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After Ten Years on Mars, Here Are the Most Beautiful Photos Taken by the Rovers
Over the last decade, Spirit and Opportunity captured stunning photos of rocks, dunes and vistas
Joseph Stromberg
A false-color image of the Martian area called Home Plate, with colors used to emphasize rock weathering patterns, captured by the Spirit Rover. Full size version. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University
A closeup of tiny spherical rocks clustered in a square inch of the Martian surface, captured by Opportunity. Full size version. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/USGS/Cathy Weitz
A wide-angle panorama of Martian sand dunes closely resembles those on Earth. Full size version. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University
A closeup of the rock Robert E, in Eagle Crater, shows spherules embedded in layers of finer-grained sediment, indicating that the two formed at different times. Full size version. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/USGS
The Opportunity Rover found these BB-sized, hematite-rich spherical rocks at its landing site, Eagle Crater. Full size version. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University
A Martian sunset, captured over the rim of Gusev Crater by the Spirit Rover. Full size version. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Texas A&M/Cornell
The immense emptiness of Mars' Meridiani Plains, taken by the Opportunity Rover during the month it was stuck in a sand rippled dubbed Purgatory. Full size version. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University
A 160-degree view of the El Dorado Dune Field, taken over the course of several days by the Spirit Rover. Full size version. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University
Ten years ago, when the rovers Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, engineers expected them to each last 90 Martian days, about three months of Earth time. Spirit lasted a remarkable six years before getting stuck in soft sand, and ultimately losing radio contact with its minders on Earth.
Compared to Opportunity, though, Spirit was a flash in the pan. Hundreds of millions of miles away in the bitter Martian cold, Opportunity has kept on ticking—exploring new areas, taking scientific measurements and capturing beautiful photos—this entire time.
As part of a new exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum, "Spirit and Opportunity: 10 Years Roving Across Mars," John Grant and other scientists involved with the mission have curated 50 of the most scientifically significant and visually stunning photos taken by the rovers over the years from a collection of several hundred thousand images.
"It's a mix of travelogue landscapes—the kind of thing that I took when I was a kid, driving across the country—with science," Grant said at the exhibition's opening. "Every one of these images that you see here tells a story of discovery, one that goes along with a story of the pure beauty of Mars."
"Spirit and Opportunity: 10 Years Roving Across Mars" is on view at the National Air and Space Museum through September 14, 2014.
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Joseph Stromberg was previously a digital reporter for Smithsonian.


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"Don Jon": Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a porn-addicted Lothario
Joseph Gordon-Levitt makes his directing debut as Jersey legend "Don Jon," opposite the amazing Scarlett Johansson
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2013/09/25/don_jon_joseph_gordon_levitt_as_a_porn_addicted_lothario/
Andrew O'Hehir
As you might suspect from its title, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's winsome writing and directing debut "Don Jon" is a comic fable about an inveterate Lothario defeated by love, and much of its charm lies in watching the likable Gordon-Levitt play against type as a muscle-bound Jersey boy absolutely free of any introspection or self-reflection. If the eponymous Jon comes pretty close to being an ethnic stereotype – he's a good-hearted cousin to Tony Soprano, devoted to his Camaro, his church, his spick-and-span bachelor pad and his mother – Gordon-Levitt's such a commanding physical actor, such a master of tone and nuance, that he's always fun to watch. Even the way Jon stomps down the corridors at his gym, or says his Hail Marys and Our Fathers while doing chin-ups, conveys the sense of a man dominated by routines he doesn't understand.
I don't know how many guys in Jon's demographic are likely to see this movie – close to none, probably – and I can't possibly know whether they'd find it hilarious or condescending (or some of both). "Don Jon" is medium-weight satire rather than social commentary, but the thread of faint but persistent unhappiness that runs through Jon's placid existence is highly convincing. He's acclaimed as the best-looking guy in his inner-suburban town (the exteriors were mainly shot in Hackensack, for you Garden Staters). He goes home with a different long-legged, lustrous-haired nightclub beauty every weekend; never less than an 8, he insists. (When one previous conquest confronts him on the dance floor, he says incredulously: "You're a big girl. You really thought I was going to call you?")
And boy, oh boy, does he watch porn. Multiple times a day. In fact, after having sex with the girls he brings home, Jon sneaks out of bed while they're asleep to hit the Internet hard. And here's the biggest problem I had with "Don Jon," a movie whose atmosphere and acting are immensely entertaining: This central plot device is so dumb. Sure, I guess porn addiction exists, and I don't doubt that the social prevalence of pornography has affected the sexual imagination and people's love lives. But in this case it doesn't feel like it's really what the movie's about. It's almost as if Gordon-Levitt came up with this great character who's stuck in a rut-like existence he doesn't even realize is a rut, and then grafted this semi-important cultural issue onto him, as a way of symbolizing his dilemma. It never feels organic, and in fact I never believed that porn was Jon's real problem.
I felt a lot more in tune with the guy, actually, during the Swiffer scene. This is jumping ahead a little bit, when Jon discovers that Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson), the drop-dead, bombshell, perfect-10 and maybe-Jewish new girlfriend who has tamed and disciplined him, might not be everything she's cracked up to be. They're in Home Depot or someplace similar, buying some shelving that Jon's gonna drill into her walls (of course), when he says he's got to hit the cleaning-products aisle for some Swiffer refills. Barbara doesn't know what that is. She has clearly never swept a floor; her mom's Latina maid does the housecleaning, and she's horrified that Jon does it himself. Backing her remarkable butt into him and making a you-are-forgiven-for-now kissy-face, Barbara makes clear that when they move in together his Swiffering days are done.
Maybe it's a broad comedy role in an insignificant film, but I can hardly even explain to you how enjoyable Johansson is here; anyone who believes she underplays or cannot act has yet to meet Barbara Sugarman. Fully accessorized, highlighted, entitled and faux-humble, Barbara is a nightmarish vision of prepackaged gorgeousness against which Jon has no chance. I swear, when they kiss you can smell the gum. (That sour-apple kind, with sparkles.) As usual in Jon's life, he doesn't quite realize what's happening, but Barbara soon pushes him into what one of his pals dubs the "long game": bringing her home to meet his parents (Tony Danza and Glenne Headly, both doing shtick but very funny), taking her to rom-coms (we see snippets of one involving Anne Hathaway and Channing Tatum), declaring an absolute moratorium on all that porn.
Or so Jon tells Barbara, anyway, just as he tells the priest who hears his weekly confession, and who appears to prescribe the same regimen of Hail Marys and Our Fathers no matter what Jon confesses. But Jon hasn't even come close to shaking the porn habit, which if nothing else draws the attention of Esther (Julianne Moore), a mildly mysterious older woman in his night-school class. "Excuse me, but are you watching people fucking on your phone?" she asks, more in the spirit of curiosity than judgment.
I'm not sure that Gordon-Levitt completely pulls off the sudden shift in tone that follows when Jon unexpectedly pivots from Barbara to Esther, and just as suddenly stops putting gel in his hair and starts asking questions about family, religion and so forth. But I found myself utterly charmed by the generosity of vision and the dramatic ambition at work here; it's as if a mid-'90s Italian-American sex farce (definitely co-starring Joe Pesci) had suddenly turned into a Henry Miller novel. This is a sweet, lively and funny movie rather than a fully realized one, but it makes clear that Gordon-Levitt has a natural feeling for cinema and should do more of it. As for Jon, I'm completely fine with the idea that a love affair with a grieving, pot-smoking cougar, however short or long it may last, provides him with a Huck Finn raft-ride into a new life. Internet porn helped launch him on that journey, and so did Swiffer.
Andrew O'Hehir is executive editor of Salon.
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OC's Marshall rules heavyweight division at Woods Memorial tourney
Jim Beseda
The Pioneers' senior pinned all five opponents he faced in under 60 seconds at Saturday's Tyrone S. Woods Memorial Tournament
Oregon City senior Lane Marshall kicked off the high school wrestling season with a bang on Saturday.
Actually, it was more like a splat.
Marshall put all five opponents he faced on their backs in less than 60 seconds each, pinning his way to the heavyweight title at Saturday's Tyrone S. Woods Memorial Tournament at Oregon City High School.
"I came in wanting the gold and I'm walking out with it," said Marshall, who stopped Beaverton's Ryan Turner after 56 seconds in the heavyweight title bout. "I was hoping there was going to be more competition so I could really push myself today, but that didn't happen.
"It was the first tournament of the year, so it's only going to get tougher from here."
Camas put seven wrestlers into the finals and earned individuals titles at 120 pounds, 138, 145, 160, and 170, and emerged from a 21-team field to claim the team title with 294.5 points.
North Medford finished second in the team race with 256 points, followed by Sherwood (216.5), Redmond (204), Hermiston (156), and Milwaukie (145).
Oregon City's Henry Villarreal finished second at 152, Max Perry placed third at 170, and Henry Schoenfield was third at 220, Sage Brown finished fifth at 132, and Dawson Drews was fifth at 182, helping the Pioneers to a 10th-place finish with 116 points.
"We battled every match, there was no giving up, and I'm really happy with how we wrestled today," said Pioneers coach Bobby Bates, who entered 19 wrestlers in the tournament. "It's about where we thought we'd be to start the season, but we've got a lot of things to work on.
"Right now, it's all about getting that mat time and getting back into wrestling shape and getting our match management down. It's a process and it takes an entire season, but you hope you have it all down by February."
Marshall, who finished as the runner-up at 285 in last year's OSAA Class 6A state championships, said one of his goal this season is to go undefeated and cap his high school career with an individual state title.
"I think I'm going to take it home this year," Marshall said. "I fell short last year, but I was also giving up 45 pounds to the guy who won. This year, I'm a full 275, wrestling heavyweight, so I'm pretty set."
Marshall pinned South Albany senior Ryan Miller in 23 seconds to open Saturday's tournament, then he flattened Camas sophomore Brayden Kaylor in 17 seconds, Madison freshman Lakota Bailey in 34 seconds, and North Medford sophomore Devin Crenshaw in 50 seconds.
In the final, Marshall wrapped his arms around Turner, then used an outside trip to take him down and an armbar to turn the Beaverton senior onto his back.
"I wish I would have had one or two tough matches to see where I'm at," Marshall said. "This is a big tournament, so it is a bit of a confidence-booster for me. I won here my freshman year and senior year, and I'm glad I won against because I want to go undefeated and win state.
"I think those are pretty realistic goals. I put in a lot of work over the summer and I think I got a good head start on everybody."
In his five matches combined, Marshall was on the mat for a total of three minutes.
"Lane is probably going to be the favorite in every match that he wrestles for the entire year," Bates said. "He's the highest returning state placer at heavyweight, so he's got that target on his back. He should do well."
Villarreal, another Oregon City senior, drew a first-round bye at 152, then won three consecutive bouts with pins, including a win over top-seeded Jonah Sullivan of Camas in the semifinals.
In the final, Villarreal dropped a 16-4 major decision to North Medford's Ethan Miller. Miller got a takedown and a two-point near fall to take a 4-0 lead at the end of the first round, then used a takedown, another near fall, an escape, and a takedown to open an 11-2 lead in the second round.
"Henry is probably the most athletic, explosive kid on our team, so I don't want to say I'm surprised that he was in the finals," Bates said. "He can wrestle so well and do so many good things, and then sometimes accidents happen. But he wrestled phenomenal this weekend, so I'm excited to see how his season lays out."
Mighty Mustangs
For Milwaukie, senior Bryant Smith place second at 145, senior Jacob Ashley took third at 132, freshman Alfred Castillo was seventh at 113, and sophomore Caleb Young was eighth at 126.
"We lost a lot of seniors, so we're a little younger this year," Mustangs coach Brian Duhrkoop said. "The things you want to check off your list are, one, 'Did the kids bring a good attitude?' … which they did. And, two, 'Are they having a good time?' … which they are.
"The hope you have for these early-season tournaments is to get a lot of matches and get some good experience that you can then build on. As far as how we competed, to finish in the top six out of 21 teams was good. It wasn't like I hoped, but it was good."
Camas brought the most wrestlers to the tournament with 32, while Mountainside of Beaverton had 29, and Hermiston had 25. Milwaukie was one of four teams with 24 wrestlers, although the Mustangs were without 182-pounder Logan LaPine and had heavyweight Kaiden Durheim for only one bout before he had to leave because of a personal scheduling conflict.
Smith, a Class 5A state runner-up each of the past two seasons for Milwaukie, won his first three matches Saturday by fall and then scored a 5-0 decision over North Medford sophomore Griffin Gutches in the 145 semifinals.
In the final, Smith dropped an 8-6 decision to Camas senior Craig Tanner, who rallied from a 6-4 deficit at the start of the third round with a takedown and a two-point near fall with just under a minute remaining.
"It was a good team effort, but we definitely have a long ways to go," Duhrkoop said. "The goal today was just for everyone to have five matches and give them something to build on. I didn't care about getting first or guys getting championships.
"What drew us to this tournament is no matter if you win every match or lose every match, you still get five matches. We're younger and we need the experience, and with our schedule, every kid should get at least 30 matches before the first week of January."
Gladstone junior Stefan Smith placed fifth in the heavyweight division after he won his first two matches by fall, lost a 2-0 decision in the quarterfinals, and then came back with two consolation wins by pin.
The Gladiators sent seven wrestlers to the tournament with 170-pound junior Carlos Rodriguez, 182-pound sophomore Shadrach Porter, and 285-pound senior Maxwell Meyer each winning three of five matches.


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Texas Physics Spring 2014
Robert Hargraves
Abstract: Low-cost, clean energy can help solve many world problems, from global warming to overpopulation to GDP stagnation. Nuclear power can be such an energy source, but the costs of solid fuel reactors continue to rise. Needed energy cost innovation may arise from a new technology — liquid fuel nuclear reactors.
Short Biography: Dr. Robert Hargraves is a study leader at Dartmouth ILEAD. He was chief information officer at Boston Scientific Corporation and previously a senior consultant with Arthur D. Little. He founded a computer software firm, DTSS Incorporated, while at Dartmouth College where he was assistant professor of mathematics and associate director of the computation center. He graduated from Brown University (Ph.D. Physics) and Dartmouth College (A.B. Mathematics and Physics). Dr. Hargraves is the author of the book THORIUM: energy cheaper than coal. He promotes the "Aim High!" vision of a world energy future powered by Thorium and liquid-fluoride reactors. He is the co-author of the American Scientist article "Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors" and teaches energy policy at Dartmouth's Institute for Lifelong Education.
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I know resumes are boring and they are the last thing that you want to work on with your free time. But, trust me – you need to. Your resume is nearly never finished and it can always be improved and made better. It's always in draft format.
Recruiters can tell when you have spent a lot of time on it and when you really care about getting the job. Your resume will only be looked for five to seven seconds so it MUST communicate what you want FAST. If you can avoid the most common resume mistakes, you already have an advantage.
Over the last week, I reviewed over 20 resumes of the students in my career development class at DeVry University. I saw the same resume mistakes over and over again – and I don't want you to make the same mistakes.
Please don't use small font that I can't read. Anything under size 10 makes my eyes hurt.
Please don't include a summary all about what you want and what the company can do for you. Instead, tell them what YOU can do for the company. This is the first section someone looks at so you want to make it clear what type of job you would be an excellent fit for and why they should call you in for an interview.
Don't capitalize everything you think is important (words like marketing and successful don't need to be capitalized). Use active voice instead of passive voice. If something was done in the past, make sure you put it in past tense.
For bullets, it is a good idea to start each bullet in the same type of word, such as all verbs or all nouns, etc. They should also all be either past tense or present tense.
Don't just list the tasks you did at your previous jobs. Instead, show the results and accomplishments you helped create. Did you help save money, improve client satisfaction, or increase sales, etc? Use numbers and percentages whenever possible.
Highlight all of the experience you have in the job you want to get. Don't include all of the work you have done the past 10 years (including when you were the dishwasher at a fast food restaurant). If you went to multiple universities, you only need to include the school that you graduated from.
Never put your high school if you are in college. Keep it to no more than two pages, but preferably one page unless you already have a ton of experience. Use bullets to keep information easy to read.
There are so many templates that you can find online, please use a template. You don't have to start from scratch! Make it easy on yourself and easy on the reader.
Make sure your bullets are lined up and please use multiple bullets instead of one really long bullet. It's really about making your resume flow and easy on the eye.
Not including keywords is a great way to not get a call back for an interview. Make sure you use as many keywords from the job description as possible because your resume will be going through a human resources management system.
If you are applying to different types of jobs, you need to have a different resume for each type of job. You can't do a one-size-fits-all approach.
Another mistake is writing something that means something to you but not to the perspective employer. Also, don't use generic terms like team player, integrity, motivated or hard worker. Almost everyone that is applying to the job probably has these qualities so it doesn't make you unique at all.
See, it's easy to avoid resume mistakes. For more good stuff, take a peek at my resume and get a free resume template.


The Law of Attraction and The Law of Giving and Receiving…understanding how the Aloha Spirit Law works in Hawaii and in the real estate industry.
In utilizing the Law of Attraction to help people's ultimate dreams come through, I offer to show my clients the movie The Secret (original version with Abraham-Hicks)…based on the idea that "what you think about comes to you." As a part of this law, we will utilize the Law of Giving and Receiving as explained in the book by Deepak Chopra called The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.
Growing up near Kaneohe Bay on Oahu, I attended Castle High School on the Windward side, where we had a huge diversity of cultures which made it really fun growing up…I loved meeting new people, and introducing them to other friends who had similar interests.
Anyway, I had many friends that I hung out with at different times, and there was one friend I will never forget…her name was Jennifer. Jennifer was a pretty Asian-Filipino mix of ancestry, and she taught me this law of giving and receiving when she took me along to visit her aunty who lived in Pearl City one day.
Before we went up to her aunty's house, she told me she was going to buy her aunty a pie at Anna Miller's. I asked, "Is it a special occasion?" She said, "No, I was taught never to visit someone empty-handed…bring something as a gift to the house to bless them." I loved her philosophy and adopted it as my own.
Who would be thankful when a guest comes to visit and brings you a delicious gift like this? Most people who receive something unexpectedly will ask, "And what can I do for you?!" in an attempt to reciprocate this beautiful gesture of Aloha.
When buying real estate in Hawaii, if you use this same philosophy of giving before you receive anything, you will have a much easier time "integrating" into the business culture of Hawaii, which can be very dependent on the quality of relationships you keep.
One of the first things I tell my clients who are planning to build a home in Hawaii, is that whenever you need something from any of the County or State offices, you may consider going in there with a disposition of respect and humility to the person helping you.
If you want them to remember you well, leave a box of chocolates, or a batch of your favorite cookies…something they can eat and share with everyone else. It's a small gesture for the amount of gratitude and continued service that you will receive in return.
Picking a contractor that uses the Law of Giving in their business can make the difference in a quality build on-time, with minimal hangups. The established contractor will have a trusted crew of sub-contractor "friends" in the business, and in the State and County Departments who may jump hoops to service to the builder, or vendor you choose.
The law also works in the opposite situation as well. If you upset any of those County or State workers, they will remember you and you might have to make a few extra trips to get your building permitted, or an inspector to come out to your property, so you can sell it.
I worked with a developer who was building a subdivision near the airport and his sister, who was the Broker (who didn't know this law), was selling the homes and had disregarded a customer who wanted to buy a house in their new neighborhood.
This customer just happened to be the State Inspector for the development, and because of that, the inspections for the whole development were postponed at least 1-3 months because of the way the Broker treated the inspector. There will be no words shared when these things happen…and I would be quick to send chocolates and flowers to the department to help make up for any ill feelings that may have been misinterpreted.
This law also works when you move into a new neighborhood and need your neighbor's assistance. The first thing you want to do when you first move to the neighborhood, is to take a box of chocolates, or a cold beverage to share with your neighbors…making friends with your neighbors will insure a better living experience while residing there.
A great book that can help you understand this law is in the book by Rosa Say called Managing with Aloha. This book teaches these same universal laws as well as the Law of the Aloha Spirit, and shows how Rosa integrated these teachings into her career as the Director of Operations at Four Seasons Hualalai Resort. I worked with Rosa while there, and was able to see and experience these laws in action as her departments had very strong "team" concepts along with putting the guests needs first.
Hope this helps you in understanding a little about the Law of Giving and Receiving, and the Law of the Aloha Spirit. You can utilize these teachings anywhere in the world with similar results…it just depends on how you put them to use.
If you have any questions regarding this information, or how to buy or sell your property with positive results, please give me a call! I'd be happy to show you how these laws work, and lead you in the right direction to successfully find the best Hawaii life possible! I look forward to hearing from you!
Very nice article. I enjoyed reading every bit of it!
Aloha Claire, how wonderful to see you again in this way!
You write wonderfully, and I enjoyed reading this description of how you have learned to Live with Aloha. One tidbit: I grew up in Pearl City and love those Anna Miller pies too! And mahalo nui, thank you so much for recommending Managing with Aloha to your readers.
I do love how the value of Aloha will qualify how we reciprocate, for it is really about our genuine good intention to connect with someone, and not at all as "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours." With Aloha we value relationship as a way we nurture our own sense of belonging in the world, and I so value this connection we were able to make while at Hualalai.
Rosa, you have been such an Inspiration for me, and I think it may have been the reason I was there at Hualalai – to learn from the Best about what Aloha really is..
Having grown up in Oahu too.. I had never met so many beautiful people in one place than I did at Hualalai on the Big Island.. it changed my life, and I realized that Living with Aloha was the only way to live, no matter what.. I am forever grateful to have seen Aloha in Action with how you managed your awesome people, and I truly appreciated your encouragement & support as well! Mahalo Nui Nui Loa!
If you ever speak at any public events, please invite me – The book you authored, Managing with Aloha has been the best gift – as people can use your Principles anywhere in the world and be Successful!
Aloha Pumehana & Forever Blessings to you Rosa! Keep in touch!


energise management teams and get them all facing the right way in pursuit of clearly articulated and agreed targets. He has grown businesses by up to 770% in one year using creative means to improve top line and bottom line growth.
Hope Street Xchange is a new hybrid workspace which mixes distinctive new design with sensitive refurbishment of an existing Grade II listed building in Sunderland City Centre. Hope Street Xchange comprises of 30 offices, 7 workshops and a café boasting superfast broadband, state of the art AV in the generous communal meeting and event spaces. By becoming a tenant at Hope Street Xchange you have the opportunity to access unique research expertise and rapid prototyping facilities. The building offers fantastic event space unique to Sunderland.


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Mike Trapp Olympic Hopeful Snowboard Racer
Mike Trapp is a national champion professional snowboarder who hails from Hyannis, MA on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He won first place in both the 2011 and the 2012 U.S. National Championships. These are just his most recent wins out of 140 events in a career that started when he was only 11 years old. He competes in Parallel Slalom Men and Parallel Giant Slalom Men.Mike Trapp hopes to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics to be held in Sochi, Russia. To attain that goal he must successfully compete against dozens of other qualified athletes with the same goals. Only a maximum of 2 athletes out the those who are qualified will be chosen to represent the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Over the years, Mike Trapp has worked hard to attain this enviable position. To be chosen to represent the United States in the 2014 Olympics would truly be the honor of his lifetime and something Mike has worked toward for over 10 years.
Please be sure to visit http://miketrappsnowboarding.com/ to learn of the unique obstacles and challenges that only United States Olympic Athletes face, and how, like his sponsors below, you can help Mike Trapp in his journey to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia


Minakami (みなかみ町, Minakami-machi) is a town located in Tone District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It is the largest and northernmost town in the prefecture.
The town was created on October 1, 2005, when the old Minakami merged with the town of Tsukiyono, and the village of Niiharu, all from Tone District.
As of 2006, the town has an estimated population of 23,189 and a population density of 29 persons per km². The total area is 780.91 km².
Content on this page is licensed under CC-BY-SA from the authors of the following Wikipedia pages: List of twin towns and sister cities in Japan, Minakami, Gunma. Note that the data on Wikipedia is highly unreliable. In many cases, sister cities are missing or wrongly listed. Some cities also have different levels of partnership. If you find an error, please make a correction on the relevant Wikipedia pages and cite your sources.


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Native DSD Music » Albums » 20804 Death Devotion
Catalog Number: 20804
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Classics Today.com
International Record Review
National Post, Toronto, Canada
Haagse Post
Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven - conductor
Johannette Zomer - soprano
Peter Harvey - bas
Matthias Weckmann (1616/9-1674) Wie liegt die Stadt so Wste
Franz Tunder (1614-1667) An Wasserflen Babylon
O Jesu dulcissime
Franz Tunder: Ach Herr, la deine lieben Engelein
Dietrich Buxtehude: O Gottes Stadt BuxWV 87
Wo ist doch mein Freund geblieben? BuxWV
Dialogus inter Christum et fidelem animam
Christian Ritter (1645/8-1717/25) 7 O amantissime sponse Jesu
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe BuxWV 38
Death & Devotion (2004)
Weckmann, Tunder, Buxtehude, Ritter
The Netherlands Bach Society
Jos Van Veldhoven
Death and Devotion Cantatas by Tunder, Weckmann, Buxtehude, and Ritter It is a remarkable fact that the most expressive and original vocal church music composed in Northern Germany during the latter half of the seventeenth century was the work not of cantors, but of organists. Some of this is due to the exceptional status which had been achieved by organists in cities like Hamburg and Lbeck in the course of the century; they had become both virtuosi par excellence, and at the same time learned composers. The foundation had been laid by the teachings of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), who had brought an entire generation of North German organists to this exalted level. But at the same time as this generation, typified by Jacob Praetorius, Heinrich Scheidemann, Melchior Schildt, and others, concentrated primarily on the organ as a medium for performance and composition, their students, in turn, took things a step further. They assembled a group (usually a small one) of singers and instrumentalists around the organ for the performance of refined, erudite vocal music, strongly inspired by concertante church music from Italy. Freed from the confines of liturgical requirements, they therefore chose texts, both Latin and German, which offered numerous opportunities for expressive composition: specially chosen excerpts from the Bible (strikingly often those dealing with suffering and death) and devotional texts, many of which were strongly mystic or pietistic in tone. The most important member of this second generation was Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), who was most probably a student of Scheidemann, and who succeeded Franz Tunder in the post of organist at the Marienkirche of Lbeck from 1668 until his death. His surviving compositions include not only a large quantity of organ and harpsichord works, but also a number of string sonatas and some 120 cantatas. The enormous range of texts, compositional techniques, and settings - from intimate solo cantatas to large-scale works - suggests that he enjoyed a good deal of artistic freedom.
A good example of this is provided by Buxtehudes setting, BuxWV 38, of the Psalm text Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe [Lord, when I have but Thee] (Psalm 73, verse 25-26), a beloved funerary text in seventeenth-century Germany, usually set as a solemn motet. In contrast, Buxtehudes setting is a fashionable, graceful Ciacona, with a repeated six-note bass motive - a compositional technique which originated in Italian secular music. Above this unchanging bass line, the soprano engages in lively exchanges with the two violins, including much word-painting, e.g. the swaying triplets at meines Herzens Trost (the comfort of my heart). This Ciacona was written in the 1670s; in contrast, the Dialogus inter Christum et fidelem animam, Wo ist doch mein Freund geblieben? [Where for is my friend departed] (BuxWV 111) is a late work of the 1690s. This dialogue between Christ and the faithful soul, sung respectively by bass and soprano, is based on a paraphrase of a familiar text from the Song of Songs, referring to the lost beloved (Christ in this context). The text is strophic, but Buxtehude only sets the beginning, the monologue of the searching soul, as a song with uncomplicated alternation between the soprano, accompanied only by the continuo, and the strings. After the Beloved has been found, a freely composed dialogue arises between the two voices, an operatic love duet which is crowned by the ecstatic 6/8 meter of the conclusion So lieben die Seele und Jesus zusammenSie brennen und stehen in lieblichen Flammen. [Thus the Soul and Christ mingle their loveThey live and burn in the flames of love]. O Gottes Stadt [O city of God] (Bux WV 87) is also based on a strophic song text, in this case drawn from the Himmlische Lieder of 1642 by Johann Rist, a poet who was both a familiar figure in organist circles in Hamburg as well as a friend to Buxtehudes presumed teacher, Scheidemann. Buxtehude uses only the first and last verses of Rists song text, which speaks of longing for the eternal heavenly Jerusalem. Rists text is made to order for a simple strophic aria (and in the 1642 collection, it is indeed set in this way by the Hamburg violinist Johann Schop), but it has inspired Buxtehude to compose a compelling, broadly proportioned concertante version in which the strings function as an emotional sounding board for the soprano another example of freely written organists music. The first verse is set as an expansive sarabande with strikingly realistic illustration of the believers sighs. The second verse begins in a hesitant, searching four quarter time, and Buxtehude also lets the words break off (wenn ich aus diesem Leben) [when from this life I]. But he returns to the ecstatic, dancing 3/4 meter, and the reason can be found in the continuation of the text (zu dir spring in dein Reich hinein) [leap up to Thy glorious kingdom]. The works climax comes with the elaborate setting of the rejoicing Zion with showy coloratura writing for the soprano. Buxtehude must have drawn much inspiration from the music of Franz Tunder (1614-1667), his predecessor in the office of Lbeck organist. Tunder was in close contact with the Sweelinck-based school of Hamburg organists. Buxtehude married Tunders daughter and in this way became the direct heir to his music.
Tunders compositions, of which disappointingly few have survived, are distinguished by their unusual richness of harmony and polyphonic writing. An Wasserflen Babylon [By the waters of Babylon], a much-loved chorale in North German organists circles, was composed by Tunder as a type of polyphonic motet for soprano (taking the chorale melody) and five stringed instruments. Tunder set the first lines of this hymn, known as the Lament of Zion very expressively, culminating in the chromaticism of the line da weinten wir [there we wept]. From this point onwards, the setting relaxes into a more homophonic, simpler idiom for the remaining lines of the hymn. Far different is Tunders Ach Herr, la deine lieben Engelein [O lord, let Thy dear angels] - a text which is widely known from the closing chorale of Bachs St. John Passion. This is the third verse of Martin Schallings 1571 hymn Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr [Great is my love for Thee, o Lord]; the chorale melody usually associated with it is completely missing here, however. Instead, Tunder, like his son-in-law Buxtehude some years later in O Gottes Stadt, has written a concertante aria on the text. After a speaking sinfonia, the soprano sings the first half of the text in continuous dialogue with the strings; the last line, ruhen bis am jngsten Tage [to rest until the final day] is then illustrated in a static instrumental interlude. The change of affect afterwards, with Alsdenn vom Tode erwecke michin ewiger Freud [so then Thou shalt awaken me from death.in eternal joy], in rapid triple time, could not be greater. Tunder made a close study of the vocal church music composed by Monteverdi and his successors, as can be clearly seen in the German composers reworking of a motet by Giovanni Rovetta. But Tunders other Latin settings also draw their inspiration from the south, as is surely the case for O Jesu dulcissime, a solo motet for bass on a seventeenth-century devotional text. Matthias Weckmann (1616/9-1674) a student of both Heinrich Schtz and Jacob Praetorius, and organist at the Hamburg St. Jacobi from 1655, also wrote unmistakeable organists music. In 1663, Hamburg suffered a serious epidemic of the plague, which killed many citizens including several of the most important musicians, among them Scheidemann and the city cantor, Thomas Selle. This catastrophe inspired the large-scale dialogue Wie liegt die Stadt so wste [How the city doth lie desolate], completed by Weckmann on October 14th 1663. Here again we have an unmistakably liberated composer at work: the verses from the Lamentations of Jeremiah have been carefully selected and reshuffled in such a way as to allow them to be set as a soprano-bass dialogue. With the exception of the closing segment, the voices only sing separately: the soprano assumes the role of narrator, and symbolizes the mourning widow at the opening of the piece, whereas the bass takes the part of the somber, sinful prophet himself. The structure of the dialogue is underlined instrumentally by the sopranos accompaniment being limited to the continuo, while the bass is accompanied by the full string ensemble. This basic contrast, as well as the inspired alternation of recitative and aria styles from segment to segment, has produced a poignant setting of this Old Testament prophecy of doom. Particularly impressive are the desolate opening, the sighing Ciacona for bass, Man hrets wohl [Well dost thou hear] (because of the Italianate technique, just as in Buxtehude accompanied only by two violins and continuo), and the closing segment: here the two voices join together in a compelling cry for help (Ach Herr, siehe an mein Elend) [Ah Lord, behold Thou my wretchedness].
The organist Christian Ritter (1645/8-1717/25) was of Saxon origin and probably received his education in Dresden as a student of Schtz and other teachers. Later he worked alternately in Stockholm, Dresden, and Hamburg. His 22 surviving vocal works are of high quality and diversity - yet another example of organists music. Both in Stockholm and Dresden he attained the rank of assistant leader of court music. Cantatas, particularly those by Buxtehude and other North German composers, were familiar and beloved in the Swedish capital, while in Dresden, after the death of Schtz, the Italian style ruled the day. O amantissime sponse Jesu, a Latin devotional text, has the rhythmic power and vocal refinement (particularly in the recitatives) of the best Italian church music of the period, but the heavy five-part string accompaniment and the innovative dissonance of the harmonies are both unmistakably North German - nowhere as clearly as in the tension-filled opening, where the soprano declaims the motto of this cantata, surrounded by rich harmonies. The score, preserved in the Berlin library, was already published in a modern edition at the beginning of the 20th century, and in 1959 in the Netherlands, a famous, widely distributed recording of the piece was made by the singer Aafje Heynis, conducted by Anthon van der Horst - who was for more than 30 years the artistic director of The Netherlands Bach Society. Pieter Dirksen, 2003 Translation: David Shapero
Founded in 1921, The Netherlands Bach Society is the oldest Early Music ensemble in the Netherlands, and possibly in the whole world. Yet along with the musicians, its artistic director Jos van Veldhoven is still continually in search of contemporary ways of presenting this music, whether it be the traditional performances of the St. Matthew Passion in Naarden, other works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) or music by his predecessors, successors, contemporaries and fellow spirits.
The programmes are often compiled in an original way and thus give a refreshing view of the various musical styles from Schütz/Monteverdi to Haydn/Mozart, as well as of the central composer Bach himself. The flexibility of the ensemble makes it possible to perform works from the secular and sacred repertoires in a great variety of combinations of musicians. In the concerts, top priority is given to beauty, emotion, quality and authentic experience.
For a long time now, the activities of The Netherlands Bach Society have not been restricted to Naarden or Het Gooi, in the Netherlands. They are attracting growing national and international attention from large concert halls and important music festivals, and the ensemble increasingly plays the honourable role of cultural ambassador.
Besides working with principal conductor Jos van Veldhoven, The Netherlands Bach Society also performs with leading early music specialists from the Netherlands and abroad, such as Rinaldo Alessandrini, Peter Dijkstra, Richard Egarr, Gustav Leonhardt, Paul McCreesh, Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Masaaki Suzuki.
In order to reinforce the authentic experience, the concerts are supported where necessary by fringe programming, including introductions, workshops, exhibitions and book publications. Further emphasis is provided by the educational projects, which have also received several awards (e.g. Euro Media Award and the Classical Music Award from the Dutch Association of Theatres and Concert Halls (VSCD)).
The Netherlands Bach Society and Jos van Veldhoven have recorded several CDs for Channel Classics, including the Great Organ Mass with the organist Leo van Doeselaar and Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Illustrated editions of the Christmas Oratorio, the St. John Passion and the Mass in B minor have been published in collaboration with Museum Catharijneconvent.
Jos van Veldhoven studied musicology at Utrecht University, and choral and orchestral conducting at the Royal Conservatory in TheHague. He has been artistic director of TheNetherlands Bach Society since 1983, in which capacity he regularly directs performances at home and abroad of the major works of JohannSebastian Bach, his predecessors and contemporaries.Van Veldhoven also directs the UtrechtsBarok Consort, which he founded in 1976. With these ensembles he has made a great number of national and international radio, tv and cd The Netherlands Bach Society recordings, and has appeared in festivals in theNetherlands, Europe, the United States and Japan.Jos van Veldhoven is a frequent guest conductor with Dutch and foreign orchestras, including DasOrchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, The TokyoPhilharmonic Orchestra, the Robert Schumann Philharmonie, the Essener Philharmoniker, theBrabant Orchestra and the Limburg SymphonyOrchestra. Since 2001 he has collaborated with director Dietrich Hilsdorf on a cycle of stage dHandel oratorios at the opera houses of Bonn,Chemnitz and Essen.Jos van Veldhoven has attracted frequent attention with performances of newly discovered repertoire within the realm of early music, including noteworthy performances of oratorios by Telemann and Graun, Vespers by Gastoldi,reconstructions of Bach's St Mark Passion, theso-called Köthener Trauer-Music and many unknown seventeenth-century dialogues. VanVeldhoven has conducted many contemporary premieres of Baroque operas by composers including Mattheson, Keiser, Andrea, Bononcini,Legrenzi, Conti and Scarlatti.Jos van Veldhoven is professor of choral conducting at the Amsterdam Conservatory and theRoyal Conservatory in The Hague. In 2007 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the NetherlandsLion for his pioneering services to early music.
Interpretation honnte de la soprano Johannette Zomer et de la basse Peter Harvey.
Het is een pendelen tussen devotie en overgave dat olv Jos van Veldhoven overtuigend wordt weergegeven. .... Johannette Zomer is steeds weer in staat haar stem een andere kleur te geven, passend bij het karakter van tekst en muziek.
Johannette Zomer en Peter Harvey are sensitive singers who seldom overlook any textual subtlety and who are acutely alive to the close relationship between words and music. The instrumental support is sympathetic and unanimous in sound and endeavour.
Ster van de cast is Johannette Zomer met haar kraakheldere, expressieve stem. (...) (....) Wat opvalt is de ongelofelijk mooie klank van deze cd. Ruimte en helderheid gekoppeld aan perfecte uitvoeringen van onbekende, verrassend mooie muziek, wat meer kan een schijfje bieden!
Zomer mag ook het sieraad van deze cd heten, met een ietwat donker getinte sopraan klank die desondanks verrassend licht de hoogte in schiet.
both the performances and sound are deserving of the highest praise. Johannette Zomer reveals a voice of considerable warmth and decent expressive range.... Bass Peter Harvey always is worth hearing, and hes an absolutely sound and commanding presence
Prachtige vertolkingen van de zo rijke geestelijke muziek uit de 17e eeuw, en nog prachtiger op toon gezet door bas Peter Harvey en de sopraan Johannette Zomer. Wat heeft die laatste een indringende stem en hoe goed is ze thuis in barokmuziek
Johannette Zomers clear, radiant voice, animated by a high musical intelligence, is one of the delights of this disc. ....Peter Harvey, Zomers companion on this disc, is without doubt the best English bass currently specializing in Baroque music. ....This superb recital, aided by a crystal-clear SACD recorded sound (even on a conventional cd player), is the perfect place to make its acquaintance.
A superbly performed survey of pre-bach cantatas delivered with rare and relishable imagination .... Zomer is the main protagonist and sings with such range of inflection and commitment that one almost feels that the works were in her blood by right ... She exquisitely pitches this difficult music. .... Zomers compelling immediacy and the nobility of Peter Harveys reflective contribution complement each other exceptionally.
De stem van Johannette Zomer beschikt over een schier onuitputtelijke voorraad affectwisselingen. Ze laat er absoluut geen misverstand over bestaan dat ze weet waarover ze zingt en hoe ze de inhoud en de sfeer van de woorden in haar vertolkingen moet overtreffen
Dark-hued works that tear ones heart out especially when performed as expressively and directly as they are here, Johannette Zomer, Peter Harvey and the nine period instrumentalists from the Nederlands Bach Society. () the singers bring a superb sense of Baroque style, piety and emotional courage to their performances, as do the excellent instrumentalists. Zomer uses vibrato only as an ornament, her white sound cutting to the heart like a knife, the violins bring shafts of light to these dark, Rembrandtesque scenes.
De Nederlandse sopraan Johannette Zomer heeft de afgelopen jaren pijlsnel carriere gemaakt, haar naar is inmiddels, vooral in de opera en oude muziek, een begrip. Op de nieuwe cd Johannette zingt voortreffelijk, en het ontbreekt haar niet aan gevoel voor mystieke, pitistische inslag van deze muziek.
Bach - St. Matthew Passion
Bach - Christmas Oratorio
Super Artists in Super Audio Vol. 1
Monteverdi, Mozart, Carissimi
Bach - St. John Passion
Mozart Requiem
Bach - Mass in B Minor
Bach - Magnificat in D
Music For The Peace Of Utrecht
Händel, Croft
Bach, Tunder
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20804: Death & Devotion
Wie liegt die Stadt soWu_ste
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An Wasserflu_ssen Babylon
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Ach Herr, lass deine lieben Engelein
O Gottes Stadt BuxWV 87
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Wo ist dochmein Freund geblieben_ BuxWV 111
O amantissime sponse Jesu
Ritter 00:09:42 Select quality & channels above
Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe BuxWV 38
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I solved this issue by simply hooking into the OnActivated method within autofac.
The only issue here is that the Initialize method is called before the MVC has bound its parameters to the properties within the view model, therefore resulting in partial initialization.
I can solve this by adding the call (removing from autofac) to Initialize in my OnModelUpdated override of my custom ModelBinder, although now if I create a view model outside the MVC binding it won't call initialize.
The only solution I can see is to have it in both places, Autofac (OnActivated) and in my modelbinder (OnModelUpdated), this will be a tremendous performance hit surely, any ideas?


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Q: Can anyone please help me to understand what does "well-defined" mean in the definition of Set? We know that

A set is a well-defined collection of distinct objects, considered as
an object in its own right.

Can anyone please help me to understand  what does well-defined mean?
Let's say $X = \{ 1 , 2 , 3 , \tan \frac{\pi}{2} \}$.
Is $X$ a set ? $\tan x$ tends to infinity when   $x \in (0 , \frac{\pi}{2})$    and $x$ tends to $\frac{\pi}{2}$. And $\tan x$ tends to minus infinity when   $x \in ( \frac{\pi}{2} , \pi )$    and $x$ tends to $\frac{\pi}{2}$. But we do not have any concrete idea about $\tan \frac{\pi}{2}$. So it is undefined. So $X$ can not be called a set. Am I correct ?

A: "Well-defined" means that the definition indeed specifies one and only one object.
For example

*

*Let $n$ be the even prime.
This makes $n$ well-defined, because there is exactly one even prime, $2$.

*Let $n$ be the prime between $24$ and $28$.
This looks like a definition but is not well-defined. There is no prime between $24$ and $28$.

*Let $n$ be the prime below $10$.
Again, this is not well-defined, this time because there are several primes below $10$. Note that by saying "the" you claim uniqueness.

*Let $n$ be the smallest composite prime.
Again, not well-defined. There is no composite prime because the two notions "composite" and "prime" contradict each other.

A:
Is $X$ a set? I think it is not because $\tan\frac{\pi}2$ is infinity.

Guessing your context, you are correct. I would technically say that, since $\frac\pi2$ is not in the domain of $\tan$, the object $\tan\frac\pi2$ is undefined.
(Unless, maybe if you have previously defined $\infty$ is as an object, and defined $\tan\frac\pi2$ to be
$$\tan\frac\pi2 := \lim_{x\to\frac\pi2}\tan x = \infty.$$
But you probably haven't done this.)
People say a set is "well-defined" to mean that there aren't any problems/contradictions/inconsistencies (like the above) when defining it.

A: The term "well-defined" is not being used to refer to the domain of definition of a partial function (like $\tan$) here, but rather to the fact that not every purported definition defines a set.
A famous example is Bertrand Russell's set of sets that do not contain themselves:
$$
R = \{ x \mid x \not\in x \}
$$
Then if $R \in R$, this implies that $R \not\in R$, while if $R \not\in R$, unfortunately $R \in R$. Either way we get a contradiction.
The way we use sets nowadays starts with certain sets (e.g. $\omega$, the set of natural numbers) as given and defines others as subsets, and does not allow us to define $R$, so we avoid this contradiction (we cannot prove that a contradiction is avoided, but that just a general feature of mathematical theories that can express enough arithmetical facts and for which the set of provable statements is computably enumerable, nothing to do with set theory in particular).

A: It is well to notice that what you quoted is not an actual definition of a set in axiomatic set theory where sets are undefined terms with certain axiomatic properties. It is similar to the original definitions of Cantor who founded set theory. For example, a quote from 1895

By a 'set' we understand every collection to a whole
$M$ of definite, well-differentiated objects $m$ of our
intuition or our thought. (We call these objects the
'elements' of $M$.)

This is similar to dictionary "definitions" of words
which use other word phrases in the definitions, but not
everything can be defined this way. There must be
first given a number of undefined words from which all
other words are defined. For example, what exactly is
a "collection"? The key concept turns out to be that of
elementhood. That is, it must be always possible to be
able to definitely decide if $m$ is an element of $M$
or is not, for any given $m$ and $M$.


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UN urges Yemeni leaders to reach for peace
SBS World News Radio: The United Nations has urged officials in Yemen to come to an agreement over the country's future, saying there are "no winners in war".
A little over a year and a half since Yemen descended into conflict, the country remains more divided than ever.
A Saudi Arabian-led coalition has thrown its support behind the internationally-recognised government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, while Shiite Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, fight to restore power to former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Several attempts at peace talks have made little headway.
Just last week, a temporary pause in fighting to allow the safe passage of aid into Yemen collapsed.
In a speech to the United Nations Security Council in New York, Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has implored leaders to try again.
Speaking through an interpreter, he accuses officials of being more concerned about their personal interests, than those of their people.
"After 18 months of horrific fighting, thousands of deaths, injuries and unspeakable human suffering and total economic collapse, we all need to ask, how long will Yemenis remain hostage to personal and reckless political decisions? What are the parties waiting for to sign a political agreement? Have they not understood that there are no winners in wars? The roadmap I have proposed to the parties is widely supported by the international community because it provides a comprehensive solution."
The proposed plan would further sideline Mr Hadi, currently in exile in the Saudi capital Ridayh, and install a government of more moderate leaders.
It also wants to establish several committees to oversee the withdrawal of armed forces.
It has already been unofficially rejected by both sides, but has received support from other UN members.
More than 20 million people - around 80 per cent of Yemenis - now rely on aid from humanitarian groups, while another 10,000 have died in the bloodshed.
The number of suspected cholera cases has climbed to almost 1,500 just weeks after an outbreak was first declared by the World Health Organisation.
Muhannad Hadi, the World Food Program's Regional Director for the Middle East, says the situation is almost beyond help.
"The food security situation in Yemen is deteriorating rapidly. Actually hunger is becoming epidemic everywhere. This June, the IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) revealed that 14 million people are food insecure. Seven million of them are severely insecure. It's one thing to read those reports, but it's another thing to go and speak to a mother and a father who cannot serve their children at the end of the day with a meal. There are some governorates that 70 per cent of the population are struggling to feed themselves. Nine out of the 22 governorates in Yemen are classified as Level 3. In other words, these governorates are at emergency levels."
Thousands of airstrikes have hit towns, schools, hospitals and homes.
On Sunday, an air raid by the Saudi alliance killed 60 people near the city of Hodeidah, including some being held in a prison.
Rights groups have speculated the bombings may constitute a war crime.
Local resident Mohammed Hayel wants to see an end to the conflict.
"We call on the international community, on international organisations, to stop the war on Yemen. This war is not justified. We are struggling to find food and we have been displaced from our homes, homes have been demolished over the heads of citizens."


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A true legend of modern perfumery is at the heart of Paris' Palais de Tokyo upcoming exhibition: Chanel's N°5, created by perfumer Ernest Beaux for Coco Chanel in 1921, remains a best-seller for perfumeries around the world today.
Closely linked to the story and fame of Chanel, N°5 also testifies of the amazing creative context at the dawn of the 1920s, fuelled by the successive revolutions of artistic avant-garde movements: Cubism and Futurism, Dadaism or Surrealism are the triumph of an intoxicating and unprecedented modernity.
Abstraction then spreads through all mediums of artistic creation, painting, poetry, literature, music… as well as perfumery – a flower with blurry contours, made of rose, ylang ylang and jasmine blended with overdosed aldehydes, the N°5 is a perfect example of this.
The exhibition explores the links between this historic perfume and the creations of its time, shedding light on original correspondences and references.
Curated by art specialist and critic Jean-Louis Froment, curator of Culture Chanel's previous chapters in Moscow, Shanghai, Beijing and Canton, this exhibition unveils artworks by Picasso, Modigliani, Picabia or Man Ray next to photographs, films, texts, advertising campaigns and objects. Together, they allow us to discover Mademoiselle Chanel's various influences to create a perfume she first intended for her best friends and customers, as well as the truly artistic character of N°5, thought, from its very early days, as nothing short of a true work of art.
From May 5 to June 5 (obviously !) at Palais de Tokyo, 13 avenue du Président Wilson, 75016 Paris.


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The last time the Texas Longhorns won the national championship…
By Kevin McGuireJun 10, 2019, 4:05 PM EDT
For the first time in a number of years, there seems to be a real sense of optimism surrounding the Texas Longhorns football program heading into the 2019 season. An appearance in the Big 12 championship game and a victory over the Georgia Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl has been the fuel for the suggestion, as quarterback Sam Ehlinger proclaimed in New Orleans, that Texas is back. For the Longhorns, that means Texas fans are gearing up to legitimately think about celebrating a long-awaited national championship once again.
The last national championship celebrated in Austin came at the end of the 2005 season with one of the most memorable endings in Rose Bowl history. After being the No. 2 team in the AP poll all season long behind only the Trojans, Texas quarterback Vince Young turned in one of the best performances you could ask for under the pressure of the national championship spotlight. Young completed 30 of 40 pass attempts for 267 yards and rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns, none more visually memorable as his third, which proved to be the title-winning score to end program's national title drought that spanned back to the 1970 season (although Texas faithful will argue their case for the 1977 and 1981 titles).
To put things in some perspective, let's take a stroll down memory lane to see what was going on in 2005, the last time Texas had a national championship season.
Last National Title Season: 2005 (13 years and counting)
Who was President?
That would be none other than George W. Bush. Bush had just been sworn in for his second term in office following a victory in the 2004 election against John Kerry.
Also in 2005, current President Donald J. Trump married his third wife, Melania Knauss.
What was on TV?
Just a couple of weeks after Texas celebrated their national championship victory, "American Idol" was entering its fifth season as the nation's top-rated television program. This was the season that would eventually lead to Carrie Underwood, a native of Oklahoma, to be named the winner of the singing competition. You may have heard of her. She's the woman who would go on to sing the theme song for Sunday Night Football on NBC later on in her musical career.
If you were watching NBC, then odds are pretty decent you were watching "Deal or No Deal," hosted by none other than Howie Mandel.
What movies were hot?
The final chapter in the Star Wars prequel, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith had come out earlier in the spring and was probably making its way to DVD by the time Texas started their championship season. But the final movie directed by George Lucas in his Star Wars saga would not be the top movie at the box office in 2005. That honor belonged to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth installment in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which came out in November of 2005. It took a wizard to take down a Jedi in 2005.
Still in an age before Marvel movies took over the superhero genre and the box office ticket sales, the first installment in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy hit theaters as well with Batman Begins. Amazingly, the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory starring Johnny Depp actually beat Batman at the box office. In hindsight, what were we thinking? Another superhero movie released in 2005 was Fantastic Four, starring Chris Evans, who would later go on to play a much better role in a much better franchise as Captain America.
Also released in 2005? The Adam Sandler-led remake of The Longest Yard. Burt Reynolds made an appearance in the movie as well, of course.
As for the Oscars, Brokeback Mountain Best Film while Crash took Best Original Screenplay.
Who was on the cover of NCAA Football?
NCAA Football 06 was released by EA Sports on July 12, 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 and the Microsoft Xbox. Sorry Nintendo Gamecube fans. You were left out of the game this time. This year's edition of the game introduced the "Race for the Heisman " mode, which would become a fun feature of the game in some capacity.
Michigan's Desmond Howard was featured on the cover of the game, striking his signature pose for the cover. This marked the first time in the franchise's history a player who didn't play the previous season and had gone on to the NFL appeared on the cover of the game.
What else happened in 2005?
The Chicago White Sox won the 2005 World Series, sweeping the Houston Astros. The White Sox snapped their own championship drought in doing so with their first World Series title since 1917. The year before, in 2004, the Boston Red Sox had snapped their World Series drought.
The San Antonio Spurs won their third NBA championship in seven seasons. North Carolina won their first men's college basketball national championship under Roy Williams.
Lance Armstrong won his seventh consecutive Tour de France. That wouldn't come into play down the line, right?
Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters title in 2005. He also won at the British Open.
The NHL had the 2004-2005 season canceled over a labor dispute, so there was no Stanley Cup winner in 2005, although the Carolina Hurricanes would top the Edmonton Oilers in the 2005-2006 season. Cam Ward was the playoff MVP.
The Pittsburgh Steelers would be Super Bowl champions shortly after the Texas national championship run. Ben Roethlisberger and Jerome Bettis topped the Seattle Seahawks years before former UCLA head coach Jim Mora and former USC head coach Pete Carroll would take a run at coaching the NFC West franchise.
Nick Saban was in his first NFL season with the Miami Dolphins. He'd be coming back to the SEC soon enough. At Clemson, Dabo Swinney was a wide receivers coach in his third year on the job. He would be named interim head coach of the Tigers three years later.
Current Texas head coach Tom Herman was in his first season as an offensive coordinator and quarterback coach for Texas State.
Mack Brown today
GLENDALE, AZ – JANUARY 05: Head coach Mack Brown of the Texas Longhorns celebrates after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Game on January 5, 2009 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The Longhorns defeated the Buckeyes 24-21 (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
The head coach of the last national championship for Texas, Mack Brown, is getting back in the coaching game this season. Brown was essentially forced out of his position as head coach at Texas at the end of the 2013 season, amid some possible expectations Texas boosters would be able to lure Nick Saban away from Alabama. Instead, Texas got Charlie Strong from Louisville. Brown went to work for ABC and ESPN as a studio analyst with some work in the booth to go with it, but after five years on TV, Brown is returning to another one of his previous stops to resume his coaching career. Brown is now the head coach at North Carolina, the school that employed him before Texas hired him away from Chapel Hill prior to the 1998 season.
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Texas fires Longhorn legend Vince Young from developmental role
By Kevin McGuireMar 9, 2019, 2:15 PM EST
Vince Young, whose claim to glory was leading the Texas Longhorns to their last national championship, has been fired by the Texas Longhorns. According to a report from the Associated Press, Young has been removed from his part-time position as a developmental officer for what is described as poor performance.
Young was terminated from his post effective March 1, a month after a drunken driving arrest, and as a result of not showing up for work and poor communication with officials within the program.
From the AP report;
Young's March 1 firing letter says he was dismissed "for not demonstrating significant and sustained improvement in the performance of (his) job responsibilities and failing to maintain standards of conduct suitable and acceptable to the university." He has been given job warnings dating back to 2017.
Young led Texas to its only BCS championship in the 2005 season, topping USC in one of the most memorable finishes in Rose Bowl history. The Maxwell Award, Manning Award, and Davey O'Brien Award winner for the 2005 season was named a consensus All-American and later had his No. 10 uniform retired by the Longhorns. Coming home to be a part of the Texas program should have led to a much better experience for Young, but that clearly never materialized after his professional career in the NFL drew to a close.
But if young wasn't showing up to work and being the role model that college football players within the Texas program need for guidance, then it doesn't matter what Young did in his playing days in Austin. Tom Herman and Texas don't need negative influences and people who don't respect the job around to be a bad role model.
Here's hoping Young straightens some things out moving forward. He'll still always be a Longhorn at heart, but it doesn't sound as though he was ready for the responsibility his role entailed.
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Gary Barnett returns to Colorado for radio gig
By Kevin McGuireAug 22, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT
The only coach to win a Big 12 title at Colorado is back in Boulder. Gary Barnett, a former assistant coach on Colorado's national championship team and three-time Big Eight championship teams and the head coach of the Buffs for a Big 12 title run, has joined the Colorado radio team for the 2015 season. The school and KOA announced Barnett as an addition to the broadcast team in a limited capacity for 2015, with the plan of making him the full-time analyst in 2016 to take over for the retiring Larry Zimmer.
"I think it's great timing for me and hopefully for the university," Barnett said in a released statement. "Going through the new facilities (at CU) just really made me want to be a part of this. I've enjoyed traveling around the country for the last 10 years, but I gave this a lot of thought and I am looking forward to it. I also appreciate Larry being in favor of it, having the support of the broadcasting icon that he is. I think we'll have a lot of fun."
Barnett will be place din the radio booth for two games this season (at UCLA and home vs USC). Barnett will continue working as a commentator for Sports USA Radio Network this fall while getting familiar with the new radio gig at Colorado. If nothing else, it will be good for Colorado to welcome back Barnett in good graces. In 2005, Colorado removed Barnett as head coach of the program with a recruiting scandal brewing under his watch. The school pushed Barnett out the door with a $3 millions settlement after Colorado was destroyed in the Big 12 championship game by Vince Young and the eventual BCS national champions from Texas. It was quite a change of philosophy from Colorado, which had been rumored to be interested in extending Barnett's contract up until about a month before his dismissal between the Big 12 championship game and bowl season.
Tags: Gary Barnett, Texas, Vince Young
SEC leads all conferences with Madden NFL video game covers
By Kevin McGuireMay 14, 2015, 9:20 AM EDT
There may no longer be an NCAA Football video game produced by EA Sports, but that does not mean the SEC cannot find one more thing to brag about. With wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants, and previously of LSU, being named the cover athlete for Madden NFL 16, the annual NFL video game published by EA Sports, the SEC now has four all-time cover athletes on the most popular sports video game in the country. No other active conference has more than two Madden cover athletes.
LSU's Beckham Jr. is the first Tigers player to appear on the cover of Madden. He joins Georgia's Garrison Hearst (Madden NFL 99, the first cover athlete in the franchise's history), Alabama's Shaun Alexander (Madden NFL 07) and Peyton Hillis of Arkansas (Madden NFL 12). The SEC actually ties the old Big East for most all-time cover athletes. The Big East is the only conference to have a former Big East player appear on the cover in three successive seasons with Virginia Tech's Michael Vick (Madden NFL 2004), Miami's Ray Lewis (Madden NFL 2005) and Syracuse's Donovan McNabb (Madden NFL 06). The Big East's last representative on the cover was former Pittsburgh wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (Madden NFL 10).
The ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-12 all have had two cover athletes each. Joining the Big East in the defunct conference category of Madden cover athletes are the Big 8 and WAC, each with one cover athlete. Barry Sanders (Madden NFL 25; he technically appeared on the cover of Madden NFL 2000 too, but that was as a background image behind John Madden) of Oklahoma State played in the Big 8 and Marshall Faulk (Madden NFL 2003) played at San Diego State when the Aztecs were in the WAC.
One more note for those with an interest. Two players from independent programs have been featured on the cover of the Madden NFL series, and neither hailed from Notre Dame. UCF's Daunte Culpepper (Madden NFL 2002) and Southern Mississippi's Brett Favre (Madden NFL 09) have each graced the cover. At the time these quarterbacks were throwing passes on Saturday afternoons though, both programs were independent programs.
What about Heisman Trophy winners on the cover? There have been three of them on the cover of Madden. In addition to Sanders, Ohio State's Eddie George (Madden NFL 2001) and Vince Young of Texas (Madden NFL 08) have appeared on the cover of the game.
Madden NFL 99 – Garrison Hearst, Georgia
Madden NFL 2000 – John Madden (Barry Sanders was in the background image, but not specifically featured)
Madden NFL 2001 – Eddie George, Ohio State
Madden NFL 2002 – Daunte Culpepper, UCF
Madden NFL 2003 – Marshall Faulk, San Diego State, WAC
Madden NFL 2004 – Michael Vick, Virginia Tech
Madden NFL 2005 – Ray Lewis, Miami
Madden NFL 06 – Donovan McNabb, Syracuse
Madden NFL 07 – Shaun Alexander, Alabama
Madden NFL 08 – Vince Young, Texas
Madden NFL 09 – Brett Favre, Southern Miss
Madden NFL 10 – Troy Polamalu, USC; Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh
Madden NFL 11 – Drew Brees, Purdue
Madden NFL 12 – Peyton Hillis, Arkansas
Madden NFL 13 – Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech
Madden NFL 25 – Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State; Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma
Madden NFL 15 – Richard Sherman, Stanford
Madden NFL 16 – Odell Beckham Jr., LSU
Tags: Adrian Peterson, Barry Sanders, Brett Favre, Calvin Johnson, Daunte Culpepper, Donovan McNabb, Drew Brees, Eddie George, Garrison Hearst, Larry Fitzgerald, LSU, Marshall Faulk, Michael Vick, Odell Beckham Jr., Peyton Hillis, Ray Lewis, Richard Sherman, Shaun Alexander, Stanford, Texas, Troy Polamalu, Vince Young
J.T. Barrett's high school coach takes jabs at Texas QB situation
By John TaylorJan 16, 2015, 12:12 PM EST
It's not exactly a state — or national — secret that Texas has been mired in uncertainty and mediocrity at the quarterback position since Vince Young led them to their last national championship in 2005 and Colt McCoy used up his eligibility following the 2009 season. Conversely, Ohio State has an embarrassment of riches at the position, with three quarterbacks who are of Heisman-caliber.
One of of those three, J.T. Barrett, played his high school football in the state of Texas. Barrett's coach in Wichita Falls (Tex.), Marc Bindel, discussed the recruitment of his former player with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and didn't hold back in criticizing the flagship football program in his state.
"I was, at the time, a big Texas fan," Bindel said. "I wasn't really happy with the way (Barrett) got treated. I felt like they mislead him a little bit and they chose to go Tyrone Swoopes and not offer J.T. I don't know if J.T. would have gone there had he not gotten offered, but Texas, I don't feel like handled the situation the right way.
"They don't have a quarterback and Ohio State has three."
One, ouch. Two, there are a couple of caveats to the criticism.
First, it was Mack Brown and his offensive coaching staff that were in charge of the Longhorns during Barrett's recruitment leading up to National Signing Day in 2013. It was Brown, not the new regime, that opted for Swoopes (No. 13 dual-threat QB, No. 36 player in the state of Texas) over Barrett (No. 7 dual-threat QB, No. 20 player in the state).
Secondly, Brown's replacement, Charlie Strong, is looking to change the outlook at the position. While it remains to be seen whether Swoopes is the answer, Strong signed four-star prospect Jerrod Heard (No. 7 dual-threat QB) in his first UT class and has a second four-star commitment, Zach Gentry (No. 3 pro-style QB), for this year's class.
That said, "they don't have a quarterback and Ohio State has three" has got to leave a big ol' Texas-sized mark on the storied program, regardless of the circumstances that played into UT's present reality.
Tags: Colt McCoy, J.T. Barrett, OSU, Texas, Tyrone Swoopes, Vince Young
The last time the Texas Longhorns won the national championship… June 10, 2019 4:05 pm Texas fires Longhorn legend Vince Young from developmental role March 9, 2019 2:15 pm Gary Barnett returns to Colorado for radio gig August 22, 2015 12:00 pm SEC leads all conferences with Madden NFL video game covers May 14, 2015 9:20 am J.T. Barrett's high school coach takes jabs at Texas QB situation January 16, 2015 12:12 pm What to watch? The Army All-American Bowl on NBC, that's what January 3, 2015 11:11 am For once, Texas-OU overshadowed inside Lone Star State October 5, 2014 3:22 pm


Posted on Tuesday, March. 3. 2009 Categories Studying Abroad- AUC, This is what's up.
– We have had camera crews all around campus for about a week now, where they have been stationing themselves around various parts of the campus filming something I don't know. At first I thought that it was some class project- seeing as how most students here are far more wealthy than an average person can imagine, it won't be surprising if everything is just done bigger and better here.
And then I learned today that actually, it was for a kind of soap opera called "Gamiat" or translated to, "college"- a new Egyptian television series being filmed on campus. So I will be seeing camera crews and hoards of people around AUC for a while now, filming something that looks like an imitation of Beverly Hills 90210 or something, Misri style.
It bothers me that this wealthy campus is actually accepting money for a television production. For being the best university in Egypt, let along the Middle East, I am sure it is not for exposure. Allowing this makes me feel like a desperate attempt for…I don't know what. Money? Attention? Maybe, since charging about six times more than other colleges around the country is not enough. It all seems cheap to me. I am not sure how I will feel about going to a university for my degree where a television serial about teenage-esque drama is also being filmed. So I will just have to accept that my professors will believe me when I say I was late to class because the camera man would not let me pass through god forbid I ruin some action scene on the staires of Huss.
– Also for about a week or two, I have been seeing these booths by banks and insurance companies standing hand in hand with campus organizations and clubs. It looks like a scene I saw first year at Wellesley during orientation when local companies would com to help you get cell phones, bank accounts, etc. Fine. But then I see Coca Cola on campus with their little ad campaign, with banners and a photo booth, clearly trying to sell their product. And then I see other brands around. I am sure they had to pay some price to be allowed to stay in the heart of the AUC campus promoting their goods. How far are we going to let the corporate world come into campus? Of course, at the end of the day, it is all business. But I just feel that these recent obserations are just a tad bit too much for what I am used to, and what I will remember when I recall the semester I studied abroad in Egypt when I am supposed to immerse myself in the culture of the college scene.
– Finally, with all this money that AUC takes from its students, study abroad students, and adertising and allowing a whole television to be filmed here, why is it that almost half of the tehcnological equipment is donated by USAID? In the newly built, multi0million dollar campus where parking lots are filled with cars not older than seven years old, USAID continues to donate computes, scanners, printers, etc. I of course do not know the entire story, but it seems just a bit ironic that students should complain in my political science classes about the lack of support the United States gives to developing nations when most of the technology you enjoy are from USAID. Especially since these equipments seem to be helping members from the cream of the crop in Egyptian society who are paying for designer sneakers with their pocket change.
And now I will resume to my homework, reading about how it is American media that has destroyed the youth of Middle Eastern society.
Absolutely NOT happy that I am on campus 5 hours before class. So here is an update.


Do you ever have a dream of yours come true, and you just do NOT know how to process it? Because it's like, something you've been wishing, and hoping, and praying for your whole life is finally a reality, and where do you even begin with your EMOTIONS?
That's basically exactly what happened bright and early this morning, when Netflix unveiled their pop-up Luke's Diners across the country, and Gilmore Girls fans had like, zero chill about it.
From 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., over 200 coffee shops and cafes were magically transformed into Luke's, complete with a giant cut-out of Luke — a token Luke sign telling everyone that there are NO MAN BUNS ALLOWED (a few probably snuck in, though).
The coffee cups handed out had an adorable Luke's sleeve on them, and underneath, a quote from Gilmore Girls, because honestly, that's the only kind of motivational quote we need.
Gilmore Girls > everything else.
While these Luke's across the country might be one-day-only, Luke's Diner forever lives in our hearts. And soon, it will live once again on our televisions, and honestly, that's what REALLY matters.