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Oral history interview with Ruth Vick O"Brien, 1973 [text/print transcript]
UNCG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM COLLECTION
INTERVIEWEE: Ruth Vick O'Brien
INTERVIEWER: Jim Lancaster
[Jim Lancaster sent the questions to Mrs. O'Brien and she responded in writing]
JL: Why did you go to N.C.C.W.? [North Carolina College for Women, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro] in 1916?
RVO: When I was born, October 7, 1900, I was destined to go to N.C.C.W. even though the college was then the State Normal and Industrial College [Editor's note: from 1897 to 1919, the name of the institution was the State Normal and Industrial College] .
My mother, Mariah Goode Vick, was my father's second wife—married in 1898.
My father, William Robert Vick, was a life-long friend of Dr. Robert H. Stancill, member [of the] First Board of Directors, 1891, State Normal and Industrial College. Both men were born and lived near Margarettville, North Carolina, a small cross-roads town in eastern North Carolina. Dr. Stancill told my father that if there were a daughter by the second marriage, he should send her to that college because tuition was free if the daughter promised to teach in North Carolina schools.
The principal of Seaboard High School, where I graduated in May 1916, was a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill. With the help of Principal Walter D. Barbee, I prepared to gain admission to N.C.C.W. in September 1916. When I arrived at N.C.C.W. in September 1916, I was still fifteen years of age, but sixteen on October 7, 1916. I should have graduated in 1920, but I was out of college for a year, owing to a serious operation in April 1918. Had it not been for Dr. [Anna] Gove, college physician, and the Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, I would not have survived. I returned to college in January 1918. Thus, I benefited from friendships in both classes, 1920 and 1921.
JL: What college rules and regulations carried you over to your later life?
RVO: I had been reared in a disciplined home—not harshly, but strictly. I may have objected to college regulations, but many disciplines I experienced have been important to me through the years. Walking period – 4:30-5:15 [was] every day except Saturday. Walking has remained my most important physical activity every day. Chapel attendance was compulsory, but we heard many famous speakers, and Dr. [Julius I.] Foust, president, gave us many thoughts for consideration, especially "Service" to the communities where we would live. Even today, it's difficult for me to turn down requests for community services. Adherence to study hours – 7:00-9:45 [in the] evenings. In my years of writing, I have allotted myself time to do research, study, writing, and I keep that routine. 2
JL: What changes have come about through these years, especially since the college has become UNC Greensboro?
RVO: I believe young people are more mature today than I was in 1916. At that time, I had never had a boyfriend or date. Nor was I permitted to visit friends if they lived in way-off towns.
There were no good libraries available, but I read what I could borrow from Principal Barbee. My parents provided a quiet place and a good lamp for study.
The only time I ever left my hometown of Seaboard, North Carolina, was to go with my parents to Ocean View, Virginia, on Sunday School excursions.
I heartily approve of more freedom for today's women students. They have the background needed to cope with changes. We had only Christmas vacations in my day. I believe vacations give students a wider horizon for thinking.
In November 1972, Mr. and Mrs. George Hamer [Mr. Hamer was vice chancellor for development] took me on a night tour of the university campus. Only two landmarks did I see: the Administration Building [Foust Building] and Spencer Dormitory.
I feel proud that my college has become a great university, providing a wealth of opportunities for student interests and development. Through the years, the Alumni News has kept me in touch with the changes in the college – social, physical, and educational.
JL: What N.C.C.W. faculty influenced your life?
RVO: Dr. Walter Clinton Jackson [history professor, dean of administration, and chancellor] stands foremost. He was the most fascinating teacher I ever knew. History came alive in his classes. In later years, Dr. Jackson remained my guide to higher efforts. When I took office as field secretary of the North Carolina Education Association in 1938, he was president. Later, when I became director of information for the North Carolina Office of Price Administration, I paid a visit to Dr. Jackson's office. He said, "You can reach the heights you desire, but there is a price you'll have to pay."
I realized how true that statement was when my husband, John T. O'Brien, died in September 1965. Together we had achieved successful careers and financial security. But we had only twenty years together—busy, hectic, stimulating years. The challenge Mr. O'Brien left me was, "Don't give up! Life is always changing."
Miss Harriet Elliott [political science professor and dean of women], as a teacher, developed my interest in social legislation benefitting all Americans, regardless of race, social position, or sex.
During my years working with Mr. O'Brien, Miss Elliott's teachings on social legislation was a source of strength to me. I knew the need for minimum wages, unemployment compensation, good housing for all, good schools, [and] benefits for the elderly such as Social Security and Medicare. Today, I benefit from Social Security and Medicare.
Dr. Eduard C. Lindeman, sociology [professor]. Because of Dr. Lindeman, my first career after graduation was as a Girls Work Secretary for the Y.W. C.A. I borrowed the money for study in New York from the College Student Loan Fund. My first and only Y.W.C.A. job was in Athens, Georgia. Because of a good salary, I quickly repaid the Fund loan. 3
I'll never forget Miss Laura [Hill] Coit [Class of 1896, professor, college secretary, and general assistant to the college's president], who trusted me for a loan with only my signature.
Other teachers I remember with gratitude [such as] Miss Emma King, dean of women. Strict, but understanding. She required dignity in dress and manners. Mr. A.C. Hall, who taught creative writing. "Write about the things you know about." So have I done many times in teaching play-writing to my high school classes in Seaboard, North Carolina. We won many awards from the Carolina Dramatic festivals, Chapel Hill, for our creative efforts. Miss Frances Womble, who taught me basic ways to do an outline. Two years ago, I completed a genealogy of the Vick family. Miss Womble's teaching helped me make a fair success of making the genealogy simple and easy to follow. Miss Magnhilde Gullander [history professor]. Under her guidance, the students organized the International Relations Club in 1920. I was a member of the first board of managers. We learned from noted speakers about the increasing power of Japan, Bolshevism in Russia, and the changes in Germany after World War I. When World War II came, I was intelligent as to the causes, and today my interest in Japan, Russia, and Germany continues. From Miss [Viola] Boddie [Latin and French professor], I learned a lot of Latin—four years of it—but I also learned the importance of being thorough and disciplined in habits.
JL: What other activities at N.C.C.W. have influenced your life?
RVO: I was a member of the Cornelian Society, and president in 1920-1921. The society provided: impressive initiations, banquets, plays by noted writers, and debates on timely subjects. I believe the Cornelian Society was the highlight of my college days: it provided friendships everlasting and an avenue to many interests that have followed me.
Young voters and women's suffrage. An important man, a friend of many years, said to me recently, "You never seem to get excited about the Women's Liberation Movement in the country." My reply was, "Why should I? Since I graduated from college in 1921, I have always done the things I wanted to do. No man has stood in my way. But many important men have helped me achieve my goals in life." But, while there are some avenues open to women, I'd like to see more select jobs available to qualified women in teaching in higher education, and in government, especially in the Federal Government.
JL: What were the cultural activities in your days at N.C.C.W.?
RVO: As I read the calendar of cultural events in the Alumni News scheduled at UNC
Greensboro, I look back at my years at N.C.C.W. We were not culturally-starved. There were organ concerts by Professor George Scott-Hunter. He was an artist. His performance of "Pomp and Circumstance" still is fresh in my memory.
We had a concert by Ethel Lejinska. A great pianist—later the only woman conductor of an orchestra. I'll always remember her superb playing of the "Hungarian Rhapsody I and II." Then came Frieda Hempel, the great German-American soprano. When she sang "Home, Sweet Home" tears flowed down our cheeks.
Even Mme. Galli Curci came to the college. In my sophomore year, "The Birth of a Nation" came to Greensboro. We had to have parental permission to attend, so I saw 4
this movie from a seat in the front row balcony. The "Clansmen," by Dixon, on which the movie is based, was part of my up-bringing since my parents had known the horrors of Sherman's March to the Sea, the carpetbaggers, and the suffering of the Civil War aftermath.
We had our own dramatic productions presented by the Dramatic Club and the literary societies. Women always played the parts of men. The Cornelian [Literary] Society presented "School for Scandal." My interest in dramatics has continued.
JL: Were there religious influences on the N.C.C.W. campus?
RVO: We had inspiration from our teachers to prepare ourselves for a better life. We had the
Y.W.C.A and speakers from all religious groups. Sunday evening Vespers were events to
I was, and still am, a member of the Seaboard United Methodist Church. While I taught in Seaboard (1926-1938), I taught the adult Sunday School classes and presented many religious plays.
In later years, I wrote a history of the Seaboard Methodist Church. My father was one of the founding fathers. It is a story of a strong but small congregation, which has survived as a focal point in community life.
[End of Interview]
Title Oral history interview with Ruth Vick O"Brien, 1973 [text/print transcript]
Creator O'Brien, Ruth Vick
Contributors Lancaster, James
Subject headings University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Topics Teachers
Place Greensboro (N.C.)
Description Ruth Vick O'Brien (1900-1975) graduated in 1921 from the North Carolina College for Women, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 1942, she received a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. O'Brien talks about growing up in Seaboard, North Carolina; college rules and regulations; changes that have occurred at the university since she was in school; campus and cultural activities during her college days; and religious influences on campus. She also mentions faculty who influenced her life such as Viola Boddie, Laura Hill Coit, Harriet Elliott, Magnhilde Gullander, Walter Clinton Jackson, Emma King, Eduard C. Lindeman, and Frances Womble.
Original format Interviews
Original publisher Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
Source collection OH007 UNCG Alumni Association Oral History Program Collection, 1972-1979
Additional rights information NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
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Full Text 1 UNCG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM COLLECTION INTERVIEWEE: Ruth Vick O'Brien INTERVIEWER: Jim Lancaster DATE: March 30, 1973 [Jim Lancaster sent the questions to Mrs. O'Brien and she responded in writing] JL: Why did you go to N.C.C.W.? [North Carolina College for Women, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro] in 1916? RVO: When I was born, October 7, 1900, I was destined to go to N.C.C.W. even though the college was then the State Normal and Industrial College [Editor's note: from 1897 to 1919, the name of the institution was the State Normal and Industrial College] . My mother, Mariah Goode Vick, was my father's second wife—married in 1898. My father, William Robert Vick, was a life-long friend of Dr. Robert H. Stancill, member [of the] First Board of Directors, 1891, State Normal and Industrial College. Both men were born and lived near Margarettville, North Carolina, a small cross-roads town in eastern North Carolina. Dr. Stancill told my father that if there were a daughter by the second marriage, he should send her to that college because tuition was free if the daughter promised to teach in North Carolina schools. The principal of Seaboard High School, where I graduated in May 1916, was a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill. With the help of Principal Walter D. Barbee, I prepared to gain admission to N.C.C.W. in September 1916. When I arrived at N.C.C.W. in September 1916, I was still fifteen years of age, but sixteen on October 7, 1916. I should have graduated in 1920, but I was out of college for a year, owing to a serious operation in April 1918. Had it not been for Dr. [Anna] Gove, college physician, and the Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, I would not have survived. I returned to college in January 1918. Thus, I benefited from friendships in both classes, 1920 and 1921. JL: What college rules and regulations carried you over to your later life? RVO: I had been reared in a disciplined home—not harshly, but strictly. I may have objected to college regulations, but many disciplines I experienced have been important to me through the years. Walking period – 4:30-5:15 [was] every day except Saturday. Walking has remained my most important physical activity every day. Chapel attendance was compulsory, but we heard many famous speakers, and Dr. [Julius I.] Foust, president, gave us many thoughts for consideration, especially "Service" to the communities where we would live. Even today, it's difficult for me to turn down requests for community services. Adherence to study hours – 7:00-9:45 [in the] evenings. In my years of writing, I have allotted myself time to do research, study, writing, and I keep that routine. 2 JL: What changes have come about through these years, especially since the college has become UNC Greensboro? RVO: I believe young people are more mature today than I was in 1916. At that time, I had never had a boyfriend or date. Nor was I permitted to visit friends if they lived in way-off towns. There were no good libraries available, but I read what I could borrow from Principal Barbee. My parents provided a quiet place and a good lamp for study. The only time I ever left my hometown of Seaboard, North Carolina, was to go with my parents to Ocean View, Virginia, on Sunday School excursions. I heartily approve of more freedom for today's women students. They have the background needed to cope with changes. We had only Christmas vacations in my day. I believe vacations give students a wider horizon for thinking. In November 1972, Mr. and Mrs. George Hamer [Mr. Hamer was vice chancellor for development] took me on a night tour of the university campus. Only two landmarks did I see: the Administration Building [Foust Building] and Spencer Dormitory. I feel proud that my college has become a great university, providing a wealth of opportunities for student interests and development. Through the years, the Alumni News has kept me in touch with the changes in the college – social, physical, and educational. JL: What N.C.C.W. faculty influenced your life? RVO: Dr. Walter Clinton Jackson [history professor, dean of administration, and chancellor] stands foremost. He was the most fascinating teacher I ever knew. History came alive in his classes. In later years, Dr. Jackson remained my guide to higher efforts. When I took office as field secretary of the North Carolina Education Association in 1938, he was president. Later, when I became director of information for the North Carolina Office of Price Administration, I paid a visit to Dr. Jackson's office. He said, "You can reach the heights you desire, but there is a price you'll have to pay." I realized how true that statement was when my husband, John T. O'Brien, died in September 1965. Together we had achieved successful careers and financial security. But we had only twenty years together—busy, hectic, stimulating years. The challenge Mr. O'Brien left me was, "Don't give up! Life is always changing." Miss Harriet Elliott [political science professor and dean of women], as a teacher, developed my interest in social legislation benefitting all Americans, regardless of race, social position, or sex. During my years working with Mr. O'Brien, Miss Elliott's teachings on social legislation was a source of strength to me. I knew the need for minimum wages, unemployment compensation, good housing for all, good schools, [and] benefits for the elderly such as Social Security and Medicare. Today, I benefit from Social Security and Medicare. Dr. Eduard C. Lindeman, sociology [professor]. Because of Dr. Lindeman, my first career after graduation was as a Girls Work Secretary for the Y.W. C.A. I borrowed the money for study in New York from the College Student Loan Fund. My first and only Y.W.C.A. job was in Athens, Georgia. Because of a good salary, I quickly repaid the Fund loan. 3 I'll never forget Miss Laura [Hill] Coit [Class of 1896, professor, college secretary, and general assistant to the college's president], who trusted me for a loan with only my signature. Other teachers I remember with gratitude [such as] Miss Emma King, dean of women. Strict, but understanding. She required dignity in dress and manners. Mr. A.C. Hall, who taught creative writing. "Write about the things you know about." So have I done many times in teaching play-writing to my high school classes in Seaboard, North Carolina. We won many awards from the Carolina Dramatic festivals, Chapel Hill, for our creative efforts. Miss Frances Womble, who taught me basic ways to do an outline. Two years ago, I completed a genealogy of the Vick family. Miss Womble's teaching helped me make a fair success of making the genealogy simple and easy to follow. Miss Magnhilde Gullander [history professor]. Under her guidance, the students organized the International Relations Club in 1920. I was a member of the first board of managers. We learned from noted speakers about the increasing power of Japan, Bolshevism in Russia, and the changes in Germany after World War I. When World War II came, I was intelligent as to the causes, and today my interest in Japan, Russia, and Germany continues. From Miss [Viola] Boddie [Latin and French professor], I learned a lot of Latin—four years of it—but I also learned the importance of being thorough and disciplined in habits. JL: What other activities at N.C.C.W. have influenced your life? RVO: I was a member of the Cornelian Society, and president in 1920-1921. The society provided: impressive initiations, banquets, plays by noted writers, and debates on timely subjects. I believe the Cornelian Society was the highlight of my college days: it provided friendships everlasting and an avenue to many interests that have followed me. Young voters and women's suffrage. An important man, a friend of many years, said to me recently, "You never seem to get excited about the Women's Liberation Movement in the country." My reply was, "Why should I? Since I graduated from college in 1921, I have always done the things I wanted to do. No man has stood in my way. But many important men have helped me achieve my goals in life." But, while there are some avenues open to women, I'd like to see more select jobs available to qualified women in teaching in higher education, and in government, especially in the Federal Government. JL: What were the cultural activities in your days at N.C.C.W.? RVO: As I read the calendar of cultural events in the Alumni News scheduled at UNC Greensboro, I look back at my years at N.C.C.W. We were not culturally-starved. There were organ concerts by Professor George Scott-Hunter. He was an artist. His performance of "Pomp and Circumstance" still is fresh in my memory. We had a concert by Ethel Lejinska. A great pianist—later the only woman conductor of an orchestra. I'll always remember her superb playing of the "Hungarian Rhapsody I and II." Then came Frieda Hempel, the great German-American soprano. When she sang "Home, Sweet Home" tears flowed down our cheeks. Even Mme. Galli Curci came to the college. In my sophomore year, "The Birth of a Nation" came to Greensboro. We had to have parental permission to attend, so I saw 4 this movie from a seat in the front row balcony. The "Clansmen," by Dixon, on which the movie is based, was part of my up-bringing since my parents had known the horrors of Sherman's March to the Sea, the carpetbaggers, and the suffering of the Civil War aftermath. We had our own dramatic productions presented by the Dramatic Club and the literary societies. Women always played the parts of men. The Cornelian [Literary] Society presented "School for Scandal." My interest in dramatics has continued. JL: Were there religious influences on the N.C.C.W. campus? RVO: We had inspiration from our teachers to prepare ourselves for a better life. We had the Y.W.C.A and speakers from all religious groups. Sunday evening Vespers were events to remember. I was, and still am, a member of the Seaboard United Methodist Church. While I taught in Seaboard (1926-1938), I taught the adult Sunday School classes and presented many religious plays. In later years, I wrote a history of the Seaboard Methodist Church. My father was one of the founding fathers. It is a story of a strong but small congregation, which has survived as a focal point in community life. [End of Interview]
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Department Musik ist ein deutsches Multi-Genre Independent-Label. Es wurde im Oktober 2012 als Schwesterfirma des Hip-Hop-Labels Chimperator Productions unter dem Namen Chimperator Department in Berlin gegründet. Als Geschäftsführer fungierten zunächst Sebastian Andrej Schweizer, Jan-Simon Wolff, Steffen Posner, Kodimey Awokou und Niko Papadopoulos. Im Sommer 2015 erfolgte nach der Trennung des Labels von Chimperator Productions die Umbenennung in Department Musik. Seitdem fungiert Wolff als alleiniger Geschäftsführer des Unternehmens. Zwischen 2013 und 2016 übernahm Sony Music Entertainment den Vertrieb der Veröffentlichungen der Firma. Seit Mitte 2016 ist die Warner Music Group für den Vertrieb verantwortlich. Aktuell sind die Künstler Finn und Kex Kuhl sowie die Band Grizzly bei dem Berliner Label unter Vertrag. Das Duo Die Lochis wurde im Rahmen einer Kooperation mit der Firma Mediakraft Networks vertraglich gebunden. In der Vergangenheit standen auch die Künstler Elenka, Lary, I Heart Sharks, Heisskalt, Psaiko.Dino, Lot und Miller unter Vertrag.

Geschichte

2012–2015: Gründung und erste Erfolge

Im Oktober 2011 nahm das Hip-Hop-Label Chimperator Productions den Rapper Cro unter Vertrag. Dieser steuerte mit Easy die erste erfolgreiche Single des Labels bei und erreichte mit seinem Debütalbum Raop Platin-Status. Vor der Vertragsunterzeichnung von Cro war das Independent-Label laut Aussage des ebenfalls vertraglich gebundenen Maeckes "quasi ein ehrenamtlicher Verein", durch den keiner der Mitarbeiter hatte Geld verdienen können. Aus dem kommerziellen Erfolg von Cro resultierte die Möglichkeit Chimperator auszubauen. Da bereits vorher mit Alben von Tua Veröffentlichungen über Chimperator Productions erschienen waren, die nicht in das Genre Hip-Hop eingeordnet werden konnten, bestand die Idee eine Abteilung zu gründen, die für Musik zuständig ist, die stilistisch "links und rechts von Rap" verortet ist. Dazu wurde im Oktober 2012 Chimperator Department als Schwesterfirma von Chimperator Productions gegründet. Neben dem als Geschäftsführer fungierenden Sebastian Andrej Schweizer wurden mit Jan-Simon Wolff, Steffen Posner, Kodimey Awokou und Niko Papadopoulos vier weitere Gesellschafter und Geschäftsführer für die Firma gewonnen. Wolff war zuvor seit 2010 als A&R-Manager bei Universal Music Publishing tätig gewesen und hatte in dieser Funktion einen Autorenvertrag mit Cro abschließen können.

Anfang Oktober 2012 wurde mit der Rockband Heisskalt die ersten Musiker beim Independent-Label unter Vertrag genommen. Diese veröffentlichte am 11. Januar 2013 ihre zweite EP Mit Liebe gebraut in einer limitierten Auflage von 5.000 Einheiten über Chimperator Department sowie in Kooperation mit dem Independent-Musikvertrieb Groove Attack. Mit der Sängerin Lary folgte am 1. September 2013 die zweite Verpflichtung des Labels. Als erste Veröffentlichung Larys erschien am 4. September das Mixtape Lary says zum kostenlosen Herunterladen. Lary trat anschließend im Vorprogramm der Musiker Flo Mega und Ruffcats im Rahmen der Tournee "Mann über Board" auf. Mitte September 2013 schloss Chimperator Department einen Vertriebsvertrag mit Sony Music Entertainment ab. Neben dem Vertrieb der Veröffentlichungen umfasste der Vertrag auch Leistungen des Marketings. Zeitgleich zur Bekanntgabe der Zusammenarbeit mit Sony wurde der Produzent Psaiko.Dino als dritter Künstler präsentiert. Dieser hatte zuvor als Praktikant bei Chimperator Productions gearbeitet und übernahm anschließend die Rolle des Tournee-Begleiters von Cro und Produzenten.

Die Elektro-Musikerin Elenka wurde Ende Oktober als vierter Künstler unter Vertrag genommen. Neben der Veröffentlichung der digitalen Single Schmetterling absolvierte Elenka Ende 2013 eine Tournee als Vorgruppe der Band Grossstadtgeflüster. Als erste reguläre Album-Veröffentlichung wurde Psaiko.Dinos Album #hangster zunächst für den 8. November 2013 angekündigt, später aber auf den 17. Januar 2014 verschoben. Das erste Musikvideo zum Album erschien zum Stück Klischees, einer Zusammenarbeit mit den Hip-Hop-Musikern Celo & Abdi und SAM. #hangster stieg auf Platz 7 der deutschen Album-Charts ein. Damit stellt es die erste Veröffentlichung von Chimperator Department dar, die sich in den Charts positionieren konnte. Am 21. März 2014 erschien mit Vom Stehen und Fallen das erste reguläre Studioalbum des Gruppe Heisskalt. Mit diesem konnte sie sich auf Rang 29 der deutschen Charts positionieren. Vom März bis Mai 2014 absolvierte Heisskalt eine über 30 Konzerte umfassende Tournee. Anfang Juni 2014 wurde der Popsänger Lot als weiterer Künstler des Labels präsentiert. Zeitgleich veröffentlichte Chimperator Department das Video Du führst Krieg über seinen YouTube-Kanal. Im Sommer 2014 folgte die EP Wie wär's?, auf der Remixe Psaiko.Dinos von Stücken der österreichischen Sängerin Marla Blumenblatt enthalten sind.

Am 30. Juli 2014 wurde eine personelle Erweiterung des Labels bekannt gegeben. So wurde Lana Wittig als neue Künstlermanagerin vorgestellt. Diese war zuvor unter anderem bei der Plattenfirma Motor Music sowie als Managerin der Band I Heart Sharks tätig gewesen. I Heart Sharks wechselten gemeinsam mit Wittig zu Chimperator Department. Darüber hinaus wurde Patricia "Pia" Dünnebier als neue Junior Product Managerin präsentiert. Am 12. September erschienen sowohl FutureDeutscheWelle, das Debütalbum der Sängerin Lary, als auch die EP Warum soll sich das ändern von Lot. Anfang 2015 begleitete Lot die Glücksrezepte-Tour des Sängers Teesy. Anschließend veröffentlichte Chimperator Department unter dem Titel 200 Tage das erste Album von Lot. Dieses stieg auf Platz 100 der deutschen Album-Charts ein. Elenka, deren Anuschka EP bereits im November 2014 erschienen war, veröffentlichte am 22. Mai 2015 ebenfalls ihr Debütalbum mit dem Titel Elenka.

Ab 2015: Umstrukturierung und Kooperationen mit Mediakraft und Warner Music

Drei Jahre nach Gründung des Labels trennte sich Chimperator Department im Juli 2015 vom Unternehmen Chimperator Productions. Damit verbunden erfolgte eine Namensänderung in Department Musik. Zudem übernahm Jan-Simon Wolff die alleinige Geschäftsführung des Independent-Labels. Die strukturellen Änderungen hatten keinen Einfluss auf den Vertriebsvertrag mit Sony Music Entertainment. Im Sommer 2015 folgte darüber hinaus ein Kooperationsvertrag des Labels mit dem Multi-Channel-Network Mediakraft Networks. Dieses ist auf die Verbreitung und Vermarktung von YouTubern spezialisiert. Die Zusammenarbeit beider Unternehmen soll es Künstlern von Mediakraft ermöglichen, Musikalben zu veröffentlichen. Während Department Musik die Labelstrukturen bereitstellt, übernimmt Mediakraft die Online-Vermarktung der Alben. Mit der Single Ab geht's des Zwillingsduos Die Lochis erschien die erste Veröffentlichung dieser Kooperation am 31. Juli 2015.

Am 29. August vertrat die Sängerin Lary im Rahmen des von Stefan Raab initiierten Bundesvision Song Contest 2015 das Bundesland Berlin. Mit ihrem Song Bedtime Blues erreichte sie Platz 11. Mit mehreren Auftritten im deutschen Pavillon war Musikerin Elenka auf der Weltausstellung Expo 2015 im italienischen Mailand vertreten. Ende 2015 folgten die Bedtime Blues Tour von Lary sowie die Veröffentlichung der Singles Bruder vor Luder, dem Titellied des gleichnamigen Films des Duos Die Lochis, und Pockets 2K15 von Psaiko.Dino. Zudem löste Department Musik die Künstlerverträge mit Elenka und Lary auf. Anfang 2016 erschien das Album Anthems von I Heart Sharks als Wiederveröffentlichung. Während I Heart Sharks anschließend bei Department Musik ausschied, erhielten die Bands Miller und Grizzly Künstlerverträge. Bereits am 27. Mai folgte die Veröffentlichung von Grizzlys Debütalbums unter dem Titel Kidlife Crisis. Im Anschluss daran absolvierte die Gruppe mehrere von der Booking-Agentur Extratours Konzertbüro organisierte Konzerte. Mit Vom Wissen und Wollen erschien am 10. Juni 2016 das zweite Studioalbum von Heisskalt. Im Vorfeld war die Band auf Tournee in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz gewesen.

Im Sommer 2016 schloss Department Musik einen langfristigen Vertriebsvertrag mit der Warner Music Group ab. Seitdem übernimmt die Abteilung von Marcus Friedheim den zuvor von Sony Music abgedeckten Vertrieb. Als erstes Produkt aus der Zusammenarbeit mit dem Major-Label ging am 19. August das Debütalbum #zwilling von Die Lochis hervor. Dieses erreichte als erste Veröffentlichung des Independent-Labels Platz 1 der deutschen Albums-Charts. Auch in Österreich konnte die höchste Chart-Position belegt werden. Zudem positionierte sich #zwilling auf Rang 4 der Schweizer Album-Charts. Die Lochis veröffentlichten im Folgenden eine Symphoniker-Edition ihres Albums, absolvierten eine Tournee und wurden mit dem Goldene Kamera Digital Award ausgezeichnet. Im Herbst ging Heisskalt auf die Vom-Wissen-und-Wollen-Tournee zu der die Single Leben wert veröffentlicht wurde.

Ende November 2016 präsentierte Department Musik den Sänger Finn als neuen Künstler. Nach einer Reihe von Singleveröffentlichungen erschien am 10. Februar Finns Album Wie weit. Im Frühjahr ging das Label eine Zusammenarbeit mit der Rockband Loifior und dem Sänger Jannik Brunke ein. Es folgten die Alben Poison Arrows, das die Sängerin Marla Blumenblatt unter dem Pseudonym Marla Pétale aufgenommen hatte, und Neues Glück von Memo an Miller im Oktober 2017. Des Weiteren konzentrierte sich Department Musik auf die Pop-Punk-Band Grizzly. Nach der EP-Veröffentlichung Summer und mehreren Tourneen als Vorband von StaatsPunkrott und den Emil Bulls wurde im Winter das zweite Album der Band angekündigt, das am 19. Januar 2018 unter dem Titel Polaroids erschien. Mit Platz 51 stieg Grizzly erstmals in die Album-Charts ein. Mitte April 2018 unterschrieb der Rapper Kex Kuhl einen Vertrag bei dem Label.

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 Website des Labels

Einzelnachweise

Independent-Label
Musiklabel (Berlin)
Gegründet 2012

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Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve
As an independent reserve, «Shulgan-Tash» was established in 1986, on the territory of the Bashkir reserve. The main goal of creating this reserve was to preserve a very rare native population of Bashkir wild bees.
It should be noted that this is the only one in the world, such a nature reserve, with such an unusual object of protection. But this is not the only task of the reserve, in its functions it is also indicated — the saving of the mountain-taiga ecosystem of the plateau of the Southern Urals.
The site for the reserve was identified in the western part of the South Ural Mountains, at an altitude of about five hundred meters, in the Burzyan district of Bashkortostan. The total area of the reserve is 225 square kilometers. The caste Kapova cave, which was formed due to the Shulgan River, also entered the protected zone of the reserve. The length of the cave along with all the aisles and halls is about three kilometers. Especially valuable in the cave are large halls, where rock carvings of an ancient man were found.
One of the first who drew attention to this territory was the zoologist G.A. Kozhevnikov, he back in 1911 tried to create reserves in Russia, the main principle of which was to become inviolable. The result of his work and incredible efforts was the beginning of the creation of this unique reserve. The place for the reserve is chosen the most suitable, among light coniferous taiga and broad-leaved forests.
Among the inhabitants of the reserve are more than fifty species of mammals, more than 190 species of birds, more than 25 species of fish and many more species of different animals under protection of the law. But all the same the main purpose of the reserve is the research and reproduction of the Burzyan honey bee, which found its place in artificial and natural hollows.
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Discovering Yerevan
A guide to the Berlin of the Caucasus.
Writer Tara Isabella Burton
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia. Photo via Flickr, Marco Zanferrari.
The city's wide boulevards were modeled on those of Paris. Photo via Flickr, Dmitry Karyshev.
The steps of a mosque in Yerevan. Photo via Flickr, Marco Fieber.
The snow-capped Mount Ararat can be soon looming out of the city skyline. Photo via Flickr, ogannes.
"Tbilisi may be the Prague of the Caucasus," Raffi Elliot scoffs, "but Yerevan is the Berlin." We are sitting in Blackberry, a low-lit wood-paneled cocktail bar in a converted art nouveau building on Yerevan's central Abovyan Street. It too, Raffi (a local journalist who also works at Yerevan's Impact Hub) tells me, is a copy of one constructed by the same architect in Tbilisi: just a half-hour flight away.
In recent years, Georgia—Armenia's northern neighbour—has received the lion's share of international attention. Its bohemian capital, Tbilisi, with its cobblestoned streets and splintering wooden balconies, is frequently covered by glossy travel magazines, its relentlessly glamourous nightlife scene scoring mentions in The Guardian and Vogue. But the Soviet-era boulevards of Yerevan, a city of pale pink limestone and brutalist tower-blocks in the dizzying shadow of Mount Ararat, have largely remained undiscovered by mainstream tourism: most of the travellers who come to Armenia are still diaspora Armenians looking to get in touch with their ancestral roots, not discover a hot new nightclub.
But Raffi likes it that way.
Yerevan may not be as immediately glamorous as Tbilisi. But what Raffi calls Yerevan's "DIY" aesthetic—ramshackle bars that open in somebody's basement or living room and spread by word of mouth to the ferociously creative, often foreign-educated members of Yerevan's young urban intelligentsia—keeps the people who fall in love here coming back. The anarchic aesthetic of these hotspots, however, often come with a less-than-efficient approach to bookkeeping, and a cultural tendency towards "instant gratification" can make developing sustainable business hard. Raffi tells the story of one local bar that got so successful that its landlord instantly jacked up the rent, only to close immediately after under the financial strain.
Still, Raffi says, Yerevan always has its current crop of places. He takes me from the central, elegant Opera district—where boutique hotels like The Grand Hotel Yerevan (formerly the Soviet Golden Tulip Hotel, still decorated with Soviet-style murals of traditional Armenian folktales) stand overlooking unsettling contemporary sculptures of arachnids, to what Raffi calls Yerevan's "Williamsburg", just a 10-minute walk away, clustered around Martiros Saryan Street.
Yerevan, a city of pale pink limestone and brutalist tower-blocks in the dizzying shadow of Mount Ararat, has largely remained undiscovered by mainstream tourism
He points out each of his favorite haunts as we pass them, each one relatively recently opened. There's the Calumet Ethnic Lounge Bar, one of the first places in Yerevan to play international and world music. There's the no less cosmopolitan wine bar Tapastan, a mash-up of European and Caucasian cuisine: the fusion menu features not just tapas but international small-plate alternatives: Venetian cicchetti, Armenian patarnar.
But Yerevan's ramshackle charm isn't limited to its nightlife. There's the café scene, of course—when Yerevan was constructed as a modern city, at the turn of the 20th century, its wide boulevards were modeled on those of Paris, and to this day the city's main thoroughfares are lined with Parisian-style outdoor café terrasses. But there is also the riotously strange Cafesjian Center for the Arts, a contemporary art museum located within the reconstructed Soviet-era Cascade Monument, a dreamlike labyrinth of outdoor staircases and gardens, interspersed with surreal sculptures. Outside the city centre, there is the no less phantasmagoric museum of Armenian auteur and filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, whose colour-drenched and whimsical aesthetic suffuses every prop and collage-filled room in this tiny, historic house (Friday nights, the museum doubles as a hangout for Yerevan's hipsters). Everything, I find, is a little bit off-kilter: endearingly, beautifully strange.
But outside Yerevan's city center, traditional Armenian life goes on. The next morning, Raffi and I drive to the first-century pagan Garni Temple, thirty minutes away. The only major site of pre-Christian Armenia—the country was the first in the world to convert to Christianity in 324—the gargantuan, colonnaded Hellenistic-style temple stands at the snow-capped edge of a cliff. Outside, old men sell wolf pelts and taxidermy birds, women in stalls sell pomegranate wine in makeshift jugs.
Today is a special day, I learn. It's the vernal equinox—the day that Armenia's few remaining pagans celebrate the New Year. (Attempts to reconstruct Armenia's pre-Christian traditions first gained popularity in late days of the Soviet Union, where they doubled as a kind of anti-Soviet nationalist resistance). Old men in traditional caps are waiting at the temple steps; young girls in national dress are preparing the steps of a dance.
A group of young men in black skinny jeans with hipster beards arrive with an enormous sound system, along with a sacrificial goat (Neo-paganism, I learn, is as popular with young countercultural Armenians as it is with elderly locals). Bearded men in ceremonial robes, marked with the infinity symbol associated with the Armenian pagan pantheon, ascend the temple steps, along with the ritual objects—a tree, a circular loaf of bread—associated with the New Year.
The music plays: a mashup of traditional music and Eastern European-style electronica. The men, old and young alike, begin to sing in praise of Anahit, the water goddess, and the war god Vahagan.
The young men take out their phones, start snapping photos. One records the songs on video. The women start to dance.
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XponentialWorks and the Collaborative Road to Upgrading Additive Manufacturing
By Sarah Goehrke on December 4th, 2018 in interview, printer, Software
Tags: collaboration, formnext, generative, interview, lattice, mesostructure, Nexa3D, optimization, ParaMatters, sla, software, speed, XponentialWorks
A 3D printed part designed with ParaMatters' generative design software [Image: Fabbaloo]
The companies in the XponentialWorks portfolio are looking to enhance performance in generative design and additive manufacturing.
At formnext 2018, XponentialWorks highlighted the latest from Nexa3D, ParaMatters, NXT Factory, and Techniplas. XponentialWorks Founder, Chairman, and CEO Avi Reichental walked me through the newest offerings.
XponentialWorks at formnext 2018 with Techniplas, Nexa3D, NXT Factory, and ParaMatters [Image: Fabbaloo]
"This whole space is encumbered by size, speed, and scale," Reichental said as we began our chat near the newest 3D printers from Nexa3D.
"After last year's formnext, we looked at our tech. We began to iterate, and focus on breaking barriers in size, speed, and scale. We looked at our tech and thought: What would it look like if we scaled it big? How big is big? There's a combination of light engine and membrane technology to take full advantage of a significantly larger XY build plate, and to go more significant on Z. What could we bring to market to upgrade additive manufacturing — and do it at at a reasonable price point, that was easy to own and operate?"
With a long and storied history in the 3D printing industry, Reichental noted with a smile that he's "been doing this longer than most" and acknowledged that "it's hard for me to get excited" about announcements these days. The lingering end to that sentence was a large "but…" as he gestured to the NXE 400 ultra-fast SLA production printer.
Nexa3D Chief Product Officer Izhar Medalsy joined the conversation to look at the particulars of the new speedy machine. It was built, he explained, to meet market needs as the team had worked to deeply understand what users wanted and needed.
Demonstrating a full build tray of upscaled dental screws, Medalsy noted that the build size and speed can compare to injection molding, with 100 pieces 3D printed in 10 minutes, breaking down to six seconds per element. The wash and cure cycle needed for that build is just 30 minutes before the parts are "ready to go," Reichental added. Coming back to his earlier point about accessible technology, the base model (with a 7L resin volume) sells for about $20K, while the 3D printer on the show floor (with a 16L volume) was at about the $50K mark.
"It's a streamlined process," Medalsy said. "Our software is based on voxel technology, and the printer focus is on user experience."
With 4K resolution — "In a world of 'fake news' where others will say that 3800 is 4K, this is really 4K," Reichental said — the prints coming off the NXE 400 did show very fine detail indeed. The system is automation-ready, Medalsy noted, as the team have been "mindful of the need for automation, that can give the right kind of washing, the right amount of curing, for each geometry."
"For us, this is a very exciting development," Reichental said. "It's been nearly two and a half years, and this is really our coming out now with this labor of love. Small and potentially large enterprises could see use, as some of these could be small end-use parts. We can't get yet to CNC tolerances, but can meet injection molding. A lot of people talk micron resolution that doesn't translate to part tolerances; they mean their system. We are now at the level of average injection molding tolerances, finish, and speed, that show in the parts."
Turning to another side of the booth, we looked next to software with ParaMatters.
During formnext, ParaMatters introduced the second generation of CogniCAD, its autonomous, cloud-based generative design software.
ParaMatters CTO Michael Bogomolny and XponentialWorks CEO Avi Reichental demonstrate CogniCAD software at formnext 2018 [Image: Fabbaloo]
ParaMatters Co-Founder and CTO Michael Bogomolny joined us as Reichental and I looked to the benefits of generative design and the incorporation of mesostructure.
"We believe our generative design works," Bogomolny said simply. "You want to get a full design from it, and not do so manually. It's compatible with all CAD solutions. We solve real engineering problems."
While lattices are a very popular structure in additive design and feature regularly in geometries we see emerging from generative design, they are not the most practical. Biomimicry provided what ParaMatters sees as a stronger solution with mesostructure optimization.
"Mesostructure is aligned with the principal stresses a design faces. You cannot model this manually," he said.
Blending topology optimization with optimal porosity, ParaMatters says its CogniCAD solution mimics the strength and structures of nature, as demonstrated by the structure of bones. For practical use of such design, Reichental pointed to aerospace, where fail-safe structural design is a must.
"We are beginning to really unlock the code of what nature patented millions of years ago," he said. "We didn't design it; we derived it, computationally and mathematically. There are 60 million finite element points to this engine, and there isn't a human being alive who could design this. It goes beyond mere mortals' capabilities. It's a glimpse into the future. We are beginning to see what happens when personal AI in an engineering sense helps with complex designs ready for additive manufacturing. Generative will become fully autonomous, and in the future we will see the designer as assistance to this design."
Bogomolny walked me through a quick demo of CogniCAD, showing with a few quick clicks how designs were generated — and then pulling those parts off a nearby shelf to see the real-world results. The 3D printed designs offered the increasingly-familiar look of structures made via generative design, and the infill in them was more akin to the inner structure of a human bone than to the lattices seen in countless other booths' displays.
With strength in design and a portfolio interest in listening to the industry's needs and developing marketable solutions, the companies working under the XponentialWorks umbrella are coming together to showcase interesting looks into a generative, additive future.
Via XponentialWorks, Nexa3D, and ParaMatters
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Sarah Goehrke is a Special Correspondent for Fabbaloo, via a partnership with Additive Integrity LLC. Focused on the 3D printing industry since 2014, she strives to bring grounded and on-the-ground insights to the 3D printing industry. Sarah served as Fabbaloo's Managing Editor from 2018-2021 and remains active in the industry through Women in 3D Printing and other work.
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Home Events Wan-Ifra appeal to help Afghan journalists
Wan-Ifra appeal to help Afghan journalists
Afghan journalist appeal
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Wan-Ifra appeals to the international community of news publishers willing to help secure meaningful work for the hundreds, likely thousands, of displaced journalists and media workers forced into exile by the dramatic resurgence of the Taliban.
The world has watched in shock and growing disbelief at the rapidity of events over the past two weeks. Many Wan-Ifra's members have been in touch to ask how they can support colleagues and contribute to the ongoing, desperate efforts to evacuate journalists and their families.
Until now, all efforts have concentrated on extracting the maximum number of journalists before the deadline set by the US military of 31st August, beyond which they will no longer provide security for those looking to leave from the airport in Kabul. However, attention is already shifting to those left behind. Our community has a crucial role in the weeks and months to come when attention turns from emergency evacuation to finding host countries for those forced to flee. Especially when it comes to securing meaningful work for the hundreds, likely thousands, of displaced journalists forced into exile by the dramatic resurgence of the Taliban.
For those in a position to help even just one journalist, Wan-Ifra can support them in making that happen. We commit to coordinating with our many partners in the journalist support community to match the offers of assistance with those in need. News organisations that can employ Afghan journalists or media workers, host their families, and contribute to their resettlement, can COMPLETE THIS FORM to give us a clearer picture of what they may offer.
Current needs
At this stage, the focus is on getting people out of Afghanistan as quickly as possible to safe, albeit temporary, bases. Very soon, however, attention will shift to where these individuals and their families will move on to long-term resettlement, which countries will open their doors, and how quickly they can secure safe passage.
Wan-Ifra works with organisations across the safety of journalists and media development fields with specific expertise and mandates to undertake the arduous task of identifying, vetting and clearing journalists to board the few remaining flights out of the country. Many of these organisations have offices in Afghanistan and local staff who have also been caught up in this terrible situation.
The Journalists In Distress Group (notably CPJ, the Rory Peck Trust, Free Press Unlimited) have been doing an immense job of compiling lists and identifying those in need and securing flights out of Kabul; the international Safety of Journalists coalition, the ministerial-level Media Freedom Coalition, and the ACOS Alliance have, in turn, been playing their role. Wan-Ifra is an active member of all of these networks.
Host journalists in your newsroom
Conducting meaningful work and continuing to exercise skills and professional capacities are a vital part of navigating the incredible upheaval of a life of exile. If you can offer Afghan colleagues the chance to continue working as journalists, then Wan-Ifra will connect you to those looking for a new place to call home.
Contribute funds to support journalists and their families
We appreciate that not every newsroom is in the position to consider adding Afghan colleagues to their ranks. Instead, we would ask you to consider making a donation to a dedicated Afghan Media Support Fund that Wan-Ifra is administering, for use exclusively in assisting Afghan colleagues.
This is where the Wan-Ifra community can be most effective. Therefore, we invite media professionals who wish to support this initiative to consider their internal capacities, assess what they may offer, and get in touch to discuss the details.
If you think you can help, read the full text of Wan-Ifra's Afghan Journalist Appeal and complete or share this form to give us a clearer picture of the support we can receive.
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Or, you can sit at a desk and take what comes along. But don't tell me you're headhunting. You're not a headhunter. You're passive, like the employer's HR department that does the same. And the quality gaffe you're making is that you have settled — you have not hunted, found or recruited. You've made a forced choice.
A forced choice is when an array of options is put before you by someone else, and you pick one. You've settled for what's been offered to you, rather than exploring the universe of possible candidates. That makes you a passive headhunter, or a passive employer. You have no idea at all who the best candidates are, because you're not seeking them. You are entertaining those who choose to come to you.
In the social sciences, what I referred to earlier as a quality problem is called a selection effect. The pool of possible candidates is subject to a selection bias. The source of candidates that armchair recruiters choose from narrows and limits their choices. Worse, the job boards are a perfect example of self-selection. That is, the pool is limited by the very people who choose to be a part of it. (Perhaps companies should pay those who post their resumes, since they — not the headhunter — are the actual source of a hire made via a job board.) And that contradicts the entire intention of headhunting or recruiting. There is simply no way recruiters can claim they are bringing the best people to their clients. And that raises the question of why headhunters or recruiters should be paid anything but a wage for sorting through what comes along.
It also begs the question, to what extent does a company's success or failure stem from misconceived recruiting practices? If your board of directors knows your employee selection methods are so constrained, why would it fund your recruiting operations? Investors' money is not being put to optimal use. The business plan is limited by a limited hiring process.
A lot of good people post their resumes on job boards, and good people apply for jobs off the street. They may even be a great fit for a particular job. But you don't know whether they're the best or the most suited for the job, do you? Not until you go out and look. Not until you go out and hunt.
If you're the person being passively "recruited" — either because you put your resume on a board, or because you responded to an ad — consider the career implications of this passive process. You are likely not the best person for the job, merely the one who appeared. Thus, the job is likely not the fit you should be pursuing. Do you really believe that someone who is sorting key words on thousands of resumes — sorting "who comes along" — has any idea what the best job is for you? That recruiter believes there are hundreds of candidates for the job in question — but do you believe there are 400 jobs for you? (There aren't.) You can face the guardian of the gate, or you can get past the guard. I'm convinced the single biggest reason people go job hunting is that they took the wrong job to begin with, simply because "it happened." People talk themselves into what comes along every day. They pay for it later, and so do their employers.
When a headhunter is involved in filling a job, the headhunter has a responsibility to the candidate. For the job candidate, career success is about choice and control — not forced choice. A headhunter whose placements are made through forced choice winds up, over the long run, with unhappy placements — and loses the best sources of the best future referrals.
When you go out into the world to seek the best workers, then you're an active headhunter, recruiter, or employer. Your choices are not limited to what comes along. You are creating your own choices by actively exploring the universe of options. That's what makes real headhunters and recruiters worth the enormous fees they charge.
If you're picking candidates from a self-selected, biased pool, you're not headhunting or recruiting, and your services are not worth $10,000, $30,000, $50,000 or more per hire.
There's an appropriate function for what some "headhunters" do – it's done by an HR consultant. These folks are hired on contract to work in the HR department, to sort online resumes. Some are quite good at it, and it's a legitimate job IF the company uses the boards to "recruit." But there's no need to pay a $20,000 fee to fill a position that way.
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Cabinet tomorrow should make public in toto without censorship the full 433-page report of the Police Royal Commission
(Parliament, Tuesday): The Cabinet tomorrow should make public in toto without censorship the full 433-page report of the Royal Commission on the Police Force which was submitted to the Yang di Pertuan Agong and the Prime Minister last Friday.
In a genuine information society, there should have been no need for the Prime Minister to present the report to the Cabinet for a decision whether it is to be made public, in full or in part.
In a country which practices good governance, accountability and transparency, a report of a commission of inquiry should be public property at the first available opportunity – which is simultaneously it is presented to the King and/or Prime Minister - and the question of whether the government-of-the-day having to decide whether to make it public, in full or in part, should not arise.
The objective of the Police Royal Commission of Inquiry is to restore public confidence in the efficiency, professionalism and integrity of the police force, and any attempt to suppress or deny to the public any portion of the commission report will only give rise to suspicion that the government has things to hide about the police record or performance – which will defeat the very purpose of the establishment of the Commission.
The failure last August to make public the interim report of the Police Royal Commission – with the Deputy Internal Security Minister, Datuk Noh Omar publicly breaking his promise made in Parliament to give me a copy – is a blow to the credibility and integrity of the Commission, which should not be aggravated by another attempt to suppress any part of the report or delay in its publications.
Today is World Press Freedom Day 2005. The Cabinet should honour the fundamental principle of press freedom by upholding the freedom of information of all Malaysians and make two policy decisions tomorrow:
Immediate release in full of the 433-page Police Royal Commission Report, with its 125 recommendations and all the appendices.
All future reports of commissions of inquiry would be fully made public simultaneously on the day it is submitted to the authorities.


This Meal Prep Thai Basil Chicken is a healthy stir fry idea that doubles as an easy 30-minute dinner or the perfect make-ahead lunch – it's slightly spicy and packed with fresh herbs!
Meal prepping is a great way to save time, especially when your days are super busy! And there's nothing better than this Thai Basil Chicken skillet to save you a little bit of time in the kitchen. The last thing you want to do after a long day is walk in the door and spend an hour getting dinner ready.
Not with this Thai Basil Chicken!
What does Thai basil taste like?
Thai basil is used in a lot of Asian dishes, especially in Southeast Asia.
The flavour of fresh Thai basil is a bit peppery; a lot like black licorice or anise, but the longer it cooks, the sweeter the taste becomes.
But don't worry – if you can't find Thai basil then feel free to sub in regular basil or another fresh herb such as cilantro. It will taste just as good!
OK, let's talk a little bit about this meal prep Thai Basil Chicken recipe.
It's a slightly spicy chicken dinner, sort of like a chicken stir fry, with loads of fresh veggies! I use onions, red bell pepper, and red chile peppers. The recipe is pretty versatile, so If you want to swap out the peppers and use mushrooms instead, go for it! Or use both! Maybe you want a bit more green color – add a bit of broccoli. Make the dish the way you and your family like it.
The sauce for Thai basil chicken uses simple but flavourful ingredients. I make it with soy sauce, oyster sauce, some brown sugar, and garlic.
How do you meal prep and not get bored?
I doubt that I will ever get tired of making meals ahead, but I totally get that some of you may feel this way.
For some people, maybe the thought of meal prep means eating the same meals or flavours several times throughout the same week. Let me assure you; this is NOT TRUE at all! Have you SEEN this Thai Basil Chicken?!
As an example, you can cook a whole chicken at the beginning of the week (or buy a rotisserie chicken) then use it to create several make-ahead meals that all use chicken. Maybe put together this Thai Basil Chicken using the thighs and Chicken Souvlaki Bowls using the breast.
You'll have three completely different dinners, all with amazing flavour, and all of them will be ready to heat and eat. But here's something that some people forget; a lot of meal prep meals can be frozen, allowing you to eat them days or even weeks later!
Meal prep doesn't have to be boring at all!
Can you use regular basil instead of Thai basil?
If you aren't able to find fresh Thai basil at the grocery store, check your local Asian market for it. Using regular sweet basil as a substitute is possible, but the flavor will be less intense, and much sweeter than with Thai basil. You may want to add some more sweet basil to enhance the flavours of the Thai basil chicken.
Grab some glass meal prep bowls if you plan on packing this Thai Basil Chicken up for lunch.
And of course, I get all my free-range chicken from Butcher Box!
This Meal Prep Thai Basil Chicken is a healthy stir fry idea that doubles as an easy 30-minute dinner or the perfect make-ahead lunch - it's slightly spicy & packed with fresh herbs!
Mix all sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside. Meanwhile, get rice, water and butter cooking in a rice cooker while making the rest of the recipe.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, shallots (or onion), chili pepper and a pinch of salt, sauteeing for 4-5 minutes until chicken is lightly browned. Add red pepper and cook another 2 minutes until peppers are tender.
Add sauce and saute for 2 minutes until chicken is completely heated through. Turn off heat and stir in basil leaves.
Serve by spooning chicken mixture and sauce over cooked rice, then garnish with sesame seeds and lime wedges if desired. Serve and enjoy!


These symptoms all indicate urgent or emergency situations and require immediate veterinary care. Should you notice any of these symptoms, please call Boca Park Animal Hospital immediately.
We recommend spaying and neutering between 6-7 months of a age for all females and small males. For large males, we recommend waiting till 1 year of age to decrease joint problems. Our veterinarians will review this information with you and discuss which breeds may want to consider an alternate plan.
Early socialization is one of the most important aspects of puppy care. It involves getting your puppy started at 10-12 weeks in a puppy class with a veterinary recommended trainer. Puppies will go through some very important developmental stages as early as 8-12 weeks. It is super important that your puppy experiences safe and varied socializing during this time involving people, dogs, and various situations. While many owners feel that they have the experience necessary to provide good socializing, there is no substitute for a puppy class with a good trainer.
During your puppy's visits to our hospital, we will help to identify problem behaviors and help you understand how to deter your puppy from developing bad habits. We will discuss any concerns you may have and offer solutions. We will also provide the information you can take home so that everyone in your family can do their part in helping to encourage positive puppy behaviors.
For example, dogs lacking socialization skills are much more likely to react with fear or aggression to unfamiliar people, animals, and experiences. Dogs who are relaxed about honking horns, cats, cyclists, veterinary examinations, crowds, and long stairwells are easier and safer to live with than dogs who find these situations threatening. Well-socialized dogs also live much more relaxed, peaceful and happy lives than dogs who are constantly stressed out by their environments.
From 8-12 weeks of age, puppies are most comfortable learning new behaviors, having new experiences, and meeting new people or animals. They still might become frightened, but you can help by regulating new situations and providing supportive positive feedback when fear occurs. After 12 weeks of age, puppies begin to become less tolerant of new situations, people, and animals, making socialization and obedience training more difficult as time goes on.


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Q: regular expression limit hex number length by using OR I want to limit the length of hex number to 4 OR 8. For example:
0x0001 is valid (4 hex numbers)
0x0001001F is valid (8 hex numbers)
0x00012 is invalid (5 hex numbers)
I can validate a hex number with length of n (n is 4 or 8) by using
Regex.IsMatch("0x0001", "^0x[0-9a-fA-F][{n}$");

How to achieve this OR operation, say either 4 or 8, not from 4 to 8?

A: "Or" is represented by | in regex. Your regex would therefore look like
0x([0-9a-fA-F]{4}|[0-9a-fA-F]{8})

Another way would be to make the last four digits optional using ?. This would lead to
0x[0-9a-fA-F]{4}([0-9a-fA-F]{4})?


None of these are fixing the issue for my particular system. It always comes back. The hardest part about troubleshooting this issue is how sporadic it is. It happens every other time the user logs in.
The only other fix I have not tried yet is the hotfix Fix379913. I don't want to install this until I have exhausted all of my options as this could create more problems.
We have 50+ other computers running Windows 7 on this domain with absolutely 0 issues. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
I suggest you can run SFC /scannow in CMD and check the logs located at %windir%\Logs\CBS firstly. This process helps to scan and fix the corrupted files. Install the hotfix on a computer is also a way to address your login problem, don't worry about it.
Did it only happen on the particular pc? If all the accounts logon on this pc will lead to the error, I consider it is related to the system issue. You can try to In-Place Upgrade or clean install to repair the system. During an In-Place Upgrade, existing user settings are retained as well as installed app.
If it only happens on the particular account, I consider that it is related to the user profile. You can try to delete the user profile and restart the pc.
Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help.
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We Must Begin With Presuppositions: 60 Minutes Interview on the Haditha Killings
Posted in Ethics, Haditha, Iraq, Marine Corp, Military, Presupposition on March 18, 2007| 1 Comment »
Today on 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley interviewed Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich about the his personal account and explanation of the 24 killed in Haditha, Iraq.
I will not comment on the killings because a court martial will provide the witness accounts, documents, and statements necessary to justify or condemn the Marines' actions at Haditha back in November 2005. What I would like to comment on the revealed presupposition by Scott Pelley or 60 Minutes.
The questions demonstrated a total lack of understanding, illustrated by the type of questions posed. Though I do not expect a civilian to understand why serviceman are sometimes forced to chose the risk of civilian deaths, Scott Pelley's line of questioning reveal that 60 Minutes is not really implying the guilt of Wuterich but implying guilt of the rules of engagement in general. In other words, their attacking the entire worldview that justifies warfare.
From first loaded question to last question, Wuterich is asked to justify and explain the tactics and the result of those tactics. Why do I say loaded? Because they demonstrate a presumption implying war is wrong because the way warfare is waged is wrong.
For example, when discussing the justification of Wuterich's decision to assault the house south of his position:
"This building was right in the line of sight of this explosion here," Wuterich says.
"You did not see fire coming from the house, correct?" asks Pelley.
"I did not see muzzle flashes coming from the house, correct," Wuterich replies.
If he didn't hear rounds coming from the house, how did he identify the house as a threat?
"Because that was the only logical place that the fire could come through seeing the environment there."
Similarly, leading up to the narrative of the assault of the house, Pelley asks Wuterich to explain the justification of kicking in the door and throwing a grenade in the house:
"Frank, help me understand. You're in a residence, how do you crack a door open and roll a grenade into a room?" Pelley asks.
"At that point, you can't hesitate to make a decision. Hesitation equals being killed, either yourself or your men," he says.
"But when you roll a grenade in a room through the crack in the door, that's not positive identification, that's taking a chance on anything that could be behind that door," Pelley says.
"Well that's what we do. That's how our training goes," he says.
The questions and follow-up questions reveal Pelley has a problem with the way warfare is waged- the tactics. Pelley finds throwing a grenade in the room before clearing the room problematic. Pelly's question implies Wuterich ought to have look in the room to get "positive identification" of the enemy before throwing a grenade inside.
Pelley later goes on to list the dead, then asks Wuterich to explain the deaths.
In the second house was the Younis family. A 41-year-old man, a 35-year-old woman, a 28-year-old woman, and the children — Noor, 14; Sabah, 9; Zaineb, 3; and Aisha, 2. They were all killed by Wuterich's men.
How does he explain that?
"We reacted to how we were supposed to react to our training and I did that to the best of my ability. You know the rest of the Marines that were there, they did their job properly as well. Did we know that civilians were in there? No. Did we go in those rooms, you know, it would have been one thing, if we went in those rooms and looked at everyone and shot them. You know, we cleared these houses the way they were supposed to be cleared," he says.
What I find foolish is the question assuming that Wuterich could even explain the deaths in the first place. The question wasn't sincere. The question wasn't asking really to explain how they died, but WHY. Outside a Christian worldview, no one can explain why 2 year-old dies much less why the 3 children, Noor, Zaineb, and Aisha died.
The interview was never meant to give a personal account of what happened. Rather, all the questions reveal a presupposition, not about the Haditha killings at all, but rather of the tactics and the way war ought to be fought.
The loaded questions clearly reveal and were based on the assumption that war and the tatics in war were wrong. Thus, in reality, no explanation by Wuterich, or any military official for that matter, would justify throwing a grenade into a room before entering to 60 Minutes or Scott Pelley's satisfaction.
Though Pelley might deny such presuppositions, the questions, follow-up questions, and reactions to the answers reveal the assumption that the actions taken by Wuterich are unexplainable, unjustifiable, and immoral to begin with- that's why these particular questions were asked.
The most clear indication of the their presuppositions is the question posed to Wuterich's attorneys:
"In an insurgency situation, Marines don't get a second chance If they aren't able to fire first, they die," says Neil Puckett, who, along with Mark Zaid, are Wuterich's civilian attorneys.
How can they make the argument that these killings are within the law?
"They're within the law because they were not done without legal justification or excuse," Puckett says. "They were done in a combat environment, in a tactical situation, in order to protect the lives of the remaining Marines who survived the IED that day. And that makes them lawful."
Zaid adds: "And these three one Marines knew — their buddies and colleagues who had tried to do similar take downs of houses where they tried, in fact, to knock first and shoot later. And the Marines who tried that were dead."
What the dialogue above reveals is the arbitrariness and wishful thinking of how warfare ought to be. How do the question posers even assume that there are laws that ought to be followed? Because a bunch of law writers made them? Social convention? When war is fought, people are disagreeing so much, they are willing to kill each other over it! Do people follow laws when they are willing to kill? And if they don't, what then? And if they do, what is reasonable and unreasonable? According to whom? According to what standard?
Further in the interview, 60 Minutes, asked several more questions regarding the tactics:
"Are there circumstances under which you'd declare an entire house hostile and go in with the intention of just killing everyone inside?"
Donovan Campell, a Reserve Captain interviewed separately, answered:
"You have to have the context of heavy enemy involvement in the area and then I think you have to have a more specific operating context that deals specifically with that house. You know there are several insurgents inside and you need to go in and get them out because they are attacking you."
(In other words: Yes if one, in the past, you were attacked and you know the enemy are involved in the general area and two, if more specifically you resonably believe insurgents to be inside the house. ) To which Pelley predicatably responded with the question:
"How do you know?"
The end reaffirmed that the interview was really about the tactics and justification of the tactics rather than the killings in Haditha:
"What I did that day, the decisions that I made, I would make those decisions today," he says.
"What I'm talking about is the tactical decisions. It doesn't sit well with me that women and children died that day,"
In the end, Scott Pelley asked if Wuterich wanted to apologize, to which Wuterich responded:
"There is nothing that I can possibly say to make up or make well the deaths of those women and children and I am absolutely sorry that that happened that day."
In closing, when two different worldviews have different starting points for morality and ethics, the argument becomes endless controversey talking about the individual points and scenarios instead of arguing over the presuppositions or fundamental standard of what is right and wrong, of what is true and not true. Thus unfortunately, Wuterich's original intention to defend against the accusations of being a baby-killer and monster were fruitless because they did not deal with the presuppositions.
As a sidenote, I want to point out I'm not defending Wuterich's actions. Thus, if the court-martial finds him guilty, it would show that Wuterich and the other Marines were not justified in using the tactics, not that in general, the tactics are not justifiable.
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Churros + French toast = everything.
2.Cut bread into large square pieces.
3.Mix eggs, milks, brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla in a bowl.
4.Crush cornflakes in a baggie, pour into shallow dish, and set aside.
5.Heat skillet with about 1 tablespoon of butter.
6.Dip bread into egg mixture on all sides.
8.Grill on all sides until golden brown in skillet.
9.Immediately roll in cinnamon sugar mixture.
10.Serve with syrup or chocolate sauce for dipping.