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If you end up getting an opportunity to try it yourself, I'd be curious to hear what you think.
Unfortunately, I have just un-installed it but I will load it again and report back.
Both of which are free to use.
But there are many other choices and it is really just a matter of preference.
I have just downloaded and installed the 'Image to G Code' program in an attempt to replicate your problem but it runs just fine here so I doubt that this software actually caused the issue you are having.
Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Tangential Knife blade holder.
For vinyl cutting you will only need the small, lightweight, Roland style drag knife (similar to the one I constructed here http://www.cooperman.talktalk.net/files/11.htm) The clones are now so cheap to buy complete from China that it is hardly worth constructing your own but at the time I made mine they were only available direct from Roland and very expensive. Tangential control is really not necessary with this type of drag knife as it self-steers into the direction of movement without any problems except perhaps that sharp corners have an 0.5mm radius but when it comes to the durability of vinyl signs the sharp corners will always lift first and a small radius here is actually an advantage.
The knife blade holder shown in the earlier post is intended to be used for cutting a particular gasket material that I cannot laser cut so I have resorted to tangential control of the knife direction and ultrasound to assist with the cutting. It does not need to be finished before early next year so I am taking my time and experimenting with different designs etc.
Just another thought on this one….
If a 1/16" diameter cutter had been used for this particular toolpath that could explain why the parts are coming out at 6 3/16" wide.
So, with a 1/16" diameter cutter and this toolpath, changing the X & Y Scale DRO's to 0.9700 should bring the part back to 6" wide.
If it's any help to you - providing you are using a 0.25" diameter cutter that GCode produces a part exactly 6" wide.
I have a sneaky feeling you may have your axis calibration set incorrectly.
Almost anything is possible but if you made any changes / alterations to the Mach configuration last time you used the machine then some parameters require a system restart to take effect so would not be noticed at the time but would come into effect next time the machine is used.
Your configurations are stored in the xmlbackups folder so you should be able to return to an earlier configuration without too much trouble.
If you are using a PCI parallel port card may be worth checking that it has not worked loose.
It would help if you tell us where in the world you are located.
I have dealt with them many times and have had excellent service.
It depends on how your GCode is produced in the first place but it sounds like you need to add additional M3 / M5 codes between each letter.
For example, standard GCode containing Z Axis movements (as would be produced with the Mach3 Write wizard) can be edited (basically using a 'search and replace all' function) where every +Z movement is replaced with M5 and every –Z move is replaced with M3. Although this may sound tedious, the task can be automated within most post processors.
Another example… Using your favourite software - If you were to create your text or design and save the result as a .plt or .dxf file etc, this could be loaded into LazyCam and using a modified post processor the resulting GCode would then have the M3 / M5 commands automatically inserted into the correct places.


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Is coconut oil really 'pure poison?' The facts behind the claim
Posted: 11:47 AM, Aug 22, 2018
<p>Oil pullers can swish coconut oil in their mouths for 20 minutes. </p>
Cyanide is a poison. Rattlesnake venom is a poison. Certain household products can be a poison. But coconut oil? One professor seems to think so, colliding head-on with consumers who believe it's good for them.
In her lecture at the University of Freiburg -- entirely in German and posted in July -- professor Karin Michels , of the university's Institute for Prevention and Tumor Epidemiology, calls the health claims surrounding coconut oil "absolute nonsense" and says it's "pure poison" for its saturated fat content and its threat to cardiovascular health. The video of her lecture has amassed close to a million views and counting.
"Coconut oil is one of the worst things you can eat," Michels said.
While others have taken a more measured view, they hardly buy into the ballyhoo. A 2016 survey in the New York Times suggested that 72% of Americans think coconut oil is healthy, versus only 37% of nutritionists polled.
"There are many claims being made about coconut oil being wonderful for lots of different things, but we really don't have any evidence of long-term health benefits," said Dr. Walter C. Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where Michels is also an adjunct professor.
"Coconut oil is somewhere in the middle of the spectrum in terms of types of fats. It's probably better than partially hydrogenated oils, [which are] high in trans fats, but not as good as the more unsaturated plant oils that have proven health benefits, like olive and canola oil," Willett previously told CNN.
Health organizations tend to discourage the use of coconut oil, which is more than 80% saturated fat. The American Heart Association says it's better on your skin than in your food, and it recommends that no more than 5% or 6% of your daily calories come from saturated fats -- about 13 grams per day. The association also advocates replacing coconut oil with "healthy fats" such as polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats, like those found in canola and olive oils, avocados and fatty fish.
Coconut oil is "probably not quite as 'bad' as butter but not as good as extra virgin olive oil," Kevin Klatt, a molecular nutrition researcher at Cornell University who is studying the metabolic effects of coconut oil, previously told CNN.
Klatt cautions that we should not develop too strong of an opinion of it without more data. "But at the same time, you have to be evidence-based ... and [currently], the evidence reflects benefits for olive oil, fish, nuts and seeds -- so that should be the focus in the diet."
Coconut oil is extracted from the meat of the fruit. It contains mostly saturated fat, which is also found in large quantities in butter and red meat. Like other saturated fats, coconut oil increases LDL cholesterol, commonly known as "bad" cholesterol, which has been associated with increased risk of heart disease.
But coconut oil also raises HDL, the "good" cholesterol, especially when replacing carbohydrates in the diet. This may be due to its high content of a fatty acid known as lauric acid. (This is also noted in Michel's statement summarizing her talk.)
"Coconut oil is half lauric acid, which is a little bit unique," Klatt said, as the acid seems to raise HDL more than other saturated fats and is rarely found in such high amounts in foods.
Still, though the increase in HDL seen with consumption of coconut oil may offset some of the disease risk, it's still not as good as consuming unsaturated oils, which not only raise HDL but lower LDL, according to Willett.
Complicating matters is the fact that we still don't know for sure what exactly a high HDL translates to in terms of health risk. "There's been debate about the role of HDL," Willett cautioned. "Partly because there are many forms of HDL which have different health consequences ... which has made the water murky."
For example, there are different forms of HDL that do different things. One role is to help take LDL cholesterol out of the bloodstream. "But some forms of HDL don't do that," Willett said, "so we don't know for sure that higher HDL is better."
While an elevated LDL level is used as a marker for predicting cardiovascular risk and doesn't always translate to heart attacks, experts say it's still cause for concern.
Research has found a mixed bag when it comes to saturated fats, and coconut oil in particular. A 2015 Cochrane review found that cutting back on saturated fats also lowered the risk of cardiovascular disease by 17% -- but it didn't change the risk of dying, and there was no benefit to replacing these fats with protein or starchy foods.
Other research specifically on coconut oil has explored its effects on metabolism, appetite and cognitive function -- but "you can't infer from ... studies what coconut oil will and will not do. We need better controlled trials," Klatt said.
"Right now, the internet is jumping the gun and going way beyond the evidence."
Like other oils, coconut oil is calorie-dense, which means consuming large amounts without reducing other calorie sources can lead to weight gain. Just one tablespoon has 120 calories, about the same as a large apple or four cups of air-popped popcorn.
"Oil is a really easy way to increase the energy density of a food. Things like almonds have a lot of fat, but it's easier to overeat pure oil than overeat pure almonds," Klatt said.
In small amounts, however, coconut oil can have a place in one's diet. But for day-to-day use, experts recommend vegetable oils such as olive, canola or soybean oil, along with nuts and seeds, as a primary source of fats in the diet.
"It's not that you have to absolutely avoid coconut oil, but rather limit coconut oil to where you really need that special flavor, like for Thai food or for baking a special dessert," Willett said.
Klatt agreed, saying that coconut oil "is certainly fine to consume occasionally, when a recipe calls for it."

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2021 Arizona Diamondbacks Draft Preview: Kumar Rocker
Might the Diamondbacks luck their way into one of the Vandy Boys at #6?
By James Attwood@JamesDAttwood Jun 2, 2021, 5:30pm EDT
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Kumar Rocker, RHP, Vanderbilt
FB: 60/65 SL: 65/70 CV*: 65/70 CH: 45/55 CT: 40/45 Control: 45/55 Overall: 60
Kumar is the son of Tracy Rocker, a former football player and current defensive line coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Anyone who has glimpsed Kumar in action can immediately see he has his father's genes. Back in 2018, Kumar Rocker was considered by many to be one of the two best prep arms in the entire draft, the other being Carter Stewart. Both carried significant signing concerns. In the case of Stewart, this did not keep Atlanta from trying to draft Stewart anyway, despite knowing ahead of time he was going to demand over-slot. In Rocker's case, his strong commitment to Vanderbilt scared off most teams. He was eventually selected in the 38th round by the Colorado Rockies - mostly just for funsies, not unlike when Arizona used their 20th round pick in 2014 to select J.B. Bukauskas out of high school, despite him warning all of MLB he was heading to UNC in a fairly non-negotiable way. Clearly, Rocker chose to go to school and re-enter the draft in hopes of being a top-5 selection in 2021. (Stewart famously chose to go to Japan instead of the Braves, signing for more than anyone in the draft and making himself an unrestricted free agent three seasons sooner than he would be if he had signed with the Braves.)
After electing to go to Vanderbilt, Rocker hit the ground running, working from the starting rotation the day he hit campus. Rocker's crowning achievement during his time at Vanderbilt came on June 8, 2019. Pitching in the College World Series Super Regionals against Duke, Rocker fired a no-hitter and struck out 19 Duke batters. He was a freshman. That performance propelled him to the top of prospect rankings, establishing him as the consensus 1-1 pick for the 2021 draft, a position he held until late-April or early-May of this year.
That happens to be right around the time that some prospects, such as Henry Davis, and Marcelo Mayer started making strong pushes up the board. It also happens to be when Rocker started to experience some rockiness in his performance. His control started to waver some. His changeup lost some of its depth. His slider lost some of its "muchness", and his fastball even became a bit more hittable. This caused warning flags to go off about Rocker and how he might not be durable or that he might be injured. As time has marched on though, Rocker has continued to show he can perform and is healthy, while a number of other pitchers, including likely 1-1, Jack Leiter, experienced variations of the same problems. Now, many evaluators are starting to suspect that what is being witnessed in Rocker and other pitchers around the country is a direct result of the pandemic and the havoc it wrecked on schedules and training regimens.
On the Mound
When Rocker is locating his fastball, it can be a truly intimidating pitch, especially against right-handed batters. The velocity on his fastball sits comfortably at 95-96 mph deep into games. Rocker also possesses 99 mph reach-back. Rocker's delivery features seven feet of extension with the added benefit of the ball exploding from his hand. Rocker's four-seam offering features in excess of 18 inches of induced vertical break and 10 inches of horizontal run. Rocker also gets well above average spin rate of over 2300 RPM. It is a fastball that feasts at the top of the zone, especially against right-handed batters. There are those who still have some concerns about Rocker's fastball. The first, almost universal, concern is that he sometimes loses the zone with his fastball. When that happens, all those features listed to show how explosive and appealing his fastball is, turn into nightmarish contributors of wildness. It was the loss of strike-throwing ability that allowed Duke to manage any base runners at all in that 19-strikeout no-no of his. One batter even took a pitch to the face (YIKES!). Coaching and experience will likely fix that problem, especially since it is not a persistent one. The other concern raised by some is his swinging strike rate (18%) on the fastball. When performing as a two-pitch (fastball/slider) pitcher, this is not entirely unexpected. Furthermore, Rocker is known to use the fastball to set up his other offerings and is not always looking for the fastball to blow away the hitter. This is the sort of concern that might very well be "corrected" when he begins to pitch with his third and fourth offering as a matter of course, rather than waiting until late in games to break them out.
Slider/Curveball*
This is where I need to stop and do a bit of explaining. For those looking far and wide for more information about Rocker, they are likely to see a number of sites touting Rocker's dominating combination of power fastball and 70-grade, knee-buckling curve. Other sites will go on at length about Rocker's wicked fastball/slider combination. Here's the thing, they are talking about the same pitch. The short explanation is it is just a slider with an unusual shape. That doesn't come close to doing it any sort of justice though. As far and away Rocker's best pitch, it is only prudent to take the time to explain how this plus-plus pitch actually operates. The problem is, it comes down to discussing the differences between spin releases, transverse axis and gyroscopic spin, and arm angle. I was concerned I might need to devote an entire article about why Rocker's curve-shaped slider is not a curveball. Then I found this quick and dirty explanation by Lookout Landing's Joe E. Doyle as to why Rocker's slider tumbles to the plate with the shape of a curveball.
This is due to gyroscopic spin. This is achieved by spinning the ball out of a pitcher's hand like a bullet twirls as it travels. It spins on a gyroscopic axis allowing gravity to do all the work.
Basically, the pitch falls right [off] the table toward the dirt due to the nature of its spin. Conventional breaking balls spin on a transverse axis. Gyro spin is less affected by air density and resistance. The only reason this isn't classified as a curveball (as the eye would perceive it), is because the spin axis is totally opposite. Curveballs tumble end-over-end... gyroscopic sliders spin in the same way a football does.
Thank you Mr. Doyle.
This action by Rocker's not-a-curve slider is actually assisted by Rocker's very average spin rate of 2250. With that level of spin, Rocker is not going to be able to get the sort of sweeping action that is commonly associated with the pitch. But, in this case, the lower spin rate, combined with the gyro-spin, allows the pitch to drop completely off the table.
As for the normal descriptive details, Rocker has a plus-plus slider that he throws at 86, though he has frequently reached 88, which is where some think he'll be by the time he debuts. The pitch tunnels almost seamlessly off his fastball and features plenty of depth before dropping completely off the table. It has a 51% swinging strike rate and a 35% chase rate. He spots it well and will throw it to any batter in any count.
Early on, Rocker did throw what amounts to a "baby curve" that sat around 81-84 mph. He has not thrown it in some time now though and, given the excellence and shape of his slider, has probably abandoned for good. The pitch was average at best, not featuring much break on the 1 to 7 plane. This season there are reports he went back to that pitch, getting a bit more depth on the break, but I have not been able to find raw data on that, only descriptions that sound remarkably like a misidentified gyro-slider. That said, Rocker was able to throw his curve for strikes with regularity and used it well in keeping hitters off-balance. It was (and could potentially again be) a worthy average pitch.
Rocker's change is still very much a pitch in development. Rocker has shown good intuition with how to use it and has managed to develop a feel for throwing it rather quickly. Rocker's delivery once again gets seven feet of extension, while the change features 17 inches of horizontal run which helps him to mimic the fastball. The overall shape is quite good and Rocker is able to deaden the spin down to 1700 RPM. What's lacking in the pitch is consistency, especially with location. Given how infrequently Rocker has been forced to turn to the pitch in competition, this is not surprising. With more reps, this should be a true plus-offering.
Giving more credence to the notion that Rocker is not planning on returning to the curve soon, he has started developing a cutter to add to his repertoire. He used it as a quality set-up pitch, allowing his already explosive fastball to play up even more. There is very little on this pitch right now, but he is showing advanced feel for the pitch and also advanced understanding of pitching as a whole, despite the fact that he could likely still be a top-10 pitcher with only his fastball/slider mix.
In 2018, Rocker's control was a real issue, leading some to speculate that he might even wind up being better suited to being a late-inning reliever. Since then, he has done nothing but improve and put those worries to rest. He still has mental lapses that will lead to a loss of control. He can trow his slider for strikes at will, but his fastball still sometimes rides it way right out of the zone. His changeup needs more work, from side-to-side, but he is adept at keeping it low, not missing up in the hittable area of the zone. Getting consistent reps with his non fastball/slider offerings seems like the only thing he needs in order to be a consistent strike thrower.
Rocker's advanced approach and self-awareness are the sort of assets that simply cannot be taught. He is a potential. His combination of two plus-plus pitches and potentially two more plus offerings give him a true top of the rotation ceiling. He throws from a high 3⁄4 arm angle. His wind-up features a behind the head load and a high but balanced leg kick. He drives straight toward the plate and does not fall off the mound at all. There is some jerkiness to the wind-up and it features a lot of moving parts, but he has shown a remarkable consistency with being able to repeat it, enough that some coaches may elect not to tinker with it unless it becomes a problem at higher levels.
Kumar Rocker is a big-bodied workhorse of a pitcher with the potential to be one of those, now rare, starters capable of throwing 200+ innings without showing significant fatigue. He has the ceiling of a staff ace and the reasonable floor of a big league starter with the tools to be a high leverage reliever. Rocker's unique slider gives him a pitch that will serve him well at any level. It is a pitch with movement not seen with any regularity since Daisuke Matsuzaka left the big leagues. However, Dice-K's "gyroball" was not nearly the hard-breaking offering that Rocker's gyro-slider is now. Having a unique, wipe-out pitch is a rare talent and Rocker has that talent in spades. If not for the COVID-19 pandemic, Rocker would almost certainly still be the consensus 1-1 pick in the draft.
Rocker's 19-K no-no (all the Ks)
Scouting video from shortened 2019
TL/DR
Rocker is a true 1-1 talent with ace potential that is the result of one of the filthiest, most unique pitches being thrown today. He bullies batters of all types and is a fierce competitor. His raw athleticism is mostly unmatched in this draft, though Brady House says hello. It is difficult to imagine any scenario in which Rocker falls lower than Arizona at #6
Chances Rocker reaches #6: ~40%
If Rocker is still on the board, chances Arizona selects him: 95%+
Up next: Henry Davis, C, Louisville
2021 Arizona Diamondbacks Draft
2021 MLB Draft Open Thread
2021 Arizona Diamondbacks Draft Preview: Brady House


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"Baseball" was part of the fun for members of the Wesley Institute of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who spent the holiday romping in Maidenhead Thicket, the wooded area west of town. A newspaper reported that "they spent the afternoon until 4 o'clock on such games as baseball and cricket, and at that hour sat down to a much-appreciated tea."
Maidenhead Advertiser, June 2, 1909, p 5.
It is probable they were playing English baseball as the game had a long history in Maidenhead and environs.
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Virgo has a rich inner life, and can sometimes seem shy at first meeting. A Virgo won't spill secrets right away, and it's important to earn a Virgo's trust. But once you do, that Virgin will be a friend for life. And if you think that you're dating a shy Virgo, trust that those walls will fall down in the bedroom. One of the most passionate signs, Virgos specialize at connecting to their physicality, and this earth sign loves and celebrates physical connection with their partner.
Virgos expect perfection from themselves, and they may project those high standards on the other people in their life. A Virgo hates when someone lets him or her down, even if it's minor and unavoidable, like a last-minute cancellation. Virgins never want to disappoint the people in their lives, so they may spread themselves too thin put themselves last.
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Home Entertainment Elon Musk's Space X Falcon 9 Rocket Lands Sucessfully
Elon Musk's Space X Falcon 9 Rocket Lands Sucessfully
Nitish Kannan
The SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket has landed successfully! The Dragon, which is still on its way to orbit, is carrying around 6,000 pounds of supplies and science experiments for the crew of the ISS. That includes a group of fruit flies to test out how the cardiovascular system functions in microgravity, as well as a group of mice to study bone loss in the space environment. Some unique technologies are also riding up inside the Dragon's trunk — the unpressurized structure attached to the spacecraft that provides support and houses the vehicle's solar panels. The trunk contains an instrument called NICER, which will eventually be mounted to the outside of the space station to look for neutron stars, as well as a specialized solar panel called ROSA which can be unfurled a bit like a flag, according to the Verge who was covering the launch today.
I personally watch the Cape Canaveral launch from my house and heard the sonic boom on the return of the first stage capsule re-entry into Earth. It was a spectacular sight. Now only if we could get to Mars sooner.
Next generation of Robots, and AI on board on ISS will hopefully soon allow more people to experience space and what its feels like to live in space.
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A new home for older dogs
Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net @GenetEJC
Mar 28, 2019 at 4:12 AM Mar 29, 2019 at 11:30 PM
During his time as a volunteer walking dogs at the Regional Animal Shelter in Independence, Russell Clothier noted that some dogs were there much longer than others – for several months – and it didn't have to do with breed.
"I would see young dogs get adopted out, but the old dogs would get passed over," he said.
For those dogs that might never be adopted, it's not a fun way to live out their days, Clothier said. At the same time, he and his wife had recently become empty-nesters and looked into downsizing a bit.
They decided to start a senior dog sanctuary – a non-profit agency to take in some aging canines that showed little chance of being adopted. They also adopted Shep, a beagle/basset hound mix who's quiet, content and still has a little pep in his step, to complement a handful of other dogs.
A pair of neighboring houses on Truman Road just east of Missouri 291 with several mostly wooded acres behind proved to be the perfect answer. They had been grandfathered into industrial zoning, so Clothier didn't have to jump through a big rezoning hoop to use the one vacant house for dogs. He and other volunteers aim to have Shep's Place, at 17012 E. Truman Road, open later this spring. They have a GoFundMe page set up to aid a capital campaign.
"We bought both (properties) for this expressed purpose," Clothier said. "When you back in there (the wooded area), it feels like you're in the country."
Clothier and other volunteers have spent several months fixing up the vacant house. They installed kennels inside a couple converted rooms, made some of floors water resistant and fenced in the adjacent yard for the dogs to walk around and play.
"There will be some furniture, but mostly dog beds," he said.
Clothier says he brings along Shep when trying to drum up support for his nonprofit.
"We try to bring Shep along as our spokesdog," he said. "He symbolized the type of dogs we want."
"He's wonderful; he changed our lives."
Clothier said Shep's Place will not take dogs from the public – only from animal shelters or rescue places. They'll start taking up to eight, though legally they can take 21, and generally they'll be about 10 years old – perhaps a bit younger for bigger breeds with shorter lifespans. Outside of sleeping in the kennels at night, dogs generally will be allowed to roam the house and fenced areas all day.
If need be in the future, they could expand the fenced area into the woods.
Clothier is a high school physics teacher, but plans to go to part-time next year, giving him ample time to manage the dog sanctuary.
Shep's Place is open to adopting out a dog – an application and home visit will be required, to make sure a home is acceptable – but Clothier said adoption won't be the primary focus.
"They only have so much time left; we want them to have good quality of life," he said. "It's kind of a retirement place for dogs."


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Q: Excel VBA copy XL-2007 Macro-Enabled Workbook as excel-2003 file with no macros I''m looking for a vba macro that will make a copy of the current Excel 2007 macro-enabled workbook with the name I specify as an Excel 2003 macro-free document. It should also keep the current workbook open and in the Excel 2007 format (so save-as wouldn't work).
I can't figure out how to do the copy operation...

A: It's much, much easier to do a save as.
Why does it have to stay open? - you can simulate it by:

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*Doing a Save As to a new file

*Close the copy

*Re-open the original

As far as removing the code look at these questions:
Source control of Excel VBA code modules
Macro to save active Sheet as new workbook, ask user for location and remove macros from the new workbook

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summer is finished, autumn is here, time for my annual lazy dj-flight to the "tropical autumn". Expect 90 minutes of laidback, mellow daytime-disco tracks from today's artists, some known, most still undiscovered. There are pretty much all modern disco artists in one list, that I consider special this summer. Enjoy!
2. GL - what happened to us?
Yes, amigos, it is happening!
For the first time in more than 5 years the Berlin Battery - Boys (Jack Tennis, Shir Khan and DJ Supermarkt) get together for a special reunion-night of Disco-Edit-Mania from the 70s to 2014!
- DJ SUPERMARKT runs the Yacht-Music-Blog and Record-Label How do you are? and released the Too Slow To Disco - Compilation this year.
The boys will be deejaing all night long!
Entrance 1 Euro, later 2 Euros, no guestlist!
Summer is here, so I give you the perfect daytime disco soundtrack to it. These are my favorite modern Disco Slo-Jams from the last months, made to be played out in the shadow while hanging around and lazying wherever and however you do that. It is like a modern version of my compilation "Too Slow To Disco".
So here it is, finally. Today sees the international release date of DJ Supermarkt's first How Do You Are? compilation (comes as CD, 2xLP and Download). TOO SLOW TO DISCO compiles 19 tracks of "Late 70s Westcoast Yachtpop you can almost dance to", featuring long forgotten diamonds by bands like Photoglo, White Horse, Alessi Brothers and tracks by the megalobands like Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers or Chicago. Release Date in Germany was friday already and the album just entered the "compilation-charts" at No 22, which is a miracle if you see, what kind of ugly crap (BravoHits) is in there with TSTD. Here is a new minimix to give you an idea of what to expect.
This is a dj-mix I did after returning from The "Last Hurrah" Party with Sean Rowley in London's Basement Club. It features my favorite Yacht-Disco edits for a full dancefloor in a club (not a bar, where this music normally works). Guaranteed to get some disco-dance-action going. Pure Hits, but in a slightly different "edit"-disguise. This is to thank all those edit-producers that make my job as a DJ so much more fun and easier. Of course there are lots more of you, that I couldn't include in this mix! You know who you are.... FREE DOWNLOAD!
HOTLANE is a Berlin based duo consisting singer Agnes Lindström and producer Jack Tennis. Jack is a well know name in the Berlin underground party scene as well as a DJ touring through the whole Universe. Agnes moved from hometown Stockholm to Berlin in 2008 and has been modelling, acting and playing good records here there and everywhere ever since. After meeting at the decadent Broken Hearts Club they started making music. After a successful 2013 playing live at different venues and as support act to Icona Pop and !!! (CHK CHK CHK) they finally recorded four of the tracks. Here is the first one: remixes by Italian house shooting star RICARDO BAEZ (Toy Tonics), Jack Tennis himself and French slow disco maestro DJ STEEF.
dear readers, a happy 2014 you all. hereby i proudly announce my next EP incl a Urulu remix, out next week: happy listening and a smooth transition into this year.
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my latest radioshow is online, updated every 4 weeks and to be heard on Ego FM.
Thanks EVERYBODY! Just reached over 1000 followers on soundcloud! This little discofied edit is a small present for all you out there, who - strangely enough - like what I am doing. The lovely JAYE P. MORGAN is an american singer, actress (and game show panelist). She released about 15 albums in various musical styles. "Lets get together" is from her selftitled album from 1976, where she experienced a fusion of Disco and Pop. The musicians on this album are like an all-star 70s studio-crew: David Foster produced, Jeff Porcaro on drums, Kenny Loggins, Ray Parker Jr. Lee Ritenour and many many more! Enjoy this mellow Disco-Pop-trip!


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NASA Satellites Eye Coastal Water Quality
Using data from instruments aboard NASA satellites, Zhiqiang Chen and colleagues at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, found that they are able to monitor water quality almost daily, rather than monthly.
Such information has direct application for resource managers devising restoration plans for coastal water ecosystems and federal and state regulators in charge of defining water quality standards.
The team's findings, published in two papers in Remote Sensing of Environment, will help tease out factors that drive changes in coastal water quality. For example, sediments entering the water as a result of coastal development or pollution can cause changes in water turbidity -- a measure of the amount of particles suspended in the water. Sediments suspended from the bottom by strong winds or tides may also cause such changes. Knowing where the sediments come from is critical to managers because turbidity cuts off light to the bottom, thwarting the natural growth of plants.
"If we can track the source of turbidity, we can better understand why turbidity is changing. And if the source is human-related, we can try to manage that human activity," says Frank Muller-Karger, a study co-author from the University of South Florida.
Satellites previously have observed turbidity in the open ocean by monitoring how much light is reflected and absorbed by the water. However, the technique has not had much success in observing turbidity along the coast. This is because shallow coastal waters and Earth's atmosphere serve up complicated optical properties that make it difficult for researchers to determine which colors in a satellite image are related to turbidity, which to shallow bottom waters, and which to the atmosphere. Now with advances in satellite sensors combined with developments in how the data are analyzed, Chen and colleagues show it is possible to monitor turbidity of coastal waters via satellite.
The traditional methods of monitoring coastal water quality require scientists to use boats to gather water samples, typically on a monthly basis because of the high costs of these surveys. The method is sufficient to capture episodic events affecting water quality, such as seasonal freshwater runoff. Chen and colleagues suspected, however, that the monthly measurements were not capturing fast changes in factors that affect water quality, such as winds, tides and human influences including pollution and runoff.
The team set out to see if satellites could accurately measure two key indicators of water quality, turbidity and water clarity, in Tampa Bay, Fla. To determine water clarity in Tampa Bay, the team looked at more than eight years of imagery from GeoEYE's Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) instrument, whose data is analyzed, processed and distributed by NASA for research. The images give a measure of how much light is reflected by the water. The data were put through a two-step calculation to arrive at a measure of clarity. Similarly, data from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument onboard the Aqua satellite was compared with measurements of turbidity gathered on the ground and then applied to each whole image to make the maps.
When compared with results from independent field measurements, collected with the help from the U.S. Geological Survey, the researchers found that the satellites offered an accurate measure of water quality in the bay. The method can be applied to coastal waters worldwide with little change in methods, according to Muller-Karger.
Frequent measurements from space could resolve questions about the specific timing and nature of events that led to decreases in water quality. Seasonal freshwater discharge from nearby rivers and runoff into the bay can carry nutrients. If these nutrients are not controlled, they can give rise to large and harmful phytoplankton blooms, which can kill sea grass. Wind conditions, however, are the driving force for a decline in water quality in the dry season between October and June, when bottom sediments are disturbed.


There is so much information on how to boost the immune system naturally, but what can you do if you're already sick?
Here are 5 easy ways to get better fast if you're suffering from an acute cold or flu.
The best way to accelerate cold and flu recovery is by drinking more fluids. Staying well hydrated keeps infection wastes moving through the body, so they don't continually re-infect you.
In contrast, dehydration concentrates illness toxins in your body and makes you feel worse.
Keep a water bottle handy day and night. Sip on herbal tea (like ginger tea or one of my Immune Teas) when you're not drinking water. Have fresh, organic fruit or vegetable juice with breakfast and lunch.
Have a cup of vegetable broth or miso soup after dinner. Add garlic and onions to any soup or broth for extra benefits.
You will be amazed at what a difference drinking more fluids can make for your recovery time and how you feel.
Use the power of water to get back on your feet if you're feeling sick. Hydrotherapy increases circulation, and stimulates natural cleansing through the liver, colon, lymphatic system, and skin.
In the morning, take an alternating hot and cold shower to stimulate natural detoxification and wake up your brain.
Begin with a hot shower for three minutes. Then, change to cold water for two minutes.
Repeat this three times, ending with cold. Make sure to bundle up afterwards with some tea.
In the evening, take a hot bath with Epsom or Dead Sea salts. This helps cleanse toxins, opens up your breathing passages, and relaxes stressed muscles.
If you're feverish, take a cool bath instead, or apply a cool pack to your face and neck to help you sleep.
Herbs like echinacea, elderberry, turmeric and ginger fight pathogens, and can reduce the duration of a cold or flu.
Start herbs (like Immune Daily Tonic) as soon as you begin experiencing symptoms for the best results.
Simple garlic tablets are another great anti-flu therapy, especially when nothing else seems to help.
For children who are sick, I like elderberry syrup. It's an amazing anti-viral and gently eases a cough.
Being congested is one of the most miserable cold and flu symptoms. Use an herbal steam treatment to open up your airways.
Bring a big pot of water to a boil. Allow to cool slightly. Add in 2-3 drops of 100% pure tea tree or eucalyptus essential oil.
Place a towel over your head and breathe in the antiseptic oils from the pot, taking care not to get burned.
Remember, more is not better when it comes to essential oils. Just a few drops are effective to fight the infection and help you breathe easier.
Take time to rest. Being sick is one way your body lets you know you need a break. Take a nap every day if you can.
Stay home from work or work just a half of a day if necessary. Give your body some recovery time and it will thank you with improved health and energy.
If you're sick, try these at home "rescue" therapies for faster recovery. If your symptoms don't improve, worsen, or are accompanied by yellow or green mucus, a visit to your practitioner may be necessary.
However, most simple cold and flu viruses respond to natural therapies. Within a few days to a week, most people begin to feel better, sometimes better than before they ever became sick.
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The Atlanta Hawks suffered an early season losing skid that saw them lose 7 straight games. However, recently they have turned things around and currently sit at (12-12) after defeating the Bucks this evening 114-110. One of the main contributors for this year's team has been 1st year Hawk Dwight Howard. Howard is no stranger to Atlanta, as his basketball career kicked off as a high school prodigy from the ATL. Now 31 year's old, the dominate big man has returned home and has not only rejuvenated the team, but his style of play as well. He is currently averaging over 13 points per game and 12 boards per game, while making a solid front-court duo with Paul Millsap. We had the opportunity to catch up with Dwight Howard for an interview this morning, following the team's Shoot-Around in Milwaukee. In the interview we discuss: The season, him becoming a Hawk, his journey, and much more! Check it out below!


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Here is everything we need to know about Princess Eugenie's wedding reception
By Odette Odendaal
https://news.amomama.com/112124-here-everything-princess-eugenies-weddin.html
A beautiful and memorable Royal Wedding with a few surprises.
The longtime couple wed at the same venue as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, St. George's Chapel on Friday morning. Following a traditional service, the newlyweds rode in a horse-drawn carriage procession through Windsor before they joined their wedding guests for the reception at Windsor Castle for the reception hosted by the Queen.
About 850 guests attended the wedding ceremony and luncheon reception, among the guests were stars such as Ellie Goulding, Kate Moss, Liv Tyler, Naomi Campbell, Robbie Williams, James Blunt, and Demi Moore.
Andrea Bocelli sang a beautiful rendition of 'Ave Maria' and princess Eugenie read a passage from 'The Great Gatsby.' Prince George and Princess Charlotte, children of Prince William and Kate Middleton were pageboy and bridesmaid.
Read more on our Twitter account @amomama_usa.
Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos designed Princess Eugenie's stunning dress under the British label Peter Pilotto and she specifically asked for her dress to have a low back to show the scar from her scoliosis correction surgery when she was 12 years old. She had no veil but wore the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara, loaned to her by the Queen.
Guests got served canapes were all given maroon tote bags emblazoned with intertwined initials and the wedding date. The wedding cake designed by Sophie Cabot was made of layers of red velvet and chocolate, covered in white icing, decorated in autumnal orange leaves and dark green ivy sugar work. The bride and groom's initials J and E in golden monograms around the base.Prince Andrew, proud father of the bride entertained with his light-hearted and moving speech.
A guest at the reception commented:
"Prince Andrew gave a great father-of-the-bride speech, there were some great anecdotes from childhood and all the way through to current affairs."
The second reception, a black-tie evening event will be held at the Royal Lodge, which is Prince Andrew's royal residence. But the celebrations don't stop there, Eugenie and Jack will continue festivities on Saturday afternoon.
The event organized by Bentleys Entertainment will kick off in festival-style with a fairground and food stalls. Bentleys was also used by two of Eugenie's royal cousins, Peter and Zara Phillips, however, Bentleys declined to comment on the event.
The wedding cost the British taxpayers an estimate of $2.6 million, and they are not happy. Hasan Patel said on Twitter:
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's wedding cake is even more stunning than we imagined
Princess Eugenie Dazzles in an Incredibly Stunning Dress in this Never-before-Seen Wedding Photo
Princess Eugenie Donned Cream Boucle Dress as She Took Her Husband on His First-Ever Royal Outing
"Princess Eugenie is getting married today. I hope she has a nice time knowing that millions of pounds of taxpayers money are being used for her special day while school children go hungry and rough sleepers are dying on the streets."
A campaign got started for all in favor of abolishing the British monarchy, that no public money would be used towards the wedding and to publish all taxpayer costs, a petition almost 47,000 people signed.


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Brazilian Women's Group
Building Immigrant Power through Solidarity Economy
Brazilian Women's Group (BWG) embodies all three dimensions of Solidarity Economy both in theory and practice. These overlapping are dimensions include: 1) alternative economies that put people and planet before profit, 2) shifting consciousness of individuals and communities towards imagining what might yet be possible, and 3) building power in order to bring alternative possibilities into reality. Says, BWG's Executive Director, Heloisa Galvao, "solidarity economy…it's the only way you can empower people if you understand how unjust the economy is all over, not only here in the United States, not only in Brazil, anywhere. [But] the only way we're gonna change what is going on now in the United States—people have to go to the streets, they have to take political offices, the have to do sit-ins, civil disobedience." BWG's women's cooperative, organizing and leadership development, and the importance it places in shared conversation and reflection, reveal the strong roots of solidarity economy.
Economic Alternatives and Empowerment
BWG began to take shape about 25 years ago when Galvao and other Brazilian women who had been participating in a funded, community-building program, continued to meet after the program ended. Galvao explains, "[The women] would bring their issues with them and talk about anything—longings, sadness, being away from family, school and education…they would bring up the issue and concern and they would try to fix themselves, they would try to find a solution. And other women in the group would say, 'oh, you know I did this and it worked', so they would exchange experience and this is how the Brazilian Women's Group started."
This creation of a space for sharing, community building, and cooperation remains the bedrock for BWG today, springing forth multiple projects by and for its 800 members. A few years after becoming a non-profit in 2003, the women's cooperative, Vida Verde, was formed. The cooperative aims to support and empower the Brazilian immigrant community, and especially women, through education and training around ecological and biological safety in the house cleaning industry. Vida Verde organizes workers through industry trainings—over 1000 trainings as of 2018—and through their democratically owned and controlled cooperative, which makes and uses safe cleaning products.
Community, Organizing, and Leadership Development
In addition to Vida Verde, BWG organizes a around a range of projects that build and empower Brazilian immigrant women and their communities including radio shows, a film series, ESL classes, and a Brazilian Independence Day Festival. Much of BWG's work, however, is directed toward addressing immigration issues and injustices. Says Galvao, "of course, immigration is our main issue. [At one point] we started to get better immigration laws, but 23 years later, here we are [and] it's worse than it was in 2009. It's much worse."
BWG runs workers rights programs, immigration clinics that provide legal assistance, and "know your rights" trainings because, as Galvao puts it, "we need people to understand their rights. We need people to understand that, regardless of how they got here, they still have rights."
These projects and trainings empower individuals and communities through education, shared support, and leadership development opportunities. And they are joined with intentional leadership development programs. "We take women on trips to Washington and other places for demonstrations, for leadership, for summits. And here we do a series of leadership courses, development courses."
Leadership development efforts have paid off in Boston and beyond. "They have become leaders in their community," remarks Galvao. "They may not [even] be in BWG anymore, but they have multiplied that somewhere. We have women that were here and are now in Florida. We have another that went back to Brazil. They all started new things where they are, either in their church, in their community, they started these small groups to talk about things that they see there. So I think this is wonderful, you know…what we really wanted them to do is to realize that they have a voice, that they have power.
Shifting Consciousness and Pushing for Possibility
Directing power towards the creation of a solidarity economy involves concerted and creative conversations about imagining what an economy geared towards community well-being could look like. "The SEI cohort is great," says Galvao. "I wish that we could replicate it [in the immigrant Brazilian community] in Portuguese, and have small groups have that kind of discussion…even if it's just two or three people that can then grow that will start discussing what a solidarity economy means."
In the U.S., Brazil's solidarity economy is often looked to for inspiration. "Solidarity economy can empower people…when people understand what the solidarity economy [is]. Brazilians are good at that because we used to have a solidarity budget, when Lula was president. He brought it…it was used in many states and the population, the people, were discussing the budget, you know, together."
State support for Brazil's solidarity economy, however, has evaporated with the interests of the current administration. In Boston's immigrant communities, state oppression makes simply envisioning solidarity economy a challenging proposition. "People are too busy trying to survive…and not get their families separated." Despite these constraining conditions, BWG's investment in three interrelated domains: alternative economic practices, leadership and empowerment programs, and spaces for connection, community, and mutual aide—spaces where alternative economic projects like Vida Verde might take shape—embody the potency and power of solidarity economy organizing.


Editor's note: The original version of this story contained an incorrect quote. The quote has now been corrected.
HAGERSTOWN ? Nine-year-old Adam Semler was one of the first children to greet Santa Claus as the jolly old elf arrived Friday morning at Long Meadow Shopping Center.
"It gets (the children) excited and ready for Christmas," she said. "And they will ask us every day, 'When is it going to get here?'"As Santa met with children inside the former Books 'n Things, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman entertained people outside.
· Today ? 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
· Sunday ? 1 to 4 p.m.
· Dec. 1 ? 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
· Dec. 3-6 ? 4 to 7 p.m.
· Dec. 7 ? 4 to 6 p.m.
· Dec. 8 and 10 ? 4 to 7 p.m.
· Dec. 16 ? 3 to 6 p.m.
· Dec. 17 ? 4 to 6 p.m.
· Dec. 18 ? 4 to 7 p.m.
· Dec. 19 ? 4 to 6 p.m.
· Dec. 22 ? 1 to 4 p.m.


HE DIDN'T FOLLOW IN THE FAMILY FOOTSTEPS. A great-grandson of the founder of the Borthwick meat business which dominated the New Zealand meat trade to Great Britain for almost a century, Paddy Borthwick instead, wanted to make wine.
After Roseworthy College in South Australia, and vintages in Australia, France, Switzerland, the United States, and five more in Marlborough, Paddy was ready for his own vineyard - which he established on the Ruamahunga River in Wairarapa, in the lower North Island.
The Ruamahunga wends back and forth in a series of regular loops before it travels past Lake Wairarapa on its way to the coast east of Wellington. This used to be beef and sheep country but like nearby Martinborough, the river flats are better suited - very much so - to growing grapes. The hills curving around this particular stretch of the river, with warm days and cool nights, provide perfect conditions to ripen the fruit on the vines growing on the stony, free-draining river terraces.
The new winery at the edge of the vineyard, is an indication of Paddy's approach to winemaking. It is a solid, finely crafted building, designed for a location ideally suited to grow and make award-winning wines.
PADDY LETS THE CLIMATE AND SOILS of this riverside terroir determine each wine's character. And his wines have accumulated an impressive array of medals following the first release in 1999. Paddy strongly adheres to tradition in winemaking, but elsewhere he encourages the contemporary - the winery building next to his vineyard is a striking example.
Previous labels did not do justice to the wine in the bottle. Nor did they at all reflect the personality and involvement of this very hands-on winemaker. On his earlier labels Paddy had printed a crest - one of many variants of the coat of arms of the ancient Borthwicks of Scotland. Researching and rethinking how this was used, and combining classic and contemporary brand elements, plus careful print production, created packaging and a brand in keeping with these quality wines.
WINE VARIETIES: CHARDONNAY, SAUVIGNON BLANC, RIESLING, PINOT NOIR, MERLOT, SANGIOVESE.
Thanks to Paddy Borthwick, Borthwick Vineyard for source material.


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Collection of Liverpool FC pin badges stolen from Southport flat
Pin badge collection taken from London Street flat
Tom Duffy
Liverpool FC heroes pin collection ; screenshot from Danbury Mint website
The victim of a burglary is appealing for the return of a collection of Liverpool FC pin badges.
Southport man Steven Collins told Visiter.co.uk that it took him years to build up the collection of 45 badges. The badges mark some of the trophies the reds have won over the years. Mr Collins, who used to work as security guard at Liverpool FC, noticed the collection was missing after a break-in at his flat on London Street.
He said: " The collection is worth hundreds of pounds and it took me years to build up. It also of huge sentimental value to me. I am a life-long Liverpool FC fan, and worked at the club from 2006 to 2013. All the players and managers are legends to me, but my personal heroes are Shankly, Dalglish and Rush."
The break-in at Steven's home is thought to have taken place on June 16. Anyone with information should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using Tailviewer.Collections;
using Tailviewer.Ui.DataSourceTree;

namespace Tailviewer.Ui.Menu
{
	public abstract class AbstractMainMenuViewModel
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	{
		private readonly CompoundObservableCollection<IMenuViewModel> _items;
		private bool _hasItems;

		public AbstractMainMenuViewModel()
		{
			_items = new CompoundObservableCollection<IMenuViewModel>(true);
			_items.CollectionChanged += ItemsOnCollectionChanged;
		}

		protected CompoundObservableCollection<IMenuViewModel> AllItems => _items;

		#region Implementation of IMenu

		public IEnumerable<IMenuViewModel> Items
		{
			get
			{
				return _items;
			}
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		{
			get
			{
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			set
			{
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				_hasItems = value;
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		}

		public abstract IDataSourceViewModel CurrentDataSource
		{
			set;
		}

		#endregion

		public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

		private void ItemsOnCollectionChanged(object sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
		{
			HasItems = _items.Any();
		}

		private void EmitPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
		{
			PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
		}
	}
}

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If I could name one band that defined high school for me, it would be the Lemon Twigs. After stumbling upon their 2016 album "Do Hollywood" sophomore year, a new avenue of music was presented for me to go down.
Bland suburban life was soon colored by the alt-anthems and rock operas that Michael and Brian D'Addario created. My Nissan Altima (lovingly named Nancy), was filled by dreamy lyrics and xylophone solos only The Lemon Twigs could provide.
On one of their most popular tracks, "These Words," Michael asks, "Why do I have to follow you to know just who I am?" 16-year-old me was molded by these words (no pun intended), and I finished high school on my own terms.
Fast forward three years and The Lemon Twigs have held their place as one of my favorite bands. This past November I saw (Sandy) Alex G at the Paradise Rock Club, and as my friend and I stretched our legs waiting for the show to start, we saw that The Lemon Twigs were coming in January. We both pulled out our phones and immediately bought tickets.
January 14th rolled around, coincidentally also the first day of classes for second semester, and my two friends and I stood shivering on the sidewalk waiting for our Lyft driver Rony to pull up in his chariot to take us to the show. We were already running pretty late, so we figured this would be a safer bet than taking the train. Rony provided no conversation and a complete discography of Selena Gomez songs for the ride. Five stars.
We were panicking, figuring we would roll up to the show with a line down the block like we've experienced before. But as we exchanged our heartfelt goodbyes with Rony, we realized no one was outside the venue at all. The show had definitely started, and we were going to be forced to the back, standing on our tiptoes to witness any action on the stage.
Yet as we entered the long hallway of Paradise, had our tickets scanned and bodies searched, we realized only a few groups were even there. As our eyes adjusted to the familiar haze that fills every small concert venue, we ventured to the stage and immediately found a spot at the front.
We filled time by taking on the role of 12-year-old boys and airdropped random pictures to people around us. Please don't tell the cops.
As spaces soon filled behind us, we began to see figures enter the stage. Opening for The Lemon Twigs was Jackie Cohen, a California-based artist accompanied by her band. Playing bass was her husband, and Foxygen frontman, Jonathan Rado. This was something we didn't even realize until the train ride home. You could say we were mad.
Cohen immediately demanded our attention, effortlessly strumming at her Gibson as her band danced around alongside her. Her songs had early Velvet Underground touches, but she quickly defined her tracks as uniquely herself. As her band switched instruments with each other and joked with the crowd, you could tell they loved nothing more than being there with us.
Cohen, with her bright blue eyeshadow and fiery red lips, had us all in a trance. While she tuned her guitar at the end, she had us all repeat a few words back to her. "I am brave, I am loved, I am unique," and so on. These words lingered in the air until we were back in bed later that night.
After she and the band exited the stage we were already downloading her two EPs.
Ten or so minutes passed and soon the obscene presence that is The Lemon Twigs was in front of us. The D'Addario brothers ran onto the stage, cloaked in pure 70s garb. Michael was even sporting shiny black pumps that I wouldn't even be able to pull off. I couldn't see him wearing anything else, though.
The brothers were accompanied by a bassist and keyboardist who both maintained their own presence as vital parts of the band.
The night was filled with Michael performing high kicks and elaborate dance moves around the stage that often made me feel as if I was watching Freddie Mercury. I think they would have been great friends.
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It seemed every worry I had washed away as I listened to their set, and when they finally thanked the crowd after their encore and exited the stage, I wasn't even sure what time it was. My friend quickly snagged the set list, and we floated out the doors.
Riding the train back home, I thought back to 16-year-old me sitting at the beach in Nancy the Nissan, worrying about what lay ahead. If only she could see me now.


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Is there a language without gender in third person pronouns?
English (as most Indo-European languages) has a gender-neutral third person pronoun, it, but it is typically not used for people; if one wants to be gender neutral, one is often stuck using he or she.
Is there group of languages which make no distinction between gender in third person pronouns, and has no "gendered" pronouns?
That is, instead of saying "Talk to him." they would instead say "Talk to that/it." If they wanted to make a distinction between gender, they would need to define the subject/target rather than use a pronoun, e.g. "Talk to the man."
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IQAndreasIQAndreas
Your "most languages" is entirely wrong. I suspect you are limiting your purview to Indo-European languages. – Colin Fine May 13 '14 at 23:16
@ColinFine You are entirely correct, I am Indo-Europeally biased. The question's wording has been corrected. – IQAndreas May 13 '14 at 23:17
Its worth noting that english does have the singular they for this purpose. For example, "if a customer comes in then give them a free sample". People wrongly believe that it is a new usage but it has existed since at least the 14th century. Its only appropriate for an uncertain or generic person though so its not exactly equivalent – Richard Tingle May 14 '14 at 8:08
As has been noted, there are many languages that meet the condition. In my language, Yoruba, He came, She came and It came all translate to O wa. – afaolek May 15 '14 at 11:10
@user58955 The wikipedia article contains several references to that fact. However they are book references so I can't link to them directly: "The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-43146-8. pp. 493–494." and "A Student's Introduction to English Grammar. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521848374. p. 178." – Richard Tingle May 15 '14 at 12:05
The World Atlas of Language Structures has a feature about gender distinctions in personal pronouns. According to it, there are at least 254 languages without gender distinctions and even 2 with gender distinctions in 1st and 2nd, but not 3rd person pronouns (Iraqw and Burunge).
Max IonovMax Ionov
Even Farsi (an Indo-European language) has no gender - either grammatical or in the pronouns. – Francis Davey May 14 '14 at 10:20
Interesting. Is this a well-known typological universal (a stochastic entailment hierarchy)? – user3503 May 16 '14 at 15:11
Armenian (also Indo-European) has no gender distinction in third person personal pronouns, which made translating the title of the movie "He and She" a bit difficult ("նա և նա") – Armen Tsirunyan Jul 13 '14 at 20:05
There are many such languages. Examples include Turkic languages (as kiyoshigaang's answer mentions), Uralic languages (such as Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian), spoken Mandarin and Cantonese, and doubtless many others. Languages which lack grammatical gender generally will usually lack gendered third-person pronouns specifically (although there are exceptions to this, such as English).
TKRTKR
Gendered pronouns were only introduced into Chinese in the 20th century (and, as you said, the distinction is only made in writing). – 200_success May 14 '14 at 6:27
I have a friend who grew up in Estonia under the Soviet Union. She originally read the Bible in Estonian. It wasn't until after the wall fell and she was finally able to be in contact with Christians from other countries that she realized that in all gendered languages, both God and Jesus are generally considered male. So yeah, Estonian is certainly one of those languages. – Jenny D May 14 '14 at 6:37
Japanese is another language that lacks grammatical gender, but still has gendered third-person pronouns. (Technically, I think Japanese just considers everything a noun, not a pronoun, but it still counts.) – user3564 May 14 '14 at 14:42
Turkish doesn't have gender in third person pronouns. For example, if one says "Onu, okulda gördüm.", it can interpreted either "I saw her at school" or " I saw him at school".
kiyoshigaangkiyoshigaang
Just what I was looking for! Are there other languages with a similar root as Turkish which share this trait? – IQAndreas May 13 '14 at 23:06
TKR tells almost all the languages which are similar to Turkish. I can't say much about Uralic languages, but Turkic languages lack grammatical gender and gendered third-person, as far as I know. – kiyoshigaang May 13 '14 at 23:15
Georgian lacks gender specific third person pronouns:
ის (is) covers "he", "she", "it"; and also "this".
იგი (igi) covers "he" and "she".
Mongolian is another language that doesn't specify gender in third person pronouns:
тэр (ter) is a deictic / demonstrative meaning "that", and is covers "he", "she", and "it".
hippietrailhippietrail
North Indian Languages, eg. Hindi/Urdu (Indo-European). Even though there are gendered nouns, there are no gendered pronouns. Even first (मैं) and second (तुम-informal/आप-formal) person pronouns are gender-neutral. All nouns are gendered, though. For example, a table (मेज़) is feminine while a pen (कलम) is masculine.
वह आदमी है। (He's a man.)
वह औरत है। (She's a woman.)
वह कुर्सी है। (It's a chair.)
Alex C.Alex C.
IMO just saying "Hindi/Urdu" would have been better than mentioning "North Indian languages". If you meant to make a statement about Indo-Aryan languages as a whole, you're flat-out wrong: Marathi, for instance, has a three-way gender distinction in its third-person pronouns, while Bengali has no gender distinctions at all. – Anubhav C May 14 '14 at 14:35
Anubhav Chattoraj: I had Hindustani, Bhojpuri, Bengali, and possibly Punjabi in mind—and I meant exactly what I wrote—North Indian Languages, not Indo-Aryan Languages. Thanks for the heads-up regarding Marathi. Hindustani, Bhojpuri, and Bengali all have genderless pronouns. The example was to illustrate the possibly unique position of Hindustani (vis-a-vis Bengali and in contrast to tri-gendered Sanskrit, for example), that has bi-gendered nouns but non-gendered pronouns. – Alex C. May 15 '14 at 5:00
Even Konkani has only two genders, Neuter is either masculine or feminine depending on context. – pramodc84 Aug 26 '14 at 4:11
In the Finnish language we do not have separate words for him/her but instead use the word "hän" to refer to a person of either gender. For finns learning English it can be a challenge to understand that when you refer to a third person you'll also need to specify their gender.
a Finna Finn
And for Scandinavians in general, it is an extra challenge that the unisex pronoun in Finnish is phonetically extremely similar to the uniquely masculine pronoun han in Scandiwegian (this is especially the case in Danish where han is pronounced [ha̱n] or [hæn], i.e., almost identically to how it's pronounced in Finnish). – Janus Bahs Jacquet Sep 20 '15 at 14:54
Adding to the list of individual languages here, Adyghe (Northwest Caucasian) has a third person a 'that' used for 3rd person, and Quechua languages do so too, e.g., pay 's/he' in northern varieties.
Ivan KapitonovIvan Kapitonov
The majority of languages in the world do not have grammatical gender and do not distinguish between masculine and feminine forms of the pronoun. Those that do distinguish belong to the Indo-European or Afro-Asiatic families, plus a very small number of other single languages. For this reason it is futile to draw up a long list of languages that do NOT have gendered pronouns (Turkish, Finnish…..). It would be more useful to ask which non-Indo-European and non-Afro-Asiatic languages DO have gendered pronouns.
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One might also ask which Indo-European languages do not have gendered pronouns. Hindi/Urdu has already been mentioned, but Persian has no gendered pronouns either. – Jan Apr 3 '19 at 10:32
In Hungarian, ő means both "he" and "she", and also "it".
Daniel HershcovichDaniel Hershcovich
This seems like a good answer, but can you expand it with some examples? Answers that consist of only a single sentence are discouraged on SE. – robert May 15 '14 at 22:11
Spoken Sinhala has "eya" which is used in place of the English "he"/"she". It also has gender specific words but in the spoken language I've never heard them used. Some native Sinhala speakers have difficulty separating "he"/"she" in English and use "he" for females with or without auto-correcting to "her". I believe that in written Sinhala there is gender distinction for third person pronouns.
CJ DennisCJ Dennis
Indonesian Language is. We don't use any third person pronouns. For example, we can use "Dia memakai sepatu" or in English "He/She is wearing shoes". So the word of "Dia" is sometime biased, between "He" or "She". And for your information, Indonesian Language or in simply most people say "Bahasa" is so interesting. It has no any specific intonation to describe the homophones. And the grammar is so simple. If you want to study about Bahasa, I will tech you then :)
Yoshua Joo BinYoshua Joo Bin
"Dia" is a third person pronoun, isn't it ? – Nicolas Barbulesco May 15 '14 at 15:47
Maybe what he meant was that "We don't use any gender in third person pronouns"? Because it's true that "dia" is a third person pronoun and gender neutral. And, AFAIK, there's another one, "ia". But, again AFAIK, "ia"'s usage in daily conversation is very uncommon (commonly used in literature), and I also don't know the differences between their usage (I found some, but no trusted sources). – Konayuki May 15 '14 at 18:05
There are many 3rd person pronouns in Indonesian; Pronoun is an open class in Malay, and any noun that can refer to a human being can be used as a personal pronoun. The narrator in Lat's famous Malaysian book Budak Kampung 'The Kampung Boy', for instance, uses teman 'friend' to refer to himself when narrating his story. But unless one uses a feminine or masculine noun in Malay (e.g, perempuan 'woman, lady' or laki-laki '(masculine) man'), no pronoun is marked for gender. – jlawler Nov 21 '16 at 20:39
Many (most?) sign languages indicate pronouns by indexing, that is, pointing at a region of space which is assigned the meaning of the referent. The referent of an index can be a person, an object, or an abstract concept (i.e., the meanings of he, she, and it). Multiple separate referents can be used, by pointing to different areas, which means that you essentially have available an unlimited number of distinct gender-neutral pronouns. (That is, there's no theoretical limit; in practice, there's a limit to how many you can hold in memory and how many you can make distinct.)
Sign languages may also adopt vocabulary from the surrounding spoken language, especially if children are taught a signed encoding of the spoken language (Signed Exact English or similar). Irish Sign Language, for example, does have lexical signs for he, she, and it, but they are rarely used, with indexing being by far the most common way to use pronouns.
TRiGTRiG
Mari language (an Uralic language) doesn't have gender in third person pronouns. Sometimes it crops up when they (usually villagers) speak Russian, as they sometimes confuse "he" and "she":
"He's waiting for you."
"He?"
"Natasha!"
carstencarsten
Aymara also lacks gender in the third person pronouns. Both 'she' and 'he' are expressed with the word jupa. A sentence like 'talk to him' is given morphologically: talk-2subj.3obj. Stress the gender of the third person in this sentence can only be achieved by adding an additional noun to the sentence (inflected in the dative), e.g. 'man', 'brother', 'boy'.
TeuszTeusz
In addittion to the vast majority of Fenno-Ugric languages already mentioned here (of which perhaps only Estonian with its tema was left unmentioned), Modern Standard Chinese does not distinguish animate / inanimate and/or masculine / feminine in the 3rd person singular, either.
That is to say, the word ta1 (first tone) is pronounced similar in every tone, but the actual meaning is to be guessed either by a context in oral speech or by the character for the word:
它 = it
他 = he
她 = she
Every one of these free characters is pronounced alike (ta in the first tone).
ManjusriManjusri
In Tamil (தமிழ்), we have the following third person pronouns:
Masculine He - அவன், இவன்
Feminine She - அவள், இவள்
Gender-neutral He/She (singular) - அவர், இவர் (Both are gender neutral honorifics)
Gender-neutral (plural) - அவர்கள் / இவர்கள்
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This is what, apparently distinguishes the old world languages from the new.
In Swahili, a language whose origin is shrouded in mystery, there is no such gender distinction. In fact there is no 'gender' at all in its grammar but rather class distinction. Its grammar posses 8 classes and 1 class is to distinguish living things but not plants which fall in another class.
Example, 'kaja', an act of coming, could mean 'he came' or 'she came' of if the context was about a bird or a dog then it would mean the dog came or the bird came.
The other 7 classes go into an elaborate distinction of objects and concepts.
A similar languages would be Sanskrit, of which almost all the European languages are founded on which had 16 classes, but it is not a living language anymore.
This distinction of classes is not merely the addition of a single word in the sentence such as he or she like in English but rather modifying the entire sentence with the class key word in such a way that every word in the sentence denotes the object being spoken about.
The language also has pre-fixes and suffixes just like any other but it also has inter-fixes interspersed between words as well as size distinction.
Example, 'mtu' is a person, 'jitu' is a superlative, a very big person and 'kijitu' is a small person.
And best of all these distinctions are merely simple syllable. In fact the entire grammar of the language is based on them.
KhalfanKhalfan
Be careful about the old vs new world distinction. Finnish or Hungarian (or even Turkish) could hardly be classified as new world languages. – Dominik Lukes May 14 '14 at 8:15
Nor is English "founded on" Sanskrit (they almost certainly both have a common ancestor, but that is a different thing). – Francis Davey May 14 '14 at 10:19
Nor does Sanskrit have "sixteen classes". It has three genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter). – Anubhav C May 14 '14 at 14:40
Sorry, but this is nonsense. Swahili's origins aren't "shrouded in mystery", it's East Bantu plus a whole lot of Arabic influence creating a trade language. It has eighteen classes (depending on dialect), and class and gender mean exactly the same thing in this context. Kaja doesn't mean what you think it means; you probably meant kuja, but that's a noun, not a verb: "he/she came" is alikuja. And that "size distinction" (which in the dialects I'm familiar with would give kitu, not *kijitu) is just the noun classes again. Finally, Sanskrit is utterly unrelated to Swahili. – Draconis Mar 28 '19 at 2:18
P.S. Not all animals (or even all people) are in class 1, either: see ndege "bird", paka "cat" in class 9; kilema "disabled person", kitoto "infant" in class 7. Similarly, not everything in class 1 is a person: mnyama "animal", mdudu "insect". – Draconis Mar 28 '19 at 2:22
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