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The Best Mainstream Country Albums of 2019
All country albums, regardless if they emanate from a major label or receive radio play, are considered for Saving Country Music's Album of the Year nominations. But not every year does a mainstream album make it. Even though one didn't make it to the top of the heap in 2019, we had a bumper crop of quality mainstream country releases.
Cody Johnson, George Strait, Jon Pardi, Justin Moore, Kalie Shorr, Luke Combs, Midland, Miranda Lambert, Randy Houser, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill
Album Review – Justin Moore's "Late Nights And Longnecks"
Just like we've seen from many mainstream country performers recently, from Blake Shelton, to Reba McEntire, to Jon Pardi, to Randy Houser, making your album more country is the hot thing at the moment. Of course this is all relative since the baseline from where many of these performers started at was not very country at all.
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Justin Moore's New Album "Late Nights & Longnecks" Delayed
Justin Moore fans will have to wait a little bit longer to get their hands on his latest record and fifth release overall, Late Nights and Longnecks. The record was originally scheduled to be released on April 26th, 2019 through Big Machine Records' Valory Music imprint. No reason has been given for the delay.
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2018 Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam Will Also be a Tribute to Charlie Himself
Since 1974, the Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam concert has been a mainstay on the country music calendar, and a worthy fundraiser for veterans. Now in 2018, the event will hold special importance as it also acts as a tribute to Charlie Daniels himself, as he partners with tribute concert promoter Blackbird Presents for this year's presentation.
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Platinum Status for Miranda Lambert's "Vice" Underscores Problem for Women on Radio
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The fact that "Vice" has now gone platinum is not entirely surprising as a lead single from a mainstream country star, but what is surprising is the song never cracked the Top 10 on country radio during its ascent. "Vice" stalled out at #11 before being moved to recurrent.
Billy Currington, Cole Swindell, Justin Moore, Miranda Lambert, Sam Hunt, Vice
Did ACM's Break or Change Rules for Thomas Rhett's "Die a Happy Man" Song of the Year Win?
Some fans began to smell something fishy when they noticed that "Die a Happy Man" won the ACM Award for Single of the Year at the 2016 ACM Awards. How could the song still be eligible if it was eligible for the 2016 awards as well? The answer is that it either wasn't, or perhaps the ACM Voting Criteria was changed.
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Album Review – Justin Moore's "Kinda Don't Care"
Granted, Kinda Don't Care is just kinda bad when you listen to it in totality. It's not some horrifically terrible album when you compare it to some other efforts coming out of the mainstream at the moment. But Justin Moore does what all musical artists should refuse to do no matter what the cost—cross your core fans.
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Song Review – Justin Moore's "You Look Like I Need A Drink"
All across the fruited plain of America and beyond there are thousands and thousands of people that when they hear a modern country song, they shudder and wonder just what the hell has happened to the music they once loved; the music their parents and grandparents listened to. You know, REAL country music . . . like Justin Moore . . . they tell themselves.
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Album Review – Hank Williams Jr.'s "It's About Time"
There's a ton of great records from Hank starting the the late 70's all the way up to the early 90's that country fans will be pulling off of shelves for years to come when they're looking for some good country music with a rock and roll kick, and if I had a vote I would induct Hank Williams Jr. into the Country Music Hall of Fame in the Modern Era category yesterday. But It's About Time adds nothing to Hank Jr.'s legacy.
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Hank Williams Jr. to Release New Album "It's About Time"
In peep show fashion over the last few days, Hank Williams Jr. has revealed he'll be releasing his latest album called "It's About Time." It will be Hank Jr.'s first album on Big Machine Records' NASH Icon imprint. He signed to the label meant to give new life to older artists in late April.
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91 Arrested at Brad Paisley Concert in Southern California
The summer concert season in country music has only just begun, and already were beginning to see concerning stories about how this year could be just as bad or worse than last year for concert behavior. The 91 arrests beg the question if we are truly seeing worse behavior than previous years at country concerts, or if it is a symptom of better reporting, and more aggressive enforcement at concerts.
Brad Paisley, Justin Moore, Mickey Guyton
Report: iTunes Is Buying Big Machine Records
According to sources, a deal is in process for iTunes to purchase the Big Machine Label Group for $250 million. Big Machine's current distribution deal with UMG is up, and Taylor Swift has one more album left on the label before her contract expires, leading to speculation Big Machine wants to sell before they risk losing their superstar.
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Man Against Machine: Garth Brooks Calls YouTube "The Devil"
On Monday, November 17th when Garth Brooks appeared on Access Hollywood promoting his upcoming tour dates and the release of his new album Man Against Machine, he was pretty loose lipped about his hatred for certain elements of music technology, and how it has taken a lot of the power out of the hands of artists.
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The 6 Pop Country Archetypes (2014 Edition)
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Have you ever wondered who actually listens to those awful songs they play on pop country radio? Here are the six primary Archetypes, or as Music Row refers to them, the "target demographics" that make up the audience of the pop country world.The new version takes into consideration country music's changing demographics.
Big Smo, bro-country, Bubba Sparxxx, Florida Georgia Line, hick hop, Jason Aldean, Justin Moore, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, The Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith
Taylor Swift Leading Country Exodus from Spotify
On Monday, Jason Aldean pulled his latest record Old Boots, New Dirt from Spotify—a big loss for the company from one of country's biggest stars, and one who has set streaming records. Subsequently, Brantley Gilbert, whose 2014 release Just As I Am has been receiving surprising sales numbers, has also been pulled from Spotify. So has Justin Moore's "Off The Beaten Path."
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Big Machine Records Reportedly To Be Up For Sale
Nashville's and country music's most influential record label is reportedly getting ready to be put up for sale according to a new report, and Taylor Swift's 1989 album release and pending contract situation could have a big impact on it. Despite being a big label with many famous artist and significant subsidiaries, the Big Machine Label Group remains independently owned, operating through distribution deals.
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When They Don't Suck: Bad Country Star's Good Album Cuts
One of the things that can be so frustrating for distinguishing country music fans is knowing many of country music's current stars can do so much better. Many of them have sensational voices, and can write great songs when they set their mind to it. And many times you can hear examples of this when listening to their albums.
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Justin Moore Covers Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home"
This Nashville Outlaws tribute is the country music equivalent to the 1982 flick The Toy, with Mötley Crüe as Richard Pryor, and Scott Borchetta as Jackie Gleason. Still left wanting after his own hair metal band Burning Hearts went down in a blaze of glory, Borchetta has wrangled his Big Machine roster into living out his spandex and aqua-net dream for him…
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The Re-Integration of "Bro-Country" Hatred by Music Row
In the vacuum of true choice, Music Row is attempting to appeal to both sides of the "bro-country" issue so they're insured to not lose anyone's business. Whether you're for or against "bro-country", someone mentions it and your country music world is immediately polarized, attentive, and ready to pounce. This is why Scott Borchetta is an evil genius; he gets you coming and going.
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Southern Accents Make a Comeback in Country, But Are They Real?
Southern twang is back in a big way baby, as bro-country dominates the format, and female performers try and turn up the sass to compete. As opposed to trying to apologize for their Southern roots, today's country artists can't shut the hell up about them, regularly reinforcing all things country in laundry list form with elongated drawls. This has seen the rise of the Southern accent once again.
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Justin Moore Wins ACM's "New Artist" Despite Clear Ineligibility
At Sunday night's 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards held in Las Vegas, Big Machine Records recording artist Justin Moore walked away with the night's coveted "New Artist of the Year" prize, despite being clearly ineligible according to the ACM's stated rules. Moore's nomination and win calls into question the legitimacy of the ACM Awards…
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Justin Moore Responds to ACM Eligibility Controversy
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One of the big stories leading up to the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday April 6th has been the ineligibility of Justin Moore for the New Artist of the Year award that he's nominated for, and is considered a front runner to win. Now Justin Moore has responded to the concerns, and the issue has gone all the way to making the front page of Fox News.
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Why The Best Fan Vote for the ACM's Is No Vote At All
Why would any fan vote for the ACM New Artist or Entertainer of the Year this year? Their votes didn't count for the Entertainer award last year, and this year, the front runner for New Artist of the Year isn't new, and isn't qualified to receive votes by the ACM's rules. The whole fan voted element seems to be more about creating attention for the awards, and generating traffic for ACM's web properties.
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New Merle Haggard Tribute is a Head Scratcher
Not since the second installment of the Waylon – The Music Inside series was released with the names of Colt Ford and Justin Moore making their way on the track list have we had such a quizzical collection of artists for a tribute album. As cool as it is to see any attention paid to Merle these days from the mainstream establishment, it is not what's going to get your average Merle fan's motor running.
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Alluxio provides for an isolation layer from accessing file and object storage while caching it in-memory, this now includes access to Ceph Object storage from OpenStack.
This is an excerpt from the Accelerating Data Analytics on Ceph Object Storage with Alluxio whitepaper. In addition to the reference architecture in this blog, the whitepaper provides a detailed implementation guide to reproduce the environment.
As the volume of data collected by enterprises has grown, there is a continual need to find efficient storage solutions. Owing to its simplicity, scalability and cost-efficiency object storage, including Ceph, has increasingly become a popular alternative to traditional file systems. In most cases, the object storage system, on-premise or in the cloud, is decoupled from compute nodes where analytics is run. There are several benefits of this separation.
Improved cost efficiency: Storage capacity and compute power can be provisioned independently. This simplifies capacity planning and ensures better resource utilization.
Ease of manageability: A separation of data from compute means that a single storage platform can be shared by different compute clusters. For example, a cluster hosting long-running services emitting data into object storage may run in conjunction with a data processing cluster to derive insights.
However, a consequence of this architecture is that data is remote to the compute nodes. When running analytics directly on the object store, data is repeatedly fetched from the storage nodes leading to reduced performance. This delay may prevent critical insights from being extracted in a timely manner.
This is addressed by deploying Alluxio on compute nodes, allowing fast ad-hoc analysis of data by bringing performance up to memory speeds with intelligent storage of active archive data close to computation.
Alluxio is a memory-speed virtual distributed storage system. It resides on the compute nodes and scales out with the size of the cluster. Alluxio manages data in-memory and optionally on secondary storage tiers, such as cheaper SSDs and HDDs, for additional capacity. By keeping hot data in-memory on the compute nodes and seamlessly migrating data across any secondary tiers, Alluxio manages to achieve memory-speed access to remote data in most cases. This acceleration is a key enabler of ad-hoc data analysis.
Alluxio also enables sharing data across different compute frameworks and amongst different jobs within the same framework. Data is available locally for repeated accesses to all users of the compute cluster regardless of the compute engine used. The lifecycle of the data on the compute nodes is hence disassociated with the job or framework which accesses it. With data sharing Alluxio ensures that no redundant copies of data are present in memory, driving down capacity requirements and thereby costs.
Applications leverage Alluxio's simplicity and flexibility to continue accessing data as if they were running on remote object storage. Any results or transformations which need to be persisted can be done through Alluxio by configuring it to synchronously propagate changes to the underlying object storage system. This provides ease of management by ensuring that no data is lost. In addition, users have the option of storing temporary or intermediate data in Alluxio memory only, allowing for memory-speed writes.
The separation of compute resources from object storage makes for a cost-effective solution. By running Alluxio on nodes where the analysis occurs, key limitations of remote object storage are eliminated. Alluxio's design makes it a key component of the data analytics stack required to exploit the performance potential of an architecture with disjoint compute and storage.
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Yemen is the world's largest humanitarian crisis. Approximately 22.2 million people - 75 per cent of the population - are in need of humanitarian assistance. A total of 17.8 million people are food insecure and 8.4 million people do not know how they will obtain their next meal.
Conflict, protracted displacement, disease and deprivation continue to inflict suffering on the country's population. Disruption to commercial imports, inflation, lack of salary payment to civil servants and rising prices of basic commodities exacerbate people's vulnerability.
Sporadic fighting, shelling and bombardment continued to pose a threat to civilians in Al Hudaydah City and in other parts of the governorate. In Al Hudaydah City, clashes persisted in the east and northeast of the city, with up to 1,460 civilian casualties estimated in November and damage to 200 homes, and an unspecified number farms and humanitarian sites.
Despite a difficult operating environment 234 international and national partners in January through November are actively coordinating to assist people with the most acute needs in priority districts across Yemen's 22 governorates. Together they have assisted over 7.8 million people monthly with some form of humanitarian assistance.
UNFPA's response in Yemen continues to reach the most vulnerable women and girls. UNFPA is the sole provider of lifesaving reproductive health medicines in Yemen. UNFPA-supported health facilities increased by 60 percent between 2017 and 2018. Similarly in the provision of protection services, the number of safe spaces supported by UNFPA increased from four to 15 safe spaces across 10 governorates.
Monthly Situation Report #07 July 2018 Highlights of UNFPA's response in July 2018.
Monthly Situation Report #06 – June 2018 Highlights of UNFPA's response in June 2018.


A warm and friendly welcome awaits you at Kalimera B&B. Situated in the valley between Agia Anna and Psevdas, our recently renovated country house is a tranquil retreat.
Relax in the shade of our spacious gardens and enjoy a cool dip in the pool after a busy day of sightseeing. As we only have one guest room your privacy and peace is guaranteed.
We are in an ideal spot for touring most of the Island being 15 minutes from Larnaca Town and Airport, 20 from Nicosia and 40 from Limassol.
There are 2 excellent and popular tavernas within walking distance of the house so dining locally in the evening is a convenient option. Should you wish to cater for yourselves there are supermakets in both Agia Anna and Psevdas. We provide a refrigerator for our guests' sole use.
Free Wi-Fi is available, but please note that this is limited as we do not have broadband.
We will provide maps and information and help you plan your day's activities should you so require.
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Pilots threaten to strike over fatigue concerns
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29 June 2016 • 6:03pm
Some airlines are fatiguing pilots by forcing them to work for 20 hours without an adequate break, sparking concerns about safety and raising the prospect of strike action towards the end of the summer holidays, the pilots' union has warned.
Brian Strutton, the new general secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association (BAPLA), said that employees at one major, unidentified carrier are considering industrial action over the issue which, if approved, would take disrupt flights in September. He claimed new flight time rules introduced by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in February had made it easier for airlines to force pilots to fly for longer and that "some real horror stories being reported to us".
Mr Strutton, who took over as head of the union earlier this month, said it had compiled "really worrying stats" that raised broader concerns about safety. Some pilots are working for 20 hours with no time for rest breaks between flight turnarounds, the BALPA head claimed.
"We've just done a survey and a touch under half of pilots have told us that they've been compromised by fatigue at least once a month this year," he said. "And by compromised, it's a polite way of saying dropping off or losing concentration at the controls."
Following the new EASA rules, BALPA has been negotiating new roster arrangements.
"In most airlines we've tried to keep a sensible balance in place still," Mr Strutton said. "One of the major airlines we haven't done that and we've fallen into dispute with that airline and our members in that airline have asked us to sanction a strike ballot in that company."
It would be a blow to the aviation industry which has already been hit by a wave of strikes by air traffic controllers in Europe, causing thousands of flights to be cancelled this year.
Separately, Mr Strutton said that defence technology company Qinetiq was being lined up to research the impact of drone strikes on aircraft, something that is becoming a major concern in the aviation industry.
BALPA is organising the study with the Civil Aviation Authority and the Department for Transport, but it is being held by a disagreement of whether the findings should be freely available.
Brussels warns UK over 'light touch' regulation of City after Brexit

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Italian dressing gives fast flavor to this juicy chicken and tender potatoes in this delicious meal.
Spray 13x9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place chicken in baking pan, arrange potatoes and onions around chicken. Pour italian dressing over chicken and potatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Cover and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Uncover, and bake for another 20 minutes, until potatoes are tender and chicken is cooked through, no longer pink in center.


Wearing an expensive fur coat symbolizes wealth and class. Fur detailing and totally fur coats have made a splashing come again with a vengeance this season. To look stylish, crew it up with woolen attire, jackets and long coats. Boiled wool swing coats in deep colors are set to be massive this 12 months, while a nice fitted leather-based trench or double-breasted mac by no means goes out of fashion.
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When will UEFA Nations League 2020/21 start?
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UEFA Nations League 2020/21 is the second season the tournament is held. In the first place (season 2018/19), Portugal won the championship after beating Netherlands 1-0 in the final.
The UEFA Nations League 2020/21 officially kicked off on September 3, 2020. The opening match of the UEFA Nations League 2020/21 is the match between Latvia and Andorra at 23:00 on March 9. The tournament is scheduled to end on March 29, 2022.
UEFA Nations League 2020/21 brings together 55 participating teams. These 55 teams are divided into 4 League: League A, League B, League C, and League D.
League A consists of 16 teams and is divided into 4 groups including A1, A2, A3, and A4. League B also includes 16 teams, divided into 4 groups including B1, B2, B3, and B4. The same goes for League C. League D only consists of 7 teams and is divided into 2 groups: D1 and D2. Group D1 has 4 teams and group D2 has 3 teams.
League A, League B, and League C groups play in a round-robin format of 2 innings. League B's best performing team in each group will qualify for League A next season. League B's worst-performing team in each group will have to go down to play in League C next season.
For League C, the teams with the best results in each group will be promoted to League B next season. The teams with the worst results in each group will have to participate in the Play-out round. The team that fails in the Play-out will have to go down to play in League D next season.
For League D, the teams with the best performance in each group will qualify to play in League C the following season. As for League D, there is no relegation team.
For League A, the teams with the best results in each group will reach the final UEFA Nations League 2020/21. The teams with the worst results will have to go down to play in League B next season.
The UEFA Nations League Finals include the Semi-Finals and the Finals. The final round took place in March 2020 in a one-turn knockout format. Two winning teams in the semi-finals will reach the final. The team that wins the final match will win the championship.
Europe's top football leagues are ready to return
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When the Covid-19 pandemic situation is somewhat "cooled off" in Europe, it is also the time when the top football competitions "the old continent" are planning to return to complete the 2019/20 season.
Tonight (16.5), the ball in the German league (Bundesliga) will officially roll back with 6 matches in the round 26. After 25 rounds have passed, Bayern Munich is leading the rankings with 55 points, more than 2 points against Dortmund.
Players in the Bundesliga practice waiting for "re-export"
As such, the Bundesliga is the European tournament back to the earliest post-Covid-19 era. Previously, this tournament also had a lot of difficulties in determining the return time, but thanks to the Government 'green light' and the efforts of the Organizing Committee, the new tournament came back soon in order to complete the 2019 season. 20.
It can be said that the Italian league (Serie A) is the most difficult tournament to roll the ball back but recently, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) announced that certainly Serie A season 2019/20 will Reboot next month. After 27 rounds, Juventus is leading the rankings with 63 points, 1 point higher than the second team Lazio.
Similarly, the British government has decided that professional sports events in the country will continue to be banned until at least 1.6. This means the English Premier League can return in the next month.
Initially, the most attractive tournament on the planet put the plan back on June 12, but after a meeting between the Organizing Committee and 20 clubs recently agreed to officially return to take place after one week, which means June 19.
After 29 rounds in the Premier League, Liverpool is leading the rankings with 82 points, 25 points ahead of the second team Man City.
La Liga coming back next month
Along with that, the organizers of the Spanish league football (La Liga) recently confirmed it will bring the rest of the 2019/20 season back on 12.6 and 20 clubs will have 35 days to play 11 rounds.
After 29 rounds, Barcelona is leading with 58 points, 2 points ahead of Real Madrid. Besides, the Portuguese league and Turkish championship are also scheduled to return next month.
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German football has come back
The social order of restraining order will continue to be maintained in Germany until the end of August but the German football tournament – Bundesliga will surely be back on May 9 with a series of strict disease prevention measures.
Without a last-minute change, the Bundesliga will become the first major tournament in Europe to return after a long delay. A very positive signal when the pandemic peak has passed and football, an emotional economic industry returns to daily life.
Football regulators in Germany are actively contacting the federal government to promote a plan to allow the Bundesliga back in the context of the country's relaxed social measures.
An online meeting will take place soon and the German Football Federation (DFB), the Bundesliga Organizing Committee 1 and 2 and 36 professional clubs will discuss restarting the tournament from May 9. Many teams have allowed players to rehearse even small groups, with Augsburg pioneering on March 23!
Crowded events are not allowed in Germany until the end of August, so soccer matches will take place on a field with no spectators. The Bundesliga Organizing Committee has submitted a 41-page plan on how to organize the remaining rounds of the 2019-2020 season with a limited number of members of two teams, members of the Organizing Committee and the press. allowed to appear on and off the pitch, about 320 people per game.
Every European nation is focusing its attention on the Netherlands and Belgium, the two countries have announced the cancellation of the championship and are trying to come up with a "post-season" solution.
Particularly, the "Big Five" group of 5 major European football leagues will certainly not go against the stand of UEFA. After the Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A hopes to continue the 2019-2020 season on closed football fields in June. The Spanish and French courts will also certainly come back, albeit a little later.
With the English Premier League, the government is considering addressing a plan to resume operations proposed by the English Football Association (FA). This includes gathering teams in one venue and playing on the airfield. the audience with a density of 4 matches per day or gathered to a few yards to isolate.


Pittsburgh-residing vibraphonist Tubby Daniels began his musical journey studying the piano under Dr. James Johnson at the Afro-American Music Institute in Homewood. Soon afterward he switched to the vibraphone and the rest is history. Now a veteran performer of 30 years, Daniels enjoys listening to various styles of music, however refers to jazz as his first love.


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Beware the gleaming, purpose built headquarters: C Northcote Parkinson's Law of Buildings
From the Johannes de Berlaymont blog a few years back, here is a piece on C Northcote Parkinson, prophet of administration. I have a sense that the world of work is now treated with far less humour and levity than it was. Parkinson exemplified how wit could illuminate patterns of organisational life we all surely recognise:
Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) was primarily a British naval historian who accidentally fell into the field of public administration and management via a 1955 humorous article published in the Economist magazine. Later expanded to book length, Parkinson's Law, which argued that 'work expands to fill the time available for its completion' rapidly became ubiquitous. That ubiquity overshadowed the fact that Parkinson, a prolific author, proposed a number of equally convincing laws and observations about bureaucratic life. He developed, for example, a mathematical formula to predict that the (British) Royal Navy would one day have more admirals than ships (on 24 September 2008 the Daily Telegraph duly reported that 'There are currently 41 admirals, vice-admirals and rear-admirals but … the number of fighting ships in the Navy now stands at just 40.').
The post is focused on "Parkinson's Law of Buildings" (Johannes de Berlaymont focuses on EU institutions, a fertile source indeed):
This blog may return to Parkinson's other laws at some date, but the law that concerns this essay was first published under the title of 'Plans and Plants, or The Administration Block.' For ease of reference, it shall be referred to here as Parkinson's Law of Buildings. This he defines as follows; 'a perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse… Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress there is not time to plan the perfect headquarters. The time for that comes later, when all the important work has been done.'
Parkinson calls in evidence a series of historical examples of architectural grandeur accompanying organizational/institutional decline. In the case of the Vatican, for example, 'the great days of the papacy were over before the perfect setting was even planned. They were almost forgotten by the date of its completion.' By 1933 the League of Nations was seen to have failed, and yet its 'physical embodiment', the Palace of Nations, was not opened until 1937. He argues that Louis XIV moved to Versailles in 1682, the year his career reached its apex, and thereafter, as the sumptuous Palace was gradually completed, so his power inexorably declined. Parkinson gives a number of British examples, including Blenheim Palace, Buckingham Palace, the Palace of Westminster and the Colonial Office, but identifies New Delhi, started in 1911, several years after the decline of British imperialism began (with the 1906 General Election), as a perfect example of his Law's applicability.
One could imagine many other examples. As well as "during a period of exciting discovery or progress there is not time to plan the perfect headquarters", I wonder do organisations in cramped, improvised settings have a better institutional functioning precisely because the staff are thrown together, are less likely to have their own offices, with a resulting sense of collegiality and solidarity? (or something like that)
By Séamus Sweeneyin architecture, oddly enough, ucd May 31, 2019 528 WordsLeave a comment
Google Play's judgment of "romantic" not quite what one might expect
I mean, "A Clockwork Orange" is not what I would think of as a date movie…
By Séamus Sweeneyin film, oddly enough April 26, 2019 16 WordsLeave a comment
The lost worlds of Debois and Julieta Guipeal at the Tipperary County Museum
This is Portrait of a Man, by Julieta Guipeal:
Apologies for the photo quality – this was taken with my phone's camera in a well-lit (and thereby reflective) space.
It is currently on display as part of an exhibition called Reflections in Tipperary County Museum, Clonmel. Here is a bit of background on the exhibition:
Earlier this year [2018], Tipperary County Museum initiated a vital research project which focused on the origins of its municipal art collection. Art Historian, Catherine Marshall was appointed Curator in Residence at Tipperary County Museum to oversee this particular project. The result of Catherine's findings will be documented in a specialised catalogue in early 2019 and the accompanying exhibition 'Reflections' will exhibit approximately 65 paintings which have remained unseen by the general public for many years.
This Tipperary Art Collection is the result of active, committed and sustained citizenship by a small group of people, from those who established the South Tipperary Fine Arts Club in the 1940s, to individual donors like William English in the 1980s and more recently Tipperary County Council S.R., South Tipperary County Council and our now unified Tipperary County Council.
Portrait of an Artist and others of the most interesting works (including "F***lands 1982") are part of the William English Bequest. I haven't been able to find out much about William English online (possibly because there is an artist of that name) this article:
Subsequently, the original collection was added-to by a number of bequests, the most notable of which came from Clonmel man, William English. This brought relatively modern artists (working in the late decades of the 20th century) into the gallery: Robert Ballagh, Patrick Pye, Leo Hogan, Julieta Guipeal, and the Clonmel-born artist, Martin Quigley.
The above article by Margaret Rossiter is the only online reference to Julieta Guipeal I could find. The catalogue for the exhibition states "All attempts to find the artist Julieta Guipeal have so far come to nothing. While almost all of the William English Bequest was acquired in the Limerick area, enquiries about Guipeal there have yielded no information, nor have early international searches":
Here is another, unfortunately blurry, view of Portrait of A Man:
Julieta Guipeal is not the only lost artist on display. Here is a work whose very title is a mystery. Is it EA or A1/2? We known it is signed by "Debois", but who is Debois? Again, apologies for the quality:
Here is the image in a bit more context with a great big stonking reflection of myself hogging the frame:
While in Guipeal's case one can make assumptions (possibly misleading ones) about gender and possible ethnicity, in Debois' case we have even less to go on. As the catalogue states "No information has come to light about the artist who signed this work, Debois, and no indications of how William English came across his or his work. That is all the more intriguing since the work itself is so tantalisingly dreamlike and surreal":
So there you have it – I have posted before here about the amnesia of our supposedly information-saturated age., and here we have two intriguing works, each by an artist apparently unknown for anything else.
By Séamus Sweeneyin all art is quite useless, art, no more, oddly enough, silence, the particular, time passes, tipperary, words, writing February 21, 2019 February 21, 2019 532 WordsLeave a comment
Gizella Bodnár AKA "Airplane Gizi" RIP
Gizella Bodnár has died. No, I hadn't heard of her either until I came across her via Wikipedia's Recent Deaths page. Hungary's "Queen of Thieves", she also earned the name "Airplane Gizi' due to her M.O. of making hadty getaways using domestic flights.
More on Gizella and the rather tragic backstory to her kleptomania :
The fourth of six children born to a railroad engineer father and a housewife mother, Gizella, or Gizi for short, started to steal small things while still a child. She attributed her kleptomania to meningitis which she survived at the age of six. Later she studied in Kassa, but when World War II broke out the stress of it brought her kleptomania to the fore again.
In the early 1950s, Malév, the national Hungarian airline, used to provide domestic flights between cities throughout Hungary. Bodnar's clever ploy was to fly from Budapest to Miskolc, Debrecen, Szeged, Pécs, and Szombathely where she would break into houses and then fly back home to the capital on the evening flight; although she always denied ever having flown in a plane.
Hungary was not the only country in which she practiced her purloining ways. Among other watch loving capitals, she also committed regular break-ins in Amsterdam, London, and Paris. Part of her modus operandi was to knock on a neighbor's door in the morning to borrow some condiments for cooking, which she would then return in the evening, thereby providing herself with an alibi for two distinct parts of the day.
During her long career, she was arrested twenty-one times between 1948 and 2006 and stood trial over 20 times. Ultimately, she was convicted to a total of 40 years in jail of which she served a total of 16 years and 7 months in prison.
She moved to the town of Komárom, where she was arrested in January 2009, at the age of 82, for breaking into a house. Late in her life, she was diagnosed with kleptomania: she admitted to liking "shiny things" and claimed that she mostly gave away all her loot to other people rather than selling it, a claim supported by the fact that at the time of her death she had no possessions to her name.
In this age of active ageing, it is heartening to find Gizella continued her criminal habits into her 90s:
In 2015, at the age of 89, incorrigible Gizella was arrested twice, once in June and again in September. In the latter instance, she was found in a cupboard, where she claimed she was hiding from the rain outside. She was arrested again in February 2016 in Sukoró, and again in August 2017 in Tatabánya.
By Séamus Sweeneyin no more, oddly enough, practice, rogues February 8, 2019 February 8, 2019 513 Words2 Comments
Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe, and a cheers to the Poe Toaster
Poe would be 210 if he was alive today, which would be a surprising development for all concerned. And presumably today will see the appearance of the Poe Toaster at Poe's Baltimore grave. Alas, this is a revival of the original mysterious decades-long toaster:
Poe Toaster is a media epithet popularly used to refer to an unidentified person (or more probably two persons in succession, possibly father and son) who, for over seven decades, paid an annual tribute to American author Edgar Allan Poe by visiting the cenotaph marking his original grave in Baltimore, Maryland, in the early hours of January 19, Poe's birthday. The shadowy figure, dressed in black with a wide-brimmed hat and white scarf, would pour himself a glass of cognac and raise a toast to Poe's memory, then vanish into the night, leaving three roses in a distinctive arrangement and the unfinished bottle of cognac. Onlookers gathered annually in hopes of glimpsing the elusive Toaster, who did not seek publicity and was rarely seen or photographed.
According to eyewitness reports and notes accompanying offerings in later years, the original Toaster made the annual visitation from sometime in the 1930s (though no report appeared in print until 1950) until his death in 1998, after which the tradition was passed to "a son".[1] Controversial statements were made in some notes left by the post-1998 Toaster, and in 2006 an unsuccessful attempt was made by several onlookers to detain and identify him. In 2010 there was no visit by the Toaster,[2] nor has he appeared any year since, signaling an end to the 75-year tradition.[3][4]
Pleasingly, the revival since 2016 has maintained the anonymity aspect:
In 2015, the Maryland Historical Society organized a competition to select a new individual to resurrect the annual tribute in a modified, tourism-friendly form. The new Toaster—who will also remain anonymous—made his first appearance during the daylight hours of January 16, 2016 (a Saturday, three days before Poe's birthday), wearing the traditional garb and playing Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre on a violin. After raising the traditional cognac toast and placing the roses, he intoned, "Cineri gloria sera venit" ("Glory paid to one's ashes comes too late", from an epigram by the Roman poet Martial), and departed.[25]
By Séamus Sweeneyin no more, oddly enough, poetry, privacy, the particular, uncanny, writing January 19, 2019 366 WordsLeave a comment


YARMOUTH—They call it the "elephant in the room" and for at least another night, it stayed out of sight.
The "it" in this case is awareness of the fact that the powerhouse Yarmouth boys' lacrosse team hasn't lost a game on its turf field since 2002, something the current players are all too aware of.
If that's not pressure enough, consider that the program hasn't dropped a contest anywhere in nearly two years.
On Monday night, however, the Clippers got a stern test from longtime fierce rival Cape Elizabeth.
Yarmouth led 6-2 early in the third quarter and appeared on its way to another easy win, but the proud Capers, demonstrating enormous improvement from the start of the season, pulled within 6-4 midway through the period. They would get no closer. A dazzling individual performance by senior David Dietz led to a tide-turning goal and senior Colby Shields added another to help Yarmouth survive, 8-4, and improve to 4-0 on the season.
The Clippers have now won 67 straight games at home and 24 in a row overall.
With the exception of North Yarmouth Academy's state titles in 2001 and 2007, Cape Elizabeth and Yarmouth have been on the top every season for two decades.
The rivals have met in five of the past seven state finals, with the Capers prevailing by a goal in 2003 (in OT) and 2005 and the Clippers winning with relative ease in 2004, 2008 and last year (12-9). Yarmouth has eclipsed Cape Elizabeth as the premier program in the state and is hoping to make it three in a row this year. The Clippers had no trouble in their first two outings, cruising 11-4 at home over NYA and 17-3 at York. Friday, however, Yarmouth got pushed by new power Falmouth before holding on for a 7-4 triumph.
The Capers, meanwhile, began the year with a stunningly decisive 11-4 home loss to the Yachtsmen. Wins at Freeport (10-7) and at home versus NYA (12-2) followed.
Yarmouth's last home loss was May 14, 2002, a 16-6 drubbing at the hands of the Capers. Since then, prior to Monday, the Clippers had gone 68-0-1 on their turf (tying Kennebunk, 9-9, on May 20, 2002).
Monday, Cape Elizabeth came close to beating Yarmouth for the first time since April 28, 2007 (a span of six games), but down the stretch, once again, the Clippers did what they had to do.
Early on, the Capers had their way, winning all four first period faceoffs and having an edge in ground balls and shots in the first 12 minutes.
With 6:41 to play in the opening stanza, the visitors got on the board first when senior Harper Nelson scored unassisted. Cape Elizabeth almost made it 2-0 at the 3:27 mark, but junior Timmy Takach's bid hit the post. Yarmouth drew even with 2:36 to go on a goal from senior Steven Petrovek (set up by junior Mike McCormack), but 30 seconds later, Nelson fed junior Teddy Smith for a score and a 2-1 advantage.
The hosts then turned up the intensity in the second quarter and got some separation.
Just 18 seconds in, Petrovek tied the score with a man-up, unassisted strike. With 8:55 remaining before halftime, Petrovek did it again unassisted and the Clippers were ahead to stay. Goals from McCormack (on a rebound of a Petrovek shot that Capers junior goal Jack Roos saved) and Petrovek (set up by Shields) gave Yarmouth a 5-2 lead at the break.
Six clutch saves from Roos prevented the Clippers from breaking it open.
Yarmouth appeared primed to do just that, however, when Petrovek set up senior Evan Henry for a man-up goal 57 seconds into the third quarter, but the Clippers wouldn't score again until midway through the fourth.
Cape Elizabeth crept back in it as Smith (from Nelson, man-up) and Smith (unassisted) scored to make it a 6-4 game heading for the fourth.
For several minutes in the final period, neither team could generate any offense and turnovers were plentiful. The hosts finally got the spark they needed with 6:34 to play, when Dietz got the ball on the defensive end of the field, found a higher gear and sped through five defenders. He raced into the attacking zone, passed to Henry and Henry found Petrovek for a goal which snapped a 16 minute, 29 second drought, making it 7-4 Clippers.
Shields added an unassisted strike with 3:29 to go and Yarmouth went on to the 8-4 victory.
Petrovek led all scorers with five goals and two assists. Henry, McCormack and Shields all had one goal and one assist. Senior goalie Cam Woodworth only needed to make three saves. The Clippers had a 37-19 edge in shots on goal (including a 20-7 difference in the second half). Yarmouth forced 33 turnovers (committing 28) and grabbed 40 ground balls (senior A.J. Oliver had a team high six) to 38 for Cape Elizabeth.
The Capers were paced by Smith's three goals. Nelson scored once and added three assists. Roos made 14 saves. Senior Ben Brewster won the majority of faceoffs and also picked up 11 ground balls.
"We definitely played better tonight than we did against Falmouth," Cape Elizabeth coach Ben Raymond said. "I've watched the tape of that game a couple times. Almost all their goals came from us missing a ground ball. We had a couple young kids playing defense who were still learning the slide package and didn't rotate all the way through. I expect a lot of the young guys early because they're great athletes. We were much more prepared tonight.
"We made some mistakes. They made some mistakes. It wasn't a typical clean game you're used to seeing when it's us against them. It was 6-4 for a long time. We spent a lot of time in the penalty box. It hurt us because we didn't have the ball. That's another piece that wasn't consistent. We didn't make good decisions.
The Capers are back in action Saturday at longtime rival Kennebunk.
Yarmouth, meanwhile, feels its recent close competition is nothing but a positive and that it's still a work in progress.
Best of all, the homefield remains protected.
The Clippers are also idle until Saturday when they host Brunswick, a squad they haven't faced since downing the Dragons, 17-3, in the 2005 East Region semifinals.
Cape Elizabeth junior Casey O'Donovan tries to get around Yarmouth senior Steven Petrovek Monday.
Cape Elizabeth senior Harper Nelson sizes up a shot, but Yarmouth senior goalie Cam Woodworth stands tall Monday. Woodworth only had to make three saves in the Clippers' 8-4 victory.
Yarmouth senior Evan Henry's bid for a goal was denied by Roos, who made 14 saves Monday, many of the spectacular nature.
Yarmouth junior Kyle Groves is hounded by Cape Elizabeth senior Matt Donovan. Defense carried the day in the latest showdown between rivals.
Yarmouth junior Mike McCormack's scoring bid is denied by Cape Elizabeth junior Jack Roos during the teams' battle Monday night. The Clippers did prevail, 8-4.


Bunker number TO307 is a bunker that formed part of the Soviet Command area of Lossa in the former East Germany. It was an advanced communications, command and control bunker built in the 1960's and used by the 118th Intelligence Corps. It was extended in the 1970's and occupied an area of around 54800 square feet and consisted of around 30 different rooms. Part of the bunker was demolished at some point, perhaps during renovation or after the Soviets left.
The bunker is in fairly good condition for a Soviet bunker, in that it wasnt as heavily stripped as some as it was sealed very shortly after the Soviet units left in 1993. There is remains of communications wiring, lighting, notice boards, electrical supplies, plant equipment and filtration. There were also some remains of soviet gasmasks, soldiers boots and discarded soviet food packaging. We also found a family of mice living deep within the bunker. There was around 6 to 8 inches of clear water through out most areas but the fabric of the bunker was fairly intact.


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Extra string to councillor's bow
Published: 10:05 AM April 16, 2010 Updated: 7:14 AM October 7, 2020
A COUNCILLOR representing three councils in mid Norfolk has added to his list of responsibilities by becoming the newest member of Watton Town Council.
John Rogers, chairman of Breckland Council, has filled the vacancy left by Christopher Walls who resigned after failing to attend a meeting for six months.
The position adds to Mr Rogers's current roles as a Breckland councillor, a Carbrooke parish councillor, and a Watton ward member on Norfolk County Council.
He said: 'I am politically involved in the area and I hope that I can be of help to Watton town and its residents.'
Mr Rogers was a member of the police force for over 25 years before becoming a councillor.
He has represented Templar ward in the Watton area on Breckland for nearly 20 years.


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Black's Tire and Auto Service to Continue Gilliland Family Tradition
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A historic NASCAR partner and participant, Black's Tire and Auto Service is back with Front Row Motorsports (FRM) and NASCAR Cup Series rookie, Todd Gilliland in 2022. Black's Tire and Auto Service will be the primary partner of Gilliland for two races as Gilliland makes the move up to the NASCAR Cup Series.
The famous Black's Tire and Auto Service colors will adorn the No. 38 Ford Mustang at the Richmond Raceway in April and again at the Darlington Raceway in May.
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This season, Gilliland will bring a new dynamic scheme with him to the track that represents the new era of NASCAR, but also keeps the traditional colors and logos of Black's Tire in NASCAR.
"We enjoy our partnership with Todd, the Gilliland family and Front Row Motorsports," said Ricky Benton, Owner, Black's Tire and Auto Service. "Todd's move to the NASCAR Cup Series combined with the new car in the NASCAR Cup Series, has our customers and employees really excited for this season. We're cheering for Todd and wishing him the best as he steps up in his racing career."
Gilliland is proud to carry the Black's Tire brand, knowing its history with his family and within NASCAR.
"It's been really cool to represent Black's Tire and their employees and customers the past few seasons," said Gilliland. "I'm proud to bring them back into the NASCAR Cup Series this year and I want to represent them as best as possible. The customers of Black's Tire and Auto Service are enthusiastic race fans who have a proud history in the sport. It's an honor to carry that on and I hope to do them proud this year."
Black's Tire will also be an associate partner of Gilliland the No. 38 Ford Mustang team all season. The team officially beings their season at the Daytona 500 on February 20 live on FOX.
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Dream About Different Types Diamond Jewelry To receive diamond jewelry in your dream signifies love, commitment and dedication. Consider the type of jewelry that you have received in the dream, and match that with body parts dream meanings. If you lose the diamond jewelry, then it indicates difficulty in your love relationship.
Engagement Ring. To dream about an engagement ring implies that you are thinking about some long term commitment and marriage. It is a symbol of love. If you are thinking about popping the question, then dreaming of an engagement ring may indicate your nervousness about it. To dream of an engagement ring represents a commitment or promise that hasn't been finalized.
Dream Symbol: diamond shape. diamond shape. Something diamond-shaped might represent: Chance or risk (as in cards, where the diamonds appear) Great value (as in diamond, the jewel) Consider what the shape means to you personally, and the way it appears in the dream. See also: shape. Category(s): Attribute Objects. Using this Dream Dictionary Tips to Understand Dream Meaning. Dream symbol.
The meaning of the dream symbol: Diamond. Added: 3 September. Diamonds are beautiful, aren't they? Even though they are known to be women's best friends, men love them too! They make you rich and attractive in the crowd. However, there's one thing that you need to remember - you can't wear a diamond just like that. you need to know whether it suits you or not. There are a lot of professionals.
Diamond Ring dream interpretations: Diamond Dream Explanation — Diamonds symbolize a harmful, venomous woman, good for nothing but showiness. A Yellow Ring or a Ring Made of Lead Dream Explanation — He will be the receipient of things of little value. Ring Dream Explanation — Lead rings in a dream mean weak authority. If one sends his ring to some people who returns it to him in the.
What Dreams About Eyes Mean Eyes are one of the most important distinguishing characteristics of any person, so it is no surprise that eyes often play such a prominent role in our dream lives as well. One of the most intriguing dreams about eyes is the one in which the dreamer sees his or her own eyes in the dream. Seeing your own eyes in a dream, in a mirror for instance, or even symbolically.
In the dream the gold always has a positive meaning, it stands for precious object, entirety and completeness. Gold can show in the dream also the holy side of the person. The dreaming recognises by himself incorruptibility, wisdom, patience and care. In the dream gold stands seldom for material prosperity. Much more often it symbolises the spiritual or emotional wealth which a person owns.


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Natural Intelligence, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
Animal emotions, Anxiety, emotions, Fear, Joseph LeDoux, Lisa Feldman Barrett
Is Fear the Same Thing for a Human Being as for an Animal?
Psychiatrist Joseph Ledoux has thought about that; it's a complex problem
Recently, we looked at consciousness from the perspective of Joseph LeDoux's recent book, A Deep History of Ourselves (1919). Psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett situates his work at Nature, offering an interesting qualification: LeDoux, an academic at New York University in New York City, is best known for his research on fear, and for carefully mapping the brain circuit centred on the amygdala — a knot of neurons in the medial temporal lobe. The amygdala, he showed, has a crucial role in non-conscious, defensive behaviour responses such as freezing or fleeing. His conclusion, based on the assumption that all mammalian amygdala circuits are structurally similar, was that all mammals (including humans) share these responses. He described this work in The Emotional…
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Business and Finance, Education, Ethics, Science, Surveillance, Work
Atlas of AI (book), COVID-19 (and AI), Emotional recognition technology (ERT), Emotional recognition technology (regulation), emotions, Human emotions, Kate Crawford, Paul Ekman, Universal human emotions (Ekman)
AI Prof Sounds Alarm: AI "Emotion Detectors" Are Faulty Science
An industry worth over $30 billion uses emotion recognition technology (ERT) on school children and potential hires
Kate Crawford, a principal researcher at Microsoft, and author of Atlas of AI (2021), is warning at Nature that the COVID-19 pandemic "is being used as a pretext to push unproven artificial-intelligence tools into workplaces and schools." The software is touted as able to read the "six basic emotions" via analysis of facial expressions: During the pandemic, technology companies have been pitching their emotion-recognition software for monitoring workers and even children remotely. Take, for example, a system named 4 Little Trees. Developed in Hong Kong, the program claims to assess children's emotions while they do classwork. It maps facial features to assign each pupil's emotional state into a category such as happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, surprise and fear. It also…
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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
Abdominal brain, Butterflies in the stomach, emotions, Gastrointestinal tract, Gut neurons, Karolinska Institutet, Michael Gershon, Second Brain (book), Second brain (concept)
Did You Know You Have a Second Brain?
Our guts operate on a quite separate nervous system. Learning more will help control gastrointestinal diseases
Our huge gastrointestinal tracts operate their own nervous system, using neurons that follow different principles from those of brain neurons, according to recent findings: Our approximately seven-meter long gastrointestinal (GI) tract has its own functionally distinct neurons. Since this enteric nervous system (ENS) operates autonomously, it is sometimes referred to as the "second" or "abdominal" brain. While the ENS controls muscle movement (peristalsis) in the gut and its fluid balance and blood flow, it also communicates with the immune system and microbiome. Karolinska Institutet, "New fundamental knowledge of the 'abdominal brain'" at Medical Xpress (December 7, 2020) Paper. (subscription required) The Karolinska researchers made progress in studying the little-understood second brain by mapping the neuron types in the digestive systems…
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Arts & Culture, Science
Actors, emotions, Human emotions, Universality
Study: The Expression of Human Emotions Is Universal
Most representations in visual arts depend on the universality of human emotion
Most of us wouldn't be surprised to learn that the expression of human emotions is universal. But today there is a study for everything and 16 "universal human emotional expressions" have been identified: Whether at a birthday party in Brazil, a funeral in Kenya or protests in Hong Kong, humans all use variations of the same facial expressions in similar social contexts, such as smiles, frowns, grimaces and scowls, a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, shows… Researchers at UC Berkeley and Google used machine-learning technology known as a "deep neural network" to analyze facial expressions in some 6 million video clips uploaded to YouTube from people in 144 countries spanning North, Central and South America, Africa, Europe,…
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Artificial Intelligence, Natural Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Religion
Affective Computing (book), emotions, Rosalind Picard
Can We Teach a Computer to Feel Things? A Dialogue…
Okay, There's the computer's side… and then there's the dog's side. Listen to both
The dialogue got started because of a gifted computer nerd, Rosalind Picard, also a playwright (pictured), who decided to become an evangelical Christian in midlife (approx 2019). As she tells it, "a flat, black-and-white existence suddenly turned full-color and three-dimensional." The director of MIT's Media Lab, she had also written a book in 2000 called Affective Computing which seems to suggest that one could somehow give emotions to machines. I asked Eric Holloway to help me figure that one out: O'Leary: Emotions are based on actual well-being or suffering. How can something that is not alive have actual emotions? Don't think of people here!; think of dogs. Dogs have emotions. When my computer is giving trouble, I certainly hope it's…
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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind
Consciousness, emotions, intelligence, Max Tegmark, media, media bias, Stephanie Singleton
Multiverse Physicist Max Tegmark Seeks AI That Checks News Bias
Naive people who truthfully claim to be acting only "for good" in trying to address bias in the news via AI are kidding themselves
Max Tegmark (right) is probably better known as a multiverse cosmologist than as an AI specialist. The MIT physics professor told New Scientist in 1998 that "All possible universes exist, even triangular ones." He also informed Scientific American in 2003 that "Not just a staple of science fiction, other universes are a direct implication of cosmological observations": Is there a copy of you reading this article? A person who is not you but who lives on a planet called Earth, with misty mountains, fertile fields and sprawling cities, in a solar system with eight other planets? The life of this person has been identical to yours in every respect. But perhaps he or she now decides to put down this…
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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind, Work
Antonio Damasio, chatbots, emotions, Featured, Feelings, Kingston Man, Robots
How Far Have We Come With Giving Robots Feelings?
Pretty far, in our own imagination
At times, we may think a more powerful illusion is a good enough substitute for reality.
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Cal Lightman, emotions, Facial Recognition, Paul Eckman, Rich Firth-Godbehere, Social Factors
You Have Just Six Emotions
At least it would be easier for the machines if we did
Efforts to enable machines to read our emotions are hitting a roadblock and, oddly enough, Charles Darwin, founder of popular evolution theory, plays a role in getting it wrong. Read More ›


It takes a North American prairie cold snap, those first two to three weeks of real winter when outside temperatures plummet where Fahrenheit and Centigrade meet below zero, for beef specialists to dust off and publish articles on managing cows through cold — the -40 C kind. They all make valid points; gentle reminders for beef producers that cold can be inhumane and a serious impediment to production.
Monitoring body condition of cows through gestation is closely linked to calving success and profit in beef herds. Body condition of cows and heifers, beginning in early gestation, has an impact on future reproductive performance, calf health, weaning weights, and overall herd productivity. Thin cows (BCS 2 or less) are only half as productive as cows in optimum condition (BCS 2.5–3).
Feeding beef cattle during western Canadian winters can be a challenge. Frame size, body condition, feed quality, types of feed and temperatures all have an impact on feed consumption and rate of gain. Overfeeding is costly and wastes feed; underfeeding affects body condition and influences both short- and long-term performance of the breeding herd.
Make needed adjustments to dietary protein and energy no later than 60 days before calving (90 days is better).
Putting weight on through the last trimester and during lactation is difficult and expensive. To improve one BCS in 90 days requires 20 per cent more energy; to do it in 60 days requires 30 per cent more.
Know body condition scores 90 days pre-calving.
Nutrient requirements increase 35-40 per cent at calving.
Feed test! Know what you have.
Inadequate nutrition during the last trimester is associated with lighter birthweights, poor-quality colostrum, lower calf immunity, reduced calf survival, decreased milk production, and reduced weight gain in calves that lasts out to weaning and beyond.
Winter feed and forage grazing costs account for 60-65 per cent of total cow-calf production costs in Western Canada. Sixty nine to 79 per cent of producers use some form of extended grazing. Well-managed extended grazing is an excellent way to lower winter feed costs, provided the cow's dietary requirements are met. Forage quality and body condition scores need to be monitored closely.
Only 38 per cent of swathed-grazed forage samples meet the energy needs of a cow through the last third of pregnancy (at -25 C).
A cow that calves at BCS 2 (thin) will have a difficult time gaining the 100 pounds necessary needed to reach BCS 2.5, rebreed in 83 days and maintain a 365-day calving interval.
Eighty-two days after calving is the most crucial period in the beef cow's year. To calve at the same time next year, she must rebreed within 80 to 85 days while nursing a calf.
Group cattle by age and nutritional need.
Consumption of free-choice minerals is "hit and miss." It is better to mix minerals into a small amount of grain or pellets (three to four pounds per head per day), or feed fortified pellets containing a balance of minerals, vitamins and supplements.
Feed an additional one pound of grain or pellets per head per day for every five degrees that the temperature is below -20 C at midday.
Sixty days prior to calving: decrease the amount of roughage fed by approximately 15 per cent and increase the amount of grain or pellets fed by 15 per cent.
Reduce or eliminate forced feeding of straw after calving. Most straw rations do not provide adequate levels of energy during the lactation period. If cattle are fed a straw-grain ration, provide a good-quality protein supplement such as canola meal, alfalfa pellets or a commercial beef protein supplement after calving. Adding any type of hay, even slough hay, to a straw ration will improve nutrient content.
Feed an additional one to two pounds of grain per head per day for every 10 degree drop in temperature below -20 C to meet higher energy demand. An additional 0.5 to 1.0 pounds of protein supplement may also be needed.
To be safe, supply 100 per cent of the vitamin requirements in feed. Beef cows require 40,000 to 60,000 IU of vitamin A daily prior to calving. After calving, the requirements increase to 60,000 to 70,000 IU of vitamin A daily. As milk production increases, vitamin A requirements increase as well. Vitamin D requirements are 10 per cent of the vitamin A level. Most vitamin products and supplements typically supply the vitamin A and D in appropriate ratios.
Vitamin E is required for proper immune system function and reproduction, and it helps maintain efficient animal growth. Feed 200 to 300 IU per day pre-calving and 300 to 500 IU per day post-calving to beef cows and first-calf heifers.
As a risk management strategy going into the winter, reduce the number of BCS 2 cows and increase the number of BCS 2.5 cows in your herd.
Provide cattle with an area that gives wind protection. The lower critical temperature of a beef cow is the lowest temperature a cow can be exposed to before she needs to have changes metabolically to cope with cold stress.
Maintain moderate body condition scores (BCS 2.5 to 3) post-weaning so cows don't have to play catch-up in late January and February. This helps the cow herd weather the cold winter months and adds up to huge savings in input costs.
Develop protocols for the strategic control of internal and external parasites. Depending on location and grazing management practices, targets vary. Consult a veterinarian.
Provide cattle with protection from wind. The lower critical temperature for a beef cow is the lowest temperature a cow can be exposed to before she needs help to cope with cold stress. Shelterbelts help.
If severe weather conditions are extended, be prepared to increase dietary energy to cows to avoid losing weight.
Cattle should have adequate amounts of clean, fresh water available at all times.
Additional concerns are the bigger challenges of developing an appropriate wintering site with access for feed delivery, and the ability to bring cattle into handling facilities for care.
Bedding is important to help mitigate cold by keeping cattle clean and providing insulation from snow or frozen ground.
Replacement heifers fed primarily forage for modest gains are susceptible to the physical stress of cold, which reduces thriftiness and gain.


Akshay Kumar and Sajid Nadiadwala, share a terrific relation with the people they work and it shows via their association, which have been running for decades.
However Sajid and Akshay are one of the very few from the industry, who share an excellent camaraderie. They both mark their 8th film together with Housefull 3 which releases on 3rd June.
Akshay has an extra special equation. He has often remarked that the similarities between the two are uncanny . Both went to the same school. They also linked up with one another earlier on in their careers with Akshay doing Waqt Hamara Hai (1993) with him. Then there was an eleven-year gap and the two reconnected with Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004). After that, their bond only grew stronger.Akshay did Heyy Babyy and the Housefull franchise with "Nadiad", whom he often playfully calls "Sundi".
Both of them married in the same year, i.e. 2000. Sajid's son Subhan was born two days after Akshay's son Aarav . Both were born in the same hospital, in the same delivery room! First Sajid visited Akshay to wish him on the birth of his son and two days later, the actor visited him to congratulate him for the birth of his baby boy . This producer and actor live in the same building in Juhu currently . Both have the same brands of Indian and imported cars. And it's not even as if they have ever compared notes or said, `Oh, you are buying a Bentley , so I will buy one.' It has just happened.
The actor and the producer, often share a Sunday brunch and soak in some sun at the beach near their home, bask in each other's friendship.


Incident Details: The Team received a request to assist Patterdale MRT with a possible evacuation of hypothermia cases from Helvellyn, in poor visibility and rain. Initially this group appeared to number 8, but was revised down to 4 foreign nationals, and some walkers who were assisting. RAF Leeming team were also alerted to this rescue, and joined up with Keswick at Swirls car park. The Team initially mustered at base, and went out to Swirls ready to go up. But in the meantime, a Coastguard AW189 helicopter from Prestwick was requested, and this was able to fly in to pick up the casualties, and evacuate them to the Cumberland Infirmary. The Team was therefore stood down.


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As a ratepayer I wanted to serve the people of Benalla to the best of my ability over the coming term. My previous experience as a councillor gives me the skill set to achieve greater results for the community.
To support our existing businesses and to attract new enterprise where possible. To find growth, to prosper with a forward thinking and progressive approach. With our passionate and united community we will endeavour to deliver opportunities and diversity for Benalla's future.
Roads, Rates and Rubbish. To be able to deliver these services for Benalla and to achieve this within our Rate Capped Budget. At the same time to leave Council in a financial position for future growth.
To have a financial and sustainable budget in place that denotes the needs of Benalla with a cohesive staffing structure to match. To engage the youth of Benalla into community participation. Ensure that our community has a voice in Council that is supported.
Conduct my Rural Merchandise Business with my partner Therese Alexander.
Hobbies include historic cars, fishing, travelling, home projects and being a community member.


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FAULT Focus: How Mariatu Turay Overcame Homelessness To Run The Successful Fashion Brand, Gitas Portal.
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As we gear up for the launch of our 'Made In America' issue which chronicles all the popular artists who have managed to excel despite growing racist, homophobic and sexist sentiment in the land they call home, we've been keeping our ear to the ground for more artists to highlight who embody this role. Today that comes in the form of African-Caribbean Fashion Designer Mariatu Tura who is on a mission to help woman stand out with her bold designs and inspirational story
Mariatu Turay is London based fashion designer and owner of Gitas Portal, a brand which wants women to stand out, be bold and win in all areas of their lives. Born in London and raised in Freetown, Mariatu was forced to leave Sierra Leone at age 16 due to the Civil War, her father was a government official and her family was targeted. She moved to the USA and started working as a hair braider at the age of 16 in a salon to make ends meet for her family. She then learnt secretarial and office skills as a way into corporate America. By the time Mariatu returned to the UK, her entrepreneurial spirit was fully fledged and she used her hairdressing skills to pay her way through university. After brief periods of homelessness in the US and the UK she found her way back on track: "My family life and dreams were interrupted overnight – I went from having a good life to having nothing. No one in their right mind wants to be homeless and face the uncertainty of having nothing. The trauma is on all levels but I never lost my way at the most challenging of times. Always knew with hard work and kindness I'd make it."
After a successful career as a civil servant in the UK, Mariatu decided to tap into her passion for fashion and creativity. With her dual Sierra Leonean and Barbadian heritage, Mariatu has been able to merge different multicultural influences from fashion, art, culture and feminine attributes into her work giving her brand a broader appeal.
Established in 2011, Gitas Portal is an affordable, mid-market, luxury brand that is known for sophisticated, feminine cuts and a creative use of West African textiles in beautiful elegant styles. The Gitas Portal motto – Be Bold, WIN, Wear Colour – is for the woman who is unapologetic about her beauty and expresses her style with confidence.
Mariatu opened the first Gitas Portal boutique in London in 2016. As a self-taught designer-maker, Mariatu's goal is to set a benchmark for African inspired fashion pieces, promoting quality, beautiful and well-made designs that will challenge and balance the sometimes poor perception of 'brand Africa'. As a designer and a wearer of her own pieces, Mariatu celebrates fashion and sees it as a unique expression of individual flair and the emancipation of one's inner beauty. Her journey is indicative of her tenacity and is a testimony that despite any of life's turmoil's anyone can make their dreams come true.
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These are all the original video commissions of me watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Choose the episode you'd like to download from the dropdown menu at the right, and hit "Add To Cart." Repeat if you'd like to buy more than one! You will be emailed links upon confirmation of your payment to download the video files. They are $0.99 each, not for all of the episodes available.
Please make sure you are purchasing the correct episodes. The last two options in the dropdown menu are the videos for the films The Terminator and T2: Judgment Day. They are $1.99 and $2.99, respectively.


It doesn't happen often that my girls have been this excited about a new movie coming out on DVD. A few times a year they obsess over a new movie, although I feel like that may change as they are now growing into their very opinionated little selves.
is their current favorite movie, and since it's release earlier this week it has been on non-stop replay. The only thing I imagine they are trying to achieve by watching it so many times is to memorize all of the dialogue.
to pick up our very own copy of Big Hero 6. While we were there we picked up some finger foods from the frozen section so the girls can have some fun food to go along with their movie night. I tried to find something fun to eat that also goes along with the characters from the movie.
to represent Honey Lemon. She is probably my favorite character from the movie, she is smart and tough and stylish and my girls love her and her purse filled with fun balls.
would be fun! I used frozen mozzarella sticks for our movie night, but of course you could always make your own favorite version of these for a party.
were probably my girls favorite foods from our movie night. Of course, all kiddos love mini pizzas.
To keep it real, my girls would not go near real Wasabi, so I had to go with something I knew they loved.
, and it is all fruits and it tasted delicious. Hiro is a literal kid genius, so I thought, I'd give my girls some brain juice.
, two bowls for $1 and then I just put my permanent marker to work to create Baymax's signature face. My girls loved loved loved their bowls! My littlest one even talked to her bowl as Baymax during the movie.
Okay, so you know I always have parties on the mind and I started to think about all of the Big Hero 6 parties coming up in this year. I have the best idea for a party favor for a Big Hero 6 Movie Night viewing party or birthday party.
Baymax: Your personal healthcare companion.
and then I opened them up and added the signature Baymax face to the inside cover.
So tell me, are you having a Big Hero 6 viewing party or birthday soon?


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Q: Excel Filling a list by matching headers I have two tables: A giant list of people in the rows with groups in the columns.  X's denote which person in a row belongs to each group.
In my other table I have group names lining the columns.  I'm looking for a formula that will lookup and match the group name(headers) and then return the name in column A for each X.  I have tried some array functions to no avail
Any tips?

A: Let's assume that in the first table (TABLE A; A1:D5), you have group names in cells B1:D1.
In the second table (TABLE B; F1:G5), group names are in cells F1:H1, and may be in a different order. In the TABLE B, you need to look up the relative position of a group name, as it appears in TABLE A. We use the MATCH function for this. We then get the value of a cell from TABLE A that is in the same row, but from a column that is offset from B by the relative position. We use the OFFSET function for this. Putting it all together, we have:
IF(OFFSET($B2,0,MATCH(F$1,$B$1:$D$1,0)-1)="X",$A2,"")

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