Since our little Matt is already in school and as parents, we are thinking on how make his snacks at school healthy and be sure that he will really love it. This is one of the reasons why Mommy allowed me to have a baking oven at home.
Instead of buying ready-made biscuits, cupcakes and other baked products, I made some two Sundays ago (late post due to very busy workload) and Matt loves the finished product. Hindi nga umabot ng one week. Aside from school baon, meryenda din sa bahay. Next time to make it more appealing, I will make different shapes.
A mommy ordered these three character hats.
Tired of cooking the usual adobo? Why not try the Adobo sa Dilaw? Yes, dilaw. Your adobo will be yellow rather than the usual black or brown.
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Hello everyone! It's been a while since I posted here. Daddy Allan is the one who posts a lot here lately. But all are good at the tummy naman so it's just okay right? Soon, his kitchen adventure will be upgraded as he already have his much wished for... Hmm, I will let him show them to you na lang.
Meanwhile, I will share with you our latest crochet collection. One of our school mates living in Canada ordered a set of crochet Minion for her baby, who's still inside her tummy by the way.
This is the crochet Minion booties I made.
is to live a life that nourishesyour highest truth."
I took this shot in a by-pass road in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija.


I experience seeing the "real" world beyond this physical, sensate one. I can see what is behind the veil into the Spirit world. I can see, with my physical eyes, that is, perceive, the so-called "unseen." Why is that?
I can see the "unseen" world of Spirit because I am a part of the "unseen" world myself. I have one foot in the "unseen" world of Spirit and one foot in the physical or seen world of every day appearances. How is this possible?
It is possible for me to be in both the "unseen" and seen worlds because I am a connector of these worlds, as in, I embody the bridge the connects the soul/Spirit world to this, physical world. I am vibrating a frequency that is high enough for me to be conscious soul/Spirit while at the same time being in a physical body. It's like being in Heaven while you're still alive. I can see the auras of everything from humans to trees. I can see angels and disembodied spirits. I can feel into everything from buildings to the wind whom I call Mariah. I can hear, feel and smell beings from the "unseen" world who come to visit me. I can talk to the dead and they talk back to me. The biggest reason I can see into the "unseen" world is because of my alien sensitivity that allows me the capacity to have the awareness and perception to see beyond the physical.
The one thing I can tell you about having the ability to be in both worlds is that it is NOT weird, scary, demonic, evil, taboo or wrong. There are worlds, parallel universes, dimensions and consciousnesses that exist outside of our own, limited physical matrix. I can easily tap into these and I have learned much wisdom, Love and healing from my ability to do so. What I think is weird is the fear with which humans approach the "unseen" world.


I like Douglas Adams' analogy for this same situation — the puddle that observes that it dwells in a space that is perfectly suited for it — why, it fits inside this space as if this space was made just for it! Therefore someone or something created this space just for it! Rather than, the puddle adapted itself to fit into the space now enclosing it. Like lifeforms adapt (evolve) to fit into the environments that contain them. Q.E.D.
Amberkatt: I agree, the analogy is an excellent one. Matt actually used it on the live program.Lucas: No problem.
I forgot to mention that an even better example to use in conversations with live apologists is "Alien Abduction." While Santa has the benefit of being a known nonexistent item, AA is most often viewed by anyone you might encounter as the realm of nutters. But it has all of the evidence of Christianity and more:1. Witnesses who seem otherwise credible. These aren't people locked in nut houses. They're working people, wives, mothers, husbands, etc. As the apologists say, "Why would they lie?" And, better than the Bible, all these people are living NOW. We don't have copies of translations of copies of translations to go by–we have firsthand eye witness testimony (the Bible says 2 witnesses is all it takes to prove your case).2. Martyrs. They suffer for their claims. They are considered nut cases and ridiculed. Why would someone _want_ to be considered a crackpot when they could easily just hide their belief and avoid persecution. Sure this means it has to be a true claim?3. Expert support & personal credibility. Harvard professor/psychiatrist John Mack (who even won a Pulitzer) began speaking to Alien Abductees, and subsequently went from studying a psychological phenomena to affirming there was no psychological explanation for the tales. Some of his biggest "mysteries" were (1) that so many people could present such similar stories independently, (2) that these people were so strongly "changed" by their encounters, and (3) that most of them had no other psychological problems Mack could find–they seemed quite sane by our standards. ALL of these are arguments Xians use to back their view that Xianity must be real. It's the "Lord, liar, lunatic" apologetic: They are persecuted if they lie–so no identifiable reason to lie. They were shown to not be insane. So their claims must be true.4. Why would so many people believe it if it wasn't true? No, it's not a majority–but it's certainly enough that we've all seen the interviews. We are all familiar with the tales. And Mack certainly had a supply of subjects to choose from. Christians say, using LLL apologetic, that the people reporting miracles can't be lunatics–because how could so many people be lunatics? If that's valid–then Xians have no basis to reject the AA phenomenon.5. People claiming AA also have physical evidence–pieces of metal removed from their bodies in what they claim are well documented surgical procedures. Photographs certainly abound–is there anyone who HASN'T seen at at least one photo of an alien space craft? Etc. This is MORE than Xianity can present.In fact, the reality that the witnesses are LIVE (not old, revised testimonies from unverified/unknown authors), and that there is physical evidence to back their claims, shows that not only does the AA phenomena meet all the criteria Xians use to present that their belief is "true"–it goes _further_.
Just to clarify #4: It establishes that there is a phenomona of mass delusion among otherwise sane people. Something Xians claim is impossible to believe. (Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot and Ghosts would be further examples).


Eric Bruton, Clocks & Watches (Paul Hamlyn, 1968). Some interesting words and phrases in the index: souscription, verge escapement, Oignon, Lancet clock, Shortt, 'Kew A' Certificate, Huygen's rope drive, Sidereal time, etc. Good section on magic lanterns and sun and moon dials.
Simon's Rock Early College, for precocious tenth and eleventh graders. Pictures from Mosaic magazine, circa 1976.
Cool event happening tomorrow (Tues) in New York. The Milan-based duo Tumble is playing at Fotofono in Brooklyn. I saw them last week and was blown away. Fractured percussion and electronics, straight out of The Feed-back. When I saw them they would occasionally take the speakers out of their cabinets and let them vibrate on the snare drum (!) Super nice guys too. More info on the drummer's blog.
Ken Garland's Galt Toys catalogue from 1969/1970, now available in an exclusive reprint from Trunk Records. Thanks Jonny! And thanks Ken Garland! Check out more of Garland's design work here. Er, you may see something familiar.
Czech sunshine pop musical from 1973, directed by Věra Plívová-Šimková. Watch here. Some naff tunes but also some good ones -- I put the opening credits in a mix a while ago. Here's another catchy one.
Richard Addison, Children Make Music (Holmes-McDougall, 1967) Another one for the school music curriculum. Includes a supplementary 7" with sketches and spells from Pendower Infants' School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (40 children aged 7) and Heslerton C.E. School, E. Yorks (16 children aged 7-11). All music composed and performed by the children using chime bars, home-made instruments, recorders, rhythm sticks and body sounds. Design by Gillian Humphrys.
Juliet Berto in Jacques Rivette's Out 1. Thank god it's Friday. Happy weekend!
Here's a fun one. Sort of a Jewish version of The Langley Schools Music Project. This album makes me think of the tone deaf stoner preparing for his bar mitzvah in the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man. It's actually not bad though -- check out the farfisa and fuzz guitar action. And some of the singing reminds me of the Peanuts gang crooning away for Vince Guaraldi. At the very end of the clip there is a spoken word bit that instantly reduces me to a giggling third grader. "The messiah will not come..."


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EXCLUSIVE: Camille Grammer 'Itching' to Come Back to 'RHOBH' Full-Time and 'Really Happy' With New Boyfriend
By Brice Sander 2:30 PM PDT, March 14, 2017
Camille Grammer really wants to hold a Real Housewives diamond again.
"Yes, I do!" Camille gushes to ET. "Of course I have the itch to come back. Now I do. The more and more I'm on, I feel like I'm ready. I feel like I can handle it. I feel like I can handle the drama again."
The 48-year-old was, of course, a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' first two seasons. She has made regular guest appearances since, popping up quite often in the current seventh season.
WATCH: Camille Grammer Gives Cancer Update: 'I Have Survived It, I Am a Warrior'
"I needed a break for a little while," she admits. "You know, divorce, cancer. Those things were difficult, and I had to get through that. I didn't want to play the cancer stuff on camera, but I want to support the foundation I work with, so I think it's really a great platform, doing Housewives, to get the word out there to support below-the-belt cancers, and the Foundation for Women's Cancer."
Lucky for Camille, Housewives executive producer Andy Cohen tells ET the network "always wants Camille."
"I think Camille got burned season one, because she really just let it all rip," he says. "And then after that, I think she's been a little gun shy. You know, there's always a place for her … Camille was always someone I wanted to see back."
"We're actually in a really good place where you kind of have people come back," Andy adds. "Hopefully you're going to see more familiar faces in every city."
WATCH: Kyle Richards Previews 'Bizarre' RHOBH Reunion -- Walk-offs and Screaming to Come!
EXCLUSIVE: Kyle Richards Previews 'Bizarre' 'RHOBH' Reunion and Hong Kong Trip
Unfortunately, fans won't see Camille at the season seven reunion, which co-star Kyle Richards describes as "bizarre."
"I would've liked to have gone," Camille confesses. "I'm a little disappointed I didn't get a chance to, because I was involved with a lot of filming, and I saw some of the rights and some of the wrongs that were going on. I want to right some of those wrongs. I'm all about justice."
Camille says she really didn't like to see cast members questioning Kim Richards' sobriety.
"Kim's doing great," Camille shares. "She's happy, she's a grandmother. You know, I've known her for several years now, I've seen her ups and downs, and she's glowing, she's happy. She's a glam-mother. She couldn't be happier."
WATCH: Kim Richards Opens Up About Life as a Grandma!
It turns out Camille also couldn't be happier. It was date night for the star when ET caught up with her at the Family Equality Council's Impact Awards on Saturday night. She stepped out with attorney Dave Dubin, her boyfriend of about five months.
"There is a man on my arm," she coos. "It's a great thing … It's going really well. I'm really happy."
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo. Check out the video below to see ET's exclusive home tour with Camille.
EXCLUSIVE: Camille Grammer Shows Off Her $3.2 Million Mansion

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Cry Terror! (1958) Andrew L. Stone
Cry Terror! (1958)
Genre: Crime | Film Noir | Thriller
Country: USA | Director: Andrew L. Stone
Language: English | Subtitles: English (.srt file)
A wife, a daughter, a steady job. Yesterday Jim Molner was an ordinary guy. Today he's a desperate man, frantically trying to save himself and his family, held hostage by a demented terrorist who's demanding $500,000 not to detonate a bomb he's planted on a domestic airliner. James Mason and Rod Steiger head an "A" cast in a jolting, psychology-driven thriller that, like The Desperate Hours, Suddenly and other 1950s films, turns home sweet home into the tense site of a family held hostage. Cry Terror! adds a sweaty layer of sexual tension as well, provided by Angie Dickinson as the terrorist's sinuous moll and Neville Brand as his benny-addled henchman, salivating over Molner's distraught wife (Inger Stevens).
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Home Away: Miguel Zenón Speaks
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Since his first gig at The Jazz Gallery in 2000, Miguel Zenón has been an integral part of the Gallery community. Countless concerts, residencies, events… He and his wife even had their baby shower here. The Jazz Gallery, says Miguel, is his home in New York. Currently in Puerto Rico, Miguel spoke with us via phone about how his life has changed since the pandemic, and got us up to speed on all of his new online projects.
The Jazz Gallery: Thanks for making a little time, Miguel. How are you doing? Are the people you know healthy and safe?
Miguel Zenón: Yeah, we're okay. I have some friends and some family members who have gotten sick at some point, my brother and his girlfriend actually work in a hospital. They got infected but made it through okay. We've had a few friends get it too, but nothing major. My family and I are down in Puerto Rico now, and we're going to spend the rest of the summer here.
TJG: Walk me back to February, when things started to change. Were you in New York at the time?
MZ: I was on tour. The first cases surfaced in the Seattle area, and I was in Seattle that day, which is how I know [laughs]. We were flying around on the west coast, from San Diego or some place. At first we thought it would be fine, similar to SARS or other big scares like that at the beginning. I teach at Manhattan School and NEC, so I went back home, kept doing my thing, checking in with people, making sure everything was okay. At a certain point, it all shut down. In early March I was playing at Birdland with a student band put together by Berklee College of Music. We were supposed to go to Boston after the Birdland gig, but then the school cancelled the concert and told me that things were about to shut down. Everything started closing. Gigs, schools, everything in the states, overseas. It became obvious that this was a different situation.
TJG: So by that point you were back at your place in New York?
MZ: Yeah, and I didn't travel again. I might have gone to Boston once to teach at NEC before they closed. But then it was all shut down. The red flag, for me, was seeing how far in advance things were getting cancelled. It was early March and all the summer festivals started cancelling. It was obvious that this is going to last awhile.
TJG: What were some major dates that were cancelled? I know you had a Vanguard lineup.
MZ: A lot, a lot, a lot… All in all, I probably lost $40,000 in cancellations. Everything from international gigs, things with my own band, gigs with other people, pretty much everything. It's going to be the whole year. It's a lot.
TJG: With all the cancellations coming in, how did you proceed? Did you just watch the emails flow?
MZ: Pretty much. I checked in with people right away. This is such an unprecedented thing. Most venues didn't know how to deal with it. A lot of times, if something gets cancelled, you'll get part of the fee, but this situation has never happened in our lifetimes.
TJG: You mentioned you lost about $40k, does that put you and your family in a tough spot? Have you been able to apply for different grants?
MZ: Of course, we're in a tough spot. But I have some teaching gigs which kept going remotely. Because of that, I was able to keep that income. Also, I'm an artist-in-residence at the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University. That was set in stone, and I can do that remotely too. Between those three gigs, I was able to stay above water. And because I was traveling a lot less, I was saving a lot more money. So I was able to balance things out. But there are many musicians who live exclusively off gigs, and those musicians are having a really rough time. Everything got cancelled. If you just live off gigs, you don't have a lot of options.
July 9th by Noah Fishman in	Interviews
Live from The Jazz Gallery: Joel Ross Speaks
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Despite the pandemic performance freeze, vibraphonist Joel Ross has been able to forge a path forward with friends and community. Recently, Ross received a commission from the Jazz Coalition supporting his continued writing and playing, even while in lockdown.
Ross is an integral member of The Jazz Gallery community, having been commissioned and featured on-stage and in the blog many times. He spoke with us via phone in anticipation of a big event: The first livestream trio concert from the Gallery stage, which takes place tonight featuring drummer Jeremy Dutton and bassist Or Baraket.
The Jazz Gallery: Hey Joel, where are you living right now?
Joel Ross: I'm in Brooklyn, I've stayed here this whole time, from the start. I live with two other musicians, but they both left. My girlfriend Gabrielle Garo and her family live about ten minutes from me, so I've been staying back and forth between their place and mine.
TJG: I'm sure you miss your roommates, but it's nice that you have some space.
JR: Exactly [laughs]. It's been nice playing with Gabrielle, and being close with her and her family. It would have been a lot worse if I were alone.
TJG: Tell me a little about how things have been for you. Take me back to February, when things started to look shaky.
JR: My band Good Vibes was finishing an east coast tour, and in the last week of February I was in Slovenia at the Creative Jazz Clinic Velenje camp with Jure Pukl. The first week of March we went on tour, and when we got back I was supposed to have some gigs around the 13th, 14th and 15th. That was when Europe started to get crazy with the virus. My last gig was on the 10th–I was a guest with the Brubeck Institute, one of my alma maters–and after that, some of our gigs got cancelled. One was supposed to be in LA, where my girlfriend was recording. I still went out there, thinking I could just chill with her, and we were planning to spend a week there, but around the 17th, LA completely shut down. We saw that New York was about to shut down. So we hurried up and flew back, and have been quarantining in Brooklyn ever since.
Like I was saying, it's nice to have another musician to play music with. Before this, we were so busy. I was always on the road, she was finishing her masters, and now this is a dedicated time for us to play with each other, work out some ideas. We've been recording some things, duet videos for some commissions, it's been nice in that regard.
TJG: Did you have things on the schedule for these and upcoming months that you were looking forward to?
JR: [Laughs]… Oh, yes. In March, I was supposed to go to Spain, and Good Vibes was supposed to go to Africa, to Cape Town for the jazz festival. I was sad to see that one not happen. There were some other gigs cancelled, another tour cancelled… I was supposed to go back to Chicago for a few days for a gig with Vijay Iyer. Some recording projects were cancelled too.
TJG: But you've been able to fill the time with meaningful stuff?
JR: I've kept writing. These types of situation don't change my need to keep writing and creating. In general I'm able to keep a good attitude about things, and it hasn't altered my ability to put out music. I've written a good amount of music and arranged some things. I got a commission grant from the Jazz Coalition, and a lot of the music I've been working on has gone toward that. It's been good to get things done and have something to work towards.
I did another project through the Gabriela Lena Frank Academy where a classical composer wrote a piece for vibraphone–I'm using it as a challenge, since I don't usually like to do four-mallet stuff. I talked with the composer and told him I could do three mallets, and he was cool with it, so it's been a good opportunity to do three mallet with my right hand instead of my left, which I usually do.
June 25th by Noah Fishman in	Interviews
Regenerating Possibilities: Dafnis Prieto Speaks
When Cuban drummer Dafnis Prieto moved to New York full time in 1999, he made an immediate splash. Seemingly overnight, Prieto began playing the likes of Henry Threadgill, Steve Coleman, and Brian Lynch, showcasing his ability to execute the knotty counterpoint of a full Cuban percussion section with a single drum kit. Since then, Prieto has released seven acclaimed albums as a leader, taught at NYU and the University of Miami, and received a MacArthur fellowship. Prieto has also developed a close relationship with The Jazz Gallery, performing on the "Jazz Cubano" series, writing commissioned works, and most recently, celebrating the release of his Grammy-winning big band album.
This evening, June 12, Prieto will guest on The Jazz Gallery's online "Words and Music" series. Before joining the conversation, check out the following interview with Prieto where he remembers his earliest days in New York and his musical growth at the Gallery.
The Jazz Gallery: When you first moved to New York full-time, how did you go about meeting other people to play with? You started playing with Henry Threadgill and Brian Lynch seemingly overnight.
Dafnis Prieto: I got to New York in 1999. I already knew a few musicians there, like Brian and Henry and Steve Coleman. I had met them all over the previous five years or so on different occasions. I met Brian at Stanford University during a previous trip to the states for a residency. I met Steve when he came to Cuba in 1996. And I met Henry the previous time I had come through New York on a tour—Henry came to see the band. It was a band that I was part of in Cuba called Columna B and the members were Yosvany Terry, Roberto Carcassés on piano, and Descemer Bueno on bass. So in any case, when I arrived, because I already knew these musicians, I just called them up. Henry had expressed interest in working with me previously, as well as Steve, so I was looking forward to that.
I started playing around with other musicians, too. I think something that was really helpful was that I liked going from one genre to another, even in a matter of hours. Like I could have a more avant-garde gig, or a more straight ahead-jazz gig, and then four hours later had a gig that was completely Latin. I learned how to swim in different waters, and that helped balance my exposure, as well just make a living.
At the same time, in the early 2000s, there were a lot of other musicians coming to New York for the first time. I mean, there are always musicians coming to New York, but at that time, but I feel there was a particularly big wave at that time. One of those musicians was Yosvany Terry, who happened to be a good friend of mine. We had played together in Cuba a lot, and we kept doing that in New York. Yosvany started doing the "Jazz Cubano" series at The Jazz Gallery in 2000 and I played with him there. That was how I first got introduced to The Jazz Gallery and Dale Fitzgerald and Rio.
After that, I started presenting my own projects at the Gallery, too. One of the projects had Luis Perdomo on piano, Hans Glawischnig on bass, Ravi Coltrane on tenor saxophone, and Henry Threadgill on alto.
TJG: I want to hear that recording!
DP: Yeah! That was a really fun performance. And the relationship with The Jazz Gallery just grew from there. I basically debuted every project I came up with there. It really felt like a laboratory for the musicians, allowing us to experiment and bring things to life for people to experience in the audience. We were really blessed to have a place like The Jazz Gallery that was so open to different kinds of music. I think a lot about the quality with which the Gallery treated musicians. It really felt like a pleasant community, and I think that's reflected in the quality of the music presented.
TJG: So the Gallery was clearly an important spot for you from the beginning, but you also mentioned that you would play a huge range of gigs. Were there other venues that you played a lot, or met future collaborators?
DP: One of the other big places for me was the old Zinc Bar on Houston Street. I used to play there almost every week, and sometimes two or three times a week! The music presented there was at a very high level. I met so many musicians who would come and hang out because it was one of the places that would stay open until 2 or 3 A.M. People would finish their gigs at 11 or 12 and then come over to hang at Zinc Bar.
TJG: Smalls wasn't too far from there and stayed open late. Did you hang there as well?
DP: I never did that much at Smalls. I probably played there a couple of times. I mean, I played lots of different places. But in terms of places I would go to almost every week, either to play or check other people out, it was Zinc Bar and The Jazz Gallery.
TJG: I'd like to move on to your work as a composer. Had you written a lot of music before coming to New York?
DP: I had written some tunes in Cuba, and I played a few of them with Columna B. But I wasn't fully into writing music. I was more into playing drums. When I got to New York, the city really invited me, or challenged me, or inspired me because of the amount of different music happening. I started feeling a sense that I needed to create my own music. I needed to express myself not just in my own drumming, but in composition. I don't think I would have developed the music that I make now without the New York experience. It helped me believe that I could write music of my own, have great musicians play it, and have it be personal and different.
I was developing that voice through the drums, but I wanted to go farther than that. When I visualize what I wanted to do, I see it as creating my own water to swim in. It became a necessity for me, and it grew more important. New York was the perfect scenario for this growth because I had met all of these great musicians who were willing to play my music.
June 12th by Kevin Laskey in	Interviews
Striking Melodies: Marcus Gilmore Speaks
While Marcus Gilmore is perhaps best-known as the go-to drummer for the likes of Chick Corea, Vijay Iyer, Mark Turner, Ambrose Akinmusire, and many others, he has in recent years cultivated a fascinating solo drum practice, often incorporating electronics. Jazz Speaks recently caught up with Gilmore to discuss these solo projects, his broader view of percussion instruments within music as a whole, and his thoughts on cross-collaborative art.
The Jazz Gallery: Have you found yourself more or less incentivized to make music during the coronavirus shutdown?
Marcus Gilmore: I have been continuing to make music but I am not necessarily making more music. Normally, I would be playing gigs but, obviously, I can't do that right now. So, there is definitely an overall decrease in quantity. But I am still continuing to write and record music. It does feel like I might be recording a little more than usual. There hasn't been a full album recording session, at least not yet. Instead, it has been singles and songs for different people. Projects that are more singular, not like 10 compositions to make a complete album.
TJG: Many people are familiar with your work as a sideman but you also have some interesting solo drum projects like Silhouwav or your version of David Virelles' Excerpts of Nube, often also incorporating electronics. What has inspired you to take this less traditional route?
MG: I guess it is a non-traditional route, but there is quite a bit of history of drummers doing solo works. Max [Roach] was doing it in the '50s and '60s. At that time, it was even rarer. But today, there are so many different elements and components you can add to any particular instrument or setting. There is a lot available to musicians to allow them to add additional elements to our music or our concepts.
I have done solo performances previously, but adding electronics has taken them to a whole different place. The electronics came from working with a friend of mine who is also a drummer. I've known him for years; we went to high school together. He is behind the company that I like to use when I incorporate electronics with my solo performances or even performances with ensembles. Anyway, he reached out to me several years ago to tell me he was going to start a program for drums and asked if I wanted to be a part of it. As soon as I was able to try out his program and investigate it, I saw how I could incorporate it into my music.
I never have a shortage of musical ideas but that doesn't always readily translate to reality. This particular set up and machinery make it possible for me to do a lot of the things that I had imagined for a while. Once it became an accessible instrument to use, I kind of jumped right on it. At some point, I realized that these different elements could sometimes make it sound like I was playing with a much larger group than just myself. So I became really curious about how to emphasize this aspect in my solo performances.
There is no Silhouwav album per se that I plan to release. I do have an album coming out that has a lot of different things on it that I have been working on in the last few years. There are a lot of people involved and it is not just one ensemble. It takes ideas from my solo works, but there is no solo album in the pipeline. I did do a tour about a year and a half ago that wasn't exactly Silhouwav but a combination of things.
June 5th by Rob Shepherd in	Interviews
A Different Form: Nick Dunston Speaks
We here at Jazz Speaks chat with Nick Dunston a lot, whether it is the occasion of an album release, group show, or just to catch up between gigs. Our recent conversation found Dunston in a very different space. As COVID is transforming the music industry around us, Dunston is in North Carolina, reflecting on the New York scene as it once was.
The Jazz Gallery: I was about to ask "How are you," but that seems like an overwhelming question these days. Let's start with "Where are you."
Nick Dunston: I am at my mom's house in Carrboro, North Carolina. I've been here since March 17th.
TJG: Did you go there directly from New York?
ND: Yeah, I did, but that wasn't the original plan. I was initially going to fly to Berlin to be with my partner. I was on the plane—a direct flight from Newark—and they did the whole beginning part of a flight, the safety video and all of that. Then, they received a message from Germany banning non-EU citizens or residents. So I had to get off the plane. I immediately booked a ticket to North Carolina, and have been here ever since.
TJG: Wow… wow.
ND: Yeah.
TJG: How many other people got pulled off that flight?
ND: It ended up being just me and one other American. A third person almost got pulled, but she was connecting to Albania via Germany so she could stay.
TJG: Madness.
ND: It was crazy.
TJG: You must have been scared…
ND: Scared?
TJG: Angry? Confused?
ND: A little bit of everything. It was a devastating moment. That's how things are now. We deal the best we can, and be gentle with ourselves about it, ideally.
TJG: So, when you left that flight, what did you have with you? Had you packed to be in Berlin for months?
ND: Yeah. I hate overpacking in general, I usually don't even check bags. This time, I brought a few weeks of clothes, my computer, a couple of books. When I got here, I was asking around to see if there was anyone I could borrow or rent a bass from, and luckily, Lowell Ringell, who lives back and forth between here and Miami, had another bass he said I could borrow indefinitely. That has been really nice to have around.
May 28th by Noah Fishman in	Interviews


Michelle Sagara, Cast in Deception (Mira 978-0-7783-3110-0, $15.99, 506pp, tp) January 2018. Cover by Shane Rebeschied.
As always, a new crisis develops in this 13th volume in the Chronicles of Elantra fantasy series, a novel with a serious case of middle-volume plot stall. Fortunately Kaylin's irreverent attitude keeps things entertaining, even when the story bogs down. This time, Kaylin's already-controversial household becomes the center of attention when one of her houseguests, one of the cohort – a group of Barrani youngsters once sacrificed to the green, developing strange new abilities in the process – decides he wants to go to the High Halls to take the Test of Name, which will either kill him or make him a Lord of the Barrani High Court. Then the rest of the cohort still in the West March decide to join him. Since just two of the cohort accidentally called Shadows and almost destroyed the High Halls once already, many fear what might happen – but before that issue can be resolved, Kaylin and the dragon Bellusdeo get magically transported far from the city, and discover new problems are facing the cohort members heading to Elantra. Figuring out how to fix things and get back to the city takes up the bulk of the novel, which ends up pretty much where it started, but with more players in place, and a lot of exposition providing more new questions than revelations.
Eliot Sappingfield, A Problematic Paradox (Putnam 978-1-5247-3845-7, $16.99, 343pp, hc) January 2018. Cover by John Hendrix.
A teen genius escapes middle school and faces aliens in this amusing older-middle-grade SF novel. Nikola Kross is a total misfit in school, too advanced for her teachers and preferring her science experiments to trying to get along with others. She's totally unprepared when aliens kidnap her father and she gets sent off to a boarding school for geniuses where most of the students aren't human, and she might not be the smartest person there. Still, she's sure enough of herself not to be fazed when dumped mid-term in classes on topics she didn't even know were possible – and to display talents that surprise everyone. She even makes friends, since the other kids, however rude and weird, are a major improvement on the denizens of the middle-grade hell she escaped. Though expressed in SF terms of aliens, other dimensions, and quantum phenomena, this has certain Lovecraftian touches when it comes to the bad guys, the alien Old Ones – not to mention a lot of science so advanced it might as well be magic. The whole thing reads like a mass of twisted (and not-so-twisted) tropes, a gonzo fun-fest of bizarre science and a school full of multi-talented kids who team up to save the world in the face of adult denial, a very impressive first novel that should leave readers young and old eager for more.


It is that time of year again as we transition from summer into fall and eventually winter. With it comes the flu season. Last year was a particularly tough year for people suffering from the flu and the Adams County Health Department (A.C.H.D.) is hoping to alleviate some of the flu problems this year with several scheduled flu clinics.
The A.C.H.D. has six scheduled dates for people to take advantage of getting their flu shots to help prevent from getting the flu this season. The cost is $25 per vaccine and $45 for a high dose vaccine. Most insurance companies have a $0 co-pay if you get a shot. The Adams County Health department will bill bill for Illinois Medicaid and medicare but you must bring your insurance card with you at the time the shot is administered.


How busy professionals are striving to better themselves via more education while balancing it all.
When it comes to education, there generally are three types of people: those who don't go to college, those who do and obtain an undergraduate degree for their own edification or at the behest of Mom and Dad, and those who are never satisfied with the status quo and revisit the collegiate world throughout their working years.
Those falling into the latter category often find themselves feeling unsatisfied in certain jobs, especially when there is little to no advancement potential. They find themselves starved for intellectual stimulation, with the personal ambition and drive to constantly do and be more. These are the individuals who after spending some time in the workplace decide to go back to school to obtain a graduate degree.
This can be a daunting proposition because many graduate degree hopefuls are at a point in their lives when they already have significant obligations to employers and their burgeoning families. Yet 21 percent of bachelor's degree holders and 12 percent of post-graduate degree holders said they plan to resume their educational career, according to a 2014 study from the Pew Research Center.
The same study showed that interest in going back to school varies across specialties. Those with degrees in social science, liberal arts, and education were the most likely to return to school (40 percent), while engineering majors (28 percent) and science majors (23 percent) were less likely.
Susan Jeffords, vice chancellor for academic affairs at UW Bothell, said teaching master's degree students who actively choose to be in the classroom is one of the best experiences an educator can have.
Parisa Tsutsumi certainly fell into this category in 2016, when she returned to school to pursue a master's degree in nursing. She was 27 years old; newly married; and working full-time as a nurse at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, where she helped leukemia and lymphoma patients recover from bone marrow transplant surgery.
After earning dual bachelor's degrees — one in biology from UW Seattle, the other in nursing from Seattle University — Tsutsumi chose UW Bothell because of its accommodations for working professionals. The entire nursing program, for example, holds its weekly classes on Friday nights. And like many schools nationwide, much of the coursework can be done in a hybrid format — a mix of both online and in-person learning — at the student's own leisure, with fewer requirements for face-to-face classes on campus.
Despite the growing pains, Tsutsumi and many of her peers benefit from the added flexibility. This was especially true after the birth of Tsutsumi's son, who arrived two weeks late by emergency C-section and was only days old when Tsutsumi was due to start a new quarter.
Tsutsumi decided to take the quarter off and dial down her hours at the hospital. Three months later, she returned to academia. When she was present on campus, Tsutsumi said, her professor and the other adult students in her class were more than understanding about her situation, even going so far as to accommodate her use of a breast pump with a cover in the back of the room during lessons.
Tsutsumi finished the requirements for her master's degree program in December. She said she and her husband also hope to grow their family this year while she continues working at the hospital. Once her children have reached school age, Tsutsumi plans to put her new degree to use by teaching future generations of nurses.
At UW Bothell, approximately 50 percent of undergraduate students are first-generation students who are the first in their families to attend college. These students are graduating at the same or better rates than those of their peers who come from families with a history of going to college. This is much higher than in other parts of the country, where first-generation students frequently have much lower graduation rates.
Master's degree student Haliehana Stepetin in the collection archive at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Photo by Jeff Hobson.
Haliehana Stepetin is one of UW Bothell's first-generation students. She grew up in a rural Alaskan village in the Aleutian Islands, where she learned to live off the land by hunting, fishing, gathering, and crafting her own kayak by hand — she admits if she hadn't left Alaska for an enlistment in the Navy when she was 17, she may never have been ready for higher education.
The Alaska native worked as a fire controlman while stationed in Hawaii for four years before returning home to obtain a bachelor's degree in international studies from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Stepetin knew her Post-9/11 GI Bill would soon run out and she would need to find employment to support herself and finish her program. Through the UW network, she found a job at the school's Seattle campus as a regional outreach coordinator for the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
Like Tsutsumi, Stepetin works all day, which leaves her with a love-tolerate relationship with the hours at which her class is held each week at the Bothell campus.
Stepetin's immediate future includes more education and possibly a move back home.
Ryan Harasimowicz already had a graduate degree when he returned to school at UW Bothell in 2015 to pursue a degree in cybersecurity.
The 42-year-old licensed architect had earned his first graduate degree traditionally, directly following his bachelor's degree, and then worked for more than 15 years in architecture before deciding to return to school.
Many aspects of Harasimowicz's life have changed since his first go-round with higher education. He now has a wife and two children, ages 8 and 10. His children play a myriad of sports, and he works full-time as an architect. Harasimowicz credits much of his success to his wife, who he said does more than her share of the heavy lifting.
Harasimowicz also appreciates his current employer for being understanding about his school schedule.
"The Seattle-area commutes can be a bit of a drag sometimes, so even a class that starts at 5:45 at night doesn't necessarily square you with the end of the business day. It requires some flexibility all around," he said.
Sometimes, Harasimowicz said, he has to skip an occasional class to meet a work deadline, too. "It's a balancing act. I've made a point to compartmentalize those two things as to not muddy the waters," he said.
Harasimowicz said he is often struck with the realization of how much easier it was to obtain his first master's degree when he was younger, when there was much less life juggling involved.
Going back to school is a monumental disruption to your life as well as your family's. A fine line exists between striking a balance and having all your commitments come crashing down on you. Here are a few tips to ensure you continue to toe the line.
Talk to your partner (if you have one) before you consider going back to school. Broach the topic early at first, and often throughout the process. Make sure your partner knows exactly what is involved. Many graduate degree candidates care for dependent children or elders during their studies, which means having a support system beyond your partner is crucial. Don't be afraid to reach out to nearby family and friends if you need a little extra time with your thesis.
Once your partner is supportive, talk to your employer and closest coworkers. Let your employer know that your education will ultimately add value to the company, but in the interim you'll need everyone to be understanding of your commitments outside the office. Assure people that your work won't suffer, you won't get your degree and run, and you'll stick around after you graduate for at least as long as it took to get you there. Establish some partnerships with coworkers in case something comes up and you need to lean on someone to pick up a little extra slack, but do this sparingly. Take your coworkers out to lunch or buy them some of their favorite office snacks to thank them whenever they help you out.
With the technology available to students today and the ever-worsening state of Eastside traffic, there are plenty of options for the working professional when it comes to the frequency at which they need to actually visit a campus. Many schools offer hybrid courses that require only occasional visits to a campus or learning center to connect with cohorts, whereas just as many degree programs exist solely online with zero in-person commitments.
Career-minded individuals already are close to overextension with their commitments. Combine that work ethic with family commitments and school, and you've got a real pressure cooker full of stress and anxiety. Take stock of how you are feeling. If you find yourself snapping at a well-meaning coworker or missing deadlines at work, it could be a sign that you've got too much on your plate. There's no shame in taking time for yourself and skipping a quarter or taking a week off work.
You'll recall the occasional all-nighter or weekend-long marathon research sessions from your undergraduate years. Add in a thriving full-time career and likely a few family commitments while subtracting the occasional frat party or club outing, and you've got graduate school. That's a lot of responsibility without any of the downtime. Take time to reward yourself (and your spouse) for your hard work. Find a sitter, and treat yourselves to a night on the town at the end of every quarter to reconnect and unwind.


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Testing disaster readiness
The mettle of regional disaster management officials was put to the test this week as they responded to a category five hurricane during a simulation exercise.
Over the past week, officials from several Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) states were challenged to respond to an emergency while grappling with conflicting information, a lack of details and logistical and communication challenges.
The exercise, which took place at the Hilton Resort, saw officials from Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti and Antigua and Barbuda taking part.
The training and simulation exercise formed part of the World Food Programme's (WFPs) efforts to help regional governments and agencies better prepare for disasters especially in the area of food security.
WFP recently opened an office in Barbados after several years of hiatus, in order to better serve the Eastern Caribbean disaster preparedness structures through various regional organizations and governments.
Head of WFP Barbados Regis Chapman told Barbados TODAY the group was required to develop strategies and plans "to meet the needs of the populations that are affected".
"We are simulating an emergency situation and in this case, [it was] a category five hurricane that passes through and affects multiple countries. We are using fictitious countries to bring people out of their traditional comfort zones and roles and have them look at problems through lenses that they normally would not," said Chapman.
"The simulation is effectively mocking the food security sector of a humanitarian response, but clearly when a catastrophe happens it is not just food security that becomes a problem. It is water and shelter and a number of other issues. So while their emphasis is on meeting the food needs of the populations, it is looking a little bit beyond that," he explained.
"This is meant to be a learning experience. It allows the participants to take some of these lessons back and strengthen their co-ordination among different actors within the national governments. [This will] create a greater understanding of mechanisms within the region and external support that might come in the event of larger emergencies," he said.
No country or region will be able to adequately respond to a category five hurricane on their own no matter how developed they are, Chapman said, as was evident by the destruction caused by major systems last year and by other global crises.
He said he would like to see regional governments work closer with national and regional disaster management agencies "to come up with a more concerted effort to respond to the needs of the population".
Chapman said the response during the simulation exercise has been "great" this week.
He pointed out that while CDEMA and other disaster management agencies had a greater understanding of how to respond to various emergencies, several government ministries in the region including that of agriculture and social services, generally did not have the same level of understanding.
"As we started the simulation, there was this level of uncertainty and discomfort being outside of your normal role. But what we noticed is that over the course of three days, the teams came together to achieve the different tasks that were assigned," said Chapman.
He said the WFP would now be carefully examining the core areas where it could provide the necessary assistance for Barbados and other regional countries by way of its resources.
WFP is the food assistance branch of the United Nations (UN) and is promoted as the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
The organization is able to help in several disasters with its vast logistics and telecommunication network.
"We are trying to transfer some of those capacities from CDEMA to the participating states so that [in] future disasters a direct WFP system let's say, is not required," said Chapman.
"So it is these sorts of trainings, technical assistance activities, research and studies and evidence building that can help position the governments and CDEMA to take on some of these roles that WPF would do directly," he explained.
Chapman said while Barbados had the benefit of not being directly affected by hurricane systems in recent years, it was not time to become complacent.
Programme Manager for Preparedness and Response with CDEMA Joanne Persad said she was satisfied with the partnership that organization shared with the WFP over the years, adding that they would be deepening their relations in coming months.
She said the five-day simulation was very useful, pointing out that "some of the non-traditional disaster management partners" were able to come together to "rehearse a specific type of exercise which is on food security".
"It has been successful in raising awareness in introducing disaster management to persons who are not acquainted with the terminology on a daily basis. So it is important as a learning opportunity for the region, not just countries, but CDEMA as well," said Persad.
"The focus is on food security. Food is a priority and getting that safely to an impacted population is what we are working on in this particular exercise," she said. (MM)
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Jericho is a green oasis in the Jordan Valley some 30 km east of Jerusalem, 7 km west of the River Jordan, and 10 km north of the Dead Sea. It lies 250 meters below sea level and is considered to be the lowest city in the world. Jericho is also the oldest city in the world with some of the ruins discovered in the city being 10,000 years old. Besides its tourist sites, Jericho is an important area for agriculture and is famous for its citrus fruits, dates, bananas, flowers and winter vegetables. The city is also home to two refugee camps (Aqabat Jaber and Ein Sultan Refugee Camps) and the further Jericho district several Israeli settlements have been built, mostly on land confiscated from the Palestinian owners.
Tour to Jericho and its Environs:
On the way to Jericho, we travel through the vast mountainous wilderness of the Judean Desert, pass by two sites:
the Good Samaritan Inn, built near the remains of the church of St. Euthymius, believed to be the site to commemorate the story of the Good Samaritan who helped Jesus on his return journey to Jerusalem, and
the spot marking the 'sea level'.
Stops on our way include:
Maqam Al-Nabi Musa: The tomb of Prophet Moses lies 8 km south west of Jericho just off the main Jericho-Jerusalem road. It is a splendid example of early Islamic architecture set in an awe-inspiring landscape. The mosque is considered holy because it houses the grave of Moses according to local tradition (Moses is recognized by Muslims as one of the great prophets of Islam). The tomb has been the site of an annual pilgrimage festival or mawsim at least since the time of the Muslim leader Salah Eddin (Saladin). Until 1947, Muslims celebrated the week-long Nabi Musa festival every spring here. The huge cemetery outside the walls of Nabi Musa is reserved for Muslim pilgrims who died here during the festivals or those who asked to be buried here because of the sanctity of the site. The Oslo Accord of 1992 between Israel and the PLO placed the sanctuary under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Ministry of the Islamic Waqf.
Saint George Monastery and Wadi Qelt:Greek Orthodox monastery built in the 19th Century hewn out of the rock in the Wadi Qelt, which is a natural rift in the hills with high, sheer rock walls extending 45km between Jerusalem and Jericho.
The narrow and difficult road lining the Wadi was once the main road to Jericho. It is now used only by tourists visiting the monastery, the wadi, the springs, and the ancient water systems. During the Persian invasion of Palestine in AD 614, the monastery was destroyed and many of its monks were killed. Skulls and mummies of the deceased are on display at the monastery. The most spectacular attractions are the 6th century mosaics in the floor of the Church of St John.
Mount of Temptation (Jabal Quruntul):The Mount of Temptation rises about 350 m west of Jericho overlooking the Jericho oasis and the Jordan Valley. Here, after his baptism in the Jordan River, Jesus was led into the desert by the Holy Ghost to be tempted by the Devil and spent 40 days and nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan (the monastery's name, Deir Quruntul, is derived from the Latin word 'quarantena' meaning forty). The present Greek Orthodox monastery was built in 1895 and has Byzantine art treasures as well as a stone on which Jesus is believed to have sat during the Temptation.
SITES In Jericho:
Tel Al-Sultan (Old Jericho): The most ancient city of Jericho is situated on a mound overlooking the oasis; excavations at the site uncovered settlements dating from 9000 BC and more than 23 layers of ancient civilizations. Visible structures include the oldest known stairs in the world, the oldest wall, and the massive, round, defense tower dating from before 7000 BC. Those finds make Jericho arguably the oldest continually inhabited site on earth.
Ein Al-Sultan (Spring of Elisha): Close by Tel Al-Sultan is the Spring of Elisha, due to its output the most important of all springs of Jericho. Ein Al Sultan was called by this name because the Babylonians put out the eyes of the ousted king of Jerusalem here. It is also called Elisha's well, after prophet Elisha who purified its waters by salt.
Qasr Hisham – Hisham's Palace: The extensive remains of a winter palace commonly called Hisham's Palace because it was first thought to have been built by the Umayyad Caliph Hisham bin Abdul Malek (724-743 AD), but later rather attributed to his nephew and successor Al-Walid bin Yazid (743-744) because its unorthodox decoration is incompatible with the character of the austere, righteous Hisham. The palace is a complex of buildings, baths, mosques, and colonnaded courts. Its mosaics and stucco ornaments are fine examples of early Islamic art and architecture. The mosaic floors of the baths and the tree of Life of the guest room (also called the Tree of Human Cruelty) – one of the most beautiful mosaics in the world – are the major attraction.
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China Unicom has published its operating statistics for November 2008, which state the number of its GSM mobile phone users increased by 996,000 during the month, reaching an accumulated number of 133 million users.
At the same time, for its fixed-line businesses, the number of its local phone users increased by 1.52 million, reaching the total number of 105 million while the number of broadband users increased by 234,000, reaching the total number of 25.43 million.
According to China Unicom's statistics for October 2008, its GSM mobile phone users increased 1.219 million to 132 million by the end of October. Its local phone users decreased 792,000 to 107 million and its broadband users increased 345,000 to 25.204 million.
Chairman of China Unicom Chang Xiaobing said during a seminar recently held in Macau that the charges in Chinese mainland's mobile communications industry could be further reduced, but he did not say whether China Unicom would lower the prices of its services or not.


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'Effective state media': Big Tech in legal jeopardy after Twitter censorship reveals
by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2022
Revelations in a lawsuit and in the recently released Twitter Files that Twitter executives met weekly with the FBI and other federal operatives about censoring content before the 2020 election will have consequences, analysts say.
The public disclosures essentially kills Big Tech companies' defense that they can suppress whatever speech they want because they're private companies, not government actors.
What also emerged from new Twitter CEO Elon Musk's release of the files is "the notion of an effective state media in America — an alliance of media, business and political figures who act, not out of government compulsion, but out of personal conviction," law professor Jonathan Turley noted.
"The notion of a privately-run state media is reinforced by the response to these disturbing disclosures — a virtual news blackout, with most major media offering little coverage of the disclosures. Just as Twitter suppressed dissenting or opposing views in a myriad of ways, many in the media are minimizing coverage of this scandal," Turley added.
In a censorship lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Elvis Chan admitted that intelligence agencies such as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI hosted weekly meetings with Big Tech ahead of the 2020 election in an attempt to encourage censorship. Chan was present and gave direction at most of the meetings.
Chan also confirmed that the FBI maintained a working censorship relationship with Twitter head of trust and safety Yoel Roth "until the day" after the 2022 midterm election.
Roth is revealed in the Twitter Files to have been a key cog in Twitter's pre-Elon Musk censorship regime.
The Twitter Files "shatter past denials of 'shadow banning' and other suppression techniques targeting disfavored viewpoints," Turley noted. "That includes denials by former CEO Jack Dorsey under oath before Congress and public denials by top corporate executives. The legal ramifications will become clearer as more information emerges. Yet, a far more significant problem already is confirmed in these files: the existential threat of corporate censors to free speech."
Journalist Matt Taibbi confirmed that Twitter executives met weekly with FBI, Homeland Security and national intelligence officials to discuss "disinformation" they felt should be removed from the site. Those discussions apparently included the Hunter Biden laptop story.
"You don't need a state ministry of information if the media voluntarily maintains official narratives and suppresses dissenting views," Turley wrote.
Twitter Files, four batches over 10 days, revealed a censorship regime at Twitter "which no doubt is replicated across Big Tech, including at Facebook and Google," noted the New York Post's Miranda Devine, who broke the Hunter Biden laptop story in October 2020.
Whatever happened to "All the news that's fit to print," and "Democracy dies in darkness," the respective mottos of the two most influential newspapers in the country, The New York Times and The Washington Post?
"The best description for what the Times and WaPo are doing is 'totschweigetaktik,' a great German word for 'death by silence,' a tactic to kill ideas or news stories by ignoring them," Devine wrote. "Apart from defending Twitter's 2020 decision to censor The Post, the Times has not covered the revelations of the last 10 days, save a couple of stories smearing Twitter's freedom-minded new owner, Elon Musk."
In speaking to media figures in April, former President Barack Obama called upon "our better angels" to shape voters' opinions.
Joe Biden has said social media editors are vital to protecting citizens from their own misguided values or assumptions. Without enlightened editors, he asked, "How do people know the truth?"
"Such comments show total contempt for the ability of people to make up their own minds on subjects ranging from elections to vaccinations," Turley wrote.
Chan said the government managed to get Big Tech to remove or censor content at least 50 percent of the time.
In his testimony, Chan confirmed what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had told podcast host Joe Rogan in August 2022. Zuckerberg admitted it was the FBI's regular suppression instructions that inspired Facebook to reduce the distribution of posts about Biden family corruption.
"Chan's testimony, combined with admissions from Silicon Valley's top censors, demonstrates that the speech-stifling objectives and actions of Big Tech and the government are indistinguishable," Jordan Boyd wrote for The Federalist on Dec. 7. "Big Tech is so in sync with big brother that the former reliably does the bidding of the latter — increasingly without even needing to be asked. That kind of censorship is not protected by the First Amendment; there's no longer anything "private" about these malign actors."
'Effective state media': Big Tech in legal jeopardy after Twitter censorship reveals, Twitter Files, WorldTribune.com
'Effective state media': Big Tech in legal jeopardy after Twitter censorship reveals added by Editor Two on December 12, 2022


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Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Since Latvia's independence in 1918, it has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. It is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. The Baltic Sea moderates the climate, although the country has four distinct seasons and snowy winters.
The name Latvija is derived from the name of the ancient Latgalians, one of four Indo-European Baltic tribes (along with Couronians, Selonians and Semigallians), which formed the ethnic core of modern Latvians together with the Finnic Livonians. Henry of Latvia coined the latinisations of the country's name, "Lettigallia" and "Lethia", both derived from the Latgalians. The terms inspired the variations on the country's name in Romance languages from "Letonia" and in several Germanic languages from "Lettland".
Around 3000 BC, the proto-Baltic ancestors of the Latvian people settled on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. The Balts established trade routes to Rome and Byzantium, trading local amber for precious metals. By 900 AD, four distinct Baltic tribes inhabited Latvia: Curonians, Latgalians, Selonians, Semigallians, as well as the Finnic tribe of Livonians speaking a Finnic language.
Although the local people had contact with the outside world for centuries, they became more fully integrated into the European socio-political system in the 12th century. The first missionaries, sent by the Pope, sailed up the Daugava River in the late 12th century, seeking converts. The local people, however, did not convert to Christianity as readily as the Church had hoped.
At the beginning of the 13th century, Germans ruled large parts of what is currently Latvia. Together with southern Estonia, these conquered areas formed the crusader state that became known as Terra Mariana or Livonia. In 1282, Riga, and later the cities of Cēsis, Limbaži, Koknese and Valmiera, became part of the Hanseatic League. Riga became an important point of east–west trading and formed close cultural links with Western Europe. The first German settlers were knights from northern Germany and citizens of northern German towns who brought their Low German language to the region, which shaped many loanwords in the Latvian language.
The capitulation of Estonia and Livonia in 1710 and the Treaty of Nystad, ending the Great Northern War in 1721, gave Vidzeme to Russia (it became part of the Riga Governorate). The Latgale region remained part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as Inflanty Voivodeship until 1772, when it was incorporated into Russia. The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia became an autonomous Russian province (the Courland Governorate) in 1795, bringing all of what is now Latvia into the Russian Empire.
After centuries of Swedish, Polish and Russian rule, a rule mainly executed by the Baltic German aristocracy, the Republic of Latvia was established on 18 November 1918 when it broke away from the Russian Empire and declared independence in the aftermath of World War I. However, by the 1930s the country became increasingly autocratic after the coup in 1934 establishing an authoritarian regime. The country's de facto independence was interrupted at the outset of World War II, beginning with Latvia's forcible incorporation into the Soviet Union, followed by the invasion and occupation by Nazi Germany in 1941, and the re-occupation by the Soviets in 1944 (Courland Pocket in 1945) to form the Latvian SSR for the next 45 years.
The peaceful Singing Revolution, starting in 1987, called for Baltic emancipation from Soviet rule and condemning the Communist regime's illegal takeover. It ended with the Declaration on the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia on 4 May 1990 and restoring de facto independence on 21 August 1991. Latvian is the official language. Latvian and Lithuanian are the only two surviving Baltic languages.
Despite foreign rule from the 13th to 20th centuries, the Latvian nation maintained its identity throughout the generations via the language and musical traditions. However, as a consequence of centuries of Russian rule (1710–1918) and later Soviet occupation, 26.9% of the population of Latvia are ethnic Russians, some of whom (10.7% of Latvian residents) have not gained citizenship, leaving them with no citizenship at all. Until World War II, Latvia also had significant minorities of ethnic Germans and Jews. Latvia is historically predominantly Lutheran Protestant, except for the Latgale region in the southeast, which has historically been predominantly Roman Catholic. The Russian population is largely Eastern Orthodox Christians.
During these two centuries Latvia experienced economic and construction boom - ports were expanded (Riga became the largest port in the Russian Empire), railways built; new factories, banks, and a University were established; many residential, public (theatres and museums), and school buildings were erected; new parks formed; and so on. Riga's boulevards and some streets outside the Old Town date from this period.
Between the 13th and 19th centuries, Baltic Germans, many of whom were originally of non-German ancestry but had been assimilated into German culture, formed the upper class. They developed distinct cultural heritage, characterized by both Latvian and German influences. It has survived in German Baltic families to this day, in spite of their dispersal to Germany, the United States, Canada and other countries in the early 20th century. However, most indigenous Latvians did not participate in this particular cultural life. Thus, the mostly peasant local pagan heritage was preserved, partly merging with Christian traditions. For example, one of the most popular celebrations is Jāņi, a pagan celebration of the summer solstice - which Latvians celebrate on the feast day of St. John the Baptist.
Latvian cuisine typically consists of agricultural products, with meat featuring in most main meal dishes. Fish is commonly consumed due to Latvia's location on the Baltic Sea. Latvian cuisine has been influenced by the neighbouring countries. Common ingredients in Latvian recipes are found locally, such as potatoes, wheat, barley, cabbage, onions, eggs, and pork. Latvian food is generally quite fatty, and uses few spices.
Grey peas and ham are generally considered as staple foods of Latvians. Sorrel soup is also consumed by Latvians. Rupjmaize is a dark bread made from rye, considered the national staple.
Riga, the capital of Latvia, was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture.
We at Monterrasol Travel welcome you to see Latvia during multi-day small group car tour. Contact us if you would like to customize your tour to Latvia.
We have developed several small group tours that visiting beautiful Latvia. But, if you have a special conditions or any from these tours fit you, please do not hesitate to contact us, we can organize a tour exactly as you would like. We charge nothing for develop a custom itinerary. And remember, we have no problems to take you from almost any place where you stay, hotel or private accommodation.
All seasons Baltic tour 21 days from Warsaw. UNESCO medieval towns and Teutonic Knights castles. Discovery tour across Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and north of Poland.
tour starts in: Warsaw, Poland
tour finishes in: Warsaw, Poland
tour countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland
tour destinations: Augustów, Gdańsk, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Kwidzyn, Liepāja, Malbork, Olsztyn, Ostroda, Pärnu, Reszel, Riga, Sopot, Sztum, Tallinn, Tartu, Trakai, Ventspils, Vilnius, Święta Lipka
Discover Baltic in 21 days all seasons tour from Warsaw. Open to yourself three Baltic countries Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and north of Poland. Visit UNESCO Teutonic Knights castles and medieval European towns. We will start this tour in Warsaw, Poland and visit Augustow on the north of Poland, well known town for relaxing vacations. After that we going to Lithuania, where in Kaunas we need to see a medieval fortress with historical exhibitions and located in old town Kaunas Cathedral Basilica; continue with Lithuania, we will walk in Klaipeda castle. After we move to Latvia to see historical center of two coastal towns Liepaja and Ventspils, and old town of Latvia's capital Riga (UNESCO site). Next we will move to third Baltic country, Estonia, and first place there is historic center of town Parnu and Estonia's capital Tallinn (UNESCO site). We will visit also the cafe-filled Town Hall Square of Tartu, the town famous with 17th century University. On the way back, again in Lithuania, we will meet the country's capital, Vilnius (UNESCO site) and walk the paths of Trakai castle, located on small peninsula in lake. As we return back to Poland, we will visit small village Swieta Lipka, famous church there have unique still active working organ. We will see medieval castles in Reszel, Olsztyn, Ostroda, and finally walk the streets of Malbork castle, the UNESCO site founded in the 13th century by the Knights of the Teutonic Order. Before we return to Warsaw, we will visit also coastal towns Gdansk and Sopot, and take a look on smaller castles in towns Sztum and Kwidzyn.
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Placer County Law Library
Placer County Law Library Board of Trustees
3rd Monday of every month, 12:15 p.m.
Sparks Law Library Placer County Law Library
1523 Lincoln Way (Conference Room)
Meetings are open to the public.
Meeting agendas are posted on the Law Library front door no later than 12:00 pm on the Friday before the Meeting
Represents
1 Brett Holt Chair of the Board of Supervisors 1-year Board of Supervisors January 31, 2020
2 Michelle Albright Superior Courts Until Replaced Superior Court Judges N/A
3 Vacant Superior Courts Until Replaced Superior Court Judges N/A
4 Timothy Sands Superior Courts Until Replaced Superior Court Judges N/A
5 Judge Eugene Gini Superior Courts Until Replaced Superior Court Judges N/A
6 Jordan Mauer Superior Courts Until Replaced Superior Court Judges N/A
7 Preston A. Marx III County Bar Association 1-year Board of Supervisors January 31, 2020
Composed of seven members; Section 6302 of the Business and Professional Code requires the Board of Supervisors to annually appoint two Law Library Trustees to serve for a term of 1 year. Superior Court Judges appoint five to serve as trustees. Chairman of the Board of Supervisors acts as ex-officio trustee unless requesting a member of the bar to serve in his place. Established by, Ordinance 1523-B, amended by Resolution 92-338.
Section 6300 et seq of the Business and Professions Code, relating to the establishment of County Law Libraries.
Members shall receive no compensation for their services; however, any member traveling on official business for the Board shall be reimbursed for his/her actual and necessary traveling expense.
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Q: How to access a json file locally from within the app I'm trying to figure out how to access a json file locally, from within the app. Currently I've been using the json file remotely from a server like this:
jsonStringCategory = @"http://****categories?country=us";
    }

    // Download the JSON file
    NSString *jsonString = [NSString
                            stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:jsonStringCategory]
                            encoding:NSStringEncodingConversionAllowLossy|NSUTF8StringEncoding
                            error:nil];

    NSLog(@"jsonStringCategory is %@", jsonStringCategory);

    NSMutableArray *itemsTMP = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

    // Create parser
    SBJSON *parser = [[SBJSON alloc] init];
    NSDictionary *results = [parser objectWithString:jsonString error:nil];

    itemsTMP = [results objectForKey:@"results"];

    self.arForTable = [itemsTMP copy];

    [self.tableView reloadData];

I tried this:
NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"categoriesus" ofType:@"json"];

    jsonStringCategory = [[NSString alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:filePath];

thanks

A: NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"filename" ofType:@"json"];
NSData *jsonData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
NSDictionary *dict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:jsonData options:kNilOptions error:nil];

A: Could you be more specific? which file do you try to access? did you already save it?
1/ For your main problem: you can create a dictionnary or array with a file path
[NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:<#(NSString *)#>]
[NSArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:<#(NSString *)#>]

2/ But you can, as you wrote it, read the "string" content from a file and then, eventually, parse it. For that you need (for example) a path like this (for the "directory" dir, could be the "cache" dir)
NSArray *array = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *pathToFile = [ [ [ [ array objectAtIndex:0 ] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"nameOfTheFile" ] stringByAppendingString:@".ext" ] retain ];

And then use "pathToFile" in my 1/ example.
3/ For your internet access, I recommend you to check AFNetworking. It's better to do async download ;-) (yours is synchronous)
https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking

A: I like to use CoreData. Follow those steps:
1-)First of all create a model, and add attribute String type with name jsonvalue.
2-)create this function to save your json file:
    -(void)saveJson:(NSString*)d
    {

       NSString * data = [d retain];

       NSFetchRequest *request = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    [request setEntity:[NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"NameObjectModel" inManagedObjectContext:context]];

    NSError *error = nil;
    NSArray *results = [context executeFetchRequest:request error:&error];
    [request release];
    // error handling code
    if(error){

    }
    else{
        Session* favoritsGrabbed = [results objectAtIndex:0];
        favoritsGrabbed.jsonvalue = data;
    }

    if(![context save:&error]){
        NSLog(@"data saved.");
    }
}

3-)create a function to load your json:
-(void)loadJSONFromFile
{

    //Recover data from core data.

    // Define our table/entity to use
    NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"NameObjectModel" inManagedObjectContext:context];

    // Setup the fetch request
    NSFetchRequest *request = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    [request setEntity:entity];

    // Define how we will sort the records - atributo que sera recuperado
    NSSortDescriptor *sortDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"jsonvalue" ascending:NO];
    NSArray *sortDescriptors = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:sortDescriptor, nil];

    [request setSortDescriptors:sortDescriptors];
    [sortDescriptor release];

    // Fetch the records and handle an error
    NSError *error;
    NSMutableArray *mutableFetchResults = [[NSMutableArray alloc]initWithArray:[context executeFetchRequest:request error:&error]];

    if (!mutableFetchResults) {
        // Handle the error.
        // This is a serious error and should advise the user to restart the application
    }

    if(mutableFetchResults.count == 0)
    {
        NSLog(@"the archive is null");
    }

    else if(mutableFetchResults.count > 0)
    {
        NameObjectModel *entity = [mutableFetchResults objectAtIndex:0];
        //NSLog(@"%@",[[entity jsonvalue] JSONValue]);
        NSDictionary * aux = [[entity jsonvalue] JSONValue];

        if([entity jsonvalue]== nil)
        {
            NSLog(@"json is nil");
            NSLog(@"the archive exists but json is nil");
        }

        else {
            // set current json data cache
            [self setJsonCache:aux]; // add to recovery list
        }

    }
    [mutableFetchResults release];
    [request release];
}

Don't forget: NameObjectModel = Name of your NSManagedObject.

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Over 60 and your vision poses many challenges. It's a time to be alert to the vision changes that can steal your sight.
If you have been driving for half a century, you may not feel a need for driving tips. Normal changes in eyesight during aging, however, may necessitate some changes in your driving style to maintain your safe driving record.
Vision changes as we age are only to be expected. Age-related vision changes require adjustments, but relatively few age-related eye conditions result in permanent loss of sight.
Instead, the changes in vision that occur as we get older are more likely to be considered an unavoidable nuisance, something we may not want to deal with, but we must.
Vision loss, on the other hand, can be avoided. This article in Over 60 and Your Vision discusses cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and more.
Also, don't miss Aging Eyes: How to Protect Them and Ten Ways to Protect Your Eyesight. Following their recommendations will not guarantee perfect vision for aging eyes, but they will greatly reduce your risk of a sight-robbing condition that could be prevented.


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Ancient Greek inscription results in rock going up for auction
By John Johnson, Newser Staff
Posted Jan 8, 2021 9:40 AM CST
The Roman stone. (Woolley and Wallis auction house)
For years, a UK woman used the same rock in her stable as a stepping stone while mounting her horses. Then she happened to notice laurel wreaths and some kind of inscription carved into it, reports CNET. Turns out, that humble rock is a Roman marble slab dating back to the second century AD. The Greek inscription reads, "The people (and) the Young Men (honor) Demetrios (son) of Metrodoros (the son) of Leukios," per CNN. The UK auction house of Woolley and Wallis plans to offer it for sale in the spring, with a price of about $20,000 expected.
In a news release, the auction house says the slab was likely brought back to the UK by a wealthy patron who went on a historical tour to learn "about Classical art and culture" in the 18th or 19th century. But how it ended up discarded on the woman's property in the English village of Whiteparish is a "complete mystery, and that's where we'd like the public's help," says the auction house. It explains the home in Whiteparish was constructed in the mid-1960s and hopes someone involved in the construction might remember the source of the rubble used. The best guess is that the slab was carved in Greece or modern-day Turkey, per Live Science. (Read more archaeology stories.)