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Marc-Antoine Charpentier (born near Paris, 1643; died Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 24 February 1704) was a French composer. He lived in the period known as the Baroque period. His most famous music is his Te Deum. This work begins with a prelude which today is extremely popular. It was the signature tune for the European Broadcasting Union where it was used to introduce programmes such as the Vienna New Year's Concert and the Eurovision Song Contest. It is often used as a voluntary for weddings.
Life
We do not know much for certain about his early life. He went to Italy where he learned a lot by studying the music of Italian composers. He studied with the composer Giacomo Carissimi for several years.
When he returned to France he got a job as musician to the Duchess of Guise who was a rich lady who employed several musicians. He worked for her for many years, both as a singer (he had a high tenor voice known in French as an "haute-contre"), and as a composer. When the great playwright Moliere stopped working with Lully he asked Charpentier to work with him. He wrote music for several plays by Moliere including Le malade imaginaire. After Moliere's died in 1673, Charpentier continued to write for other playwrights such as Thomas Corneille and Jean Donneau de Vise. He often used more musicians than he was allowed (only Lully, the king's composer, was allowed to use lots of musicians for his performances). In the end Charpentier stopped writing music for plays.
In 1679, Charpentier was invited to compose for the king's son, the Dauphin. The Dauphin had a private chapel and Charpentier wrote religious music for him. In 1683 he was given a royal pension. In April of that year he became very ill and could not work for a time.
From late 1687 to early 1698, Charpentier was maitre de musique to the Jesuits, Soon he stopped composing big works such as oratorios and concentrated on smaller works for church worship which were sometimes played by a large number of players. He also was music teacher to the Duke of Chartres.
In 1698 he was made maitre de musique at the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. This was one of the top musical jobs in France (the only better job in sacred music in France was director of the royal chapel at Versailles). He kept this job until his death in 1704. After his death nearly all the works he wrote for the Chapel were destroyed. This was the usual procedure when a maitre de musique died. His famous Mass Assumpta Est Maria has survived. Perhaps that is because it was not composed for the Chapel.
His music
Charpentier's compositions include oratorios, masses, operas, and many smaller works. He also wrote a lot of music for plays. Many of his smaller works for one or two voices and instruments he called air serieux or air a boire if they are in French, but cantata if they are in Italian.
Bibliography
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie; 1980;
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Feelin' So Good is the first video album by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez. It was first released in the United States on DVD and VHS on November 7, 2000 by SMV Enterprises, the home media division of Sony's music and entertainment label Sony Music Entertainment. Executively produced by Lopez alongside Cory Rooney and Benny Medina, Feelin' So Good provides a documentary-style look at the launch of Lopez's music career. With a run time of one hour, it contains a mixture of interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, music videos and live performances. The interview segments of Feelin' So Good were conducted by Lopez's sister Lynda, who interviews not only Lopez, but also her mother, Medina and her future husband Marc Anthony.
Feelin' So Good received generally favorable reviews from critics, although it was noted that it would be of no interest to those who were not fans of Lopez. It was additionally praised for showing Lopez's transition from her acting career to a music career. In the United States, Feelin' So Good was certified as a Gold Video Longform by the RIAA for shipments of 50,000 units.
Background
From a young age, Lopez's Puerto Rican parents stressed the importance of work ethic and being able to speak English. They encouraged their three daughters to put on performances at home, singing and dancing in front of each other and their friends so that they would stay "out of trouble". While attending her final year of high school, Lopez learned about a film casting that was seeking several teenage girls for small roles. She auditioned and was cast in My Little Girl (1986), an low-budget film co-written and directed by Connie Kaiserman. After she finished filming her role in the film, Lopez knew that she wanted to become a "famous movie star". She told her parents this, but they ensisted that it was a "really stupid" idea and that "no Latinos did that". Their disagreements led Lopez to move out of their family home and into an apartment in Manhattan. During this period, Lopez performed in regional productions of several musicals, before being hired for the chorus in a musical that toured Europe for five months. She was unhappy with the role, as she was the only member of the chorus not to have a solo. From there, she got a job on the show Synchronicity in Japan, where she acted as a dancer, singer and a choreographer. Lopez then gained her first regular high-profile job as a Fly Girl dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. She moved to Los Angeles with then-boyfriend David Cruz to film the series and remained a regular cast member until 1993 when she decided to pursue an acting career.
After a series of co-starring film roles, Lopez received her big break came in 1996, when she was cast to play the title role in Selena, a biopic of the late American singer-songwriter Selena. In the film, Selena's real voice is used for the musical sequences in Selena, but Lopez would nonetheless sing the lyrics during the scenes instead of lip synching. When asked by an interview if Selena inspired her to launch a music career, Lopez stated: "I really, really became inspired, because I started my career in musical theater on stage. So doing the movie just reminded me of how much I missed singing, dancing, and the like..." After filming Selena, Lopez was "really feeling [her] Latin roots" and cut a demo in Spanish. Lopez's manager then sent the song, entitled "Vivir Sin Ti", to Sony Music Entertainment's Work Records, who showed an interest in signing Lopez. Tommy Mottola, the head of the label suggested to her that she sing in English instead. She complied and began recording her debut studio album On the 6.
Transition from film to music
During production of the On the 6, Lopez was aware of the fact that she received her recording contract on the premise of her looks and having an already established name in the entertainment industry, and wanted to prove that she had musical talent. Prior to the debut of her music, critics wondered why she would take the risk of launching a music career. It was noted that: "If the album was a flop, not only would it embarrass Lopez, but it might even damage her career." Lopez's debut single "If You Had My Love" was serviced to radio in the United States on May 4, 1999. The song debuted at 72 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week of May 15, 1999, and entered the top ten two weeks later. A month after the single's release, it moved to number six, earning the "Greatest Gainer" title of the week, and reached the top spot on June 12, 1999. The song dethroned Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" as the number-one song in the country; this was the first time a Latin artist followed another Latin artist to the top of the chart since Gloria Estefan's "Coming Out Of The Dark" replaced Timmy T's "One More Try" in March 1991. Lopez also became the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 with their debut single since Britney Spears did with her single "...Baby One More Time" four months prior. "If You Had My Love" stayed atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a period of a month, and remained in the top ten until September of 1999. "If You Had My Love" was also a success internationally; topping the charts in countries including New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. The song also peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top ten of seven other countries.
"No Me Ames", a duet with American recording artist Marc Anthony was released as a B-side to "If You Had My Love" and as the album's second single. The song was promoted by Sony Discos, who released a salsa and a ballad version of the song on their respective radio formats. The surprising success of both "If You Had My Love" and the album made the "popular actor even more popular". Both the music industry and the public became intrigued by "this woman who seemed to have so many different talents". Following the release of "If You Had My Love" and "No Me Ames", three additional singles were released. By the end of 1999, Lopez had successfully converted herself from a film star to a pop star.
Video contents
"Rather than the usual collection", Feelin' So Good provides a documentary-style look at the launch of Lopez's music career. It contains a mixture of interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, music videos and live performances. The interview footage in-between the performance segments has been described as "very slick and promotional". It was also noted that in the interview footage Lopez "comes through energetically" and without "much star-ego". The video album provides very basic information about the singer's career, rather than going too much into detail. The release has been compared to the DVD releases of Mariah Carey. Cory Rooney and Lopez acted as album executive producers of the DVD, while Lopez acted as a video executive producer, alongside Benny Medina. Jeffrey Norskog acted as a video associate producer.
Chapters overview
Feelin' So Good opens with a intertitle that features a behind-the-scenes look at Lopez during the artwork shoot for On the 6, artist's proof of said photoshoot and brief clips of the music videos to the album's five singles. In the second chapter, "Why Risk a Music Career?", Lopez is interviewed by her sister Lynda Lopez, who oversees each interview segment, about the risks of starting a music career after having an already thriving movie career. Critics believed that she was only launching a music career with an intent to expand her brand, while Lopez felt as if it was simply the "next natural step" in her career. Lopez's manager Benny Medina further discusses this, labeling her as the "ultimate" triple threat - "the actor, singer and dancer". Lopez then confers, in the chapter "Press Tours / Promotions", about the extensive promotional schedule she was on to promote the album. She examines the differences in promoting an album and a film, stating that promoting an album is more "personal" as it is something that is "closer to your heart" and something she "really believes in". According to Lopez, by the end of the promotional tour for the album she "lost" her voice from the amount of interviews she had. Following this, Lopez's performance of the Darkchild remix of "If You Had My Love" at the 1999 VH1 Fashion Awards is shown. In the fifth chapter, "Beginning of the Year", Lopez discusses her hectic schedule in the beginning of 1999; balancing film events and choosing the album's first single and shooting its music video. Lopez then goes into detail about the concept behind the music video of "If You Had My Love". Lopez's sister Lynda makes a formal introduction to the music video, as having a "special place" in her heart, and it is shown. Lopez then explains how her duet with Marc Anthony on "No Me Ames" came about and the concept of the video. Video footage is shown, as Lopez discusses her first ever live performance, with "No Me Ames", in April 1999 at Madison Square Garden alongside Marc Anthony. Following this, the official music video to "No Me Ames" is shown.
In the eleventh chapter of Feelin' So Good, appropriately entitled "First Number One Single", Lopez reveals the moment when she found out that "If You Had My Love" went number one in the United States. She then went on to discuss the events that occoured during the release week of On the 6 in "Record Release Week". Lopez then reveals how she came to record "Let's Get Loud" and her performance of the song at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup is shown. In "Jennifer's Energy", Medina discusses Lopez's ability to work at late hours of the night. Her 1999 Billboard Music Awards performance of the Hex Hector remix of "Waiting for Tonight" is then shown. Lopez then speaks of filming the music video for "Waiting for Tonight" and behind the scenes footage on set of the video is shown. She also explains how the Hex Hector remix of the song came about and the alternative music video that was created for it. A megamix video of the original and Hex Hector remix follows. The twentieth chapter, "Jennifer's Mom", is an interview with Lopez's mother discussing what was like to see Lopez on television for the first time. Lopez then discusses her surprise to the amount of fans she had and their dedication in "Fan Support". In "Working on Record", the twenty-second chapter of Feelin' So Good, Lopez discusses the process of writing and recording the album. Lopez's sister Lynda interviews her choreographer Tina Landon on what it is like to work with her, before her 1999 Blockbuster Awards performance of "If You Had My Love" is shown. Footage is then shown of Lopez "goofing around" during a photoshoot, before the music video to her song "Baila" is shown, for the very first time. In "Film Energy vs. Music Energy" Lopez compares the difference between the fans of her movies and of her music. In the final interview footage of Feelin' So Good, Lopez explains the concept behind the music video of "Feelin' So Good" and why Big Pun and Fat Joe were chosen to be featured on the song. The music video is then shown and is faded out into the end credits.
DVD bonus features
Digitally remastered with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, the DVD edition of Feelin' So Good contains interactive menus and instant chapter access to songs. It also contains song lyrics and a biography of Lopez in both English and Spanish, as well as an exclusive photo gallery. Additionally, the video albums contains the music videos to Lopez's songs: "If You Had My Love", "Waiting for Tonight", "No Me Ames", "Feelin' So Good" and "Baila". It also contains four live televised performances by Lopez in 1999. First is her Blockbuster Movie Awards performance of "If You Had My Love", followed by her VH1 Fashion Awards performance of the Darkchild remix of "If You Had My Love". Then, her performance at the Billboard Music Awards of the Hex Hector remix of "Waiting for Tonight" and lastly her Woman's World Cup Finale performance of "Let's Get Loud".
Release and response
Release dates and formats
Feelin' So Good was released on DVD and VHS formats in the United States on November 7, 2000 by SMV Enterprises, the home media division of Sony Corporation's music and entertainment label Sony Music Entertainment. It was then released in Canada the following week by CBS Video on DVD and VHS. In the United Kingdom, the video album received a DVD release on January 30, 2001 and a VHS release on April 30, 2001 by SMV Enterprises. Jennifer Lopez: Feelin' So Good was released on DVD in Japan on June 20, 2001 by Sony Music Records, and on DVD and VHS in France on April 8, 2002 by Sony BMG. The Region 1 cover features a black and white photo of Lopez during the photoshoot of On the 6, while the Region 2 edition features a golden hue image also taken during the photoshoot of On the 6. Feelin' So Good and Let's Get Loud were released as a two disc DVD set in France on October 20, 2003. Jennifer Lopez: Feelin' So Good was re-released on DVD in Japan on November 21, 2007.
Critical reception
Feelin' So Good received generally favorable reviews from critics. Perry Seibert of Allmusic awarded the DVD three out of five stars, commenting that fans of Lopez will "greatly enjoy this disc", but it carries little interest to the average DVD consumer. Aaron Beierle of DVD Talk stated that: "It's interesting to watch this disc after watching Lopez in The Cell. I think it's been impressive to watch her mature as an actress; although much has been made of her supposedly demanding attitude, I think she's talented as not only a singer/dancer but as a dramatic actress - I'm sure a comedic role is right around the corner". The reviewer additionally stated that the most interesting segment of the release was the "Waiting for Tonight" music video. He concluded by stating that: "Although I'm not really a big fan of her music, I do appreciate it and found it enjoyable and entertaining to listen to throughout."
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Gina Cheri Haspel (born October 1, 1956) is an American intelligence officer. Haspel was the 7th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from April 26, 2018 to January 20, 2021. She was appointed by President Donald Trump. Before, she was the 6th Deputy Director of the CIA, appointed by Trump in February 2017.
On March 13, 2018, Haspel was nominated by President Trump to become the CIA Director, replacing Mike Pompeo. She is the first woman to hold the position. She was approved for confirmation by the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 16 by a 10-5 vote, with two Democrats voting in favor. She was sworn-in on May 21.
Early life
Haspel was born Gina Cheri Walker on October 1, 1956 in Ashland, Kentucky.
Haspel was a student at the University of Kentucky for three years and transferred for her senior year to the University of Louisville, where she graduated in May 1978.
Early career
Haspel joined the CIA in January 1985 as a reports officer. She held many undercover overseas positions, for many of which she was station chief. Her first field assignment was from 1987-1989 in Ethiopia, Central Eurasia, Turkey, followed by several assignments in Europe and Central Eurasia from 1990 to 2001. From 1996 to 1998, Haspel was station chief in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Deputy Director of the CIA
On February 2, 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Haspel Deputy Director of the CIA. On February 8, 2017, many members of the Senate intelligence committee asked Trump to change his appointment of Haspel as Deputy Director.
Director of the CIA (2018-2021)
On March 13, 2018, President Donald Trump announced he would nominate Haspel to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, replacing Mike Pompeo who was set to become the new United States Secretary of State. Haspel became the first woman to become permanent Director of the CIA.
Many people were against her nomination because of her support of torture and water boarding.
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The Save River creates the southern border. There is also the Zambezi river in the northeast. The highest mountain in Mozambique, Mount Binga (2436 m), is in this province near the border with Zimbabwe.
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Bourgogne-Franche-Comte (meaning Burgundy-Free County) is one of the administrative regions of France. It is in eastern France and was formed in 2016 from two old regions: Bourgogne and Franche-Comte.
Its capital is Besancon.
Geography
The Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region is the sixth largest region of France with an area of . It is in northeastern France and borders to the north with the Grand Est region, to the west with Ile-de-France and Centre-Val de Loire regions, to the south with the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, and to the east with Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Neuchatel and Jura).
The distances from Besancon, the capital of the region, to other cities are:
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Montpellier, ;
Nice, .
Rivers
The main rivers in the region are the Saone and its tributary the Doubs. The Loire river flows through the southwest of the region, at Nevers. The Seine river starts in the Cote-d'Or department.
Mountains
There are three main mountain ranges in the region:
The Vosges Mountains are in the northeast of the region and its highest point in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte is Ballon de Servance, high.
The Jura Mountains are along the eastern limits; here is Cret Pela, the highest point in Bourgogne-Franche-Comte with .
The Morvan mountains are in the centre of the western part; it highest point is Haut-Folin, high.
The Cret Pela (), at , is the highest mountain of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region. It is in the Jura mountain range.
The highest point of the different departments in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region are:
Departments
The Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region is formed by 8 departments:
Arr. = Arrondissements Cant. = Cantons Comm. = Communes
Demographics
The Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region had, in 2014, a population of 2,820,623, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. The department with more people living in it is Saone-et-Loire with 555,788 inhabitants.
After the Territoire de Belfort, the smallest department in the region, Doubs is the department with highest population density (102 inhabitants/km2). The density in the other departments is lower.
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Joe still can't figure out what is wrong with JR. Tad comes up with a plan to keep Krystal safe. Jesse needs a new hiding place. Frankie tries his stealth abilities on Rob. Ryan surprises Kendall in LA.
At Tad's office, Rob asks several times for Jesse's or Frankie's name but neither will tell him. He finally leaves; Frankie offers to follow Robert but Jesse says not to worry about it. He sends Frankie home for the night. Once he is alone Jesse allows his worry about Rob to come to the surface. Angie and Tad return a few minutes later and worry Jesse even more when they say they were followed. Jesse says Rob stopped by. Tad decides Jesse needs a new hiding place. He leaves. Angie tells Jesse more about Mrs. Remington, sad for the older woman. Angie makes bad coffee and says she isn't going to let him leave her again.
Tad returns home and tells Krystal about the visit to Mrs. Remington's. Worried, he says everyone in their family could be in danger and begs her to leave. Tad comes up with a list of places to hide but she doesn't want to leave. Neither can think of a suitable place at first but then Tad comes up with a solution - Adam's! Krystal can't believe it. Tad says it is Adam's or a life on the run and she gives in.
Frankie follows Rob to the casino and watches him for a while. Rob isn't fooled and sends Frankie a drink! Frankie goes to Rob's table and he explains his connection to Ray Gardner.
Joe updates JR on his status as Adam walks in. Joe believes two suspicious punctures on JR's hips are the cause of a bacteria infection and says he wasn't drinking. Adam reminds JR of the time he broke his arm and says he loves him. As they talk, Adam brings up Babe but JR refuses to talk about his ex. Adam tries to focus on the kidnapping but JR doesn't want Adam's help. A nurse announces the end of visiting hours. JR turns away from Adam and he leaves. Adam returns to the Chandler manse to find Krystal - and Jenny - have moved in!
Josh and Zach are working on a new deal for Cambias but the deal falls through. "I smell Chandler all over this," Zach says, ordering Josh to find out what Adam has planned. Josh leaves as Annie shows up. She has articles about Spike's implant and tells him about Ryan's breakthrough. Zach reads Spike a story and Annie laughs at his animal noises. As they chat, Zach's business contact calls back and says a meeting definitely won't happen. Annie charms the Italian into changing his plans. A little later, Annie apologizes for bringing up Ryan - again. Zach shrugs it off. Annie leaves for work. Outside Zach's, Annie tries calling Ryan but doesn't get through.
In LA, Ryan asks why Aidan is playing bodyguard. Kendall asks Ryan to leave but he refuses. Aidan says a sane person doesn't fly 3,000 miles to "talk". Ryan tells Kendall about the memory and asks if they can go to that same hotel. Aidan says she needs to talk to Zach before going any further. This annoys Kendall but she returns to Ryan and turns him down. As he is leaving, Kendall talks to him in code, to set up a private meeting later on. When they are alone, Aidan tells Kendall she isn't responsible for getting Ryan's memory back. She says she is tired but when she is alone, Kendall leaves! She and Ryan meet at the other hotel bar.
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Max for Live Introduction
When the developers of Cycling 74 met with both Robert Henke and Gerhard Behles from Ableton Live, Max for Live was soon formed. This programme allowed for the development of devices such as synthesisers, drum machines, audio effects, MIDI effects and the implementation of live video into the music creation and performance software using Max MSP..
Some of the objects include:
Live.dial: Circular slider or knob which outputs numbers according to its degree of rotation.
Live.gain: Decibel volume slider or monitor
Live.slider: Output numbers by moving a slider on screen
Live.toggle: Creates a toggle switch that outputs 0 when turned off and 1 when turned on.
By pressing command and m, these live objects can be mapped to any recognised MIDI controller, a GUI (Graphical User Interface) can be designed within the Max for live vertical limit to create both ease of use and accessibility for the user.
Max for Live works through access of the live object model, this map is a guide to everything accessible within Ableton Live. Not all parameters are available in the music software’s Application Program Interface (API), the live object model shows what max for live has access to.
Creating a Max for Live Jitter Patch:
Below I am going to briefly demonstrate how to create a basic Max for Live Jitter patch , I recommend you right click on each object used and select “reference” to read up on them more, it is one of the best ways to learn Max in my opinion. The download link for the created patch is below.The idea of this post is to demonstrate to people new to Jitter on how to create a basic audio reactive patch to work within Ableton live , I have added comments in the patch to try and explain on how it works.
To create a Max for Live device we first open up Ableton Live. Select Max for Live and drag in an empty Max for Live audio effect into the master channel.
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Drag in a track of your choice to the same channel, which will be used for audio analysis for the creation of the jitter patch..
To analyse the audio , the jit.catch~ object is used which transforms audio into matrices. These matrices can be seen by connecting the jit.pwindow to the outlet of the object.
The next stage is to create a shape , to do this adds the jit.gl.gridshape object. This creates defined shapes such as sphere, torus , cube , plane , circle and others.
The jit.op object is added , this object is used to add the matrices from the jit.catch~ object to the gridshape.
To add a menu of an attribute , click on the left hand side of the object (in this case the jit.gl.gridshape object) select shape , this will add a scrollable menu , allowing you to change to different pre determined shapes. This object gridshape.
The jit.window object is added , this will create a floating screen where your visuals will be rendered.
The jit.gl.handle object is added, this allows you to move the gridshape with your mouse, it can be rotated, zoomed in and out (hold alt and click mouse), or positioned on screen (hold Cmd and click mouse)
Finished Max for Live Patch
In Max there is both a patching mode and presentation mode, the latter being used to create the graphical user interface in Ableton Live. Which an example of can be seen below.
To add an object to presentation mode , just right click and select “Add To Presentation Mode” , when all relevant objects are selected then press “Alt + Cmd+E” or press the yellow highlighted button in the screenshot below, this will switch between Patching Mode and Presentation Mode.
When in Presentation Mode , all relevant objects can be positioned above the vertical device limit. The device can be downloaded here . Press Cmd+E to unlock the patch and switch to patching mode to view this basic patch.
If you have any questions , feel free to leave a comment ,thank you for reading. |
1. Favoritner FC Vorwarts 06 Wien was a Austrian football club from the Favoriten district of Vienna.
History
The club was founded on 4 December 1906 as the Sportclub Favoritner Vorwarts. The club colors were set with black and white. Role models were the district neighbors ASV Hertha Vienna and SpC Rudolfshugel. For the championship, the club was classified in the 2nd class. In the first official championship season in 1911/12, the club finished in good fifth place. With the outbreak of the First world war in 1914, they stopped because most of the players were drafted into military service.
Immediately after the end of the war, former players and officials got together in 1918 to reactivate the club. The club was also renamed 1. Favoritner FC Vorwarts 06 Vienna. In the 1919/20 season they came back into the 2nd Class, but only came last and were relegated to the Third Class North. After two seasons in this class they became champion and should be promoted to 2. Class A. Due to accusation that the club had used unauthorized players and that witnesses close to him had made false statements, 1. FFC Vorwarts 06 was excluded from the association. After clarification of this matter,Vorwarts was allowed to play again in the 2nd class south in the 1923/24 season.
The next years became an integral part of the second class. In the 1941/42 season they came second behind the BSG Reichsbahn I. The next season they became champion but had to play two relegation matches versus SC Austria Donauarbeiter. With an score of 5:2 Vorwarts had qualified for the promotion round to the Gauliga. In the promotion round itself two victories against the Fussballgemeinschaft Salzburg and a draw against SK Amateure Steyr were only enough for second place behind Steyer.
In the 1945/46 season they qualified for the 1st class in Vienna, from which the Favoritner were relegated in the following season. After years in the lower classes the game operation was stopped in 2014. |
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Peace is a time without any fights or wars. In a larger sense, peace (or peacefulness) can mean a state of harmony, quiet or calm that is not disturbed by anything at all, like a still pond with no ripples.
Many people and organizations want peace. One organization that was set up to bring peace among the nations and try to make war a thing of the past was the League of Nations after World War I. When it did not stop World War II, it was replaced by the United Nations which tries to make the world peaceful. This means that if any member is attacked or invaded by another country without attacking that country first, the other members will come to help the country that was attacked first. This idea was used by the United Nations to defend both South Korea and Kuwait when they were attacked.
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in a letter he sent from the Birmingham jail that, "True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice." In other words, Real peace is more than just problems being gone: there must be fairness to have peace.
Alfred Nobel created an annual award, the Nobel Peace Prize, for the person who had done the most to bring peace to the world.
Religious beliefs and peace
Buddhists think that peace can be gotten once all suffering ends.To get rid of suffering and get this peace, many try to follow a set of teachings called the Four Noble Truths
Jews and Christians believe that true peace comes from a personal relationship with God. Jesus Christ (also called the "Prince of Peace" in the Book of Isaiah) said: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." ()
Muslims follow Prophet Muhammad who teaches them that peace is the glue that holds communities together and sustains the world.
Inner peace
Inner peace (or peace of mind) refers to a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of stress. Being "at peace" is considered by many to be healthy and the opposite of being stressed or anxious. Peace of mind is generally associated with bliss and happiness.
Peace of mind, serenity, and calmness are descriptions of a disposition free from the effects of stress. In some cultures, inner peace is considered a state of consciousness or enlightenment that may be cultivated by various forms of training, such as prayer, meditation, Tai chi chuan or yoga, for example. Many spiritual practices refer to this peace as an experience of knowing oneself.
Movements and activism
Peace movement
A movement that seeks to get ideals such as the ending of a particular war, minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, often linked to the goal of achieving world peace. Means to achieve these ends usually include advocacy of pacifism, non-violent resistance, conscientious objector, diplomacy, boycotts, moral purchasing, supporting anti-war political candidates, demonstrations, and lobbying to create legislation on human rights or of international law.
Theories on peace
Many different theories of "peace" exist in the world of peace studies, which involves the study of conflict transformation. The definition of "peace" can vary with religion, culture, or subject of study.
Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. |
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The End-Triassic extinction event marks the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods, 201.3 million years ago. However, many of the extinctions occurred before then in the Upper Triassic.
Overall, this was one of the major extinction events of the Phanerozoic eon. It profoundly affected life on land and in the oceans. At least half the species now known to have been living on Earth at that time became extinct. It was a series of extinctions when life was hit by volcanic events.
A whole class, the conodonts (extinct chordates); 20% of all marine families; all large crurotarsans (non-dinosaurian archosaurs); some remaining therapsids; and many of the large amphibians such as the temnospondyls were wiped out.
The event emptied many ecological niches, and allowed the dinosaurs to take over the dominant roles in the Jurassic period. This event happened in less than 10,000 years, and occurred just before Pangaea started to break apart.
Scientists have suggested several explanations for this event, but all have unanswered challenges:
Asteroid impact: no known impact crater has been dated to coincide with the Triassic-Jurassic boundary.
Gradual climate change or sea-level fluctuations during the Upper Triassic. Sea level was low at the end of the Triassic, and the climate on Pangaea was arid. However, this does not explain the suddenness of the extinctions.
Massive volcanic eruptions would release carbon dioxide, which would cause intense global warming, or sulfur dioxide and aerosols, which would cause severe cooling. The flood basalts of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) occurred at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. This is the favoured explanation of several palaeontologists.
Recent evidence
A recent paper in PNAS shows fairly clearly that mass volcanism was involved. It was probably the primary cause of the extinction. Mercury is present in volcanic rocks found at the end-Triassic boundary.
Mercury is emitted in gaseous form during volcanism, and deposited in sediments. The paper says "Such episodic volcanism likely perturbed the global environment over a long time and strongly delayed ecological recovery". |
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Adams was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917 - July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist. He made many important discoveries in modern organic chemistry. He worked on the synthesis and structure of complex natural products. He worked closely with Roald Hoffmann on the theory of chemical reactions. Woodward won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1965.
Early life and education
Woodward was born in Boston, Massachusetts. When he was one year old, his father died in the influenza pandemic of 1918.
He was interested in chemistry at an early age. By the time he entered high school, he had already done most of the experiments in Ludwig Gattermann's textbook of experimental organic chemistry. In 1928, Woodward asked the Consul-General of the German consulate in Boston, to send him copies of a few original papers published in German journals. He was fascinated to read Otto Diels and Kurt Alder's original communication about the Diels-Alder reaction.
In 1933, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but did not do well enough to continue. MIT readmitted him in 1935, and by 1936 he had received the Bachelor of Science degree. Only one year later, MIT awarded him the doctorate. This was very unusual at the time, because most MIT students earned only a Bachelor of Science degree after four years. Woodward's studies were about the synthesis of the female sex hormone estrone, a natural type of estrogen. He held a Junior Fellowship at Harvard University from 1937 to 1938, and stayed at Harvard for the rest of his life. In the 1960s, Woodward was named Donner Professor of Science, a post which allowed him to spend all his time on research.
Early work
In the early 1940s Wooward was using ultraviolet spectroscopy to discover the structure of natural products. Woodward collected a large amount of information, and then worked out a series of rules, later called the Woodward's rules. These rules could be used to find out the structures of new natural products, as well as non-natural synthesized molecules. Woodward was always quick to use newly developed techniques. Woodward's discovery saved chemists from spending a lot of time using chemical methods to work out the structures of compounds.
In 1944 Woodward and William von Eggers Doering reported the synthesis of the alkaloid quinine, used to treat malaria. The synthesis was a breakthrough, as quinine was hard to get from Japanese occupied southeast Asia. In fact, Woodward's method could not be used on a practical scale, but it was a landmark for chemical synthesis. Organic synthesis was still largely a matter of trial and error, and nobody thought such complex structures could actually be constructed. Woodward showed that organic synthesis could be made into a science. Woodward's synthesis of quinine was the first of many of his very complicated and elegant syntheses.
Later work and its impact
By the 1930s, the British chemists Christopher Ingold and Robert Robinson among others had studied the mechanisms of organic reactions. They had come up with rules which could predict reactivity of organic molecules. Woodward was probably the first synthetic organic chemist who used these rules to predict what steps would work in a synthesis.
Organic syntheses and Nobel Prize
During the late 1940s, Woodward synthesized many complex natural products including quinine, cholesterol, cortisone, strychnine, lysergic acid, reserpine, chlorophyll, cephalosporin, and colchicine. With these, Woodward opened up a new era of synthesis, sometimes called the 'Woodwardian era'. He showed that natural products could be synthesized by careful applications of the principles of physical organic chemistry, and by very careful planning.
Many of Woodward's syntheses were described as spectacular by his colleagues. Before he did them, some people thought it would be impossible to create these substances in the lab. Woodward's syntheses were also described as having an element of art in them, and since then, synthetic chemists have always looked for elegance as well as utility in synthesis. His work also involved the exhaustive use of the then newly developed techniques of infrared spectroscopy and later, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Another important feature of Woodward's syntheses was their attention to stereochemistry or the particular configuration of molecules in three dimensional space. Most natural products of medicinal importance are effective, for example as drugs, only when they possess a specific stereochemistry. This creates the demand for 'stereospecific synthesis', producing a compound with a defined stereochemistry. Woodward was a pioneer in showing how one could conduct reactions that were stereospecific. Many of his syntheses involved forcing a molecule into a certain configuration by installing rigid structural elements in it, another tactic that has become standard today. In this regard, especially his syntheses of reserpine and strychnine were landmarks.
During World War II, Woodward was an advisor to the War Production Board on the penicillin project.
Woodward also applied the technique of infrared spectroscopy and chemical degradation to determine the structures of complicated molecules. Notable among these structure determinations were santonic acid, strychnine, magnamycin and terramycin. About terramycin, Woodward's colleague and Nobel Laureate Derek Barton said:
"The most brilliant analysis ever done on a structural puzzle was surely the solution (1953) of the terramycin problem. It was a problem of great industrial importance, and hence many able chemists had performed an enormous amount of work trying to determine the structure. There seemed to be too much data to resolve the problem, because a significant number of observations, although experimentally correct, were very misleading. Woodward took a large piece of cardboard, wrote on it all the facts and, by thought alone, deduced the correct structure for terramycin. Nobody else could have done that at the time."
In each one of these cases, Woodward again showed how rational facts and chemical principles, combined with chemical intuition, could be used to achieve the task.
In the early 1950s, Woodward, and British chemist Geoffrey Wilkinson, proposed a structure for ferrocene, a compound consisting of a combination of an organic molecule with iron. This marked the beginning of the field of transition metal organometallic chemistry. The field later grew which grew to be important to the chemical industry. Wilkinson won the Nobel Prize for this work in 1973, with Ernst Otto Fischer. Some historians think that Woodward should have shared this prize along with Wilkinson. Woodward himself thought so, and voiced his thoughts in a letter sent to the Nobel Committee.
Woodward won the Nobel Prize in 1965 for his synthesis of complex organic molecules. In his Nobel lecture, he described the total synthesis of the antibiotic cephalosporin, and claimed that he had pushed the synthesis schedule so that it would be completed around the time of the Nobel ceremony.
B12 synthesis and Woodward-Hoffmann rules
In the early 1960s, Woodward began work on what was the most complex natural product synthesized to date- vitamin B12. In a remarkable collaboration with his colleague Albert Eschenmoser in Zurich, a team of almost one hundred students and postdoctoral workers worked for many years on the synthesis of this molecule. The work was finally published in 1973, and it marked a landmark in the history of organic chemistry. The synthesis included almost a hundred steps, and involved the rigorous planning and analyses that had always characterised Woodward's work. This work, more than any other, convinced organic chemists that the synthesis of any complex substance was possible, given enough time and planning. However, as of 2006, no other total synthesis of Vitamin B12 has been published.
That same year, based on observations that Woodward had made during the B12 synthesis, he and Roald Hoffmann devised rules (now called the Woodward-Hoffmann rules) for elucidating the stereochemistry of the products of organic reactions. Woodward based his ideas on his experiences as a synthetic organic chemist; he asked Hoffman to perform theoretical calculations to verify the ideas. This was done using Hoffmann's Extended Huckel method. The predictions of these rules were verified by many experiments. Hoffmann shared the 1981 Nobel Prize for this work along with Kenichi Fukui, a Japanese chemist who had done similar work using a different approach. Woodward had died two years before and so was not eligible to share this Prize.
A recent paper in the journal Nature describes how mechanical stress can be used to reshape chemical reaction pathways to lead to products that apparently violate Woodward-Hoffman rules.
Woodward Institute and later life
While at Harvard, Woodward took on the directorship of the
Woodward Research Institute, based at Basel, Switzerland in 1963. He also became a trustee of his alma mater, MIT, from 1966 to 1971, and of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
Woodward died in Cambridge, Massachusetts from a heart attack in his sleep. At the time, he was working on the synthesis of an antibiotic, erythromycin. A student of his said:
"I owe a lot to Woodward. He showed me that one could attack difficult problems without a clear idea of their outcome, but with confidence that intelligence and effort would solve them. He showed me the beauty of modern organic chemistry, and the relevance to the field of detailed careful reasoning. He showed me that one does not need to specialize. Woodward made great contributions to the strategy of synthesis, to the deduction of difficult structures, to the invention of new chemistry, and to theoretical aspects as well. He taught his students by example the satisfaction that comes from total immersion in our science. I treasure the memory of my association with this remarkable chemist."
Publications
During his lifetime, Woodward authored or coauthored almost 200 publications, of which 85 are full papers. The remainder comprising preliminary communications, the text of lectures, and reviews. The pace of his scientific activity soon outstripped his capacity to publish all experimental details, and much of the work in which he participated was not published until a few years after his death. Woodward trained more than two hundred Ph.D. students and postdoctoral workers, many of whom later went on to distinguished careers.
Idiosyncracies
His lectures were legendary and frequently used to last for three or four hours. [His longest known lecture defined the unit of time known as the "Woodward", and thereafter his other lectures were deemed to be so many "milli-Woodwards" long!] In many of these, he eschewed the use of slides and used to draw beautiful structures by using multicolored chalk. As a result, it was always easy to take good notes at a Woodward lecture. Typically, to begin a lecture, Woodward would arrive and lay out two large white handkerchiefs on the countertop. Upon one would be four or five colors of chalk (new pieces), neatly sorted by color, in a long row. Upon the other handkerchief would be placed an equally impressive row of cigarettes. The previous cigarette would be used to light the next one. His famous Thursday seminars at Harvard often lasted well into the night. He had a fixation with blue, and all his suits, his car, and even his parking space were coloured in blue. In one of his laboratories, his students hung a large black and white photograph of the master from the ceiling, complete with a large blue "tie" appended. There it hung for some years (early 1970s), until scorched in a minor laboratory fire. He detested exercise, could get along with only a few hours of sleep every night, was a heavy smoker, and enjoyed Scotch whisky and a martini or two. Hoffmann would correspond with Woodward using blue paper. |
poached quail eggs, new potatoes, creme fraiche and salmon roe
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Chilled pea soup with mint and lemon
I used fresh peas from my garden to add texture and the mint was also growing just outside our window.
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Foie gras ~ One of Rob's special requests
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The political status of Taiwan is a difficult situation that many people disagree about. There are two countries in the world that call themselves China. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is the country most people think of when they hear the name China. The Republic of China (ROC) also calls itself China. It is better known in most of the world as Taiwan.
Taiwan was a part of China for thousands of years. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Taiwan and Penghu was illegally taken by Japan. After World War II, the Japanese gave up any claim to Taiwan, but did not say who they were giving control to. At the time, the Republic of China governed all of China, and represented China in the United Nations. After losing a civil war in 1949, the ROC government fled to the island of Taiwan, leaving the PRC to control mainland China. The PRC says it owns the island of Taiwan (which is also known as Taiwan province) and the other islands. The ROC says that it was--and is--the rightful government of China, including mainland China, Taiwan, and Mongolia. In 1971, the ROC lost its United Nations seat as China. The seat was given to the PRC instead. This made the PRC the recognized government of China internationally. The major problems are about whether Taiwan is a part of the PRC or should be an independent country.
Current status
Today, the ROC (Taiwan) is a fully democratic society, with its own economy, currency, military, and elected officials. The Chinese mainland is ruled by the communist PRC government. Most countries have accepted the PRC as the leaders of China. Several countries, including the United States, have been careful to not say officially which parts of the original China are part of the PRC. 14 countries have official diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Those who don't usually have un-official de facto embassies and do business with Taiwan mostly as normal, aside from recognizing it as a country.
The current state of Taiwan and China is called the "status quo", which means neither side is trying to change the way things are. However, the PRC often threatens to use military force to change the situation and bring Taiwan under PRC control. Some people in Taiwan want Taiwan to formally become the Republic of Taiwan, an independent country. This would change the status quo also, and many Taiwanese prefer not to do this, in order to maintain peace. In opinion polls, only a very small percentage of Taiwanese people want to rejoin with the mainland.
Views by other countries
Today, most countries of the world see the PRC as China. Most countries however still have a very close economic and cultural relationship with Taiwan, even if they have major tensions with the PRC.
Problems
The relations between the PRC and Taiwan are tense. The PRC believes that Taiwan is a part of the PRC. The government of the PRC has said that if the people of Taiwan vote to become the Republic of Taiwan, that they will invade Taiwan and stop this from happening. In March 2004, they passed a law that will allow China to invade Taiwan if Taiwan tries to leave the PRC and become an independent country. This law has caused problems with the people in Taiwan. It has caused even more people in Taiwan not to want to be a part of PRC China.
Another issue is how a war for Taiwan would grow to include the United States, who has said it would help defend Taiwan, and Australia and Japan, who also hint at helping Taiwan in case of war.
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Newbie party top three features!
Then my friend Pam, who has been with the newbie party since the start,
shared the cutest little DIY flower box.
Melissa, shared her latest and greatest Estate sale finds.
I am hoping to do a little thrifting here in Buffalo next week.
Although, there is no room in the car, I will have to perhaps put it on my lap if I find something good enough to haul home.
I sure do miss all my blogging friends.
I can't wait to catch up soon.
In the meantime, if you have NOT heard of the MOuntain of Giveaways,
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You're in Buffalo? That's practically down the street from me! Well about an hour and a half away, but relatively speaking...
Have a great time Debbie, and remember there's always room for one more thing LOL!! Martina
Have fun girl thinking of ya!
Hi Debbie!! Enjoy your time away.
Looking forward to more of your posts.
Debbie
Have fun on your trip Debbie! And thanks for the shout-out on my flower box. :)
Have a great day!
Pam
I love those blogs as well, that flower box is such an impressive job!Bring home lots of stories to share,,
I know have a great time. But, I miss ya and can't wait for you to get back home. It's been very quiet here in blogland this week without the other crazy one, but I'm holding down the fort. Enjoy!
Just got BACK from Buffalo! We were having so much fun looking at front yards, visiting the Marina, doing an art museum & visiting the Botanical Gardens that we only went into one thrift store (Amvet - which we "stumbled" upon). We forgot to look for others!
I "Buffaloed" all over a couple of my blogs.
You went back home too! Did you wave as you passed me by on the Thruway?
Safe travels!...miss'n yall!
~Jo
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Have fun! And if you find something you can tie it to the top of the car with rope! heehee! Wouldn't that be tacky..I mean funny! ♥
Have fun upstate on your vacation Debbie!
I'm so happy you had fun on the Brooklyn pizza tour and that you liked Brooklyn. It's got a lot going on as it's bigger than people realize :)
Safe travels!
Debbie, your kitchen is to DIE for, was just looking at the online feature from Country Woman :) Congrats on the feature, and I'll certainly be looking for a copy in the stores.
Hope you're having a great weekend.
Debbie, don't pass up a good find just for lack of space. Find a mail center! ;-) Or buy it a bus ticket. Really! ~ Sarah
Debbie, keep making happy memories. I mail things to myself when I'm on holidays. Then I don't have to worry about finding a way to make it fit. Hugs!
Have a great time on your trip! I wish I could get away somewhere. :) Thank you so much for featuring my estate sale finds!!
Just a little FYI...I've presented you with the Sunshine Award as a thank you for inspiring me as a new blogger!
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Francis Hammel (11 December 1950 - 6 January 2021) was a French politician. From 1997 to 2002, he was a member of the National Assembly. Hammel was born in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France. He was a member of the Socialist Party.
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Paper:
Cooperative Behavior of a Schedule-Based Distributed Autonomous Robotic System
Jifeng Sun*, Tadashi Nagata** and Kenji Kurosu*
* Faculty of Information Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820 Japan
** Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-10-1, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
A scheduling method for distributed autonomous robotic systems (DRS) is proposed. Given the global task for a DRS, each robot generates a subtask according to the global load of the whole system and the partial capacity of individual robots. The determined schedule is then executed by a sign-board inter-robot communication. Some experiments of a three-robot system are performed using the proposed method. |
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when the veil drips over their geometric eyes
infinite points of darkness gaze back
bees don't know the devil
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Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (9 May 1907 - 8 August 1974) was a Nazi youth leader. He was later convicted of being a war criminal. Schirach was the head of the Hitler-Jugend (HJ, Hitler Youth), Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter ("Reich Governor") of Vienna.
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Why We Should Fear A Cashless World (theguardian.com) 388
An anonymous reader writes: Dominic Frisby writes with a very interesting, albeit heavily opinionated, article from The Guardian discussing why we should all fear a cashless world. He argues "it will hand yet more power to the financial sector in that banks and related fintech companies will oversee all transactions." Every payment you will make will be traceable. While inequality is already a problem, it may be exacerbated even further in a cashless society. Frisby writes, "Cash, on the other hand, empowers its users. It enables them to buy and sell, and store their wealth, without being dependent on anyone else. They can stay outside the financial system, if so desired."
Direct Trade (Score:3)
I guess it's going to be back to Barter World...
Re: Direct Trade (Score:5, Funny)
I'm OK with this. Particularly if it finally means the adoption of Thunderdome as the chief method of conflict resolution.
Re: Direct Trade (Score:5, Funny)
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Hamburger chain???
All restaurants are Taco Bell. It's been that way since the Franchise Wars.
Re: Direct Trade (Score:5, Interesting)
The difficulties presented by bartering have historically led to the introduction of an alternative currency [oddee.com] instead.
so make something like bitcoin but anonymous (Score:2)
You know, actually anonymous instead of pseudo-not-really anonymous.
Design suggestions?
Pointers to existing "bitcoin 2.0 the actually anonymous version" projects?
Like zerocoin (Score:2)... [ieee.org]
Re:so make something like bitcoin but anonymous (Score:5, Interesting)
Design suggestions?
First buy visa gift cards. Then swap them around.
:p
Every few months, swap your card.
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Seriously? They'll just jack up the premiums on the cards, or stop accepting them as payment.
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Seriously? They'll just jack up the premiums on the cards, or stop accepting them as payment.
This is true and the reason why Bitcoin or other crypto-currencies have a bright future serving the needs of the under-served in the economy . Whether it is for scams , drugs, prostitutes, or gambling, both cash and bitcoin fill an important role in a very large economy. Or serving unpopular organizations, political dissidents , journalists , or citizens trying to protect their savings from the theft of inflation, bail ins, asset forfeiture or the many other means states steal from their citizens. Physical
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It works just fine until the government makes them illegal to sell.
What is the point of your post exactly?
No alternative currency or system of exchange or even barter would be immune from that.
How anonymous is cash? (Score:3)
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Businesses aren't required to scan the notes' serial numbers, though. So cash is really anonymous. Still, anyway.
Also, as long as individuals weren't required to scan serial numbers when exchanging currency, an anonymous cash economy could always still exist.
Re:How anonymous is cash? (Score:5, Informative)
"White Heat" (Score:2)
Payroll robberies" were a thriving industry when I started my working life in the 70's, electronic transfers have eliminated that risk and reduced insurance premiums, so good luck finding an employer who pays your wage in cash rather than direct deposit into your bank account.
James Cagney's "White Heat" begins with a train robbery of all things and ends in a botched payroll robbery. Even in 1949, Cody Jarrett was an anachronism, a dead man walking.
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Re:How anonymous is cash? (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't cash similarly not-really anonymous though? Each bank note has a unique serial number on it
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That's why I buy everything using pennies. Sure, buying the house and car was a bitch and my carry-on is troublesome at the airport, but the extra privacy is so worth it.
Re:How anonymous is cash? (Score:5, Insightful)
What cash is, is something that can not be refused because it is your cash ie, how may I serve you today, oh you want to buy that loaf of bread, some milk and some baloney, sure and thank you for your money, oh wait the system says that money is shit because it's your money and I must refuse it, if it was someone else's that is OK but the banks have collectively decided that you can not eat today, please contact you nearest treasury officer for assistance.
A pocket full of cash and you eat, a pocket full of credit cards and you ask permission to eat. That is exactly how anonymous cash is, you do not need to ask permission to fucking spend it, it can not be rejected just because it is yours (most glaring example of exactly that, racism) and when it comes to stealing it, it takes real effort, rather than curruptly shifting around bits to enrich the minority at the majorities expence in some of the biggest scandals in history.
Also, don't ever forget, that the banks what to charge you too look after your money and pay not interest to use it for what ever they want to. Don't like that idea, tough fucking luck, we wont let you have that money we will only allow you to transfer it to one of our cartel members and charge a fee for that, so that then they can charge fees for gambling your money. The whole cashless society in capitalism thing is one huge scam, to basically enslave the majority.
Re:How anonymous is cash? (Score:5, Informative)
What cash is, is something that can not be refused because it is your cash ie, how may I serve you today, oh you want to buy that loaf of bread, some milk and some baloney, sure and thank you for your money
Cash most certainly can be refused by a merchant. Legal tender just means that cash must be accepted for payment of debts. If a store lets me put a purchase on a tab and lets me leave with a product then they are required to accept cash later on if I want to settle that debt. But they are under no obligation to let me leave the store with the product in the first place because I offer cash. A store could have a policy that they only accept goats or squirrel skins or whatever. There's effectively a contract that is made during a payment and if I don't have whatever the store requests in exchange as a payment I have no right to demand that I get the product. Cash or not.
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Could indeed - and it doesn't happen much. Except maybe, really maybe, at banks when depositing cash in the machines - the over-the-counter cash deposits just go in the drawer between the other notes. However when depositing foreign currency, like USD or EUR, I've experienced the bank marking the stack with whom deposited it for later checking for counterfeit notes.
Next, you can pretty much keep tabs on who is recording incoming payments. For practical reasons, such scans will have to be done on the spot, i
Re:How anonymous is cash? (Score:5, Insightful)
How will politicians collect their bribes if there is no more cash?
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You know, actually anonymous instead of pseudo-not-really anonymous.
Design suggestions?
Pointers to existing "bitcoin 2.0 the actually anonymous version" projects?
Bitcoin core developers are highly motivated to introduce better fungibility or privacy features to the blockchain. Right now a user can use Bitcoin in a mostly anonymous manner (Absolute anonymity doesn't exist) but must be careful and take several steps where these new features will further automate privacy. Some wallets already have some of these features built in like eliminating address reuse (unique addresses for every tx ) and coinjoin mixing services built in but we really want it done at the protoc
Re:so make something like bitcoin but anonymous (Score:5, Informative)
It's not like the government would ever make it illegal to own gold!... [wikipedia.org]
Re:so make something like bitcoin but anonymous (Score:4, Insightful)
Canada offers gold and silver ETFs which they at least claim are backed ounce for ounce with the physical reserves of the government. You can actually send an armored truck to pick up your metal at the mint in Ottawa. How are you going to prevent Americans from owning that?
By eliminating cash and controlling all digital transactions, of course! This right here is a great case for cash. Once cash is gone, financial institutions will have the ability to deny any transaction. Remember when Mastercard refused to process donations to Wikileaks? Well what would happen if you only had a Mastercard to pay for things? Sure, there are other methods now but it doesn't take much imagination to get to a time when laws prevent certain transactions. Heck, that the case now, except cash enables us to get around them. It's not just about buying drugs or whatnot, it could be about diversifying financially, as you describe. It's just a bad idea to insert a middle-man into every single transaction. It's a recipe for oppression and control.
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Gold bug or not, if money became worthless or too restrictive people would find other ways. Unleaded gas, beans, rice, canned goods, there are a host of items that are as good as if not better than gold and which could easily be used to determine value. A cow will cost you 1000 cans of vegetable or 300 gallons of gas. Sure, not as convenient as saying $800 but still very workable in a pinch. A can of vegetables or a gallon of gas has a very know value to virtually everyone.
Re: Fiat currency is doomed! Doomed I say! (Score:5, Informative)
This is why most preppers collect "junk" or Constitutional silver. It's a lot easier to handle day-to-day small transactions because it's recognizable and hard to inflate. Gold is for storing long-term wealth, not buying milk and bread.
Note that I agree with Bill Still wrt monetary reform. But in a post collapse scenario, silver will be king along with alcohol, cigs medical supplies and knowledge and anything of actual use. Search shtfplan.com for Bosnia. That's how it'll prolly turn out, assuming no large-scale nuke warfare.
In a total collapse, people *might* accept silver but I'm not sure constitutional silver is going to do you any good. The average person can't tell the difference between a silver quarter and the silver plated coins we have today and even if they can, what makes you think anyone will trust it more than the money that just collapsed? Sure, you can make arguments all day long but I'm not sure it's a sure thing as it's still just symbolic and has no real use in the day to day. On the other hand, gasoline, food, ammunition, and medicine are useful in any scenario. My first gut reaction is to figure out how to create antibiotic ointment in my basement as this would be a very valuable skill. This, however, only works in a stationary scenario where people trust or can see that your antibiotics actually work and you're not selling snake oil. Hundreds of pounds of food is also problematic if you're on the move. For price/weight ammunition would probably be one of the most valuable but is a very fixed supply and very hard to manufacture without a bunch of heavy equipment. Skills and physical labor are about the only highly portable currency that are a sure thing. The best thing is to stay in one place where you can gain trust from your neighbors and stockpile food and don't have to worry about portability. If I was going to be a prepper, I would try to find a way to have a 3 year rotating stock of canned goods, gasoline, and ammunition and forget about gold/silver. After that, I would try to acquire the skills for creating gun powder, reloading shells, and creating basic antibiotics and other commonly needed medicines in my basement. Oh, and gardening skills.
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Found the gold bug!
Remind me again, was it the Illuminati or the Lizard Men who took us off the Gold Standard?
This is lame. Why do you assume that advocates of hard currency believe in lizard men? While I don't support going back to the Gold Standard (too restrictive) it is not a completely unreasonable position. It's not on the level of believing in lizard men from outer space.
And it was Nixon who took us off the Gold Standard.
Re:Fiat currency is doomed! Doomed I say! (Score:4, Informative)
Re: Fiat currency is doomed! Doomed I say! (Score:5, Interesting)
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Right now we are advising all our clients to put everything they've got into canned food and shotguns.
Time to corner the market on can-openers and shotgun shells, I guess.
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Re: Fiat currency is doomed! Doomed I say! (Score:5, Informative)
Be paranoid (Score:5, Insightful)
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Government is a business
Yes, keep believing that, and when the US elect Trump as CEO it will finally have the government it deserves.
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After seeing the choice between Hillary and Trump do you still think the Libertarian's are nuts? They are starting to look like the better choice.
Re:Be paranoid (Score:5, Insightful)
Rather than calling government a "business", I think perhaps it's a bit more accurate to say that both businesses and governments share a common ancestry - they're both massive bureaucratic organizations, filled with people who wish to acquire and use power for their own benefit. In both cases, this means a natural tendency toward expanding their scope of responsibilities in order to build fiefdoms wherever possible, hiring underlings to boss around, and building very deep organizational charts which are massively inefficient, but with lots of mini-empire-building opportunities all the way down the ranks.
This isn't to say that there aren't good and decent people working in these organizations - most of them probably are, but in these sort of hierarchical structures, all you need is one asshole above you in the ranks to effectively negate all of your good intentions by issuing horrible directives and setting asinine rules and regulations.
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We could demand untraceable digital currency. There is no reason why something like a stored value contactless payment card couldn't make anonymous transactions. The value is stored on the card itself, no need to even send an ID really, just a cryptographic transaction to transfer money in a verifiable and tamper-proof way.
Cashless society means banks can tax us (Score:5, Insightful)
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Why aren't they under scrutiny for not competing. Their fees are in lock step, and rather outrageous compared to their actual costs. Sure does stink.
Re:Cashless society means banks can tax us (Score:5, Informative)
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Take a look at the ridiculous amounts of money they're handing out to our political leadership. They throw around money by the bucketfuls to both sides of the aisle in congress. Good lord look at the money they've given Hillary Clinton, your next POTUS. Now you know why it smells so bad. It's rotten.
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Except the fact is that I am paying LESS _AND_ it's more convenient, when I'm cashless.
Yes, I know there are transaction fees, but _at each individual purchase_, I am paying the exact same(*) whether I pay with cash or a credit card. Since I get 2% back for all purchases on my credit card, I am in actuality paying 2% less, AND it's faster/more convenient (don't have to go to the ATM, don't have to carry change) than paying cash.
Of course, I pay in full (automatically) every month, so as to not pay any inte
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Simply that the fees are factored into the price and the merchant usually swallows the cost because that has become the accepted norm (not all do, airline flights for example do not). Effectively your 2% is being subsidised by cash payers.
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How do airline flights get beyond the laws against charging extra for credit cards? Do they do the gas station "trick" of giving a cash discount instead?
Yup, I'm effectively being subsidized by cash payers. They should wise up too.
I do realize, eventually, there may be direct fees for using credit cards. Then, I will decide on a case by case basis whether it's worth it (likely not).
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How do airline flights get beyond the laws against charging extra for credit cards? Do they do the gas station "trick" of giving a cash discount instead?
There is no such law. The credit card companies tried to limit this behavior contractually and lost in court not so long ago.
The reason many don't charge extra for credit cards is that doing so is not worth the backlash.
Yup, I'm effectively being subsidized by cash payers. They should wise up too.
Everyone pays credit card tax whether they use cards or not. It is baked into cost of providing goods and services and substantially more than any crummy rewards programs.
The only winners here are the banks. They are banking on our ignorance and indifference.
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I was wrong. There are no FEDERAL laws. There are, however, STATE laws. I was remembering (the gist of) California's, since I live here.
From... [visa.com]
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Can you give examples? Even the "cheap" grocery stores (e.g. Grocery Outlet and Big Lots) take credit cards... They don't take coupons (at least Grocery Outlet doesn't), but they do take credit cards.
Arco's the only place I can think of, and I already said that other nearby places (e.g. Rotten Robbie) had identical or lower prices after taking into account the cash back.
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Wow, really? (Score:3)
Reality check. You believe that paying with a credit card does not cost more than cash? You may not see the cost as it may be charged to the store instead of you, but you pay in higher prices for all goods and services. In fact you not only pay higher costs for all goods and services because of a card, you pay for the theft on all of those insured cards.
If the banks did not make money from cards do you think you would get them for free? How do you think they make money on those cards without collecting
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You clearly did not read the post you are responding to, because I clearly covered that issue in my original post.
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Re:Wow, really? (Score:5, Insightful)
For a long time, I used to think like you did - that the merchant was getting ripped off to the tune of 1-2% when I paid by credit card.
However, that was before taking into account the costs of handling cash - paying staff to count the cash twice a day, infrastructure/security to store cash safely overnight, paying staff to transfer cash safely to the bank regularly, potential costs of staff theft, arranging/maintaining sufficient float to give change to customers, sufficient security for float cash during the work day, etc.
These are real costs on a business, which are not relevant for card transactions, and also get factored into the costs of goods and services.
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Those costs are nowhere NEAR the 2-3% that CC's charge. Not even close.
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That Bernie was right.
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Complain about what they gave up for it.
Econ 101 (Score:3)
There is no need to charge a direct service fee for credit card purchases. In the US, businesses and banks hid this long ago so the fees behave much like a tax. Store estimates 200 card transactions/week and the bank charges the business 2.00 per. So the cost of everything gets elevated to cover the 400.00 that is going to the bank.
That it is not called out as a separate line item on the customers bill does not mean that the bank is not making money on every transaction and that _everyone_ is paying addi
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Cashless society means that Visa, Mastercard, and AmEx can impose sales tax on everyone in form of transaction fees.
Remember postal money orders, Western Union, Traveler's Checks? "Do not send cash, coins or stamps by mail." No free checking for accounts below a stiff minimum balance? Transaction fees were a big part of the cash society, and remain so for the poor.
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You pay income tax which is used to pay for money to be printed. Why not pay the government to be the financial clearing house exchange? Yes these companies make a profit becase they can. The alternative is for banks to pay extra for clearance insurrance or to have you wait a week or two for transaction to clear. There's no magic fluidity. Commerce costs money, just hopefully not much.
DEC (Score:5, Informative)
Slashdot's "Digital" category was actually created for stories related to the Digital Equipment Corporation hence the icon.
Maybe the category needs to be retired, or given the number of stories that have erroneously had it applied to them, maybe the icon need to be changed.
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the "Digital" category is multitasking.
Re:DEC (Score:5, Insightful)
That's what happens when you start to hire youngsters. They don't know squat about the Real World and Real Computing History. This in compared to us oldies (oh... at 42 now I really start to feel old
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Fear is the wrong word (Score:3)
Carefully consider the trade offs is more accurate.
As with most changed they are new problems that needs to be minimized and benefits to take advantage of.
Stories love to use fear. Real life is more boring and more able to plan and control.
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Yeah, but the tinfoil hat guys ended up underestimating the mass surveillance the NSA was/is deploying against our citizenry. It is hard to see a situation where they would not do the exact same for fully traceable digital currency.
Re:Fear is the wrong word (Score:5, Interesting)
Fear is the correct word.
Few living people are able to remember the days when a wheelbarrow of cash was needed to buy a week's groceries. In various parts of the world in various times, inflation has created this situation where the traditional currency became worthless. It can happen anywhere, anytime.
The central banks who manage our financial experience can snap their fingers and put YOUR currency in that category. When that happens, you have to sell everything of value to get through the next month. When all the common people have released everything they hold dear to those who can pay (the 1%), the currency will normalize and they can buy their stuff back at the new (much higher) price.
This boom/bust cycle has repeated itself through history and is one way to keep the bulk of humanity in debt to the (sing along with me) 'one percent'. Fear is the correct word as millions have already learned on their way to an early grave. Forget history and reap the consequences.
Go back to gold to really avoid financial system (Score:4, Insightful)
Using paper money, backed by nothing, certainly requires a financial system.
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Using paper money, backed by nothing, certainly requires a financial system.
The gold bar at Fort Knox weighs about thirty pounds. Even in more manageable form, coin or bullion isn't practical for anything but the simplest of transactions. You need vaults, you need guards and armored couriers. You need standards of weight and measure.
You need stability --- which means at the very least that someone has to regulate the amount of gold in circulation.
The 1869 Black Friday financial panic in the United States was caused by the efforts of Jay Gould and James Fisk to corner the gold market on the New York Gold Exchange. It was one of several scandals that rocked the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. When the government gold hit the market, the premium plummeted within minutes and many investors were ruined. Fisk and Gould escaped significant financial harm.
Cornering The Market [wikipedia.org]
Fiat currency is also a problem (Score:3)
Re:Fiat currency is also a problem (Score:5, Funny)
In the case of a zombie apocalypse or stock market crash, cash paper might become as valuable as toilet paper.
So, extremely valuable?
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Everything comes with problems...... [slashdot.org]
I fear "Operation Choke Point plus" (Score:5, Insightful)
Operation Choke Point... [wikipedia.org] is an illustration of what can happen. Porn actors, gun auctioneers, and other people that the government didn't like, suddenly found themselves denied bank accounts. The government's flimsy excuse was that these *MIGHT* be doing something illegal. This is on par with the IRS going after conservative non-profits.
At least for now, people can still put cash under their matresses. Even so, the police often seize cash from individuals carrrying large amounts. But imagine what happens when there is no cash option. You can't get paid because you have nowhere to deposit your "money".
Just because you're not a porn actor, or gun auctioneer, doesn't mean you're safe. "First they came for the porn actors, but I wasn't a porn actor... etc". Be very, very afraid.
Re:I fear "Operation Choke Point plus" (Score:5, Informative)
They are doing it right now with the marijuana dispensaries in every state where it has been made legal.
None of the accept credit cards because none of the credit card processors will accept them. This is because the federal government will hit them with money laundering charges due to it still being illegal at the federal level.
I have experience with it, I ran a medical supply house for a few years and ever time I turned around the CC processor was locking my account and holding my funds. They would go look at the web site and see something that in there mind was "Drug paraphernalia" The last one was over 10cc syringes with a 1" 14g needle. They were for veterinary use, and the CC processor though someone could use it to shoot up drugs.
First world problem (Score:4, Funny)
I don't know any transsexual hookers who take bitcoin.
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I don't know any transsexual hookers who take bitcoin.
Maybe you ought to get out more?
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Brother, it doesn't get more out than me.
Dominic Frisby is right on the money - so to speak (Score:5, Interesting)
When we have a cashless society we have slavery. Anyone who has deposited an out of town check has already discovered that you don't have the money right away. Oh, the bank where you deposited it has it that night. But you can't have it for up to 10 working days. This is called the "float". Banks "float" huge sums of money daily - your money - and lend it back to you and others at exorbitant interest rates. The banks, of course, keep those (up to 29% annually of the amount borrowed) interest collections. You can already, in the USA, transfer money only 10 times per month in the USA - even between your own accounts at the same bank. So already, you don't own your money and can't do with it what you please. You earned it. You've already paid taxes on your earning, but you still don't actually own what's left to do with as you please. You have restrictions on how much you can draw at a time etc. etc. Your money can be confiscated, blocked from usage and be divided by 1,000 overnight. Just ask anyone who lives in Argentina. You can literally go to bed a wealthy person, having worked fervently and saved your whole life, and wake up in the morning where every $100 you had in the bank is now only 10 cents. When your money is *completely* controlled electronically you are at the mercy of your government and the banks. Totally. You are effectively a hostage, if not a slave. I know, I've lived it already.
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10 days, try depositing a check in the US that is from Canada, it took 30 days to get the cash in the account.
Hell, Paypal was faster.
You get what yo wish for (Score:2)
On the plus side... (Score:4, Insightful)
The enthusiasts say "Hooray, saving the un-banked from their precarious existence and enabling access to financial services!" The detractors say "feeding the last holdouts and previously inaccessible markets into the maw of the financial service industry." They aren't actually disagreeing. The enthusiasts talk about the glorious transparency and ability to crack down on bribery, embezzlement, slush funds, and various similar things. The pessimists note the relentless and inescapable scrutiny and the ability to crack down on basically any flavor of transaction you don't much approve of. Again, not really a dispute over what the plan will do. Optimists extol the ease and convenience of frictionless electronic transacting without tedious stacks of paper. The less sanguine note that that's pretty much exactly what team Behavioral Econ says is the recipe to maximize impulse spending and consumer debt accumulation.
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You've already shown why your kneejerk false-equivalency presentation of the issue doesn't work: Its facile toward those who have been engaging in a one-way class war against working class people for decades.
Optimists extol the ease and convenience of frictionless electronic transacting without tedious stacks of paper. The less sanguine note that that's pretty much exactly what team Behavioral Econ says is the recipe to maximize impulse spending and consumer debt accumulation.
I know that was far from your intent, but you elevated "frictionless" economics to something real in order to suggest equivalence. The 1990s want their fallacies back.
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If you don't want to pay people enough for them to create the demand to keep the economy going, your options are to either have it crash or give them infinite credit.
This drift may be too subtle to notice, but it's obvious if you ponder the effect's foundation, not the effect's subtlety.
I'm not trying to be moralistic, even the benefactors may be unaware in cases where it's just a natural consequence of the imbalance.
This same line of reasoning identifies that giving more/all control to the financial services (banks) will see drift from the lopsided influence, the only debatable point being how much.
A free society must allow crime to happen (Score:3, Insightful)
The fundamental problem is the "scourge" of crime.
Unfortunately, we're in a state of Industrial level crime: from cartels, to terrorism, to state sponsored shenanigans.
Most of these cash free laws aim at abetting crime. Cashless laws are supposed to stifle money laundering, ransoms, drug payments, gun payments, etc.
Anonymous transactions enable criminal transactions.
But free societies need to allow for crime, especially low grade crime. Nobody wants cartels, or terrorist groups, or even state sponsored shenanigans. But I do want to be able to pay people under the table for painting my fence. Or buying some weed on the street corner. Or buying a stolen stereo from the back of somebodies van.
With the pervasive surveillance society, we can't prevent crime, but we can post-mortem hunt down the perpetrators. We can run the tape back. Watch the guy with the knife walk backwards out of the convenience store in to his car. The car drive backwards down the street. The broken window suddenly reassembling itself as the guy pulls the hammer out of it and walks backward to the back alley, where he rides his bicycle backwards to his house.
But, we've been solving petty crimes like that forever using classic detective work and simply relying on people being people, and criminals being stupid.
That pervasive surveillance that nailed this guy with a mouse click is so oppressive as to stifle the real creativity of society. The growth of society. The change of society.
Adding money transfer tracking just broadens the net.
Cartels and terrorism are social issues, not criminal issues. It's a different category of ill. But pervasive surveillance, is worse.
Cashless society push being driven by NIRP (Score:5, Interesting)
NIRP = Negative Interest Rates, [cnbc.com] a situation where a central bank tries to push interest rates below zero (instead of getting interest on your savings, you pay the bank to hold your cash). The theory is that THIS is the thing that will force consumers to spend their wealth, and yadda yadda, the economy starts growing and adding jobs (the reason for the 2% inflation target is similar, to make debt more attractive as one can pay it off in less valuable currency, and to institute a "use it or lose it" tax which doesn't need to be voted on by the legislature).
The PROBLEM is that if rates get too negative, then people will convert their wealth to cash. Large denomination bills enable that. That's why there has been a push on to eliminate the 100 dollar bill [washingtonpost.com], under the guise of battling terrorists and criminals. The head of the European Central Bank has recently proposed eliminating the 500 Euro note for the same reason. A happy coincidence is that this makes it harder for people to convert their wealth to cash.
This won't be instituted all at once. This is how it is introduced, under a false casus belli.
A cashless society means you are a captive audience to these sorts of experiments. Additionally, while cash doesn't require infrastructure to complete transactions, cashless transactions require a great deal of infrastructure. Buying something electronically means you are requesting permission to buy - either via authentication or other constraints.
Humans have been using currency for thousands of years. Instead of hastily rushing to do away with it, we should approach the situation with a lot of caution. Something proponents most certainly do not want.
Currency is already a logical construct. The slips of paper are inherently worth very little. They don't even function that well as toilet paper (not that I would know). Currency which becomes an electronic logical construct gives a tremendous amount of power to the people running the servers. And even more importantly perhaps, their cronies.
Heck yea we should fear a cashless world (Score:2)
I fear a cashless world (Score:2)
US Centric point of view (Score:3)
This article is very US Centric and ignores many facts and counterpoints, one of which is Canada, which is already a cashless society for all intents and purposes (were down to only 44% of transactions using cash and it falls by roughly 10% a year)..
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This article is very US Centric and ignores many facts and counterpoints, one of which is Canada, which is already a cashless society
No it isn't..
Wrong, Canadians use debit and credit cards. Same as the US with roughly same costs imposed on merchants.
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The trouble is... (Score:2)
The trouble is...
* Who is going to buy a $500,000 house with cash - who is going to be stupid enough to hide that kind of money under the mattress?
* Transporting large sums of cash around is great for criminals.
* Physical money isn't secure - applying ink to paper is something that is going to get increasingly easy as technology improves and stamping out disks of metal isn't happening because it's hard to do it cheaply enough to profitably with =$1 coins.
* Physical money is still backed by someone - it only
Your Fear Is Irrelevant (Score:3)
Pt (Score:2)
Platinum
It has more uses than gold, especially in chemical reactions..
Trade off (Score:2)
Money will become worthless without cash (Score:5, Insightful)
So many comments and so few mentions of the mark of the beast?
What people value in money is the ability to spend it as they wish. A cashless economy removes this freedom. This will drive people to seek other means of trade. Expect barter, silver, gold, bit-coin, soup cans, laundry detergent bottles, whatever.
I heard some people discuss alternative currencies on late night talk radio not too long ago and the expert they had brought up several means to bypass reserve notes and coins. The topic was not on a cashless society exactly but more generally about the value we place in government issued money.
One thing mentioned in this talk show was the potential use of currency from another country. There are laws already existing in the USA protecting the right of people to keep foreign bank notes. For a cashless society to work then laws like this would have to be repealed to prevent people from just using Euros or whatever, not that it'd prevent it completely but it would drive it underground.
As mentioned in the article there's just too many transactions where electronic transfers just aren't suitable. There's a lot of charities and such that live on small cash transactions, we even have a name for them, "a penny drive".
Oh, and the biblical reference to a mark of the beast will cause a problem with a lot of people.
Remember Cyprus - 2013 (Score:4, Informative)
Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" (Score:3)
This idea was part of the plot of Margaret Atwood's excellent The Handmaid's Tale.
The story is about a post war world in which fertility has plummeted due to the use of chemical weapons (I think), and the US is now run by an ultra-conservative christian authoritarian government (think a Christian version of Saudi Arabia), and the limited number of fertile women are essentially "breeders" (the Handmaids of the title), slaves who bare children for the ruling elite. It's a fantastic dystopian novel.
The authoritarian regime that controls the US in the story did away with cash. Then at a later point they simply suspended women's access to any kind of payment system. Without recourse to cash they were utterly powerless. I've always felt The Handmades Tale was a far scarier book than 1984 (which is also great), because it seemed much more plausible, especially as such societies essentially already exist.
Unlike some of her other books, The Handmaid's Tale is a short and quick read, well worth an evening or two.
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I don't know if that's real, but I actually have a 50Billion Yugoslavian dinar bill that has the picture of Nikolai Tesla on it. I have it right here. During the troubles there, they had bills going up to 500,000,000 dinar.
Re:What's the alternative? Precious metals? (Score:4, Insightful)
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Neither precious metals nor paper money have any intrinsic value. They only have value be we have decided to give them value.
Precious metals have one good 'intrinsic' quality: they can be traded as an alternative to any/all paper monies. But the overall value is still psychological and trading is still regulated, so that distinction is not so grand as goldbugs like to think. |
Infernal Devices is the third book of the Mortal Engines Quartet written by Philip Reeve and first published in 2005.
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Today is a huge milestone for this blog (and me). As of today, I am halfway towards my goal of a making pie a day for a year! In a way, it feels as if I’ve only just begun – but it’s already been six months now.
And this all began because I had a crazy idea in the middle of the night to make “a pie a day” my gratitude project. The next morning I met my friend Debbie and asked her to talk some sense into me… but instead she encouraged me to follow through with this project, and I am very glad that she did. Debbie also sent me 250 pie tins so that I would not have to ask for my pie plates back every day (something I had not thought much about).
When I had my “grand idea” it seemed so simple – make a pie a day and give it away. There was no thought about the time it might take, the people I might meet, the emotions that would surface. I’ve spent time with folks that I might not have otherwise had the opportunity to visit; I’ve heard the words, “You’ve made my day” more times than I can count. It has been a wonderful experience so far and I am looking forward to see where the rest of the year takes me.
Today I wanted to thank Debbie for her tremendous support of my “pie” endeavor with a beautiful frittata. She saw my idea as something wonderful and I am most grateful for that.
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Katharine Cornell (February 16, 1893 - June 9, 1974) was an American state actress, author and theatrical producer. She played English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street in 1931. She also played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet in 1934. She wrote several biography books. The most notable one was I Always Wanted to be an Actress, published in 1939. She was married to Guthrie McClintic.
Cornell was born in Berlin to American parents. She was raised in Buffalo, New York. She died at age 81 in Tisbury, Massachusetts.
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The Detroit Lions have filled the coaching vacancy created when defensive backs coach Tim Walton left to become the defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams by promoting Marcus Robertson, Justin Rogers of Mlive reports .
Robertson was hired by Detroit in 2012 as an assistant defensive backs coach. Prior to joining the Lions, he held the same title with the Tennessee Titans for five years.
A former safety, Robertson played 12 season for the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans and Seattle Seahawks. He was a First-Team All-Pro in 1993 and finished his career with 676 tackles and 24 interceptions in 162 games (144 starts).
Robertson will be the fourth new positions coach for the Lions in 2013. Detroit also promoted Jeremiah Washburn to take over the offensive line, while hiring Bobby Johnson and Curtis Modkins to coach the tight ends and running backs.
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Hilary Bradt MBE (born 17 July 1941) is a British writer. He founded Bradt Travel Guides, a publisher of travel guide books, in the mid-1970s.
Life
From 1972, Bradt spent 18 months in South America with her husband, and later they set up Bradt Travel Guides together. Their first book was Backpacking along Ancient Ways in Peru and Bolivia. The award-winning Bradt guides have always covered unusual destinations that do not attract large numbers of tourists. The company is based in Chalfont St Peter, England.
After running the company for 35 years, Bradt retired in 2007, but she is still chairman. She also still writes about travel, including a guide book to Devon and articles in travel magazines.
Bradt worked for many years as a tour leader, particularly in Madagascar, a country that she has written many books about. Bradt is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and she received their Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2009.
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to the tourist industry and to charity. Bradt's charity work includes being patron of Money for Madagascar, which has been raising funds for projects in Madagascar since 1986. |
person’s arc advised not to break/squeeze the erupted spots; otherwise the infection will spread to the surrounding areas (of tissues). If acne persists even beyond puberty, professional help will be needed. Persons with oily skin are more likely to suffer from severe infection..
Causes
Acne is caused by the over activity.
Excessive production of male hormones such as testosterone from conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome may be another cause.
Some contraceptive pills may make acne worse. This is due to the type of progestogen hormone in some pills whereas some other types of contraceptive pills can improve acne
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Marian Zembala (11 February 1950 - 19 March 2022) was a Polish cardiac surgeon, academic and politician. He was the Minister of Health in 2015. He was a deputy to the Sejm from 2015 until 2019. Zembala was born in Krzepice, Poland. He was a member of the Civic Platform.
Zembala died on 19 March 2022 in Zbroslawice, Poland at the age of 72. |
FIRST-HALF strikes from João Moutinho and Raul Jimenez ensured 10-man Cherries were sunk 2-1 at home by Wolves.
The duo netted within 31 minutes at Vitality Stadium, while Cherries were left to play 53 minutes of the contest with 10 men after home skipper Simon Francis was sent off for two bookings.
Defeat meant Eddie Howe’s men have won just once in their past eight games in all competitions.
Club captain Francis made his first Premier League start since rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee against Tottenham on Boxing Day.
He came in to replace the injured Joshua King, as Howe’s side matched up the visitors by lining up with three centre-backs.
Visitors Wolves remained unchanged from the side that beat Aston Villa 2-1 before the international break.
Winger Adama Traore was passed fit after overcoming a hamstring issue.
An early corner for the visitors saw them fire the first strike in anger.
After Nathan Ake headed clear for Cherries, the ball dropped to Portuguese international Ruben Neves on the volley, who drove a fizzing effort just wide.
Fellow midfielder Moutinho then shanked off target after being teed up on the edge of the box – as the Nuno Espirito Santo’s men took control of the opening exchanges.
Traore was causing problems for the hosts and he brought a key booking on 17 minutes.
After the Spanish winger was pulled back by Philip Billing on the counter, the Cherries midfielder was shown his fifth yellow of the campaign, meaning he will miss next week’s trip to Tottenham.
Francis was then cautioned as he hacked down Diogo Jota on the edge of the box – a foul which led to Wolves’ first goal.
A dipping free-kick from Moutinho at an acute angle flew over goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale and into the top corner on 21 minutes.
Things then got worse for the hosts as they conceded a second in simple fashion 10 minutes later. Moutinho’s precise free-kick found Traore in acres of space down the right.
He centred for Jimenez to tap home the training-ground move from close range with simplicity.
Francis’s return to a Premier League starting XI lasted just 37 minutes, as Cherries were reduced to 10 men before the break.
The 34-year-old was judged to have pulled back Jota following an advantage played by referee Simon Hooper, who went back to send off the skipper.
Boss Howe elected to shuffle the pack at the interval. Replacing Harry Wilson and Billing with Jefferson Lerma and Arnaut Danjuma.
But it was Cherries who were given a let-off as Wolves should have had a third.
Jota ran through to slide the ball past Ramsdale and into the net – only to be flagged offside. Replays suggested the winger was being played on.
The visitors continued to threaten. Neves drilled just wide on 55 minutes with Ramsdale sharply moving to his right-hand post.
But Cherries gave themselves a lifeline with 59 minutes on the clock. Ryan Fraser’s corner picked out the near-post run of Steve Cook, whose header glanced off Traore and into the far corner for 2-1.
The hosts then made their final change with 14 minutes remaining. Dan Gosling returned for his first senior appearance since April, after replacing Lewis Cook.
As Cherries piled men forward, Wolves almost sealed it on the counter on 79 minutes. Jota surged at goal on the counter and, after being tracked by Steve Cook, forced a diving low stop from Ramsdale.
With eight minutes remaining, Ake must have thought he’d scored. A free-kick from Rico was flicked on by Steve Cook to the flying Dutchman, whose acrobatic effort was parried away by keeper Rui Patricio.
And Danjuma spurned a golden chance to earn a point in stoppage time for the hosts, blazing over from inside the box.
Cherries: Ramsdale; Smith, Francis, S Cook, Ake, Rico; L Cook (Gosling, 76), Billing (Lerma, h-t); H Wilson (Danjuma, h-t), Fraser; C Wilson.
Unused subs: Stacey, Mepham, Solanke, Boruc (g/k).
Booked: Francis (2), Billing, Rico.
Wolves: Patricio; Jonny, Saiss, Coady, Dendoncker, Doherty; Neves Moutinho; Jota (Vinagre, 89), Traore; Jimenez.
Unused subs: Vallejo, Neto, Cutrone, Perry, Kilman, Ruddy (g/k).
Booked: Saiss.
Referee: Simon Hooper
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Global Entrepreneurship Week is going to be celebrated in Romania, Tg.Mures. Young people will come with ideas and their creativity in the events which Fundatia Professional is going to organise.
News from Romania
Piloting Session in Romania
Development of Youth Training Course Framework has undergone a few draft versions. This IO has been extended to allow for improvement as a result of feedback from the pre-piloting and feedback from young people and youth leaders. The topics and themes for this output were directly taken from the primary research to address what were established as the priority needs and skills for entrepreneurs and to ensure their usability. All partners have adapted this output making it relevant for their target groups and local economy needs. ProF has been developed activities referring to Tourism which has been identified as the local need.
Piloting Training to Youth Workers – Pilot Round 1 We have identified 14 Youth Workers and Trainers who are trained in adapted activities in the Framework IO2.
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3rd full Partnership Meeting in Targu-Mures (Romania)
26-27 April, 2016 Project partners had very fruitful meeting in Targu-Mures (Romania). During the meeting some issues related to pilot and cascaded trainings were solved, discussion about interactive platform was held. Besides this, project partners had very cozy talk to young Romanians and it was very valuable to the project in order to adapt project results to both youth and local economy needs.
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John Edward James (born June 8, 1981) is an American businessman and politician who is the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 10th congressional district since 2023.
James ran as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate elections in Michigan in 2018 and 2020, losing the elections to Democratic incumbents Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters. |
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William John "Bill" Evans (August 16, 1929 - September 15, 1980) was an American jazz piano player. His career lasted 25 years. He was known for playing close groups of chords in his left hand, while playing melodies with his right hand. He was also known for playing in groups that featured him, a bass player, and a drummer. The groups dealt more with interaction and group-improvisation than jazz bands before them.
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Charles Juste Francois Victurnien, de Beauvau, Prince of Craon (1793-1864) was a French military man and senator under Napoleon III. He was a member of the House of Beauvau. He was known as the Prince of Beauvau. Because of his father's rank of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, he succeeded to those titles on his fathers death in 1849. He married twice. He had four children including the next Prince of Beauvau. Politically he was a member of the Bonaparte party which sought to restore the Bonaparte family to the French throne. Though legally the "Prince of Craon", he was known by his other title "Prince of Beauvau".
Charles was born on 7 March 1793 at Sunninghill in Berkshire. His parents, Marc Etienne de Beauvau, Prince of Beauvau and Nathalie de Rochechouart, were in exile in England from the French revolution.
The family returned to France. In 1810, Charles entered the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He became an officer of carabiniers two years later, during the campaign against Russia. He was nominated senator. He was elected Councillor-General of the Meurthe in 1854.
Marriages and children
On 9 June 1815, Charles married Lucie Virginie de Choiseul (1794-1834). They had the following children:
Marc Rene Antoine Victurnien (1816-1883), next Prince of Beauvau
Etienne Guy Charles Victurnien (1818-1865)
On 2 April 1839, Charles married Eugenie Ludmille Alexandrine Josephine Komar (1820-1881). They had the following children:
Marie Delphine Elisabeth Stephanie (1842-1898), married Count Gaston Alexandre de Ludre
Beatrix Jeanne Marie Josephine (1844-1895), married Count Horace de Choiseul-Praslin
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What to bring with you to the spa
Clients who are going to visit a spa for the first time often have some questions and concerns. What should I wear when I visit the spa? What should you bring with you when you go to the spa? We hope this article will give you all the answers you seek.
What to Take to SPA
For a comfortable stay at the spa for a few hours or longer, you will need certain things that are usually provided to clients on site:
- A robe;
- a towel;
- disposable slippers and a cap;
- Personal hygiene items (also disposable).
When planning a trip to the salon, you should clarify in advance with the administrator whether you will be given all the above items before the procedures.
Some items should be brought with you to the salon in advance:
Swimsuits or swimsuit (this item of clothing is relevant if you are not planning to use the services of a personal spa);
Body milk or favorite cream: after certain SPA-procedures the skin may be dry, and it is nice to soften it with the usual means of moisturizing;
Money or a gift certificate for the salon procedures.
You will need the above items in almost any case, regardless of what services you plan to pamper yourself during your visit to the spa – massage, aromatherapy, water or other procedures.
What should I wear to the spa?
The choice of outerwear depends on the time of year. The rest of your outfit depends on the type of treatment and the specialist you have signed up with. For example, such a service as a full body massage would require you to be almost completely naked, to ensure the freedom of manipulation during the procedure to the specialist. You will have to take off your slippers and bathrobe, leaving only your panties on.
If the procedure is planned in the pool, or you want to visit a Jacuzzi, bring a towel, bathing suit, bathrobe and flip-flops. You can also use pool shoes or disposable slippers as disposable shoes.
If you have a relaxing body massage using oils – do not worry about the possibility of getting your clothes dirty after the procedure. The salons use hypoallergenic oils, which are easily absorbed into the skin, and do not leave greasy stains on the client’s daily clothes.
Now you know what you need to take with you to various spa treatments for a pleasant and relaxing vacation!
During your visit.
If you are relaxing in the aqua-thermal zone, try not to disturb other visitors with loud conversations, politely share the common space. Remember that everyone came here with one and the same goal – to relax and recuperate.
Cell phones should be turned off or put on silent mode so that they do not distract from the procedures. Enjoy the dim lights and relaxing music, and disconnect from your current affairs.
During the procedures you can tell the master about your feelings – the specialist will be grateful to you and will be able to correct the technique if you feel discomfort. Do not hesitate to ask questions. If you feel more comfortable spending time in silence, please let the masseur know, as we are attentive to the wishes of our guests.
What is forbidden by the spa rules?
Smoking, drinking alcohol and eating in the treatment areas and changing rooms are prohibited in all areas of the spa.
What do you need to take with you to a spa day?
A spa day is a great way to relax and get refreshed. It can be a good way to take some time off from work or just to enjoy yourself.
Some people go on a spa day as an excuse to buy new clothes, shoes, and jewelry. Others go with their significant other or family members. Some people even go by themselves!
Most spas will offer different treatments that you can choose from, such as massages, mud masks, and facials. You may also want to bring your own food and drink with you if you are on a strict diet or have certain dietary restrictions.
What do you usually wear to a spa?
A spa day is a chance to relax and forget about the stresses of life. It’s an opportunity for self-care, and it can be a great way to spend time with friends or family.
However, you may find yourself wondering what to wear. There are some things you should consider when deciding what to wear for a spa day. .There are different types of spas, such as mani-pedis and facials. You may be completely comfortable in your swimsuit or shorts and a t-shirt. However, if you are going to visit the spa for a deeper relaxation treatment like a massage or facial, you might want to consider wearing something more comfortable and less revealing. If you are visiting a day spa, you may want to consider what the day spa is like. Is it quiet and private or is there often a big crowd? You might want to dress in something more appropriate for the type of treatment you’re getting. |
The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American drama movie directed by Edward Dmytryk and based on the novel of the same name by Harold Robbins. It stars George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Bob Cummings, Elizabeth Ashley, Lew Ayers, Leif Erickson, Carroll Baker, Martha Hyer and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Steve McQueen appears in the 1966 prequel movie Nevada Smith. |
With Decorah’s Upper Midwest seasons, and nature’s way of changing
before your very eyes, there’s always something new to see, and the
outing always feels like just the right getaway.
Let’s start as close as Decorah gets to a beach (walks on which
women, at least, regularly rank as a #1 romantic outing of choice): the
banks of our own Upper Iowa. The little river has no steadily crashing
waves, but the occasional roar of fast water and the soft burbling of
the rest of the stream provide exactly the background you need to
accompany the loud pitter-patter noise of your excited hearts.
The quickest river access is provided by the little loop of trail
straight west of the Regents Center. On a more serious river walk, you
could stroll down to where Riverview Drive ends at Mound Street just
south of campus. From there, veer right onto the trail at the river
edge of the Decorah Prairie, loop along the river to the dike, cross
the West Decorah Bridge to the facing dike, follow that to the Dug Road
recreational trail that goes out to the Decorah campground, cross the
“campers-only” footbridge and take the roadside trail back to the
bridge below campus. Every part of that route offers a slightly
different perspective on the river.
In dry weather, try the sweet little trail that begins just across
from the entrance to Dunning’s Spring and extends down along the river
to Palisades Park. It’s dirt, small rocks, occasional tree roots, and
goes so close to the bank edge you need to watch your step or you’ll
get soaked, but it provides the most fetching river walk in town. The
view is different going down than going back, but you can also cross
over at the bridge below Palisades and return to College Drive on the
recreational trail on the town side of the river.
Your next best choice is Dunning’s Spring itself—where hundreds of
married alums go to re-visit the place where their happy relationships
began. A hike up to the spring is a good short destination. The falls
are loud enough to shut out the rest of the world and help you
concentrate on you and your darling. If you want to watch the sunset or
gaze up at the moon, take the steep climb to your right at the end of
the parking lot to the overlook. If you don’t stop there, the walk gets
easier, and takes you through some very pretty woods including a big
grove of red pines with good views all along the way.
Equally fine for romantic overlooks: the gazebo below Phelps Park or
the top of the steps at Pulpit Rock. If you are seeking a good end
point for a ramble out from campus, these two destinations are as good
as the Whippy Dip, but work in even the coldest weather, and with
nowhere near the calories. Just watch your step and hold on to the rail
if you try Pulpit Rock in snow and ice!
Better yet, walk past Pulpit Rock, across the footbridge at the
campground and take a right out to Twin Springs Park: the most gorgeous
little postage stamp of natural beauty in Decorah. Walk up along the
energetic little stream scaring trout along the way to the twin springs
themselves and then continue up the hill to the white pine grove at its
crest. There’s a picnic table up there. The pines smell oh-so-romantic.
And the sound of the wind in those trees is almost as good as rushing
rivers, crashing waves, or the welcome pitch of your sweetheart’s voice.
Worried about watching your footing for those after-dark strolls
with the person of your dreams? Try the trail that climbs the hill
behind the college barn. It was engineered for elderly folks riding
bikes, only they never do that, especially after dark. You’ll have the
college woods all to yourselves, and a footpath smooth and solid enough
to accommodate Bond’s Aston Martin on a tight, fast curve.
My own hoofing-it experience makes me a happy advocate of pursuing a
wedding ring alongside your Luther B.A. And I advise that the best way
to pursue it is on foot. The first time I asked my
then-friend-later-girlfriend-now-wife Rachel out, it was for an autumn
walk in the college woods. Thirty-four years later we’re still walking
the same paths, only now it’s often with a child and a dog.
Even if a wedding is the last thing on your young mind, if you feel
like getting somewhere with the one you love, my Valentine’s advice for
2009 is: take a hike! |
Golden Girl is a 1951 American musical movie directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertson, Dennis Day, Una Merkel. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1952. |
Virtual Exhibitions ▸ Paula Jones – Mixed Media
1st—26th November 2021
Paula Jones has always had a fascination with portraiture. Visiting the National Portrait Gallery and staring into the faces painted by the Old Masters captivated her as a teenager. She has an academic background in geography and environmental sustainability and a love of being in nature and in particular wild swimming. These elements of her life have led her to create pieces focussing on our human connection to the world and questioning how we see ourselves in this context.
She is interested in issues pertaining to gender, diversity and equality. In her felt work these issues are explored more explicitly, whilst in her paintings a greater subtlety of their consideration is employed. She is inspired by a variety contemporary artists such as Peter Field, Colin Davidson and Bisa Butler, as well as the likes of Thomas Gainsborough and the silhouette making artists of the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century.
Paula is a mixed media artist and enjoys working with an ever increasing range of media and processes including felt, oil paint, acrylic paint, oil and soft pastel and mono-printing. She says that she gets so much joy out of moving between media and combining media that she couldn’t imagine limiting herself to working in just one!
This is Paula’s debut exhibition and as such it is an exciting opportunity to see this artist’s work for the first time in a gallery situation.
Paula is open to commissions and future exhibition opportunities.
Instagram: @paulapeajelly
Website: PeaJelly.com
Number 1: Becky
Number 2: Laura
Number 3: Anitha
Number 4: Self-portrait
Number 5: Sunlight
Number 6: Alive
Number 7: An Appearance
Number 8: Soaking in the Sea
Number 9: Restful
Number 10: Emerge
Number 11: Sea Dip
Number 12: Windswept
Number 13: Merbeing
Number 14: Retro Spec
Number 15: Braving the Waves
Number 16: Star Gazer
Number 17: Watching Fish
Number 18: Flighty Lady (tribute to Bessie Coleman)
Number 19: Miz Candy Floss
Number 20: Dame Raspberry Ripple
Number 21: Skinny Dippers
Number 22: A Fashionable Swimmer
Number 23: Our Beautiful Brains
Number 24: Synaptic Pruning
Number 25: Baby Brain
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The Brothers Grimm (German: Die Bruder Grimm, also Gebruder Grimm) were the brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. They were German academics and most famous for their collections of folktales and fairy tales, and for their work in linguistics.
The Grimm brothers both became linguists. They are the inventors of German philology. They also did other language-related work, like publishing one of the first grammar books for the German language.
They also wrote fairy tales, and collected the tales which people told them. They published a collection of fairy tales known as Grimms' Fairy Tales (Grimms Marchen). |
A flavour for every season — Goli Soda — a local Hyderabadi startup makes delicious drinks and you can grab them at INR 35 & upwards a bottle or INR 150 & upwards a pitcher.
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Do you take a certain joy in fresh juices or drinkies? Then Goli Soda is handmade for you. We discovered this brand at a drive-in and got intrigued as it’s not every day you find Nannari Sharbat. Bottled in dainty plastic bottles (Or glass bottles, the choice is yours), this drink along with many other variants can jazz up your meal or the pitchers can be refrigerated. The buttermilk and coconut water (With coconut chunks) are basic yet classic. But our love explicitly goes to the fruit milk and rose milk, along with Nannari — a drink made from the roots of a plant. These are refreshing and if you are looking for a drink on the go, you’ve got to try these. Plus, they are budget!
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Khalil Taha (13 July 1932 - 27 July 2020) was a Lebanese wrestler. At the 1951 Mediterranean Games in Alexandria Egypt, Taha won the silver medal in the 73 kg Greco-Roman wrestling.
At the 1952 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman Welterweight category. |
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The glottal stop (or glottal plosive) is a type of consonant. The letter for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is . The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is <?> . In English, this sound is found in a few accents. One example is the break in "uh-oh".
Features
Features of the glottal stop:
It has no phonation. This means that it is not a voiced or voiceless sound. This is because there is no air flow through the glottis when the sound is being made.
Writing
When many languages, such as Arabic, are Romanized (which means they are written with the Latin alphabet instead of their usual writing system), the glottal stop is written with the apostrophe or the symbol `. This is where the IPA letter comes from. In many Polynesian languages that use the Latin alphabet, the glottal stop is written with a rotated apostrophe, . This letter is called 'okina in Hawaiian and Samoan. In Malay the glottal stop is written with the letter (at the end of words). In Voro and Maltese, it is written with .
Other writing systems also have letters for the glottal stop. For example, the Hebrew alphabet uses the letter aleph . Cyrillic has the letter palochka . This letter is used in several Caucasian languages. Modern Latin alphabets for some Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus use the letter heng (' '). In Tundra Nenets, it is written with the letters apostrophe and double apostrophe . In Japanese, glottal stops occur at the end of interjections of surprise or anger and are written with .
When most Philippine languages are written, the glottal stop is not written all the time. Usually, a word that begins with a vowel (for example, Tagalog , "dog") is always pronounced with a glottal stop before that vowel. (This also happens in Modern German and Hausa.) This glottal stop is not written. Some orthographies (or ways of writing words) use a hyphen instead of the reverse apostrophe if the glottal stop is in the middle of the word (e.g. Tagalog , "love"; or Visayan gabi-i, "night"). If it is at the end of a word, the last vowel is written with a circumflex accent (known as the pakupya) if the last vowel is stressed and there is a glottal stop in the final vowel (for example, basa, "wet"). If the stress is on the penultimate, or second-to-last, syllable, then a grave accent (known as the paiwa) is used (for example, bata, "child").
Some Canadian indigenous languages, especially some of the Salishan languages, use the letter ? itself as part of their writing systems. In some of them, there are uppercase and lowercase letters for the glottal stop: and . The number 7 or question mark is sometimes used instead of ?. Some languages, such as Squamish, use this instead of ?. SENCOTEN uses the comma to write the glottal stop. However, this is optional in SENCOTEN.
In 2015, two women challenged the government of the Northwest Territories. They wanted to use the ? character in their daughters' names: Sahai?a, a Chipewyan name, and Sakae?ah, a Slavey name. The government told them that the identity documents the government uses could not have the letter ? on them. Because of this, the women instead used hyphens in their daughters' names. After this, they continued to challenge the government.
In the Crow language, the glottal stop is written as a question mark: ?. The only time the glottal stop is used in Crow is as a question marker morpheme, at the end of a sentence. (A question marker makes a sentence into a question.)
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Sirpa Pietikäinen and Marie Arena are Members of the European Parliament.
“There are 1.8 billion young people in the world today, the largest youth population in history. Yet the needs of many millions of young people are neglected, including their rights to education, to sexual and reproductive health, and to participate in decisions affecting them.
A new report released yesterday 18 November by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, shows how young people are key to economic and social progress in low- and middle-income countries and describes what must be done to realize their full potential. The State of World Population 2014, The Power of 1.8 Billion: Adolescents, Youth and the Transformation of the Future, also provides the latest trends and statistics on adolescent and youth populations worldwide. We are at the crucial juncture in deciding the content of the Post-2015 global development plan which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The theme and timing of this UN report is no accident; UNFPA is sending a clear message to world leaders that a focus on young people must be central to the new development framework if it is to be successful.
Often ignored
Adolescents and youth, those between 10 and 24 years old, accounted for 28% of the world population in 2010. Yet, the concerns and potential of young people are often overlooked. Decision-makers often do not give sufficient weight to the concerns of youth. Is this because many young people are not of a voting age? Whatever the reason, this tendency not only impacts negatively on the interests of young people but also does serious damage to economies and societies.
There has been a perception that the rights of young people were not at the forefront of the MDGs, limiting their impact on the lives of adolescent men and women and the achievement of a number of goals. The post-2015 agenda is a fresh opportunity to address this discrepancy and place the concerns of the next generation at the heart of our decision-making. We must bring attention to and investment in the capabilities of young people, specifically in the areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights, education, and training for work and life.
Focus on girls
Particular focus needs to be given to adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries. We need to support their access to quality health care and education, opportunities for quality employment, and freedom from abuses such as forced marriage and early pregnancy. Although adolescent fertility rates have fallen in recent years, 20,000 girls under age 18 still give birth in low- and middle-income countries every day. Every year, there are 70,000 adolescent deaths from complications of pregnancy and childbirth.. For our part, we will push for the European Parliament to take a strong position in support of adolescent girls.
Through all of this, it is important to remember that girls have their own voices and are their own best advocates. ‘The Girl Declaration,’ a powerful statement from 508 girls living in poverty across the globe, opens with the line ‘I was not put on this earth to be invisible.’ We need to see adolescent girls embedded in the design, content, monitoring, and implementation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Strong and deliberate investment in adolescent girls is necessary if we are to succeed in accelerating progress on the toughest global challenges, achieve equality, advance human rights and end global poverty. The return on investment in adolescent girls is high — but so are the costs of excluding them.” |
Charles Wilson Buttz (November 16, 1837 - July 20, 1913) was a U.S. Representative for South Carolina.
He was born in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He died in Lisbon, North Dakota. |
Sara's Caesar Salad
Total Time
10mins
Prep 10 mins
Cook 0 mins
From Foodnetwork.com, Sara Moulton's show. I like the fact that this recipe uses Egg Beaters instead of raw egg.
Ingredients Nutrition
For the dressing
- 1 garlic clove, finely minced
- 2 teaspoons anchovy paste
- 1⁄3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1⁄4 cup egg beaters 99% egg substitute
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
For the salad
- 2 -3 heads romaine lettuce, roughly chopped
- 3 cups croutons
- 2 -4 eggs, hard boiled, sliced (2 extra large, or 4 large)
- 2 cups parmesan cheese, curls
Directions
- For the dressing, whisk all ingredients together until smooth. Set aside.
- For the salad, place romaine and croutons in very large salad bowl. Add dressing, and toss well.
- Add sliced eggs and cheese curls, toss lightly, and serve.
Sara's Caesar Salad |
Ken Tokura (born 16 June 1986) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Vissel Kobe.
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Illustration by Andres Garzon
Liam was six when he started to shimmy up the doorway moldings. “Look Mom!” he’d cry from the ceiling. “No hands!”
Lena tried to discourage him. “Why don’t you play hockey or soccer like a normal kid?” she would ask, but there was no stopping the climb that carried her son through boyhood and adolescence, from doorways to signposts to the roof of their house and all the other roofs in their neighbourhood. The taller he grew, the greater the assent. The therapist said he would grow out of it. Lena was not so sure, but she carried on as single mothers do.
“I’m glad you’re here,” she confessed to the police when they came knocking on her door –– incriminating words that she later denied. Although she was angry with her idiot son, Lena had no intention of testifying against him. She claimed to be ignorant about his YouTube video, the one responsible for the new silver strands in her hair, the same video that had blown up on social media
The police forced her to watch the footage, all eyes upon her. “Do you recognize your son’s baseball cap?” they asked.
“Does it bother you, what he does?” one of the cops whispered, hoping for a confession.
“Breaking into abandoned buildings, hanging off forty-story buildings? What do the kids call it? Urban exploring? Urbexing?”
Lena said nothing.
The police lingered for hours, waving their search warrant, checking every drawer, every closet. They confiscated cell phones, computers, camera equipment. Before leaving, they locked Liam’s wrists in handcuffs.
“Looks worse than it is,” Liam told her.
As Lena closed the door behind them, she heard the neighbours congregating on the sidewalk, her privacy now invaded on both sides of the front door. Her son had gone too far this time.
Liam returned home victorious, the evidence too thin for a conviction. Urbexing had triumphed over the legal system. It was clear to Lena that her son had learned nothing, and had every intention of carrying on as usual. The video of Liam, teetering on the edge of oblivion four hundred feet in the air, played over and over in her mind. She couldn’t sleep. But when she explained to Liam that his urbexing was slowly killing her, he simply took Lena’s hand, and told her not to worry. Lena stared down at the fingers she loved so much wrapped around her own, and the germ of an idea began to form.
At five o’clock on a Friday afternoon, Lena pushed against the revolving doors of the Imperial Bank Tower in Downtown Montreal, and made her way against the crowd of exiting office workers. The guard behind the security desk turned away to answer the phone. Lena waited for the elevator to be empty, and then stepped inside, pressing the top button for the 40th floor. As the door was closing, a tall man with a briefcase slipped inside, and studied the panel before retreating to the far corner of the elevator, diagonally across from Lena. He tapped his feet while they were hurtled upwards, his Louis Vuitton loafers gigantic next to Lena’s sneakers. She watched the numbers flash on the panel. When the door opened onto the 40th floor, Lena rushed into the hallway, tripping over the grey-blue carpeting. Her knapsack fell to the floor.
“Can I help you?” the tall man’s voice called from behind her.
She stopped and turned. The skin on his face was smooth and flushed. He looked young enough to be Liam’s older brother.
“I’m looking for Blake & Smythe.” She remembered the law firm’s name from a sign in the lobby.
“Their offices are on the 30th.” He eyed the backpack with either curiosity or suspicion–– Lena wasn’t sure.
“Your first time here?” he asked.
“I’m familiar with the building.” It wasn’t a lie. She’d watched Liam’s video at least fifty times.
He pressed the down button for the elevator, and showed no sign of leaving.
“Think I’ll take the stairs. I need the exercise.” Lena sprinted towards the flashing exit sign that she recognized from the video. Inside the stairwell, she steadied herself against the concrete wall, and studied the bright red steel of the rooftop door looming from the top of a narrow set of metal grated steps. The door appeared more intimidating than on film, and she considered that it might now be connected to an alarm. She pulled down on the metal bar, and then pushed. The door didn’t budge. She pushed harder. Nothing.
“You’ve got to be joking!” Lena hurled every part of her raging motherhood against the steel. The door yielded. Lena held her breath waiting for the deafening bell or shrill siren, but the only noise came from the high-pitched whistle of rushing air. She stepped outside and the door slammed shut behind her.
The force of the wind whipped Lena’s long hair in every direction, blinding her. She crouched down and pulled out a camera and a black ski mask from the knapsack. After adjusting the mask on her face and tightening the straps of the knapsack, she set out to follow the phantom footsteps of her son.
Later that evening, Lena wrote the first entry in her journal.
The rooftop swept away the anger towards my son, and the tedium of responsibility weighing on my shoulders. No longer playing the starring role, I graduated to a silent spectator. What a performance! Under the sky’s unfathomable vastness, the sinking sun illuminated the city with her fabulous golden light. Everything else paled in comparison. For a precious moment, nothing mattered.
Lena did not mention in her journal how the door had refused to open, that she was stuck on the rooftop, how she made an unforeseen phone call for help, and forty-five minutes later a pale-faced Liam had flung open the red steel door. She didn’t have to record any of this. It was all caught on film.
“See how it feels?” Lena asked her son through the lens.
Liam was quiet that evening. They ordered Indian food, and watched her video. Lena helped herself to seconds. Liam barely touched his plate. He asked his mother to swear that she’d never pull a stunt like that again, or post anything on the Internet. Lena asked what he would promise in return. Neither agreed to anything.
* * *
A year has passed. Last spring Liam graduated from college, and moved into his own apartment on the other side of the city. Tonight he treats his mother to dinner.
Lena checks the weather before changing her clothes and stepping outside. It is almost midnight when she crouches down on the gravel and grabs on to the gutter rail, expertly swinging her legs over the edge of the roof. Her dusty shoes dangle seven stories above street level. A bitter wind bites on the bare skin on the small of her back where the windbreaker rides up. She adjusts her ski mask. Breath softens. Heart calms. This is her favorite moment, the one that follows the inspiration, the planning, and the uncertainty of what might happen. She has arrived safely at tonight’s destination. Perched on this rooftop under the night canopy, Lena feels alive.
Clouds recede, the atmosphere clears, and shadows become transparent. Lena leans forward to peer down at the street. This is not the highest rooftop she has navigated, not even close, but the days are numbered for this abandoned building, once a garment factory. Tomorrow, it could be sitting in concrete rubble. Later tonight, while the details are still fresh, Lena will record notes in a journal for the book she will one day write. In the meantime, she reaches for her camera.
The sound of crunching gravel. Lena turns her head as the flash from a lighter reveals the faces of two teenagers. Confident the boys will keep their distance, Lena looks to the east where the full moon has paused directly above the Imperial Bank Tower; hovering like a luminescent large dot of exclamation. “Perfect,” she whispers, and takes a photo.
Lena looks to the north where Liam is fast sleep. She thinks of quitting her job, and exploring other cities. For now, she swings her dangling legs back onto the roof and brushes the gravel dust from her jeans. The two teenagers say nothing as she heads for the fire escape. They’ve heard the stories about a middle-aged woman with a black ski mask who never speaks. There’s a rumor among the city’s outlaw explorers that to cross her path on a rooftop is a sign of good luck, like receiving a mother’s blessing. It is the boys’ lucky night. They stand and salute her.
SUSAN GRUNDY recently changed paths, from marketing consultant to fiction writer. One of her short stories has appeared in The Danforth Review. Earlier this year, she completed her first novel, a story about a hard-edged Montreal architect who breaks free from a painful ancestral cycle. Susan lives in Montreal. |
Bridge to Terabithia is a fantasy movie. It was released in 2007. The director of the movie was Gabor Csupo. It was adapted for a movie by David L. Paterson and Jeff Stockwell. The movie is based on the Katherine Paterson novel of the same name. Walt Disney Pictures distributed the movie in the U.S.A. Bridge to Terabithia tells the story of two 12-year-old neighbours, Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke. They spend their free time in an abandoned tree house where they create a fantasy world called Terabithia.
David Paterson, who wrote the screenplay, is Katherine Paterson's son. The novel is based on parts of his childhood. When he asked his mother if he could write a screenplay of the novel, she agreed. This was because he could write plays well. Production of the movie began in February 2006. The movie was shot by November. It was shot mainly in Auckland, New Zealand within two months. It took ten weeks to edit the movie. Post-production, music mixing, and visual effects took many months.
Bridge to Terabithia was released in the US and Canada on February 16, 2007. The movie was successful in terms of earnings. With a budget of around $20 million, it collected US$137 million worldwide. The movie received positive reviews. Critics called it faithful to the children's novel. They said the visuals and performances made the movie imaginative. Bridge to Terabithia was nominated for seven awards. It won five of them at the Young Artist Awards.
Plot
Jesse "Jess" Aarons (Josh Hutcherson) is a fifth grader who wants to be an artist. He lives with his financially poor family in Lark Creek. He rides the bus to school with his little sister, May Belle (Bailee Madison). He avoids the school bully, Janice Avery (Lauren Clinton). In class, his classmates, Scott Hoager (Cameron Wakefield) and Gary Fulcher (Elliot Lawless) tease him. A new student his age named Leslie Burke (AnnaSophia Robb) comes to the school. At recess, Jess enters a running event, for which he had been training at home. Leslie also enters it. She manages to beat all the boys, including Jess. This irritates Jess. While going home, Jess and Leslie learn that they are next-door neighbors.
Later in the evening, Jess becomes angry to find his sister has drawn in his notebook. His strict father (Robert Patrick) sides with her. The next day at school, Leslie praises Jess' drawing ability. This is after she sees his notebook. They soon become best friends. After school, they go into the woods. There, they swing across a creek on a rope. Jess and Leslie find an abandoned tree house and a broken down truck on the other side of the creek. They invent a new world, which they call Terabithia. The fantasy world reflects their lives. It comes to life as they explore the area. For the next few days, Jess and Leslie spend their free time in the tree house and learn about one another.
Leslie gives Jess an art kit for his birthday. This pleases Jess very much. Later, he gives her a puppy. She names it Prince Terrien. Once in Terabithia, they fight with various creatures, including a troll that looks like Janice Avery, the school bully. At school, May Belle shows her friend Alexandra what she has for her snack, Twinkies. Jess tells her that she should not brag about them. At recess, May Belle tells Jess and Leslie that Janice stole her Twinkies. Leslie becomes frustrated by Janice's fee for entering the toilet. Jess and Leslie play a trick on Janice. Everyone laughs at her at the bus for this.
Once Leslie's parents finish writing their book, she and Jess help paint their house. Jess is impressed by her parents' happiness and watches the family. At school on Friday, Leslie hears Janice crying in the bathroom. After Leslie talks with her, she learns that the reason why Janice is a bully is because she is abused by her father. They become friends. Jess and Leslie take Prince Terrein to Terabithia. There they fight off several creatures that look like students at their school. They decide to go home when it starts raining. The creek gets higher than ever due to the rain.
The next morning, Ms. Edmunds (Zooey Deschanel), Jess' music teacher, invites him on a one-on-one field trip to an art museum. Jess tries to ask his mother's permission. As she is half-asleep, he takes her mumbling as approval. Jess does not ask Leslie to come with him. When he returns home, Jess finds that his father and mother are worried. This is because they did not know where he was. His father tells him that Leslie drowned in the river that morning. This happened when Jess went to the museum. Jess is very sad to hear this. He visits the Burke family home with his parents to pay their respects. Leslie's father, Bill Burke (Latham Gaines), tells Jess that she loved him. He thanks him for being a very good friend to her, since she could not make friends at her old school. Jess feels very guilty for Leslie's death. His father consoles him to keep their friendship alive for her sake. Jess decides to re-imagine Terabithia and builds a bridge across the river to welcome a new ruler. He invites his sister, May Belle to enter Terabithia. She is delighted because she was not allowed to enter before. She and Jess make Terabithia even better, with Jess as king and his sister as princess.
Production
Production for the movie began in February 2006, with a budget of around $20 million. The main photography for the movie was shot in Auckland, New Zealand in sixty days. movie editing took ten weeks. Post-production, music mixing, and visual effects took a few months. The movie was finished by November 2006. This was because the crew "had to rush" to finish it by February 16. The movie was directed by Gabor Csupo. Walden Media President Cary Granat first recommended him to direct the movie. Csupo had never done a live-action movie before. However, he said it "didn't worry Granat in the least". Csupo noted that he was interested in making the movie. He "had the ambition to do a live-action movie for a long time", but that he "didn't like anything until I read this book". He called the book "beautiful" and said that it "moved [him]". The cinematographer of Bridge to Terabithia was Michael Chapman. This was his final movie before he retired. Chapman mentioned in the film's DVD commentary that he retired after the movie because he wanted his last movie to be a good one. He said: "this is such a beautiful story, and it's exactly the kind of movie I want to do at this time in my life".
Casting
Director Csupo stated they had thought of no actors for the movie at first. The first actor cast was AnnaSophia Robb as Leslie Burke. Robb wrote Csupo "such a beautiful, heartwarming letter" that showed she loved the book and character. Csupo said Robb was cast for the movie because of "her letter, her enthusiasm, and her love of the material". Robb also talked with Lauren Levine, the producer of the movie, before casting even began. "[T]heir conversation convinced her that, without a doubt, AnnaSophia was meant for this role," Csupo stated. Levine said "it was just so clear in talking to her about all this fantasy that I was basically talking to Leslie, that she had that same kind of spark and magical presence. She might be physically different from Leslie in the book, but the spirit of Leslie and the spirit of AnnaSophia are nearly identical. It was a match made in heaven." With regard to the character, Robb said "[Leslie]'s one of those people who's just always lit up, who has this glow about her, and no one can bring her down. Leslie's such a lively and energetic character, it was really fun for me to become her."
Levine noted that "looking for Jess was a really tough hunt. We needed someone who could go from an introverted boy in an isolated world to someone who completely taps into his imagination and becomes a confident, brave leader in Terabithia. That's a heck of a range for such a young actor." Josh Hutcherson was not their first choice for the role of Jess Aarons. He was chosen as they "felt the chemistry between AnnaSophia Robb and him". Hutcherson said that he liked the project because of "the real life day-to-day drama as well as the arc of the character Jess".
The filmmakers cast Robert Patrick as Jess' father. He was chosen due to his experience in several movies in the past. Patrick explained that he could relate to the plot. He was "constantly creating imaginary worlds as a kid" himself, and that the movie reminded him of the place where he grew up. He also said that he agreed to act because it was a movie his children could watch.
Bailee Madison was cast as May Belle Aarons. Csupo said they searched for a long time for someone to play her role. She had "such a charm, even before the camera, she was just like a little sweetheart," he said. She was confident, shook hands with everybody and was "totally sweet and perky". Csupo was pleased by her attitude and cast her for the movie.
Design and effects
Csupo explained that "it was a very conscious decision from the very beginning that we're not going to overdo the visual effects because of the story's integrity and the book's integrity." There was only a small mention of Jess and Leslie fighting creatures in Terabithia in the book. For this reason, they "tried to do the absolute minimum, which would be required to put it into a movie version".
To design the creatures of Terabithia, Csupo wanted to use "little more artsy, imaginative, fantastical creatures than the typical rendered characters you see in other movies." He was inspired by Terry Gilliam and Ridley Scott. Dima Malanitchev drew the creatures. Csupo helped him in this. Csupo chose Weta Digital render the 3D animation. He "was impressed with their artistic integrity, the teamwork, the [fact that] people were really nice, and also they responded to our designs very positively." Weta modified some of the creature designs. However, they mainly used Csupo's original designs.
100 crew members from Weta worked for the movie. Weta was doing the animations when the movie was being shot. Weta crew members saw the shooting of all scenes involving these creatures. Weta's Matt Aitken said the process of animation was "split into two steps". First, natural-looking creatures were created based on pencil sketches by Csupo and Malanitchev. Photoshop pictures made by visual effects art director Michael Pangrazio was used for this. The second step was to use the best animation and motion style for the creatures.
Leslie's costumes in the movie were designed to look as if the character "might have made some of them herself". They were updated from those described in the book. This was because the descriptions in the book would appear odd now.
Writing
Producer and screenwriter David L. Paterson is the novel's author's son. His name was featured on its dedication page. The story was based on his real life best friend, Lisa Hill. Hill had been struck by lightning. She was killed when they were both eight years old. Paterson had asked his mother, Katherine Paterson, if he could write a screenplay of the novel. She agreed "not only because he's [her] son, but also because he's a very good playwright". Paterson found it difficult to market his screenplay. It was mainly because of Leslie's death. "[I]f you can believe this, I did meet with some companies that asked if I could just 'hurt' Leslie a little bit--put her in a light coma and then bring her out".
Paterson said it was very important for him to keep the spirit of the book alive. At the same time, he had to change it from "a novel that takes place mostly in the characters' heads to a dynamic visual medium". Paterson knew that the movie had to be about friendship and imagination. He focused "bringing out the emotions of the story." He said he found it difficult to write about Terabithia. This was "because it was too close". He credited fellow screenwriter Jeff Stockwell for recreating Terabithia for the movie. "What Jeff was able to do as an outsider who wasn't so attached to the story was to really let his imagination go free and make up this world in a wonderful way", David said. Csupo said that the two main characters are a little bit older in the movie. Csupo claims the movie "deals with so many issues including friendship, and maybe first innocent love, things like that", so it "made more sense" to make the characters older.
Music
The film's musical score was composed by Aaron Zigman. He was hired after Alison Krauss did not compose the music. Zigman said there are similarities between the music he made fro Bridge to Terabithia and the movie Flicka. He said: "[...]at times there's a bit of a Celtic influence but not much", but he also went on to say that there was a more modern feel to the music he composed for Bridge to Terabithia. The score he composed for the movie is described as "very large" compared to his other work, and Zigman commented that "Aside from the minimalist stuff and coloring that I love to do, I also like big orchestral stuff, and want to do more of that, and this movie enabled me to spread my wings out a bit." The official soundtrack for the movie was released by Hollywood Records on February 13, 2007.
Release
Promotion
Reviewers criticized the film's advertisement campaign. One critic said the movie was actually "grounded in reality far more than in fantasy." Another thought, "far from a computer generated [created] escapist fantasy, this movie is an unpretentious [not pretending] and touching tale of preteen companionship and loss".
Distribution
The movie premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on February 16, 2007. Paterson, who studied in The Catholic University of America, held a special advance screening of the movie for them. This was shown at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland on February 1, 2007. The movie opened in the UK on May 4, 2007, and in New Zealand June 7, 2007. The movie grossed "a higher-than-expected" $28,536,717 from 2,284 screens. It earned an average of $9,885 per screen. The opening day had collections of $6.3 million. The movie has a worldwide gross of US$120 million. It grossed $80 million in the US and Canada.
The DVD and Blu-ray Disc were released on June 19, 2007 in the US. The DVD and Blu-ray version had "Digital Imagination: Bringing Terabithia to Life", "Behind the Book: The Themes of Bridge to Terabithia" It also had "Keep Your Mind Wide Open" music video by Robb, and two audio commentaries. The first was with director Csupo, writer Jeff Stockwell, and producer Hal Lieberman. The second was with producer Lauren Levine and actors Hutcherson and Robb.
Reception
Critical reception
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes said 85% of 137 collected reviews for Bridge to Terabithia were positive. The average score was 7.1/10. Critics said the movie was "a faithful adaptation of a beloved children's novel and a powerful portrayal of love, loss, and imagination through children's eyes. Dynamic visuals and natural performances further enhance the imaginative film". At Metacritic, the movie got 74 out of 100 from 25 reviews. This meant it received "generally favorable reviews".
James Berardinelli of ReelViews called Bridge to Terabithia "easily the best family feature of the early year". Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post praised the script. She said it was "utterly recognizable and authentic", and thought Robb and Hutcherson were "perfectly cast". Hornaday said the final five minutes showed "oversweet sentiment." Viewers would remember the film's "warmth and respect with which it pays homage [respect] to first love," she added. Jessica Grose of The Village Voice praised director Csupo for not showing "cutesy tween [neither a child, nor a teenager] stereotypes." She felt Jess' relationship with his father made Bridge to Terabithia from "a good kids movie to a classic contender". The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis believed that the fantasy was kept in the background "to find magic in the everyday", and thought Csupo directed "like someone intimate with the pain of being different, allowing each personality more than a single characteristic". She particularly praised Deschanel and Madison. Catsoulis said the movie handled adult topics with "with nuance [cleverly] and sensitivity". Since it was smart and "delicate as a spider web", it was the kind of children's movie "rarely seen nowadays". Miriam di Nunzio of the Chicago Sun-Times praised Hutcherson and Robb's performances. "[T]he film's heart and soul rests on the abilities of its young lead characters to make us really see the world through children's eyes. The dynamic duo of Hutcherson and Robb do not disappoint," she noted.
Not all reviews were positive. Claudia Puig of USA Today said "for a movie about the power of imagination, Bridge to Terabithia is not as clever as you would hope". Puig said it was an average translation of the novel. But the adult characters were too caricatured or exaggerated in the movie. The real-life portions of the movie were "derivative and simplistic", but Jess' emotional feelings seemed "powerfully authentic, and this is where the movie finds its truth and soul". The Wall Street Journal critic Joe Morgenstern felt the movie overused fantasy. The critic added that the "agreeable simplicity in between computer-generated monsters". The young members of the cast were "appealing but unpolished". Morgenstern thought Csupo lacked experience in direction. Although Deschanel was the best among the adults, she seemed self-directed.
Awards and nominations
Bridge to Terabithia was nominated for seven awards. It won five of these. Josh Hutcherson was nominated at the 2008 Saturn Awards for "Best Performance by a Younger Actor". AnnaSophia Robb was nominated for a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for "Best Young Actress". The film won five awards at the Young Artist Awards. This included "Best Family Feature Film (Fantasy or Musical)" and "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor" for Hutcherson. Robb won "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress", and Bailee Madison won "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger". The cast also won the award for "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast". The cast included Hutcherson, Robb, Madison, Wakefield, Clinton, Lawless, Isabelle Rose Kircher, Carly Owen, Devon Wood, Emma Fenton and Grace Brannigan. |
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Let’s get this woman out of the Speakership in November — while we still can.
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This passive-voice ‘questions should be asked’ business is unhelpful. Who’s going to ask them? Even if we give Madam Speaker the benefit of the doubt and understand her comments as a vague, undercooked sentiment that ‘something must be done about this!’ then what we’re left with is a Speaker of the House — elected by three-quarters of four-fifths of San Francisco — who thinks the opinion of 70 percent of Americans was bought and paid for by nefarious PAC money from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
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Billy Boyd (born 28 August 1968, in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for playing Peregrin Took in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy (2001-2003) and Barrett Bonden in Peter Weir's movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).
Talents
As well as being an actor, he can sing, and play the guitar, bass, and drums. He wrote and sang a song in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
He worked as a book-binder for 6 years before becoming an actor. One of the books he bound was The Lord of the Rings.
He lives in a house in Lesmahagow with his girlfriend, Alison McKinnon. On 26 April 2006, he and McKinnon had their first child: Jack William Boyd.
Filmography
Stone of Destiny (2008)Ecstasy (2007) as WoodsyThe Flying Scotsman (2006) as MalkySave Angel Hope (2006) as VinceMidsummer Dream (2005) voice of PuckOn a Clear Day (2005) as DannyInstant Credit (2004) as FrankieSeed of Chucky (2004) as the voice of GlenThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) as Peregrin TookMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) as Barrett BondenThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Peregrin TookSniper 470 (2002) as the SniperThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Peregrin TookJulie and the Cadillacs (1999) as Jimmy CampbellUrban Ghost Story (1998) as the loan sharkThe Soldier's Leap'' (1998) as the postman |
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This report details the creation and study of a road map of the TCGA’s HTTP repository, created to enable the use of this unprecedented biomolecular data resource in the creation of Web 3.0 applications, and enhance the reproducibility of biomolecular research delivered as elements of a computational ecosystem.In a previous report (Deus et al., 2010), the authors have identified a Resource Description Framework (RDF) data model describing the contents of TCGA file repository.Availability: A prepared dashboard, including links to source code and a SPARQL endpoint, is available at Contact: - The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a joint project of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to comprehensively apply genome analysis technology to the study of the biomolecular basis of cancer (NCI Wiki, 2011).Concretely, this project has analyzed tumor and normal samples from over 6000 patients, which resulted in the collection and public availability of 37 types of genomic and clinical data for 33 cancers.More importantly, in 2011, there was a momentous change in the level of data interoperability of the TCGA data repository: data files are now available directly through HTTP calls to a central directory, located at Jac.
This opens entirely new opportunities for interactive reproducible data analysis and visualization.
Results: We developed an engine to index and annotate the TCGA files, relying exclusively on third-generation web technologies (Web 3.0).
Specifically, this engine uses Java Script in conjunction with the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Resource Description Framework (RDF), and SPARQL, the query language for RDF, to capture metadata of files in the TCGA open-access HTTP directory.
Simultaneous to the expansion of the TCGA, the tooling required for enabling computational ecosystems for data-driven medical genomics (Almeida, 2010) is maturing rapidly, to the point that tools operating within and providing such ecosystems are beginning to appear (Almeida et al., 2012b).
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Courbes is a commune. It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France.
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I can relate, nearly. We just went to Alaska too. I bought my son a t-shirt and it has 1959 on it, which is my birth year also. My DD and I started reading “Alaska” by Michner, well before the trip and we are still not done. It is a great read, though not a quick one. I hope you had a wonderful time, we sure did! |
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Carcassonne () is a fortified French town, in the Aude departement, Occitanie region. It is separated into the fortified Cite de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse.
This bastide, which was thoroughly restored from 1853 by the theorist and architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.
History
Romans fortified the hilltop of Carcassonne around 100 BC and eventually made it the colonia of Julia Carsaco, later Carcasum. The main part of the lower courses of the northern ramparts dates from Gallo-Roman times.
In 462 the Romans officially left and the Visigothic king Theodoric II built more fortifications at Carcassonne, some of them still stand. In 760, Pippin was unable to take Carcassonne, although he was able to most of the south of France.
In 1067 Carcassonne became the property of Raimond Bernard Trencavel, viscount of Albi and Nimes. Carcassonne became famous in its role in the Albigensian Crusades, when the city was a stronghold of occitan cathars. In August 1209 the crusading army of Simon de Montfort forced its citizens to surrender. He added to the fortifications. Carcassonne became a border citadel between France and Aragon.
Geography
Carcassonne is at about southeast of Toulouse in the space between the Pyrenees and the Massif Central of France. It is at the crossing of two major traffic routes: the route leading from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and that from the Massif Central to Spain, skirting the Pyrenees. Both routes exist since ancient history.
The commune is in the valley of the Aude river. Another river that flows through the city is the Fresquel river. The Canal du Midi also flows through the commune.
The commune of Carcassonne has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .
The commune of Carcassonne is surrounded by the communes:
Climate
The climate of Carcassonne, in the Koppen climate classification, is Cfb - oceanic climate with warm summers.
Population
The inhabitants of Carcassonne are known, in French, as Carcassonnais (women: Carcassonnaises ).
With a population of 45,941, Carcassonne has a population density of inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population in Carcassonne
Carcassonne forms, with other 2 communes, the urban area of Carcassonne with a population of 49,257 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Carcassonne, formed by 71 communes with a population of 98,318 inhabitants (2013) and an area of .
Education
A campus of the Ecole nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation academy) is in Carcassonne.
Administration
Carcassonne is the prefecture of the Aude department, the capital of the arrondissement of Carcassonne and the administrative centre () of three cantons:
Carcassonne-1, with 15,128 inhabitants (2014).
Carcassonne-2, with 20,700 inhabitants (2014).
Carcassonne-3, with 21,479 inhabitants (2014).
It is part of the intercommunality Carcassonne Agglo ().
Twinned and partner towns
Carcassonne is twinned with:
Eggenfelden, Germany
Baeza, Spain
Hargesheim, Germany
The fortified city
The fortifications consist of a double ring of ramparts and 53 towers. In 1849, the architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc took over restoration works.
At his death in 1879 his pupil Paul Boeswillwald, and later the architect Nodet continued the rehabilitation of Carcassonne. The restoration was strongly criticized during Viollet-le-Duc's lifetime because he made the error of using slates and restoring the roofs as pointed cones, where local practice was traditionally of tile roofing and low slopes, as in this region snow was very seldom. But today Viollet-le-Duc's work at Carcassonne is thought to be a work of genius, even if it is not exactly the same as it was.
Transports
Carcassonne Airport
Gallery
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The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, also known as the Grange, is an organization for farmers. It is in the United States. It is made for them to more easily buy expensive things. It also tried to make laws that supported farmers. It was the most popular in the 1870's. The most people it ever had was one million. Today, it has 300,000 people. Its name comes from the French for barn.
The Grange was fairly active in politics. In the 19th century, many members of the Grange were involved in the Greenback and Populist movements. The Grange endorsed politicians well into the 20th century. Often, the endorsement of the State Grange was an important endorsement .
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Queen Mary's Peak is the summit of the island of Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean. The top of it is 2,062 metres (6,765 feet) above sea level. It is named after Mary of Teck, the Queen consort of King George V. It is the highest point of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
The mountain is the peak of the large shield volcano which forms the island. The crater at the top is wide, with a heart-shaped lake. This lake is normally frozen during the winter, and the upper slopes of the volcano are covered in snow.
The only recorded historical eruption occurred in 1961 from a small crater on the north shore of the island. The island community had to be evacuated.
Queen Mary's Peak was used by sailors on the route from Europe to the Indian Ocean and beyond as a navigational aid. In the 17th century the East India Company instructed captains to sail via Tristan.
Climbing the peak
The first known attempt to go up to the peak was in 1793 by the French naturalist Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars. He could not get to the top. However, he collected hundreds of plants. Today, Queen Mary's Peak makes a wonderful but steep climbing route. Climbing it can take 5 to 10 hours, depending on the ability of the walker. Visitors are required to use a local guide if they want to go to The Peak. |
You’ve amassed a certain level of expertise, and it’s time to take your business to the next level.
Creating and selling online courses can be extremely lucrative and, more importantly, they can be a chance for you to share valuable knowledge with others.
For a fee, online course platforms allow users to design and create custom websites and courses to sell for a profit. Different platforms offer different perks, but in general, a basic membership provides all the tools you need to successfully start making money off your own personal expertise.
So, how can you tell which platform to choose from?
Some courses may be better suited to certain platforms than others.
Below, we’ll unpack some of our favorite online learning management systems or online course platforms, discuss other options, and give you some tips to set you up for success.
Sit back, relax, maybe pour yourself a glass of wine. We’ve done the hard part for you.
Choosing the best online course platform for your specific goals and needs can make or break your project.
Not all platforms are created equal. A good online course platform should feature interactive options, support multiple forms of media, maintain easy-to-use learning management systems, and fit the style of your coursework.
Our list of the best online course platforms includes:
While each of these platforms offers unique benefits, our top three offer maximum professionalism and ease of use for a reasonable price. Let’s first take a look below at our top choices.
Price: $39 USD Basic Membership
Why We Love It: Thinkific offers many of the same premium and professional features that more expensive options do for a fraction of the price.
While the site does offer higher and pricier levels of membership, a basic package gives you all the tools you need to create a smart, functional, and one-of-a-kind online course experience.
Should you choose to pursue a Pro or Premier membership, you’ll gain access to even more options, like live tech support, the ability to create assignments, etc., to keep things interesting.
Those who are interested in trying out Thinkific can do so for 30 days free of charge; that’s a great way to make sure Thinkific is a good fit for you before you invest.
Price: $119 per month
Why We Love It: Although it’s not the most affordable option on our list, Kajabi very well may be the best option for anyone looking to create a seamless and truly polished course that can stand the test of time.
A basic membership covers important features like a website, marketing emails, contacts, and more, but premium memberships provide access to these features to a bigger team. That means Kajabi might be a good fit for those looking to collaborate or work with others, though a pricier subscription may be necessary.
Potential Cons: No custom domain is included with basic membership fees. Higher second-tier or third-tier memberships are required to remove Kajabi branding; this upgrade may be worth the cost difference if you value the opportunity to allow multiple user admins and site workers, but otherwise, it may be a drawback if you do not need those features but want to remove the branding.
Price: $79 per month
Why We Love It: Not only does Learnworlds provide users with an impressive list of interactive features for learners–think downloadable files, ebooks, interactive activities, etc.–it also boasts an impressive level of customization and attention to detail.
Learnworlds also features multiple tiers for membership. Their most popular plan goes for $79/ mo, but a more affordable albeit limited option is available for just $24/ mo.
Basic membership also covers a decent amount of site admins, unlimited courses and landing pages, and more. Learnworlds is a great choice if you’re looking to use a platform that gives you a lot of options for a reasonable price.
Potential Cons: Learnworlds’s top plan is a bit pricey side compared to the site’s other memberships. Still, the lower-tier membership prices mean that it’s possible to try out Learnworlds before making a significant financial commitment.
Online course platforms are generally web-based, education-focused spaces for educators to share material and, in some cases, make a profit off their services.
These platforms allow users to create lessons, assignments, give webinars, create websites, and more. They are designed specifically to allow third-party users to take control of their own business.
Some platforms boast access to large communities of other educators and students, all of whom can provide assistance, share insight, or offer professional development opportunities.
Depending on the focus of the site, it may feature additional social media–like characteristics like messaging, adding friends, and more.
You can think of online course platforms almost like a modern, digitized school for adults, a classroom you can keep in your pocket. As the demand for accessible online-based educational material and entertainment has skyrocketed, so too has an interest in these platforms.
Aside from our top picks, there are many online course platforms and online learning platforms you can use to your advantage. The one that is best for you really comes down to your course material, your personal taste, and your goals.
Let’s take a deeper dive into some of our other favorites to get a better idea of what else is out there!
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Aside from choosing a platform that’s appropriate for your needs and audience, there are other important things to keep in mind when trying to create a profitable online course.
Be sure to keep the following suggestions in mind as you navigate the creation of an online course; planning ahead and thoughtfully can help save you a lot of time, stress, and money.
The internet is a competitive place and an expansive one; it’s possible to find the answer to just about any question under the sun with a few keystrokes, after all.
That’s why it’s crucial to put significant effort into your content itself. Create the type of content you would want to use yourself, and don’t cut corners. Customers are unlikely to remain interested over a long period of time if your content is confusing or flat.
Since you have the opportunity to turn a profit from your course material, it’s imperative that you go above and beyond. Your material should be more in-depth and fine-tuned than what’s easily available on the internet for free in order to remain competitive.
Finally, another good tip is to focus on creating content that there is a noticeable demand for. Whether it be coding, animation, cyber-security, or another related topic, choosing something that students will be interested enough in to deliberately seek out significantly increases your odds of making decent money.
The phrase “you have to spend money to make money” is cliche, but in this case, it’s largely true. Investing in high-quality equipment for filming, editing, or otherwise creating your content will help set you apart from others and ensure that you retain as many students as possible.
There’s no need to go too crazy, at least not right off the bat. Try to focus on good lighting, good recording equipment, and quality supplies, then expand from there.
Having a good setup might mean taking a look at your technology itself. Older computers or phones may not have the same functionality as newer models, which can make it hard to offer all of the same services as other educators.
Once you’ve done all the hard work of creating a presence for yourself online, you’ll want to make sure that people see the fruits of your effort!
Marketing yourself and your course material is an important part of setting yourself up for long-term success.
Making professional connections whenever possible is another great way to ensure that you make a name for yourself.
If the online course platform you’re using allows you to create a personal website for your material, be sure to keep it looking its best. You can also review our article on how to promote your website here.
Ensure that the site is aesthetically pleasing, informational, and easy to understand and navigate.
Taking the time to set up or frequently update a website will be worth the effort. Keeping your material professional makes it all the more user-friendly for potential students.
Be sure to include contact information on your page, too. It should be easy to contact you with questions and specific requests or offers. The more means of contact you’re able to offer to those who invest in your course, the better.
Creating content is challenging in and of itself, but what can be even more taxing is finding a way to definitively set yourself apart from the rest.
The sheer amount of courses available online, many of which are taught by talented and qualified instructors, means that coming up with a personal brand is almost necessary to ensure you stick in people’s minds.
Fortunately, there are all sorts of ways to brand yourself or your content. Engaging in a certain niche or creating original video series, for instance, can help you develop a loyal following for your content.
Branding is also important for marketing yourself to outsiders, too. You should always be fully in control of your brand. You should get the final say regarding personal policies, logos, content themes, etc., and be certain that the image you’re showing to the world is one that satisfies you.
Reaping the financial benefits of all of your hard work is, of course, a very fulfilling and exciting experience, but so too is getting the opportunity to make a real change in the lives of so many individuals.
When you make the choice to share your knowledge on an online course platform, you give someone else the opportunity to explore a new passion, hobby, or vital professional skill.
Content creators can actually hold a large amount of power and influence, both of which should be kept in mind and used wisely.
Hyperfocusing on profiting as much as possible can easily make you forget why you’ve likely started this endeavor in the first place. It can also be discouraging to measure your success solely through monetary means, especially if you’re new to using the Internet in this way.
While it is important to set yourself up for financial success, it can be key to keep in mind that taking the time to create thoughtful, quality content is far more important.
Not only will you have a better experience, you’ll ensure that those who do pay for your courses feel tempted to come back for more.
Why choose to seek out an online course platform instead of marketing your content independently–on Youtube, for instance–and ensuring you keep all profits?
For many users, the answer is nuanced. Online course platforms provide services and features that can be impossible to mimic on your own, and the communities they attract are specifically seeking out the material you provide.
Still, it’s worthwhile to consider what challenges might pop up once you begin an online course platform. Below are some major ideas to keep in mind.
Modern technology practically guarantees that you’ll be able to access your course material just about anywhere you go and on your own schedule, which means it’s easier than ever to plan and incorporate into even the busiest of schedules.
It’s also possible to teach courses about a wide variety of topics or interests, so even if more traditional and popular skills aren’t your specialty, you can find something that others are also interested in learning more about.
Of course, the main drawback of any online platform is the simple fact that it makes in-person interaction a thing of the past.
There are ways to remedy this, like incorporating a live video feed or video chatting into your course plans, but in general, a lack of adequate communication can make it hard for students to feel engaged.
To combat this, it’s especially important that you take the time to connect with the audience of your course, even if things feel one-sided. This sort of effort can be the difference between a good course and a great course.
When you log onto a computer, you essentially have every book, quote, research study, and list you could possibly need right at your fingertips.
This abundance of information has made it significantly easier for more people to engage in teaching, pick up new hobbies, and actively share them with others.
Online course platforms are the perfect place to utilize all of the resources the Internet has to offer. You can incorporate fun technology into your presentations, activities, and even assessments to create a truly enriching and unique experience.
It’s also comforting to know that there are other courses and instructors to look to for guidance or inspiration. The Internet can help connect even the most different people, so take advantage of it.
When you make the choice to join an online course platform and market your material, you also make the choice to act as your own boss.
That means you can create whatever you want and at whatever volume you want in order to accomplish your course goals. If you want to get creative, you absolutely can; if you want to keep things professional and efficient, do that.
This personal freedom is something that seems to be harder and harder to come across organically in the modern workplace, so participating in an online course platform is certainly a unique way to bring home some extra cash.
Utilizing an online course platform is a great way to share what you know and love with the world and potentially get paid to do so.
The world of online entertainment and education is certainly at an all-time high, so there’s been perhaps no better time than the present to get started.
If you’re looking to create a course or take one yourself, being familiar with the platforms that can work well for you saves you a lot of time and frustration.
In many cases, getting the most features for your money seems like it ought to be a priority, but don’t forget to consider other things, too. What sort of material will you teach? Should it be interactive? How many students might you work with?
Take some time to sit down and really plan things out. Consider what sorts of media you might want to use, map out a budget, and do whatever else you need to in order to feel prepared.
Selecting the best online course platform for you can be much easier by following these tips. Plus, if it’s not working, don’t be afraid to move on and try something new. There’s a lot out there to choose from, after all!
Our top picks are wonderful starting points and work well for millions of users worldwide, so be sure to seriously consider them as options. Finding a platform shouldn’t be the hardest part of creating a course, and now it doesn’t have to be. |
Roman or Romans may refer to:
A thing or person of or from the city of Rome, Italy
History
Ancient Rome (8th century BC - 5th century AD)
Roman Kingdom (753 BC to 509 BC)
Roman Republic (509 BC to 27 BC)
Roman Empire (27 BC to 476/1453 AD)
Roman Britain, part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and about 410
Roman alphabet, the standard alphabet of most of the languages of Western and Central Europe
Romanization
Roman army
Roman calendar
Roman law, the legal system of both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
Roman numerals, numeral system where certain letters are given a numeral value
Roman mythology
Byzantine Empire (330/476/629 to 1453), the Eastern Roman Empire
Romaioi (Romaioi), Greek-speaking, Orthodox population of the Eastern Roman Empire dating to Late Antiquity
Romaioi (Romioi), Greek-speaking, Orthodox population of the Rum-milet in the Ottoman Empire, or Greek-speaking Orthodox people today
Romanae or the Greco-Romans from Aetolia Acarnania that speak Romanesci
Holy Roman Empire (c. 900 to 1806), a medieval state in Central Europe
Roman, Bulgaria, a town and a municipality in Vratsa Province
Romans-sur-Isere, in the Drome departement of France
Roman, Romania, a city in Neamt county
Romans, Ain, a town in France
Roman, Eure, France
Romans, Deux-Sevres, France
Romans d'Isonzo, a town in Italy
Roman roads
Roman Valley, Nova Scotia
Saint Roman, Monaco
Christianity
Epistle to the Romans, a letter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible
The Roman Catholic Church
Literature
The word for Novel in many European languages.
Nouveau roman (lit. "new novel"), a type of French novel of the 1950s
Bildungsroman (lit. "formation novel"), German for a coming-of-age story
Kunstlerroman (lit. "artist's novel"), German for a story of an artist's growth to maturity
Romance (heroic literature), a genre of Medieval French literature
Ar-Rum, the 30th book in the Qu'ran, is sometimes translated as The Romans
Roman a clef, a novel about real life, overlaid with a facade of fiction |
ART IS LIFE 2 ME
Book Cover Illustration
Book Cover Illustration
The books cover is the very first thing noticed by a potential reader. With your input from start to finish, I will create a book cover that accomplishes the goal of catching the reader's eye and making them curious about what's inside.
Character Design
Character Design
You've probably seen your character within your imagination numerous times. Our job is to take what's in your imagination and assist you in bringing it to life. Initial character sketches are done free of charge.
Page Illustration
Page Illustration
Provide artworks that best represent your story. You will be given updates on all pages, as they are being created from beginning to end.
Advertising Illustration
Advertising Illustration
Promotional material is important for selling your product. Poster, flyers, stickers and the like serve a great purpose for this. With your input and extensive research, we will create imagery that best suits your advertising needs
Custom artwork
Custom artwork
We can provide almost any kind of 2D artwork of any subject or genre. Paintings and drawings can be done in both traditional or digital means.
T-shirt design and Logos
T-shirt design and Logos
Illustrations that will help promote you or your businesses brand. |
Father Sergius () is a 1918 Russian silent drama movie directed by Yakov Protazanov. It stars Ivan Mosjoukine, Olga Kondorova, and V. Dzheneyeva.
Actors
Ivan Mosjoukine as Prince Kasatsky, later Father Sergius
Olga Kondorova as Countess Korotkova
V. Dzheneyeva as Maria - her daughter
Vladimir Gajdarov as Tsar Nicholas I
Nikolai Panov as Kasatsky's father |
Running on Time with G-Squad 1. G-Squad G-Shock’s G-Squad is the timepiece of choice for all fitness enthusiasts. But on taking a closer look at Casio’s latest offerings, you will see that they are a lot more than that. 2. Athleisure Horology With their latest offering, the G-Squad GBA-800 and GBD-800 series, Casio and G-Shock are all set to change athleisure horology. Loaded G-Shock’s G-Squad is the timepiece of choice for all fitness enthusiasts. 3. Best Running Partner G-Squad 0N WITH RUNNING Man Fact Step count updates every 30 minutes on the app FHM PROMOTION with features that make it the best running partner, the GBD-800 and the GBA-800 make the perfect watches for the 21st Century Man. 4. Shock and Water Resistant Each of the time pieces are quintessential G-Shock, and are shock, as well as water resistant for up to 200 metres, all thanks to the resin band and resin casing. 5. Connect with Phones The watches connect with a phone through the G-Shock Connect App, using Bluetooth and opens up a world of opportunities and features. 6. G-Squad in Figures Automatically adjusts the clock 4 TIMES a day including for daylight savings. Step count display range up to 999,999. Configure upto 20 sets of five timers. Step Count Goal Range from 50,000 to steps 1,000. |
Musau is a municipality of the district Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol. |
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Photos by David Reid, John Jovic, and Grant War. Each one of these was built to perform, but they are also a great way to examine how a well thought out turbo set up should look. Most importantly each engine bay has a massive turbo high mounted for your viewing pleasure. This is truly fodder for any hardcore turbo freak. Cast your eyes over these babies and revel in the turbo goodness. Enjoy!
The golden child of the 4 cylinder scene at the moment, with the potential to produce some awe-inspiring numbers, this turbo set up introduces its driver to lag, but once it is pumping, it doesn’t leave any bullets in the chamber.
The 2.5 litre Toyota engine is a great engine to stick a single turbo onto. The bottom end can withstand a thrashing and as you can see from the photo, shoe-horning a large motor such as this into a minute engine bay is always a good way to make sure that you feel every single raw kilowatt.
The double “T” can be taken out in this instance. A HKS single turbo has replaced the stock twin set up and now the granddaddy of Nissan engines is a bonafide drag weapon. This engine bay is all go and no show, just like it should be.
One look at that intake plenum leaves little doubt in ones mind of the intent of this CA18DET. More inclined to rev than a SR20, this CA18 makes up for its 200cc deficit with some clever tuning and modding... and a great big hair dryer. Plus it looks pretty as hell too.
The little brother of the RB26DET, the RB25DET is an engine not to be overlooked. This particular example features a few goodies such as the custom plenum for increased airflow and a tuned length manifold. Definitely a tough turbo engine. |
Edward Craven Walker (4 July 1918 - 15 August 2000) was a British inventor, who invented the lava lamp. He is also known for being a naturist.
Work on the lava lamp
Walker got the idea of a lava lamp from seeing what is now called a "blob light", a mix of oil and water heated by a lightbulb at the bottom. He thought it would look more interesting if the oil was thick enough to form shapes, and spent 10 years trying to make it good.
Eventually, his product was launched in 1963, and Walker's factory soon began production of it as it grew in popularity.
Apparently, Walker once said, "If you buy my lamp, you won't need drugs."
Lava lamps were featured in the sitcom series "Absolutely Fabulous", which some people think helped the lava lamp's popularity, which was declining at the time.
Eventually, as it become less popular in the 1980s, Walker sold the company to Elizabeth Granger. Her company, Mathmos, was one of Britain's fastest growing companies, mostly from the lava lamp. Walker believed the lava lamp would be good for her company.
"I think it will always be popular." he once said. "It's like the cycle of life. It grows, breaks up, falls down, and starts all over again."
Naturism
Walker's interest in nudity began with a visit to the Isle du Levant in the 1950s. He liked the idea, and tried to make it popular. "Eves on Skies" was broadcast in 1958, and "Travelling Light" followed soon after in 1960.
The success of Travelling Light gave Walker the money to buy a nightclub in Bournemouth. He turned it into a nudist resort. He tried to ban overweight nudists from entering, but failed.
"We are all against these fat fogies, it's not what naturism is about," he said
Death
Walker was suffering from cancer in the mid and late 1990s, and he eventually died because of it. He died in Ringwood, Hampshire at the age of 82 on the 15th of August 2000. |
By our talented guest blogger, Sonia Abdulbaki…
At the Wafi Fort Complex is Qbara restaurant, a new destination for dining with a twist on Arabic cuisine. Qbara means large and generous in Arabic and the service does not fall short of the name.
I get past the fact that I am near Wafi and walking on a red carpet before entering when I realize that Qbara has me believing it is an underground cavern. The warm brown color of the wood décor emits a cozy and traditional vibe while the touch of grandeur adds modernity and luxury with its simple glamour.
There is a corner lounge with hanging beads against the wall that shimmer gold on the left upon entering. I pass the lounge and the open kitchen of gourmet superiority and culinary expertise. It gives me a feeling that I am receiving quality service. A notable technique is definitely that of the shadows playing on the wall to create a shutter opening effect of the wall paintings. The atmosphere is warm and cozy yet grand at the same time with vast, high ceilings and deeply warm interiors with a glow from the dim lighting. It has two floors that makes room for over 300 seated guests. The restaurant also has music playing in the background by DJ Hoolz. The restaurant is designed by one of the restaurant world’s most respected designers, Tokyo-based Studio Glitt-Noriyoshi Muramatsu.
The place where I am seated is a step up to a platform area where a full house of chattering guests are, many notably local. The service was an attentive one with generous portions enough for 2-3 people. The sharing aspect is part of the experience in relation to the Arabesque approach.
With regards to the menu, Qbara gives a new version of traditional Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean cuisine and takes an evolutionary step by deviating from the norm.
Qbara recipes and methods are applied to traditional dishes. The falafel salad surprises me as the seeping oil is obscured by fresh greens and an artistic presentation, adding intrigue to the experience. The mint yogurt with lamb shops also adds an uplifting freshness to the meat that is dense with fat. Simple, unique twists to the food such as a fish fillet with tartar sauce and fried onions sprinkled on rice made the food eloquently enjoyable. There is a twist on the simplest of foods such as fried shrimps, which are wrapped in pita bread yet cut into slices for a bite sized eating experience. The watermelon salad is the most unique dish for me, unexpectedly mixed in with tomatoes and surprisingly fitting. Both were filled with juice and compromised in a way that tasted fitting.
And what’s cuisine without the mastermind behind the operation? In this case it is Chef Colin Clague. Chef Colin Clague designed the menu for Qbara, contributing to the new restaurant with his expertise. He has a wow factor to his credibility as he was the opening chef for Dubai’s Zuma, part of the pre-opening team for Burj Al Arab and the chef at The Ivy in the Emirates Towers.
Chef Colin Clague grew up amongst a fishing and farming community. Inspired by his mother, who was also a chef herself, he studied catering at a university and traveled throughout Europe and the Middle East where his expertise was developed. His approach is all about simplicity, ingredients and the flavor that makes for exquisite culinary creations.
The chef is kind enough to offer us a first-hand insight on what he brings to the table.
How do you transform this region’s cuisine into contemporary cuisine that appeals to Dubai’s restaurant culture?
Dubai is modern, forward thinking and right at the forefront of what’s going on in the world. We take the region’s ingredients and make it contemporary through methods such as compression and presentation. Even the plates are sourced from places like Afghanistan where the pottery set up is by Prince of Wales Trust. They basically re-make 16th century plates with a modern touch yet keep the look and feel of tradition.
The menu is constantly evolving. We see which dishes are selling and the ones that aren’t are taken off the menu. The other chefs are the taste testers, they tell me if they like it or not.
Growing up in a fishing and farming community, you understand the quality of food and freshness. Who are your suppliers and how do you guarantee quality assurance?
Well everything is made fresh here from the ice cream to the bread. But it’s important that you get the best ingredients like quality scallops and quality beef and give your customers a wide range of choices.
Like Dubai itself, the food is from all over the world. The meat is from Australia, the fish is from England and France and the scallops are Japanese. It’s all about quality so wherever the best quality is is where I’m going first. If you look at the decor you will know that it’s a value restaurant so people come here looking for quality.
You designed and developed the menu. Can you tell us a little bit about what the menu offers?
There is an exotic element to the whole menu. We’re taking inspiration from the whole Ottoman area, from Turkey to the Middle East. We take spices, general flavors, traditional ingredients and the main dishes of the region and play around with them, interpreting them differently.
The main idea was to have a sharing menu. We also know what sells so we put the dishes that are popular, like falafel. Some people like spicy lamb or certain fish dishes, so we work around that and link it to the theme of the restaurant.
You believe in ingredient driven food. What ingredients, flavors and spices do you use on the menu?
We make all our own spices and mix them. There are 15-20 different mix of spices that we use. We roast them up and blend them and keep evolving the mixes until we’re happy with them.
We do a very nice soft shell crab in saj bread so it’s like a sandwich. We also do a version of kibbi with lobster. So as you can see, we have various take on things.
Food here is simple but different. It is ingredient based with a mix of spices. But you have to let the food speak for itself.
How do you apply your own method to the presentation of the food?
The flavor is the most important thing. We get the flavor right first then we choose the plate. The main ingredient has to speak for itself. We choose the plate to go with the spice but 99% is the taste, then you work on the visual aspect because you also eat with your eyes.
Recommend dishes?
Dishes people seem to be ordering the most of are the falafel salad, watermelon salad and shangleesh where we make our own cheese. These are the ones we put on the menu. If it’s your first time, these dishes will give you an idea of the array of food we offer.
What is the most appealing dish to you and why?
The one that I enjoy the most is the soft shell crab in saj bread because I remember when my grandfather used to make crab sandwiches, so he was the inspiration. It was a fond memory.
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Hi Shweta,
I would love for you to try out the Moroccan fare served at the Moroccan Restaurant & Lounge at Four Points by Sheraton Sheikh Zayed Road Dubai.
We also have a delightful Italian restaurant serving home cooked pizzas and pastas.
Email me at [email protected] or call me at 0561626811. We would love to have you over 🙂
Aqsa Yahya
PR Manager
Hi Aqsa,
Thank you very much for your message and kind invite. You can email me on [email protected]. Hope to touch base soon! Cheers, Shweta |
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