley Career Highlights
Director / Restorer Filmographies
Disc Ten [DVD]
* Previously unreleased
Posted in Music, The Mystery Train 1.0 Blog | Tagged 1970, 1970s, CDs, concerts, DVDs, Elvis In Person, Elvis Presley, From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis, list, Mac Davis, Mahalia Jackson, ranking, reviews, Sony, Sweet Inspirations, That's The Way It Is, The Lost Performances, Warner Home Video | 5 Comments
All the world will be in love with night
Elvis Presley: January 8, 1935—August 16, 1977
"It was hard to understand how somebody who came in and took away so many people's loneliness could have ended up so lonely . . . because he deserved a lot better." –Bruce Springsteen on Elvis Presley
Posted in Miscellaneous, The Mystery Train 1.0 Blog | Tagged August 16, Elvis Presley, Elvis Week
August 5, 2014 by TY
Now Available: Sony celebrates THAT'S THE WAY IT IS with two new releases
ELVIS: THAT'S THE WAY IT IS – DELUXE EDITION (2014)
Today, Sony releases the 10-disc Elvis: That's The Way It Is – Deluxe Edition and the 2-disc Elvis: That's The Way It Is – Legacy Edition.
The Deluxe Edition set contains eight CDs and two DVDs focused exclusively on Elvis Presley in the summer of 1970. The DVDs are identical to Warner Home Video's 2007 "Two-Disc Special Edition" release (1).
The set features the debut of near-complete versions of the August 11 and August 12 Dinner Shows from his summer engagement at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Previously released studio recordings, rehearsals/jams, and live performances round out the CD portions of the set.
13. Blue Suede Shoes *
01. Alla En El Rancho Grande
02. Ghost Riders In The Sky
03. Cotton Fields
04. Froggy Went A-Courtin'
05. Baby Let's Play House
07. Money Honey
08. Don't
09. (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
10. Such A Night
11. It's Now Or Never
12. What'd I Say
13. Yesterday
15. Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home
16. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
18. Farther Along
19. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
20. Oh Happy Day
Audio Credits (2)
Produced by Ernst Mikael Jorgensen and Rob Santos
Mixed by Steve Rosenthal and Kabir Hernon at The Magic Shop NY
Tape transfer and digital assembly Mike Piacentini at Battery Studios NY
Mastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios NY
2-disc THAT'S THE WAY IT IS: LEGACY EDITION (2014)
The Legacy Edition set contains Disc 1 and Disc 5 from the larger set, meaning the original album, singles, studio outtakes, and the August 12 Dinner Show.
Tracks for Elvis: That's The Way It Is – Legacy Edition
CD One
CD Two
(1) "Re: That's The Way It Is deluxe Box Set – First Impression" by Johnny2523, For Elvis CD Collectors Forum, 2014.
(2) "Re: That's The Way It Is 8 CD (SONY) Box Set : CONFIRMED" by JohanD, For Elvis CD Collectors Forum, 2014.
Posted in Music, The Mystery Train 1.0 Blog | Tagged CDs, concerts, DVDs, Elvis Presley, Sony, That's The Way It Is, Warner Home Video
Elvis embarks on THE RETURN TO VEGAS
Forty-five years ago tonight, only eleven days after astronaut Neil Armstrong took his famous "one small step" on the moon, Elvis Presley took his own giant leap.
On that July 31st night in 1969, the singer stepped onto the stage of the International Hotel in Las Vegas and firmly reestablished himself as one of the world's most dynamic performers.
His comeback after years of making movies had already revved into high gear back in December, with NBC's broadcast of the highly-rated and critically-acclaimed ELVIS TV special.
He rode the tide of that success into his first Memphis recording sessions in nearly 15 years, resulting in smash hits "Suspicious Minds," "In The Ghetto," and "Don't Cry, Daddy."
Elvis was on fire again, and his Vegas engagement was another crown jewel in his comeback. With two shows a night, seven days a week, for four weeks, the concerts represented his first live appearances in nearly nine years – outside of four studio audience shows for his TV special.
RCA started recording the Vegas shows on August 21, capturing eleven complete concerts in all that summer. At that time, some of the best tracks were selected for an album, From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis (Elvis In Person). More recently, several of the shows have been released in full:
August 21 Midnight Show (MS) on Elvis: Viva Las Vegas (2007 Limited Edition)
August 22 Dinner Show (DS) on Elvis In Person (2008 FTD Edition)
August 23 MS on Elvis At The International
August 24 DS on Live In Las Vegas
August 25 MS on Hot August Night
August 26 DS on Live In Vegas
August 26 MS on All Shook Up
To commemorate the forty-fifth anniversary of this engagement, Sony's collectors label for Elvis fans recently released on CD The Return To Vegas, the earliest known recording from this concert series.
The shows listed above are all multitrack recordings, meaning they were professionally captured for potential commercial release and can be properly mixed after the fact for optimum sound quality.
By contrast, Follow That Dream's The Return To Vegas is a soundboard recording – an informal reference tape made in-line from the showroom's soundboard console – never intended for release.
While the sound quality can be improved in certain ways, soundboard mixes are pretty much stuck as to how they were originally recorded. Some bootlegs are copies of copies, though, so sometimes there can be improved sound quality versus previous releases if an earlier generation source is used.
The Return To Vegas is actually one of the better-sounding soundboard CDs I have purchased.
THE RETURN TO VEGAS booklet cover
I must admit, however, that I am surprised. I was expecting to be blown away by The Return To Vegas. After all, this recording from an unconfirmed date in August is probably the closest we will ever come to hearing the legendary July 31 show that opened the engagement.
To be clear, like all 1969 Elvis shows released thus far, The Return To Vegas represents one of his best concerts. Yet, I found it slightly disappointing.
With that being said, The Return To Vegas does have many strong points. "Mystery Train/Tiger Man" is inspired, for instance, with the guitar portion of the lead-off song sounding closer to the 1955 SUN version than it ever would again on later recordings. I wish James Burton had kept playing it this way. An overbearing train whistle effect ruins some of that for me, though, and the performances on Hot August Night and Live In Vegas will remain my go-to versions.
The versions of "Love Me Tender" and "Can't Help Falling In Love" are strong enough to contend for best of the season, at least out of what has been released thus far. "Don't Be Cruel" is also strong.
During this engagement, Elvis took several minutes out of each show to talk about his career. This is, by far, my favorite of these "monologues." It is actually the only previously released track on this CD, though, having been released in an edited form way back in 1974 for the infamous Having Fun With Elvis On Stage "talking" album. While the concept behind that particular album may have been poor, this monologue was actually pretty funny and gave some credibility to the Having Fun title.
"Are You Lonesome Tonight" features a slightly different arrangement than later versions, with strings instead of Sweet Inspiration Cissy Houston's soaring vocals. It makes for a nice alternative, but I much prefer the versions with Houston. In addition, Elvis sounds uncomfortable during the spoken portions.
On "Blue Suedes Shoes," Elvis also seems unsure of himself, plodding through it with slow and deliberate vocals. "All Shook Up" starts in fine form but degrades near the end due to Elvis going into a, dare I say, imitator-style quality on his vocals.
While I normally enjoy the bluesy arrangement of "Heartbreak Hotel" that made its debut at this engagement, the version here is lacking. It sounds off from the start and never really gains momentum. He sounds nearly manic on "Hound Dog," and this version becomes tiresome on repeat listens. "Suspicious Minds" is decent, but not particularly memorable.
All-in-all, The Return To Vegas is a mixed bag. Audio quality aside, it certainly cannot compete as the strongest overall 1969 show released thus far.
So, when exactly did the show (or shows) presented on this CD take place? The accompanying booklet is sparse on information, focusing instead on photos of Elvis from the time.
Though FTD's press release indicated this was originally prepared for release as a double album by RCA in the late 1970s before being cancelled, no associated paperwork is included in the booklet.
A brief essay by Ken Sharp (author of Elvis: Vegas '69) fails to even mention this particular performance, speaking only in generalities about the overall engagement.
We do know that it is not the July 31 Opening Show as previously thought both by RCA and a subsequent bootlegger. They apparently keyed in on the line, "This is my first live appearance in nine years," which Elvis actually stated at every full show thus far released at this engagement, while skipping his "It's hard to get going on these dinner shows" comment that makes it clear some fatigue is already setting in for Elvis in Vegas.
Certainly he would not have said this at his first-ever Dinner Show on August 1, nor was he likely even to say it at the August 2 Dinner Show. Assuming this is not a splice of two shows, the August 3 Dinner Show seems to be the prevailing hypothesis among many fans. That still seems too early to me.
Since I refrain from bootlegs, I am no expert on the unofficial recordings available from this era. Certainly the arrangement of "Are You Lonesome Tonight" is a clue here, since it differs from the later versions. That may indicate an upper end to the range of possible dates, but I do not know exactly when that arrangement changed.
There is another clue. When introducing "Suspicious Minds," Elvis states that it "should be out in a week or 10 days or so." RCA released "Suspicious Minds" on August 26. Though Elvis was probably not speaking literally, a week to 10 days before the release would put us in the range of August 16 to 19. If it turned out that this concert took place closer to those dates and farther from August 3, it would not surprise me at all.
No matter the date, this is an enjoyable release, and it is definitely of historic value to Elvis fans. If you already have the multitrack shows, then you should purchase this CD. If not, I recommend you buy the professional multitrack shows from this engagement first. Each of these concerts has provided me hours of enjoyment, and I have no doubt that The Return To Vegas will ultimately do the same.
While the 1969 concerts are incredible, my favorite Vegas engagement took place a year later. With a more varied set list, Elvis seemed more relaxed in August 1970. For me, the shows captured for That's The Way It Is are somehow even better than 1969. The Dinner Show presented on The Return To Vegas is actually but an appetizer for what is to come next week. I am ready for the main course!
05. Jailhouse Rock/Don't Be Cruel
08. Memories
10. Monologue *
11. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
12. Are You Lonesome Tonight
13. Yesterday/Hey Jude
* Previously released
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Q: Spectron async isExisting doesnt return false I am using spectron 3.8.0 and am trying to check if am element exists in the DOM. I tried using the waitUntil method with try/catch, but it didn't work as expected. Recently I got sync app.client.isExisting() return true if an element exists, but otherwise it gets stuck and throws a timeout exception (mocha).
Code below:
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Martinez will be the featured poet at the Open Mic at Dagny's.
Dagny's is located at 1600 20th Street (corner of 20th and Eye St.) on First Friday September 2nd.
Open mic Starts at 6:00pm; sign-up for open mic is 5:50pm.
Fidel A. Martinez is the author of Factory Lights (2013), An American Mythology (2011), and Ghost Stories from the Tower of Souls (2006). His work has appeared in The Bakersfield Californian, Southwest Voice, and The Levan Humanities Review. A Garces High School and California State University Bakersfield graduate, he received his Juris Doctorate in Law from Santa Clara University Law School in 1987.
Many of Fidel's poems draw upon his heritage as a Mexican-American born and raised in Kern County. Biblical episodes, saints and angels, the strictures of the church—the common figures of Catholicism—populate his poems, often recast in a modern light. He tackles topics ranging from the pocho to the flawed, self-congratulating sense of generosity that motivates an official to keep a barrio school open.
Martinez will be the featured poet at the Open Mic at Dagny's. Dagny's is located at 1600 20th Street (corner of 20th and Eye St.) on First Friday September 2nd.
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Everything but the Kitchen Sink Chopped Salad | Cook It Quick!
A chopped salad is known for containing small pieces of fresh produce, usually vegetables. You're limited only by your imagination. Possibilities include onions, bell peppers, carrots, tomatoes, celery, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, peas, radishes, cucumbers, cooked corn cut from the cob and zucchini. Chopped salads are a delicious dish for cleaning out your refrigerator.
Additional foods tossed into a chopped salad, but not necessarily chopped, include individual cooked shrimp; nuts; sunflower seeds; strips of grilled or broiled steak; beans such as black or garbanzo beans; boiled egg slices or wedges; cubed ham; bacon bits; cheese; olive slices; and fruits such as mandarin orange wedges, blueberries and apple chunks.
Prepare vegetables shortly before serving. Wash all vegetables, even if you plan to remove the skin. Smaller-sized produce can be used "as is;" larger vegetables, such as greens, carrots and so on are chopped into smaller pieces. Mix together.
Mix in any additional meat, cheese, etc.
Toss with about 1-2 tablespoons of dressing per each two cups of vegetables. Start with the smaller amount of dressing and add more if needed. Serve.
A chopped salad may be easier to eat served from some type of dish with sides.
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'Cabin in the Woods' Director Drew Goddard Takes on 'The Martian'
Cabin in the Woods Director Drew Goddard Takes on The Martian
The Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard is in negotiations to write and direct The Martian adaptation for 20th Century Fox.
The project is based off a 2012 e-book by author Andy Weir, which centers on an astronaut who becomes stranded on Mars, and must find some way to make it back to Earth. The story is said to be a cross between Apollo 13 and Cast Away. Insiders also claim that the story is much different from Gravity, director Alfonso Cuarón's upcoming thriller starring Sandra Bullock as an astronaut lost in space.
Simon Kinberg is producing through his Genre Films company, alongside Aditya Sood. No production schedule was given.
Drew Goddard also wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse, which was put on indefinite hold back in January. His other writing credits include Cloverfield, and episodes of hit TV shows such as Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Alias.
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Home Elections Punjab Punjab CM thanks Congress, people ahead of polls; 'tried work of 1100 days in 111 days'
As the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections, the state Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has welcomed the election schedule and thanked both Congress and the people of the state for accepting him as their CM. He also assured that all the guidelines announced by the EC will be followed in the state. "I welcome the instructions by the EC. Till now, we were only a working government, now we will start thinking about elections. With folded hands, I would like to thank the people of Punjab and Congress for considering me worthy to be a CM for 111 days," said Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi.
CM Channi added, "In these 111 days, I tried the work of 1100 days. I am happy that with the blessing of God... I was able to stand with the people of Punjab. I am happy that God gave me the power to fight these battles, battle for the people of Punjab. Those people who wanted to disrupt the peace in Punjab, we fought them. We are disciplined soldiers. we will abide by the rules of the EC... and we will fight accordingly."
Meanwhile, former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday also said that he is ready for the big day that will decide the future of the state and said, "Sooner the better. We are all set for the Big Day that will decide the future of Punjab. I appeal to the people to participate in the carnival of democracy with full spirit while at the same time observing all COVID related protocols."
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The Punjab Assembly polls 2022 will be held in a single phase on February 14 in 117 constituencies. The counting of votes will take place on March 10. The last date to file nominations will be January 28 and the nomination withdrawal date has been scheduled for January 31.
READ | Punjab Election 2022: Capt Amarinder Singh 'all set for Big Day' as EC announces dates
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said that no roadshows, padayatra, cycle or bike rallies will be permitted will January 15. With the announcement of results, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) has come into effect across Manipur, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Goa. The EC said that polls will be completed in seven phases for the five states.
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5. Aidia pycnantha (Drake) Tirvengadum, Nordic J. Bot. 3: 455. 1983.
Randia pycnantha Drake, J. Bot. (Morot) 9: 218. 1895; Aidia acuminatissima (Merrill) Masamune; R. acuminatissima Merrill.
Shrubs or trees, 2-12 m tall; branches terete to flattened, densely tomentulose, pilosulous, or hirtellous with pubescence drying ferruginous, sometimes becoming glabrescent with age. Petiole 5-15 mm, densely hirtellous or pilosulous; leaf blade drying thinly leathery or papery, often reddish brown, elliptic-oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or oblong-oblanceolate, 8-27.5 × 2-10 cm, adaxially glabrous and slightly shiny, abaxially hirtellous or pilosulous with pubescence usually denser on principal veins, base cuneate to obtuse and sometimes slightly inequilateral, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate with tip to 2.5 cm and sometimes falcate curved; secondary veins 10-14 pairs, in abaxial axils sometimes with weakly developed pilosulous domatia; stipules deciduous or sometimes persisting on apical 2 or 3 nodes, interpetiolar, lanceolate to narrowly triangular, 8-12 mm, densely strigillose to hirtellous or tomentulose, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences cymose with axes markedly dichasial, many flowered, 4-6 × 5-12 cm, branched to several orders, densely hirtellous to pilosulous or tomentulose; peduncle 0.5-1.5 cm; bracts linear-lanceolate, 2-4 mm, acute; pedicels 1-4 mm. Calyx densely hirtellous to strigillose; ovary portion 1-1.5 mm; limb with tubular portion 2-3 mm; lobes 5, narrowly triangular, 1-2 mm, acute to acuminate. Corolla white or pale yellow, outside glabrous; tube ca. 4 mm, densely villous in throat; lobes 5, oblong-oblanceolate or spatulate, 6-9 × 2-2.5 mm, obtuse to rounded. Berry 6-8 mm in diam., sparsely strigillose to hirtellous or subglabrous; seeds ca. 2 mm. Fl. Mar-Sep, fr. Apr-Dec.
Thickets or forests at streamsides, in fields or valleys, or on hills or mountain slopes; near sea level to 1000 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan [Vietnam].
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package ai.verta.swagger._public.modeldb.model
import scala.util.Try
import net.liftweb.json._
import ai.verta.swagger._public.modeldb.model.ArtifactTypeEnumArtifactType._
import ai.verta.swagger._public.modeldb.model.ModeldbProjectVisibility._
import ai.verta.swagger._public.modeldb.model.OperatorEnumOperator._
import ai.verta.swagger._public.modeldb.model.ProtobufNullValue._
import ai.verta.swagger._public.modeldb.model.TernaryEnumTernary._
import ai.verta.swagger._public.modeldb.model.ValueTypeEnumValueType._
import ai.verta.swagger._public.modeldb.model.WorkspaceTypeEnumWorkspaceType._
import ai.verta.swagger.client.objects._
case class ModeldbDeleteProjectAttributesResponse (
project: Option[ModeldbProject] = None
) extends BaseSwagger {
def toJson(): JValue = ModeldbDeleteProjectAttributesResponse.toJson(this)
}
object ModeldbDeleteProjectAttributesResponse {
def toJson(obj: ModeldbDeleteProjectAttributesResponse): JObject = {
new JObject(
List[Option[JField]](
obj.project.map(x => JField("project", ((x: ModeldbProject) => ModeldbProject.toJson(x))(x)))
).flatMap(x => x match {
case Some(y) => List(y)
case None => Nil
})
)
}
def fromJson(value: JValue): ModeldbDeleteProjectAttributesResponse =
value match {
case JObject(fields) => {
val fieldsMap = fields.map(f => (f.name, f.value)).toMap
ModeldbDeleteProjectAttributesResponse(
// TODO: handle required
project = fieldsMap.get("project").map(ModeldbProject.fromJson)
)
}
case _ => throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"unknown type ${value.getClass.toString}")
}
}
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Aristides, bijgenaamd de Rechtvaardige, Atheens politicus (5e eeuw v.Chr.);
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If the engineer is not reasonably able to find parts for your appliance or system.
The engineer should explain why they couldn't fix the fault. You should contact your service provider immediately as you may be entitled to money back or a 'good will' payment. If the fault is causing you serious problems you should ask that the service provider sends out another engineer with the appropriate equipment to deal with the problem that you have encountered.
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Home / News / New business unit developments now completed
New business unit developments now completed
The Huntingdon office of Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews has confirmed completion of the sale of all the units at Oak Court at The Lakes Business Park in St Ives where its companion development, Chestnut Court, is almost fully occupied with just one unit remaining.
The two schemes total 14 brand new business units and range in size from 1,300 sq ft to 3,400 sq ft. The units have been taken by a mixture of local and regional occupiers as well as some private investors.
The new operators add to the complementary blend of occupiers at The Lakes Business Park. Small and medium businesses there have been attracted by the site's excellent location, the 'de-trunked' former A14 which now operates as the A1307 and provides good access to the surrounding area.
Oak and Chestnut Court follow on from the success of Willow Court within the setting of The Lakes Business Park development which is now fully let.
Eddisons Director, Richard Adam, who handled the sales and the lettings, commented, "Oak Court and Chestnut Court have been shining examples this year in reflecting ongoing activity and sales completions.
"The units have proved popular because they are, relatively, affordable for small companies and can be adapted to suit individual requirements, including extension of office space.
"There is a single plot remaining at The Lakes Business Park site which the owners intend to develop next year (2021).
"We are already in conversation with a number of local companies who are wanting to plan forward for their business growth.
"And while the market is, undoubtedly, going to be a tough one in the coming quarter, we are sensing that 2021 will be brighter for business and, hopefully, lead to continued activity in the industrial unit sector."
For more information on industrial property availability in the Huntingdon area, contact Richard Adam at the local office of Eddisons incorporating Barker Storey Matthews here eddisons.com/barker-storey-matthews.
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H aving run market leading City Centre agencies in the past our decision to move the brand into the City was an easy one. We were deeply involved with the growth of 'City Centre Living' in the early 2000's and Birmingham is once again going through somewhat of a renaissance, sure to be further fuelled by the recent Commonwealth Games news set for 2022. We targeted the Jewellery Quarter due to its proximity to the professional district and Colmore Row but it's accessibility for customers and stakeholders with easy parking in arguably one of the Cities most attractive locations.
For those arriving by train we are a short walk from Snow Hill and New Street Stations. From this office we cover all the main City Centre post codes including the Jewellery Quarter, the main City Centre, Birmingham's regeneration areas that include the Gun Quarter and Digbeth which is already experiencing significant change ahead of HS2. Our premises are located in a prime position on St Pauls Square with various different facilities to allow us to cater for all customer requirements ranging from a board room with Skype facilities to more private / relaxed meeting rooms.
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Halloween Treat: Superheroes Wash Windows at Rady Children's Hospital
For the past few years, employees from A Plus Window Cleaning in San Diego have been visiting Rady Children's Hospital on Halloween, decked out in superhero costumes as they wash the windows at the facility
By Brenda Gregorio-Nieto and Monica Garske • Published October 31, 2018 • Updated on November 1, 2018 at 5:20 am
Young patients at Rady Children's Hospital had a brush with some familiar superheroes Wednesday including Captain America, The Hulk and Spider-Man as part of a memorable Halloween treat spearheaded by a local business.
The superheroes weren't there to fight bad guys; they were there to clean the windows at the hospital.
For the past four years, Dennis Dwyer, owner of A Plus Window Cleaning in San Diego, has rounded up his employees and headed to Rady Children's Hospital decked out in superhero costumes.
Dwyer said they do this as a way to cheer up tiny patients on a day when most kids get to put on costumes and go trick-or-treating.
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"We just do it so these kids can have a day of laughter and fun," said Dwyer.
Two-year-old Rady Children's patient Zachariah came outside to see the superheroes in action. His face lit up at the sight of them. Zachariah was scheduled to undergo surgery Wednesday to remove a mass in his throat.
His parents were worried their toddler would not get to celebrate Halloween at all but all of that changed when Dwyer – dressed as Captain America – and his crew rolled in.
"That made his day to see the superheroes," said Jessica Hernandez, Zachariah's mom. "We're so thankful for Rady's."
And, although he was dressed tough-as-nails Captain America for the occasion, Dwyer told NBC 7 he still gets choked up when he sees the reaction from children at the hospital. Those happy faces keep him coming back year after year.
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Walter Daniel Powell (July 15, 1891 – September 15, 1967) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
Powell was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin from 1912 to 1913. He coached several sports at Western Reserve University from 1914 to 1917, amassing an overall 14–15 record in football, 18–24 record in basketball, and a 5–3 record in baseball.
In 1917, Powell served as athletic director at Camp Sherman. From 1917 to 1919, he served as head coach of the Naval Training Station in Charleston, South Carolina.
Powell coached one season at the Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as Montana State University, from 1919 to 1920, where his football record was 1–3–1 and his basketball record was a perfect 13–0. From 1920 to 1921, Powell coached Stanford University's football and basketball teams, where he compiled a football record of 4–3 and a basketball record of 15–3.
Powell later moved to Atlanta and went into business. He was also a football official for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and officiated a number of Rose Bowls. Powell died on September 15, 1967, at a hospital in Gastonia, North Carolina.
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Jaisalmer, a fairytale fortress city close to Rajasthan's border with Pakistan, was founded in the 12th century by Prince Jaisal as a staging post for camel trains. These days, it is a great place from which to explore the strange beauty of the desert.
Arrange for a guided tour of Jaisalmer through the Tourist Office (00 91 2992 52406). Or go for a camel trek into the desert. Depending on how adventurous you are, these can last several hours or several days. Sahara Travels (00 91 2992 52609) and Thar Safari Excursion Agent (00 91 2992 52722) can arrange camel safaris.
Jaislamer airport is 3km west of the city.
British Airways (0845 773 3377; www.britishairways.com), United Airlines (08458 444 777; www.ual.com) and Air India (020 7495 7951; www.airindia.com) fly from Heathrow to Delhi. From Delhi to Jaisalmer you can fly with Jagson Airlines (00 91 11 332 8580) or Indian Airlines (00 91 11 566 5121), via Jodhpur. Or fly to Jodhpur and hire a car from the Tourist Office (00 91 291 545083) and drive 10 hours to Jaisalmer.
The journey from Delhi to Jaisalmer takes 16 hours 45 minutes, with a stopover in Jodhpur. Go with S D Enterprises (020 8903 3411).
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According to Mic.com, one way prospective college students can get a taste for campus culture is to find a Facebook meme group for their prospective school. Though admission officers aren't likely to post a meme for "edgy teens" on the official university account, we always say current students are the experts on campus life… check out our top 10* campus memes and the groups they're culled from below!
It's important to keep in mind that school officials can and will see social media posts produced by their student community (derogatory posts in private groups have resulted in disciplinary action)—and their prospective student community. Check out our social media tips for college applicants.
*This ranking is TOTALLY arbitrary, unlike our college rankings, which are based on surveys from thousands of college students!
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PROFESSIONAL/ Business Travel Trends in Vogue
What are the latest trends in business travel in Europe, North America and Asia? What kind of travelers is more likely to work over the night and who goes for the fitness center most often?
Corporate Travel Policies in Europe: Premium Travel Allowed
Michael Trout
The GBTA Foundation, the research arm of the Global Business Travel Association, and Egencia, the corporate travel arm of Expedia, Inc., released results from its second annual Corporate Travel Policy study in Europe, exploring trends and effectiveness in policies. "It is crucial that all companies look inward at their policies to ensure they achieve the goals they are after. With every traveler on the road there is an optimal point where they are able to do their business effectively while n...
International Business Travel - Dos and Don'ts
Cecilia Garland
My first business meeting in a country where English was not the native tongue was in Germany. I was terribly nervous. I didn't know German, and no one was with me that could speak it. I fell all over myself trying to make apologies for speaking in English and not knowing their language. They brushed it off as no big deal. It turns out that English is widely accepted in Germany as the language of business and most Germans are taught it as a second language throughout their early school years....
Business Travel in Asia and Pacific: Singapore and Hong Kong Most Popular
Joe McClain
The Accor Asia Pacific Business Travel Research 2011 report indicated some key trends for the region, to which Accor is planning to respond with its hotel offerings, according to the survey manager. "There were many insights that have been unearthed during the study and many of which will be used to further enhance our brands and ensure their continued relevance to this key market that represents more than 60% of our segmentation," said Evan Lewis, VP of communications, Asia/Pacific for Accor...
Top Health Trends in Business Hotels
Tomas Haupt
As Americans are becoming more health conscious and employers are looking for ways to increase productivity and reduce insurance costs, various hotels are offering fitness, nutrition and even, cleaner air to lure business travelers. According to a study, employees who need to take more than 20 trips in a month are likely to suffer from various health problems, including obesity. Before availing any hotel, travelers need to check out whether the hotels provide the special amenities along with ...
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A timeless icon of classic modern furniture, the Classic Bentwood Range embodies the elegant simplicity of bentwood design, utilising traditional methods of European hand craftsmanship and precision.
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So I have an appointment for a sleep study based on symptoms of fatigue, brain fog, anxiety,. I do know I stop breathing sometimes when I'm falling asleep but I thought everyone did that when they are really tired. My fiance just told me he has seen me stop breathing when sleeping. I'm so curious is there us a cause that can be fixed instead of treating. I have a prolactinoma and I saw a chiropractor once he took x-rays and said my C1 and C7 don't move. Can either of these be the cause? The chiropractor dis have a plan to get those vertebrae moving 6 weeks of laser treatments I think 3×a week i just can't afford that and as far as I know my insurance won't cover it. Any thoughts?
Also what can cause C1 and C7 to be immobile? I have no pain whatsoever in my back or neck. I do get headaches everyday I wake up with them and just try to manage them through the day. Also have raynauds, the chiropractor said making the C1 and C7 mobile would help with circulation and the raynauds.
Hi, @peetiepie — sounds like a good thing to get this checked if your fiancee is saying that you do stop breathing when sleeping.
You talked about fixing the cause instead of treating the sleep apnea, if that is what is found on the sleep study you'll be doing, and I get that. Here is some Mayo Clinic information on central sleep apnea that may interest you: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/central-sleep-apnea/symptoms-causes/syc-20352109. If you look under the Diagnosis & Treatment tab at the top, you'll see some information that says potentially addressing any associated medical problems can help central sleep apnea, or reducing dosage of any opioid medications that may be causing sleep apnea can also help, if these apply in your situation. I don't see any information on C1 and C7 immobility contributing to sleep apnea, but that may be worthwhile to ask your doctor about during the sleep study process.
I'd like to tag some members who have talked about central sleep apnea or other forms of sleep apnea who may have some insights for you as you undergo a sleep study and look at potential causes and address them if you do indeed have sleep apnea. Please meet @johnbishop @kiwi @trippangie17 @yusofa @menotpvcs @hosta @thankful @johnhans. @gailb may also have some thoughts about the C1 and C7 immobility your chiropractor mentioned.
What has your doctor said about treating the headaches you mentioned you have every day?
You titled your post as central sleep apnea. Has a doctor told you central sleep apnea is suspected? I only ask because central sleep apnea is a specialized diagnosis not normally given to someone just getting tested and is not an usual diagnosis. Stopping breathing is not normal. It can be a dangerous condition that can lead to abnormal heartbeat and to strokes and heart attacks. Being overweight can cause an increase in sleep apnea, so losing weight can help reduce symptoms. Central sleep apnea is treated differently. I do not have that so could not help with that. A lung doctor who treats sleep apnea could tell you more about that.
You mentioned you have Reynaud's Disease. That can lead to sleep apnea. Sleeping on your side is recommended for people with sleep apnea. I do not have Reynaud's so again a doctor could help with how to treat that. Maybe someone with Reynaud's Disease is present on this board and can help with further insights on treating Reynaud's.
In reference to both your questions about C7, and sleep apnea, I have experienced both. I've never been told that the compression fracture of my C7 would affect my breathing while sleeping. It does affect my comfort while sleeping as I must have a good supportive pillow that allows me to sleep on my sides. I sometimes awake with a stiff neck and headache from sleeping on a pillow that's too high or too low. Placing a rolled up hand towel on the back of my neck for support helps if I am away from home and don't have my pillow. My chiropractor treats my C7 and other pain issues I have had using ART with laser treatments. Even though insurance and Medicare don't pay for it, it's been invaluable to me in nearly eliminating my pain. Since you're so young, you may want to do what it takes to regain mobility in your neck now. Physical problems that aren't repaired now tend to become worse as you age. Usually after the initial treatment, maintenance treatments are periodic and definately help.
– Have you talked to your physician about your C1, C7 immobility issues? You may want to take the x-rays to your physicians office, or have them take new x-rays. Necks are very touchy, so you want to be sure getting chiropractic treatment is safe for yours.
I had sleep apnea for many years before I had a sleep study. I had pretty severe sleep apnea, so I was prescribed a Cpap sleep machine. I was reluctant to use it at first, but finally started. It was wonderful! I awoke feeling great and hopping out of bed almost immediately. My brain fog, headaches, and morning depression were gone! In 2014 I decided to have the RnY gastric bypass surgery. As a result I lost 80 pounds in a short time. After 8 months I had another sleep study and found I no longer needed the Cpap. I haven't used it since then. However, I sometimes wish I was using it still, as my sleep was so much better and I felt so good upon waking. I may need another sleep study, which I'll ask about.
If you have a sleep study and are prescribed a Cpap, I have a recommendation. I tried a full mask that covers mouth and nose, but I didn't like it. I changed to the face mask called "nose pillows" and I found them much more comfortable. Of course that's an individual preference. Good luck with both your issues and kudos for taking care of yourself.
I was having a horrible time sleeping at night and they sent me home with an "at home" test that I did in Phoenix at a friends house, it showed mild sleep apnea. They put me on a CPAP machine. I went through 1 year of being on a regular sleep pap machine with no resolution. I finally went to another doctor who put me through a formal study, also in Phoenix. This allowed for us to change the settings. However, I was having larger Central Sleep Apnea events, they decided to try me on 3 liters of oxygen while I am sleeping. This has allowed me to sleep better. It appears that I have High Altitude Sleep Apnea and/or Complex Sleep Apnea.
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Excellent cappuccino, espresso, latte, iced coffee/mochachino etc & even basic Americano style. $2-5. Friendly fast service. Nice interior, clean, seating. Great background music. Krispy Kreme Donuts, Retail/ juices, cookies, breakfast sandwiches, Pasteries. Very friendly conversational locals commiserating up front- happy to chat w tourists.
Convenient, small knick knack shop with really really bad mocha. It tasted like warmed up milk. The customer service was great though. The store had a bit of everything, like ice cream in a cooler, candy, and breakfast bars.
I really love this family owed coffee shop. It's a coffee joint with a few cute little things for sale. Coffee is good, close to the oceanfront. Two thumbs up!
We stopped in a couple of times this week after our morning workout. I enjoyed the iced coffee with SF hazelnut and my BF had a vanilla shake and hot breakfast sandwich. All were delicious. Service was prompt and courteous. I loved the stylish setting sitting inside among the gift shop while watching pedestrian traffic through the window.
Love this place! They have the best iced coffees and lattes ever. Today I'm having a banana and marshmallow iced latte. Yum!
This is a great find, amidst a dearth of good coffee shops in the area. A very good coffee and pleasant barista. Temperatures are cited in metric, the European way, and the barista we had knew how Europeans like their coffee, which was good for us.
I was looking for a good place to sit outside and enjoy the day with a cup of coffee, and found Beach Coffee. The place is a bit small, but the coffee and iced tea was very good, and I sat outside for a bit. It is not in an area where you can see the beach or the ocean, but it is a nice place all the same. I will go back if I am in the area again.
Went this morning with my daughter because I wanted something more than the hotel regular coffee. The coffee we got was great. I got a white chocolate mocha and it was better than Starbucks. The service was awesome. I love the gift shop as well. Definitly worth a second visit.
Great local coffee shop for iced Americanos on a hot beach morning. I like strong espresso and they have it. Friendly knock-knack shop feel for when on holiday.
Good place for coffee on the beach. Nice little Shop with coffee, espressos and shakes. Also a gift shop with some funny coffee quotes. A nice alternative to the big franchises. It has that beach feel. Yes you will pay for it but good coffee is always worth it, if you ask me!
Stopped in a couple weekends ago for a quick bite. It's located around 11th St across the street from the ocean. I asked for an iced coffee and received a hot coffee. Not the worst thing in the world but the lady behind the counter made it into an iced drink that wasn't an iced drink for too long. They serve Krispy Kreme donuts so I had to pick up a raspberry one. I also grabbed a sausage breakfast sandwich. It's a convenient spot by location but the set up is a little busy..
This place is not Starbucks but the coffee is just what the doctor ordered... They also offer breakfast sandwiches and some pastries.
Iced coffee wasn't great, but it also wasn't overly expensive. Also got a smoothie which was pretty good. Quick service. A few seats indoors and outdoors.
We took an evening stroll and found this place. The ice cream cones are very good and as I recall there were about 10 favors from which to choose. My son got a couple Krispy Kreme doughnuts instead of ice cream. There aren't many coffee shops along this stretch of the beach and this place seems to be the best. Highly recommend!
My husband and I stopped in here for frappes and we would not recommend this place or return. They only serve them in the large size for $5.95 - even more expensive than Starbucks, and there was almost no coffee in the beverage. It tasted like a milkshake with mostly crushed ice, and was absolutely the worst "coffee" drink either of us had ever tasted. I'm all for mom and pop shops, but this place was a complete disappointment. In addition to the awful, overpriced beverages we received, the woman serving us was not at all pleasant. If you need coffee, go anywhere else!
Coffee was great! Chai was okay. Staff has a sense of humor but language barrier made her less helpful in ordering the perfect drink.
The wife and I went here over the weekend before heading home back to RVA I ordered a regular Café Mocha and the wife got a Pumpkin Spice Latte Ambiance: Small, dark and cozy - minimal seating but nice enough in there Service: Service was good - wasn't a whole lot to go on really, we just placed our order and that was about it. The girl was patient and helpful. Product: My mocha was just okay and the Pumpkin Spice was god awful. It literally tasted like someone just steeped old pumpkin in some hot water and put some whipped topping on top I would not go back for any particular reason but I would probably pop in just for a cup of joe at the very least.
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As the back-and-forth over who or what was at fault in the recent fatal crash of a Tesla Model X vehicle in Mountain View continues, the electric carmaker has said it has withdrawn from the National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the matter. However, the federal agency said it had took the "rare" action of ousting Tesla from the probe.
Late Wednesday, Tesla said in a statement that it would no longer take part in the NTSB probe because the investigation would require Tesla to not divulge information about its Autopilot feature to the public. Autopilot is a technology in Tesla cars that allows a vehicle to perform some functions such as lane changes and parking on its own.
The safety board — which earlier this month said it was not happy that Tesla had released information on the crash — on Thursday disputed Tesla's claim that it withdrew from the investigation. The agency said it had removed the firm as a party to the probe. Tesla had earlier accepted "party status" in the investigation, which allows the parties to share investigative information in the early stages of an accident probe, the agency said.
"Tesla violated the party agreement by releasing investigative information before it was vetted and confirmed by the NTSB," the agency said in a statement.
Agency chairman Robert Sumwalt said he had called Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday night to tell him his company was being ousted as a party to the investigation. The agency's probes typically take one to two years, it said.
Tesla said in a statement Wednesday that it would continue to provide "technical assistance" to the agency for its probe.
Tesla also said that it was informed that the NTSB's investigation would also take from 12 to 24 months to complete.
The role of Autopilot is central to the investigation into the March 23 accident in which Walter Huang, of San Mateo, was killed when his Tesla crashed into a barrier between Highway 101 and Highway 85, in Mountain View. Huang's family says he complained to Tesla service departments on multiple occasions that Autopilot had steered his vehicle on multiple occasions toward the barrier that his car eventually crashed into.
Huang's family has hired the law firm of Minami Tamaki to represent it in upcoming suits to be filed against Tesla, and potentially, the company's subcontractors that helped design and build the Autopilot system.
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Now, just scroll down the list and discover the app or program you need to uninstall. The apps you would like to disable may consist of pre-installed apps by the manufacturer or third party apps that you need to utilize in future. What is more, it is possible to also observe that the machine is now able to multi-task more programs at the given time period. While from the Play Store updating apps, you can select one and do away with it. If you are not quite sure, I advise you utilize one of the 2 programs I mentioned previously, each of which are free and incredibly simple to use. The main reason behind removing Iranian apps was mainly because of domestic payment. The program is known as AppCleaner, and it supplies a tiny window where you are able to drag and drop apps to uninstall. These apps are far more invasive and also will have other relevant documents and software installed in places apart from the Programs folder.
Fortunately, Continued there's a totally free third party program that rounds up all the supporting files rattling on your hard disk and deletes them together with whatever app you're uninstalling. With the totally free program AppTrap, all you want to do is place an program on your Trash and all its files related to it will automatically go with this. Folks install these apps till they have got any simple grasp of the care software which is already built into their Macs. The program is rather simple, so most users will not have any trouble finding their way round, but nevertheless, it would be fantastic to get some kind of reference. Thus to be able to solve these problems, it gets very vital to develop into rid of Kodi Mac app completely. Scroll through the listing of applications and pick the one which you would like to delete. So lets examine all the various things you will have to understand about uninstalling applications. Most Mac applications are self-contained things which don't mess with the remainder of your system. Use your mouse to click the program that you wish to eliminate.
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Look until you find the program which you wish to remove. In reality removing a program on a Mac is quite different than doing this on a Windows-based computer. Click on and drag because most applications as you should delete from the Trash folder. All the supplemental files have various locations on the hard disk drive. When you do so, the program locates any associated files and lists them as well, which means you might delete all of them at once. The junk files and unused things left via this squander app may have an extremely bad effect on your Mac system. On the Mac, matters are a bit different.
Its not a very significant deal, but sometimes you are able to discover your Mac only isn't working quite ideal. Macs are currently falling prey to the exact same epidemic of crapware Windows PCs have to address. For instance Adobe supplies a different uninstaller app you should download and run to uninstall Flash on a Mac.
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The world series qualifying has just begun this week and now becomes my number one target in poker.
The last few days have been disappointing from a results point of view, but my game is still sound. Last nights elimination in the 15k summed it up. With just 50 players left I was holding JJ. Flop was J83 rainbow and I go out to a backdoor flush.
I am still confident that I am playing well enough to secure a world series sear and as soon as my hands start holding up, I can see some very positive results coming my way.
On the publicity front, I am currently awaiting a photographer from the Cambridge Evening News to take a few pictures of me, the feature should be in tomorrows edition. I imagine this will be last of the recent media frenzy and I can concentrate on winning some more tournaments!
How do you know when its not your night?
Getting the Bad Beats out of the way!
I am a Celebrity update!
Now the cowboys are joining in!
Can no-one throw away AK!
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STRYPER – The Sound Of Sweet Rebellion
It's probably in poor taste to suggest the members of Stryper have sold their souls in exchange for their current success. The Christian metal band's 2005 comeback, Reborn, put an end to 15 years of silence (not including some sporadic touring) and was an all-important step into a decade that saw the band release four studio albums, a cover album, a volume of Stryper re-recordings, and a live record / DVD, interspersed with international tours. Considering the way Stryper splintered and died following their Against The Law album from 1990, nobody really expected them to get back together let alone turn the momentum kicked up by Reborn into wave after wave of in your face material. Their latest assault is the fourth album of all original songs since Stryper's reunion, and album entitled Fallen that has the fans locked in yet again and has vocalist / guitarist Michael Sweet grinning from ear to ear.
"At the end of the day what's important, obviously, is that we feel we're pleasing God and we're pleasing ourselves," Sweet says of the band's continued success. "The icing on the cake is how the fans feel about the new album.We try to ask questions and get feedback from the fans, and we apply that when we make an album. If they want to hear an epic six minute song with tempo changes, we give them 'Yahweh'. We try to listen to the fans without selling ourselves out, and I think we did that this time."
As a first taste of Fallen, it's safe to say nobody was expecting the epic attack of 'Yahweh'. The song is easily on par with one of Stryper's strongest songs ever, 'Soldiers Under Command', and goes a step beyond.
"I don't think anyone was expecting that, truthfully. It's definitely down a different avenue for us. We've never done a six-and-a-half minute song, we've never had a bunch of time changes in a song; it borders on the progressive side of rock. Did we do that to try and fit in? No. We grew up on all this kind of stuff. We're huge Iron Maiden fans and we love Dream Theater, we listen to all of that stuff, and it's not out of our wheelhouse at all to do something like 'Yahweh'. And then you bring in the fact that Clint Lowery from Sevendust had a hand in the making of the song… he sent me the original riff and I ran with it."
Considering the ebb and flow of metal since Stryper broke out in the '80s, it's fair to say the band is more relevant now than they ever were. Chalk it up to staying in the metal public's eye consistently since Reborn.
"It is pretty remarkable," Sweet agrees, "and I feel if you were to take the popularity of the band right now and this surge that's going on with the fans, take that back to 1988 when we released In God We Trust, I think we'd have an album that could do 10 million in sales and see Stryper playing larger venues. I think Stryper would have become larger than life. It's a struggle for bands these days because of the music industry but at the same time, with Stryper being the underdog band that never fit in, for us to still be around and somewhat relevant playing sold out venues is really astonishing. A band that's gone against everything really shouldn't still be around."
Some folks are happy to argue against Stryper's relevance and worth, of course, and Sweet is more than happy to shut them down.
"It's funny because I go on YouTube and Facebook and read the comments – I probably shouldn't but I do (laughs) – when we get some jackass saying Stryper sucks and isn't relevant, I'd like to pull these people out of their Mom's basement and take them to one of our shows so they can tell our fans that. They'd probably get a good beating. In the name of God, of course (laughs)."
The way Sweet talks about the inner workings of Stryper, it's clear he is in fact the creative force steering the ship now more than ever. Makes sense considering the band fell to pieces when he left back in 1992.
"I am, and I know some people will roll their eyes at this because I've seen it in person. That's fine. It's always been like that. Robert (Sweet / drums) was always the visual guy and I was always the music guy. I wrote at least nine out of 10 songs on every Stryper album in the past, and 10 out of 10 songs on the newer ones. I write and arrange them and teach the songs to the guys, but that's not to take away from Tim (Gaines / bass), Oz (Fox / guitars) or Rob. They're very talented guys and we all write, but we all write in different styles. I'm the guy that writes the Stryper style that you're hearing now and what is considered our classic sound. That's what I do."
"I've always got new ideas in my head. I'm always humming a melody. If you and I were to go a get a coffee right now, at some point you'd hear me humming to myself because there's always music being made in my head."
"Here's the thing, and I've talked about this a lot over the past four or five years: I've been diagnosed with being ADHD. The person that diagnosed me with it said it's a great thing and probably the reason why I'm so driven and fairly successful at what I do. That's because I hyper-focus on what I do, which is make music. When I start on an album that's all I do until it's done. Unfortunately, it's not good for my family and my friends because they don't hear from me for three months (laughs). I don't return emails or phone calls, it's a bad thing. But, that being said, I'm very focused, and when people say I can't do something it makes me want to do it even more. I've heard all the comments saying that Stryper's well has gone dry, and I don't want to say we have anything to prove, but it sometime feel like we do. I'm make a promise to everybody: until we stop making albums, each one is going to get better. We're not gonna go back, we're gonna go forward. The next album is going to be better than Fallen."
Brave words when you take into account Fallen's predecessor, No More Hell To Pay, was pegged by many of Stryper's die hard fans as the best album since the band's legendary 1986 record, To Hell With The Devil. But yeah, Fallen is in that stratosphere even though there's a marked difference between the two.
"Fallen is a little bit of a departure for Stryper, and that's what I like about it instantly better than No More Hell To Pay," Sweet admits. "And I love No More Hell To Pay; that's a Stryper album I can actually listen to from start to finish. I can't listen to The Yellow And Black Attack, In God We Trust or Against The Law. I won't call those three albums masterpieces because I don't think they are. If you ask me what the Stryper masterpieces are, I would say Soldiers Under Command, To Hell With The Devil, and No More Hell To Pay. Those are my three epic Best Of Stryer albums. I can easily say add Fallen to that list."
"The thing I like about Fallen is the sonic quality of it. We did something different by going to an analog console in the digital realm, and it added something in the low end department that No More Hell To Pay doesn't have. This is a beefier sounding album, I like the flow of it, and it's a little more focused in terms of the direction. I'm so pleased with the road that we're on right now."
Which is reminiscent of the band's anthem-oriented To Hell With The Devil days.
"Exactly. I can't wait to do another album (laughs). And I'm actually going to start work in a few weeks on a solo album. It should come out in April or May next year. I'm going real old school with that one; no keyboards, no big background vocals, guitar driven, metal a la 'Run To The Hills'. It's going to be really different for a Michael Sweet solo album. It's the sort of thing where it's really what I want to do, and I'm kinda tired of hearing 'I like your solo stuff but the Stryper stuff is way heavier…' for the past 20 years. This solo album is going to be as heavy or heavier than Stryper. Imagine when you heard 'Yahweh' the first time; every song on my solo album is going to be that epic kinda stuff."
It's interesting how Sweet is so gung-ho about making music, yet earlier this year he aked Stryper's Facebook followers how it would go over if the band "found some young lad who can hit all the hight notes and I just play guitar and sing from time to time?" The thread quite naturally exploded like fireworks in a Zippo factory.
"(Laughs) I was interested in hearing what people had to say, but I was partially serious because it's getting harder and harder to sing these songs, man. I can still do it but it's definitely harder to hit the high notes. I have my vocal chords checked out every three or four years, and the doctor always comes in and says 'Your vocal chords look perfect.' The problem is that as we age the vocal chords start to stiffen and you lose your range."
An affliction that has yet to slow Sweet down. Listening to him pull off the high end scream capping off 'The Way' live, for example, is still a goosebump-raising moment some almost-30 years on. Not the least bit shabby for a metalhead over 50.
"I do it when I can for the most part, but sometimes I can't," says Sweet. "I try and choose my battles when we play live, I don't hit every high note, but I try to hit the ones everyone expects to hear like in 'Soldiers Under Command' and 'The Way'."
Stryper has never been shy about their Christian beliefs and Fallen is as message-heavy as they've ever been, with Sweet going so far as to use scripture as the basis for some of his recent lyrics. The band's pro-Christianity stance rubs some people the wrong way, but it's interesting to see how much the metal press supports Stryper as a viable entity these days. It's a far cry from the '80s when praise for their work was consistently (over)shadowed by religious stigma.
"Metal and rock n' roll is all about rebellion, it's all about rebelling against 'the man' or society or whatever, and Stryper are the biggest rebels of all," Sweet says without batting an eye. "We've rebelled against metal and metalheads, we've rebelled against everybody. Christianity is not popular; people are getting their heads cut off for it, and here we are waving the flag for Christianity in front of 10,000 Muslims in Jakarta. That's rebellious. Let's see Slayer do that. I have nothing against Slayer at all, but I've heard all the comments about us: 'Stryper are a bunch of pussies, they're faggots, they can't play, they suck…' We get those comments all the time. It's unbelievable. And I'm just thinking 'Really..?'"
I recount for Sweet an incident from earlier this year when I played 'Yahweh' for a metalhead friend and asked him who it was. Dude had no clue, and when he was informed it was Stryper his jaw dropped. If he wasn't a Stryper convert, he at least gained some respect for the band.
"It's funny we're talking about this," says Sweet. "A buddy of mine plays Stryper songs for his co-workers without telling them it's Stryper, and I don't know if it was 'Yahweh' or 'Fallen' that he played for them the last time but those people thought the song was amazing. They asked who it was, and the second they heard it was Stryper they were like 'Oh, yeah, well, I'm not into that.' That's crazy, and it comes down to this and this alone: we are Christians. It's as simple as that. The world hates Christ for the most part."
And yet Stryper is still here and making some real noise, which is a sign of true strength. Sweet appreciates the sentiment.
"It comes down to Good versus Evil. If you stand for God you stand for holiness, and Evil hates holiness. I'm a sinner, I do evil things, I'm not this perfect saint, but there are people in the world who don't like Christianity, or they're Atheists that attack Christians like wolves. That's a big part of what drives Stryper. We like the challenge, we love what we do, and we're going to keep doing it. We don't let this bring us down. We're going to keep going and if it aggravates people, so be it."
Posted on November 5, 2015 Author carlCategories The InterviewsTags Fallen, Michael Sweet, No More Hell To Pay, Oz Fox, Robert Sweet, Stryper, Tim Gaines, To Hell With The Devil
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Social media is an effective place to find and engage with the tribe of people who understand the message and product that you're developing. They're not just your ideal target audience, but loyal fans who want to spread the word about what you're doing.
By sharing relevant updates and engaging with followers, you can rapidly build your email list, develop buzz for a launch, connect with strategic partners, and much more to give your business a boost.
Unfortunately, social media is also the perfect place to alienate people. A poorly timed joke, a customer service meltdown, or a disgruntled customer can lead to a mass exodus of followers. Even your most loyal fans can be lost in the crowd.
To avoid a global snub across your social media channels, you'll need to avoid certain traps and stay in tune. Here are eight surefire ways you can lose followers on social media.
It's normal to want your social media followers to care about you and buy your products and services. But if that's all you talk about, you'll find yourself hemorrhaging followers until there's no one left.
Operate under the assumption that no one is really interested in you. Instead, they're really interested in themselves and how you can help them. If you don't talk about your audience's pain points and how you can help them solve their problems, they'll find someone who will. Approach your conversations about yourselves in a way that shows how you can best help serve your audience.
You've probably heard that it's important to post frequently, especially on Twitter. But don't overdo it and saturate your feed without giving your followers a chance to catch up and care enough to respond. The life of a tweet is only 24 minutes, but that doesn't mean you need to be posting something new several times an hour on Twitter. Even on Facebook, you'll likely be better off posting just once or twice per day.
Think about it from your own perspective as a consumer – if you followed an account that posted more often than that, wouldn't you find it annoying and stop following the profile?
Sometimes companies worry that their followers aren't seeing every post, so they say the same thing over and over on social media. This practice is especially rampant Twitter.
However, keep in mind that repetitive posts give the impression that your company is lazy, uncreative or just clueless. It's even worse if the repeated content is promotional in nature — you're essentially making two dangerous mistakes with one set of tweets.
Another way that companies make this mistake is using the same source for posts repeatedly. Your industry may have a great blog with thought-leading posts, but if you share those posts over and over, you'll get a "me-too" reputation that will cause people to stop following you.
It's amazing how much of a difference graphics and video make when you're engaging followers online. Visuals are a central part of how we consume information, and tweets with images receive 18 percent more clicks, 89 percent more likes, and 150 percent more retweets. A picture really is worth 1,000 words, and if you don't use pictures and videos, you'll find that your fans stop following you and look for accounts with more interesting content.
Social media has become the arena where consumers feel comfortable interacting directly with brands. Whether it's replying to comments, thanking fans for shares, or providing amazing customer service, your company has to interact with followers on social media or risk losing followers in droves.
#Not #every #word #in #a #post #is #a #hashtag. If your posts look at all like the preceding sentence, it's not only annoying, it's really difficult to read.
Use hashtags sparingly and judiciously if you want your messages to stand out and make an impact with your audience. The reason you use hashtags is to find targeted followers and extend your reach, so only incorporate them with relevant keywords in your headline or post.
Certainly, some platforms – Instagram, in particular – allow for extra hashtags, as they're used more for commentary than for customer reach. A good rule of thumb on other platforms, however, is to use no more than two in one update on Twitter and Facebook.
Repeatedly asking followers for shares, retweets, referrals, sales, and more without offering a single thing in return is alienating. People won't follow accounts that feel like they're simply leeches looking for people to do their legwork for them. If your company doesn't offer value, you won't be able to keep followers on social media.
Mass-tagging without permission isn't just annoying, it's also against the Terms of Service on most platforms and could get your account suspended. If you post something and tag everyone under the sun without their permission, you'll ended up on their spam lists or be accused of being a social media bot. Regardless of why you're mass-tagging without permission, the end result is still the same. You'll end up losing followers in waves.
Running a powerful social media presence for your company is relatively simple in theory, but surprisingly difficult to execute. It takes time and patience to build a following, engage those followers and turn them into fans and customers. By avoiding these eight mistakes that'll lose you followers quickly, you'll avoid sabotaging those efforts and protect your growth online.
What other mistakes have you seen companies make online to lose followers on social media?
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Nassim Boujellab (; born 20 June 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Schalke 04. Born in Germany, Boujellab represents the Morocco national team.
Club career
Boujellab made his professional debut for Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga on 31 March 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute for Suat Serdar in the 1–0 away win against Hannover 96.
On 25 July 2021, he joined 2. Bundesliga club Ingolstadt 04 on a one-year loan deal. On 23 January 2022, his loan contract with Ingolstadt was terminated with immediate effect because, according to the club, he "repeatedly violated internal club and team rules and regulations".
On 1 March 2022, Boujellab joined HJK in Finland on loan. He became temporarily ineligible to play for HJK early in July 2022, as HJK originally acquired him on a "sub-loan" from FC Ingolstadt, who earlier loaned him from Schalke until 30 June 2022. When that date was reached, his rights automatically reverted to Schalke and Schalke could only transfer him back on loan to HJK when the international transfer window re-opened on 13 July.
International career
Boujellab was born in Germany, and is of Moroccan descent holding dual citizenship. Boujellab was called up to the Morocco under-23 national team for the first time in September 2018. He made his under-23 debut in October 2018, making two appearances in friendly matches against Algeria. He represented the Morocco national team in a friendly 3–1 win over Senegal on 9 October 2020.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
HJK
Veikkausliiga: 2022
References
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Living people
1999 births
German people of Moroccan descent
Sportspeople from Hagen
Moroccan footballers
German footballers
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
Association football midfielders
Morocco international footballers
Morocco youth international footballers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Veikkausliiga players
FC Schalke 04 II players
FC Schalke 04 players
FC Ingolstadt 04 players
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
Moroccan expatriate footballers
Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Expatriate footballers in Finland
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Oftentimes, people who want to go to therapy talk with someone about their mental health or just don't go for a variety of reasons. Some may be afraid that people will judge them for going to a therapist, others don't have enough time, many think it's too expensive, and the list of barriers goes on. Talkspace, a provider of online therapy services, addresses this issue that many people face by connecting patients with licensed therapists. Talkspace took this innovative idea a step further today when it announced that the Agora Video for Telemedicine cloud service has been selected for its Unlimited Messaging Therapy and LiveTalk Online Therapy programs.
Agora.io, now partnered with Talkspace, is a global leader in Communications as a Service (CaaS) for real-time video and voice, and will be used to provide Talkspace users with high-resolution, real-time voice and video calls during therapy sessions.
This partnership comes in an era that is turning increasingly towards mobile solutions. Now, smartphone and mobile devices are being used by patients to request and receive services all over the world. In that environment, it makes sense that Talkspace and Agora.io would join forces to provide the best online therapy session possible. By enabling a secure, HIPPA compliant, encrypted network for therapists and patients to talk in real-time, the two companies are helping to lead the mental health industry in the right direction.
To date, Talkspace's Unlimited Messaging Therapy program has connected 300,000 people to licensed therapists in a more affordable, accessible way. In the past year, the company tripled its user base. Talkspace has also expanded its network of licensed therapists to approximately 1,000 specialists in order to accomodate the growing number of users.
If you want to hear more about Agora.io and Talkspace's partnership, along with their innovative new ideas, you can see them at the upcoming Real Time Web Solutions event, from Aug. 1-4 in New York City.
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If you need assistance in resolving a concern or complaint.
At all stages, staff will work with you to establish an agreed plan of action and timeline.
Contact the class teacher or other relevant staff member to discuss your complaint. This is best done by making an appointment through the school office. The staff will work with you to resolve the problem.
Contact the principal who will work with you and the staff member to resolve the problem. You may wish to formalise your complaint. To do this, you may write to the principal who will acknowledge the complaint with a written reply as soon as possible, even if a resolution is not available at this stage.
The principal will consider the issue and identify what action is to be taken and by when, and will clarify the process if a formal complaint is to proceed. The principal may seek the support of the Coordinator, Regional Operations or other relevant regional, or central office staff.
This action and timeline will be confirmed with you in writing.
You should be aware that when a complaint is made in writing about the performance of an individual staff member, that staff member will receive documentation of the substance of the complaint.
If resolution is not reached at the school level or, if the principal is the subject of your complaint, contact the Coordinator, Regional Operations at your Regional Education Office for assistance in resolving the issue. This will involve an independent review of the situation and may include mediation.
The Coordinator, Regional Operations can be contacted through your Regional Education Office. Numbers are listed in the telephone directory under the Department of Education.
For further information please visit the Department of Education's Policies website.
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Q: How to sync local data to server in Blazor WebAssembly-PWA? I want to building a Blazor WebAssembly Progressive Web App, that can run offline.
I began Blazor this morning, and I'm just trying to get the hang of it.
To begin I want to do something like keep.google.com. You can work on you notes offline, on different devices, and when the connection is re-established, all notes are synchronized in the background with the server.
My idea is to have simple notes on a server, with an id, title and a message. These notes can be displayed and added/modified from the client. Since I want the application to work offline, I want the synchronization process to be as follows:
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*The fist time visiting the website, all notes are fetched from the server,
*When notes are added/modified, they are saved on the server,
*If connection is lost, notes can still be read and added/modified localy,
*When the connection is re-established, the modifications are saved to the server,
*Periodically or after pressing a button, sync is done between client and server to fetch new data present on the server.
I think the way to do this is to have a copy of the database localy. Client do modification on the local database and periodically/after pressing a button/when connection is re-established, I sync local database with server database.
I'm sure there is an official and easy solution to do that. I followed the CarChecker example from Microsoft, but they used the IndexedDB in javascript to do that (23min13 in the official tutorial video).
Do you know a .NET solution/tutorial/service that store data locally, and sync in the background with the server ?
A: I wrote a Blazor WebAssembly PWA with similar technical requirements. There is certainly more than one way to accomplish this but the steps I used are as follows:
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*I used sqlite on the client side to persitist the data locally. The simplest way to make that persist-able with the ability to use Entity Framework is to use the SqliteWasmHelper nuget package. https://github.com/JeremyLikness/SqliteWasmHelper
*On startup and/or when online I fetch the necessary data and insert it into the local sqlite database.
*The user can make changes and I save that to the local sqlite DB and mark it as ready to be synced.
*I have a background service with a timer which executes on a configurable interval and grabs the local data marked to be synced and calls the API on the server to save the data to a SQL Server database. Of course I check to see that the user is online before attempting the sync.
*I use Javascript to determine whether the device is online. I can provide that to you if you need but you should be able to google it.
*I have an application update checker based on this method which works pretty well: https://whuysentruit.medium.com/blazor-wasm-pwa-adding-a-new-update-available-notification-d9f65c4ad13
I hope that helps. I'm happy to provide more detail if you like.
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Cheer Up Chamy
It's time to rally the troops! Chamy needs everyone's help. It's up to Liz and Lucille and the gang to cheer her up after her parents' divorce. But how exactly do you do that?
Theme: The best way to help a struggling friend is not with our knowledge, but with our compassion.
1. 2 Corinthians 4 says that we can comfort others with the comfort that God gives us. What does this mean? How can you pass God's comfort to others?
2. Ruth 1:1-17 tells the story of two women. Naomi's husband and sons died, and she was left poor and alone. She decided to travel back to the place where she was born. One of her daughters-in-law, Ruth (who had been married to one of Naomi's sons), said she would go with her. Naomi told her not to—there would be nothing there for her and they wouldn't have any possessions or food. But Ruth insisted. She said she would go wherever Naomi went and share all of Naomi's troubles. She worshiped God, just as Naomi did, and she said they would take the long trip and deal with their problems together—even if it meant they would die together. Ruth took care of Naomi and comforted her as long as she needed it. As you listen to this episode, think of ways you can show comfort to others.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God"
Audio Icon 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
1. What Bible verse did Spike tell Chamy?
A: "Jesus wept."
2. What did Spike name his plan to help Chamy?
A: Operation Cheer Up Chamy.
3. How did Kayla try to cheer up Chamy?
A: She took her shopping.
4. What did Spike get from Mr. MacKomodo?
A: The key to the elevator.
5. What helped cheer Chamy up?
A: Spike listening to her.
In this episode, Chamy is upset about her parents' divorce. Her friends try to cheer her up, but the only thing that helps is the one friend who just listens and cares.
Do you have friends with serious problems? Maybe they're sad because someone has died; or maybe, like Chamy, their parents are getting divorced. Problems like these are too big for you to fix. It won't help to tell them "everything will be OK" or "just relax." In fact, there's probably nothing you can say that will help much.
But there's something you can do. It won't solve the problem, but it will make them feel better. You can care. Just listen if they want to talk, or sit with them silently if they don't. The Bible puts it this way: When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad (Romans 12:15).
Want to dig deeper and learn more about how you can be a comfort to others? Read Ephesians 4:2, Philippians 2:1-2, and Colossians 3:12.
How good are you at listening? For the next week, practice listening to your friends and family members instead of doing a lot of the talking. Ask them how they're doing, and then just listen. Don't think about what you're going to say next. If they tell you about their problems, don't try to fix them. Just be there with them and listen. At the end of the week, think back. How did it go? Do you think you encouraged or comforted any of them? Remember, God is always willing to listen to you, too.
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With love for Mr Fazlullah Hayati . .
tags: Love, passed away, pioneering
Mr Fazlullah Hayati with Baha'i Friends
These words have been written by Burhan Hayati:
Mr Fazlullah Hayati passed away in the early hours of Monday 13 September 2010.
Mr Hayati was born Kashan Iran. At age of 24 years, he rushed to the arena of service following the historic call of the beloved Guardian to the Ten Year Crusade. He pioneered to the Arabian Peninsula, accepting pioneering posts to various countries within that region.
At age of 27 he pioneered to Karbila in Iraq where he stayed for five years during which time he got married to his wife Tahereh. This was followed by a further eight years in Baghdad. He then pioneered to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia where he settled for 12 years.
In 1982, he moved to Slough, England where he settled ever since. During his stay in England, he accepted a short term pioneering post to Aden where he helped forming the Assembly in Aden in 1993.
Mr Hayati is succeeded by his wife Tahereh, three sons, Iqan, Burhan and Imkan, three daughters-in-law and six grandchildren. He was aged 80 years.
← Investigating the essence of truth
Words of Wisdom are the source of courage and power . . . →
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Outdoors in the evening in Spokane, WA.
Copyright for this gallery photo belongs solely to Dawna L. Stafford. Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.
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Needs versus wants are an important distinction to be able to make in our lives!
And God ultimately knows our needs. We need to pray the will of God and that our will and wants align with God's will.
Sometimes what we want , will hurt us but what we need will help us and God knows that before we even do.
Next Next post: Finding God in the midst of your trials.
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\section{Introduction}
The journal \textit{Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society} (MNRAS) encourages authors to prepare their papers using \LaTeX.
The style file \verb'mnras.cls' can be used to approximate the final appearance of the journal, and provides numerous features to simplify the preparation of papers.
This document, \verb'mnras_guide.tex', provides guidance on using that style file and the features it enables.
This is not a general guide on how to use \LaTeX, of which many excellent examples already exist.
We particularly recommend \textit{Wikibooks \LaTeX}\footnote{\url{https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX}}, a collaborative online textbook which is of use to both beginners and experts.
Alternatively there are several other online resources, and most academic libraries also hold suitable beginner's guides.
For guidance on the contents of papers, journal style, and how to submit a paper, see the MNRAS Instructions to Authors\footnote{\label{foot:itas}\url{http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/mnras/for_authors/}}.
Only technical issues with the \LaTeX\ class are considered here.
\section{Obtaining and installing the MNRAS package}
Some \LaTeX\ distributions come with the MNRAS package by default.
If yours does not, you can either install it using your distribution's package manager, or download it from the Comprehensive \TeX\ Archive Network\footnote{\url{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mnras}} (CTAN).
The files can either be installed permanently by placing them in the appropriate directory (consult the documentation for your \LaTeX\ distribution), or used temporarily by placing them in the working directory for your paper.
To use the MNRAS package, simply specify \verb'mnras' as the document class at the start of a \verb'.tex' file:
\begin{verbatim}
\documentclass{mnras}
\end{verbatim}
Then compile \LaTeX\ (and if necessary \bibtex) in the usual way.
\section{Preparing and submitting a paper}
We recommend that you start with a copy of the \texttt{mnras\_template.tex} file.
Rename the file, update the information on the title page, and then work on the text of your paper.
Guidelines for content, style etc. are given in the instructions to authors on the journal's website$^{\ref{foot:itas}}$.
Note that this document does not follow all the aspects of MNRAS journal style (e.g. it has a table of contents).
If a paper is accepted, it is professionally typeset and copyedited by the publishers.
It is therefore likely that minor changes to presentation will occur.
For this reason, we ask authors to ignore minor details such as slightly long lines, extra blank spaces, or misplaced figures, because these details will be dealt with during the production process.
Papers must be submitted electronically via the online submission system; paper submissions are not permitted.
For full guidance on how to submit a paper, see the instructions to authors.
\section{Class options}
\label{sec:options}
There are several options which can be added to the document class line like this:
\begin{verbatim}
\documentclass[option1,option2]{mnras}
\end{verbatim}
The available options are:
\begin{itemize}
\item \verb'letters' -- used for papers in the journal's Letters section.
\item \verb'onecolumn' -- single column, instead of the default two columns. This should be used {\it only} if necessary for the display of numerous very long equations.
\item \verb'doublespacing' -- text has double line spacing. Please don't submit papers in this format.
\item \verb'referee' -- \textit{(deprecated)} single column, double spaced, larger text, bigger margins. Please don't submit papers in this format.
\item \verb'galley' -- \textit{(deprecated)} no running headers, no attempt to align the bottom of columns.
\item \verb'landscape' -- \textit{(deprecated)} sets the whole document on landscape paper.
\item \verb"usenatbib" -- \textit{(all papers should use this)} this uses Patrick Daly's \verb"natbib.sty" package for citations.
\item \verb"usegraphicx" -- \textit{(most papers will need this)} includes the \verb'graphicx' package, for inclusion of figures and images.
\item \verb'useAMS' -- adds support for upright Greek characters \verb'\upi', \verb'\umu' and \verb'\upartial' ($\upi$, $\umu$ and $\upartial$). Only these three are included, if you require other symbols you will need to include the \verb'amsmath' or \verb'amsymb' packages (see section~\ref{sec:packages}).
\item \verb"usedcolumn" -- includes the package \verb"dcolumn", which includes two new types of column alignment for use in tables.
\end{itemize}
Some of these options are deprecated and retained for backwards compatibility only.
Others are used in almost all papers, but again are retained as options to ensure that papers written decades ago will continue to compile without problems.
If you want to include any other packages, see section~\ref{sec:packages}.
\section{Title page}
If you are using \texttt{mnras\_template.tex} the necessary code for generating the title page, headers and footers is already present.
Simply edit the title, author list, institutions, abstract and keywords as described below.
\subsection{Title}
There are two forms of the title: the full version used on the first page, and a short version which is used in the header of other odd-numbered pages (the `running head').
Enter them with \verb'\title[]{}' like this:
\begin{verbatim}
\title[Running head]{Full title of the paper}
\end{verbatim}
The full title can be multiple lines (use \verb'\\' to start a new line) and may be as long as necessary, although we encourage authors to use concise titles. The running head must be $\le~45$ characters on a single line.
See appendix~\ref{sec:advanced} for more complicated examples.
\subsection{Authors and institutions}
Like the title, there are two forms of author list: the full version which appears on the title page, and a short form which appears in the header of the even-numbered pages. Enter them using the \verb'\author[]{}' command.
If the author list is more than one line long, start a new line using \verb'\newauthor'. Use \verb'\\' to start the institution list. Affiliations for each author should be indicated with a superscript number, and correspond to the list of institutions below the author list.
For example, if I were to write a paper with two coauthors at another institution, one of whom also works at a third location:
\begin{verbatim}
\author[K. T. Smith et al.]{
Keith T. Smith,$^{1}$
A. N. Other,$^{2}$
and Third Author$^{2,3}$
\\
$^{1}$Affiliation 1\\
$^{2}$Affiliation 2\\
$^{3}$Affiliation 3}
\end{verbatim}
Affiliations should be in the format `Department, Institution, Street Address, City and Postal Code, Country'.
Email addresses can be inserted with the \verb'\thanks{}' command which adds a title page footnote.
If you want to list more than one email, put them all in the same \verb'\thanks' and use \verb'\footnotemark[]' to refer to the same footnote multiple times.
Present addresses (if different to those where the work was performed) can also be added with a \verb'\thanks' command.
\subsection{Abstract and keywords}
The abstract is entered in an \verb'abstract' environment:
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{abstract}
The abstract of the paper.
\end{abstract}
\end{verbatim}
\noindent Note that there is a word limit on the length of abstracts.
For the current word limit, see the journal instructions to authors$^{\ref{foot:itas}}$.
Immediately following the abstract, a set of keywords is entered in a \verb'keywords' environment:
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{keywords}
keyword 1 -- keyword 2 -- keyword 3
\end{keywords}
\end{verbatim}
\noindent There is a list of permitted keywords, which is agreed between all the major astronomy journals and revised every few years.
Do \emph{not} make up new keywords!
For the current list of allowed keywords, see the journal's instructions to authors$^{\ref{foot:itas}}$.
\section{Sections and lists}
Sections and lists are generally the same as in the standard \LaTeX\ classes.
\subsection{Sections}
\label{sec:sections}
Sections are entered in the usual way, using \verb'\section{}' and its variants. It is possible to nest up to four section levels:
\begin{verbatim}
\section{Main section}
\subsection{Subsection}
\subsubsection{Subsubsection}
\paragraph{Lowest level section}
\end{verbatim}
\noindent The other \LaTeX\ sectioning commands \verb'\part', \verb'\chapter' and \verb'\subparagraph{}' are deprecated and should not be used.
Some sections are not numbered as part of journal style (e.g. the Acknowledgements).
To insert an unnumbered section use the `starred' version of the command: \verb'\section*{}'.
See appendix~\ref{sec:advanced} for more complicated examples.
\subsection{Lists}
Two forms of lists can be used in MNRAS -- numbered and unnumbered.
For a numbered list, use the \verb'enumerate' environment:
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First item
\item Second item
\item etc.
\end{enumerate}
\end{verbatim}
\noindent which produces
\begin{enumerate}
\item First item
\item Second item
\item etc.
\end{enumerate}
Note that the list uses lowercase Roman numerals, rather than the \LaTeX\ default Arabic numerals.
For an unnumbered list, use the \verb'description' environment without the optional argument:
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{description}
\item First item
\item Second item
\item etc.
\end{description}
\end{verbatim}
\noindent which produces
\begin{description}
\item First item
\item Second item
\item etc.
\end{description}
Bulleted lists using the \verb'itemize' environment should not be used in MNRAS; it is retained for backwards compatibility only.
\section{Mathematics and symbols}
The MNRAS class mostly adopts standard \LaTeX\ handling of mathematics, which is briefly summarised here.
See also section~\ref{sec:packages} for packages that support more advanced mathematics.
Mathematics can be inserted into the running text using the syntax \verb'$1+1=2$', which produces $1+1=2$.
Use this only for short expressions or when referring to mathematical quantities; equations should be entered as described below.
\subsection{Equations}
Equations should be entered using the \verb'equation' environment, which automatically numbers them:
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{equation}
a^2=b^2+c^2
\end{equation}
\end{verbatim}
\noindent which produces
\begin{equation}
a^2=b^2+c^2
\end{equation}
By default, the equations are numbered sequentially throughout the whole paper. If a paper has a large number of equations, it may be better to number them by section (2.1, 2.2 etc.). To do this, add the command \verb'\numberwithin{equation}{section}' to the preamble.
It is also possible to produce un-numbered equations by using the \LaTeX\ built-in \verb'\['\textellipsis\verb'\]' and \verb'$$'\textellipsis\verb'$$' commands; however MNRAS requires that all equations are numbered, so these commands should be avoided.
\subsection{Special symbols}
\begin{table}
\caption{Additional commands for special symbols commonly used in astronomy. These can be used anywhere.}
\label{tab:anysymbols}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
\hline
Command & Output & Meaning\\
\hline
\verb'\sun' & \sun & Sun, solar\\[2pt]
\verb'\earth' & \earth & Earth, terrestrial\\[2pt]
\verb'\micron' & \micron & microns\\[2pt]
\verb'\degr' & \degr & degrees\\[2pt]
\verb'\arcmin' & \arcmin & arcminutes\\[2pt]
\verb'\arcsec' & \arcsec & arcseconds\\[2pt]
\verb'\fdg' & \fdg & fraction of a degree\\[2pt]
\verb'\farcm' & \farcm & fraction of an arcminute\\[2pt]
\verb'\farcs' & \farcs & fraction of an arcsecond\\[2pt]
\verb'\fd' & \fd & fraction of a day\\[2pt]
\verb'\fh' & \fh & fraction of an hour\\[2pt]
\verb'\fm' & \fm & fraction of a minute\\[2pt]
\verb'\fs' & \fs & fraction of a second\\[2pt]
\verb'\fp' & \fp & fraction of a period\\[2pt]
\verb'\diameter' & \diameter & diameter\\[2pt]
\verb'\sq' & \sq & square, Q.E.D.\\[2pt]
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
\caption{Additional commands for mathematical symbols. These can only be used in maths mode.}
\label{tab:mathssymbols}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
\hline
Command & Output & Meaning\\
\hline
\verb'\upi' & $\upi$ & upright pi\\[2pt]
\verb'\umu' & $\umu$ & upright mu\\[2pt]
\verb'\upartial' & $\upartial$ & upright partial derivative\\[2pt]
\verb'\lid' & $\lid$ & less than or equal to\\[2pt]
\verb'\gid' & $\gid$ & greater than or equal to\\[2pt]
\verb'\la' & $\la$ & less than of order\\[2pt]
\verb'\ga' & $\ga$ & greater than of order\\[2pt]
\verb'\loa' & $\loa$ & less than approximately\\[2pt]
\verb'\goa' & $\goa$ & greater than approximately\\[2pt]
\verb'\cor' & $\cor$ & corresponds to\\[2pt]
\verb'\sol' & $\sol$ & similar to or less than\\[2pt]
\verb'\sog' & $\sog$ & similar to or greater than\\[2pt]
\verb'\lse' & $\lse$ & less than or homotopic to \\[2pt]
\verb'\gse' & $\gse$ & greater than or homotopic to\\[2pt]
\verb'\getsto' & $\getsto$ & from over to\\[2pt]
\verb'\grole' & $\grole$ & greater over less\\[2pt]
\verb'\leogr' & $\leogr$ & less over greater\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
Some additional symbols of common use in astronomy have been added in the MNRAS class. These are shown in tables~\ref{tab:anysymbols}--\ref{tab:mathssymbols}. The command names are -- as far as possible -- the same as those used in other major astronomy journals.
Many other mathematical symbols are also available, either built into \LaTeX\ or via additional packages. If you want to insert a specific symbol but don't know the \LaTeX\ command, we recommend using the Detexify website\footnote{\url{http://detexify.kirelabs.org}}.
Sometimes font or coding limitations mean a symbol may not get smaller when used in sub- or superscripts, and will therefore be displayed at the wrong size. There is no need to worry about this as it will be corrected by the typesetter during production.
To produce bold symbols in mathematics, use \verb'\bmath' for simple variables, and the \verb'bm' package for more complex symbols (see section~\ref{sec:packages}). Vectors are set in bold italic, using \verb'\mathbfit{}'.
For matrices, use \verb'\mathbfss{}' to produce a bold sans-serif font e.g. \mathbfss{H}; this works even outside maths mode, but not all symbols are available (e.g. Greek). For $\nabla$ (del, used in gradients, divergence etc.) use \verb'$\nabla$'.
\subsection{Ions}
A new \verb'\ion{}{}' command has been added to the class file, for the correct typesetting of ionisation states.
For example, to typeset singly ionised calcium use \verb'\ion{Ca}{ii}', which produces \ion{Ca}{ii}.
\section{Figures and tables}
\label{sec:fig_table}
Figures and tables (collectively called `floats') are mostly the same as built into \LaTeX.
\subsection{Basic examples}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{example}
\caption{An example figure.}
\label{fig:example}
\end{figure}
Figures are inserted in the usual way using a \verb'figure' environment and \verb'\includegraphics'. The example Figure~\ref{fig:example} was generated using the code:
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{example}
\caption{An example figure.}
\label{fig:example}
\end{figure}
\end{verbatim}
\begin{table}
\caption{An example table.}
\label{tab:example}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\hline
Star & Mass & Luminosity\\
& $M_{\sun}$ & $L_{\sun}$\\
\hline
Sun & 1.00 & 1.00\\
$\alpha$~Cen~A & 1.10 & 1.52\\
$\epsilon$~Eri & 0.82 & 0.34\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
The example Table~\ref{tab:example} was generated using the code:
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{table}
\caption{An example table.}
\label{tab:example}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\hline
Star & Mass & Luminosity\\
& $M_{\sun}$ & $L_{\sun}$\\
\hline
Sun & 1.00 & 1.00\\
$\alpha$~Cen~A & 1.10 & 1.52\\
$\epsilon$~Eri & 0.82 & 0.34\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{verbatim}
\subsection{Captions and placement}
Captions go \emph{above} tables but \emph{below} figures, as in the examples above.
The \LaTeX\ float placement commands \verb'[htbp]' are intentionally disabled.
Layout of figures and tables will be adjusted by the publisher during the production process, so authors should not concern themselves with placement to avoid disappointment and wasted effort.
Simply place the \LaTeX\ code close to where the figure or table is first mentioned in the text and leave exact placement to the publishers.
By default a figure or table will occupy one column of the page.
To produce a wider version which covers both columns, use the \verb'figure*' or \verb'table*' environment.
If a figure or table is too long to fit on a single page it can be split it into several parts.
Create an additional figure or table which uses \verb'\contcaption{}' instead of \verb'\caption{}'.
This will automatically correct the numbering and add `\emph{continued}' at the start of the caption.
\begin{table}
\contcaption{A table continued from the previous one.}
\label{tab:continued}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\hline
Star & Mass & Luminosity\\
& $M_{\sun}$ & $L_{\sun}$\\
\hline
$\tau$~Cet & 0.78 & 0.52\\
$\delta$~Pav & 0.99 & 1.22\\
$\sigma$~Dra & 0.87 & 0.43\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
Table~\ref{tab:continued} was generated using the code:
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{table}
\contcaption{A table continued from the previous one.}
\label{tab:continued}
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\hline
Star & Mass & Luminosity\\
& $M_{\sun}$ & $L_{\sun}$\\
\hline
$\tau$~Cet & 0.78 & 0.52\\
$\delta$~Pav & 0.99 & 1.22\\
$\sigma$~Dra & 0.87 & 0.43\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{verbatim}
To produce a landscape figure or table, use the \verb'pdflscape' package and the \verb'landscape' environment.
The landscape Table~\ref{tab:landscape} was produced using the code:
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{landscape}
\begin{table}
\caption{An example landscape table.}
\label{tab:landscape}
\begin{tabular}{cccccccccc}
\hline
Header & Header & ...\\
Unit & Unit & ...\\
\hline
Data & Data & ...\\
Data & Data & ...\\
...\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{landscape}
\end{verbatim}
Unfortunately this method will force a page break before the table appears.
More complicated solutions are possible, but authors shouldn't worry about this.
\begin{landscape}
\begin{table}
\caption{An example landscape table.}
\label{tab:landscape}
\begin{tabular}{cccccccccc}
\hline
Header & Header & Header & Header & Header & Header & Header & Header & Header & Header\\
Unit & Unit & Unit & Unit & Unit & Unit & Unit & Unit & Unit & Unit \\
\hline
Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data\\
Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data\\
Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data\\
Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data\\
Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data\\
Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data\\
Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data\\
Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data & Data\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{landscape}
\section{References and citations}
\subsection{Cross-referencing}
The usual \LaTeX\ commands \verb'\label{}' and \verb'\ref{}' can be used for cross-referencing within the same paper.
We recommend that you use these whenever relevant, rather than writing out the section or figure numbers explicitly.
This ensures that cross-references are updated whenever the numbering changes (e.g. during revision) and provides clickable links (if available in your compiler).
It is best to give each section, figure and table a logical label.
For example, Table~\ref{tab:mathssymbols} has the label \verb'tab:mathssymbols', whilst section~\ref{sec:packages} has the label \verb'sec:packages'.
Add the label \emph{after} the section or caption command, as in the examples in sections~\ref{sec:sections} and \ref{sec:fig_table}.
Enter the cross-reference with a non-breaking space between the type of object and the number, like this: \verb'see Figure~\ref{fig:example}'.
The \verb'\autoref{}' command can be used to automatically fill out the type of object, saving on typing.
It also causes the link to cover the whole phrase rather than just the number, but for that reason is only suitable for single cross-references rather than ranges.
For example, \verb'\autoref{tab:journal_abbr}' produces \autoref{tab:journal_abbr}.
\subsection{Citations}
\label{sec:cite}
MNRAS uses the Harvard -- author (year) -- citation style, e.g. \citet{author2013}.
This is implemented in \LaTeX\ via the \verb'natbib' package, which in turn is included via the \verb'usenatbib' package option (see section~\ref{sec:options}), which should be used in all papers.
Each entry in the reference list has a `key' (see section~\ref{sec:ref_list}) which is used to generate citations.
There are two basic \verb'natbib' commands:
\begin{description}
\item \verb'\citet{key}' produces an in-text citation: \citet{author2013}
\item \verb'\citep{key}' produces a bracketed (parenthetical) citation: \citep{author2013}
\end{description}
Citations will include clickable links to the relevant entry in the reference list, if supported by your \LaTeX\ compiler.
\defcitealias{smith2014}{Paper~I}
\begin{table*}
\caption{Common citation commands, provided by the \texttt{natbib} package.}
\label{tab:natbib}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
\hline
Command & Ouput & Note\\
\hline
\verb'\citet{key}' & \citet{smith2014} & \\
\verb'\citep{key}' & \citep{smith2014} & \\
\verb'\citep{key,key2}' & \citep{smith2014,jones2015} & Multiple papers\\
\verb'\citet[table 4]{key}' & \citet[table 4]{smith2014} & \\
\verb'\citep[see][figure 7]{key}' & \citep[see][figure 7]{smith2014} & \\
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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}
The study of emission lines provides a powerful way to investigate a large variety of physical processes ocurring in galaxies. This is particularly true for H$\alpha$, which is often one of the most prominent lines in the optical interval. Indeed, star-formation may produce a powerful H$\alpha$ line emission from recombination in nebular regions ionized by the radiation field of young, massive stars \citep[e.g,][]{osterbrock2005}, and the flux of this line is often used as an indicator of the star formation rate \citep{kennicutt1998_SFR,starlightI,Calzetti2013,madau2014}. But other sources than star-formation can also ionize the gas and lead to H$\alpha$ emission, like nuclear activity driven by AGNs, where the ionizing photons are produced in an accretion disk around a massive black hole \citep[][]{veron-cetty-veron2000}, or shocks in the gas \citep[][]{dopita1995,alatalo2016}.
In some cases the origin of the emission is not clear, as is the case of the LINERS. This terminology was introduced by \cite{heckman1980} for objects with emission lines with widths similar to that found in Seyfert galaxies but showing lower excitation when compared to those galaxies. Later, \cite{trinchieri1991} and \cite{binette1994} proposed that, instead, the LINER emission could originate through ionization by evolved stars, like post-AGB stars or white dwarfs. \cite{cidfernandes2010} have argued that many galaxies with weak LINER-like emission lines could be {\it retired} galaxies, where the star formation ceased and which are now being ionized by old stars. The introduction of integral field studies helped to clarify this issue by showing that the LINER emission in some galaxies is actually extended and can not be produced by nuclear activity alone \citep[e.g. ][]{singh2013,ricci2014,belfiore2016}.
Many studies on the morphology of the H$\alpha$ emission were carried out aiming to derive structural or kinematical properties of the galaxies or of the gas emission. \cite{karachentsev2010} investigated the H$\alpha$ emission for the Local Volume, finding evidence of stellar formation in early-type objects both in knots and in the central regions, interpreting it as indication of accretion of intergalactic gas. \cite{nelson2012} compared spatially resolved maps in H$\alpha$ with maps of the continuum in the R band for a sample of $z\sim1$ star forming galaxies, showing that although both the maps are quite similar, H$\alpha$ emission is more extended and more clumpy than the continuous emission. \cite{gavazzi2018}, analyzed a sample of 147 early-type galaxies (ETG) from the ATLAS$^{3D}$ survey \citep{Cappellari2011} and found that 37\% of them exhibited some emission in H$\alpha$, with about 14\% of them exhibiting relatively strong emission, produced mainly by low mass S0 with stellar and gaseous fast rotating discs.
Since H$\alpha$ emission (and its luminosity) is an important proxy for both nuclear activity and formation of stars, spatially resolved maps of H$\alpha$ may provide important informations about ionization mechanisms, star formation rates, mass assembly, and other galaxy properties. The advent of integral field spectroscopy surveys, like ATLAS$^{3D}$ \citep{Cappellari2011}, SAMI Galaxy Survey \citep{croom2012}, CALIFA \citep{sanchez2012}, and MaNGA \citep{bundy2015}, enabled the investigation of the spatially resolved properties of galaxies and their relation to processes influencing the formation and evolution of galaxies, like quenching. With spatially resolved data it is possible to study the radial dependence of star formation histories \citep{perez2013,garciabenito2017,rosa2017,goddard2017, amorim2017} or evaluate star formation rates inside galaxies, both locally and globally \citep{canodiaz2016,rosa2016,kokusho2017,medling2018}.
The morphology of the H$\alpha$ has often being addressed via the distribution within a galaxy of the star formation rate or other star formation indicators. As part of a series of studies on the star formation morphology in galaxies of the Virgo Cluster, \cite{Koopmann2001} analyzed R-band and H$\alpha$ images, radial profiles, integrated fluxes, and concentration indices to establish links between the H$\alpha$ morphologies of Virgo Cluster spiral galaxies and the types of interaction(s) that may have affected them. These authors proposed a set of classes (combinations of normal, enhanced, anemic, and truncated) to describe the global galaxy star formation morphology. Analyzing a small sample of galaxies in the MaNGA prototype run (P-MaNGA), \cite{li2015} classified the radial profiles of their three diagnostic parameters (Dn4000), EW(H$\delta$), and EW(H$\alpha$)) as either 'centrally quiescent' or 'centrally star forming'. Recently, \cite{spindler2018} investigated the spatial distribution of star formation in a large sample of galaxies of the MaNGA survey \citep{bundy2015}, revealing the existence of two groups of galaxies, which they named 'Centrally Suppressed' and 'Unsuppressed' regarding the radial distribution of their specific star formation rates. Analogously, \cite{medling2018} studied the resolved star formation of a sample of galaxies in the SAMI survey, also finding a split between galaxy populations with centrally concentrated star formation and those with flatter star formation profiles.
In this paper we consider the classification of H$\alpha$ emission radial profiles for a sample of 86 almost face-on CALIFA survey galaxies. We focus on H$\alpha$ to avoid, in the classification stage, discriminating between emission due to star formation, AGN or old stars. We propose an objective procedure where we first divide galaxies in two classes - those where the peak of the H$\alpha$ emission is in the galaxy center and those where this peak is outside the center- and, after, we divide the galaxies in the first group in two by using the light concentration in the $r$-band to take in to account in this classification the bimodal nature of the galaxy population. Indeed, in the local universe, a bimodality is present in many galaxy properties, such as colors and stellar formation rates \citep{Strateva2001, omill2006, baldry2006, zibetti2017, Nelson2018}, by which they can be separated into two large groups, early-types and late-types. Early-types comprise essentially elliptical and lenticular galaxies with old stellar populations, red colors, high masses and almost none star formation \citep{Trager2000, conselice2006, vanDokkum2007}. In contrast, late-type galaxies are mostly spirals (with and without bars) and irregulars galaxies, characterized by younger populations, blue colors, lower stellar masses and active star formation, when compared to early-type galaxies \citep{Bell2003,abilio2006}. We also investigate whether our profile classification is correlated with other galaxy parameters or properties, in particular those inferred from population synthesis. The analysis of stellar populations through galaxy spectral synthesis \citep[e.g., ][]{tinsley76,tinsley80,leitherer99,bruzualecharlot2003,starlightI} allows to determine properties such as mean stellar ages, metallicity, stellar mass and star formation history that are useful to characterize the galaxies. Additionally, morphological types, brightness profiles \citep{deVaucouleurs1948,Sersic1963} and also concentration parameters have been shown to relate to many physical features of galaxies or of their galaxy populations \citep{okamura1984,graham2001,gini2003,conselice2014}. \cite{Strateva2001}.
This paper begins with a description of our sample in Section \ref{sec:Data}. There we describe some relevant details of the CALIFA Survey, the Pipe3D pipeline and how we deal with the dust extinction. In Section \ref{sec:analysis} we explain the structural and physical parameters used here, as well as the procedure to determine and classify the radial H$\alpha$ profiles. Section \ref{sec:results} present a comparative study between the profile classes and other physical parameters. In Section \ref{sec:discussion} we discuss these results, making clear the relations between profile classes and galaxy properties. Section \ref{sec:summary} summarizes the work presented here.
\section{Data}
\label{sec:Data}
The galaxies analyzed in this work were selected from the CALIFA Survey, with datacubes treated by the Pipe3D pipeline, both briefly described below. Additionally, we present our procedure to correct the H$\alpha$ emission for dust attenuation, as well as the criteria adopted to select the final sample.
\subsection{The CALIFA sample}
\label{sec:califa}
The Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area \citep*[CALIFA;][]{califa_surveyI} survey, in its second release \citep{califadr2}, observed 200 galaxies of all Hubble types in the nearby universe. The galaxy sample of this survey was selected from the SDSS-DR7 photometric catalogue \citep{sdssDR7}, with constraints on isophotal diameter ($45" < D_{25} < 80"$) and on the redshift range ($0.005 < z < 0.03$).
The objects were observed with the integral-field spectrograph
PMAS/PPak mounted on the 3.5 m telescope at the Calar Alto observatory and with two different spectral setups for each galaxy: a V500 grating with low-resolution ($\lambda/\Delta\lambda=850$ in 5000Å) in the wavelength range 3745Å-7500Å, and a V1200 grating with medium-resolution ($\lambda/\Delta\lambda=1650$ in 4500Å) in the wavelength range 3400Å-4750Å. A more complete description of the CALIFA survey can be found in \cite{walcher2014}.
\begin{figure*}
\includegraphics[width=0.49 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/ur_dist.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.49 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/age_dist.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.49 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/massgal_dist.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.49 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/zh_dist.png}
\caption[]{Some properties of the galaxy sample discussed in this paper, comprised of face-on galaxies from CALIFA/DR2.}
\label{distrib_propriedades}
\end{figure*}
\subsection{Pipe3D}
Pipe3D \citep{Pipe3d,I_Pipe3d} is an analysis pipeline developed to extract information from IFS datacubes of surveys like CALIFA, MaNGA and SAMI \citep{califa_surveyI, bundy2015, croom2012}.
Pipe3D depends on a spectral synthesis tool \citep[FIT3D][]{I_Pipe3d} and comprises the GSD156 library of simple stellar populations \citep{cid2013}, with 156 templates covering 39 stellar ages (from 1Myr to 14.1Gyr), and 4 metallicities ($Z/Z_{\odot{}}=0.2, 0.4, 1, \text{and} 1.5$). All the steps used to obtain the dataproducts are well explained in \cite{I_Pipe3d,Pipe3d}.
In this work we have started by using the results of Pipe3D for 200 galaxies from CALIFA/DR2 \citep{califadr2}, with the V500 setup. From the many dataproducts obtained with Pipe3D, we used in our analysis the H$\beta$, [OIII]$\lambda$5007, H$\alpha$ and [NII]$\lambda$6583 emission lines maps, all of them in units of $10^{-16}$erg s$^{-1}$ cm$^{-2}$.
\subsection{H$\alpha$ maps: source and dust attenuation}
\label{sec:maps}
Most of our analysis is based on H$\alpha$ maps. To take in to account the effect of extiction due to dust within the galaxy on this and other line intensities, we corrected the dust attenuation by using a screen model \citep[e.g.][]{calzetti1994}. We adopted the extinction law of \cite{cardelli1989}, with $R_V=3.1$. These assumptions lead to a relation between the extinction coefficient in the V-band and the H$\alpha$/H$\beta$ intensity ratio as:
\begin{equation}
A_V = 6.10 \times \log \Bigg[\frac{H\alpha}{H\beta}\Bigg] - 2.78.
\end{equation}
In order to correct the dust attenuation pixel by pixel, we have used the mean value of $A_V$, calculated in $r > 0.20 a$ (where $a$ is the semi-major axis of the galaxy image; see Sect. \ref{sec:analysis}), to avoid contamination of this estimate by non-stellar nuclear activity.
\subsection{Our sample}
From the 200 galaxies observed in CALIFA/DR2, we selected nearly face-on objects, i.e., those with ellipticity $\epsilon < 0.35$ in the V band (see next section). Our final sample contains 86 galaxies of different morphological types, which we divided in three morphological classes as shown in Table \ref{tabela_morf}. This sample covers a range of physical properties typical of those found in bright galaxies in the local universe: it has colors in the interval $1.4 < u-r < 3.4$, mean stellar ages in $\sim 10^{7.8} < t_* ~({\rm yr}) <10^{9.8}$, stellar masses in $\sim 10^{9.5} < M_*/M_{\odot} < 10^{11.8}$ and metallicities in $-0.4 < \log(Z/Z_\odot) < -0.03$. Figure \ref{distrib_propriedades} shows the distribution of these properties for the 86 galaxies in the sample. Table \ref{tab01}, in the Appendix, summarizes relevant properties for each galaxy.
\section{Analysis}
\label{sec:analysis}
In this section we describe some morphological estimators for the $V$-band emission and our definitions of the concentration of the $H\alpha$ emission. We also show how we measured the $H\alpha$ emission profiles and present a procedure for their classification.
\subsection{Morphological and Structural Parameters}
\begin{table}
\vspace{0.3cm}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c| c| c|}
\hline
Morph. Class & Hubble type & \# \\
\hline \hline
E\underline{ }S0 & E0-E7, S0 & 30 \\
S\underline{ }early & Sa, Sab, Sb & 23 \\
S\underline{ }late & Sbc, Sc, Scd, Sd & 33 \\ [1ex]
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption[]{Morphological classes of our sample, with the respective Hubble Types and number of objects.}
\label{tabela_morf}
\end{table}
\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.49 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/concentracoes_cr.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.49 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/concentracoes_Cefe_ha.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.49 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/concentracoes_Cc_ha.png}
\caption[]{Distribution of the concentrations $c_r$, $c_e(H\alpha)$ and $c_c(H\alpha)$ for the galaxies in the sample.}
\label{figure: distribuicoes_concentracao}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}
We have determined quantitative morphological parameters for the images delivered by Pipe3D for the galaxies in our sample through their image moments $\mu_{pq}$. The raw and central image moments of order $(p+q)$ are given by \citep{flusser09}
\begin{equation}
M_{pq}= \sum_{i=1}^{n_x} \sum_{j=1}^{n_y} x_i^p y_j^{q} F(x_i,y_j)
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
\mu_{pq}= \sum_{i=1}^{n_x} \sum_{j=1}^{n_y} (x_i - \bar{x})^p (y_j - \bar{y})^{q} F(x_i,y_j),
\end{equation}
where $(x_i,y_i)$ are the coordinates of the $i$-th pixel of the image, ($\bar{x},\bar{y}$) is the centroid of the emission, given by
\[\bar{x} = \frac{M_{10}}{M_{00}} ~~~~~~~~~~
\bar{y} = \frac{M_{01}}{M_{00}},\]
and $F(x_i,y_i)$ is the flux in that pixel.
Image moments are useful for obtaining the major and minor semi-axes \textit{a} and \textit{b}, the ellipticity $\epsilon$, the inclination angle $\theta$ and the mean radius $\bar{R}$ of the ellipse that fits the image of a galaxy. We apply the moments of the image in the V band map reconstructed by Pipe3D of each galaxy, so that the flux $F(x_i,y_i)$ and all the derived (ellipse) parameters are in $V$ band. The moments were calculated using all pixels with positive fluxes.
Since we have galaxies of different sizes, it is convenient to normalize the scales (and in particular the major semi-axis) of each galaxy by its effective radius, $R_e(V)$, which is defined as the radius which comprises half of the $V$-band galaxy's flux.
To help in the discussion on the structural properties of the H$\alpha$ emission for each galaxy, we have derived two concentration parameters. The first is the effective concentration, $c_e(H\alpha)$, which measures the ratio of the radius containing 50\% of the H$\alpha$ emission ($R_e(H\alpha)$) in the H$\alpha$ maps, to the major semi-axis obtained in the $V$ band, $a$, through the image moments, and, second, the central concentration, $c_c(H\alpha)$, which measures the ratio between the H$\alpha$ flux within $0.2a$ and the total H$\alpha$ flux:
\begin{equation}
c_{e}(H\alpha) = \frac{R_{e}(H\alpha)}{a}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
c_c(H\alpha) = \frac{I_{H\alpha}(0.2a)}{I_{H\alpha}(a)}
\end{equation}
The concentraction $c_r$ of the luminosity in the r band, as defined by \cite{Strateva2001}, was also calculated for the galaxies in the sample, and the distributions of these three concentrations are shown in Figure \ref{figure: distribuicoes_concentracao}. The concentration $c_r$ was used by \cite{Strateva2001} to investigate the bimodality of the galaxy population (which is also present in the figure), and we show below that it is also useful to analyze H$\alpha$ profiles.
\subsection{Radial Profiles of H$\alpha$}
\label{sec:profiles}
In this section we discuss, initially, our procedure to obtain radial H$\alpha$ profiles and, after, the criteria we adopted to classify them in to three classes.
Given the H$\alpha$ image of a galaxy, we first define its centroid and other geometric parameters as the same obtained by using the moments of the image in the $V$ band. Then, for each pixel, we compute its radius as
\[ a_i =\sqrt{\frac{[\Delta{x} \sin \theta+\Delta{y} \cos \theta]^2+[\Delta{x}\cos \theta+\Delta{y} \sin \theta]^2}{(1-\epsilon)^2}}, \]
where $\Delta{x}=(x_i-\bar x)$, $\Delta{y}=(y_i-\bar y)$, $\theta$ is the inclination angle and $\epsilon$ is the ellipticity.
We sorted these radii and binned them in 50 radial bins with approximately the same number of pixels, and computed for each of these bins the mean value of the H$\alpha$ emission. We then built the H$\alpha$ radial profile of each galaxy by plotting the mean flux in each bin as a function of the bin radius.
The resulting profiles are shown in Figures \ref{CE_profiles}, \ref{CL_profiles} and \ref{E_profiles} in the appendix \ref{profiles_ha_appendix}. From visual inspection, we first point out that they can be divided in two broad classes with respect to the maximum H$\alpha$ emission: those with maximum emission at the galaxy center, which we designate as $C$ (for central) profiles, and those where the peak of the emission is outside the galaxy center, which we designate as $EX$ (for extended) profiles. This is somewhat analogous to the two classes {\it centrally quiescent} and {\it centrally star-forming} of \cite{li2015} or the {\it unsuppressed} and {\it centrally suppressed} classes discussed by \cite{spindler2018}. Figure \ref{distribuicao_rmax} shows the distribution of the radius of maximum emission $R_{ME}$ for our sample. There are 63 and 23 galaxies of our sample in classes $C$ and $EX$, respectively.
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=1.0 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/histograma_Rmax_emission22.png}
\caption[]{The distribution of the radius of maximum H$\alpha$ emission, $R_{ME}$, for our sample. For almost 3/4 of our sample the maximum emission is in the galaxy center. }
\label{distribuicao_rmax}
\end{figure}
A visual examination of $C$ profiles shows that they comprise a variety of behaviors, from those where most of the H$\alpha$ emission indeed comes from the center, to those where a significant fraction of this emission comes from more external regions of the galaxy. Figure \ref{concentration_by_type} shows the distribution of the concentrations $c_{e}(H\alpha)$, $c_{c}(H\alpha)$, and $c_r$ for the $C$ and $EX$ profile classes. From the examination of this and other figures, we decided to divide the $C$ profiles in two sub-classes, with respect to the $c_r$ concentration. Indeed, \cite{Strateva2001} has shown that this quantity is useful to discriminate between the red and blue galaxy populations, with $c_r = 2.63$ providing a divisory line. We then define the $CE$ class as that containing early-type objects with $C$ profiles, i.e., those with $c_r > 2.63$, whereas the $CL$ class comprises late-type galaxies ($c_r < 2.63$) with $C$ profiles. From several tests, we verified that sub-classification of $C$ profiles with $c_r$ provides a more sensible classification than using the other concentrations, $c_{e}(H\alpha)$and $c_{c}(H\alpha)$. Our sample has 36 and 27 galaxies in classes $CE$ and $CL$, respectively.
\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.49 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/histograma_Conc_r_tipos_c2}
\includegraphics[width=0.49 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/histograma_Conc_efetiva_tipos_c2}
\includegraphics[width=0.49 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/histograma_Conc_central_tipos_c2}
\caption[]{Distribution of the concentrations $c_r$, $c_e(H\alpha)$ and $c_c(H\alpha)$ for the galaxies in the sample.}
\label{concentration_by_type}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}
\begin{figure*}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/perfil_Ha_NGC5614_correcao_Avm}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/perfis_all_CE_norm}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/perfil_Ha_NGC0477_correcao_Avm}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/perfis_all_CL_norm}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/perfil_Ha_NGC6154_correcao_Avm}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/perfis_all_EX_norm}
\caption[]{Examples of the three H$\alpha$ profile types. From top to bottom: $CE$, $CL$ and $EX$ profiles. The left panels show a typical profile (that with the class median $c_r$), whereas the right panels shows all profiles of a given type together, normalized by their maximum H$\alpha$ emission.}
\label{perfil_ha_classificacao}
\end{figure*}
Figure \ref{perfil_ha_classificacao} shows the result of this profile morphological analysis. The figure shows H$\alpha$ profiles separated by these three classes, as well as the profile with median $c_r$ of each class. In general, $CE$ profiles present most of the emission comming from the galaxy center, without relevant emission outside the central region; $CL$ profiles tend to be more extended, indicating H$\alpha$ emission spread over larger radii. For type $EX$ profiles, by definition most of the emission comes from regions outside the galaxy center, in one or more bumps.
\begin{table}
\vspace{0.3cm}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c| c| c| c|}
\hline
& $CE$ & $CL$ & $EX$ \\
\hline \hline
E\underline{ }S0 & 28 & 1 & 1 \\
S\underline{ }early & 4 & 8 & 11 \\
S\underline{ }late & 4 & 18 & 11 \\ [1ex]
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption[Tabela de contingência]{Contingency table for the H$\alpha$ profiles and morphological classes, where we show the number of galaxies in each profile and morphological class.}
\label{Contigencytable_perfil_morfologia}
\end{table}
\section{Results}
\label{sec:results}
In this Section we present some consequences of our profile classification, arguing that it is indeed meaningful, by examining relations between the profile types and other galaxy parameters: morphological classes, concentration measurements and stellar population parameters. Finally, we use diagnostic diagrams to determine the origin of the H$\alpha$ emission.
\subsection{Relations with morphological types and concentrations}
We start by investigating whether the profile types are related to the galaxy morphological classes. A simple $\chi^2$ test of the contingency table of morphological classes and profile types, Table \ref{Contigencytable_perfil_morfologia}, leads to $\chi^2 \simeq 53$, with a $p-value=8.5 \times 10^{-11}$, indicating that the profiles and the morphological classes are not independent. Figure \ref{perfil_ha_mosaic} shows the proportion of each morphological class for each profile type. Considering $C$ profiles, our two classes discriminate well between the E\underline{ }S0 (mostly in the $CE$ class) and S groups (mostly in the $CL$ class). $EX$ profiles are mostly comprised of spiral galaxies. On the other side, the S\_early and S\_late groups are both numerous in $CL$ and $EX$ profile types.
By analyzing the $CL$ profiles in Figure \ref{CL_profiles} individually, it may be noticed that $\sim75\%$ of the objects have at least a second H$\alpha$ emission peak along the galaxy's extension, probably coming from star formation in the disk of these objects. Since $CL$ profiles are dominated by spiral galaxies, both S\underline{ }early and S\underline{ }late, it is reasonable to associate these secondary H$\alpha$ emission peaks to star-forming arms or rings in the body of the galaxy.
In contrast, when we examine E\underline{ }S0 objects classified as CL and EX (NGC1349 and NGC5784, respectively), we notice that they also have emission peaks outside the center. As \cite{gomes2016a} argues, these early-type galaxies present evidence of recent stellar activity, showing that not all early-type galaxies are actually quenched.
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.98 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/quase_mosaico3_c2.png}
\caption[]{Fraction of morphological classes in each of the H$\alpha$ profiles' type.}
\label{perfil_ha_mosaic}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
The relation between concentrations and the three types of H$\alpha$ profiles is shown in Figure \ref{fig: concentracoes_violin} using violin diagrams (which depict the range of values and the probability of variables). The mean value of the concentration $c_r$ is larger for type $CE$ than for $CL$, by construction, and $CL$ and $EX$ types have similar $c_r$ values, corresponding approximately to the blue peak seen in the bimodal $c_r$ distribution in Figure \ref{figure: distribuicoes_concentracao}. The mean value of the central H$\alpha$ concentration decreases from $CE$ to $CL$ and to $EX$ profiles. The effective concentration, which is in fact measuring how extended is the line emission in the galaxy, increases from $CE$ to $CL$ to $EX$. Table \ref{tabela_propriedades_Estelares_perfil} presents the mean values of the concentration measurements for each profile type.
\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.65 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/Cr_boxplot_c2.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.65 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/Ccha_boxplot_c2.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.65 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/Cha_boxplot_c2.png}
\caption[]{Distribution of concentrations $c_r$, $c_c(H\alpha)$ and $c_e(H\alpha)$ with their mean value shown as a white dot inside the violin plot.}
\label{fig: concentracoes_violin}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}
\subsection{Stellar Population Properties}
To investigate the relations of the H$\alpha$ profiles with the properties of stellar populations, we have also used the mean values of some stellar population properties- age, metallicity and stellar mass- obtained from Pipe3d, since these quantities are good tracers of other properties of galaxies \citep[][for some examples]{gallazzi2005,gallazzi2008,peletier2013,rosa2014b,zibetti2017}. The mean values for these quantities for each type of profile are shown in Table \ref{tabela_propriedades_Estelares_perfil}, whereas their violin diagrams, by H$\alpha$ profile types, are shown in Figure \ref{perfis_stellar_properties}.
\begin{table*}
\vspace{0.3cm}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c| c| c| c| c| c| c|}
\hline
Profile & ${c_r}$ & ${c_c}(H\alpha)$ & ${c_e}(H\alpha)$ & log($t^*$/Gyr) & log($Z/Z_{\odot}$) & log($M_* / M_{\odot}$)\\
\hline \hline
CE & 3.07$\pm 0.03$ & 0.33$\pm0.02$ & 0.66$\pm 0.03$ & 9.49$\pm0.05$ & -0.23$\pm 0.01$ & 11.15$\pm0.07$ \\
CL & 2.22$\pm 0.04$ & 0.22$\pm0.03$ & 0.64$\pm 0.02$ & 8.90$\pm0.07$ & -0.29$\pm 0.01$ & 10.61$\pm0.10$ \\
EX & 2.29$\pm 0.07$ & 0.14$\pm0.03$ & 0.70$\pm 0.02$ & 9.12$\pm0.07$ & -0.31$\pm 0.01$ & 10.80$\pm0.09$ \\ [1ex]
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption[]{Mean value and standard deviation for the concentrations and stellar population parameters for the three types of H$\alpha$ profiles.}
\label{tabela_propriedades_Estelares_perfil}
\end{table*}
Considering only $C$ types, the mean ages, metallicities and masses are larger for galaxies with $CE$ than with $CL$ profiles; comparing $CL$ and $EX$ types, we notice that the latter seems to represent a population less evolved than the former, in the sense that their mean ages and metallicities are smaller for $CL$ than for $EX$ classes. Stellar masses in our sample are larger for $CE$ than for $CL$ types, and are larger for $EX$ than $CL$ types.
\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.65 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/idade_boxplot_c2.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.65 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/metalicidade_boxplot_c2.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.65 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/Mass_boxplot_c2.png}
\caption[]{The violin plot for the stellar age, metallicity and stellar mass and for each type of H$\alpha$ profile.}
\label{perfis_stellar_properties}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}
\subsection{The source of H$\alpha$ emission}
\label{emission_lines_source}
The next step in our analysis is to investigate the nature of the H$\alpha$ emission associated with each type of profile, if star formation, some kind of nuclear activity or both. For this we have made use of the \cite{bpt1981} BPT diagram. Figure \ref{bpt_all_galaxies} presents BPT diagrams for each profile type. At the left side of this figure we show the mean BPT diagram for each galaxy of a given profile type, whereas in the right panels we show this diagram separately for the internal ($r < 0.2 a$, in red) and external ($r > 0.2a$, in blue) regions of galaxies, again separated by profile type. This figure also shows the empirical line proposed by \cite{kauffmann2003} (where galaxies below it are classified as pure star-forming objects), the model line proposed by \cite{kewley2001} (where galaxies above it are considered AGNs), and the line proposed by \cite{schawinski2007} to discriminate between LINERs (below the line) and Seyfert galaxies (above the line). Any object between Kauffmann's line and Kewley's line are considered as an object in transition, with emission characteristics of both stars and AGNs.
The BPT diagram for the galaxies as a whole shows interesting trends with the H$\alpha$ profile. $CE$ objects present emission coming from both the star-forming and transition regions, with just one galaxy in the LINER region of the diagram. The fraction of galaxies in the transition region decreases from type $CE$ to $EX$ to $CL$ and, at the same time, the proportion of objects in the star-forming region increases. Galaxies with H$\alpha$ profiles of type $EX$ in this panel are all close to the line proposed by \cite{kauffmann2003}, showing less scatter than the other profiles.
Panels at the right side of Figure \ref{bpt_all_galaxies} tell a more interesting story. Considering the central region of the galaxies ($r < 0.2 a$, in red), type $CE$ profiles have most of their galaxies, $\sim 47\%$, in the transition region, $\sim 36 \%$ in the star-formation region and the other $17\%$ coming from the LINER region of the BPT diagram. Profiles of type $CL$ have $63\%$, $22\%$ and $15\%$ of central region emission coming from star-forming, transition and LINER regions, respectively. Galaxies with $CL$ profiles in the star-forming region are distributed forming a tail towads low values of $[NII]/H\alpha$, suggesting that these objects have lower metallicity than the others in $CE$ and $EX$ classes. $EX$ galaxies present a larger homogeneity in the distribution of central emission, with $30\%$, $39\%$ and $30\%$ of their members in star-forming, transition and LINER regions, respectively.
\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/bpt_CE_profile.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/bpt_in_out_CE_profile.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/bpt_CL_profile.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/bpt_in_out_CL_profile.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/bpt_E_profile.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.85 \columnwidth,angle=0]{fig/bpt_in_out_E_profile.png}
\caption[]{BPT diagram for galaxies in the sample: left panels show the diagram for galaxy mean emission line ratios of each type of H$\alpha$ profile. Right panels present the BPT diagram for the different profile types separated by inner (in blue) and outer (in pink) regions, respectively.}
\label{bpt_all_galaxies}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}
\section{Discussion}
\label{sec:discussion}
The H$\alpha$ emission is by far one of the most important tools to investigate galaxy properties. In this paper, through an analysis of a sample of CALIFA galaxies, we present a classification of the H$\alpha$ radial profile in three classes: $CE$, $CL$ and $EX$. The central profiles $CE$ and $CL$, have the peak of the line emission in the galaxy centre, whereas in $EX$ profiles, the maximum H$\alpha$ emission is outside the center. We found useful to distinguish two classes of central profiles ($CE$ and $CL$), dominated by early- or late-type populations, accordingly with the value of the $c_r$ concentration \citep{Strateva2001}. The profiles' types exhibit good relation with some structural and physical parameters such as concentrations and stellar population properties.
The first aspect to point out is that the large majority of our sample, $\sim 75$\%, has central ($C$) profiles. Dividing this group by the $c_r$ value in early, $CE$, and late $CL$, subtypes, we noticed that $CE$ profiles are dominated by early-type galaxies, E and S0. Spiral galaxies in the $CL$ class are mostly blue objects (in terms of the $c_r$ criterion), while the $EX$ class contains the same fraction of blue and red late-type galaxies. In other words, most of the spirals with central profiles are blue galaxies, whereas those with an extended profile have a mix of red and blue objects. E\underline{ }S0 galaxies are less than 4\% of the $CL$ and $EX$ profile classes; early-type galaxies in these classes are probably objects still forming stars, not quenched yet \citep[e.g.][]{gomes2016a}.
Concerning the H$\alpha$ concentration parameters, we have shown that the central concentration $c_c$ is indeed useful to describe the emission profiles: for central profiles, $CE$ objects tend to have more H$\alpha$ emission in the central region than the $CL$s and $EX$s. The effective concentration does not show strong trends with the profile types, although it tends to be larger for $EX$ profiles than for the others.
Stellar population properties also show trends with the profile types. Stellar populations are older for $CE$ profiles. Comparing mean stellar ages for $CL$ to $EX$ profiles, we can verify that the latter presents older populations than the former. Mean metallicities decrease from $CE$ to $CL$ and to $EX$. These results indicate that $CE$ profiles are more likely to be associated to early-type objects than $CE$ and $EX$ profiles.
The BPT diagram also presents significant differences between the three classes. Considering the mean value of the line ratios (left panels of Fig. \ref{bpt_all_galaxies}), the most striking difference is the large fraction of transition objects for $CE$ profiles compared to the others, which have most of their galaxies in the star-forming part of the diagrams. When we consider the internal and external BPT diagrams, several interesting features appear. For all profiles the number of galaxies with LINER central emission increases. The same is true for objects in the transition region, at least for late-types. For these galaxies, the large majority of the emission in the external regions seems to be due to star formation.
Indeed, the second aspect we consider important to highlight here is the difference in the properties of late type galaxies in the $CL$ and $EX$ classes. $EX$ objects have a significant fraction with central emission in the transition region, whereas for $CL$ objects, the fraction where the emission can be ascribed to star-formation is larger. Also, $CL$ galaxies seem to have a larger range of physical properties (e.g. nebular abundances) than late types in the $EX$ class. This seems to indicate that $EX$ objects are more evolved than $CL$ galaxies.
Our results support the findings of \cite{li2015} and \citet{spindler2018}. The latter authors analyzed SFR profiles from the SDSS-IV MaNGA survey, showing that they can be divided in 'centrally suppressed' and 'unsuppressed' star formation, in close association with our C and EX profiles. Our conclusions are in general agreement with theirs; they found that both centrally suppressed and unsuppressed galaxies have a bimodal distribution, whereas our EX galaxies are mostly blue. This is probably a consequence of our small sample size.
The classification procedure adopted here is objective and can be extended to other IFU-like observational data. We are interested in using this approach to investigate galaxy samples in the local universe observed by the surveys S-PLUS \citep[][in prep.]{mendesdeoliveira2018}, J-PLUS \citep{cenarro2018}, and J-PAS \citep{benitez2014}. Despite being photometric surveys, they are imaging large areas of the sky with a large number of narrow and broad-band filters (12 for S-PLUS and J-PLUS, and 59 for J-PAS). They contain narrow filters centred on H$\alpha$ and it has been shown that the H$\alpha$ emission can indeed be reliably determined for nearby objects with the observational setup of these surveys \citep{vilella-rojo2015,logrono-garcia2018}.
\section{Summary}
\label{sec:summary}
We have determined the radial profile of the H$\alpha$ emission for a sample of 86 face-on galaxies from the CALIFA survey. After visual examination, we classified these profiles in three classes, $CE$, $CL$ and $EX$, taking in to account the position of the maximum H$\alpha$ emission (in the galaxy centre or not) and, for galaxies where the maximum of H$\alpha$ emission comes from the galaxy centre, if the dominant population is red or blue, by using the light concentration in the $r$-band, $c_r$. Our results show that, for $\sim 75$\% of the sample, the peak of the emission is in the galaxy centre.
Galaxy properties, like morphology, mean stellar ages and metallicities, and the nature of the line emission, correlate well with these three classes. For example, most of the objects in the $CE$ class are early-type galaxies. Late-type galaxies are spread between the $CL$ and $EX$ classes, with $CL$ objects presenting features of a less evolved population when compared to the $EX$ class.
The classification presented here helps to highlight the diversity of H$\alpha$ emission in the galaxies of the local universe and its close links with properties usually adopted to describe the galaxy population.
\section*{Acknowledgements}
PMN thanks the financial support from Brazilian funding agency CNPq (grant 142436/2014-3). She also thanks Rosa González Delgado, Enrique Perez and Ruben García-Benito for useful comments. PMN also thanks the Instituto de Astrof\'isica de Andaluc\'ia (IAA/CSIC) and the Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG/USP) for their warm scientific environment that made this work possible. LSJ aknowledges support of CNPq (304819/2017-4) and FAPESP (2017/237666-0) to his work.
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andBeyond Launches Philanthropy-Focused Itineraries in Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa
02/11/18 / MoralCompass / Leave a comment / Adventure Travel, Cultural Travel, ecotourism, Environmental Activism, Expeditionary Travel, experiential travel, Responsible Travel, Uncategorized, Voluntourism / andBeyond, ecotourism, experiential travel, responsible tourism, Travel with Purpose, voluntourism
andBeyond travelers on the "Travel With a Purpose in Tanzania" program visit Ololosokwan Clinic, primary school, and Meirowa School, and can join a group of school children on a game drive and conservation lesson.
andBeyond, a leading luxury experiential travel company, has launched philanthropic-focused itineraries in Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa to give guests a first-hand look at its core ethos of caring for the land, wildlife, and people. The activities range from adopting an elephant at the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Kenya to participating in local school conservation lessons in Tanzania to visiting the Grootbos Green Futures College in Cape Town, an organization that provides educational training to unemployed young adults in the city.
Tanzania: Travelers on andBeyond's 9-day Travel with Purpose in Tanzania tour start the adventure off in Arusha before heading to andBeyond Lake Manyara Tree Lodge to explore the Mayoka and Moya communities by bike, and the new science labs at Kilimamoja School, funded by the Africa Foundation. The excursion continues to andBeyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, perched above the edge of Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater, before ending at andBeyond Klein's Camp on the Serengeti. Here, travelers will visit Ololosokwan Clinic, primary school, and Meirowa School, and can join a group of school children on a game drive and conservation lesson.
Kenya: andBeyond's new Travel with Purpose in Kenya 12-day itinerary weaves travelers through the Kuku Group Ranch at the foot of the Chyulu Hills in Nairobi, Lewa Downs Conservancy in Laikipia, and the Masai Mara to learn about and engage in various conservation projects. Highlights include a private visit to the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi to adopt an elephant, feeding giraffes at the Giraffe Centre, and a Maasai community visit led by the African Foundation Program Manager, in which travelers can interact with a Maasai family and visit a traditional boma.
South Africa: andBeyond's Travel with Purpose in South Africa journey is a 10-day excursion spanning from andBeyond Phinda Private Game Reserve to Cape Town to the Cape Whale Coast. At andBeyond Phinda Private Game Reserve, travelers take an excursion with Africa Foundation to visit projects in the Mduku and Mngobokazi communities, and assist in an exclusive rhino notching experience. Travelers then head to Cape Town for a half-day tour of Uthando, a non-profit that supports various community projects (day care, urban agriculture, environmental, and youth development programs), followed by a half-day tour of the city to explore Table Mountain, Greenmarket Square, and Company Gardens. The tour continues on to the Cape Whale Coast (known for its prime whale watching location), where travelers will have the option to explore the Grootbos's Green Futures College or the Siyakhula Organic Farm, visit the African Seabird and Penguin Sanctuary, and of course enjoy a whale watching excursion.
In addition to these opportunities for travelers to engage in voluntourism, andBeyond offers Small Group Journeys affording the opportunity to explore Africa, Asia's and South America's extraordinary landscapes in the company of an intimate group of like-minded safari enthusiasts, on a set itinerary. The newest is Land Rover Expeditions around Patagonia Lakes, and another around Chile/Argentina Wine & Country. Snow Leopard Expeditions (India) is on many travelers' bucket lists and Botswana Mobile Camping Expeditions is THE way to see Botswana for the adventurous.
Also, andBeyond owns and operates lodges and camps in Africa. New lodges opening in 2018 include Bateleur Camp in Kenya, Tengile River Lodge in South Africa, Phinda Homestead in South Africa, Phinda Vlei also in South Africa.
Guests travelling to &Beyond lodges in Africa can take advantage of "Fly Me" offers where the entire package price, including flights, is known; others who build an itinerary lodge by lodge, can benefit from long stay discounts. And for couples who have recently celebrated their nuptials, there is a Honeymoon Offer where a partner only pays 50%.
Asia travelers also can take advantage of long stay and "Fly Me" offers on some Indian itineraries, showcasing the best of the region at great deals.
Established in 1991, andBeyond is one of the world's leading luxury experiential travel companies, designing personalized high-end tours in 15 countries in Africa, five in Asia, and four in South America. andBeyond also owns and operate 29 extraordinary lodges and camps in Africa's iconic safari and island destinations. In addition, andBeyond operates small group, set-departure expeditions throughout Africa and Asia. This enables us to positively impact more than 9 million acres of wildlife land and 2,000 kilometres of coastline.
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Voluntourism: Wild Women Expeditions' Elephants, Treks and Temples Tour Provides Opportunity to Help with Elephant Care in Thailand's Chiang Mai Region
01/02/18 / MoralCompass / Leave a comment / Adventure Travel, Conservation, ecotourism, Environmental Activism, experiential travel, Responsible Travel, Sustainable Travel, Voluntourism, women-only travel / elephant rescue, elephants, sustainable tourism, voluntourism, Wild Women Expeditions, women-only adventures, women-only expeditions, women-only travel
During Wild Women Expeditions' Elephants, Treks and Temples tour of Northern Thailand participants get to help bathe, feed and walk elephants at both an elephant rescue center and in a Karen tribal village in the jungle.
CORNER BROOK, NL, CANADA– Elephants are the stars in a new-for-2018 multi-sport Thailand adventure for women-only hosted by Wild Women Expeditions.
Fall 2018 departures of Elephants, Treks and Temples tour of Northern Thailand (http://wildwomenexpeditions.com/trips/thailand-elephants/) will immerse guests for 11 days in the culture and landscape of northern Thailand's Chiang Mai region on bicycles, and while trekking and coursing down rivers on bamboo rafts. Stops enroute include helping to bathe, feed and walk elephants at both and an elephant rescue center and in a Karen tribal village in the jungle.
"Ethical, sustainable tourism is the Asian elephant's best hope to survive. In the spirit of the #BeKindToElephants movement, we want to respect and protect these majestic animals and so won't be riding elephants on any Wild Women tours," says Jennifer Haddow, Owner/Director of Wild Women Expeditions. "This practice often relies on wild elephants being brutally tamed before they can be ridden and we are creating tourism opportunities with elephants that do not cause harm."
The focus on elephants is part of a Wild Women Expeditions' commitment to change the perception of elephants as beasts of burden for tourists. The company is supporting Chai Lai Sisters, a community-based tourism project to convert an abusive elephant riding camp into a sanctuary or rescue center for elephants that is run by the Karen tribal community near Chiang Mai. This company also benefits a second organization, Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation, supporting the work of the work of the first elephant hospital in Thailand to rehabilitate elephants injured by overwork and neglect in tourist camps.
Wild Women Expeditions' Elephants, Treks and Temples Tour of Chiang Mai, Thailand, provides opportunity to help care for elephants.
Wild Women Expeditions has also thrown its financial support behind Chai Lai Orchid and a Go Fund Me Campaign to empower local women and rescue elephants. Donations are needed to save 13 Asian elephants from abusive conditions and to support a human-trafficking prevention program. For more details and to contribute see: https://www.gofundme.com/ChaiLai.
Elephants in this region are big business. The animals are enslaved to the tourist trade 365 days a year as cheap transportation carrying the weight of a heavy metal chair plus the weight of humans. Elephants are also in chains to logging interests, day after day dragging felled trees from the jungle. In the rescue center caretakers from a Karen hill tribe assure that the animals are well treated and have access to water for bathing. See: https://www.chailaiorchid.com/elephant-sanctuary/.
In Chiang Mai is the world's first elephant hospital that is supported by a non-profit organization called Friends of the Asian Elephant. Here treatments cover the spectrum of what distressed elephants may require, from illnesses requiring antibiotics to injuries mandating surgeries and future prosthesis, to maternal and infant care. See: http://www.friendsoftheasianelephant.org/en/.
Thailand's Chiang Mai is the gateway to access the country's north. The Wild Women Adventure Tour will visit several tribal communities to get a view of the rural landscape through activities including cycling, rafting and trekking.
Rice paddies, orchards, bamboo and fern groves surround women on bicycles in Sri Lanna National Park. To cross a reservoir they board a longtail boat bound for lunch at a floating bamboo raft house. Atop Thailand's second highest mountain they gaze across a landscape to neighboring Myanmar; they hike along a jungle trail and immerse themselves in the culture of a hill tribe whose business is maintaining tea plantations. The group will stay for two nights at Phu Chaisai, at an award-winning eco-resort crafted by bamboo in the jungle near Chiang Rai. One 3.5-hour trek leads to a Karen village hill tribe where elephants await new hands to feed and bathe them. Another day is spent at an elephant sanctuary near Chiang Mai. Omnipresent throughout this journey are temples – or wats – and the role that rivers continue to play in shaping Thailand's trade and agriculture.
The per person double rate is $2,295 USD inclusive of 10 nights accommodation (including a home stay), most meals, services of an English-speaking certified female guide and assistant guides, drinking water and snacks, activity-related equipment, travel, including airport transfers, in private air-conditioned vans, sightseeing tickets and zone entrance fees, flight confirmations and luggage transfers.
A quarter century ago Wild Women Expeditions pioneered today's steam-charged movement encouraging women to travel in small women-only groups. "Wild Women Expeditions gives women the opportunity to empower themselves amongst other women, connect with the natural world and make a positive impact in the communities we explore," says Haddow.
For details, availability and reservations for these and all Wild Women Expeditions' programs call 1 (888) 993-1222, email [email protected] or visit online at https://wildwomenexpeditions.com/.
Avila Beach & Valley Along CA Highway 1: Enter Sweepstakes, Join Voluntourism Program
03/04/17 / MoralCompass / Leave a comment / ecotourism, Voluntourism / Avila Beach, Avila Beach California, CA Highway 1, CA Highway 1 Discovery Route, California Highway 1, travel sweepstakes, voluntourism
Avila Beach, on California Highway 1 (photo by Dave E. Leiberman/Travel Features Syndicate)
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.– Don't miss these ahh inspiring, must-see spots in Avila Beach where you can pick your perfect paradise along the CA Highway 1 Discovery Route. The quaint town's breathtaking white sandy beaches, Mediterranean climate and warm ambiance set it apart from all others.
Locals call Avila Beach the land of ahhs because of all the ahh inspiring things to see and do. Located just off Highway 1 on California's central coast, the road to Avila Beach takes visitors through a lush oak valley lined with transformative spas featuring natural, mineral hot springs, world-class massage, yoga instruction, and sense therapies. Journey just a little further and the welcoming paradise of Avila Beach appears. Avila Beach is a breath of fresh salt air, with amenity-laden hotels, charming oceanfront restaurants, magnificent local wines, and shopping and activities for all to enjoy.
"Choose from a number of fine oceanfront resorts or stay in the perfect family friendly vacation rental," explains Cheryl Cuming, Chief Administrative Officer, CA Highway 1 Discovery Route. "In the fall, tour the apple orchards for the best of the season's harvest. Check out the oceanfront 18-hole golf course and the Bob Jones Trail, which connects walkers and bicyclists along three miles of San Luis Creek, from the top of Avila Valley to a vibrant beachfront downtown."
Win a $2,000 Avila Beach Getaway! Enjoy your choice of lodging and dining in the Land of Ahhs, plus a Spa Visit at Sycamore Mineral Springs! Just subscribe to the mailing list and reply to the confirmation email. Remain eligible for this and all future H1DR getaway offers by maintaining your monthly email newsletter subscription.
Stewardship Travel in Avila Beach
Stewardship Travel is your getaway to 'Ah-Ha' moments on vacation through activities and charitable donation opportunities that protect wildlife, habitat, and cultural heritage sites. As you plan your Avila Beach trip, consider adding an hour or two of fun volunteer time to your day, or schedule a travel adventure to a natural, cultural or historic site. Get the exclusive Avila Beach Free Stewardship Clean-up Kit & Tote Gift Bag,watch the sharks feed at the Central Coast Aquarium and visit the aquarium's Jelly Tank, take the Pecho Coast Trail Docent Hikes to Point San Luis Lighthouse with PG&E and much more.
For all the must see and do things in Avila Beach, go to: http://highway1discoveryroute.com/avila-beach-visitor-guide/
Rare Chance To Help Care for Giant Pandas on Natural Habitat Adventures' Wild China Trips
10/15/16 / MoralCompass / Leave a comment / Asia/Pacific travel, Conservation, ecotourism, international travel, Nature Travel, Voluntourism, Wildlife travel / #voluntourism, China nature adventures, China's pandas, ecotourism, Natural Habitat Adventures, saving pandas, wildlife tours
BOULDER, CO – Natural Habitat Adventures has introduced a new opportunity to get behind the scenes and assist with panda care on its China nature adventures. Guests can enjoy a one-day volunteer experience at a Chinese research base that has helped pull giant pandas back from the brink.
The optional caregiver opportunity takes place at Dujiangyan Panda Valley, China's newest facility for panda research, education and conservation located outside Chengdu. It is included on both Nat Hab's Wild Side of China Nature Odyssey and Wild Side of China Photo Adventure.
On both panda-focused itineraries, travelers have the rare chance to spend a day with panda keepers, enjoying pandas at close range while assisting with tasks that are part of the daily care routine, such as feeding pandas and cleaning enclosures.
This intimate contact comes in the context of a celebratory victory for conservation, as China's giant panda population was recently downgraded from endangered to vulnerable. While giant pandas are still at risk, their numbers continue to rebound. More than 1,800 were counted in the wild in China's 2014 survey, a jump of 17 percent since the 2003 national census.
Top naturalist Expedition Leaders provide insight into this success story on Nat Hab's two 12-day itineraries, which offer the most panda-intensive and nature-centered exploration of China provided by any travel company. In addition to visiting three different panda research bases, guests are immersed in the giant panda's wild native habitat, including two days in a remote mountain nature reserve in Sichuan Province that few tourists ever see.
On this rare expedition into the Minshan Mountains, walks and wildlife drives in this virtually unvisited preserve provides reveal the panda's native environment, including lush bamboo forests, river gorges and waterfalls.
Because wild pandas are highly elusive, guests are not likely to see them, but approximately 60 live within this densely forested 100,000-acre sanctuary. The reserve is rated as a Grade I global biodiversity hotspot by World Wildlife Fund and is home 430 different mammal species including golden monkeys, Tibetan and rhesus macaques, musk deer, muntjac, serow, wild boar, blue sheep, and endangered moon bears and red pandas. More than 2,400 different plant species and 150 bird species are also found in the park, including the golden pheasant.
Both itineraries also include Jiuzhaigou National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and UN Biosphere Reserve, containing some of China's most dramatic wild landscapes. Guided walks showcase steep peaks, ravines, forest, meadows, marshes and a multitude of lakes and waterfalls. The park's most distinctive feature is its terraced limestone pools filled with turquoise water that flows in crystalline cascades from ledge to ledge.
Each departure is led by a Nat Hab Expedition Leader who has trained with WWF scientists and researchers, along with a top Chinese naturalist guide. Travelers benefit from a breadth of expert scientific knowledge, authentic cultural insight and attentive personal service. Photo tour departures feature personalized guidance from an expert professional photographer.
This unique itinerary also offers an unusual chance for Western visitors to witness rural Chinese life. In the Gansu Muslim village of Qing Xi, guests stroll among 300-year-old wooden buildings from the Qing dynasty. On an overland journey onto the Tibetan Plateau, they traverse a landscape dotted with fluttering prayer flags and chortens and share lunch with a Tibetan family. And on a visit to a small farm, they learn about a WWF-supported bio-waste project that uses agricultural by-products to create cleaner cooking fuels, reducing local wood consumption and preserving habitat for pandas and other wildlife.
The per-person rate, based on double occupancy, starts at $10,495, for both regular and photo departures. 2017 season departures are: April 2, April 6 (Photo Tour), April 16, April 20 (Photo Tour), May 1, May 4 (Photo Tour), Sept. 3, Sept. 17, and Oct. 7 (Photo Tour). Dates also available for 2018.
For information on all of Nat Hab's trips, descriptive itineraries, date availability and reservations, call 800.543.8917 or visit http://www.nathab.com/. Click HERE to order a copy of the 2017 catalog.
Natural Habitat Adventures is a world leader in responsible adventure travel and nature-based ecotourism. Since its founding in 1985, the company has offered eco-conscious expeditions and wildlife-focused small-group tours to the planet's most remarkable nature destinations. Inspired and created from years of scouring the planet for the singular and extraordinary, Nat Hab's itineraries are artfully crafted experiences that are far from "typical." Trips are guided by professional naturalist Expedition Leaders, and Nat Hab enjoys a longstanding reputation for hiring some of the world's best guides. Conservation is at the forefront of everything NHA does, and its philosophy is simple: tourism must work with and benefit local communities, which will in turn find value in protecting natural resources and wildlife. NHA is proud to be the travel partner of World Wildlife Fund, sharing a mutual commitment to travel as a means of helping to protect the world's wondrous natural places. Nat Hab has donated more than $2 million to WWF and will continue to donate 1 percent of gross sales plus $100,000 annual through 2018 in support of WWF's mission.
African Travel Expands Safari with Voluntourism Opportunities
03/22/16 / MoralCompass / Leave a comment / Africa, Responsible Travel, Voluntourism / African safari, African Travel, National Volunteer Week, safaris, TreadRight, volunteering in Africa, voluntourism
African Travel, Inc. is supporting National Volunteer Week by providing numerous opportunities for travelers to donate their time, expertise and physical labor to a variety of projects in Cape Town, Livingstone, and Tanzania.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – African Travel, Inc. is supporting National Volunteer Week by providing numerous opportunities for guests to invest in Africa's future. Travelers can donate their time, expertise and physical labor to a variety of projects in Cape Town, Livingstone, and Tanzania while enjoying African Travel's award-winning collection, named one of Travel + Leisure's "World's Best."
"It's our ultimate goal to provide our guests with the safari of their dreams while making a meaningful difference in the world," said Sherwin Banda, president of African Travel. "We love the fact that our travelers want to give back to the communities they visit and leave their own legacy. We are heralding the age of voluntourism."
National Volunteer Week 2016 will be held from April 10 through 17. African Travel guests can add voluntourism options to many of the existing brochure tours. One day is the most frequently requested addition, but travelers with more time can extend their opportunities.
African Travel also encourages the sustainable development of tourism by partnering with the TreadRight Foundation and supporting projects that benefit the environment, heritage and community of Africa. Other partners include the Amy Biehl Foundation, which contributes to community building programs in Cape Town, and WildAid, whose mission is to end the illegal wildlife trade by shutting down global consumption of wildlife products.
African Travel, Inc. is a 40-year-old safari operator, with operations in Africa and the USA, offering customized and locally-hosted safaris to Africa at all price points. The company's focus is solely on planning and operating safaris in Africa. We have dedicated, experienced teams in Africa, Safari Specialists in the USA, an extensive transportation fleet, numerous hotels, camps and lodges throughout The Travel Corporation's Africa-based associate companies. Refer to www.AfricanTravelInc.com for a wide variety of ideas and safaris.
Created as a joint initiative between The Travel Corporation's family of brands, The TreadRight Foundation is a not-for-profit working to ensure the environment and communities we visit remain vibrant for generations to come. To date, TreadRight has more than 35 sustainable tourism projects worldwide. The foundation's guiding principle is to encourage sustainable tourism development through conservation, leadership and support for communities.
TreadRight's past project partners include WWF, Conservation International and The National Trust in the UK. Current initiatives include sponsoring the National Geographic Society's inaugural "World Legacy Awards," helping to combat wildlife crime with WildAid, and empowering individuals with the Alliance for Artisan Enterprise.
To learn more about our past and current work at TreadRight, visit TreadRight.org.
For more information and to book the safari, contact your Travel Professional, call African Travel, Inc. at 800-421-8907, or visit www.africantravelinc.com.
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Lindblad Expeditions-National Geo Offers Late Summer Galapagos Trips with Free Airfare and Opportunities to Participate in Conservation
07/30/15 / MoralCompass / Leave a comment / Conservation, ecotourism, Environmental Activism, expeditionary cruises, experiential travel, family-friendly adventures, Voluntourism / conservation in Galapagos, ecotourism, ecotourism in Galapagos, Galapagos, Lindblad Travel, Lindblad-National Geographic
Snorkeling with sea turtles is one of the highlights of Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic's Galapagos trip. Late summer departures also include special opportunities to participate in conservation, as well as take advantage of free airfare from Miami.
Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic has launched their first, annual celebration of conservation in Galápagos –Conservation in Action |Galapagos – a series of late summer departures that will offer guests an enriched conservation experience and the "credentials" to make them a first-class Galápagos ambassador.
Lindblad is committed to protecting the pristine archipelago, and has raised with their guests more than $6 million to support conservation and education programs in the region through the Lindblad-National Geographic Fund (LEX-NG Fund). Conservation in Action |Galapagos was created with the initial goal of raising $250,000 for a new conservation initiative that will complement their long-standing stewardship efforts – while educating guests about the various programs available.
Now, guests can make a personal impact while having an extraordinary time: Lindblad will donate $1,000 per person towards Galápagos conservation for any new reservation made for travel to Galápagos from August 15 to September 26, 2015. Guests can also take advantage of free roundtrip air from Miami to Galapagos during those dates (up to $1,250 per guest value), valid on new bookings only and subject to availability.
In addition to the hallmark highlights of a Galapagos expedition – snorkeling with sea turtles, penguins, and sea lions; hikes among colonies of wildlife and birds unfazed by your presence; observing rare giant tortoises in the wild, and exploring the waters of the Galápagos by kayak, glass-bottom boat, or Zodiac, Conservation in Action |Galapagos guests will have the opportunity to:
Transform trash into treasure to support local artisans. Guests will work with our Paper to Pearls team to learn an engaging, purposeful skill that benefits the human community of Galápagos—and make beautiful beads out of paper for artisans to turn into jewelry for local sale.
Meet artist-in-residence Carlyn Iverson, an accomplished natural history artist/instructor, on board National Geographic Endeavour to learn how to truly see and represent the creatures of Galápagos. Carlyn will hold drawing classes in the field—the only place on Earth where wild animals calmly pose for their portrait—and provide expert instruction during the expedition. (on the August 21, 28; September 4, 11, 18, 25 departures.)
See Galápagos' nature through the lens of your camera. Become a conservation ambassador for Galápagos and share the wonders with the world—your personal community of friends, family, and social groups—through your photos with our Lindblad-National Geographic certified photo instructor. Develop your talents, or learn new skills, as well.
Rates for the 10 day/9 night voyages aboard the 96-guest National Geographic Endeavour begin at $6,290 per person and on the 48-guest National Geographic Islander at $6,760 per person based on double occupancy in a category 1 cabin.
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Earthwatch Invites Public to 'Citizens for Science Exposition' at Harvard, Nov. 8
10/07/14 / MoralCompass / Leave a comment / ecotourism, experiential travel, Research expeditions, Voluntourism / citizen scientists, Citizens for Science Exposition, Earthwatch, Earthwatch Institute, expeditionary travel, research expeditions, voluntourism
Earthwatch Institute enables ordinary people to work alongside scientists. In 2013, Earthwatch scientists and volunteers completed nearly 135,000 hours of research, on over 50 expeditions, across 57 countries on six continents.
Earthwatch, a travel company that gives ordinary people the opportunity to work alongside scientists doing research, is inviting the public to its Citizens for Science Exposition which will be held on Saturday, November 8, 2014 as part of the Earthwatch Summit 2014.
The event will be hosted at the Harvard University Science Center and will allow the public to learn about Earthwatch scientists' research, and its impact on the environment, community, and wildlife. They will also learn how they can have a positive impact through Citizen Science.
Some of the highlights of the day will include:
* Opening Session: Rallying Call for Citizen Science with Opening Address. Speaker, Dr. William Moomaw, Chief Science Officer, Earthwatch Institute
* Morning Address: Harnessing the Power of Citizens for Science I by Dr. J. Nichols, Marine Biologist and author of Blue Mind
* Afternoon Address: Harnessing the Power of Citizens for Science II by Dr. Richard Primack, Boston University biologist and author of Walden Warming
* 6 Earthwatch Scientist Presentations a Q & A with Moderator, Dr. Meg Lowman, Chief of Science & Sustainability at the California Academy of Sciences
* Poster Sessions: Take part in conversations about their research and practices, addressing environmental topics within an informal dynamic
* Closing Address: Brian Rosborough, Founder, Earthwatch Institute
Those who are interested should register (by October 10, 2014).
Earthwatch: Hands-on Citizen Science
Powered by everyday people from all walks of life, Earthwatch is a community built on sound scientific inquiry, real environmental understanding, and impactful action.
"For more than 40 years, we have pioneered a unique model of hands on citizen science," says Nicole Morrill of the Earthwatch Institute. "There is no other organization that offers the real, undiluted, and extraordinary opportunity to join scientists and volunteers in the field on environmental projects around the globe.
"Volunteers take part in life changing experiences in the field and return home inspired and empowered."
In 2013, Earthwatch scientists and volunteers completed nearly 135,000 hours of research, on over 50 expeditions, across 57 countries on six continents. The research collected by Earthwatch volunteers has led to new conservation laws, preservation efforts, and environmental policies.
The expedition that is hardest to get on, and the most in demand, is Shark Conservation in Belize led by Dr. Demian Chapman.
"What is great about our organization is that all of the expeditions offer a chance for the volunteer to contribute to meaningful science that can lead to new laws and environmental polices. All of our expeditions offer life changing experiences on the field working with scientists. In short, Real Science Powered by Real People," Morrill says.
For more information, contact Earthwatch Institute, 114 Western Ave, Boston, MA 02134, 978-450-1267, earthwatch.org.
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Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports Seeks Volunteers
09/17/14 / MoralCompass / Leave a comment / Voluntourism / disabled skiing, disabled sports, Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports, volunteers wanted for adaptive ski programs, voluntourism
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Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, the largest nonprofit organization in Vermont to provide daily, year-round sports and recreation to people with disabilities, is seeking new volunteer ski and snowboard instructors for its winter programs at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Bolton Valley in Bolton and Pico Mountain in Killington. This rewarding opportunity allows the community to make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities seven days a week. Vermont Adaptive relies heavily on its more than 400 volunteers to provide and support more than 2,000 winter lessons to people with physical, cognitive and emotional or behavioral disabilities.
Volunteers are required to attend an off snow orientation at the mountain of choice in November as well as two days of on snow training in early December. Trainings are held on weekends. The off snow trainings are slated for: Saturday, Nov. 8 at Sugarbush, Saturday, Nov. 15 at Pico Mountain, and Sunday, Nov. 16 at Bolton Valley. Junior volunteers, ages 14 and up, also are welcome to attend training and volunteer.
Registration for off-snow training is required by signing up online. Guidelines and prerequisites can also be found online. For more details, visit http://www.vermontadaptive.org/volunteer_overview.php.
Volunteers will be taught about disability awareness, how to teach a ski or ride lesson as well as how to teach a specific type of lesson such as blind guiding, sit down skiing or working with participants with cognitive disabilities. Volunteers are expected to be a competent skier or rider prior to training. The program begins at all three locations on Dec. 26 and runs through the end of ski season at each mountain, typically the end of March or early April.
To sign up to volunteer visit http://www.vermontadaptive.org/volunteer_overview.php or contact Tom Alcorn, senior program coordinator at 802.353.7584 or [email protected].
Adventure Vietnam Introduces New Voluntourism Program
08/06/14 / MoralCompass / Leave a comment / Asia/Pacific, Asia/Pacific travel, Voluntourism
Adventure Vietnam (adventurevietnam.com) invites travelers to join its new Volunteerism program named "Exploring Vietnam's Charm – Bringing Smiles and Happiness to Disadvantaged People."
Recognizing that it is difficult for volunteers to devote several weeks to work on a community projects, but would dearly love to give a little something to Vietnam, Adventure Vietnam has designed an eight day/seven night itinerary that enables travelers to spend a couple of days volunteering as well as time to explore.
"We work with a number of orphanages/disabled children centers across Hanoi, and you will be placed in one of them depending on need and availability. The children who live at the orphanages/disabled children centers are both male and female and are aged between 1 and 18 years, with the older children attending school during the day. We also work with a shelter specifically for boys as well. Some of the children living at the orphanages have special needs and you will also be volunteering with these children too. The centers that we work with can vary in size from 20 to 250 children, so be prepared for a busy schedule!" said Xuan Truong who became head of the new department in June.
Adventure Vietnam is also looking for people who would serve as a group leader and independently promote and sell the program as a representative of their country of residence. Group leaders would receive a net rate. (Contact Xuan Truong at [email protected].)
Adventure Vietnam has more than 10 years of experience in voluntourism projects for communities in Vietnam.
Adventure Vietnam, 5 Nguyen Truong To Street, Ba Dinh Dist, Hanoi, Vietnam, Phone: +84.4.3927 4120 Fax: +84.4.39 27 41 18, Mail: [email protected], http://luxurytravelvietnam.com.
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Landon Collins: Giants front office thought OBJ was a problem "the whole time"
Posted by Mike Florio on May 10, 2019, 12:14 PM EDT
The Giant surprisingly didn't keep safety Landon Collins after the 2018 season. Even more surprisingly, they traded receiver Odell Beckham Jr., only months after signing him to a long-term deal.
"Was I shocked with Odell?" Collins told NJ.com. "No, honestly, not. They felt like he was a problem the whole time. Ever since Odell stepped into the league with them, they felt like he was a problem, I felt like from the outside."
In this case, the "they" is the front office. The players felt differently.
"We loved him," Collins said of his teammates. "Odell is my brother. He is not that kind of guy, or what people think he is about or what the organization did. I don't know why."
Collins' perception makes the decision to sign Beckham and then to trade him even more confusing. They could have traded him before signing him to a long-term deal. They also could have left him finish his rookie contract, applied the franchise tag, and traded him from under the tag, like the Chiefs did with Dee Ford and the Seahawks did with Frank Clark.
Of all the bizarre decisions the franchise has made in the past few years, the decision to pay more than $20 million to a player about whom the front office was ambivalent at best is by far the most confusing. Especially if they could have gotten compensation close to what they received from the Browns (first-round pick, third-round pick, and safety Jabrill Peppers) without having to give Beckham so much money.
Meanwhile, why did the Giants have a problem with Beckham in the first place? He never created any issues away from the field, and he always produced at a high level. He ultimately wasn't happy in New York, possibly because he sensed the organization's hesitation toward him.
All in all, it was a strange chapter for the Giants. If Beckham thrives in Cleveland or elsewhere, it will make New York's failure to make things work with Beckham even more strange.
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22 responses to "Landon Collins: Giants front office thought OBJ was a problem "the whole time""
kurdishpats1 says:
Gettlemen is absolutely clueless.
youngnoize says:
The funniest thing is I think every player who ever played with Odell would say the same thing about him. His teammates and people who actually know him adore him. A real selfless guy given all that's been bestowed upon him. It's funny how people paint pictures of people without knowing a single thing about them. Odell is a really good dude and teammate.
charliecharger says:
The front office wasn't judging Beckham as a friend. Most likely, Beckham is a great person. They're just judging players based on what they contribute to the goal of winning super bowls. In that regard, it was best to let Beckham go, and they should have years ago. Management gets paid for winning. They get fired when they lose. Players get paid regardless of whether they win or lose, so I see both sides.
willyalistentothis says:
Giants fans watched OBJ be a problem "the whole time."
The performance and circumstances around the playoff game were awful.
jdiba jdiba says:
Well, he WAS LOL.
You B. Crazy says:
It's not like OBJ was getting arrested every other week or anything. He's just an emotional player, which is not a bad thing. I'll take OBJ over most receivers in the league. The Giants front office has been a train wreck over the last 18 months.
dxm091n says:
If only your cover skills were as good as your interviews, less talk and more practicing bub!!!
georgeremus says:
Plain and simple..players like OBJ are always a problem when the team doesn't win. On a winning team these problems go away
David Copperfield is a Magician says:
OBJ just needs to look up to Larry Fitzgerald for a role model. OBJ does not do well if he is not the center of attention and that is a very bad trait to have.
akira1971 says:
"Of all the bizarre decisions the franchise has made in the past few years, the decision to pay more than $20 million to a player about whom the front office was ambivalent at best is by far the most confusing."
Why is it confusing? No doubt OBJ has the TALENT that earned that large contract. Fact that the Browns were willing to still overpay for a talented WR makes the decision easy to trade him.
eastcoastnorseman says:
If Beckham thrives in Cleveland or elsewhere, it will make New York's failure to make things work with Beckham even more strange.
And conversely, if Beckham fails in Cleveland, it will make the New York and Gettlemen look prescient?
richc111 says:
I mean I get it , all those guys were great , but I give the Giants credit I mean how do you break up such a great team with such a winning tradition as those guys had.
cobrala2 says:
"…I don't know why."
Really??
realfootballfan says:
You mean proposing to a kicker's net didn't endear him to the organization, or how about that time he took his teammates on a cruise right before their playoff game? Sounds like they should have been enamored with one of their leaders acting that way, lol. Is this article serious?
By the way, Landon Collins does realize that the guy in charge now isn't the guy who used to be in charge, doesn't he. Maybe he does, or maybe he's just stirring the pot because Gettleman got rid of him too since unless he's talking about ownership, which he clearly isn't, none of this matters for that point.
spunjmunke says:
I love how the narrative is still out there that the Browns paid too much for him. Who could honestly say that they would rather have Jabrill Peppers than OBJ? And the Browns got the guy they probably would have taken at 17 in the second round anyways!
Robert "HandyMan" Kraft says:
Never had off the field issues? You mean the hole in the wall, the Miami boat trip, the hotel vine, and the lil Wayne interview are considered on the field?
He was a huge distraction. I think the reason why they gave him the huge contract was that they were hoping that would get him to behave. When it became clear that he didn't change, they cut their loses.
Based on the character of the guys drafted this year (like them or not), it's clear that the giants don't want egos on their team.
Dennis Bloshuk says:
Just like a bad marriage. The Giants thought they could change OBJ, and we know how that ended up.
berniemadoffsides says:
He's the biggest distraction in the league.
chronsy says:
Even with all the "Distractions" as Giants fans like to talk about you still made the playoffs a bunch and won two Superbowls with him on the team.. as a Browns fan I would love that kind of "distraction"
djstat says:
Trade was two months ago and has been debated. Let's see what happens over the next three years. Maybe, just maybe the trade works out for both player (OBJ) and team (Giants).
Adam Kachur says:
giants are so damned dumb to get rid of him. a talent like him isnt a dime a dozen. gettleman is dumber than a sack of dumb rocks.
blowtorch1964 says:
I didn't mind the decision to part ways with him. OBJ is a great player and hard worker, but narcissistic. I was aghast that they let a team-first player like Collins go.
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Media Confirmation about The Separation of Syria first on two administrative districts with russian and iranian influence and the role of Bashar al-Assad in the future election in Syria as predicted by Clairvoyant Dimitrinka Staikova February 15, 2017 in her Ebook and Paperback book:
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Bashar al-Assad (President of Syria) – Two health diagnosis made Jan.9 and Febr. 7, 2017. Is this Bashar al-Assad? New assaults, New Contracts with the rebels, the international community, Syria future elections – Clairvoyant reading/Psychic predictions February 7, 2017, 10 am. – by Clairvoyant House "Dimitrinka Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova" – from Europe, Bulgaria, Varna.
Photos : January 9, 2017 and February 7, 2017. Time – after the photos.
Health diagnosis – January 9, 2017 of Bashar al-Assad:
Pain in the left eye as increased pressure and strong pain in the head – the top of the head. Problems with the blood – it thickens (very thick blood). He took a medicine – the muscles are lightly relaxed. In the moment of January 9, 2017 – I see sick liver, stomach and urinary tract. I see inflammation in the tailbone and the pelvic area and heavy pain in the left leg, right shoulder. The medicine has influenced on the left kidney – it is sick. I feel warming on the shoulder area – right and left.
January 2017 – I see problems with shootings around Damascus in the periphery and strenghtening of the power. There is a preparation for international meeting in Syria – a preparation of documents, buildings…. In the middle – flu, colds in the family. Then follows conversations and meetings with russians and Putin. I see a betrayal from a tall, bony, blond man who puts two killers : there is a shooting in motion against Bashar al-Assad. The shooting was at the back. The bullets were aimed at the chest, the neck and the head. I see a heavy stress and a stroke in the real Bashar al-Assad. He is lucky – the head is not affected, affected is the shoulder area and close to the heart, also a lung is affected. More injured is the left side. After a treatment, there is a reflection in the face which will be fixed cosmetically. I see a difficult movement and slow recovering after the shock from the shooting, accompanied with a stroke.
Health Diagnosis of Bashar al-Assad (photo from February 7, 2017) :
There is a more serious flu – pain in the throat, right ear, the thyroid gland reacts, the heart. Again I see an increased pressure in the both eyes, but at left it is emerged as reduction of the vision. The same symptoms in the liver and the gall. There is a constriction of the muscles under the heart ( the same and problems with the urinary tract and left leg). In addition – there is a painful area at the back of the head – at left, but without a disease process now. Sick left kidney. Now, there is a very painful spine and again a sick tailbone and the both pelvic areas are affected – left and right. The left leg is not treated. Again the energy is increasing on the shoulder area.
This is the real Bashar al-Assad, who now is angry and nervous. I see his thought about an energy company and difficult uniting. Only in the end of February 2017 he will begin to calm down and to make plans. There is also more treatment of the left leg – from the foot upwards. The coordination in this moment will be more difficult for him. In the future, he will treat the thyroid gland.
•In the beginning of March 2017 is starting a negotiation of the rebels with the government – each contract will be seen separately – March 1-2, March 7-8, around March 20, March 31 – the truce will be temporary interrupted.
•April 2017 are starting the negotiations with Turkey – long and difficult. And ineffective (useless). Turkey will try to push out Bashar al-Assad from the table of negotiations, but on the place of Erdogan will stay Bashar al – Assad.
And so, the refugees will be for Erdogan, for Bashar al-Assad will be Syria – the whole Syria, without a partition with Turkey. This is not the question with Israel – with them Bashar Assad will want an agreement – March 2017 is starting, November 2017 – the agreement is on the table. Iran will have a presence and help for a long time in Syria. The more difficult territories will be to Iraq. There in the future, I see many hard decisions – so the war to be gone from there. That will make the kurds to suffer – I see a bomb with nuclear charge and emmission in the region. In the end of April 2017 – Bashar al-Assad will be near the border and he will look around.
•May 2017 – he will give an opportunity for decision to the remaining syrians in a military region. Begins the recovering of Syria.
•June 2017 – Again I see heavy shootings and a breakthrough to Damascus by mercenaries, turks and people from Saudi Arabia and african countries.
•July 2017 is the final term, begins the cleaning and shooting of everything and everyone without negotiations. Until the end of the Summer the large-scale actions are ending. Then, there will be only attempts for the overthrowing of Bashar al-Assad.
•September 2017 – to Bashar Assad is lended officially a loan.
•November 2017 – We will talk about two more people, appointed for assistants to Bashar Assad and about the preparation in the future for new elections. The elections will be specified until the end of January 2018.
Syria will be separated first on two administrative districts with russian and iranian influence. The role of Bashar al-Assad is not discussing. Will be discussed separately a Prime-Minister and separately Bashar al-Assad for President of Syria -year 2019.
1…. Russia, Iran and Turkey are likely to launch a joint operation against the HTS there and then divide the province into spheres of influence…
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/russia-afraid-losing-syria-171129090329298.html
2. White House Ready to Accept Assad's Rule in Syria – Reports
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201712121059918851-syria-assad-us-opposition/
3. November 21 ,2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a major new push Tuesday to end the war in Syria after an unannounced visit by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Russia that seemed to affirm his future role in any eventual settlement….
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/a-putin-assad-embrace-launches-russias-new-peace-bid-for-syria/2017/11/21/af9f6f64-ced4-11e7-8447-3d80b84bebad_story.html?utm_term=.7c622bc11003
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Angela Merkel (Chancellor of Germany and Candidate of Christian Democratic Union on the German Federal Election 2017) – Clairvoyant reading January 29, 2017, 10 am. – by Clairvoyant House "Dimitrinka Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova" – from Europe, Bulgaria, Varna. http://sites.google.com/site/dimitrinkastaikova. Part of the Ebook and Paperback book : Elections in Europe and the World year 2017 – Clairvoyant/Psychic predictions about French Presidential Election, German Federal Election , Presidential Elections in Iran, Hong Kong Chief Executive election, Bashar al-Assad, Donald Trump Clairvoyants : Dimitrinka Staikova, Ivelina Staikova, Stoyanka Staikova Published – February 15, 2017 Buy the Ebook only from the authors– https://sites.google.com/site/dimitrinkastaikova/ Buy the Paperback book from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1543151620/
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Angela Merkel (Chancellor of Germany and Candidate of Christian
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reading January 29, 2017, 10 am. – by Clairvoyant House "Dimitrinka
Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova" – from Europe,
Bulgaria, Varna.
Photo – January 27, 2017. Time – after the photo.
Angela Merkel's Health – I see hard constriction from the left side of
the genitals. Also there is a pain in the left hand – from the elbow
below, the left leg – from the knee below, heart and hard activity of
the muscles of the whole body. As whole – she has taken a medicine on
January 27, 2017 – and it can be said that the pains and diseases are
dulled and I see only nervous tension in the whole body. That medicine
affects the kidneys and creates a feeling for negation (permanently)
and difficult harmonious concentration in the conversation.
I also see hormonal disbalance included in her nervous tension. This
condition will pass after sleeping. In the end of January 2017 – there
will be problems with money, which must arrive in the Balance. The
next is – a travel and conversations with Donald Trump and other
leaders on the phone and personally. Mrs. Merkel knows, that she is
loosing the Election 2017 and she follows the principle to loose with
dignity. I don't see personal benefits. In the future, I see a
withdrawal in mountain , but it will be for short time.
After the Spring – I see her in the politics again. Her health
condition doesn't allow heavy loads. March 2017 – I see Angela Merkel
with high blood pressure and before a stroke condition. The weather in
Germany will be with changing of hot and cold fronts. She will survive
very heavy year 2017. On the future elections – I see Angela Merkel
more like a picture on the wall, which will be admired, not like a
fighter.
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Media Confirmation about #AfD co-chair Frauke #Petry's partial victory on German Elections 2017 as predicted by Clairvoyant Dimitrinka Staikova in her Ebook and Paperback book :
Frauke Petry (German politician, Candidate of Alternative fur Deutschland) – Activity : Northeast. Financing by Moscow. Enemies – old jewish families. Problems – Prosecution, prison. Help – by an energy company and Intelligence. Partial victory… – Clairvoyant predictions /Psychic reading February 4, 2017, 10 am. – by Clairvoyant House "Dimitrinka Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova" – from Europe, Bulgaria, Varna.
I see in her – first, a thought about her appearance, the second thought is about a big and powerful energy (like a nuclear) company that is paying and collecting this wild energy connected with nationalism. Two movements are gathered and two groups connected with Intelligence. I see also a march from East to West (Southwest). I see the uniting of the german nationalists with Moscow (Putin). There is no uniting and will remain their enemies the rich jewish representatives in Germany (of old jewish families).
They become the reason the movement and in the case this political party to be closed people and to be limited the action of the far right party of Frauke Petry. Restraining orders and intervention of the Prosecution and prison are closing the possibility for activity and action – except from direction Northeast – this is the place for activity of the party. The final result is : the party will open its activity. The rich old jewish families again will be threatened in Germany. The membership is uniting against them and both with groups from the Intelligence it challenge the law with charges against them (Prosecution, Prison).
The Election program of the party is based on war. The party gets financing from the bank and in the last moment. It is difficult, but they achieve victory and enter in the Bundestag. February 2017 – I see mainly meetings and negotiations. March 2017 are the roads and the more important meetings. April 2017 – I see that members of the party will help in a landslide – they will fence (border) the area. I hear explosions and incriminating that guilty are far right activists – I see investigation – May 2017 until the end of the Summer, which will establish their innocence.
I don't see the far right party as fascists – rather as a new blood who loves its country – for now.
The Alternative for Germany's co-chair Frauke Petry announced Monday that she will not be joining her party colleagues in the Bundestag after the far-right AfD won around 13 percent of the vote in the German election on Sunday.
http://www.politico.eu/article/frauke-petry-germany-election-2017-wont-join-afd-in-german-parliament/
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Grenfell Tower fire – Intentional. From where it started – Who they were supposed to kill ? How many people will be recognised as dead in Grenfell Tower fire ? – Clairvoyant reading June 17, 2017 – by Clairvoyant House "Dimitrinka Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova" – from Europe, Bulgaria, Varna. http://sites.google.com/site/dimitrinkastaikova
Grenfell Tower fire – Intentional. From where it started – Who they were supposed to kill ? How many people will be recognised as dead in Grenfell Tower fire ? – Clairvoyant reading June 17, 2017 – by Clairvoyant House "Dimitrinka Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova" – from Europe, Bulgaria, Varna.
Photos : June 16, 2017
I see a fire started from the third floor – South exposition. The people that have started the fire have escaped through the stairs. The smoke was going on West, and the fire on East and through the elevator shaft it was going very rapidly (with lightning speed) to the top of the building.
The apartment which they burned was chosen – it was not accidental. The fire was planned by expert. Mainly the lower floirs could have been saved – until 1/3 of the building – the people. From the middle of the building to the top – the access for rescue was cut.
The reason for the fire was the murder of the people on the upper floors – leaders, guides – jews. They are connected with Intelligence. They are three people. On the upper floor there was another one – fourth person. There was a rescue road from West – again as kind of stairs. The surprise – the fourth person was saved – from the highest place.
Now, the building has shrinkage from the western side and light slope (inclination) to West. It will be made an attempt for recovering, but unsuccessful – the inclination will be increased in the future and the building will collapse.
The number of people who are dead in the Grenfell Tower fire will not be shown for a long time – it will vary between 120 and 220 people. More than 200 people will be counted as missing.
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Media Confirmation about Temporary victory of the conservatives and Theresa May on United Kingdom General Election 2017 as predicted by Clairvoyant Dimitrinka Staikova 15.05.2017 in her web site :
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Theresa May (UK Prime Minister – Leader of the Conservative Party) – United Kingdom General Election 2017 – Only God and the Queen are above her. Political game with jews and russians. Who will remain ? December 2017 – a new election. Year 2018 – dark period for Great Britain – Clairvoyant predictions/Psychic reading May 2, 2017, 10 am. – by Clairvoyant House "Dimitrinka Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova" – from Europe, Bulgaria, Varna.
Photo – May 01, 2017. Time – after the photo.
Theresa May's health on May 01, 2017 – I see inflammation of the spine, pain in the head – the back of the head at left, inflammation of the muscles near the spine (on the back, at right), inflammation in the left pelvic area. I see a small wound in the nose (at right), pain with inflammation of the muscles near the esophagus, pain in the both shoulders, weak blood irrigation of the left hand. The sick energy affects the heart, left genitals and the knees. It is written on her fate to have a surgical operations in the knees – first the right knee (from the past I see a scar there), then the left knee – which now is painful.
Soon , she will treat a nose, a wound in the nose, pains over the right eye, migraine. The pains in the eyes are not caused only by the nerves, but also by inflammation of the spine.
In the moment, I see negotiations and conversations with Putin (Kremlin). Conversations with jews are failed in the moment – I see big nerves and unachieved wishes. Now, I only see thoughts for big money, a lot of money and Police. Then follows – with very heavy conversations – the uniting of the both factors – Moscow (an energy company) and jews. Non obeying to anyone – except to the Queen – in the end of the game will remain the jews – the russians will be lied – first. Then will follow a strong kick for the jews, but they will not be pushed by the power – they will remain there.
May 10-12, 2017 is heavy for negotiations. Theresa May will often suffer from high blood pressure. After May 20, 2017 is the door for the russians, which is opening and closing before May 31, 2017. The jewish negotiations about money and support are starting around May 8, 2017 and unexpectedly in the day of the Election and more and more after that they harden and take a position close to Theresa May – They are Intelligence Agency, Energy Company and a big energy business with Israel, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt and the European Union – for now. Theresa May , now is interested by the big money and banks (jewish) to remain in the United Kingdom. They will remain – there is a recession ahead of Great Britain – a strong playing of the currency, investing of money in a strong Police.
The bad game with Moscow in the future will bring instability, war, terrorism,explosions – to a certain business. Great Britain enters into the last stage of its game of greatness. The conservatives are winning that battle, but temporary.
August 2017 is heavy month of terrorism in Great Britain. December 2017 – Great Britain is facing a new Election. Year 2018 is beginning the dark period for Great Britain.
British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed Friday to form a government with the support of the Democratic Unionists after her Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority –a shattering blow just days before talks on Britain's EU departure are set to begin.
http://nypost.com/2017/06/09/theresa-may-confirms-she-will-stay-as-britains-prime-minister/
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Media Confirmation about : Iran is starting an open war against Saudi Arabia – predicted by Clairvoyant Dimitrinka Staikova in her Ebook and Paperback book :
Small fragment of Clairvoyant/Psychic reading about :
Hassan Rouhani (President of Iran and candidate on the Presidential Elections in Iran 2017) – Health, Elections, War, Money and gold, new territories… – Clairvoyant/Psychic reading February 5, 2017, 10 am. – by Clairvoyant House "Dimitrinka Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova" – from Europe, Bulgaria, Varna.
Photo – February 1, 2017. Time – after the photo.
April 2017 is a more dangerous month, because Rouhani will demonstrate the power and the law. In the end of April 2017 – the beginning of May 2017 – he punished a traitor – with pain in his heart, because the traitor is religious figure.
May 2017 – the population will have more of the scarce goods, including medicines. In the last moment of the Presidential Elections Rouhani gets a strong support by Moscow and a new contract for new territories.
June 2017 is starting an open war against Saudi Arabia in favor of Yemen…..
Iran's Guards says Saudi Arabia behind deadly attacks in Tehran: Statement
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/07/irans-guards-says-saudi-arabia-behind-deadly-attacks-in-tehran.html
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Media Confirmation about Explosions and Terrorism in Great Britain (Manchester) – predicted by Clairvoyant Dimitrinka Staikova in her Clairvoyant predictions about :
.……The bad game with Moscow in the future will bring instability, war, terrorism,explosions – to a certain business. Great Britain enters into the last stage of its game of greatness. The conservatives are winning that battle, but temporary.
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Manchester explosion: Video captures moment of blast that killed 19
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/manchester-explosion-latest-video-blast-dashcam-footage-ariana-grande-concert-a7750506.html
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The Perth Tango Club mural was painted by Verena Marmion in 2011 to provide a romantic backdrop for Tango events at the lesser town hall in Leederville Perth.
Verena Marmion received a comission from the Perth Tango Club in June 2011. The tango club stipulated that the mural must be simple and blend in to the background of the club, to add ambience for the dancers. So it blends in, you will find features of the actual room painted into the mural series. These includes replicas of the existing windows, round tables with red table cloths and the street lamps.
Perth Tango club Members shared with artist Verena Marmion their Buenos Aires photographs featuring grand old turn of the century buildings and memories to create this painting. Verena who had not been to Buenos Aires requested that the tango community share with here their impressions from which she created a collage and then a design for the Perth tango club Mural.
Verena primarily considers herself to be a watercolourist. Therefore one interesting feature of this wall is that most of the mural was painted with watered down washes of the paint.The mural was painted with housepaint. The various shades of colour were all mixed by hand from pure tints.
You are further welcome to view the interactive timeline describing the process of painting the mural on this link.
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Doug: David, can you tell me what your experience has been since you were diagnosed with cancer.
David: Having cancer has profoundly affected my life. At first I was relatively stable. I was feeling signs of hopefulness and also a sense of spiritual awakening, a sense of just being alive more and more to the present moment. As cancer seemed to get worse, my energy level decreased and I felt weakness perhaps due to the medications I have been taking to deal with the pain.
Cancer has also profoundly affected my life in a different way, in the sense of not feeling a lot of exuberant joy that I was originally feeling. Right now the big question is whether my strength will start to return and I don't know. So anyway I've been going through a lot of ups and downs. Obviously I've been feeling that all of this has been more a little bit more intense of late, especially over the last week or two. It's hard to distinguish what is causing what. Laughs. It's been an exhausting, exhausting time.
I've also felt profound gratitude for so much support from so many different people. In particular I'm grateful for help with meals and for people who have made unexpected donations from out of nowhere, which I was not expecting. In some ways I feel I've never been so blessed in my life. I've been learning a lot about gratitude. One of the realities is that I don't have the time and energy to send a lot of personal thank you notes that I would like to be sending folks.
Doug: What has it been like for you being supported by a Living/Dying Project volunteer?
David: Doug has been a true blessing on so many different levels, part of which has been having someone to meet with, pray with, meditate with, do yoga with, dealing with balance in a whole, new fresh way. This is been really critical. Doug's presence in my life brought enrichment on so multiple levels – spiritually, as far as friendship, support in learning more about yoga, also making sure that I have the best of things such as a yoga mat or suspenders. Laughs. Whatever would be needed. Some of those practical gifts have been invaluable. I also feel that when I'm tired my speech is not as clear as it had been an and I regret that. I hope to come back to these questions at a later time.
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