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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

using Mobet.Domain.Entities;
using Mobet.Domain.UnitOfWork;
using Mobet.Domain.Repositories;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq.Expressions;

namespace Mobet.EntityFramework
{
    public class Repository<TDbContext, TEntity> : Repository<TDbContext, TEntity, int>
        where TEntity : class, IEntity
        where TDbContext : DbContext
    {
        protected Repository(IEntityFrameworkDbContextProvider<TDbContext> dbContextProvider)
            : base(dbContextProvider)
        {
        }
    }
    public class Repository<TDbContext, TEntity, TPrimaryKey> : IRepository<TEntity, TPrimaryKey>
        where TEntity : class, IEntity<TPrimaryKey>
        where TDbContext : DbContext
    {
        protected virtual TDbContext _dbContext { get { return _dbContextProvider.DbContext; } }

        private readonly IEntityFrameworkDbContextProvider<TDbContext> _dbContextProvider;
        protected Repository(IEntityFrameworkDbContextProvider<TDbContext> dbContextProvider)
        {
            _dbContextProvider = dbContextProvider;
        }

        public IDbConnection Connection { get { return _dbContext.Database.Connection; } }
        public DbSet<TEntity> Table { get { return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>(); } }
        public IQueryable<TEntity> Models { get { return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().AsQueryable(); } }

        public IQueryable<TEntity> Get(Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>> lambda)
        {
            return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().Where(lambda);
        }
        public IQueryable<TEntity> Get(Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>> lambda, Expression<Func<TEntity, object>> includes)
        {
            IQueryable<TEntity> temp = _dbContext.Set<TEntity>();
            foreach (MemberInfo me in ((dynamic)includes.Body).Members)
            {
                temp = temp.Include(me.Name);
            }
            return temp.Where(lambda);
        }
        private void SaveChanges()
        {
            _dbContext.SaveChanges();
        }
        private void SaveChangesAsync()
        {
            _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
        }

        public TEntity Add(TEntity model)
        {
            return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().Add(model);
        }
        public IEnumerable<TEntity> AddRange(IEnumerable<TEntity> models)
        {
            return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().AddRange(models);
        }

        public TEntity Update(TEntity model)
        {
            AttachIfNot(model);
            _dbContext.Entry(model).State = EntityState.Modified;
            return model;
        }
        public TEntity UpdateProperty(TEntity model, System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<TEntity, object>> lambda)
        {
            ReadOnlyCollection<MemberInfo> memberInfos = ((dynamic)lambda.Body).Members;
            AttachIfNot(model);
            foreach (MemberInfo memberInfo in memberInfos)
            {
                _dbContext.Entry(model).Property(memberInfo.Name).IsModified = true;
            }
            return model;
        }
        public TEntity UpdateCompare(TEntity model, TEntity source)
        {
            _dbContext.Entry(source).CurrentValues.SetValues(model);
            return model;
        }

        public TEntity Remove(TEntity model)
        {
            return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().Remove(model);
        }
        public IEnumerable<TEntity> RemoveRange(IEnumerable<TEntity> models)
        {
            return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().RemoveRange(models);
        }
        public TEntity Remove(TPrimaryKey key)
        {
            return Remove(_dbContext.Set<TEntity>().Find(key));
        }
        public IEnumerable<TEntity> RemoveRange(IEnumerable<TPrimaryKey> keys)
        {
            List<TEntity> range = new List<TEntity>();
            foreach (var key in keys)
            {
                var model = _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().Find(key);
                range.Add(model);
            }
            return RemoveRange(range);
        }

        public bool Any(System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>> lambda)
        {
            return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().Any(lambda);
        }

        public int Count()
        {
            return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().Count();
        }
        public int Count(System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>> lambda)
        {
            return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().Count(lambda);
        }

        public TEntity Find(TPrimaryKey key)
        {
            return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().Find(key);
        }
        public TEntity FirstOrDefault(System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>> lambda)
        {
            return _dbContext.Set<TEntity>().FirstOrDefault(lambda);
        }
        public TEntity FirstOrDefault(Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>> lambda, Expression<Func<TEntity, object>> includes)
        {
            IQueryable<TEntity> temp = _dbContext.Set<TEntity>();
            foreach (MemberInfo me in ((dynamic)includes.Body).Members)
            {
                temp = temp.Include(me.Name);
            }
            return temp.FirstOrDefault(lambda);
        }

        protected virtual void AttachIfNot(TEntity model)
        {
            if (!Table.Local.Contains(model))
            {
                Table.Attach(model);
            }
        }
    }

}


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Killer Opening Songs (D'Angelo's Brown Sugar)
Killer Opening Song: Composition at the beginning of an album whose aim is to make a strong and vivid impression on the listener, thus encouraging him/her to continue to listen to the record until the end.
As many fellow bloggers know by now I am passionate about music and it was this devotion that led me to analyse the whole rationale behind the first track of an album. Whichever song gets delegated this task will know that upon its tiny musical shoulders lies the weight of the whole record.
Unfair, you might say. After all, aren't the second, third and subsequent pieces equally responsible? Hmmm... not in the world of pop and rock. And by the way I must make a quick note here. There will not be 'world music' sections on this blog, to me music is music, pop is pop and rock is rock, no matter which part of the world it comes from. End of the note.
Where were we? Ah yes, responsibility. Without having any facts or figures to back my argument up, I dare say that more often than not the first single that gets released from an album is also the first song of the record and usually (but not always) the most successful. Famous singles attest to that fact. Queen released 'We Will Rock You' in 1977 and it immediately became a worldwide hit, even making it to the sports arena. 'Tom's Diner' by Suzanne Vega was one of my favourite top tunes in my second year in Uni in 1990 (I know, the album came out in 1987, but this was Cuba in the late 80s and early 90s, we used to get music a few years behind already) and alongside 'Luka' turned the demure singer-songwriter into a well-known brand. 'El Amor Después del Amor' by Fito Paez was a massive hit in Latin America. The list is endless.
I would like to kick this new column off with a song that I loved when I first heard it and that I still adore years later. And as I was playing it today on my CD player on my way to work I could not help thinking about the strange and surreal scenario I found myself in. You see, after five years working for a local arts organisation, today was my last day. And yet, today I chose to start my day with a song whose lyrics read 'Oh Sugar when you're close to me/You love me right down to my knees/And whenever you let me hit it/Sweet like the honey when it comes to me/Skin is caramel with those cocoa eyes/Even got a big sister by the name of Chocolate Thai'. But that's Killer Opening Songs for you. They finish you off and leave you lying down on the pavement.
D'Angelo: 'Brown Sugar'
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Labels: A Cuban In London, Brown Sugar, D'Angelo, Killer Opening Songs, music
Road Songs (Vivace)
This is the third and final instalment in this three part-series. Basically it is about how good female drivers are (yes, they are, stop rolling your eyes, please!) and how a lot of female musicians break down barriers and conventions without having to resort to short skirts and bikinis.
For the first and second parts, click here and here.
Even someone like me, who enjoyed the whole 'Age Ain't Nothing But a Number' album when it first came out, was surprised by the success of the single 'Try Again' when it was released. Aaliyah was an all-round performer and master (or is that mistress?) of her own destiny. An untimely death did not allow us to taste what should have been the best of a brilliant music career. Nostalgic.
Monica Molina has what is commonly known as pedigree. She is the daughter of the famous flamenco singer Antonio Molina and her sister is actress Angela Molina. However she has made it in the difficult world of Spanish pop with a very peculiar voice and very poetic compositions. Mellow.
Punchy, defiant and in-your-face. That's how I describe Tori Amos. I like the way she bashes those black and white keys in wild abandon. Her voice teems with self-confidence and bravado. Challenging.
Cesaria Evora. Sodade. That's all. If you don't know what I mean by that, you should be tried for crimes against music. Cesaria Evora. Sodade. That. Is. All. Majestic.
I'm taking my freedom/Pulling it off the shelf/Putting it on my chain/Wear it around my neck/I'm taking my freedom/Putting it in my car/Wherever I choose to go/It will take me far. Anyone who sings those lines, has my utmost R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Jill Scott is imposing, and this is not due to her size or weight, but on account of her vocal prowess and yes-I-can attitude. Smashing.
Lhasa de Sela is a very unusual singer (but then again, this is a very unusual blog). The way she sings is ever so tender and affectionate. In this particular song she says the words in French first and then carries on in Spanish. Mesmerising.
Les Nubians were one of the pioneers of the so-called Afropean genre. Born in France, they left for Chad and lived there for seven years, returning to Europe after. Their sound is hard to pin down. Enjoyable.
Last but not least comes Yasmin Levy, an exponent of what is called Ladino music, a mix of Spanish and Jewish music. Ladino culture has survived hundreds of years and Yasmin's voice is testimony to the resilience of its members. Gigantic.
Labels: A Cuban In London, Aaliyah, Cesaria Evora, Jill Scott, Les Nubians, Lhasa de Sela, Monica Molina, music, road, road songs, Tori Amos, Yasmin Levy
Living in a Bilingual World (Lento)
- Papi, can you give me 'that'?
- Pardon?
- Can you give me 'that'?
- Can I give you 'what' exactly?
- Can you give me 'that' to put it inside 'this'?
- I don't understand, nena.
- Hmmm... Can you give me that jumper to put it inside this basket?
- Ahhh, that I DO understand!
It is a problem, really. It is not just Daughter who indulges in this practice. Son is also keen to use demonstrative pronouns when he should be using proper nouns instead. And they do it both in English and Spanish, so really I should not feel too hard done by.
Well, actually, I do. I don't like linguistic laziness and it is a fact that once you go down the road of economising language it is very likely that you will drive through all the stop signs that come your way without paying hardly any attention to them at all. I understand that sometimes Son and Daughter are physically knackered, their energies completely spent after countless hours engaging both brawn and brains, but even so, simple words like 'jumper' and 'basket' should never go AWOL in a person's conversation.
Because they're both learning Spanish and it will be obviously a lifetime process (I am still getting to grips with English after all these years), I do give them some leeway occasionally, especially with words they don't know. But when I am in my Cruella de Vil mood, I make them both go up to Son's room where the two Spanish dictionaries are kept, in order to look up the word or words they want to use.
But then again, Daughter always knew what 'jumper' and 'basket' were.
Labels: A Cuban In London, Daughter, Foreign languages, language, Living in a Bilingual World, Son
Road Songs (Vivace) 2nd Part
This is the second instalment in this three-part series 'Female Drivers and Female Musicians'. To read the first post, click here
Kristin Hersh is probably every marketing person's nightmare. How do you sell someone who breaks so many boundaries? For starters, there's the voice. Good, but hard to decipher. Then, there're the lyrics. Powerful and passionate, yet intrinsic. After that comes the style. Pop? Folk? Rock? I believe it is good pop, good as in Sinead O' Connor good, The Cranberries good, George Michael good. She exudes good quality and that is why she is here. Yes, and the guy on the video is REM lead singer Michael Stipe, yes, and I know that this is a post that is trying to highlight the pluses of female drivers and musicians. But, I think that Michael can remain there in the background, as part of the furniture. He is not bothering Kristin. Magnetic.
The second track is by Pavel Urquiza, yes, he of Gema and Pavel. This song is performed by Yusa, a singer I saw a couple of times at the Cafe Cantante in Havana, Cuba, many years ago and who, I am so pleased to see, has met with success in Europe. Like Kristin, Yusa is hard to label. I have got her album 'Breathe' and it's a powerhouse of various styles and musical lingoes. Excellent.
Banned by the Brazilian dictatorship in the 70s, 'Calice' became an anthem for its creator, Chico Buarque and my favourite song of his extensive repertoire. There's a video on youtube where both Chico and Milton Nascimento are pretending to sing the song whilst not really saying the words. Maria Bethania 'lives' this song through and through and it's such a powerful sight to see her holding the mike whilst her throaty voice utters the words 'Afasta de mim ese calice, pai' (Put that goblet away from me, land). The goblet is full of blood. Heartfelt.
The last track this week comes courtesy of the Camerata Romeu which I used to follow around in Havana. No, I am not a stalker. I just think that they produce some of the most beautiful music you can ever come across. On this occasion they have Polly Ferman on piano and the Camerata Romeu is accompanying her. Readers and fellow bloggers will probably remember the song by Mercedes Sosa many years ago and I have that version, too, on CD. I love the delicacy of this cover version, though. Tender.
Copyrigth 2008
Labels: A Cuban In London, Camerata Romeu, Kristin Hersh, Maria Bethania, music, Polly Ferman, road, road songs, Yusa
Some of the most popular dishes in Cuba involve the red and black varities of kidney bean. The red kidney bean, usually called 'colora'o' has a buttery flavour. Its counterpart, the black one, is usually cooked with white rice.
When my mother was here in the UK five years ago I helped her make black bean soup. I write 'help', but I was as much of a nuisance to her as a mosquito is when buzzing close to one's ear at night. So, technically speaking I have never prepared this dish on my own. But that doesn't mean that I won't in the near future. Yes, I am cheating. Slightly.
Anyway, Black Bean Soup, ladies and gents.
450g (1lb) dried black beans, soaked overnight
175ml (6 fl oz) olive oil
1 sweet red bell pepper, seeded and chopped coarsely
1 sweet green bell pepper, seeded and chopped coarsely
4 shallots, sliced finely
2 tbs fresh, finely chopped coriander
5 pints of water
juice of 3 oranges (what we call 'naranja agria' in Spanish, I have never seen it in the UK)
1 small onion, sliced fine
1 tbs white rum (optional)
1 tbs sherry (optional)
1 tbs dried oregano
¼ tsp ground cumin
½ tbs fresh root gingr, finely chopped
1 ½ tbs soft brown sugar (optional. Or if you're from Camagüey)
Boil the beans in the water with the bay leaves. Reduce to simmer, and cook for 3 1/2 hours until tender. Sauté the shallots, peppers, ginger and garlic in the oil. When tender, add the coriander and sugar. Fry for 30 seconds. Add lime and orange juice, rum, sherry, oregano and cumin. Cook for 2 minutes and salt. Remove bay leaves from beans and add sautéed mixture to beans. Stir and serve hot.
Taken from Classic Cuban Cookery by Andy Gravette, published by fusion press.
Now, I like my music to have the same flavour as my black beans, so that's why I have selected a playlist that reflects my culinary tastes. Important note: the tracks will start playing automatically, and if you don't fancy one, you can always fast-forward or rewind to another, just like a normal stereo.
Jazzyfatnastess - 'Show Your Face' (Live) (very rare performance by one of the better jazz and soul duets I have seen in years).
Fiona Apple - 'Sleep to Dream' (Live). This is a beauty and I love Fiona's voice.
Juan Luis Guerra - 'La Bilirrubina' (Live). Who can keep quiet with this upbeat tune? 'Quisiera Ser Un Pez' (Live). It brings back memories of my uni days, powerful lyrics.
Bob Marley - 'No Woman, No Cry' (Live). The great Bob, a great tune for a great dish.
Ojos de Brujo - 'Sultanas de Merkaillo' (Live on Jools Holland). Excellent performance by the Spanish flamenco troupe.
Labels: A Cuban In London, Andy Gravette, Black Bean Soup, Bob Marley, Classic Cuban Cookery, Fiona Apple, Food, Jazzyfatnastess, Juan Luis Guerra, music, Ojos de Brujo
Living in a Bilingual World (Allegretto Grazioso)
- Is there a war in Spain?
I chuckled. It was Daughter who had asked the question. And she could have been forgiven for thinking that a conflict had just broken out in the European nation. I was talking to Son, Wife and Daughter about the recent rivalry between activist groups in support of the Spanish language and a minuscule bevy of regionalists bent on using la lengua as a political weapon.
The issue seems to come from the promotion of autonomous tongues since Franco's death in 1975. Now it appears that what at first looked like a good idea, the proliferation of Spain's other 'official' languages, will end up being a case of Brutus (autonomous lingoes) to Spanish language Caesar, the default lingua franca of roughly 330 million speakers worldwide.
Son was amused at the idea that one day we might go to Spain and not understand what is being said to us (Spanishless Spain anyone?). We usually travel to Granada, Andalucía, and many people there speak Catalán as they travel down from nearby Barcelona. That would not be the first time, though. In 1998 Wife, Son and I (Daughter had not been born yet) went to the Basque Country. We had a lovely stay in a friend's house and I found Basque people ever so warm and friendly (especially on learning I was Cuban) but when it came to some of the street signs, conversations I overheard onthe street and some television channels, I must admit I was floored. The Basque language looks and sounds like no other. And after the repression led by Franco that all but annihilated autonomous tongues in Spain, I guess some people feel it's payback time. The question is, who benefits from the disappearance of Spanish as the language we, Spanish speakers the world over, recognise and communicate in? And will the language evolve to include words from Spanish into these three 'official' languages and viceversa?
In principle I ought to be in agreement with the existence of bilingual schools in the Basque Country, for instance. I insist on speaking Spanish at home, I support bilingualism (or multilingualism), no matter whether the second lengua is a modern language or not, I disagreed vehemently with the elimination of compulsory teaching of foreign languages at secondary level in schools in Britain. Yet, what makes me a little wary of this whole brouhaha is the fact that one or two, or even three languages could attempt to wrest linguistic control from the Spanish education system, thus, alienating not only the natives in the madre patria, but also the Spanish-speaking community abroad.
I hope that neither Son, nor Daughter, nor Wife, nor I have to attend a crash-course on Euskeda or Catalán before we head off to the mountains of Sierra Nevada next time we travel to Spain.
So, a lo cortico, Spanishless Spain anyone?
Labels: A Cuban In London, bilingual world, Daughter, Foreign languages, Living in a Bilingual World, Son, Spanish, Wife
Their Eyes Were Watching God and Mine Were Reading Perfection (Negro Spiritual)
Aged five and bedridden I was given my favourite present ever.
No, it was not a new fabulous train set for Christmas. I am Cuban, we did not celebate Christmas in those days (1976). It was not a bicycle either. That came afterwards. It was definitely not a 'King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table' set with plastic figures; a toy I so much coveted after seeing one in my mate's house.
No, the best gift anyone has ever bequeathed me was to teach me how to read and write, especially the former. True, it was in a hospital, I had just fallen ill with the condition that was to accompany me for most of my childhood and part of my teenage years, chronic gastritis, but the seriousness of the disease was offset by the enjoyment of learning how to read my first words. And it was my mother whom I owe this pleasure.
So, when now at the ripe age of thirty-six I read a book like 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', I say to myself: Thanks, Mum, thank you very much indeed.
Because Zola Neale Hurston's famous novel is a joy to read. Please, reader, understand that this pleasure does not derive from any literary sadism or voyeurism exercised by yours truly. Other people's suffering is as much a pain for me to behold as my own one. It is Zola's writing style that brings these people's calvary so close to home and it is her mix of the literate narrator's voice with the highly idomatic black one that captivates me. You, reader, could be forgiven for thinking that I was under a spell whilst reading 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'. And you would be right.
The book centres on four characters, although, it is only two who take up more than two thirds of the story. Janie Mae Crawford, a black woman with straight, Caucasian-like hair who defies gender stereotypes by insisting on her own independence and wearing men's dungarees. Tea Cake, Janie's third husband and real love, who is twelve years her junior and who, from the first moment they meet, impresses her with his wit and energy. A third character, Jody Starks, forays into the novel early on and takes up about fifty pages of the book, during which time he marries Janie, takes over nearby town Eatonville, thus, becoming its mayor and satisfies his political ambition. Crawford's first husband, Logan Killicks, is the fourth character. He offers her the financial security Janie's Nanny seeks to secure for her granddaughter. Other characters pop in and out of the narrative throughout the 193-page literary journey, enriching the story as they interact with the four personages or with each other.
To me the main strength 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' (TEWWG) has is the use of an autonomous imagination, where the narrative of the novel shifts from third to a blend of first and third person. This points at a total identification with the main character, Janie Mae Crawford, on the author's part. And it is in the voicing of this woman's innermost feelings and emotions where Hurston is more successful. Whereas usually African-American fiction arrives shrouded in a large political discourse, TEWWG comes with no baggage other than the tale of a woman fighting for her own independence but without naming the process she's involved in. It could be said and it has already been mentioned, not least by academic and scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr, that TEWWG is a feminist novel and Janie an 'accidental feminist'. In her understanding of the reasons why black folks gossip about her when she returns to the town she left a few years before with Tea Cake, Janie shows a maturity that belies her second-class citizen status. It's the same status, her second husband, Jody Starks, exploits to the maximum in his treatement of Janie as an object rather than as a person. And lest we forget, let us just recall that Janie is not just up against her husbands (especially the first two), but also against her own ethnic group's mentality, against white people and against society as a whole. In his thought-provoking book 'Sex and Racism', Calvin C. Hernton comes up with a hierarchy in US society where white men occupy the top position, whilst the lower echelons are taken up by white women, black men and black women in that order. TEWWG is a good example of this.
The other strength of the novel lies in the use of language. As I attested at the beginning of this review, reading is a pleasure to me. More so when I come across books that make feel as if I have discovered language for the first time. TEWWG is one of those books. Hurston's poetic prose is unbridled and unadulturated. Throughout the novel I felt that here was an author who was not afraid to write because she was not afraid to live and it was that zest for life that most endeared to me. Sentences like 'Every morning the world flung itself over and exposed the town to the sun' are written with such literary bravado that one can't help but consume them slowly, letting each word slide down one's throat.
The issues of race and racism have a more natural and fluid feel in this novel than in many others by African-American authors where the approach is more black and white (no pun intended, although on second thoughts...). Through the interaction of the numerous characters in the book (both leading and supporting), we become acquainted with the lives of these folks, their dreams, their shortcomings (Tea Cake, Janie's true love, beats her once, thus showing his own weakness and fallibility), their disappointments and their achievements (Jody Starks, Janie's second husband, rallies the residents of Eatonville to improve the town's conditions, with excellent results). Above all, black people are presented as human beings and not as socio-political victims. The few times when politics rears its ugly head (for instance, the discussion between Janie and Mrs Turner about Booker T Washington does not amount to more than a few lines), Hurston keeps it in check and the issue is an addendum rather than the kernel of the chapter.
Despite the success of 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' when it first came out, its author was largely ignored in the 50s, 60s and early 70s until the African-American writer Alice Walker published her ground-breaking essay 'In Search of Zola Neale Hurston' in 1975. This could explain as to why more people have read Zola's works since that year onwards than in the period between 1934 (when she was first published) and 1975 and could go some way to illustrate Hurston's influence on other African-American writers, mainly female, such as Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor and Alice Walker.
TEWWG was harshly criticised when it first saw the light in 1937 by none other than Richard Wright (read my review of 'Native Son' here and here). Yet, Zola's mythic realism, dense with lyrical black idiom has endured the battering of the years and found a much welcoming home in the eyes of new readers. And I am lucky to be one of those. Once again, thanks, Mum.
Labels: A Cuban In London, African-American, Calvin C Hernton, Henry Louis Gates Jr, literature, Richard Wright, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zola Neale Hurston
Women and cars. Cars and women. So much to say, so much to write about. Hey, hey, hey, what's that sound I hear of hurried feet dashing off towards the exit door in uncalculated haste? Don't leave, please, carry on reading. This is not a post to bash women who drive. Au contraire. This week 'Road Songs' wants to celebrate those femmes who get behind the steering wheel and drive cars, lorries, motorcycles and whatever 'cacharro' (junk) they come across. Yes, it can be daunting sometimes for female drivers to take to the road with so many misogynists bent on demonstrating how the supposed 'weaker sex' is not very adept at reading maps and managing complicated and unexpected manoeuvres. However, having been married to an exceptionally good driver for almost eleven years now, I can attest to the futility and nonsense of that argument. Women can drive and my boy, do they drive well!
In music there's a similar situation. In the world of pop, rock, R'n'B and hip hop, what's a woman for, other than showing a bit of leg, baring her midriff and displaying her sexiness and sultriness? How about her voice, I hear you saying? Well, yes, dear, you're right, her voice counts, but first, she'll have to make it to the front cover of Maxim or Loaded clad in a skimpy bikini so that preying male eyes can assess (judging mainly by her physical attributes) whether she's capable of carrying a tune or not.
Below you will find examples of female singers who have risen to the challenge presented by the, chiefly male-dominated, music industry and produced some of the most enduring melodies in the history of this art form.
By the way, this is the first installment in a three-part series focusing on female drivers and musicians. I hope you'll enjoy it.
Lila Downs was born in Mexico and grew up there and in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She began singing "ranchera" music at an early age, and later sang at the "fiestas" of the towns in her region, la Mixteca. She sang with the band "Los Cadetes de Yodoyuxi" and later with "La Trova Serrana", a group of folk musicians from the Zapotec town of Guelatao, Oaxaca. At that time she met her musical collaborator Paul Cohen and began to create her own musical compositions. Outstanding.
Susheela Raman was born in London, later emigrating to Australia with her family. In Australia she studied classical South Indian song and began giving performances. She then began working with Western forms including rock and soul, while continuing to study classical Indian music with Shruti Sadolikar. Amazing.
Azam Ali was born in Iran but spent most of her early years in India before moving to the US in the mid eighties. She is a vocalist of astonishing diversity with a range covering music from the medieval European to the classical Eastern - Persian, Lebanese and Indian. Grand.
Labels: A Cuban In London, Azam Ali, culture, Lila Downs, music, road, road songs, Susheela Raman
... as the mother of a brown boy... (Lamento Fortissimo)
We are telling a story. All stories are preciou. All stories are unique and there are universal truths to be shared in her story and the story of her brown boy (...) Above all we are telling the simple story of a mother's loss. The pain of a mother's loss is not affected by the circumstances. Loss is loss.
David Carey and Christine Niering
If you are still talking about a play a couple of hours after you have left the theatre then you know that the mise en scène was good. If you wake up the next morning and the first comment you make to your partner whilst having breakfast is related to the stage production you both saw the evening before, then you know that the piece was excellent. If you are still talking, let alone thinking about the play almost a week after, then the only words that come to mind are: sublime, exquisite, thought-provoking, mature and many others.
... as the mother of a brown boy... is one of those plays.
On 6 October 2005, Mischa Niering took part in a failed raid of Tiffany in Sloane Square in west London. Driving away from the scene on a scooter, he got caught up in a high-speed police chase and was killed. The police were later found guilty of taking insufficient safety measures during the pursuit. Niering was 19 years old.
As a consequence, Mischa's friends at the Chickenshed company (where he was once a member) developed an hour-long play that tackled some of the issues surrounding his death. The title of the play came from conversations with his mother. The heading to most of her answers was: ... as the mother of a brown boy...
The production is an ambitious project. Using white, big boxes as the only props the thirteen actors and actresses on stage use their own bodies as devices with which to propel the audience into the vortex of the conflict. Spoken words are rare, other than voice-overs. A staff member from Chicken Shed provides assistance to deaf people or people hard of hearing using sign language. A screen up above at the back of the stage, where the words from the text roll up continuously, does a similar service This frees the performers to tell the story with what I usually call an actor's raw material: their faces, their limbs, their eyes. Their eyes. Their Eyes. THEIR EYES. One of the elements that most caught my attention was the sudden changes the performers underwent from elation to despair, from defiance to meekness and how their eyes responded to that challenge so well.
The tale is a familiar one these days. Mischa, a mixed-race boy comes from a broken home; his black teenage father leaves him when he is very little, but his mother does her utmost to provide him with a modest but respectable upbringing. He does become a high achiever in school, only to go off the rails later on when he mixes with the wrong crowd. From then onwards, Mischa finds himself more and more isolated until his untimely demise. His life becomes intertwined with the white boxes that surround him and the cast, sometimes supporting him and pulling him through the most adverse situations, sometimes choking him. These white, lifeless props symbolise what Mischa's world has come to signify, a young man boxed in by race, deprivation, deficient education, housing and felony.
... as the mother of a brown boy... poses more questions than it answers. Correction. It does not answer any questions. And I liked that. Currently there are so many issues stemming from young people stabbing other young people in the streets of London that I would not have welcomed a play seeking to give a definite answer to a dilemma that has blighted so many communities, mainly the black community. What atmoabb does do is present issues in nuanced tones. Mischa is no angel and neither is he portrayed like that. But to the statement: 'The risk assessment was not conducted properly', voiced by the coroner in charge of the case, Mischa's mother can't help but ask aloud: 'And who conducted a risk assessment on my son's life when he was failing?' Tough question. No easy answers.
Unlike many of the other cases that have come to the public attention in recent weeks this play does not deal with young person on young person crime. It tackles a different issue, which, not for being dissimilar, has an easier solution. That of authority and the use of it. Are the police immune? And who are they accountable to? Jean Charles de Menezes' murder in 2005 in broad daylight in a botched terrorist raid, revealed the Metropolitan Police for what it is, a body that will stop to nothing to enforce the law. But what if the enforcement is wrongly handled? Who will pay for the error?
The play does not seek to expiate Mischa's faults. But questioning the procedures that led to Mischa's death is not, in my view, 'political correctness gone mad' but an attempt to 1) acknowledge that mistakes were made in the pursuit of the scooter Mischa was riding, 2) make the police understand this and make them pledge that they will take steps to amend this and similar problems, 3) raise awareness of human rights as per the European Convention on Human Rights and 4) address the issue as to why so many young people, mainly black boys, are falling prey to a life of crime.
Last Sunday, 8th June, the black actor Lennie James penned an open letter to the knife-carriers in the newspaper The Observer. My first thought on reading the document was whether this man I have so long admired for his thespian professionalism was not preaching to the converted. My second thought on reflecting on the readership of this particular newspaper was whether he was not, inadvertently, mind, pandering to the fears of the chattering classes who see these issues as 'the other side's problems'. Don't get me wrong. I know many a middle-class, middle-aged, white folk who go to the inner cities to share the workload and do so sincerely. But the feeling I get more often than not is that many of these people actually enjoy this moral tourism, partly because it assuages their post-colonial guilt and partly because they commute to these places, which means that they don't have to endure the living conditions most of the local residents have to put up with. Am I right or wrong in feeling like this?
Moreover, could something have been done to prevent Mischa from losing his life? The play points in different directions, the absent father, the wrong crowd, the young mother with a second child, the lack of support from the school, the racism Mischa encounters. Are these influential or determining factors? And which one(s), if any, is(are) the one(s) we need to focus on the most?
144 hours after I watched atmoabb I am still touched by the professionalism of the cast (amateurs? no way!), the light effects, the stunning music and the multimedia stagecraft. A panel discussion after the play brought a much needed lively debate on some of the issues I've highlighted above. And it was the last speaker of the night, a man who advises the police and the mayor of London on racial issues, whose words still reverberate in my mind after four days. He talked about the community's role in safeguarding our achievements and in keeping the police and other government bodies in check (he was referring to the new 'stop and search' laws in particular). Furthermore, he said very clearly that we all had responsibility for what happened in our doorsteps, because it takes a village to raise a child. To that gentleman, I say that with this review I am already contributing to that child's upbringing and I am proud of that.
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Labels: A Cuban In London, as the mother of a brown boy, Chicken Shed, dance, Mischa Niering, music, play, theatre
Road Songs (Experimental)
Start the engine, get into first gear, check blind spot.
When turning left or right, follow the usual procedure: mirror, signal, manoeuvre.
When approaching a roundabout, check first which exit you want and then move into the corresponding lane, check your mirror and blind spot as you drift from one side of the road to the other.
Instructions, instructions, instructions. Automatic instructions, robotic and impersonal instructions. They make up the bulk of what we call driving.
Yet they leave the human factor out.
Today I had a near-miss. I was going to turn right onto a main road. I checked right first (I live in London, as you all know) and then left and proceeded to drive on. My wife let out a scream. Had she not done that, I would not be sitting at this computer right now. Neither would my son be asleep in his bed now. The likelihood is that we'd both be dead. A car turned round a bend as I was coming out and it was travelling at probably 40mph. It was not the other driver's fault. It was mine. I should have checked that right side again before carrying on, but I did not. Because I am human. And we, humans, make mistakes. Sometimes, costly ones.
So, my lesson from today's near-miss was, be human, check, double-check and triple-check. Drive defensively. And above all, do not assume. When you assume, you make an ass out of u and me. Remember we are human.
Music is the same. Musicians are taught a variety of notes and symbols, the purpose of which is to produce a sound, or a succesion of sounds that will trigger a reaction off in our brain. That's all very well. But, how about when the music industry sugar-coats the outcome and produces endless rubbish such as boy and girl bands whose only goal is to create a caramelised sound that will dull our senses and turn us into zombie-like consumers? It's the same effect as driving by the book. You just join the queue of vehicles going in the same direction and at the same pace. Fortunately, unlike in traffic, in music it is the near-misses that save you from the utter tosh that industry seems to represent in this day and time.
The examples below are by artists who don't conform or have never conformed to a norm established by an A&R person or a producer. They are innovators in their own right and we ought to be grateful that they still dare to take risks. After all, these are the near-misses that enrich our soul musically.
As for my almost-accident today, I could have done without it. I don't need to have a fatal crash when I have been colliding with music like the one below for most of my life.
Labels: A Cuban In London, Ayo, Deep Forest, Fela Kuti, Ian Anderson, music, road, road songs
Road Songs (Deep Forest - Marta's Song)
This tune is so magical so as to be almost unreal. The power of music knows no boundaries between classical, traditional, folklore and modern styles. And they all blend nicely in this piece. Charming.
Road Songs (Ayo - Life is Real)
This is a singer whose debut album I have yet to purchase. I love her voice and what she does with it. Another musician who is hard to tag and causes those near-misses that I love so much in music. Enjoyable.
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Road Songs - Ian Anderson/Jack Bruce/Fela Kuti: African Jam Session 1983
What can I say? One of the pioneers of British prog-rock with his band Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson is one of those singers who defies labels. Next to him, the father of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, a man, whose music I revere. And here they are by virtue of music and art that goes beyond borders and cultural passport control booths. Unbelievable.
Carry Me Down (Rock Symphony)
Certain books arrive in a frenzy of prizes and awards. The buzz is such that you can't look anywhere without coming across the author's face plastered all over billboards and buses. Some others come to one wrapped in the warm embrace of a friend's recommendation. Some, you just pick up because of loyalty to the author (Rushdie, Atwood, Allende) and they hardly ever disappoint you.
But there are certain books that arrive on your doorstep unnannounced, with a sleeping bag in hand and ready to crash over on the sofa. Their tenure lasts exactly the time it takes you to read them and when you are done, you wish they stayed with you forever.
'Carry Me Down' is one of those books.
Told in the first person singular, the novel deals with John Egan, a boy in an adult's body, whose obsession for the 'truth' and the Guinnes Book of Records leads him into uncharted waters which threaten to drown him. John's firm belief in his knack for detecting lies proves to be his demise. This element coupled with the break-up of his home life, cause him to go off the rails, even coming close to losing his sanity.
Hyland's main accomplishment lies in the depiction of his characters as a messy array of human contradictions. John's father is a hard-working man who cannot find employment. This situation causes his mood to swing from affection to despair and almost violence easily. His wife, John's mother, is a benevolent, charitable woman who loves her only child dearly, and cares about him a great deal, but who feels powerless when faced with the cards life has dealt her. In the midst of all this, John's body begins to respond to the onset of puberty (his voice starts to break, he grows taller) and he has no means of coping with all these changes.
The novel is set in early 70s Ireland and manages to eschew many of the stereotypes that other books dealing with this European country fall into. For a start, it is a very personal novel, where the social and economic background is nothing but that, a backdrop. Secondly, the tale is a sympathetic take on a boy's transition from childhood to adolescence and far from condoning or condemning his actions, the author allows John's thoughts to come to the fore. Thirdly, his parents' relationship and the problems that arise within it are not a black-and-white issue. The grey areas are too numerous to mention. And finally at various points in the novel, Hyland plays a sleight of hand with us readers, leading us into John's nascent sexuality and sexual interest and how this manifests itself in relation to his mother. To say that the scenes are too ambiguous and too close for comfort is too mild, but Freud would have had a field day with the dialogues and imagery arising from John and his mother's encounters.
'Carry Me Down' follows that path of wonderfully written novels about children and/or adolescents. The narrative is tight and concise, the characters and plot are credible and the dénouement is optimistic. It, thus, joins a long list of books by the likes of JD Salinger (Catcher in the Rye) and Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things) where the voice of the younger person is given a platform wherefrom to let us know their innermost feelings and desires.
Labels: A Cuban In London, Carry Me Down, literature, M.J. Hyland
Before going any further I must declare an expression of interest. I am nuts about nuts. I am very fond of prawns. And lemon rice is ever so nice. So, there you have it. If you read more any recipes in this space containing the above ingredients it is because I am very, very, very biased. Extremely biased. And I do not care one jot.
The dish below comes courtesy of Vicky Bhogal, a British Asian woman who has done a lot to raise the profile of South Asian cuisine in the UK. Her passion for cooking owes a lot to her mother, who, apparently, instilled the same type of devotion for food preparation in her daughter. Vicky's intention is to replicate many of the recipes that her mother used to make when Vicky was younger.
Cashew, prawn, brazil nut and lemon rice
This is dinner party food. It is also comfort food that is as virtuous as it is heart-warming. You just put everything in the pan together, quickly stir-fry, add water, steam and voilà, there you have it! These quantities make enough for two, so double them if you're cooking for four, or six, or eight, or the whole troop. Note to readers: I tend to cheat a little bit and add more nuts such as: hazelnuts, chestnuts, peanuts... the list goes on. Refer to the first line. I am nuts about nuts.
2 tbsp mild and light olive oil
½ onion thinly sliced
250g cooked and peeled prawns
1 handful fresh coriander, chopped
75g cashew nuts
60g toasted brazil nuts, chopped
1 tsp dried red chilli flakes
100g basmati rice, washed until the water runs clear, drained
Heat the oil in a pan and add the cumin. When sizzling, add the onion and lemon zest and fry until translucent. Add the prawns, tomatoes, coriander, cashews, brazils, chilli and salt, and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Then add the rice and stir-fry for a further 30 seconds.
Now add the water, bring up to a boil, turn down the heat to very low, cover and steam for 15 minutes. Once cooked, graze the rice gently with a fork, to loosen the grains, and serve piping hot.
Playlist. It goes without saying that the music has to be as sizzling as the dish. These are my suggestions:
Oscar Peterson - Honeysuckle Rose
Karen Dalton - When a Man Loves a Woman
Souad Massi - Yemma
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Los Van Van - Dale Dos
Baaba Maal - African Woman
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Washington Business Journal Selects Anita Estell for Top Honor
Polsinelli Shughart's Anita R. Estell was recently named by the Washington Business Journal as a member of Washington's 2011 "Women Who Mean Business." This list honors 25 women who are leading and building strong companies or organizations and who demonstrate a commitment to giving back to their communities. Estell was recognized at the "Women Who Mean Business" gala as an influential, powerful and trailblazing woman in the Washington business area.
To watch a video produced by the Washington Business Journal, click here
Estell is a pioneer in the Washington, D.C. lobbying community and is considered to be one of the city's outstanding lobbyists. She quickly earned a reputation as a strategist whose achievements are marked by innovative, measurable and sustainable results after making history as the first African American woman to become a principal at a major independent lobbying firm in 1993.
Estell is responsible for client development and managing a broad spectrum of client issues, with a specific expertise in federal budget and appropriations policy, including programmatic areas of relevance to municipalities, transportation systems, urban school districts, corporate entities, predominantly and historically black colleges and universities, other institutions of higher education, national coalitions and non-profits including large national member organizations.
Within the area of appropriations, Estell possesses a keen acumen for understanding, managing, influencing and implementing federal policy in a number of key areas, e.g. community development, criminal justice, defense, education (elementary, secondary and higher education), environment, minority health, HIV/AIDS, homeland security, international development, private equity, science and technology, small business, transportation, workforce development and federal contracting/grant opportunities. She manages more than $2 billion in client requests annually. Other strengths include facilitating public/private collaborations and bottom-up and top-down advocacy.
The firm congratulates Anita Estell.
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Degree One Events: Classified's 'That Ain't Classy Tour'.
Classified's 'That Ain't Classy Tour'.
w special Guests Kidz In The Hall & DJ Anger.
Doors at 9pm - 19+ w/ 2 Pieces of ID.
On March 24th, 2011 Luke Boyd, aka Classified, is set to embark on a national 22 date tour in support of his major label release Hand Shakes and Middle Fingers (Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.), in stores March 22nd, 2011.
Two years after Classified electrified fans with his major label debut, Self Explanatory, featuring singles "Trouble", "Anybody Listening" and the platinum selling single and unofficial 2010 Olympic anthem "Oh, Canada", Classified is back with his 12th studio release Hand Shakes and Middle Fingers.
The album's first single "That Ain't Classy" hits the web Monday January 31st (http://www.classifiedofficial.com/ ), Canadian radio on February 7th and is available for download on iTunes February 8th. Hand Shakes and Middle Fingers features 15 "Classy" new tracks focusing on themes of balance, addressing the ups and downs of the continuing changes in one's life.
From his first LP Union Dues in 2001, to the JUNO Nominated BOY COTT-IN THE INDUSTRY (2006), HITCH HIKIN' MUSIC (2007) and MuchMusic Video Award winner/JUNO Award nominated Self-Explanatory (2009), Classified has sold well over 65,000 records in Canada alone, and has continuously toured the country coast to coast.
The upcoming Canadian tour is presented by MuchMusic, which has championed Classified's music for years, and the video for the single "That Ain't Classy" (Directed by HARV) will hit MuchMusic's rotation on February 15th. Classified will perform in cities large and small with a massive performance at the Sound Academy in Toronto on March 26th.
Be sure to catch Classified's electrifying live show featuring joints from Hand Shakes and Middle Fingers coming to a city near you!
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15,000 BTU, 115 volt air conditioner. What is the formula to convert to amps?
The conversion factor is 1kW = 3413 BTU/hr.
Calc. current = 4395/120 = 36.625 amps.
Actual current will be higher of course, depending upon the efficiency and power fsctor of the A/C unit in question.
Quite right Bill, I've just looked at a catalog and seen a 1-ton (12000 BTU) A/C unit that draws 11.5 amps @ 120V. Oops!
I just took the straight watts-to-BTU/hr conversion which would be valid for HEATING, but not for A/C. We don't have much need for A/C over here, so I guess I just wasn't thinking hard enough -- Sorry folks.
According to my data, you put an EER (Energy Efficiency Rating) on your A/C units, which works out as BTU/hr (of COOLING power) divided by input wattage.
So electrical power would be BTU / EER.
Obviously the exact figure would then depend upon the EER, but from the listings I have somewhere around 9 to 10 seems to be typical for a 15,000 BTU unit. That would result in a current of around 12.5 to 14A @ 120V, plus a little for power factor.
Please post foumula you used to obtain amps. Just the simplified version, excluding efficiency and power factor. For example, if the only information you had on a window air conditioner was 15,000 BTU, 115 volts.
I'm aware all you have to do is look at the nameplate. I just want to learn a very basic formula to convert BTU to amps for air conditioner units.
I divided the BTUH (4395) / 3.4 to get 1292 and then divided by 115 volts to get 11.23amps. Am I even close??
Hmm, slightly new territory for me here; as I said we don't get involved with A/C much over here.
If the EER of the unit is not available, I would guess you would just have to resort to an estimate of a typical value to get a rough idea of the current.
I did a Google search on keywords "air condition efficiency," and came up with several links which seem to agree that around 10 is a reasonably good EER on modern A/C units.
Would any A/C experts agree with these figures?
Thank you for reply. If we stay with my original example: Window air conditioner: 15,000 BTU, 115 volts. How would you apply your formula to get amps? Also, what does EER mean? One more question....What is the average power factor for a window air conditioner?
I've seen EER listed as both Energy Efficiency Rating and Energy Efficiency Ratio, although they amount to the same thing.
Current = 15000 BTU / 1200 = 12.5 amps.
But keep in mind that that figure is based on my quick search showing that 10 is a reasonably good EER.
I'm not sure what the average p.f. would be on these units, although I would guess that they're capacitor-corrected to keep it as high as possible.
There must be some of you other guys with experience of these units. Anyone???
I appreciate you staying with me on this. Little by little I'll gain more knowledge on the subject. I wonder if the EER is around 10 if that indicates 100% power factor.
It's more knowledge for me as well. As I said, we don't have much A/C in this land of cool weather and warm beer, hence my initial goof of just converting BTUs to watts as though it was for heating.
The EER won't represent the power factor of the system, just the efficiency with which the electrical power is converted to cooling power. Some of the links I found show some super-efficient A/C units with an EER of 12 or more.
I have a couple of U.S. catalogs here with A/C units in them. I'll see if I can find any with enough data to work out the p.f.


I hope you all had a lovely weekend celebrating the mothers and strong women in your life (I spent the weekend pampering my mama!).
I know flowers are kind of the trendy thing right now, but let me assure you that I have had a "thing" for flowers ever since I was little. My mom has always loved gardening, so we always had a bevy of tulips, roses, or daffodils around our home. Growing up, I'd go with my mom to the Pasadena Farmer's Market every Saturday, and we would always come home with a spray of cherry blossoms or sunflowers or what ever was in season. My mom lived in Europe in her 20's and told me that every few days when people went to the market for groceries, they would always pick up fresh flowers for their homes. She has taught me to do the same.
First find a nice almost-blooming or blooming flower from your garden or from a (purchased!) bouquet at the farmers market. Cut it off just below the head, so there's just about a half inch of stem.
Next, find a plate, or little bowl. I used a candles stick holder.
Fill it with just a tablespoon or two's worth of water.
Now, add your flower head!
I love this Agapanthus flower that is still partially un-bloomed.
With a little bit of stem, add some water to a plate and voila!
It helps to stick the flowers+water+plate in the fridge for an hour or so to get them nice an perky.
thanks, I have bad luck with plants too… but that won't stop me!


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President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin remain far apart over Ukraine after lengthy talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin were still far apart after two hours of talks on the escalating crisis caused by Russia's massing of tens of thousands of troops near its border with Ukraine.
Biden delivered a simple message during Tuesday's video call with Putin: invade Ukraine again and face painful sanctions that will do resounding harm to your economy. Putin had his own blunt take, according to his foreign adviser Yuri Ushakov, telling the U.S. president that "the Russian troops are on their own territory, and they don't threaten anyone."
With no immediate breakthrough to ease tensions on the Ukraine question, the U.S. emphasized a need for diplomacy and de-escalation, while issuing stern threats to Russia about the high costs of a military incursion.
Biden "told President Putin directly that if Russia further invades Ukraine, the United States and our European allies would respond with strong economic measures," U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said. He added that Biden said the U.S. would also "provide additional defensive material to the Ukrainians … and we would fortify our NATO allies on the eastern flank with additional capabilities in response to such an escalation."
White House officials made clear that Biden is not interested in putting U.S. troops in harm's way defending Ukraine. But Sullivan added that potential efforts to bolster regional allies could lead to additional deployments of U.S. troops to eastern European NATO allies.
A top U.S. envoy, Victoria Nuland, said a Russian invasion of Ukraine would also jeopardize a controversial pipeline between Russia and Germany known as Nord Stream 2. She told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday that if Russia invaded, "our expectation is that the pipeline will be suspended."
Ushakov dismissed the sanctions threat during his own comments to reporters following the leaders' meeting.
"While the U.S. president talked about possible sanctions, our president emphasized what Russia needs," Ushakov said. "Sanctions aren't something new, they have been in place for a long time and will not have any effect."He described the presidents' video conference as "candid and businesslike," adding that they also exchanged occasional jokes.
The two leaders met on the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a defining moment that led to the U.S. entry in World War II. They commiserated about the cost of that conflict to their own families, Ushakov noted. Hours before the high-stakes call, Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited a war memorial in Washington to commemorate the solemn anniversary.
In a brief snippet of the start of their meeting broadcasted by Russian state television, the two leaders offered friendly greetings to each other.
"I welcome you, Mr. President," Putin said, speaking with a Russian flag behind him and a video monitor showing Biden in front of him.
At the White House, Sullivan called it "a useful meeting," allowing Biden to lay out in candid terms where America stands.
But as the U.S. and Russian presidents conferred, Ukraine grew only more anxious about the tens of thousands of Russian troops that have been deployed near its border.
Ukrainian officials said Russia had further escalated the crisis by sending tanks and snipers to war-torn eastern Ukraine to "provoke return fire" and lay a pretext for a potential invasion.
U.S. intelligence officials have not been able to independently verify that accusation, according to an administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.
But the official said that the White House has directly raised concerns with the Russians about "resorting to their old playbook" by trying to provoke the Ukrainians.
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Lower Tor
Russ Tor, Rock Tor (possible)
This is the distinctive yet small tor 150 metres south of Higher Tor on the Belstone Ridge. It is a heavily fissured rock with distinct horizontal jointings that are so different from the granite on high, but this is a tor in its own right. The name of "Lower Tor" is possible but it has also become known as "Russ Tor" in recent years after the memory of Russell who used to frequent this point. A hidden note in the rocks records this as a poignant reminder some years after his death.
Hemery describes the tor but, surprisingly, fails to give it a name, when describing the route from the Belstone parish bond-stones to Higher Tor; "This picture also shows a rock outcrop on the rising ridge beyond the stones; equidistant from stones and distant tor, the rock consists of a cohesive mass of medium-grained granite with a pronounced canopy."
Consulting old maps, one names a tor here, south of the marked Higher Tor, called "Rock Tor". Indeed, as described above, this small tor is like a rock in appearance, so could well bear this name.
Belstone
Eric Hemery
Tim Jenkinson
Eric Hemery: High Dartmoor
Tim Jenkinson: Lesser Known Tors and Rocks of Dartmoor
Bartholomew: Half Inch Map: 1940-1947
https://www.torsofdartmoor.co.uk/tor-page.php?tor=lower-tor


We consider a market where firms hire workers to run their projects and such projects differ in profitability. At any period, each firm needs two workers to successfully run its project: a junior agent, with no specific skills, and a senior worker, whose effort is not verifiable. Senior workers differ in ability and their competence is revealed after they have worked as juniors in the market. We study the length of the contractual relationships between firms and workers in an environment where the matching between firms and workers is the result of market interaction. We show that, despite in a one-firm-one-worker set-up long-term contracts are the optimal choice for firms, market forces often induce firms to use short-term contracts. Unless the market only consists of firms with very profitable projects, firms operating highly profitable projects offer short-term contracts to ensure the service of high-ability workers and those with less lucrative projects also use short-term contracts to save on the junior workers' wage. Intermediate firms may (or may not) hire workers through long-term contracts.


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I2R and IPAL host Workshop on "Inclusive Smart Cities & Digital Health"
The "Inclusive Smart Cities & Digital Health" workshop was held on September 18th, 2017, at INFUSE Theatre, I2R (Institute for Infocomm Research), hosted by Prof. Dim-Lee Kwong, Executive Director of I2R, and Prof. Mounir Mokhtari, Director of IPAL.
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This year we are celebrating the 15th anniversary of ICOST which succeeded in bringing together a community from different continents over a decade and half and raised the awareness of frail and dependant people's quality of lifein our societies.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and the Embassy of France jointly organized the Singapore-France Innovation Forum on 27th March, officially opened by French President Hollande and Deputy Prime Minister Tharman.
Smart Cities : which visions and models for the 21 century ?
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On June 12th, the French Chamber of Commerce launched Smart Health, an online platform that brings together 35 French companies with around 150 products and services to address Singapore's healthcare challenges.
IPAL hosts a Workshop on "Quality of Life in Urban Environments and Mobility"
IPAL hosted a Workshop on "Quality of Life in Urban Environments and Mobility" on 20 of Feb 2017, with main French industry players (see programme below).
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IPAL team partners with NUS Biorobotics Lab and Singapore company HOPE Technik to design an innovative solution for NEA to facilitate drainage inspection.


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To better grasp what SIEM means to a modern-day enterprise, one must delve into the technologies that gave rise to SIEM, namely IPS (Intrusion Prevention Systems) and IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems). Both IPS and IDS were normally placed at the edge of the network, examining packets traveling to and fro, while determining if those packets contained any information that indicated an unauthorized attempt was being made to access corporate data.
In the early days, IPS and IDS did a decent job of identifying intrusions and creating the needed alerts that indicated unauthorized entry into enterprise systems. In most cases those intrusions were identified using defined policies and algorithms to detect authorization attempts that fell outside of defined norms. Yet, IPS and IDS started to fail in their design to detect intrusions, simply because intruders became more intelligent in regards on how to spoof IPS and IDS systems.
That situation led to something akin to an arms race, where hackers started using more sophisticated attack vectors and IPS and IDS vendors incorporated more detection capabilities, machine learning, anomaly detection and so on. Yet, breaches still continue and even more troubling, go undetected for longer periods of time.
Yet, those factors have not slowed down the IPS and IDS markets. Gartner estimates that by 2020, 60 percent of enterprise information security budgets will be allocated for rapid detection and response approaches and by 2018 80 percent of endpoint protection platforms will include user activity monitoring and forensic capabilities.
Nevertheless, market growth is not always an indicator of a security technology's effectiveness. Many enterprises have come to realize that they need more than IPS, IDS, Firewalls, and Anti-Malware systems, they also need the ability to better examine the data behind those attacks, as well as infer action based upon the analysis of that data. That is exactly where SIEM has come into play.
As Gartner describes it, Security information and event management (SIEM) technology supports threat detection and security incident response through the real-time collection and historical analysis of security events from a wide variety of event and contextual data sources. It also supports compliance reporting and incident investigation through analysis of historical data from these sources. The core capabilities of SIEM technology are a broad scope of event collection and the ability to correlate and analyze events across disparate sources.
It is that real-time analysis that gives SIEM the much-needed punch to make a difference during security incidents. However, it is also those very same abilities that have kept SIEM technology out of reach for small and medium businesses. For SIEM to be truly effective, CPU intensive algorithms and policy engines must be implemented, as well as a mechanism to gather and store large volumes of log and transaction data. Therein lies the real rub with SIEM, the businesses that it can benefit the most are often the ones ill equipped to provision and manage a SIEM solution.
However, the cloud in the form of hosted and managed services has started to meet the processing needs of SIEM solutions, and has helped to democratize access to the high end technology that makes SIEM effective.
Watson added "Netsurion is addressing the SMB market by balancing the need for added security without further over-complicating the IT environment." There is obviously a need for SIEM in the SMB market, and the market is growing. Research firm Frost and Sullivan is anticipating a CAGR of 14.6% through 2019, with the SMB market making up the lion's share of that growth.
Obviously, SMB operators shouldn't just dive into SIEM solutions without performing due diligence, a process which can be eased by attending Netsurion's Webinar on 1/26/17, or by reading GigaOM's reports on the SIEM market.


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Pope Francis, President Obama praise each other on climate change
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WASHINGTON - Amid the pageantry of Pope Francis' visit to the White House, President Obama received a rare papal endorsement Wednesday of his action to stem climate and tackle other global challenges.
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"Your Holiness, in your words and deeds, you set a profound moral example," Obama said during a welcome ceremony that drew thousands of people to the South Lawn. "And in these gentle but firm reminders of our obligations to God and to one another, you are shaking us out of complacency."
In thanking the president, Francis offered a forceful endorsement of his host's proposals "for reducing air pollution" and described climate change as "a problem which can no longer be left to our future generation."
Referring to the planet Earth, Francis said that "when it comes to the care of our 'common home,' we are living at a critical moment of history."
The pope, who has criticized as aspects of capitalism, also urged a serious examination "not only of the kind of world we may be leaving to our children, but also to the millions of people living under a system which has overlooked them."
Citing U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., Francis claimed that "we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note, and now is the time to honor it." Making his first extended speech in English, the pontiff said that American Catholics "are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to rejecting every form of unjust discrimination."
As he prepares to address a joint session of Congress on Thursday, Francis said he will speak to lawmakers "as a brother of this country, to offer words of encouragement to those called to guide the nation's political future in fidelity to its founding principles."
After the 40-minute ceremony, the president and the pope walked into the White House residence and then along the Rose Garden colonnade to the Oval Office, where they held a private meeting.
Afterward, the White House issued a list of "shared values and commitments" discussed by Obama and Francis. It included calls to help refugees from war-torn Syria, protect religious minorities in the Middle East, improve U.S-Cuban relations, provide opportunities for at-risk youth, promote sustainable development, and end poverty.
Obama also gave the pontiff a pair of gifts: A metal sculpture of an ascending dove, the international symbol of peace; and a key from the Maryland home of Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born American to be declared a saint. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Mother Seton's canonization. The key dates from 1809.
In his remarks on the South Lawn, Obama praised the pope while referencing his calls to help immigrants and refugees, protect religious liberty, and improve U.S. relations with Cuba (site of the pope's first stop on his trip).
The president told Francis that "we support your call to all world leaders to support the communities most vulnerable to changing climate, and to come together to preserve our precious world for future generations."
More than 11,000 people swarmed the South Lawn to welcome the pontiff. Many guests had lined up at checkpoints around the White House complex well before 3 a.m. The crowd packed the entire South Lawn, with another large group across the street on the Ellipse.
As the crowd awaited the pope, a red-jacketed Marine Band played martial music, a color guard carried the U.S. and Vatican flags, and military trumpeters positioned themselves on the portico of the White House.
Vice President Biden, wife Jill Biden, and Cabinet members streamed toward a seating section close to a small stage .
Among the guests: Ethel Kennedy, widow of assassinated Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, the former U.S. attorney general and brother of the late president John F. Kennedy.
Light blue-and-white Argentine flags and soccer jerseys dotted the south lawn as people celebrated the arrival of the Argentine pope with rosaries, crosses and U.S. and Vatican flags. A few had seats on bleachers erected for the occasion, but most stood for hours waiting for the pope.
Jeffrey Richardson, who lined up outside the White House at 2 a.m. in order to get a front-row standing position, wore an Argentinian soccer jersey that belonged to his gay partner before he died of cancer in 2005.
"He was Argentine, and he was born and raised Catholic, but he drifted away from the church - I think he'd be encouraged by the pope's message," said Richardson, 37, of Washington.
That message includes an attention to issues of poverty, he said, but also making the church more open. "We have a long way to go, clearly," he said.
Richardson, who is not Catholic, said Francis's visit was "more personal, more spiritual, than political" to him.
Amid heavy security in a long motorcade, the small Fiat that served as the Popemobile rolled up to the south entrance to the White House shortly after 9:20 a.m.
As the crowd cheered and screamed Francis' name, Obama attributed the frenzy to both the pope's stature and his "unique qualities" as a person.
"In your humility, your embrace of simplicity, in the gentleness of your words and the generosity of your spirit, we see a living example of Jesus' teachings, a leader whose moral authority comes not just through words but also through deeds," Obama said.
In his remarks on the South Lawn, Obama reminded Francis he is the first pope from the Americas, making his first visit to the United States, as well as "the first pontiff to share an Encyclical through a Twitter account." (Francis is also the third pope to visit the White House.)
The ceremony resembled the White House welcomes for other world leaders, complete with both national anthems and military marching to fife-and-drum music. One departure at this particular event: The leaders did not do a troop review, seeing as how the Pope controls no armed forces.
"Our backyard is not typically this crowded," Obama said in his remarks. "But the size and spirit of today's gathering is just a small reflection of the deep devotion of some 70 million American Catholics."
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Drug addiction affects not only someone's health but also the function of the mind. It is imperative that the patient seeks treatment before the situation advances to high level to increase the possibilities of recovering from the addiction. There are moments when rehabilitation services need not be voluntary, but on compulsion from the family, friends, and the employer. Even in circumstances where one is forced to undertake the program, the possibility of success is always there. An individual addict requires a unique treatment therapy. A procedure that succeeds in helping a certain person is not bound to have the similar outcome on another person.
A a holistic approach to all matters affecting the life of an individual should be applied. It should not only concentrate on substance abuse. Mental health may also be potential candidate to harm by drug abuse. The mind needs to be assessed and the treatment provided. The service provider should evaluate the mind of the patient and offer solutions. The person also need to be examined for pre-existing health conditions. The the success of the program pegs on the overall health of the addict and should, therefore, be addressed. For a treatment to be effective, one must be committed to it and ready to sacrifice enough time for it.
The process requires that the person is subjected to detoxification of the body from the abused substance. However, that is only the start of a lifetime journey. Long term behavioral change requires a psychological therapy to help adjust to a different lifestyle. It takes place in the presence of groups, individuals, and family. This service is offered together with the medicinal treatment. A monitoring is crucial to observe progress and in case a relapse happens; it can be noticed. It is, therefore, crucial that the procedure is amended to cater for the changing requirements of the addict.
The a treatment center that one chooses matters a lot. It is a requirement that the facility prove beyond doubts that it can manage the patient's addiction. There are different types of rehab facilities. There are the inpatient, the outpatient and the combination of both centers. The inpatient program places the addicts in a facility that offers all day full care from staff personnel. It is very useful by keeping away the addict from the areas where he/she might be tempted to abuse substance again. It is highly recommended for individuals who are suffering from advanced addictions and those who have other health complications.
The outpatient services do not restrict the patient to the confines of the facility, but he/she have time to go off. This is enough for addicts who are not at advanced stages of substance abuse. Individuals who have other commitments like taking care of kids are best served this ay. Detoxification, rehabilitation and ongoing recovery are the crucial stages of the recovery program.


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Q: Python - Web scraping Issue I'm having problems with my web scraper when trying to get the channel title. I'm not sure how to fix it, however by doing some testing with the channel function, it seems that the video links work alongside it, when only channel links should work with the YoutubeChannel function.
Any ideas on how to fix it?
#Required Modules
import urllib
import re

#Defining the YouTube Video function
def YoutubeVideo():
    #Making videoLink equal to whatever the user enters as their video link
    videoLink = input ('\nWhat is your video link? (In quotations, with http included)\n')

    #Goes to the video URL, opens it and reads the HTML file
    htmlfile = urllib.urlopen(videoLink) #Searches for this URL
    htmltext = htmlfile.read() #Reads the HTML file and sets it to htmltext

    #Setup for the view counter
    regexView = "
(.+?)
" #Searches for the view count number and sets it to regexView
    pattern = re.compile(regexView)
    viewCount = re.findall(pattern, htmltext)

    #Setup for the video title
    regexTitle = "<title>(.+?)</title>" #Searches for the title of the video
    patternTitle = re.compile(regexTitle)
    videoTitle = re.findall(patternTitle, htmltext)

    #Setup for the video upload date
    regexUpload = "(.+?)"
    patternUpload = re.compile(regexUpload)
    videoUpload = re.findall(patternUpload, htmltext)

    print ("\n%s" % (videoLink)) #Prints the video link, primarily for testing
    print ("\nThe title of your video is %s and has %s views.\nIt was %s." % (videoTitle, viewCount, videoUpload)) #Prints the information about the video

#Defining the YouTube Channel function
def YoutubeChannel():
    #Making channelLink equal to whatever the user enters as their video link
    channelLink = input ('\nWhat is your channel link? (In quotations, with http included)\n')

    #Goes to the video URL, opens it and reads the HTML file
    htmlfile = urllib.urlopen(channelLink) #Searches for this URL
    htmltext = htmlfile.read() #Reads the HTML file and sets it to htmltext

    #Setup for the channel name
    channelTitle = "<title>(.+?)</title>" #Searches for the title of the video
    patternChannelTitle = re.compile(channelTitle)
    channelTitle = re.findall(patternChannelTitle, htmltext)

    print (channelTitle)

ans  = True
while ans:
    print ("\n[1] Get information regarding a YouTube video.")
    print ("\n[2] Get information regarding a YouTube channel.")
    print ("\n[Q] Quit the application.")

    ans = raw_input("\nWhat would you like to do now? ")
    if ans == "1":
        YoutubeVideo()
    elif ans == "2":
        YoutubeChannel()
    elif ans == "q":
        sys.exit(0)
    elif ans != "":
        print "Not a valid choice, try again."

A: im not familiar with what you are using to parse an html content
but you can use BeautifulSoup which is much easier
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

# channel url = https://www.youtube.com/channel/XXXXXX

url = "your channel link"
page = requests.get(url)
plain_text = page.text
soup = BeautifulSoup(plain_text,"html.parser")
span = soup.find('span',{'class' : 'qualified-channel-title-text'})
title =soup.find('a',{'class' : 'spf-link branded-page-header-title-link yt-   uix-sessionlink'})
title = title.get('title')
print(title)

you can see the html tag im using
span the whole title with link and small pic
and a have the title in text and its using the class "spf-link branded-page-header-title-link yt-   uix-sessionlink"
and then im getting the title attribute from it :)
hope this was useful
note if you gonna run this you will have to install beautifulsoup and requests
and those can be easily installed with pipe

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package uk.gov.nationalarchives.droid.gui.action;

import java.util.List;

import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode;
import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeModel;

import org.netbeans.swing.outline.Outline;

import uk.gov.nationalarchives.droid.gui.ProfileForm;
import uk.gov.nationalarchives.droid.profile.ProfileManager;
import uk.gov.nationalarchives.droid.profile.ProfileResourceNode;

/**
 * Worker to apply filter.
 * @author rflitcroft
 *
 */
public class ApplyFilterToTreeTableAction {

    //private DroidUIContext droidContext;
    private ProfileManager profileManager;
    private ProfileForm profileToFilter;

    /**
     *
     * @param profile the profile form to filter.
     * @param profileManager the profile manager
     */
    public ApplyFilterToTreeTableAction(ProfileForm profile,
            ProfileManager profileManager) {
        this.profileToFilter = profile;
            //DroidUIContext context,
        //this.droidContext = context;
        this.profileManager = profileManager;
    }

    /**
     * Applies the filter.
     */
    public void applyFilter() {

        //ProfileForm selectedProfile = droidContext.getSelectedProfile();
        //DefaultTreeModel treeMdl = (DefaultTreeModel) selectedProfile
        DefaultTreeModel treeMdl = (DefaultTreeModel) profileToFilter
                .getTreeModel();

        Outline outline = profileToFilter.getResultsOutline();
        for (int i = outline.getRowCount(); i > 0; i--) {
            // remove node from profile spec
            DefaultMutableTreeNode node = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) outline.getValueAt(i - 1, 0);
            if (!node.isRoot()) {
                treeMdl.removeNodeFromParent(node);
            }
        }
        treeMdl.reload();
        DefaultMutableTreeNode rootNode = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) treeMdl.getRoot();

        //String profileId = droidContext.getSelectedProfile().getProfile().getUuid();
        String profileId = profileToFilter.getProfile().getUuid();

        List<ProfileResourceNode> childNodes = profileManager.findRootNodes(profileId);

        for (ProfileResourceNode profileNode : childNodes) {
            DefaultMutableTreeNode treeNode = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(profileNode);
            treeNode.setAllowsChildren(profileNode.allowsChildren());
            rootNode.add(treeNode);
        }
        treeMdl.reload();

    }

}

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Ральф Кроніг (; 10 березня 1904 Дрезден — 16 листопада 1995) — нідерландський фізик-теоретик, член Нідерландської АН.

Народився в Дрездені. Закінчив Колумбійський університет. У 1931—1939 — лектор Гронінгенського університету, в 1939—1969 — професор і в 1959—1962 — ректор Делфтського технічного університету.

Роботи відносяться до спектроскопії, теорії молекулярних структур, теорії валентності, квантової механіки, ядерної фізики, фізики твердого тіла. Незалежно від Самуеля Гоудсміта і Джорджа Уленбека прийшов (початок 1925 року) до поняття спіна електрона. 1926 року незалежно від Гендріка Крамерса отримав дисперсійні співвідношення класичної електродинаміки (співвідношення Крамерса — Кроніга). Дав якісну картину поведінки електронів в кристалі, що складається з послідовності однакових потенційних бар'єрів і прямокутних потенційних ям (модель Кроніга — Пенні). У 1939 незалежно від Дж. Ван Флека запропонував механізм спін-ґраткових релаксації (механізм Кроніга — Ван Флека).

Отримав Медаль Макса Планка в 1962.

Примітки

Література
 The Samuel A. Goudsmit Papers, 1921—1979 Box 59 Folder 48 Spin history correspondence: B. L. van der Waerden, Ralph Kronig, and George E. Uhlenbeck
 A. Pais, in Physics Today (December 1989)
 M. J. Klein, in Physics in the Making (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1989)
 Stumm von Bordwehr, R., Ann. Phys. Fr., 14 (1989), 377—466

Нідерландські фізики-теоретики
Нагороджені медаллю Макса Планка

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Here's a chicken recipe that I came up with a few weeks ago. It's easy and yummy!
Preheat oven to 350. Pound chicken breasts between two pieces of plastic wrap to 1/4-inch thickness using flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin. Spread mustard on one side of each chicken breast. Layer one slice of prosciutto and cheese over mustard. Roll up each chicken breast from short end and secure with wooden toothpicks.
Beat the egg in a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl mix the almond flour, Italian seasoning, and black pepper. Coat the rolled-up chicken breasts first in egg and then in almond flour mixture.
Arrange chicken rolls in 11x17-inch baking pan. Cover; bake 10 minutes. Uncover; bake about 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center.
hmmm... the # servings don't seem to jive with the # of chicken breasts. Is that what you meant?
Mom, you are right. I meant 6-8 servings (about 1 chicken breast per person). This recipe could be cut in half easily if you don't need to feed 8 people. Although, I like to have lots of leftovers because it reheats well in the microwave.
YUMMY! Thanks for the recipe. I cannot wait to try it out. Hope all is well.
Hello fellow SCDer! I'm de-lurking to let you know that I love your blog, and your mom's as well. You have a beautiful family!
I've finally added an SCD section to my family blog, and I will do my best to add recipes as I come up with them as well. I put your blog on the blogroll, too.


Over the course of the next few months, this blog will be used to spotlight, issue by/per issue, each of the fifteen/15 root issues that exist within the traditional public school/undergraduate educational models, which span from pre-K all the way through the end of the four years until a B.A., B.S., or other functional equivalent credential is received.
o Instilling a vision & encouragement of dreams is missing/lacking.
o Gift sets ( define/learn/do ) not a focus. Too much standardization and conformity.
o Leadership is for all.
o ROI ( $$ -> results ) – this equation is not bearing fruit.
o Stuck in past era/age(s) – the amount of time in the classroom hearkens back to the Agricultural Age, and the curriculum/discussions are akin to the Corporate Industrial Age.
o Remediation – too many have to retake the same material/content later on.
As always, with this blog, feedback is most welcome. Thank you for reading & all the very best at all times!
It is unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money; when you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything.
Price is a monetary amount/figure.
Think of it in these terms – does every dollar 'spend' like every other dollar? Or, is it not the truth that each dollar you spend is quite unique – especially when you grasp, immerse, and then apply the difference between a "You, Inc." $ and a "I want it due to advertising/peer pressure/lack of a budget" $ ?
Business, economics, and finances all overlap. They also are each a core part of our day to day lives – we all must be informed, well educated ( v. schooled ), and investment minded men & women in order to become wealthy in mind, spirit, legacy, & the bank account.
Have a fantastic day & blessed Easter to come!
Thank you & all due credit to Bob Burg for his wisdom & foresight in sharing much of the core of this post's core content. It's my privilege to pay it forward here in the blogosphere.