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Your Jazz Career: Dream It, Build It
Wishing for a jazz career but concerned about how you'll be able to pull it off?
We've talked with a number of faculty and recent graduates of jazz programs at music schools across the U.S. to give you a sense of what you can do with a jazz degree, how to get the most out of your college program, and what to do when you first graduate to start building your jazz career.
What does a degree in jazz prepare you to do?
Recent graduates with jazz degrees agree that their education provided them with a strong background in technique, theory, harmony, rhythm, aural skills, sight-reading, and composition –– as well as flexibility, adaptability, and the skills and background necessary for moving into additional areas of music.
Jazz-trained musicians interviewed for this article have gone on to work in music as:
• Arrangers
• Band leaders
• Composers
• Copyists and engravers
• Film, television, and musical theatre composers
• Music directors
• Performers –– solo; in bands and jazz orchestras; as touring and studio musicians; in pit orchestras; on television and film; in church gigs; at private parties and weddings
• Professors at colleges and universities
• Recording studio engineers and producers
• Teachers in arts schools, private music studios and community music schools
• Transcribers
What are recent jazz grads up to?
You can pretty much count on having a portfolio career especially when you first graduate from music school with a degree in jazz, and maybe for the remainder of your career if you stay in music. This means that you probably won't have a single revenue stream but instead your income will come from more than one and maybe several sources. Here are some examples:
• Vocalist, composer and saxophonist Amber Navran, B.M., Jazz Studies, University of Southern California (USC) Thornton School of Music, writes and performs with her band "Moonchild." She also teaches woodwind lessons, arranges, composes, transcribes, and does chart editing.
• Composer and saxophonist Brett McDonald, M.M., Jazz Studies, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers; B.M., Jazz Studies, University of North Texas, performs in musical theatre pit orchestras in the U.S. and internationally. When he's not on tour, he's arranging, composing, and has also become an engraver of music (the art of typesetting music typically for publication).
• Trombonist Freddy Gonzalez, M.M. Scoring for Film, TV, & Video Games, Berklee College of Music at Valencia; B.F.A., Trombone Performance, School of Jazz at The New School, has been touring the world with multiple-Grammy-winning singer/songwriter/guitarist Alejandro Sanz. Gonzalez's background includes his Freddy Fuego X-Tet band created to "bridge the gap between the musicianship of jazz and the storytelling of hip hop."
• Multi-instrumentalist Daniel Weidlein, B.M., USC Thornton School of Music, is a Los Angeles-based musician (saxophones, keyboards, flute) who has performed on film and television. He writes, arranges, takes studio gigs as a vocalist and instrumentalist, and produces music for his own and others' bands. He's produced or engineered over 40 albums in the past five years. He also sings bass with several professional a cappella groups and directs large Broadway-style performances for Transcendence Theatre Company.
• Pianist Paul Shinn, D.M.A., University of Colorado Boulder College of Music; M.M. University of North Texas; B.M., University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, performs throughout the U.S. and abroad as a solo artist and with the Paul Shinn Trio. He also performs with several big bands and a Latin jazz group. With his new doctorate degree, he expects to be teaching on the college level while continuing to be a dedicated performer.
• Saxophonist Mike Casey, B.M., Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School, is a Connecticut-based saxophonist and composer who performs with the Mike Casey Trio and with pianist Marc Cary and the "Harlem Sessions" project in New York City. In his private studio and at several community music schools, he teaches theory, jazz improvisation, and woodwind lessons. He was one of two dozen young jazz musicians/composers selected worldwide to be part of the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
• Jazz saxophonist Greg Johnson, D.M.A., M.M., USC Thornton School of Music; B.M., University of Northern Colorado, can be heard on his own albums and those of at least 50 others. He is currently director of Jazz Studies at the Marin School of the Arts and an adjunct instructor at Dominican University of California. He freelances with a few well-known pop groups, travels around the world as a performer, and composes for a variety of musical formats.
How did they get there?
Rarely does luck lead to the kinds of opportunities jazz majors land while in school and after they graduate. "You can't rest on your laurels just because you're a great player," says saxophonist Javon Jackson, director of the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at The Hartt School. "You have to make sure you know what you want if you want to be successful. You need to have a plan, including financial goals."
Mike Casey says he "got to where I am now by putting in the hours in the practice room, spending a lot of time writing my own music, going to jam sessions, and learning as much as I could from my mentors and peers about all aspects of life and music."
Brett McDonald attributes his success to the faculty at the schools he graduated from and "the continued support of my fellow students from that time – who have recommended me (for gigs) and who I have recommended as our careers progress."
Daniel Weidlein took advantage of the fact that his school was well-connected within Los Angeles. He found several internships that provided hands-on training in recording and producing as well as excellent networking opportunities. He parlayed his four years singing with and arranging for USC's Trojan Men a cappella group into professional a cappella work and a stint on NBC's "The Sing Off."
Peter Stoltzman
Life Question…
The valid question here is not, "What can one 'do' with a degree in jazz," but "What do you want to do with your life?" Because what you want to do with your life is what will drive what you do after you get a degree.
Some people who get a degree in jazz become famous jazz performers. Some work at Starbucks. Some become graphic designers. Some teach high school band, etc. The degree doesn't mean you get to work in jazz and make a good living the rest of your life.
Life as a performer or composer can be very tough, and full of uncertainty, highs and lows. At the least, getting a degree in Jazz will help you to know if you actually want a life in jazz. If and when you determine that you really do want that life, then the question becomes whether or not you can attain your own measure of success. Your ambition, focus, creativity, discipline, attitude, and grit will determine that.
— Peter Stoltzman
Amber Navran with her band Moonchild
To learn more about goal setting…
See "Jumpstart Your Career in Music" by Keith Hatschek, director of the Music Management program at University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music.
Greg Johnson (sax) recording his album "City People" at Daniel Weidlein's B(e)at Cave recording studio.
Pianist Paul Shinn performs throughout the U.S. and abroad as a solo artist and with the Paul Shinn Trio.
Freddy Gonzalez has been touring the world with Grammy-winner Alejandro Sanz.
Read Also: Career Tips for Jazz Majors
Photo Credit: top left/lead photo
Courtesy of Peter Weidlein Photography
by MajoringInMusic | June 18, 2016 5:59 pm


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Tech trends: what to expect in 2021
By Cathy on November 09, 2020 - 2 min read
Stay ahead of the game by keeping up to date with the 2021's emerging tech trends. Business resilience, a flexibility to be operational anywhere, and ultimately being people-centric are expected to be the keys to business growth in the coming year.
Research firm Gartner has released its annual report projecting what tech trends to expect in 2021.
2 main conclusions can be taken from the study. In 2021, companies will have to focus on:
Having a resilient architecture,
Adapting to the disruptive changes that have become the norm.
Business leaders will have to manage continuing, fluctuating upheavals from the Covid-19 crisis.
The challenge is significant: companies need to find imaginative ways to respond to the consequences of the health crisis and continue to grow.
For the coming year, Gartner recommends that business leaders focus their efforts on 3 areas:
N ° 1: activities must be people-centric
N ° 2: to not be dependent on a single location
N ° 3: resilience in delivery
Now let's get into the details of the tech trends that await us.
Trend # 1: The Internet of Behaviors (IoB)
We are at the dawn of seismic societal and ethical shifts. Indeed, the Internet of Behaviors (IoB) is going to be increasingly adopted and embedded over the coming years. By 2025, more than half of the world's population will be part of an IoB system or program.
Facial recognition, geo-location and big data connect data that comes from user behaviors. Companies are increasingly using data taken from observed user behavior to adapt their offers.
For example, the IoB can be used to monitor employee compliance with the application of health standards. Another example are state-run programs, such as the French government's mobile application: Tous Anti-Covid ("Everyone against Covid").
Trend # 2: Confidentiality of data in use
We've already discussed confidential computing in one of our previous articles. By 2025, large companies will protect their data as it is being computed – that is, when the data is in use.
The challenge now for companies is to adopt new, more advanced data processing strategies and approaches in order to protect all of their confidential or sensitive data.
Cyber security has become more of a necessity than ever, and this will only accelerate.
Trend # 3: Artificial Intelligence matures
Artificial Intelligence (AI), which we have already discussed in many articles, is maturing and developing at breakneck speed. The growing need for more and more automation of tasks within enterprises and economies will accelerate the development and adoption of AI by companies and governments alike.
It will become increasingly possible to engineer AI that is capable of analyzing the human brain's reaction to a given problem, and to design a computer program that can analyze and decode data that has never been processed before.
These are some of the other tech trends predicted for 2021:
The intelligent and reactive company: this concept will guide companies towards new digital business models,
The Total Experience: a user experience strategy realized via multiple platforms,
Anywhere Operations: no matter where employees are, operations to maintain and support business and customers should no longer be interrupted,
Hyper-Automation: any process that can be automated or that must be automated, will be.
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Q: knockout.js nested looping index I have a knockout binding with foreach and inner foreach loops. What I need is to apply the alternative row css rule for each even row no matter if it is a child or parent one. If I'm using $index as below, the last child row and first parent might have a same style applied.

Question: is there a possibility to use a counter in knockout and increment it at each iteration in both parent and child loops? Otherwise what would be a usual technique in this kind of situations?

A: It's far better to deal with styling issues within the stylesheets themselves where possible rather than resorting to code.  This is one instance where you can do so, at least in CSS3.  By using :nth-child, you can apply alternate row styling:
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Q: Sum up the amount of leave taken I have a model which have one to many relationships, for instance, a user can apply for one or many leaves. I want to add up the number of leaves for each user and then group by the user but I am not sure how to do that. I did something as below but it doesn't seem to work.
def monthly_leave_taken(request):
    result = NewLeave.objects.values('user').annotate(Sum('Total_working_days'))
    return render(request, "result.html", locals())

class NewLeave(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, default='', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    leave_balances = models.ManyToManyField(Leave_Balance)
    leave = (
        ('annual', 'annual'),
        ('sick', 'sick'),

    )

    Leave_type = models.CharField(max_length=100, choices=leave, blank=False, default='')

    Start_Date = models.DateField(null=True, blank=False)
    End_Date = models.DateField(null=True, blank=False)
    Total_working_days = models.FloatField(null=True, blank=False)
    Reason = models.TextField(max_length=1000, null=True, blank=False)
    Aut = (
        ('Pending', 'Pending'),
        ('Approved', 'Approved'),
        ('Rejected', 'Rejected'),
    )
    Manager_Authorization_Status = models.CharField(max_length=100, choices=Aut, default='Pending', blank=False)
    Authorized_by_Manager = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='', blank=False)
    Authorised_Date = models.DateField(null=True, blank=False)
    DirAuth = (
        ('Pending', 'Pending'),
        ('Approved', 'Approved'),
        ('Rejected', 'Rejected'),
    )

    Director_Authorization_Status = models.CharField(max_length=100, choices=DirAuth, default='Pending', blank=False)
    Authorized_by_Director = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='', blank=False)
    Date_Authorized = models.DateField(null=True, blank=False)
    arc = (
        ('', ''),
        ('Archived', 'Archived'),

    )
    Archived = models.CharField(max_length=100, choices=arc, default='', blank=False)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.Leave_type

A: If you need the users first_name, then it might make sense to run the query on the User model.
users = User.objects.annotate(new_leave_tot_w_days=Sum('newleave__total_working_days'))

In the template you can loop over the users and and access the "new_leave_tot_w_days" attribute.
{%for user in users %} {{user.first_name}}	 {{user.new_leave_tot_w_days}}	 {%endfor%}


T20I men's player of the year Glenn Maxwell believes his shift to No.7 in Australia's ODI team is a "pretty valid" move as the five-time world champs continue honing their preparations for this year's World Cup.
Maxwell was moved to seven in the final Gillette Series ODI against South Africa last November, and stayed in the finishing position through last month's three-match series against India, impressing coach Justin Langer with scores of 35, 11no, 48 and 26 at a minimum strike-rate of 129.
"When 'Maxi' can come in and put the finishing touches on like he does, for me it's the perfect position," Langer said during the India series.
"… it's always a nervous time for an opposition (when) you still know you have got a Glenn Maxwell ... coming in down at seven.
"Maxi will be a very important part of our team if we're to win the World Cup.
"I honestly think, despite the debate, that it is his best spot in our team for us at the moment and we'll flick him in (earlier) every now and then when we need a little cameo."
The move down the order drew some criticism from sections of the media, with suggestions that the Victorian's talents were being under-utilised in a batting line-up that sorely needed them.
At the Australian Cricket Awards on Monday night, Maxwell disagreed.
"The way that we're setting up (as a batting unit), I don't think I'm wasted," the 28-year-old said. "The way we were trying to set up our team, it was pretty valid.
"I hadn't done enough to warrant a place in the top four or five, and I missed my opportunities.
"That comes down to me as a player. I genuinely missed my opportunities to play well for my country and play well for my spot.
"They gave me two opportunities to bat second drop before the England ODI series and unfortunately I didn't make the most of it, and I found myself back down the order.
"That can be how the game goes sometimes."
Maxwell cited the 2015 World Cup as an example of the way in which his talents could be utilised further down the order, with the enigmatic allrounder having played an explosive role to build on typically fast starts from the Australian top order.
In a statistic befitting his new status as the country's premier T20 batsman, Maxwell played four standout innings in that tournament (66, 88, 102, 44no) and on each occasion arrived in the middle with fewer than 20 overs remaining in the innings and proceeded to strike at better than 150.
"I played a similar role at the (2015) World Cup and was able to be flexible because of the success of the top order, and the way they scored their runs," he said.
"It's all well and good getting hundreds off a hundred balls, but the way our top order was going back in that World Cup, they were getting fast hundreds, they were explosive starts and we had six-and-a-half runs an over after 25 overs.
"So we had the freedom to (continue that) by sending 'Maxi' in, or we could consolidate with different batters and make sure we got a certain total.
"But we always played the aggressive route back then and that played into my hands by having a successful top order.
"The way we went about one-day cricket in 2015, it was just solid the whole way through. There were big risks, but they didn't feel like risks when they were happening.
"Aaron Finch charging opening bowlers and hitting them over the top for four, and you thought, 'that's not a risk for Aaron Finch'.
"David Warner hitting over cover-point for four – that's not a risk.
"Steve Smith hitting the ball from outside off through forward square leg – that's not a risk. That's just how the players were playing.
"Shane Watson muscling blokes wherever he wanted to, and myself doing my thing.
"The way the whole team set itself up, guys just played their way and played with freedom, and I think if we're going to win this World Cup then we need to be able to play with freedom … and hopefully the bowlers can back us up the way they did in 2015."


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Der Verdienstorden Sterns des Edlen Hauses von Buchara wurde im Jahre 1881 vom Emir Mozeffer-ed-Din als Hausorden von Buchara gestiftet. Anlässlich der Zarenkrönung von Alexander III.  (1845 – 1894) am 15. Mai 1883 hatte der Emir seinen Sohn und eine respektable Delegation nach Moskau entsandt. Zu den Geschenken an den Zaren gehörte auch die höchste Stufe dieses Ordens. Die letzte Vergabe erfolgte 1920, danach wurde  er als Orden, unter dem Namen Roter Stern von Buchara, von der Sowjetunion weitergeführt.

Geschichte

Nach der Stiftung dieses Ordens wurden zuerst hohe Offiziere und Staatsdiener des Emirats Buchara ausgezeichnet. Da das Russische Kaiserreich einem hohen Würdenträger und Träger des Kreuzes von Buchara, in Anerkennung seiner Dienste, den Russischen Orden der Heiligen Anna und den Sankt-Stanislaus Orden  verliehen hatte, wurde der Sternenorden von Buchara an Zar Alexander II. (1818 – 1881)und später an Zar Nikolaus II. (1868 – 1918) verliehen. Durch Emir Abdalahad, der das Emirat ab 1885 regierte, wurde der Orden an lokale Beamte und an Angehörige der russischen Verwaltung verliehen.

Als Buchara 1868 in den Einfluss des russischen Machtbereich gelangte und 1873 seine Unabhängigkeit aufgeben musste erlaubt der Zar nur die eine Auszeichnungen von Buchara und verbot weitere Orden zu kreieren. Der Stern von Buchara wurde vom Russischen Kaiserreich offiziell anerkannt und in die Militärlisten aufgenommen.

Ab 1922 wurde der Stern von Buchara durch die Sowjetunion unter der Bezeichnung Roter Stern von Buchara verliehen. An die Stelle des historischen Datums 1301, wurde nun das Datum 1922 gesetzt.

Vergabe an Ausländer
Der Schweizer Henri Moser war ein reicher Handlungsreisender und Sammler zentralasiatischer Kunstwerke. Er wurde mit dem Ordensstern ausgezeichnet und war der erste westliche Ausländer, der den Orden im Jahre 1883 erhielt. In dem dazu gehörigen Ferman des Emirs heißt es:

Beschreibung  und Insignien

Der Ordensstern trägt in arabischen Buchstaben die persische Inschrift "Nischan des Hauses des Edlenen Buchara" und die Jahreszahl 1301. "Nischan" bedeutet Ehrenzeichen und " Edles Buchara" ist der Ehrentitel der Landeshauptstadt als religiöses, islamisches Zentrum von Zentralasien. Die Jahreszahl 1301 verweist auf das islamische Gründerjahr.  Die Ordensklassen tragen alle die gleiche Inschrift und da der Orden lediglich aus einem Stern mit Medaillon besteht, wird er im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch als "Stern von Buchara" bezeichnet.

Klassen
Die ursprüngliche Klasseneinteilung war:
1. Klasse Diamanten
2. Klasse Gold und
3. Klasse Silber.
Ab 1885 folgte eine weitere Unterteilung:
1. Klasse Stern mit Edelsteinen: 1a mit Diamanten; 1b mit Almandinen
2. Klasse Goldener Stern: 2a mit Arabeske und Emaillering; 2b mit Arabeske ohne ornamentalen Emaillering; 2c mit Arabeske, ohne Emaillering  und einem silbernen Medaillon
3. Klasse Stern in Silber: 3a mit Arabeske und ganz in Silber; 3b mit Arabeske ohne Emaillering; 3c mit Arabeske ohne Emaillering aber mit Stern und Medaillon in Silber

Im Jahr 1896 wurde die 1. Klasse mit Edelsteinen zu einem neuen Orden kreiert, er hieß nun Orden der Krone und wurde an einer roten Schärpe getragen.

Zur Erinnerung an Zar Alexander III. wurde 1899 vom Emir Abd al-Ahad  der Orden der Sonne Alexanders gestiftet, er war zur Ordensdekoration von russischen Offizieren geschaffen. Der Orden wurde am Hals an einem blauen Ordensband getragen.

Verdienstmedaillen
Emir Abd al-Ahad stiftete 1885 eine runde Verdienstmedaille in Gold und Silber. Sie trägt die Inschrift "Eifer und Verdienst" mit der islamischen Jahreszahl 1303 (1885). Dessen Sohn Mir-Alim Khan (1880 – 1944) schuf eine Silberne Militärverdienstmedaille mit der islamischen Jahreszahl 1336 (1917) und als letztes eine  Militärverdienstmedaille des Emirats Buchara mit der islamischen Jahreszahl 1338 (1919).

Weblinks
Andreas Tammann Die Orden von Buchara
Order of "The Honorable Star of Bukhara" (englisch)

Orden und Ehrenzeichen (Russisches Kaiserreich)
Erstverleihung 1881

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As I saw yet another fucking BBC article uncritically citing the limits on alcohol, your humble and incensed Devil decided to submit an official complaint.
I notice, once again, that you have quoted the government's statistics on alcohol consumption limits in the attached story. In fact, you uncritically quote them in almost every story about alcohol consumption.
What I have never seen mentioned on BBC News is the fact that these limits have no basis in science whatsoever. This was admitted by Richard Smith, a member of the Royal College of Physicians working party that produced the 1987 report on which these limits are based. This was revealed in a Times article in October 2007, in which Smith is quoted:
"... it's impossible to say what's safe and what isn't ... we don't really have any data whatsoever ... Those limits were really plucked out of the air. They were not based on any firm evidence at all. It was a sort of intelligent guess by a committee".
The article also pointed out...
One [report] found that men drinking between 21 and 30 units of alcohol a week had the lowest mortality rate in Britain. Another concluded that a man would have to drink 63 units a week, or a bottle of wine a day, to face the same risk of death as a teetotaller.
Why do we never see this fact reported on the BBC? Why does the BBC parrot the government's entirely arbitrary alcohol unit limits without criticism?
This is very far from being impartial reporting and is, instead, quite obvious bias towards government propaganda.
It pisses me right off every single fucking time that I see it. Let us see what their pathetic justification for this piss-poor level of reporting is, shall we?
By Devil's Kitchen at March 03, 2009
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Its just lazy/ignorant journalism, not some sort of BBC conspiracy to help the government.
And to be honest, the arbitrary nature of the alcohol limits are not something that is very well known, so understandable.
Perhaps more should be done to publicise the dodginess of the recommendations, though if they encourage people (including myself) to think about drinking a bit less then perhaps the end justifies the means
Could you also consider making a similar complaint about their covergae of "global warming" or whatever the fuck it's known as these days?
As soon as some monkey publishes something that reports that global warming is happening more quickly and will be more devastating than before, it makes front page on the BBC website and on newscasts. (I thnk there was one like this 2-4 weeks ago).
However, when some scientist pipes up and says, "Global warming? Load of old shit, mate", they never even feature it (ref: the Japanese article recently).
Propoganda machine they are, impartial news reporters they are not.
DK - Unfortunately, you're unlikely to get a response. I wrote to them a couple of weeks ago to suggest that they follow up a story to reflect recent developments, and had no response whatsoever.
Claus - I don't think it is the job of the BBC to encourage people 'to think about drinking less'. It is, however, the BBC's job to present news and current affairs information accurately and without bias. The current alcohol limits are constantly being sold to the public at large as measures that will ensure our safety - surely it is important that the public be informed as to how accurate these limits are?
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Claus has it right (in his first two paragraphs). The BBC tries very hard not to show bias in favour of, or against, the government or the Tories.
But when there's a policy they both support, or a worldview they both share (e.g. 'broken Britain, we drink too much, etc' crap), it assumes that mirroring the consensus and getting a Labourite, a Tory and sometimes a Liberal to say 'we agree this is Terribly Terribly Bad' is impartial, factual reporting.
IMX the BBC is a hell of a lot better than *any* other news organisation at responding to queries, complaints and comments, so I'd be very surprised if they didn't get back to you one way or another. The response will probably be an insipid "our reporting reflects the consensus among politicians and doctors' organisations", though.
I was livid watching the news yesterday, as apart from the unsubstantiated 'limits' you mention, they dutifully wheeled out a 'spokesperson' from, yes, you guessed it, Alcohol Concern a bona fide fake charity. So, we have the public funded BBC airing the public funded Government's crap supported by a public funded 'charity' front group. Fair and balanced reporting my arse.
This was EXACTLY how they dealt with the smoking issue, and before you know it the 'debate is over.'
If only all those non-smokers and pubcos hadn't been quite so happy to welcome smokefree venues huh?
They didn't think for one minute it could ever happen to them.
Mind you, twelve pints in an evening might seem overly excessive. Six would be better for the health.
DaveA said...
DK can you keep us up to date on your complaint? There was also a recent study done in California that if you are a smoker for every glass of wine that you drink per month reduces your chances of contracting lung cancer by 4%. Hence 25 x 4% = 100% reduction :)
Most news agencies just reported the findings. The BBC wheeled all manner of doctors to finger wag the wine drinkers about excessive alcohol consumtion.
DK I have written to the BBC on numerous occasions about the harmlessness of second hand smoke (SHS) and out comes the ASH/DoH PR crib sheet.
As well as that little piss-boiler, we have the debate between shrill SNP facists, doctor facists who would legislate every pleasure out of existance "for our own good" on one side, and the drinks industry on the other.
Nowhere are ordinary people involved - we are just the children, and can listen to the debate, but not be involved in it. Once the adults have reached their (predetermined) conclusion, we will just be told what to do.
Is it just me or have the units also changed on the goverment guidline advert
I fear your words of wisdom are wasted on the BBC. Like most of their "news" today, it's the Nulab objective that drives them, not any desire for objectivity or truth.
I saw a clear example of their socialist agenda yesterday in a programme about doorstep loan sharks. The group of people who avail themselves of these services, who you and I might refer to as "the poor" are now being described in BBC speak as "economically excluded". What a fucking stupid phrase, but I won't bother writing to complain. What good would it do?
Can I just offer an anecdotal alternative to those who say Labour show no bias / attempt to show no bias. My someday to be in-laws have spent, combined, something around 50-60 years working for the BBC and as a result have / had positions of considerable repute as well as a friend circle containing a majority, if not exclusive, BBC co-workers. I have attended a number of their social gatherings and found without fail that every one of them are Labour supporters and voters. One glorious gathering occurred on the day of the recent Mayoral election; safe to say my appearance with a hot off the press copy of the Standard emblazened with 'Boris is Mayor' did not go down at all well.
Anyhow, I digress, my point is that from my experience, the BBC's upper echelons are dominated by Labour sympathisers who cannot see past 1980s Britain and do not care what state the country is in as long as it does not return to Tory rule. There is very little rational conversation to be had, just an immovable belief that there are few, if any flaws, with those currently in power. There is no way this does not influence their reporting and cause bias throughout.
*and by Labour I obviously meant BBC... Apologies
I also know quite a few Beeb people, most of whom - although left-liberal by inclination - are absolutely furious with the rubbishness of the current government.
(I'm suspecting that Anon @ 15:47 approaches his Beeb people with the starting point 'socialists like you and New Labour are responsible for everything that's wrong with the world; we should bring back hanging and Enoch Powell'. This causes Defensiveness. On the other hand, if you approach them with the starting point 'isn't the current government brilliant', then you get a fairly resounding chorus of 'err, no'. Most of which is liberty-based rather than not-lefty-enough-based).
I agree with all you say but i think the reason that so many Teetotaller die early is because the vast majority of them are recovering Alchoholics...
Just shows what statistics can do.
It's much easier to parrot stuff like this. Good article in the times saying about being on CCTV in London 300 times. This is hypothetical, not founded in a real study. But quoted as gospel.
As for alcohol, the Americans have the same number re limit, but their units are twice as big. So Americans can safely drink twice the amount recommended for us. It's all bollocks. Oriental people get pissed much faster than Westerners for exanple becuae they have lower levels of alcohol dehydrogenase and alcohol oxidase in their livers than we do. This is a biological difference.
JohnB - you couldn't be more wrong... I speak as a previous Labour voter and someone who sees nothing in the Tory party to distinguish them from the current mess in charge. I do not want a return to anything, rather a move away from where we are currently. I cannot tell you what that would be, if I could I'd be out there shouting it from the rooftops, but I expect those attempting to obtain my vote to at least offer some sort of alternative! Furthermore, I'm pleased you found your experiences with those you know / have met differ to mine, it gives me a glimmer of hope. I don't want to write people off and my previous tale may have come across rather more arrogant than i wished. I admit the Boris victory did give me cause to celebrate, but only because I had previously spent time with the same group and been shouted down and derided for offering alternative views (a long way from right, i may add). It was nice to have the populist view behind me for once and it did give rise to some smugness.
Back to the BBC... How are they talking about global warming / climate change in a story about how the winter was so cold? Where are the met office getting the info on which they are basing their claims that global warming stopped the winter just passed being colder, when they are at the same time stating it was colder than average? Why will extreme winters only occur every thousand years now rather than every 100-200? What is this based on?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7921230.stm
Comrade Devil,
This little one really isn't worth getting upset about.
After all nobody in the real world gives a shit about Units. No really we don't... I mean obviously Alan Johnson, Liam Donaldson and all those useless health Nazis think it's important, but frankly they are fucking idiots for even thinking we'll take any notice of what they have to say.
Indeed I'd be interested to know if there is any published research proving a link between the shite that comes out of Alan Johnson's mouth an increasing levels of alcoholism. As for Donaldson his anaemnic interviews would have me reaching for the heroin, spoon and a lighter if the batteries on my remote control ever ran out.
The adverts are actually quite good. They remind me that I should really be opening a fresh bottle of wine. Thanks New Labour! You fuckers!
Claus: "if they encourage people (including myself) to think about drinking a bit less then perhaps the end justifies the means"
That is the Noble Lie. It's still a lie. It is especially evil for a scientist or doctor to lie to the public.
Lies are important; it is amazingly difficult to do a lot of harm without lying.
Absolutely spot on DK. Christ almighty the BBC does annoy me a lot.
Christ, I wish I could remember the details of this, but I checked the 'units per week' figures when I was a sub-editor seven or eight years ago, and the Department of Health denied responsibility and seemed to claim the recommendations had been proffered by the drinks industry! As I say, can't remember details, but then I am completely drunk.
These things are just to wind us up, they want civil unrest.
Forget the BBC Listen in to Radio Truth Radio Here
It's what the government wants.
Kevin Williams said...
Listen you dumb fuckers, booze is bad for you - and it offends our muslim friends. Smoking is bad for you and it offends our muslim friends. Sex outside of marriage is bad and offends our muslim friends. Bombing Hamas rocket bases is bad and offends our muslim friends. Dogs are bad and they offend our muslim friends. The ritual slaughter of animals is good and doesn't offend our muslim friends. - you get the message?
(all reported by the BBC)
Now shut the fuck up and pay your licence fee.
Isnt there a clear link between early death and living in a Labour constituency? Perhaps the prescence of a Labour MP actually cuts short your life. I know people in Gazza live to 70 and in the East End of Glasgae it's 54.
Dave H said...
Mr West, there may be amusment to be had by comparing the two, somehow I don't think highlighting the link would make a great campaigning issue.
I'm sure you could find a link between the Doner Kebab consumption and cirrhosis of the liver.
Chalcedon (04:59 pm) said:
"As for alcohol, the Americans have the same number re limit, but their units are twice as big. So Americans can safely drink twice the amount recommended for us."
I don't think your figures are correct. Americans use a Standard Drink containing 14g of alcohol while the UK uses a Unit of 8g alcohol. The limits are:
US 196 g/week
UK 168 g/week
Non pregnant women:
US 98 g/week
Australia is the highest at 280 g/week for men but to be reduced by a factor of 3 this year.
The banning of smoking in pubs took around 30 years - Now that the government worked out the formula, I guess banning alcohol in pubs should take much less time - assuming Labour stay in power (which unbelievably is still possible if 30% still vote for them in force - and the rest of us show apathy and hope that Tory voters will vote on our behalf!)
I reckon 10 years of this units bollox should do it - and the end result will be only those who ignore the anti smoking and any drinking who are able to feel good at the end of a working day ( again assuming any of us are working in 10 years time!)
Not cynical - just too realistic for my own good!
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President Biden, told the House Democratic Caucus that he would be willing to compromise on who will be eligible for the next stimulus check. However, he remained firm on the size of the $1,400 check. This came during a call with House Democrats during their first meeting since Biden took office. One of the things that stood out to me was what Biden said.
"I am not going to start by breaking a promise to the American people," the president told House Democrats.
This was his message to Democrats as they prepared to deliver the president's first legislative priority, his relief plan. A plan that so far lacks support from Republicans in congress. Currently centrist Democrats and GOP lawmakers are calling for stricter income limits on the stimulus checks. Biden was willing to compromise on that, but that alone. I can understand why lawmakers have dug their heels in on eligibility. It makes sense. But I must say it is good to see a president WILLING to work with congress to get important things done for the American people.
I'm totally fine with tailoring the checks to reach the people who need them the most. My only concern is when we only focus on how much money someone makes a year. $75,000/year in Ames, IA goes a heck of a lot further than $75,000/year in New York City. For starters - a 2BR apartment in Ames will cost a small fraction of what a Studio apartment costs in NYC.
This is why I personally think it's better to tailor the checks based off the average cost of living in an area instead of a flat amount across the board. I understand that will be more difficult to calculate, but I just have a hard time ignoring people who on paper appear to have a great life, but in reality are struggling just as much as people in the heartland.
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Totally agree, and good thinking. Like the cost of living is a lot higher in states like Pennsylvania compared to that of states like Texas.


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Whitetail Behavior
Behavior of the white-tailed deer is certainly one of the more interesting areas of study to sportsmen, not only in Mississippi, but also throughout all areas in the range of this subspecies. Deer enthusiasts simply want to know what a deer of either sex is doing, why it is doing it and where it is doing it. Encounters with deer vary from happenstance roadside viewing and backyard visits to the purposeful pursuit of deer for sport hunting with the desire to harvest the animal. As the deer enthusiast's knowledge of deer behavior increases, their chance of being in an area at the proper time to encounter a deer increases. Outings by sportsmen then become more productive and more satisfying when deer activity is observed and to some degree is understood.
Deer are social creatures and, much like man, have a definite social structure. With this social structure comes a complex set of rules with which every deer in the herd must comply. These rules within the deer herd demand a method of communication whereby deer can react and respond to each other, establish herd hierarchy, or pecking order, and mutually warn each other of potential danger.
A socially intact deer herd, which is complete with doe/fawn family groups and buck groups, can intermingle with relative calm because dominance is established. Deer understand the difference between dominance and leadership. For example, a mature doe may be in a subordinate role to a specific buck, but clearly be the leader of the deer herd. The deer, like most of the animal world, reacts, cooperates, and communicates with other members to increase chances for survival.
Methods of communication include vocal, visual, and olfactory (smell) cues. These cues are utilized individually, or in some cases in combination, to reinforce a particular response.
When deer detect a potential threat all of their senses are directed toward that area of concern. The deer assumes what is called a stereotypic alert posture. This posture includes the cocking forward of both ears and erection of the hair, particularly along the back. The deer is then immediately prepared to either fight or flee. At this time, much the same as in humans, adrenaline is released, which prepares the animal to most efficiently react to the situation. Should the potential threat continue, or if a deer is unsure as to the actual presence of a threat, it will usually stomp a forefoot in an effort to evoke a response from the unknown object. Other deer in the immediate area are then warned of the possibility of danger. The possibility exists in this instance that deer may even be able to communicate by the ground vibrations generated by these foot stomps. Repeated foot stomps readily occur, probably for the same purposes as already mentioned. If or when the threat is identified as danger, deer will erect their tails, providing another cue to other deer of the imminent danger. In addition to the tail-up response, deer will erect the rump and tail hairs providing an immediate cue to flee the area. Mature does will flee the area of danger waving their enormous white flags as they depart. This highly visible flag waving provides a ready reference for her young fawns as they attempt to follow her. whitetail bucks do not seem to be as conspicuous as they flee from an area of danger. Bucks, of course, do give the tail-up warning, but in some instances, immediately lower the tail after giving the cue.
As assorted deer of either sex meet throughout the year, visual communication cues readily display the intentions and social status of the animals. During most of the year, physical contact and especially eye contact is avoided. However, many encounters of deer during the early spring and summer are for the purpose of establishing dominance. When two bucks who have not established this strict order of dominance meet in the early spring/summer, visual cues immediately begin which will terminate in dominance being established. The conflict is usually initiated by one of the bucks initiating an aggressive posture toward the other. If this threatening posture, which is characterized by laying back the ears, erecting hair, and lowering the head, is answered by a similar posture from the threatened buck, a fight usually develops. During this fight both deer rise to their hind feet and maneuver for position. After a few slashes with their forelegs the fight is over.
These fights are not limited solely to bucks. Does also fight after the same routine of threat followed by a corresponding aggressive posture from the threatened doe. Most people think that only bucks fight and then only with their antlers, but both bucks and does have numerous bouts with each other throughout the year. This type of skirmish is usually settled quickly with most of the fighting being done with the hooves. Once dominance is established, sometimes after several of these battles, the deer then quickly recognize each other in relation to their respective position in the pecking order. Harmony can then exist between the members in the herd until an animal, because of age, condition, or other factors, necessitates a change.
With the arrival of fall comes the hardening of antlers, a drying of antler velvet and an increasing number of sparring matches. These sparring matches are little more than bouts of shoving, which assist in confirming rank in the social hierarchy. At the end of many of these bouts a clear winner is not apparent. The two combatants will leisurely stop sparring and begin to browse together as if nothing has occurred. This type of sparring is usually terminated by the arrival of the breeding season.
A similar yet unmistakably different battle takes place between bucks during the rut. The fight begins in much the same manner, but now both animals have hardened, polished antlers and deep seated motives, altering the fighting conditions and stakes for both deer. Bucks are fighting now for territory and dominance, but a different twist raises the stakes: the right to breed the doe(s) in this area. Normally the two bucks exchange threatening glances and at times a sidling, circling and stiff-legged walk, which is followed by a clashing and pushing done with the antlers until the larger or more aggressive buck gains the upper hand. Bucks seldom fight with members of their own group, but occasionally a younger buck will get ambitious or a transient buck will pass through. These battles can be brief or can last for several minutes, depending upon how evenly matched the two deer are. Occasionally the two bucks will lock antlers resulting in the death of both deer. These cases are the exception rather than the usual, since this situation largely requires mature bucks existing in herds with a tight buck/doe ratio. Competition for does is greater in this situation than in a typical deer herd in Mississippi.
During the above-mentioned aggressive behavior between deer, and their visual communication efforts to mutually warn fellow members of potential danger, other cues are being used simultaneously to reinforce the visual cues. These signals are called vocal cues, some of which are anecdotal. Others are simply the sounds deer make to communicate with each other. These vocal cues may certainly be used solely to communicate a response which visual cues may fail to elicit.
Reports vary as to the exact number and purpose of the known deer vocalizations. Some eight stereotypic sounds made by whitetails have been recorded, and behavior unique to the specific call has been described. The foot stomp is certainly another tool (not vocal but auditory) which deer utilize to communicate.
Probably the most commonly heard vocalization by deer is the alert snort. It is almost always preceded by the foot stomp. Mature and yearling deer of both sexes uses the alert snort when imminent danger is detected. Many times deer will escape to the edge of what they consider the danger area and give repeated warning snorts to alert other deer. This vocalization is made with the mouth closed while the deer forcefully expels a single blast of air primarily through the nostrils. Deer in family groups more commonly give alert snorts; members of buck groups rarely give a repeated series of this call.
Deer make another vocalization during times of acute distress. It is commonly referred to as the distress call. This apparently uncontrollable outcry is typically made when a deer is severely distressed, such as during an attack by a predator or when the deer is critically wounded. During our efforts of capturing and tagging deer this response was typically made by deer caught in a net or while they were being handled. Deer of both sexes and all age classes seem to be capable of this vocalization. Much like the snort, other deer are instantaneously and acutely alerted when a deer makes this sound. Apparently, individual deer recognition is possible to members of the family group as this call is made.
Vocalization between does and fawns are also common. Both the fawns and their dam (mother) make vocalizations to find each other when separated. This is one of the sounds commercial deer call manufacturers attempt to emulate. The call can best be described as a low bleat. Bleating intensity by the fawn appears to be related to the response generated from the bleat. If maternal care is not acquired after repeated bleating, intensity greatly increases, and conversely, a mothered fawn rarely bleats. Still another vocalization utilized between doe and fawn is the nursing whine made by the fawn during feeding periods. Maternal bonds are certainly reinforced by this vocalization, but other purposes for the whine may exist as well.
Undeniably, the most talked about sound during recent years is the grunt of bucks made while trailing an estrous doe. Commercial calls imitating this sound, as well as testimonials to the effectiveness of the call, seem to dominate hunter conversation during the rut each year. A dominant buck is apparently challenged by the possibility of another buck "grunting" a doe in his territory and, in many cases, responds accordingly. Females have been detected emitting the grunt as well. The grunt is utilized by does during dominant-subordinate interactions as well as to call fawns and initiate nursing interactions.
Two final vocalizations made by deer of both sexes are the aggressive snort and the snort/wheeze. Deer emit these sounds to challenge other deer either hierarchically or territorially at any time during the year, but especially by males prior to serious fighting associated with the rut. The level of arousal that the deer experiences apparently determines which of these two sounds will be made. The aggressive snort is the more serious of the two.
Olfactory
Substances secreted from several glands on the body of deer enable deer to communicate by scent or olfactory cues. Breeding condition, individual deer recognition, territory marking and possibly even danger are all communicated within a deer herd by scent. The acute ability of deer to apparently recognize differing scents from a variety of sources gives us some clues to the ability of deer to communicate with this medium. There are theories based on relatively valid parametric indicators that deer may in effect be able to detect olfactory signals some one hundred times more acutely than humans.
When the tail and rump hairs are erected during times of imminent danger, deer have been observed to erect the hair surrounding the tarsal glands as well. Other deer in the immediate area are unmistakably alerted as this behavior is displayed. The possibility that scent cues are emitted, which reinforce the presence of danger, certainly is likely.
Tarsal gland activity noticeably fluctuates during the lifetime of a deer as well as during any one year of the life of the animal. In actuality, these darkened patches of thickened hair, located on the inside of each hind leg, are not glands at all since they possess no exterior duct. As a newborn fawn and up to at least several days old, the gland appears, based on human observance, to be virtually scentless. Urination on the tarsal glands by deer of both sexes and all age classes seems to have a major impact on the scent emitted from the gland. Deer engaged in this rub urination hold both hind legs together and rub the tarsal glands together as they urinate over them. During peak breeding activity, the musky odor is clearly perceptible by humans even some distance away from the deer. The tradition that the glands must be removed immediately after the kill, "else the meat will be tainted" continues in many deer camps.
Inter-digital glands located between the toes of deer probably aid deer in individual deer recognition. Upon close inspection when the toes are spread apart, the gland appears as an indentation out of which a yellowish, waxy, ammonia-like scent is emitted. Interestingly, some other ungulates use the foot stomp to release scent cues that warn conspecifics of danger; the possibility may exist with whitetails.
Pre-orbital or lachrymal gland secretions by deer aid in the lubrication and cleansing of the eye. However, bucks are readily observed rubbing this gland on twigs, limbs, and branches during scrape and rub activity. This gland located at the anterior corner of the eye appears as a darkened, hollowed slit. Excretions from this gland tend to smell similar to ammonia and are detectable to humans. The possible message conveyed to other deer as they confront this scent remains a mystery.
The forehead of the buck also has some glandular function. An oily substance produced by this gland is rubbed on twigs and overhanging branches during scrape activity. This is certainly an olfactory cue of some sort to other deer.
A gland of unknown function is the metatarsal. Like the tarsal, no external duct is detectable on this gland-like structure. Theories abound that the gland, when in contact with the ground, may even serve as a sensor that can detect minute vibrations (such as approaching steps) as the deer beds. No discernable substance produced by the gland can be identified.
Another gland, the Jacobs gland, is located on the roof of the mouth of the deer. As in many other hoofed animals, it is used by the buck to detect an estrous female. The buck will extend his neck and chin to a 45-degree angle and will curl back his upper lip and nostrils for some 5 seconds in an activity called "flehmen." Apparently this effort intensifies olfactory stimulus and enables the buck to monitor scent cues emitted by the doe in her urine prior to and during peak estrous.
We know enough about deer communication by olfactory cues to make us appreciate the vast amount that we have no idea about. Scent cues surely are more important to deer than we are able to identify. We do know that deer rely on visual, vocal, and olfactory cues to communicate, and that the senses used by deer to detect and monitor these behavioral signals are many times more sensitive to the stimuli produced than that of man.
The mystique involving rubs and scrapes will undoubtedly continue for years to come. The following is what we "think" we know about rubs and scrapes. In no way will this information be the definitive guide concerning signpost communication in the deer herd.
A rub is simply a shrub, bush, or tree from which a portion of the bark has been scraped away in a vigorous rubbing action. The bark is removed by the buck repeatedly pushing and scraping his antlers and forehead against the resiliency of the rub object. Differing types of rubs are made for several purposes at varying times. Initially in the late summer-early fall, bucks begin rub activity to remove the dried velvet from the antlers. This process has been observed to take from only a few hours up to several days. Most of the rubs made during this time of the year are small and not very apparent as visual communication cues. These rubs have been appropriately called "low visibility rubs." As the breeding season approaches bucks begin to more vigorously debark the trees and shrubs on which the rubs are made. A greater amount of the bark is removed as the bucks "spar" with the resilient saplings and trees. We notice bucks regularly marking these high visibility rubs with secretions from the glandular area on the forehead. Other deer of both sexes take notice of the rubs but do not react in a detectable (to humans) manner.
As noticed by most hunters, there seems to be some correlation between the size tree that the buck rubs and antler size of the buck making the rub. Bucks also seem to select trees that have an aromatic quality. Pine, cedar, and apple are good examples of this apparent selection. Bark from these and other trees that deer prefer to rub are even odoriferous to humans.
A scrape may be defined as a circular depression from which all debris has been pawed, some 3-6 feet under an overhanging limb or branch. The limb is marked with saliva (mouthed) and by glandular secretions from the forehead of the buck as he rubs his forehead and antlers through the leaves on the limb. Bucks may or may not rub-urinate in the scrape as the initial scrape is established or as he freshens the scrape at some irregular interval during the breeding season. Scraping activity by dominant bucks markedly increases just prior to and during the breeding season or rut. Scraping intensity is observed by hunters to greatly fluctuate during some years due to a variety of unknown factors.
Researchers have found that only dominant bucks produce a significant number of identifiable scrapes. Most of these scrapes appear to be made in precisely the same spot that a scrape was made 1 year earlier. The scraping activity peaks some 2 weeks prior to the peak in breeding. Immediately after peak breeding, scraping activity declines.
Does visit these scrapes during various periods of their estrous cycle. Olfactory messages are left at the site of the scrape by the doe as she urinates into the scrape and then departs. As routine checks at the scrape are made by the buck, notice is made of the previous visit by the doe, which is then trailed until found. The buck will follow the trail of the doe, keeping his nose close to the ground and emitting the low guttural grunt, which has been previously discussed.
As we begin to think we understand the purpose of the scrape we then observe activity by deer which will not fit the pattern that we have established. To illustrate this, recently we have found that does make scrapes too, and to further complicate matters, they make these scrapes regardless of the breeding season.
Reproduced with permission from MSUcares.com.
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Con il termine sordofobia si intende l'ostilità, la paura o l'intolleranza nei confronti di persone sorde, comunità sorda e cultura sorda. Esso include la resistenza verso la lingua dei segni utilizzata dai sordi. La sordofobia può consistere in una serie di atteggiamenti negativi nei confronti della sordità e dei diritti dei sordi. La sordofobia può essere intesa, a seconda dei casi, come antipatia, disprezzo, pregiudizio, avversione e paura irrazionale.

La sordofobia può manifestarsi in comportamenti critici ed ostili (discriminazione e violenza) messi in atto da udenti nei confronti di persone sorde, stessa situazione dai sordi oralisti che rinnegano la lingua dei segni.

Etimologia
Il termine deriva dal latino surdus e dal greco φόβος (phobos).

Storia
Il termine è stato coniato da Gardy van Gils, un assistente sociale dei Paesi Bassi (che attualmente lavora nella Hogeschool di Utrecht come studioso della cultura sorda). Se l'audismo è più una condizione specifica, con definizioni più complesse, la sordofobia è una condizione che attiverà uno stato di fobia, conscia o inconscia, nella persona sorda. Questo termine è anche usato per descrivere una condizione di paura nei confronti delle persone sorde e della loro cultura.

Van Gils ha osservato che "l'avversione che i lavoratori udenti manifestano nei confronti dei professionisti sordi", sostenendo che "un meccanismo di paura" si origina in alcune persone udenti quando devono collaborare con persone sorde su un piano di parità: "Forse è la paura di dover rendere conto a chi si considera inferiore a sé".

Dopo che Gardy van Gils ha coniato il termine, esso è stato utilizzato dal ricercatore ed attivista sordo Paddy Ladd, così come il relativo neologismo, sordofilo, in Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood, un'analisi del 2003 della cultura sorda nella cultura occidentale in generale.

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Voci correlate
 Abilismo
 Audismo
 Comitato Giovani Sordi Italiani
 Comunità sorda
 Disability Pride
 Ente nazionale sordi
 Identità sorda
 Settimana dell'orgoglio disabile

Collegamenti esterni

Cultura dei sordi
Fobie
Pregiudizi
Diritti per disabili


Hey there! I'm Valkoor, and I've been playing competitive Yu-Gi-Oh for about two years now. My favorite decks to play include Lightsworn, Hieratic, Bujin, Zombie, Mecha Phantom Beast, Fabled, and Plant Synchro.
In terms of other games I play, I play competitive Pokemon on Pokemon Showdown. My name on Showdown is Valkoor, and I'm always up for a challenge. Just note that I use a Para-Stall team, so rage may follow. I'm also learning how to play League of Legends right now. My name on there is Valkoor Necross, and again, I'm always up for the challenge!
Well, that's me, and I hope to make good friends with all of you!
P.S. I'm a grammar nazi when it comes to typing. As seen above.


The Sephora VIB Sale came and went and with it, my purchases from the sale. This year, I only snagged three things, but of the three, two will be returned to Sephora. After playing with the lipsticks, I decided they weren't for me even though I tested one of the two out before making the purchase. In an effort to curb my spending habits and write some more meaningful posts, I've decided any time I return something, I have to write about it so I don't repurchase it down the road.
Here's why the two items (BITE Beauty Amuse Bouche Liquified Liquid Lipstick in Infuse and Pat McGrath Labs LuxeTrance Lipstick in Tropicalia) are being returned.
Ingredients: Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Glyceryl Rosinate, Silica*, Coconut Alkanes*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Shellac Wax*, Hydroxystearic Acid*, Bismuth Oxychloride*, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride*, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax*, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract*, Aroma (Flavor), Polyglyceryl-3 Stearate, Vanilla Tahitensis Fruit Extract*, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate*, Tocopherol*, Resveratrol*, Gardenia Tahitensis Flower Extract*, Ascorbyl Palmitate*, Momordica Grosvenorii Fruit Extract*, Cylindrotheca Fusiformis Extract*, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract*, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Skin Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract* +/- May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI77499), Carmine (CI 75470), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985), Red 40 Lake (CI 16035), Red 6 Lake (CI 15850), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850), Red 27 Lake (CI 45410), Red 28 Lake (CI 45410), Red 30 Lake (CI 73360), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Tin Oxide*.
Do they test on non-human animals?: No.
When I tried Infuse originally, I swatched it a few times before deciding I needed it as a perfect vampy lip color. At that point, I made the decision to try it (it was a brand new tester) and used a cotton bud to apply it, and when I did, it applied beautifully and was this nice dark berry color with very slight patchiness.
When I finally bought this and wore it, it was a different story. The application was a nightmare; it was patchy, and the coloring was much darker than how I initially tested it. Plus, the doe-foot applicator made it so much more difficult to apply (which I thought would be more useful). The product in general is very thick (and this is consistent across the line) and more like a pigmented gloss than traditional liquid lipstick, but this particular shade requires a lot of fussing to make it work.
I've worn this a few times since buying it and it wasn't what I was expecting even after trying it for a test ride first. Even using it with a Q-tip doesn't help the difficulty in applying it, and blotting doesn't reduce the depth. I've also gone through my existing collection and while my beloved Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution in Love Liberty isn't as dark, it's a gorgeous berry that I know works for me and is wearable as a work-friendly, "vampier" color for fall/winter. Given this, I know I don't need to fill this niche as badly as I originally did.
I'm not sure what caused the difference in the shade in how I fell in love with it at the store versus when I had it in my possession, but it's something I haven't been able to recreate and as such, will be returning.
Do they test on non-human animals?: Yes (when required by law).
This is a "shame on me" situation.
But I went and did it anyways because "muted" and "coral" are apparently two words together I cannot resist. And boy, did I get a surprise.
Swatches from the Pat McGrath Labs website.
And when you compare to the swatch on my hand, there is obviously a big difference between these two. The actual coloring on this is a pink-primary, orange-secondary coral with a muted base. Meaning, the primary color in terms of strength is pink, secondary is orange, and the color is dulled (muted).
God damnit, Pat McGrath Labs.
I knew it was Photoshopped. I did it anyways. I am disappointed in myself.
(L-to-R; top to bottom): Pat McGrath Labs in Tropicalia, Givenchy Le Rouge in Mandarine Bolero. Underneath: PMG Labs Tropicalia + MUFE Aqua Lip Liner in 23C Orange, GLR Mandarine Bolero + MUFE Aqua Lip Liner in 23C Orange, MUFE Aqua Lip Liner in 23C Orange.
So, I already have a color in my collection that better meets my needs and doesn't Photoshop lie to me? This is a no brainer: Tropicalia gets returned.
Have you returned anything lately? If so, why? Or what do you do to make sure you don't have to return something?


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Gov. Edwards: Louisiana Will Keep Current Phase Two Restrictions
August 7, 2020 / Winn Parish Journal
Gov. Edwards: Louisiana Will Keep Current Phase Two Restrictions, Including Mask Mandate and Bar Closures, Through August 28 to Continue to Slow the Spread of COVID-19
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced on Aug. 4 that he will extend his Phase Two order, including the statewide mask mandate, closure of bars to on-site consumption and crowd size limits of no more than 50 people for at least another 21 days.
The current order expires on Friday, August 7. Gov. Edwards will sign a new order before the end of the week that extends this order through Friday, August 28.
"Louisiana is beginning to see the positive impact of the mask mandate in its COVID-19 data, including a decline in the number of people who are reporting to emergency rooms with COVID-like symptoms, decreasing new cases across the state and declining or plateauing hospitalizations in many regions of our state. Still, every single one of our 64 parishes has high COVID incidence. According to the White House report yesterday, Louisiana is in the red zone for cases, indicating more than 100 new cases per 100,000 people in the last week, and also for COVID-19 test positivity, indicating a rate above 10 percent. In its weekly recommendations to the state, the White House Coronavirus Task force specifically recommends continuing both the statewide mask mandate and the closure of bars to on-premises consumption."
"We may be seeing fewer new cases but there still is a lot of COVID statewide. We now have ticked above 50,000 active confirmed cases, which means there is more COVID in our state than ever before. We need deeper, sustained gains. That is why I am extending the restrictions we have in place for another 21 days, so we can continue the progress we are making and protect against additional spread of COVID-19."
"We know the statewide mask mandate is working, and I am deeply appreciative of the vast majority of Louisianans and businesses who are acting responsibly and caring for their neighbors by wearing masks, staying home when they are sick, practicing social distancing and washing their hands frequently," Gov. Edwards said. "We are in this together for the long haul, and I am confident that we can continue to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our state, if each and every Louisianan will recommit to these necessary mitigation measures. We are at a critical point in our battle against COVID-19, and we need every person in our state to play their part."
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By Samantha Kamman | December 16, 2021 , 08:42am
The Satanic Temple plans to ask a judge to exempt its members from the Texas Heartbeat Act, claiming that it violates their members' religious freedom.
Also known as Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), the Texas law prohibits abortions once a preborn child's heartbeat becomes detectable, typically around six weeks gestation. The law's unique enforcement mechanism, which allows private citizens to file suit against abortionists caught breaking the law, has so far prevented it from being overturned. That has not stopped abortion advocacy groups from attempting to undermine or have the law struck down, however.
"SB 8's ban on abortions after six weeks infringes upon our members' rights to engage with their chosen religion and to participate in religious rites and rituals," the Satanic Temple's Director of Campaign Operations, Erin Helian, claimed in a statement. "In accordance with our Third Tenet, The Satanic Temple will push back against the Texas legislature's violation of our members' bodily autonomy and freedom of choice."
According to Street Insider, the group argued their right to engage in an abortion ritual is protected under the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which allows individuals to challenge laws that "substantially burden their practice of religion." The Satanic Temple also claimed the ability to freely exercise this supposedly religious practice is protected under the Texas Constitution. In addition, the group said that abortion rituals fall under First Amendment "conduct," meaning such actions cannot be the target of civil suits filed under SB 8.
READ: Satanic Temple demands FDA grant unfettered abortion pill access for 'sacramental' use
This is not the first time the Satanic Temple has attempted to challenge a pro-life law. Earlier this year, the group sued the state of Texas for another set of abortion restrictions. Before undergoing an abortion, the state requires women to wait 24 hours and receive an ultrasound, as well as information about abortion risks and alternatives.
Similar to the arguments against SB 8, Temple co-founder and spokesperson Lucien Greaves said Texas' pre-abortion requirements are "a violation of… religious liberty." Greaves said that abortion is a "ritualistic practice" for Satanists, and that there is "a distinct kind of procedure for this, and in no part of this do we include getting sonograms or any other medically unnecessary acts as are required in Texas. Therefore, the imposition of those things, we feel, is a violation of our religious liberty."
In 2015, the Satanic Temple also attempted to challenge Missouri's 72-hour waiting period and informed-consent requirements for an abortion via a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit eventually made its way to the Supreme Court, but it refused refused to hear the group's case.
The Satanic Temple's opposition to pro-life laws appears to stem from the Satanist belief that an individual's body is "subject to one's own will alone." But regardless of religious beliefs, if abortion kills an innocent human being, it is not justified by one's right to bodily autonomy, or for any reason. Laws defending human beings against acts of violence instead of allowing the lethal targeting of humans based on age and location should apply to all human beings, not just those who have exited the womb.


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Q: When to use separate SQL database tables for two slightly different types of information? I need help with an SQL decision that has confused me for a while.
I'm trying to make a short story website where users can write their own stories and can browse each other's, etc. I've also got a collection of classic short stories written by great writers from the past. I'm confused as to whether I should store both types of story in the same database table.
I want to keep the two types of stories (classic authors/users) distinct to some degree, since you should be able to search the website and filter out user stories from the results. But I can't just have a single database row in the table to represent this, ie a boolean CLASSIC, since with classic short stores, several other of the rows would be different too - there is no user, the date would be YYYY (ie, 1869) instead of a full datetime when the user submitted it.
Yet I can't quite justify putting them in separate tables either. When most of the attributes are the same, should I really have two different database tables for short stories? At the moment I am filling in NULL into the user row for classic short stories, and my filtered search has an option to search only through classics, which selects from the database where user is NULL. This seems to hit performance though, when you're searching through a huge database of potentially millions of user stories just to find a few thousand classic stories.
Note that there are other tables too, like tags for the stories, linked to the short stories table.
So I'm basically asking you SQL experts - is there enough justification for separating the two types of information into different tables? I'm currently using SQLite in development but will switch to MySQL or PostgreSQL later.

A: I'd probably go with a "parent-child" table structure, where you have matching primary keys across tables, something like:
Stories: StoryId (PK), StoryType (U or C), StoryText, etc. (all of the shared stuff)
UserStories: StoryId (PK and FK), UserId, etc.
ClassicStories: StoryId (PK and FK), AuthorName, etc.

Then if you want, you can build two views around them:
V_UserStories: StoryId, StoryText, UserId, etc.
V_ClassicStories: StoryId, StoryText, AuthorName, etc.

With this setup, you're not wasting any columns, you're keeping shared stuff together, while still keeping the two types of stories easily logically separate if you need them.

A: To make such a decision you have to think if the field you want to insert into your table for your table only and nothing else.
for example
Story and type of story, if a story can have several types of stories and / or a type for several stories then yes you must make a specific table kind of history, but if only one type of story concern one story then you insert the type informations (name, description etc ...) directly into the stories table.


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By eating right, I of course mean eating wrong. If you haven't polished off something deep-fried and greasy or chocolate covered before the evening is through, then there is something seriously and inherently wrong with you. Mrs. Sip and I have enjoyed meals out the last few years, gorging ourselves on lobster, beef, beer, and wine. Others might order out and let others do their cooking. It's a fantastic idea and will keep you sane through the crazy holidays!
Hey, we all have to eat, right!?
The perfect combo, as you enjoy your gloriously fattening meal is to thrown on some of the movie, special, and TV show favourites I've pointed out throughout this month. Make sure snacks are thoroughly stocked throughout the house, including the bathroom. You never know when you'll be stuck in there for a prolonged period of time and it's always recommended that you keep feeding the beast, rather than starve it.
If you've chosen to take this time and do a little last minute decorating, first, shame on you, and second, put all that crap down and relax. It's too late anyway and all you'll end up doing is un-decorating on Boxing Day. Take my advice and simply wait for next year. You'll be happier, but perhaps not healthier.
This may be the only time I ever advocate for the act of reading, but some should probably be done Christmas Eve, especially if you have young ones roaming your halls. Of course, The Night Before Christmas is the perfect tome to share aloud. There has to even be recorded copies of the classic, so I don't have to actually doing any reading myself!
I prefer to not open gifts on Christmas Eve (not even one) in favour of saving them all for a grand Christmas morning melee. If you're one of those poor suckers still tracking down gifts on the day before Christmas, let me enjoy a thorough laugh at your expense. Make sure to get a treat for your pets, as well, as it's amazing to watch kitties get lit up on catnip and chase little toys among the discarded wrapping paper!
Not surprisingly, the Sip Advisor doesn't view Christmas Eve as any less of an evening to get your drink on. There's nothing like burning out your own bulb and passing out in front of the TV before a long winter's nap. If you have to do any driving Christmas Eve, this of course isn't achievable. The second you arrive at your final stop, however, you better do everything you can to get into the Christmas spirit, whether that's shot-gunning a few brews or challenging your loved ones to a shooter challenge.
Before heading to bed tonight, make sure to leave out a little sumpin' sumpin' for Santa Claus and his team. For the reindeer, a helping of carrots will keep their vision strong throughout the night, while jolly ol' St. Nick can keep his energy level up with cookies and milk. Let's just hope the guy isn't lactose intolerant. Finally, make sure to leave a little cheese for Santa Mouse, the littlest helper of the bunch!
I wish all you little sippers a very merry Christmas. May you each get everything you wanted and more. As for myself, providing Mrs. Sip ends up wearing only tinsel, I'll be the merriest of us all!
I suppose I went against the whole "White Christmas" theme by adding Chocolate Sprinkles and the Wafer Stick, but all white snowfalls eventually turn a little dirty. The drink tasted really good and wasn't overly sweet or anything like that.


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Libyan World Culture Under Threat; Dr. Susan Kane Speaks Out
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By Ivana Andrews
Monday night Dr. Susan Kane, an esteemed art historian, came to Assumption College to discuss the current threat to Libyan World Culture. Kane worked regularly in Libya, more specifically in the cultural hot spot, Cyrene. Cyrene has fallen victim to multiple incidents of looting during the two revolutions that took place in Libya. Not only is looting a factor, but urban development has begun to encroach upon these sites, creating even more of a threat to them.
(Courtesy: www.temehu.com)
Pictured above are a few of the artifacts stolen from the Cyrene Museum, which appeared on the black market soon after. Because of this, Kane assisted in creating a log of the items to keep better track of them. "Documenting all of the artifacts will take at least twenty-four years," Kane said.
Currently, Kane and her colleagues are working to preserve this cultural heritage through the process aforementioned. A group is leaving Libya to return to the U.S. shortly. Kane will be returning to Assumption College in the Spring for a continuation of her lecture.
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#2885: Bloodsport
Posted by Ethan Wilson in	Reviews and tagged with All Time Toys, Bloodsport, DC, DC Multiverse, McFarlane Toys, Suicide Squad	 September 7, 2021
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"Bloodsport is a world-class marksman specializing in brutality—his hands, and anything he wields with them, are deadly weapons. Trained by his mercenary father from the moment he was born, this hardened criminal has but one soft spot…which, of course, Amanda Waller uses to persuade (i.e. blackmail) him to join the Squad."
When Will Smith was unavailable to reprise his role as Deadshot for The Suicide Squad, the film needed to fill his role in the line-up with someone with a similar energy. Idris Elba was rather quickly announced as Smith's replacement, initially just as a recast Deadshot, but ultimately as a different character entirely. Bloodsport's a rather minor Superman foe, created by John Byrne during his post-Crisis run on the book. He's never amounted to much, and he's ultimately something of a blank canvas. Honestly, he's in a very similar spot to Deadshot himself when he was added to the Squad's initial line-up in the '80s, and that similarly allowed Gunn and Elba to craft a character that goes far beyond the simple quick replacement for Deadshot that he could have been. He's key to the core arc of the film, and gets his own unique spin on something of a tried and true backstory. Bloodsport was central to a lot of the film's marketing, so it's no surprise to find him amongst the figures we got for the toyline.
Bloodsport is the second figure in the Suicide Squad-themed assortment of McFarlane's DC Multiverse. In true McFarlane fashion, there are two versions of the figure available: masked and unmasked. I'm looking at the masked version, which is the standard release, while the unmasked is a Walmart exclusive. Given that he's pretty evenly splits his time between the two looks in the film, it would certainly have made far more sense to include two heads with one figure, especially since literally everything else about the figure is the same, but that's not how McFarlane's ever operated, really. I mean, at least it's not like the Justice League Batman, where you have to buy no less than three of the same figure to get each minor tweak on his goggle/mask placement. It could be worse, you guys. The figure stands just over 7 inches tall and he has 36 points of articulation. The Suicide Squad figures make use of rubber torso covers to allow for a little more range of motion to their torso joints, which is I suppose not the worst idea. It's not a lot more range, especially on Bloodsport, but it does give him a little more flex, which isn't a bad thing. Otherwise, the articulation works much like any other Multiverse figure, which means there's an alright range, but it doesn't always look super pretty. That said, Bloodsport's joints impede his aesthetics less than others from the line, so it's a mark of some improvement. His sculpt is largely pretty good. He's got more going on than Polka Dot Man, so there's more for them to work with. There's a lot of layering and texturing, which all works pretty well, especially the texturing. Some of the details, especially on the torso, are slightly soft, and I'm really not a fan of the front butt thing he's got going on with his pelvis, but it generally looks good. Obviously, the head has no likeness, but it matches well enough with the helmet design from the movie, and quite frankly, it doesn't look any less like Elba than McFarlane's actual unmasked head does. There was initially some belief that the two Bloodsports might get different paint schemes, since the stock photos were quite different. As it turns out, that's because the unmasked shots were just on the actual production body. Gone are all of the actual accents or the proper bronze coloring, replaced by a slightly metallic orange, that's really much too bright for the character. The general scheme is there, but the figure definitely lacks something. I've already modified mine to do some panel lining and proper accenting (though the photos still show him unmodified), and it makes the figure look a lot better, for what it's worth. It's just a shame he's not like that out of the box. Bloodsport is, in the movie, typically depicted with projectile weapons, but for the purposes of this figure, he gets two swords, which don't feel quite his speed. To McFarlane's credit, they're based on a sword that Bloodsport has in the film briefly, but it's really brief. Word is that Warner doesn't want their figures coming with guns, and that's why the swords instead. Given the very sci-fi nature of Bloodsport's weaponry, you'd think an exception could be made, but I can believe McFarlane's hands were tied on this one. At least he got *something*. Also included is a display stand, a collector's card, and the torso to King Shark. Compared to Polka Dot Man, he does feel slightly light. If only we could have gotten, oh, I don't know, an unmasked head…
When these were first shown off, I was really only interested in Bloodsport for the purposes of getting the King Shark part. Then I saw the movie, and I really, really enjoyed the character, and that made me actually really want his figure. I opted for the masked version, largely because it's the easier of the two for me to get, and also doesn't require me to step into a Walmart, but also because I really wasn't feeling McFarlane's take on Elba. This is a figure that needs some work to really make him shine, but ultimately I'm still very happy with him, flaws and all. If anything, that little bit of work makes me appreciate him all the more, and feels almost appropriate to the character.
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