It's looking like South Grand's comfort-food eatery Jasoom has taken that long ride into the sunset, with a banner strung outside over the awning declaring, "Mexican Food!" The crack team here at stlalamode will get back as soon as we find out more...well, if there's good guacamole on South Grand, it might take us a little longer, but don't worry: we are coming back.
Mavrik (and we might as well say right here up front that it's pronounced like "mav-RIQUE," as in chic) jewelry, whose colorful and fun Israeli-designed baubles and home décor items have livened up a storefront in Clayton for a good while now, has opened a second location. Mavrik Romantika, the new spot, is a bit different in its merchandise, featuring more fine jewelry, bridal sets, diamonds, gold and men's jewelry. It's located at 200 S. Kirkwood Rd., in that newfangled Kirkwood Station Plaza thingie. Grand opening party is slated for Nov. 30.
In a stunning redo of the former Southern Belle Supper Club space (and before that, any old-timers out there remember Blanche's?), Terrene has opened its doors into a bar, dining room and patio of stunning grace and good taste. Dave Owens, formerly half of the Cardwell's team, presides, and from a mushroom soup of brothy goodness to a "mixed" fry that includes anchovies, onions and lemons, from grilled hangar steak to just about the fanciest St. Paul sandwich you're ever bound to meet...everything we've had was tasty and beautiful. Hooray for a menu that celebrates seasonality, our vegetarian friends and its neighborhood! The patio, we hear from co-owner John McElwain, will be open (with its groovy, California-style propane heaters) as often as there is above-freezing weather and demand.
Food & Wine's been to town, kids, and like what they saw: the Lou is featured in the November '05 issue. Spots of note include Kaldi's Coffee, Savor (who can resist the appeal of a "mortuary-turned-restaurant"?), Pin-Up Bowl (and its forgotten classic drinks including the Derby), the Chase Park Plaza and its pool terrace bar (the author recommends "locally brewed Schlafly beer") and, in a shopping nod, Brewington in the CWE.
Bring on the foodie hordes!
But now Jen Gray and the gang behind the former vintage shop are giving themselves an extreme makeover, and The Time debuts this weekend, featuring limited-run lines from "small-batch" designers, currently mostly from the U.S., although we hear they're in negotiations with some European couturiers, as well. The official rebranding launch is Friday night, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. at the corner of Manchester and Marshall in happening Maplewood. Info at (314) 644-2055.
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Bruce Springsteen is a renowned American rock singer, guitarist, recording artists and prolific songwriter. He is best vest known for his songs chronicle Springsteen's working classic roots and his work with the band E-street. His songs are particularly unique, encompassing a sense of passion opinions and stories in them. This is one of the reasons for their popularity and enabled him to gain a lot of fans.
Bruce Springsteen is an optimistic thinker and often portrays the life of a normal American, with realizing stories of the normal day to day life. His bestselling album is `Born in the USA' is regarded as one of the top albums in the rock and roll sector, and consists of his greatest hit song. Bruce has received great admiration and respect from American audiences due to his music.
Childhood And Early Life
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born on 23rd September 1949 in Long Branch New Jersey. He was raised in Freehold Borough, where he spent his early childhood days, more specifically, South Street. He was the son of Douglas Fredrick Springsteen and mother Adele Ann. His father Douglas worked as a bus driver for a period while his mother was a legal secretary. Ann had a more stable job compared to Douglas and was the family's main breadwinner.
His father was of a Dutch and Irish origin while his mother was of an Italian ancestry. The family consisted of two of his other siblings, named Virginia and Pamela. Pamela worked as a photographer and in the film industry briefly
Bruce Springsteen attained his high school education at Freehold Borough High school. More so, he was brought up in Roman Catholic ways, which was in accordance to the family religious views. Due to this, he went to St Rose of Lima Catholic School. Contrary to his family views and upbringings, Bruce Springsteen did not confer with the Catholic teachings at the time. However, the Catholic upbringing Cleary had the greatest impact on his musical works; thanks to an interview in 2012 whereby he confessed this.
He later joined public Freehold high school. At this age, Bruce Springsteen had already portrayed interest in music. He was inspired by the likes of Elvis Presley who featured on the Ed Sullivan show. His mother had noticed his passion and talents, and bought him a guitar worth about $18. He was allegedly secluding himself to playing his guitar while in school, and found this more interesting than his education. Bruce later joined Ocean county college but did not complete his studies there. He dropped out shortly.
The starting point in Bruce's career was in 1956 whereby he was inspired by Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan show, and his mother spiced this all up by buying him a guitar in 1964, and another one the following year. Bruce Springsteen started out with a local band named the Rouges, whereby they played at local venues. He soon became one of the lead singers of `The Castles.' In the sixties, he performed in clubs in New Jersey, together with a group called Earth. At this time, he was in charge of collecting the band's dues and shared it amongst them, which earned him the nickname `the boss.' Also, he had performances with a team called Steel Mill, at a period ranging between 1969 and 1971. He portrayed a unique and original musical and lyrical approach that earned him recognition and praise to many, among them critic Philip Elwood.
In May 1972, Bruce Springsteen was spotted by Columbia Records scout John Hammond who auditioned for him and was signed by Clive Davis. As he rose to international levels, he still frequently paid tribute to his native state of New Jersey in his shows. His debut album came by in January 1973 and was named `Greetings from Asbury Park, N J. It had positive reviews but did not enjoy great sales. In September 1973, he released his second album, called `The wild, the innocent and the E street shuffle.' Just like the first, it did not enjoy commercial success. However Springsteen's potential had been recognized by many, and they could make hardy dispute that he had a bright future in this.
In 1975, he released his third album named `Born to run.' This was a breakthrough album and steered him to fame, and hit number three on the Billboard charts. Due to this, Bruce Springsteen appeared on the covers of various magazines, for example, Newsweek and Time magazine, which was a great achievement for a man of his caliber and stature. In 1977, his musical career was pretty wasted for almost the whole year. This was because of a lawsuit between him and Mike Appeal, his former manager. Later, he released Album `born in the USA'. This proved one of his major works as it enjoyed great commercial success and seven of its singles were in top 10 in the Billboard charts. The album enjoyed an estimated sale of about 45 million copies in 1984 at that time.
In 1987, Bruce Springsteen released yet another Album which had a quite different style of music. It was a bit slower and reflective. The Album was called `Tunnel of Love.' He organized a tour to promote it and performed it while at the tour. In 1999, Springsteen got incorporated into `Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.'
Bruce Springsteen has been active in his career although the 2008 and 2009, with shows, tours, and various performances. Quite recently, he has released albums `Wrecking ball' and High Hopes.'
(a)Grammy awards i.e.
Best rock vocal performance, in `dancing in the dark' in 1985
Best rock vocal solo performance in `tunnel of love' in 1986
Best rock song, best rock vocal performance; male, Song of the year and Best song written specifically for a motion picture for `Streets of Philadelphia' in 1995
Won best contemporary Folk Album for `ghost of Tom Joad' in 1997
Best rock album for `the rising' in 2000
Best male vocal performance, Best rock song and Best rock vocal solo performance between 2003 and 2004.
Won best rock vocal solo performance for `Devils and dust' in 2006
Best traditional folk album and best long form music video in 2007.
Best solo rock vocal performance for `Radio nowhere' in 2008.
Best rock instrumental performance in 2008.
Won Best solo rock vocal performance in 2010 for `working on a dream.'
(b) Golden Globe award for a best original song in 1994 and 2008, for songs `Streets of Philadelphia' and `the wrestler.'
(c) Received an academy award for best original song `Streets of Philadelphia.'
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One of his greatest works is `Born in the USA' album. It enjoyed massive economic success and is estimated to have more than 184 million copies in terms of sales.
Bruce Springsteen got married to actress Julianne Phillips in 1985, but their relationship did not last, and they divorced in 1989. This is allegedly due to Bruce's affair with Patti Scialfa. She was one of the backup singers in `E-street band.' The two got married in 1991 and had three kids together. Apart from his music works, Bruce Springsteen is a kind and generous man. In 2012, when the `Hurricane Sandy' hit New Jersey, he performed in a couple of shows and dedicated his performances to its victims.
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Those Temperature Checks Don't Really Work
Mark Karlin: No, a thermometer alone is not going to guarantee anyone from contracting the Coronavirus. That it might be thought of as screening out all spreaders of the infection is a testament to how damned we are.
Mark Karlin
BuzzFlash has been warning of the inability — due to Trump's sabotaging testing so it can appear there is a lower infection rate than is the case — of the US to currently test for asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic carriers of the Coronavirus, along with a paucity of serology tests to determine if individuals have had asymptomatic Coronavirus and developed an immunity (perhaps only temporarily) to it.
No, a thermometer alone is not going to guarantee anyone from contracting the Coronavirus. That it might be thought of as screening out all spreaders of the infection is a testament to how damned we are.
Media reporters, particularly the Stockholm Syndrome Washington DC Press Corps, are ill-equipped to hold Trump accountable for almost anything, let alone what some estimate to be 80% of the COVID-19 deaths (which Trump has gone from saying would be a handful to now 70.000). The journalists covering Trump seem to have at best, for the most part, a two-news cycle memory.
So it is understandable that they understand very little about the Coronavirus because they are political and not medical reporters. That is one of the reasons that Trump is able to escape blame from them for killing tens of thousands of Americans. Now we know, from a new University of Washington Model, that 130,00 Americans may die by the beginning of August (with daily deaths rising to 3000), with other models predicting 300,000 or more deaths in subsequent waves. That the DC Press Corps lets Trump shape the narrative, discounting his earlier assurance to the nation that the Coronavirus "would disappear like magic," is dismaying.
After all, these are their relatives, friends and co-workers who are dying because we have a sociopathic chronic liar and promoter of genocidal actions toward "disposable and weak people."
That the media, politicians and the public in general do not rise up in "virtual" outrage calling for Trump to resign or be removed from office is astounding. Imagine if a Democrat used the Coronavirus catastrophe opportunistically and mercilessly as Trump has, you would have had him or her swept from the White House weeks ago. This is an abomination that does not lend itself to the fascination of the media with the Trump "daily spectacle," so, therefore, the press endlessly speculates on his every word, tweet, or motive — as if he were sane — rather than covering the mass death that is described by the sister of a frontline nurse who just committed suicide as "Armageddon."
Yes, the generally obsequious press doesn't understand much about the details of the pandemic. Long ago, the lead journalists on the COVID-19 plague should have been replaced with reporters with medical expertise, and Trump should not been allowed to even remotely continue being the source of endless disinformation that has dangerously confused the American public who desperately want facts and guidance during this perilous time.
That is why, although BuzzFlash has written multiple commentaries on the threat posed by asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic carriers (see some of the columns at the bottom of the page), the news media can barely keep the distinctions straight, vis-a-vis symptomatic carriers even though those two groups of individuals may account for perhaps up to 50 percent or more of Coronavirus infectors at a given time. Furthermore, even the national government medical experts are sometimes confused about the threat posed by these two groups. Meanwhile, Trump tries to strong arm a "reopening of the economy," with a criminal reckless disregard, symbolized most recently by his executive order for all slaughterhouses to stay open (which many are unable to do because they are losing too many workers to the Coronavirus).
There are only a few news outlets who are decrying the rapid, non-scientific reopening of Red States that is going to feed the second wave, as we foresaw in an April 1 commentary, "If Trump "Opens Up the Economy" on May 1, It Will Close Again by May 15 Due to Reignited COVID-19 Infectious Spread."
The biggest obstacles to reopening are the availability of massive testing, contact tracing and enforced isolation. In the mean time, any pull back from social distancing and shelter-at-home is going to cause a rise to the deadly heights of the new model. The forced back-to-work policies (or lose your unemployment insurance) of states like Iowa and Georgia (with more now following) are going to lead to some workers choosing starvation over risking their lives and some returning to a good possibility of infection. (Although, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp knows that the virus is not disappearing. That is why he hypocritically closed the Georgia governor's mansion because he feared he, his staff or his family might become infected.)
Another argument for staying sheltered-in-place and not "reopening the economy" is that so much is unknown about the Coronavirus. As far as viruses are concerned, virologists and epidemiologists have much to learn over time about its characteristics. Knowledge about it is in its infancy.
Now, one of the tools being used to screen people for "not having COVID-19" is taking their temperature. In fact, before anyone can enter a White House event, they have to have their temperature taken with a digital thermometer placed on their forehead. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in its Trump friendly revised guidelines, is also recommending that workers exposed to a known COVID-19 carrier now not quarantine for 14 days (Trump is anxious to sacrifice workers without regard for their health), but the worker should return to work after taking his or her temperature and the employer should take the worker's temperature upon his or her return to work.
Taking the digital temperature of people boarding airplanes is also being floated, as it is for many possible events and meetings.
The problem with this approach symbolizes the lethal folly of Trump's desperate reelection push to rebuild the economy: it leaves up to 50 percent of Coronvirus carriers at a given time, asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic spreaders, undetected, unknowingly poised to spread and infect COVID-19.
According to a March article based on a New England Journal of Medicine study,
Cough and fever dominate the list of COVID-19 symptoms, but initial signs may be mild or nonexistent, according to revealing new data from the disease's epicenter.
Investigators on Friday unveiled the clinical characteristics of nearly 1,100 patients using data mined from Chinese hospitals during the first two months of the coronavirus outbreak. While the virus spread rapidly, causing varying degrees of illness, admitted patients often presented with no fever and no lung abnormalities on initial scans, reported Wei-jie Guan, Ph.D., from Guangzhou Medical University, China.
Mind you, this was a study of COVID-19 carriers who were hospitalized, which makes up only a small percentage of the virus's carriers. Logically, it also follows that if a person is asymptomatic, they most likely do not have a fever. Furthermore, the pre-symptomatic carriers, by definition, are not likely to have a fever.
An April entry in The New England Journal of Medicine captures how problematic ending social distancing anywhere in the US at this time is. It is entitled, "Asymptomatic Transmission, the Achilles' Heel of Current Strategies to Control Covid-19." Indeed, one study found that pre-symptomatic carriers are most infectious just before their first symptoms, including fever, appear.
"This ability of the virus to be transmitted by people without symptoms is a major reason for the pandemic," according to William Petri, a professor of medicine and microbiology, at the University of Virginia
Huckster Trump is leading us to culling the herd of "losers" who are felled by the Coronavirus. That the DC Press Corps is showing a mass killer deference is debasing this nation. Irish journalist Fintan O'Toole recently wrote a widely-praised column on how Trump had brought the US from being a nation that was admired and envied to one that is pitied.
The sound you hear is of the DC Press Corps bleating as they transcribe Trump's ravings of a mad man.
If Trump had mass-produced test kits with the goal of universal testing and created a public health contact tracing corps we would not be stuck with the choice between social distancing/shelter-at-home and a return to large-scale infections and death. However, he was determined to cull the herd by letting it rage.
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Refinery29: Voting In The Primaries Might Be The Only Way To Save Electoral Politics
Check out Way to Win in the article below!
By NATALIE GONTCHAROVA
Refinery29 – June 22, 2020
In the fight to unseat far-right Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, there are two very different leading candidates in the Democratic primary: Amy McGrath and Charles Booker. McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot, is running as a centrist war hero, seemingly gift-wrapped with a shiny, blue bow. Propped up by establishment figures like Sen. Chuck Schumer, McGrath, who has never held political office, has raised $41 million, a huge financial advantage — although it is notable that the vast majority of these funds come from outside the state. From the progressive wing of the party, Booker is a 35-year-old state legislator who supports Medicare for All and the Green New Deal; he has been endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. While McGrath had an early lead in the race, in the past few weeks, Booker has gained a firestorm of momentum ahead of tomorrow's primary, and is now polling 44% to McGrath's 36%. A recent headline proclaims: "Things Are Not Going Well For Amy McGrath."
The differences between the two candidates run deeper than their platforms. Booker is the kind of candidate who inspires you to donate money, even if you're broke. He is running as himself rather than as a focus-group-filtered candidate. As a Black man who grew up in the poorest part of Kentucky, Booker's experience resonates deeply with many voters, particularly in this era of reckoning with racial injustice. So it is no wonder that in the last weeks before the primary, he has received some key endorsements, and that grassroots enthusiasm for him is soaring. McGrath, on the other hand, has made some missteps that have been called out by progressives, including her appeal to Trump supporters, in which she said McConnell hasn't made good on Trump's promises — implying that she would. Booker, who has been active in Black Lives Matter protests, criticized McGrath for not attending any and for not mentioning Kentucky EMT Breonna Taylor — whom police killed as she slept in her own bed — by name in a recent ad.
Beating longtime Republican stalwart McConnell — in a state where Trump won by 30 points, no less — is a long shot, but there is no reason to think that the way to do so is by nominating a centrist Democrat. And Booker's recent surge in the polls is a sign that, even in conservative states, there is an increasing appetite for progressive policies and vision — and that this electoral strategy could be what it takes for Democrats to win in the future.
There are still quite a few primaries coming up, especially since some were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The enthusiasm around candidates like Booker shows that it's incredibly important to show up for these races. Primaries help voters decide what their party will look like; for Democrats, that means deciding whether it will be full of progressive, diverse candidates running on their own experience, or "electable" candidates with watered-down messages — some of whom might as well be Republicans. Plus, for those who are unsatisfied with Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee for president, primaries offer chances to make their voices heard in congressional and other down-ballot races.
The 2018 midterm elections were a testing ground for progressive primary challengers to mainstream Democrats, with new organizers and groups like Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress popping up. That election gave us politicians like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who ran on progressive issues and who are unafraid to take on fights for wealth inequality and racial justice, which their predecessors never did. Their elections transformed Congress and the political conversation, and, at least in some districts, they turned the idea of which Democrats can win on its head.
"Primaries are paramount. They are the vehicle for choice for voters to set the stage of who they want to see on the ballot for the general elections," Zeynab Day, communications director for Brand New Congress, which helped elect AOC, told Refinery29. "Here is where we can really make change. No single seat in Congress is guaranteed. There can exist an attitude that an incumbent should not be primaried because they are already in office. But, primaries are one of our vehicles as voters that we can use to hold our representatives accountable. If they aren't doing the job, then they should be challenged."
For 2020, Brand New Congress is supporting a varied slate of progressive primary challengers: For U.S. Senate, Paula Jean Swearengin, who won her primary in West Virginia; Booker in Kentucky; and Betsy Sweet, who is challenging Sara Gideon in Maine, among others. For U.S. House, Lauren Ashcraft in NY-12 (challenging Carolyn Maloney), Jamaal Bowman in NY-16 (challenging Eliot Engel), Lindsey Boylan in NY-10 (challenging Jerry Nadler), Cori Bush in MO-1 (challenging William Lacy Clay), Kara Eastman in NE-2 (challenging Don Bacon), Mel Gagarin in NY-6 (challenging Grace Meng), and Alex Morse in MA-1 (challenging Richard Neal). These candidates are taking on longtime Democratic incumbents who are believed to have gotten too comfortable in their seats and who haven't done enough to address the real issues of the community.
"In 2018 Brand New Congress candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, and others took up the call to challenge entrenched Democratic incumbents," Day said. "Representatives who have been in office at times when the House, Senate, and presidency had the majority and still failed to make changes that could make a real difference, like robust criminal justice reform, universal healthcare, and actionable legislation to combat climate change."
So far, it's been a year of mixed results for primary challengers, starting with Marie Newman's big March win in Illinois, when she beat Dan Lipinski — a Democrat in name only. But other progressive candidates, such as 26-year-old Jessica Cisneros in Texas, who was endorsed by Bernie Sanders and AOC, lost. It seems Cisneros' district, which ended up backing longtime incumbent Henry Cuellar — a pro-NRA, anti-abortion Democrat — was not quite ready for her progressive politics, despite a long and spirited campaign that saw money pouring in from progressive groups and voters all over the country.
Regardless of these notable wins and losses, there are undeniably more resources and enthusiasm being invested into progressive challengers than ever before, and the electorate, particularly young people, is increasingly excited about issues such as Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, tuition-free college, and ending for-profit institutions like the prison and immigration detention systems. People are also increasingly talking about police abolition and defunding, issues which some mainstream Democrats are afraid to touch — Joe Biden recently said he does not support defunding the police. The Trump era has helped many see that "voting blue no matter who" is not enough, particularly now when some Democratic officials are not meeting the challenges of this moment, when many are questioning the power of police and officials' handling of the pandemic.
The events of the past couple of weeks have made it even more clear that lukewarm politics won't do in this day and age, and some believe that the changes around racial justice and police violence will help galvanize more young voters around progressives. Booker, particularly, has lost family members to gun violence and is active in criminal justice issues and vocal about police violence. Cori Bush, whose Missouri primary is on August 4 — she's running for the second time after a loss in 2018 — is a Black Lives Matter activist who was on the front lines of the Ferguson protests, where she was tear gassed and had a gun held to her head.
What many of these candidates have in common is that they are meeting this moment of widespread social uprising — and, as Cliff Albright, cofounder of Black Voters Matter, told Refinery29, they understand that it's a movement. "Three or four weeks ago, Booker was a long shot," Albright said. "But as these issues that we're seeing spilling into the streets have raised debates over defunding the police, that inevitably should lead more people to be engaged and involved in supporting his candidacy. We've already seen some evidence that he is getting a bump and getting more attention. This issue can become the defining issue in some of these primaries." Albright said he is seeing increased excitement around voting among young people who joined the protests, but may not have thought about voting in primaries.
For some voters, particularly in the South, Albright pointed out, the reality is the Democratic primary is the be-all and end-all for a lot of races, especially at the local level, where Republicans are expected to win in the end. In these races, the primary becomes its own game — and it's still incredibly important for voters to exercise their rights. "There are communities that are fighting for literally some life-or-death issues in the primaries, and when they don't see support and investment in states, then it sends a message to them that those issues and those races aren't important, and that all we see Black voters for is to come out in the general election — hoping we'll save the country," Albright said. "These primaries are really important."
Throughout history, it's the intraparty fights, rather than those between Democrats and Republicans, that have meaningfully changed the fabric of this country. And now, with the Democratic Party firmly in two wings, there is opportunity to make real change. "In history, battles inside of a party have tended to have more policy impact than Democrats versus Republicans," Jen Ancona, vice president and cofounder of Way to Win, an organization that supports progressive candidates and policies, told Refinery29. For example, it was Southern Democrats who largely opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, helping contribute to the party's divide. Many of them eventually joined the Republican Party, or supported local and statewide conservative Democrats while voting Republican for president. Those on the left side of the party, though, helped further progress on civil rights, voting rights, women's rights, and LGBTQ+ rights in the latter half of the 20th century.
Progressive primary candidates entering the race with bold, fresh ideas have an opportunity to transform the landscape of politics right now. In 2020, the new civil rights movement might involve a reinvestment in BIPOC communities, new solutions to housing and education inequality, and defunding the police. Whatever the details might look like, what's certain is that primary candidates' positions on these issues will help determine the Democratic Party's future.
"At the end of the day, if you have been silent these past three-four weeks, if you haven't been able to find the voice, if you've talked about these issues in a way that's tone-deaf and shows you're not listening to the pulse of the people… If that's what you're doing now amid campaigning, there's no reason we'd expect any more of you once you're in office," Albright said.
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Hello blog….. Have you missed me? I've missed you.
I can't believe it's been three weeks since my last post.
There are two main reasons why I haven't been keeping up with my writing. The first is a change in my sleep patterns; the other is the weather.
The sleep thing first. I haven't been very good at it. Sleeping, that is. Too much to think about. There's the challenge of the Crane Park Project and the get down and get on with it Construction File, both to be handed in on the first day of next term. There's prospect of two weeks work experience at Great Dixter in July and an opportunity of spending a week at Long Barn, the stunning house and garden in Weald, once owned by Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson. There are the exams – which I am sitting in one go next Wednesday before flying to Majorca in the evening.
All very exciting. And rather terrifying. How am I going to fit it all in? Let alone deal with all those family things that have to be dealt with – like my dear lovely father-in-law who is so very ill, and my dear lovely husband who is having to deal with it, and my dear lovely son who is trying to get his new business venture off the ground, and my dear lovely daughters who are changing jobs and moving into a new flat.
These aaaaaargggghhhhh moments in my life get in the way of me sleeping. Hours awake in the middle of the night mean I don't wake up early like I usually do. Which means I don't get to sit down with my cup of tea to write my posts.
The other reason is the weather. I don't know if you've noticed but it's been 's***'. And my garden is taking it personally and refusing to play ball. Usually at this time of year we go away to Majorca – and I miss one of the best times in the year for the garden. So this year, with the KLC course requiring me to be at home, I was really excited at the thought of being there for fabulousness of the garden in June. But nothing's happening…..
Or to be fair, quite a lot is happening. But a lot of it is of the 'in a week or two it's going to be amazing' variety of happening. And guess what….. I'm going to be away.
But there have been some great moments. And here are some pictures of the action so far….
So maybe things aren't that bad after all……..
I think your garden looks lovely! We are still waiting on roses – 5 weeks later than usual and my Dicentra have not shown up at all… I am sure you will see some more before you go away the changes seem to come thick and fast at the moment.
Lovely to hear from you, Ursula. And thanks for your words of encouragement….


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Mike Compton is an American bluegrass mandolin player. In addition to his solo albums and recordings with the Nashville Bluegrass Band and John Hartford, he has been featured as a performer and collaborator on numerous albums by other artists.

Note: this discography does not include compilations or collections of previously released material.

Solo
 2005: "Mandotasting" (Cartwright Music)
 2011: Rotten Taters (self-released)

Collaborations
 1989: Climbing The Walls (Rounder 0280) with David Grier
 2006: Stomp (Acoustic Disk B000E8N8OI) with David Long
 2011: The Gathering (Sycamore Road) with Rhiannon Giddens, Laurelyn Dossett, Joe Newberry, Jason Sypher - mandolin
 2013: Live: Compton & Newberry (self-released) with Joe Newberry
 2017: Gallop to Georgia: Mike Compton and Norman Blake Play the Tunes of Narmour & Smith (self-released) with Norman Blake

As a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band
 1986: Idle Time (Rounder 0232)
 1985: My Native Home (Rounder 0212)
 1987: To Be His Child (Rounder 0242)
 2004: 20 Year Blues (Sugar Hill SHCD-3959)

With John Hartford
 1996: Wild Hog in the Red Brush (Rounder 0392)
 1996: No End of Love (Small Dog A-Barking SD-696CD)
 1998: The Speed of the Old Long Bow (Rounder 0438)
 1999: Good Old Boys (Rounder  0462)
 2001: Hamilton Ironworks (Rounder 0442)
 2002: Live from Mounta in Stage (Blue Plate SHCD-3959)

As sideman

1977 - 1999
 1977: Hubert Davis and the Season Travelers - Harvest (RHD) - mandolin
 1978: Hubert Davis and the Season Travelers - Mixin' It Up (RHD) - mandolin
 1986: Hazel Dickens - It's Hard To Tell the Singer From the Song (Rounder 0226)
 1988: Doc Watson - Arthel 'Doc' Watson: Portrait (Sugar Hill) - harmony vocals
 1988: David Grisman - Home Is Where the Heart Is (Rounder) - mandolin
 1988: Peter Rowan and the Nashville Bluegrass Band - New Moon Rising (Sugar Hill) - baritone vocals, mandolin, mandola
 1995: Bill Evans - Native & Fine (Rounder) - mandolin
 1995: James King - Lonesome and Then Some (Rounder) - mandolin
 1995: David Grier - Lone Soldier (Rounder)
 1995: Butch Robbins - Grounded Centered Focused (Hay Holler)
 1995: Mark Schatz - Brand New Old Tyme Way (Rounder)
 1996: Chris Jones - Blinded by the Rose (Munich)
 1996: various artists - True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe (Sugar Hill) - mandolin
 1996: Billy and Terry Smith - Bill Monroe Tribute (K-Tel) - mandolin
 1997: Jimmy Campbell: Pieces Of Time (Red Clay) - mandolin
 1997: Barry and Holly Tashian - Harmony (Rounder) - mandolin
 1997: Aubrey Haynie - Doin' My Time (Sugar Hill)
 1997: David Grier - Panorama (Rounder)
 1997: various artists - Songs of the Louvin Brothers (Easydisc) - mandolin
 1999: Chris Jones - Follow Your Heart (Rebel) - Mandolin, tenor guitar

2000 - 2004
 2000: Matt Combs - Devil's Box (Small Dog A-Barkin') - mandolin
 2000: The Gibson Brothers - Another Night Of Waiting (Hay Holler) - mandolin
 2000: Kazuhiro Inaba - Dixie Dream (Copper Creek)
 2000: Chris Jones - Just A Drifter (Rebel) - mandolin
 2000: various artists - Christmas Across America: Midwest (Bridge) - mandolin
 2000: various artists - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack) (Lost Highway - mandolin
 2001: Bill Evans Plays Banjo (Mighty Fine)
 2001: Keith Little - Distant Land to Roam   (Copper Creek) - mandolin
 2001: various artists - Down from the Mountain (soundtrack) (Lost Highway) - mandolin
 2001: various artists - Bluegrass Mountain Style (Rounder) - mandolin
 2001: various artists - A Tribute To John Hartford (Live From Mountain Stage) (Blue Plate) - mandolin
 2002: Ralph Stanley - Ralph Stanley (Columbia) - mandolin
 2002: Jimmy Campbell - Young Opry Fiddler (Pinecastle) - mandolin
 2002: Bluegrass: The Little Grascals: Nashville's Superpickers (Naxos World) - mandolin
 2002: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III (Capitol) - mandolin on track 1-12, "I Know What It Means to be Lonesome"
 2002: various artists - Long Journey Home: Bluegrass Songs of the Stanley Brothers (Rounder) - mandolin
 2002: various artists - Telluride Bluegrass Festival: Alive at 25 (Planet Bluegrass) - mandolin
 2003: David Peterson & 1946 - The Howling Blue Winds (Zion Mountain)
 2003: Joe Isaacs - Dreaming of Home (Music Mill) - mandolin
 2003: James Monroe - The Way I Am (CBUJ)
 2003: Patty Loveless - On Your Way Home (Epic)
 2003: various artists - Cold Mountain (soundtrack) (Columbia) - mandolin
 2003: various artists - A Very Special Acoustic Christmas (Lost Highway) - mandolin on track 14, "Christmas Time at Home"
 2003: various artists - Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill) - mandolin
 2004: Shawn Camp - Live at the Station Inn (Oh Boy) - mandolin, vocals
 2004: Bruce Molsky - Contented Must Be   (Rounder) - mandolin
 2004: various artists - Appalachian Picking Society (BMG Heritage) - mandolin

2005 - 2009
 2005: various artists - Tone Poets (Acoustic Disc) - mandolin on track 5, "Jimmy Fell Off The Wagon"
 2005: various artists - Flatpicking 1998 (Flatpicking Guitar Magazine) - mandolin
 2005: The Woodys - Telluride to Tennessee (Rocade) - mandolin
 2005: various artists - Summertime: A Bluegrass Tribute to Faith Hill (CMH) - mandolin
 2006: David Peterson - In the Mountaintops to Roam (CD Baby) - mandolin
 2006: Nashville Chamber Orchestra - Kid Pan Alley (Compass) - mandolin
 2006: Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike - Wash Away Your Troubles (Bell Buckle) - mandolin
 2006: various artists - Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen (CMH) - mandolin, vocal harmony
 2007: Tony Trischka - Double Banjo Bluegrass (Rounder) - mandolin
 2007: various artists - Rush of Life: Pickin' On Gavin DeGraw (CMH) - mandolin
 2008: Allison Moorer - Mockingbird (New Line) - mandolin
 2008: Valerie Smith and Becky Buller - Here's A Little Song (2011) - mandolin
 2009: Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (Hear Music) - mandolin
 2009: various artists - The Road Home: A Tribute to Butch Baldassari (SoundArt)
 2009: various artists - Pickathon Roots Music Festival: Pickathon 2009 (CD Baby) - track 8, "Smith Chapel" (with David Grier)

2010 - 2011
 2010: Elvis Costello - National Ransom  (Hear Music) - mandolin, harmony vocals
 2010: Joe Diffie - Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album (Rounder) - mandolin
 2010: John Hartford Stringband - Memories of John (Compass) - mandolin, harmony vocals
 2010: Willie Nelson - Country Music (Rounder) - mandolin
 2010: various artists - Southern Filibuster: The Songs of Tut Taylor (E1 Entertainment / Koch) - mandolin
 2011: Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues (Rounder) - mandolin, background vocals
 2011: Jim Lauderdale - Reason and Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs by Robert Hunter & Jim Lauderdale (Sugar Hill) - mandolin
 2011: Noam Pikelny - Beat the Devil and Carry A Rail (Compass) - mandolin on track 9, "Bob McKinney"
 2011: Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - America's Music (self-released) - mandolin
 2011: various artists - T-Bone Burnett Presents The Speaking Clock Revue: Live from the Beacon Theatre (Shout! Factory) - mandolin
 2011: various artists - Blue Moon of Kentucky: Instrumental Tribute to Bill Monroe (Rural Rhythm) - mandolin

2012 - present
 2012: Lisa Marie Presley - Storm & Grace (XIX) - mandolin
 2012: Chris Brashear - Heart of the Country (CD Baby) - mandolin
 2013: Jim Lauderdale - Old Time Angels  (Sky Crunch) - mandolin, barritone vocals
 2013: Mike Scott - Home Sweet Home: Civil War Era Songs (Rural Rhythm) - mandolin
 2013: Ron Block - Walking Song (Rounder) - mandolin
 2013: Dailey & Vincent - Brothers of the Highway (Rounder) - mandolin
 2013: various artists - The Best of WUNC's Back Porch Music, Volume 16 (WUNC)- mandolin
 2013: various artists - Sucarnochee Revue Presents Music For The New South (Silverwolf) - track 7, "Mississippi Waltz"
 2014: Tony Trischka - Great Big World (Rounder) - mandolin, background vocals
 2014: Jessica Stiles - Little Darlin EP (Troubadee)- mandolin
 2015: Rhiannon Giddens - Tomorrow Is My Turn (Nonesuch) - Mandolin on track 1, "Last Kind Words"
 2017: Casey Campbell - Mandolin Duets: Voluume One (self-released via Bandcamp) - mandolin on track 2, "Monroebillia" and track 12, "White Horse Breakdown"
 2017: Ralph Stanley - Live At The Bottom Line (June 12th, 2002) (BFD) - mandolin, vocals

References

External links
 Official site

Discographies of American artists
Country music discographies
Folk music discographies

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The Harborough Mail is a weekly newspaper which serves Market Harborough and the surrounding area. The Harborough Mail was owned by Welland Valley Newspapers, a company established in April 1883, but is now part of Northamptonshire Newspapers but the Harborough Mail itself was established in 1854. Northants Newspapers and Welland Valley Newspapers are both part of Johnston Press. The newspaper is brought out every Thursday and contains the usual local newspaper fair such as local news and sport results. The newspaper also contains a cartoon called 'Mal & Lard' - which features two ducks called Mal and Lard, and a children's club called "Harbie's Gang". Harbie the newshound makes regular appearances at public events and has a whole page dedicated to him and his gang every week. The Mal & Lard cartoon is drawn by Harborough artist Nathan Shelton under his business name Ant Creations.

In April 2006, the Harborough Mail began publishing a secondary free-sheet delivered directly to homes within Market Harborough, the Harborough Citizen.

History
The paper began in a dusty cellar in Church Street, Harborough in 1854, when a Harborough printer and stationer laid down the foundations of the Harborough Mail. Below is a timeline of the important events over the last century and a half that have helped shape Mr Eland's Market Harboro' Advertiser into today's Harborough paper.

January 1854: The Market Harboro' Advertiser is launched as a monthly issue by William Eland, a printer and stationer, from his offices in Church Street. Eland took advantage of the abolition of Advertisement Duty to convince businesses it was cheaper to advertise in the paper rather than use printed bills. Eland also wanted to enrich the paper with "gems of literature of a miscellaneous but instructive and entertaining character."  By the sixth edition, it expanded to twelve pages but only the four outside sheets contained Harborough affairs, the rest was national content.
1890: On Friday 3 October, a rival publication, The Market Harborough Mail, is issued by Northamptonshire Printing and Publishing Co. It is priced 1d and Alfred James Tompkins is the paper's first editor.
1891: Eland sells the Advertiser to a small limited company.
1897: The rival Mail is renamed the Midland Mail on 3 July. It announced: "The Mail has so far outgrown its title that it becomes necessary to give it a new one."
1899: Before the turn of the 20th century, the Mail was sold to JW Logan, Liberal MP for Harborough, and on his death in 1922 ownership passed to his parliamentary secretary Charles Coppack.
1923: Coppack died in February and Tompkins bought the Mail in March after 33 years with the paper.
1923: In November, the two papers merge to become the Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail with the first edition issued on Friday 16 November. It announced: "It has been thought wise to amalgamate the two local papers. The paper will be published on Fridays."
1930s: 'Long' Liz Hollingsworth becomes a renowned newspaper seller at her pitch in Factory Lane.
1942: The broadsheet format is switched to tabloid on 20 March.
1944: In September, after 50 years as a journalist in Harborough, Tompkins sold the paper to East Midlands Allied Press, later known as Emap,  but continued to work on the paper. Tompkins retired in 1946 and died on 3 July 1947. His obituary in the Mail said: "His work as a journalist won him a reputation for honest and impartial reporting and he wrote entertainingly."
1948: RH Freeman becomes the paper's editor.
1951: 16 August, the paper decides to come out on a Thursday. It read: "This change of publication day is being made in order to give readers a better service of news, sport and pictures. We feel sure newsagents will welcome this advance, which should relieve hard-working staff of a certain amount of weekend pressure."
1952: Ken Hankins becomes editor; he is the youngest editor in the country when he takes charge on 16 October.
1968: On 14 March, the long title is abbreviated to the present Harborough Mail.
1974: Hankins moves to another paper after 22 years in charge. Brian W Paine takes over on 23 July.
1974: Sport is moved to the back pages for the first time on 1 August.
1980: Journalists finally get by-lines on their stories. Mail reporter Sandra Saunders gets the first ever front-page by-line on 8 May with a story: "Stoke Albany student talks of embassy agony: My Sister's Ordeal."
1984: On 19 April, the first edition of the Harborough Mail's sister paper the Lutterworth Mail is launched. The Mail sold more than 12,500 newspaper a week.
1981: Brian Paine retires as editor after seven years and is succeeded by Clive Brown.
1983: For the sixth half-year in a row the Mail sets new sales records. Weekly sales average 9,659.
1984: Gordon Birch appointed editor.
1992: After eight years as editor, Birch is succeeded by Carol Randall, the first female editor in the paper's history.
1992: The Mail embraces the computer age in October, the last paper within Emap to get computerised.
1992: Carol leaves to sail the world and John Dilley is appointed. Dilley was a trainee reporter for The Mail in the 1970s and a deputy editor in the 1980s. John pilots the paper through the difficult times caused by the town centre being dug up. The Roger Roadwatch character is introduced to cover town centre development.
1993: Kibworth gets its own news page in January, introduced to focus on the northern part of the circulation area.
1993: Desborough gets its own page.
1993: Harbie the Newshound, the paper's junior mascot, is born on 19 August.
1995: Welford and Brixworth receive its own page, stretching the Mail's circulation area to Northern Northamptonshire.
1996: The Mail's owners, Emap, sell its entire newspaper division to the Edinburgh-based Johnston Press, joining the fourth largest newspaper group in Britain. Johnston owns papers throughout the UK. The Mail is part of the Welland Valley division of Johnston, joining papers from Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.
1996: Tim Robinson becomes editor. Much more humour is injected into a hard news paper, highlights included the Lovely Lavs Awards.
1996: On 24 October colour is introduced to the paper on a permanent basis.
1997: In June the Mail masthead is changed to a new style.
1998: Tor Clark is promoted to editor on 1 January after being a deputy since 1994.
1999: The Millennium Mail is published and the paper helps with the Millennium Mile walkway.
2000: Mail breaks 12,000 and 12,500 circulation barriers.
2001: The Mail bursts into the national top 20 of fastest growing circulations.
2001: Brian Dodds becomes only the twelfth editor in the Mail's history. Brian instills an increased emphasis on hard hitting news.
2012: Neil Pickford takes over as editor. He is also editor at the Mail's sister title, The Northants Telegraph.

Editors
1854-1891:    William Eland (Harboro' Advertiser)
1890-1946:    Alfred James Tompkins
1948-1952:    RH Freeman
1952-1974:    Ken Hankins
1974-1981:    Brian Paine
1981-1984:    Clive Brown
1984-1992:    Gordon Birch
1992-1992:    Carol Randall
1992-1996:    John Dilley
1996-1998:    Tim Robinson
1998-2001:    Tor Clark
2001-2012:    Brian Dodds
2012 - ongoing: Neil Pickford

Current team
, the news team is made up of deputy editor Alex Blackwell and reporters Ian O'Pray and Elinor O'Neill. Photography is covered by a team based out of the Mail's sister paper, The Northants Telegraph. Freelance cover is supplied by local legend Andrew 'Carps' Carpenter, who has worked for the Mail for more than 20 years.

The Other View
In July 2007, the Harborough Mail agreed to do a monthly youth page. It would give students from the local Robert Smyth School a chance to have their say on what is happening in their town. This idea came about when earlier in the year, the paper held a meeting bringing together all generations, called Hands On Harborough. At the end of the three days over which the meetings were held, a student from the Robert Smyth School approached deputy editor Rachel Lusby with the idea of a youth page. Lusby agreed and several months later The Other View had published their first page.

External links
 Harborough Mail Homepage
 Welland Valley Newspapers Homepage
 Mal and Lard Site
 Harbie the Newshound
 Ant Creations Homepage

Newspapers published in Leicestershire
Publications established in 1854
1854 establishments in England
Market Harborough
Newspapers published by Johnston Press


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← Lithuania: 50 centų 2000
(West) Germany: 50 pfenning 1971 →
Moldova: 10 bani 2005
Moldova is an ex-soviet state which gained its independence with the fall of the USSR in 1990/1991. Since the independence Moldova has had quite a troublesome time. The country hasn't had the same economic development like successful ex-soviet states such as Estonia, and Moldova is today considered to be one of Europe's poorest countries. It's been politically unstable as well. Just a couple of years ago, in 2009, the parliament was besieged by angry protesters. Fortunately Moldova has been spared by the type of dictatorship still present in Belarus.
Unfortunately I would have to say that Moldova is one of Europe's most anonymous countries. A minority of people in Sweden knows the location of the country and fewer knows the name of the capital Chișinău (many people think that this is hard to pronounce). It's sad, because I think that the country has a lot to offer, with a rich and diverse culture and history.
The Moldovan coat of arms is featured on the coin, and my favorite part of is the small cross in the eagle's beak. The bani is the subunit of the Moldovan leu.
One last thing that I need to say about Moldova is that they always have very catchy song in the Eurovision Song Contest (a music competition with European countries represented by one song each). This song is from Moldova's first year in the competition. In translation it's called: Grandmamma Beats the Drum.
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Ghostbusters: Il videogioco (Ghostbusters: The Video Game) è un videogioco ispirato alla serie cinematografica Ghostbusters. Il gioco è stato pubblicato nel mese di giugno 2009 nella versione per Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 e PC con una grafica più realistica e in modalità giocatore singolo, e nella versione per PlayStation 2, dal design più "cartoonesco". La versione per Wii è uscita il 5 novembre, anch'essa con una grafica in stile cartoon ma con l'integrazione del multigiocatore.

A differenza dei precedenti titoli su Ghostbusters, usciti nel periodo 1984-1989, Ghostbusters: Il videogioco non è basato su un'opera in particolare, ma rappresenta un ipotetico terzo capitolo della saga; inoltre sono presenti alcuni elementi della serie animata The Real Ghostbusters, ispirata al primo film.

Trama
New York City, novembre 1991. Un'onda di energia di proporzioni gigantesche si sprigiona dal Museo di Storia Naturale, espandendosi in tutta la città.

Intanto, alla caserma degli Acchiappafantasmi, i membri della squadra accolgono un quinto membro, ovvero il protagonista, mai chiamato dagli altri col proprio nome, ma con appellativi come "recluta" o "cadetto": dopo un periodo di relativa calma a seguito della sconfitta di Vigo il Carpatico due anni prima, durante gli eventi del secondo film, gli Acchiappafantasmi sono ancora al lavoro e si vedono costretti ad arruolare un nuovo membro come Addetto all'Equipaggiamento Sperimentale, ovvero l'incaricato di indossare e testare tutti i nuovi attrezzi progettati dal gruppo, oltre che come aiuto extra per contrastare le varie attività paranormali. Durante la messa a punto dello zaino protonico, però, l'onda d'urto raggiunge anche loro e, come preso da una frenesia improvvisa, il fantasma Slimer riesce a scappare dalla sua teca; nel tentativo di ricatturarlo, la recluta danneggia accidentalmente la griglia di contenimento e libera un altro fantasma, che si rifugia nella cantina della caserma con Slimer. La loro cattura fa da tutorial per imparare a padroneggiare lo zaino protonico e rinchiudere i fantasmi nelle apposite trappole. Il secondo fantasma viene preso, ma Slimer riesce a fuggire.

Il gruppo decide quindi di recarsi nel luogo in cui lo catturarono la prima volta e dove sicuramente andrà: l'Hotel Sedgewick. I quattro riescono a ricatturarlo, ma a sorpresa nell'albergo compaiono nuovi spettri che rendono ardua l'operazione, tra cui il fantasma di un vecchio pescatore che darà filo da torcere al protagonista. A peggiorare la situazione c'è l'entrata in scena di una vecchia conoscenza degli Acchiappafantasmi: l'Uomo della Pubblicità dei Marshmallow, a cui viene data man forte da un esercito di fantasmi nelle strade della città. Durante la missione si riuniscono con Winston Zeddemore, che era fuori per la serata, e si ritrovano di fronte un caso di melma nera, una variante scura ed estremamente tossica della comune melma ectoplasmatica che, se presente in maniera massiccia, potrebbe addirittura aprire portali verso altre dimensioni.

Così i ragazzi attraversano Manhattan fino a Times Square ed entrano in un edificio, scoprendo che l'Uomo dei Marshmallow stava cercando una ragazza, Ilyssa Selwyn, che dovranno salvare. Tuttavia, anche dopo averlo sconfitto nuovamente, le manifestazioni non cesseranno, e gli Acchiappafantasmi scopriranno che Gozer, il vero responsabile di tutto, sta tentando di tornare ancora sulla Terra alla vigilia di un'importante mostra sul suo culto al Museo di Storia Naturale, che ha visto riunirsi alcuni dei suoi più importanti manufatti. La mostra è curata proprio da Ilyssa, che è un'esperta di mitologia sumera e che pian piano inizierà una sorta di relazione con Peter. Durante le loro imprese saranno ostacolati nuovamente da Walter Peck, stavolta a capo di una commissione per i danni da interventi contro i fantasmi con l'obiettivo di fermarli se supereranno il limite; lo stesso sindaco di New York li obbliga poi a lavorare insieme per appianare le divergenze e, soprattutto, limitare i danni del loro operato. Il giorno dopo Egon, Ray, Winston e il protagonista pensano inizialmente di andare al museo per indagare proprio sul luogo di origine del fenomeno, ma nel tragitto verso il museo ricevono una chiamata da Janine che li avvisa di qualcosa di importante in corso, di natura paranormale, alla Biblioteca Pubblica di New York.

Intuendo che si tratta della Signora in Grigio, il primo spettro che incontrarono nella loro carriera, cambiano destinazione e si recano alla Biblioteca. Affrontando varie entità fra le mura dell'edificio e indagando sulla vita del fantasma scoprono la triste storia della sua morte: Eleanor Twitty, questo il suo vero nome, cominciò a frequentare un certo Edmond Hoover, noto collezionista di libri antichi, e se ne innamorò: in realtà, Hoover la sfruttava per rubare libri rari, in particolare uno chiamato Codice Gozeriano. Quando lei lo scoprì lui la uccise, uccidendo poi altre persone per coprire il delitto e collezionandone i corpi, venendo così conosciuto nella cronaca nera come Il Collezionista. Hoover venne scoperto e condannato a morte, ma prima di morire disse che sarebbe ritornato in vita con il nome divino di Azetlor, una divinità sumera, per finire la sua collezione. Una volta scesi nei sotterranei della biblioteca il protagonista, Ray ed Egon trovano il luogo in cui fu uccisa la bibliotecaria e, prendendole il Codice dalle mani, la fanno trasformare nella sua versione demoniaca. Dopo averla affrontata un'ultima volta la catturano, ma subito vengono trasportati in una versione alternativa della Biblioteca dentro il Mondo dei Fantasmi, intuendo che la stessa Eleanor possa aver fatto volutamente da tramite per farli arrivare lì e aiutarli a concludere la missione. Dopo aver attraversato quel mondo bizzarro ed essere passati attraverso numerosi portali, i ragazzi affrontano il Collezionista, ora nella forma di Azetlor, un gigantesco mostro fatto di libri e pezzi di arredamento, e riescono a tornare nel loro mondo. Dopo averlo sconfitto appare un misterioso disegno luminoso sul muro della sala principale, che non riescono a identificare.

Esaminando il Codice Gozeriano alla caserma scoprono che a Gozer, per creare una forma Distruggitore, ovvero la forma divina suprema che si manifesta nel mondo dei vivi, serve incanalare una gran quantità di energia psicocinetica in un unico punto, esattamente come il palazzo-antenna dove abitava Dana Barrett. Grazie alle conoscenze di Ilyssa scoprono che Ivo Shandor, il folle architetto-scienziato che venerava Gozer, non solo creò il palazzo, ma con la scusa di restaurare diversi edifici della città ne modificò le caratteristiche per renderli simili a quello; inoltre è stata la Fondazione Shandor, responsabile dei beni e dell'eredità dell'architetto, a donare i manufatti al museo. Anche se convinti che Ilyssa centri qualcosa perché era sempre presente durante gli eventi accaduti o perché sembrava esserne coinvolta in qualche modo, i protagonisti decidono di proseguire le indagini e di recarsi definitivamente al Museo di Storia Naturale durante la serata di inaugurazione della mostra, nonostante Peck non li volesse lì: per questo motivo si infiltrano nell'edificio passando dalla zona di scarico merci, mentre Ilyssa presenzia all'evento come ospite. Proprio quando stanno per essere sbattuti fuori, Ilyssa viene attirata da un obelisco nella sala principale del museo, che si illumina e la fa cadere in uno stato di trance. La ragazza si solleva in aria e una serie di fantasmi si manifestano, possedendo gli ospiti e seminando il panico. Gli Acchiappafantasmi si ritrovano così a combattere e a dover salvare di nuovo la vita di Ilyssa. Improvvisamente, un misterioso e corpulento fantasma rapisce Ilyssa e fugge nel museo. I protagonisti attraversano le varie ale del palazzo per salvarla, scontrandosi con oggetti in esposizione, presenze e manichini posseduti, per poi tornare nel salone principale e fermare il fantasma, che si rivela essere il cultista Cornelius Wellesley, salvando Ilyssa; indebolitosi, l'essere fugge sottoterra. I protagonisti scoprono così una scala nascosta sotto l'obelisco che porta a un immenso luogo segreto sotterraneo, dove trovano una quantità incredibile di melma nera e infine combattono contro Wellesley, sconfiggendolo. Poco dopo, il sindaco striglia per bene la squadra e Peck li minaccia nuovamente di farli chiudere per sempre, ma prima che se ne vada imbestialito Egon lo analizza col rilevatore e vede che i suoi livelli ectoplasmatici sono insoliti, facendolo notare agli altri.

Intanto i ragazzi non riescono ancora a decifrare il simbolo che hanno trovato, ma grazie anche a un'intuizione di Ilyssa e poi di Winston, scoprono che si tratta di un Maṇḍala, ovvero un labirinto spirituale composto da vari nodi, in questo caso i palazzi "restaurati" da Shandor, che si collegano l'uno all'altro per raffinare la melma nera fino a un preciso punto centrale, che servirà per evocare il Distruggitore. I fantasmi più potenti che hanno incontrato, come Hoover o Wellesley, erano i guardiani del proprio nodo, che ne avevano assorbito una parte divenendo più forti dei normali spettri ma, una volta sconfitti, insieme a loro si disattivava il nodo a cui erano legati.

Tutti gli Acchiappafantasmi, a eccezione di Venkman, basandosi sulla posizione dei nodi di Maṇḍala rimasti, fanno ritorno all'Hotel Sedgewick, ora chiuso dalla commissione di Peck per lavori. Nonostante il chiaro divieto per gli Acchiappafantasmi di entrare, i quattro entrano e trovano il direttore dell'albergo, che spiega di essere rimasto intrappolato a causa delle presenze nell'edificio, che nel frattempo sta cambiando fisionomia a causa dell'avanzamento del mondo dei fantasmi nel mondo dei vivi. Si troveranno così ad affrontare un nuovo terrificante nemico, la Strega dei Ragni, una giovane vedova pluriomicida con poteri di aracnide vissuta negli anni '20 e guardiana del nodo di Maṇḍala dell'hotel. Il protagonista ed Egon la batteranno, riportando il luogo alla normalità e disattivando il nodo.

Basandosi di nuovo sulla mappa della città in corrispondenza al Maṇḍala, l'ultimo nodo porta nel centro del fiume Hudson. Gli Acchiappafantasmi raggiungono il posto in barca e improvvisamente riemerge dal nulla un'isola enorme con un castello: è l'isola perduta di Shandor, affondata secoli prima perché fu consacrata ai fantasmi da Ivo e, alla morte dell'ultimo discendente diretto degli Shandor, fu reclamata dagli stessi. Al suo interno fanno un'altra incredibile scoperta trovando un quadro della madre di Ivo Shandor, identica a Ilyssa. Si spiega così perché gli eventi più importanti successi fino a quel momento sembravano essere stati scatenati da lei: essa, infatti, è una Shandor illegittima, e gli spettri alleati dell'architetto la volevano perché era indispensabile per il suo rituale. Giunti nel luogo dove si trova inciso il Maṇḍala, il pavimento si apre e il protagonista cade improvvisamente nelle catacombe sottostanti, mentre gli altri vengono catturati dai fantasmi devoti a Shandor. Il ragazzo attraversa quel posto da solo e riesce finalmente a liberare Winston. Insieme a lui scopre un avanzato centro di stoccaggio della melma, e arrivano alla conclusione che la volta precedente Vigo doveva aver usato quei tunnel per pompare la melma umorale nelle fogne cittadine. I due si ritrovano con gli altri e dopo aver battuto l'ultimo guardiano del Maṇḍala, un gigantesco mostro all'interno di un planetario, fuggono dall'isola mentre questa riaffonda.

Tornati alla caserma, la trovano completamente messa sottosopra, e Janine gli spiega sconvolta che Ilyssa è stata rapita (infatti, era rimasta lì quasi tutto il tempo) e, inoltre, scoprono che la griglia di contenimento è stata disattivata di nuovo, con tutti i fantasmi da loro catturati in circolazione. Dai vari indizi il gruppo deduce che è stato Peck, indotto ad agire da Shandor per avere dai fantasmi liberati una nuova fonte di energia alternativa alla melma. Il gruppo si dirige in fretta e furia a Central Park dove è sorto un gigantesco cimitero infestato. Mentre il protagonista e Ray lo attraversano separati dagli altri, quest'ultimo ha un'illuminazione sul perché Shandor e Peck stanno creando una nuova forma Distruggitore: Gozer non può ripresentarsi nella loro dimensione se non con la forma scelta la prima volta, ovvero l'Uomo dei Marshmallow, e quella forma, per quanto imponente, è troppo debole e vulnerabile per il dio. Una volta raggiunto il punto centrale del cimitero, all'interno di una sorta di immenso mausoleo, trovano Ilyssa legata, ma insieme a lei vi è anche Peck: improvvisamente, Shandor si rivela ai presenti sotto le spoglie del sindaco, che aveva posseduto da mesi per mandare Peck contro di loro e rallentarli (i livelli ectoplasmatici di Peck erano alti perché era quasi sempre al suo fianco quando si manifestavano i fenomeni, sviando così il gruppo).

Shandor inoltre rivela che, essendo rimasto deluso da Gozer per ben due volte, egli stesso aveva progettato di trasformare New York in un'immensa antenna paranormale concentrata in grado di collegare i due mondi, quello degli uomini e quello dei fantasmi, e di unirsi alla nuova forma Distruggitore evocata per ottenere i poteri di un dio in Terra. Nonostante tutto, gli Acchiappafantasmi lo separano dal corpo del sindaco e lo combattono e quando, indebolito, Shandor apre un portale per il mondo dei fantasmi e fugge, la squadra viene trascinata via con lui. Nella battaglia finale, incrociando i flussi per l'ennesima volta contro ogni pronostico, gli Acchiappafantasmi sconfiggono il malvagio architetto nel suo nuovo corpo e mettono fine al suo folle piano. Ritornati nel mondo reale, liberano Peck e Ilyssa e li portano fuori insieme al sindaco svenuto prima che il mausoleo crolli. Il sindaco rinsavisce, la città è salva e Peter e Ilyssa sono finalmente soli per un attimo, ma mentre si stanno baciando appare Slimer e passa attraverso di loro, smelmando Ilyssa. Peter, schifato, si allontana con sorpresa di lei mentre Slimer torna indietro e vola verso lo schermo.

Durante i titoli di coda, i quattro membri originali stabiliscono che cinque di loro sono troppi per la squadra, ma decidono di offrire alla recluta una posizione come capo di una sede degli Acchiappafantasmi in un'altra città.

Modalità di gioco
Il gioco è uno sparatutto in terza persona che mette il giocatore nel ruolo di un personaggio originale semplicemente noto come "Cadetto", una nuova recluta per il team degli Acchiappafantasmi. Il giocatore controlla i movimenti della recluta mentre esplora gli ambienti di ogni livello, cercando attività paranormali e fantasmi, da solo o con tutti e quattro gli altri protagonisti. I giocatori possono passare a una prospettiva in prima persona equipaggiandosi con il Rilevatore di energia psicocinetica e il visore. In questa modalità, gli oggetti paranormali sono visibili e il Rilevatore aiuterà a dirigere il giocatore verso fantasmi, fenomeni paranormali o artefatti infestati, chiamati manufatti maledetti. Il giocatore può scansionare questi elementi per ottenere maggiori informazioni su di loro, come se fossero dei collezionabili, e ricevere una ricompensa monetaria, che può usare per potenziare l'equipaggiamento dello zaino protonico.

In terza persona, il giocatore può mirare e sparare il flusso di protoni per indebolire i fantasmi in modo che possano essere catturati in una trappola. Tuttavia, l'uso continuo dello zaino protonico causerà il surriscaldamento, ma può essere scaricato manualmente per raffreddarlo e impedirne il cortocircuito. Mentre lo zaino si surriscalda o viene raffreddato, il giocatore non sarà momentaneamente in grado di usarlo. Una volta che un fantasma è abbastanza debole, i giocatori possono usare il Flusso di cattura per manovrare il fantasma dentro la trappola. Con un fantasma soggiogato, i giocatori possono anche eseguire un attacco per sbatterlo contro l'ambiente circostante, indebolendolo ulteriormente e rendendolo più facile da catturare. Il flusso di cattura può anche essere utilizzato per spostare oggetti nell'ambiente e poter così trovare oggetti o proseguire nel livello. Il livello di difficoltà nella cattura varia a seconda del tipo di fantasma che si affronta.

Nel corso del gioco, lo zaino protonico viene aggiornato per includere diversi tipi di attacco. Al posto di un tradizionale HUD, la salute del giocatore e lo stato delle armi sono rappresentati sul retro dello zaino. La salute si rigenera nel tempo se il giocatore non subisce ulteriori danni. Tuttavia, subendo più danni, può essere abbattuto e cadere a terra senza potersi muovere. Se ci sono gli altri personaggi presenti e ancora in piedi, cercheranno di raggiungere il giocatore e lo "rianimeranno". Allo stesso modo, il giocatore può aiutare i membri della squadra caduti. Tuttavia, se tutti gli Acchiappafantasmi attivi vengono sconfitti, incluso il giocatore, la missione fallisce e il giocatore dovrà ricominciare dall'ultimo checkpoint.

La campagna per giocatore singolo nelle versioni per Xbox 360, Windows e PlayStation 3 è la stessa. Le versioni per Wii, PS2 e PSP differiscono invece per diversi aspetti, oltre a quelli grafici, pur condividendo di base la stessa trama. In più, nella versione per Wii si usa il telecomando Wii nel gioco e gli aspetti visivi dell'interfaccia vengono riposizionati, ad esempio posizionando il misuratore di temperatura dello zaino protonico come elemento HUD anziché sullo zaino stesso. Nella versione "cartoon" del gioco il protagonista, sbattendo il fantasma per indebolirlo, avvia una sequenza simile al gioco di gruppo Simon Says, e viene anche data la possibilità di giocare come uomo o donna.

Sviluppo
Dopo anni di voci e smentite riguardo a una terza versione cinematografica della serie Ghostbusters, rimasta in development hell fin dagli anni 90, nel gennaio 2007 vennero pubblicati su YouTube due filmati di un videogioco per Xbox 360 con protagonisti gli Acchiappafantasmi, il cui look appariva rivisitato in chiave moderna. La casa produttrice del gioco, la ZootFly, non era però in possesso dei diritti originali del franchise, di proprietà della Columbia Pictures, a sua volta appartenente alla Sony, e decise così di sospendere la produzione del titolo e di produrre invece un gioco basato sullo stesso motore grafico, Time0.

Circa un anno dopo, nel 2007, l'editore Vivendi Games e la casa di sviluppo Terminal Reality si erano incontrati con la stessa Sony per discutere il progetto di un loro videogioco su Ghostbusters, ed in un'intervista televisiva l'attore Dan Aykroyd confermò che un possibile videogioco poteva rappresentare il terzo capitolo ufficiale della saga.

Il motore grafico progettato ad hoc per il gioco, l'Infernal Engine, è rimasto in sviluppo per sette anni. Nella versione originale del videogioco i quattro attori protagonisti della serie originale, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis ed Ernie Hudson prestano ai personaggi sia la loro immagine che la propria voce. Si rifiutò invece di partecipare al progetto un altro membro storico del cast, Rick Moranis: a quanto detto da un produttore della Sierra Entertainment, raggiunta la sicurezza economica con la serie Tesoro, mi si sono ristretti i ragazzi, da tempo preferiva non lavorare più. Tuttavia vi è un piccolo riferimento al suo personaggio, Louis Tully, nella caserma, dove il suo nome è scritto sulla targhetta di una delle tute appese. Anche Sigourney Weaver inizialmente declinò l'offerta di tornare nel ruolo di Dana Barrett, ma accettò in seguito quando seppe che Bill Murray era molto dedicato al progetto. Tuttavia, a quel punto la produzione del gioco era già in fase avanzata e non se ne fece niente in quanto non c'era più il ruolo adatto per la Weaver.

Così come nei film, anche in questa occasione Dan Aykroyd e Harold Ramis hanno scritto il copione del videogioco, stavolta insieme ad altri autori. Dan Aykroyd in un'intervista ha poi dichiarato in merito alla storia: "Essenzialmente questo è il terzo film".

La colonna sonora del videogioco è composta dalle tracce originali della prima pellicola composte da Elmer Bernstein, compresa ovviamente la celebre canzone di Ray Parker Jr., e lo stesso gioco contiene numerosi riferimenti e omaggi al mondo di Ghostbusters, compreso il ritratto parlante di Vigo il Carpatico all'interno della caserma che nella versione originale è stato doppiato dall'attore Max von Sydow, già voce del personaggio nel secondo film.

Distribuzione
La data ufficiale per l'uscita del videogioco è stata nel giugno 2009, in occasione del 25º anniversario dell'uscita del primo film e del rilascio del DVD in Blu-Ray dello stesso.

Al Consumer Electronics Show 2009, Sony annunciò la pubblicazione europea delle versioni per PlayStation 3 e PlayStation 2, mentre il 5 novembre uscirono le versioni per PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS e Nintendo Wii. Nella versione rimasterizzata del gioco, realizzata nel 2019 per il decimo anniversario della sua uscita, nei titoli di testa viene reso omaggio ad Harold Ramis, scomparso nel 2014.

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Leslie (FUZZ) MacDonald 84, of Carney's Point, NJ, passed away, on December 31st 2020. Les was a lifelong sport enthusiast stemming back from his days as a record breaking pitcher at Penns Grove High School. He also was an avid Philadelphia Sports Fan even though it was a LOVE HATE relationship. He was born in Wilmington DE but lived most of his life in Pennsville, NJ. He coached at Pennsville Little League and Babe Ruth. However, his greatest love was umpiring as a charter member of the Delaware Valley Umpire Association. As many remember, his strike zone was tight which caused many boos from the stands. Les was a chemical operator with DuPont Chambers Works, Deepwater NJ until he retired after 36 years. Les was the son of the late Marie (Clarke) & Leslie MacDonald. Predeceased in death by sisters Teresa Foreman & Betty Lou Lilly. He is survived by his Sister Helen Cox. Loving father and Pop Pop he raised three children in Pennsville. He is survived by daughter, Billie Carberry (Ed O'Boyle), son Leslie MacDonald, son Will (Sarah) MacDonald. Five Grandchildren Taylor, Ashley (Andrew), Liam, Jack, and Evan. Two Great – Grandchildren Mason & Ronan. He is also survived by his former spouse and friend Sally MacDonald. Everyone that knows Les knew he loved to tell stories, had a great sense of humor, enjoyed fishing, and playing cards. Due to the restrictions of COVID, the burial will be private. The family asks in Lieu of flowers, please consider contributing to Pennsville Little League, PO Box 129, Pennsville NJ 08070. www.laughreyfuneralhome.com
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In April 2006, THT was invited to broadcast live during Vienna Art Week, Austria. THT cabin, a caravanne, was parked within the Museum's Quartier in front of the Kunstalle Wien. Artists, curators, musicians, poets, comedians, collectors, designers, students, pimps, and you name it, talked to THT radio during the exiting week. Artist and photographer Chlöe Potter (on the first left image) collaborated with THT. Our sound engineer, Sasha Ztievets (center) and Vienna Art Week director, Robert Punkenhofer (right).
Vienna Art Week is organized by Art Cluster Vienna and provides a platform for artist, curators, gallery owners art critics , museum directors and collectors around the world. Since 2005, Vienna Art Week has been host to many public discussion on themes as diverse as the position of Vienna as an art location in a global context, the role of China as an emerging art power and the challenges that curatorial practice is confronted today. Over a hundred panelists have taken part in these discussions, including Roger M. Buergel of Documenta 12, Robert Storr of the Venice Biennale 2007, Hans -Ulrik Obrist from Serpentine Gallery in London and many more.


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Nine Ladies is a bronze age stone circle in Stanton Moor, Derbyshire.
Nine Ladies is a Bronze Age stone circle located on Stanton Moor, Derbyshire, England. There are nine upright stones, each of local millstone grit, each less than a metre high, in a clearing in a modern wood planted on Stanton Moor.
They sit in a rough circle with a gap at the south side of the circle where no stone-hole has been found. However, an additional stone, lying flat rather than upright, was discovered after being exposed as a crop mark in the dry weather of 1976. It is now visible.
The circle is built on an embankment which levelled the local terrain. The small "King Stone" lies forty metres from the circle to the west-south-west and is clearly visible from it.
[1] Burl, A. (1995). The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. New Haven:CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-06331-8.
[2] Cope, J. (1998). The Modern Antiquarian. London: Thorsons. ISBN 0-7225-3599-6.
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Rajd wygrał Sébastien Loeb, była to jego 74. wygrana w karierze, 9. w rajdzie Niemiec. Drugie miejsce zajął Jari-Matti Latvala, a trzeci był Mikko Hirvonen.

W klasyfikacji samochodów produkcyjnych zwycięstwo odniósł Michał Kościuszko.

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Julian Lennon Named Official Ambassador for World College Radio Day 2022, Coming October 7
HEWITT, N.J., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — World-renowned singer and artist Julian Lennon is named as the official 2022 Ambassador for the 12th Annual World College Radio Day, which is happening worldwide on Friday, October 7, 2022. The event is organized by the College Radio Foundation.
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"College radio is a good way to learn about what's going on in the world, whether it's locally or worldwide," says Lennon. "College radio is not like the usual mainstream stuff, and I find that far more intriguing!" adds Lennon. This year's theme is Voices for Peace, which resonates deeply with Lennon. "I feel I've been pretty successful in promoting peace and trying to motivate people through so many mediums, but we've got to keep moving, we've got to keep changing, we've got to do better!" he adds.
Lennon, also a UNESCO Peace Laureate, has recorded an exclusive wide-ranging interview especially for the World College Radio Day event to be simulcast on the 700+ participating college radio stations and was interviewed by students from the CRD USA Board. His recording earlier this year of his father's song Imagine, in support of the people of Ukraine, will also be played by many participating radio stations on the day. Lennon will also be releasing his rendition on a limited edition 7″ vinyl, which is available for pre-order.
"Having Julian Lennon as our ambassador is a perfect fit for our Voices for Peace theme this year," says Dr. Rob Quicke, professor of communication at William Paterson University of New Jersey, and founder of College Radio Day. "Julian's efforts to advance peace in his music, art and humanitarian work clearly demonstrate that pursuing peace and justice is a lifelong mission," added Quicke.
Lennon, a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, released his long-awaited new album Jude last month. Reflecting on the release, Lennon said, "In this moment when everything feels so uncertain on a global scale, the songs on the album offer a sense of wonder, encouraging the listener to ask those questions that need answers for us to be able to move forward."
This year marks the 12th annual World College Radio Day and will unite college radio stations from over 50 countries to bring awareness to the work and value they bring to the broadcasting medium. There will also be a live 24-hour Global Marathon, hosted by Live365.com, that will involve college radio stations around the world, taking turns to broadcast special content. There will also be an unprecedented Declaration Supporting Peace by Student Radio Worldwide, with over 700 signatory stations, released on the day. Past ambassadors include: The Black Keys, Joan Jett, Wyclef Jean, and "Weird Al" Yankovic to name a few.
About World College Radio Day: For more information about College Radio Day and the College Radio Foundation, please visit: www.collegeradio.org. For more information about Julian Lennon, please visit: https://www.julianlennon.com.
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For example, China supported the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway. It's the first transboundary and longest electrified railway line in Africa. The Export-Import Bank of China provided commercial loansthat funded 85% of Ethiopia's and 70% of Djibouti's contributions. And the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation also owns 10% of Djibouti's portion.


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Bernard Zuel is an Australian music journalist. Zuel wrote for Fairfax Media newspapers The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald since 1992. He became their senior music writer and reviewer. Zuel is a judge of the Australian Music Prize award. At the end of June 2017 he left Fairfax Media to become a freelance journalist and also taught music journalism.

Early life and education

Bernard Zuel was born in Rose-Hill, Mauritius. In the late 1960s, with his family, father Cyril,  mother Irlande and two younger siblings, he relocated to Australia and settled in Sydney.

In the podcast Penmanship (2016), Zuel told Andrew McMillen how he wrote his first review when he was 20-years-old on R.E.M.'s Fables of the Reconstruction (1985), which he submitted to street press. He was surprised to find it was published and worked for street press before he got a job as a general news reporter at The Penrith Press. He worked there for a few years before starting at The Sydney Morning Herald in 1992, where he became the senior music writer and reviewer.

Zuel regularly talks music on ABC local radio and appears on The Right Note. After 25 years at The Sydney Morning Herald, he left in June 2017 to become a freelance journalist at his website and to teach music journalism.

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 https://2ser.com/interview-bernard-zuel-looks-back-career-fairfax-media/
 https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/kate-elvis-pj-and-me-25-years-and-more-of-a-love-affair-with-music-20170628-gwzz9m.html
 https://www.smh.com.au/by/bernard-zuel-hvevg

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I think we should have a buildbot which runs release-twisted, installs it into an environment where no pre-existing Twisted is installed, and runs the unit tests from it.
Can you explain a bit more what you're trying to achieve here? Do we want to add unit tests to the release-twisted script? Or is it just a matter of setting up a buildbot slave ?
I think this ticket should just be about setting up a buildbot slave which runs the normal Twisted unit tests from an environment created by release-twisted and setup.py.
So if following that web page works for me, then I should theoretically be able to have a separate virtualized system where I can safely blow away twisted, then let the buildslave run its "install twisted" test, without interacting with the rest of nooxie.
Get a system which doesn't have Twisted or zope.interface installed. (See above about speculations about using Nexenta Zones to manage such a system.) Get the source distribution of a minimal Python package which requires Twisted. Execute ./setup.py install on that package, and the test passes if it automatically satisfies its dependency on Twisted and Twisted's dependency on zope.interface.
This test encapsulates a functionality that is very desirable to me and is currently missing in Twisted 2.5.0.
Get a system which doesn't have Twisted installed, get a source distribution of Twisted, and run ./setup.py install to install it. Now create a user account which doesn't have write-permission to its $HOME directory. Now switch to that user and execute something like python -c 'print "I WIN"'. The test passes if you can execute the Python code.
In 7228, a tox.ini file was added. In tox, a virtualenv is created, and the dependencies are added in the virtualenv, and the tests are run in the virtualenv, after the dependencies have been added.
tox is used on the buildbots, in Travis-CI, and appveyor.
I think this addresses the wishes in this ticket.


Colombo Accredited a RAMSAR wetland city – Environment Foundation (Guarantee) Limited.
Colombo has been accredited a RAMSAR Wetland site during the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP13) in Dubai on 25 october 2018. The RAMSAR convention entered into force in Sri Lanka on 15 October 1990.
At present, RAMSAR has accredited six sites in Sri Lanka as wetland sites such as Vankalai Sanctuary, Wilpattu Ramsar Wetland Cluster, Annaiwilundawa Tanks Sanctuary, Madu ganga, Bundala & Kumana Wetland Cluster.
Its latest addition, Colombo, comprises the following wetlands.
Urban wetlands make cities livable in many important ways. They reduce flooding, replenish drinking water, filter waste, provide urban green spaces, and are a source of livelihoods.
Find out what it means to be accredited a RAMSAR wetland city and how EFL has contributed to protecting wetlands through legal and scientific means.
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Ronald Koeman (2020-)
The Dutchman joined Barça as first-team coach in the summer of 2020, after having played for the club for six seasons (1989-1995)
Born in Zaandam (Holland) on March 21, 1963, Ronald Koeman became the coach of the FC Barcelona first-team in the summer of 2020. After a great career as a coach with more than 20 years of experience, the Dutchman arrived at Barça to begin his tenure at the start of the 2020/21 season.
Previously, Koeman had managed Vitesse, Ajax, Benfica, PSV, Valencia, AZ Alkmaar, Feyenoord, Southampton, Everton and the Dutch national team. During those years, the Dutchman won a total of eight titles: two Eredivisie, a Dutch Cup and a Dutch Super Cup with Ajax, a Portuguese Super Cup with Benfica, an Eredivisie with PSV, a Copa del Rey with Valencia and a Dutch Super Cup with AZ Alkmaar.
AS A PLAYER...
Koeman was a true legend as a player at Barça, where he played for six seasons (from 1989 to 1995). During his 264 official matches for the club, and despite being a defender, he scored 88 goals, mainly thanks to his wonderful ability from set pieces. As a Barça player, Koeman won a total of 10 titles: four leagues, a European Cup, a Copa del Rey, a European Super Cup and three Spanish Super Cups.
Apart from the goals, the games and the titles, Koeman is especially remembered by Barça fans for the final at Wembley in 1992. The Dutchman was the scorer of the only goal against Sampdoria in extra time that allowed the Catalans to proclaim themselves European Cup winners for the first time in club history.
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