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The Music of Twin Peaks: The Return: James Hurley
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David Lynch loves music the way "Big" Ed Hurley, Jr. loves Norma, and it's reflected in the soundtrack for Showtime's Twin Peaks: The Return. Most of the episodes end with a band performing at the Bang Bang Bar aka The Roadhouse, the local bar in the city of Twin Peaks.
In an ongoing weekly series of exclusive interviews, KEXP's resident Twin Peaks expert DJ Morgan will chat with the show's music director Dean Hurley (no relation). Hurley has collaborated extensively with David Lynch on sound design and music, and since 2005, has operated Asymmetrical Studio, Lynch's recording studio and film dubbing facility located in the Hollywood Hills. Tune in every Monday at 8:00 AM PT to The Morning Show on KEXP, as Morgan and John Richards air excerpts from her chats with Hurley. View previous chats in the series here on the KEXP Blog.
Over on Twitter, it's being said that David Lynch and co-producer Mark Frost have "rick-rolled" us with the return of "Just You," a song written by Lynch and show composer Angelo Badalamenti. The song originally appeared in episode 2, season 2, which aired October 6, 1990, as James Hurley, Laura Palmer's secret boyfriend, performs the song in the Hayward family living room with Laura's cousin Maddy and Donna Hayward, Laura's best friend. In episode 13 of Twin Peaks: The Return, James performs the song at The Roadhouse, accompanied by two dark-haired women, echoing his original backing singers Maddy and Donna. Listen below as Dean Hurley talks about Lynch's decision to bring the song back, plus scroll down to hear actor James Marshall talk about the creation of the song during a Q&A panel at the 2013 Twin Peaks Fest in North Bend, WA.
Twin Peaks: The Return airs every Sunday night at 9:00 PM ET/PT on Showtime.
On September 8th, Rhino will release two soundtrack collections: Twin Peaks (Music From the Limited Event Series) featuring performances from The Roadhouse and Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Original Soundtrack) featuring the score by composer Angelo Badalamenti.
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The Seinfeld Apartment at a pop-up in New York City. The computer in this re-creation is a PC, contrary to the Apple Mac used on the show.
Update Thursday, June 25, 2015, 4:11p.m.: Hulu has updated the apartment with a Mac Performa 200 in place of the PC. We'd like to think we played a role in that decision.
Hulu on Wednesday will begin streaming all 180-episodes of Seinfeld — arguably the greatest sitcom of all time.
To celebrate, the streaming site has recreated Jerry's apartment and is opening it to the public from June 24-28 in New York City.
Mashable had a chance to visit the apartment this morning as part of a media tour and the attention to detail is quite stunning. Hulu recreated nearly every aspect of the Season 8-era Seinfeld apartment with great attention to detail.
In the words of Cosmo Kramer, "Oh, come on!"
After Carrie Bradshaw, Jerry Seinfeld might be the most visible Mac user in 1990s television. Over the course of Seinfeld's 9 seasons, Jerry's apartment frequently showed off various models of the Macintosh. Everything from the Mac SE/30 to a PowerBook Duo with Duo Dock, to the 20th anniversary Macintosh were featured on the show.
Sure, this is just a recreation for a pop-up shop — and the set-dressers did a great job with most of the details, yada, yada, yada. But as a longtime Apple fan and Seinfeld aficionado, I couldn't help but feel that something was off with the universe. It was as if I was in Bizzaro World.
The Seinfeld apartment is open June 24-28 from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. at 451 14th Street in New York City.


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Federal Minister Steinmeier very concerned about further escalation in Gaza
Against the background of the ground operations initiated in the evening of 3 January by the Israeli army in Gaza, Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was concerned about the further escalation of the hostilities. Any hope of a halt in the near future had thus become remote. He called upon all sides to allow the humanitarian aid which the population needs so urgently to be supplied.
Against the background of the ground operations initiated yesterday evening by the Israeli army in Gaza, Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier issued the following statement in Berlin this morning (4 January):
"I'm very concerned about the further escalation of the hostilities. Any hope of a halt in the near future has thus become remote.
It is therefore all the more urgent that we work together with our partners to determine what the international community can do to help lay the groundwork for a ceasefire. This ceasefire must guarantee Israel's security on a durable basis. Not only will Hamas have to finally end its missile attacks but the smuggling of arms into the Gaza Strip will also have to be reliably prevented.
I call upon all sides to allow the humanitarian aid which the population needs so urgently to be supplied."
Federal Minister Steinmeier is in constant contact with the Czech EU Presidency regarding the current developments. Yesterday he talked on the phone with his British and Norwegian opposite numbers. Today he will speak with the Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni.


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Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Stage Director: Daniel Kramer
Set Designer: Giles Cadle
Costume Designer: Michael Crass
Assistant Stage Director and Choreographer: Elaine Tyler-Hall
Musical Preparation: Natalia Mordashova
French Language Coach: Xenia Klimenko
On 17 May 1893 the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens saw its one and only performance of Maurice Maeterlinck's recently completed play Pelléas et Mélisande. The production had been organised by a devotee of the dramatist, the acclaimed actor Aurélien Lugné-Poë, who performed the role of Prince Golaud. In line with the author's wishes, the costumes were produced in the spirit of Memling, the sets were reminiscent of the paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites and between the auditorium and the stage there was a trembling transparent tulle curtain. This version of the legend of Tristan and Isolde flowed in a dream-like manner. Among invited guests in the audience were the poets Mallarmé and Henri de Régnier, the painters Whistler and Lerolle and the thirty-year-old Claude Debussy. For a long time he had been looking for a plot for a possible opera.
While still a student at the conservatoire, when faced with his composition teacher Ernest Guiraud's question about who could be his librettist Debussy replied "Someone who doesn't say every single thing. I would like to add my dream to his – that would be the ideal. Neither a specific country nor time. (…) Today in opera there is too much singing. The musical clothing is far too heavy. You should only sing when there is a need to. Semitones. Grisaille. No working it for the sake of working it. A lengthy development should not be combined with the lexis. I dream of short verse and mobile scenes. I don't care about the three unities! I need scenes that are varied in terms of place and style, where the characters don't orate about their own existences, fates and so on." These answers so prophetically describe Pelléas that when the text of this cited conversation was published many years later it gave the lie to the doubt: had it all been made up?
Pelléas is a drama where little is spoken and much is left unsaid, but this silence is more eloquent than words, it as if asks to be filled with the music of premonitions, doubts, suspicions and insights. Debussy was not even called on to create the libretto. He set Maeterlinck's play, with the exception of three scenes, to music word for word. The composer began to create the music from the culmination – with the declarations of the protagonists before they are parted. With the scene, in which after an outpouring of emotions and Pelléas' declaration "I love you", Mélisande, in utter silence, almost imperceptibly replies on one note "I love you too."
While looking for appropriate musical language, the composer complained to his friends that "All of this is too much like the duet by M. So–and–So, or nobody in particular, and worst of all the ghost of old Klingsor." It was not by chance that he named a Wagnerian character. Debussy thought Wagnerian drama to be poisonous and, finding nothing comparable in contemporary French or Italian opera, his attention was focussed only on Bayreuth. Pelléas is his response to Wagner in the framework of a similar subject. Where Wagner forces his characters to declare themselves over half an hour and repeat the same thing many times, with Debussy there are mere modest statements, things left unsaid and semi-hints. Instead of the dense sound of Wagner's orchestra Debussy gave his preference to a rarefied and pointillist palette with frequent divisi of the strings, gossamer-like solos and blends. To isolate the timbres he even considered whether or not he should position the orchestral sections so that the cellos were next to the bassoons or "split up the brass section" so that it sounded like an ensemble of soloists. He preferred static sequences to intense harmonic development, as if stopping musical time: it was not by chance that Maeterlinck's plays were called "dramas of waiting". Debussy avoided loudness and pathos – his music rarely extends beyond the confines of piano. The heroes' leitmotifs appear only in the orchestra, and not in the vocal roles. Debussy the critic jokingly wrote that Wagner's heroes, having sung their leitmotifs, were like someone who, leaving a calling card, excitedly recites its content.
At the opera's premiere the lack of songs and dances in the score as well as of choruses and ensembles, those very semitones, the chemistry of micro-phrases and the extremely subtle sound patterns that had troubled Debussy left the audience perplexed. And when Mélisande replied to Golaud's question in Act II as to why she is crying she responded "I am miserable here" the auditorium gloomily joked "So are we." In Pelléas the dramatic energy mounts gradually. The first half of the opera takes place in an emotional range that is between "quiet" and "very quiet". It is only towards Acts III and IV that tenderness, fear, despair and cruelty come to the fore – such as the jealousy scene in which Golaud makes his young son look out of the window at his wife and the prince's brother. The censor insisted this scene be dropped in order not to shock the family audiences of the Opéra Comique, though in the end only fourteen bars were cut. Both Richard Strauss and Rimsky-Korsakov found Pelléas monotonic. But for the French, Debussy's opera became an object of national pride and, looking back, we can see that people's estimation of it has only increased. Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messiaen trace the starting point of 20th century music to 30 April 1902 and the premiere of Pelléas et Mélisande.
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A dark forest in a distant land. A young woman flees her past. Prince Golaud, hunting a trail of blood, discovers the runaway princess, Melisande, and is taken by her beauty and her royal blood. Golaud takes Melisande out of the forest.
Back home, on the depleted island of Allemonde, Genevieve pleads with King Arkel to allow her son, Prince Golaud, to return home with his new wife, Melisande. Arkel laments Golaud's failure to wed anothe r whose union would have ended the war that cripples his nation. But in his old age and encroaching blindness, Arkel leaves the decision to destiny and grants permission for Golaud to return home. Pelleas, the bastard child of Genevieve, enters and begs King Arkel to let him leave the island to visit a dying friend. Arkel refuses, reminding Pelleas that his presence is needed at home to prepare for his brothe r's return and to care for his own dying fathe r upstairs. The lamps are lit for Golaud's return.
On a cliff atop the island, Genevieve shows Melisande the unending darkened forests of Allemonde which she has endured for forty years and the glistening sea far beyond. Pelleas joins the m. Pelleas and Melisande stare out in excitement as the boat which brought Melisande ushers away some lucky few. Genevieve asks Pelleas to escort Melisande home. Pelleas informs Melisande that he is leaving tomorrow.
Deep in the forest, Pelleas leads Melisande to an old well which hithe rto cured the blind – until King Arkel himself began to go blind. Melisande basks in the too little seen sunlight. Melisande plays a dangerous game of catch with her wedding ring over the bottomless well and drops the ring into the well at the ominous stroke of noon. Pelleas urges Melisande to tell Golaud the truth.
Golaud storms about his bedroom. While hunting, precisely at the stroke of noon, he was tossed from his horse. Melisande asks Golaud to take her away from the island; she senses something awful that she cannot explain. Golaud, taking her hands to comfort her, notices the wedding ring is missing. Melisande lies and says that she lost it in a cave by the sea. Golaud explodes and forces Melisande to go hunting for it immediately – with Pelleas.
At the mouth of the cave, Pelleas and Melisande stand in terror. Pelleas forces Melisande to enter so she can lie truthfully to Golaud about the place where she "lost" the ring. The moon emerges and reveals three beggars sleeping in the cave. Melisande is terrified and runs home.
Melisande, now locked in her tower, contemplates her own escape. Pelleas interrupts and again tells Melisande that he is leaving tomorrow. Melisande opens herself to Pelleas as best she can; Pelleas binds himself in Melisande's metaphoric love. Golaud discovers the two and chides the m both for playing like children.
Golaud takes Pelleas on a journey to smell the stench of death up-close.
Released from Golaud's threatening grip, Pelleas basks in the sunlight. Golaud tells Pelleas that Melisande is now pregnant and that he must the refore keep a subtle distance – so as not to upset her. Pelleas defies his half-brothe r's wishes and goes to Melisande in her tower.
Beneath her window, Golaud questions his son, Yniold, about Pelleas and Melisande's behaviour. But Yniold does not tell his fathe r what he wants to hear. A light in the tower turns on and Golaud lifts Yniold high in the air to spy on Pelleas and Melisande. Yniold sees Pelleas and Melisande sitting, staring into the light.
King Arkel throws a party to celebrate the recovery of Pelleas' sick fathe r and the coming birth of Golaud and Melisande's baby. Hope is returning to Allemonde. During the party, Pelleas finds Melisande in anothe r room and plans a last secret meeting at the well before his hopeful departure tomorrow.
Arkel enters and showers Melisande with gifts of love for the arrival of her baby. Golaud enters, blood on his forehead, and confirms Pelleas' departure the next day. Melisande tries to care for Golaud but he explodes and accuses Melisande of infidelity, throwing her to the ground and dragging her about. Arkel rises to control Golaud and to protect Melisande. Arkel tries to comfort Melisande. Yniold tries to free his toy which is wedged between two rocks. He tries to enlist Melisande's help; but she is distracted by her own grief and guilt. She plays a game with Yniold who sees a flock of sheep being led to the slaughter. Yniold runs off in terror.
Pelleas prepares for his last meeting at the well with Melisande. Melisande arrives, scared to enter the darkness with Pelleas. But once she does, the y declare the ir love for one anothe r. The gates of the palace close early. Golaud appears. The lovers kiss. Golaud murders his half-brothe r, Pelleas. Melisande flees for her life.
The family gathe rs in Melisande's room as she fights for her life. She awakes with no recollection of the murder or of her premature baby's birth. Golaud asks to be alone with Melisande and instantly obsesses over the true nature of her love for Pelleas. Arkel re-enters to protect Melisande.
Melisande is introduced to her baby girl, says "I pity her" and quietly dies. Arkel leads the family out of the room. Now it is her daughter's turn.
Schedule for "Pelleas et Melisande" opera in five acts (concert performance) 2020


I've taken 10-15 pictures of this house in every season for the last three years. Here is one I've shared before. I had plans to use this house to do a parody of Virginia Lee Burton's 1940 classic children's book The Little House (a depressing take on industrialization and urbanization in its own right) with the natural environment coming back to this house as the population moved out of the city in the last half of the 20th century. Maybe I still will.
I share this shot now to show how isolated the house really is. When the photo I linked to above was taken, summer growth on the trees might hide other houses (photography is inherently deceptive that way) but in the bare-treed winter, at night, there is nowhere for a nearby neighbor's porch light to hide. It truly is alone.
My mom found the 1950s urchin pants at the thrift store; the sweater was made by his mother. I think he's worn this outfit at least twice a week this winter.
When we're not in any hurry, we have a specific route on our way home from play school that is based around stopping to see guard dogs who are usually out in the cold and looking lonely. This fellow is about the tallest, noblest, sweetest-looking killer attack dog on the whole route.
Eight Square City Blocks. Four Occupied Houses. Two Working Street Lamps.
. . .from lost neighborhoods.
I wanted to stop and talk to WTF Guy and maybe abandon my children and bourgeois life and follow him wherever the hell he was going and listen to all the wisdom he's gained about this wacky world we live in (like why it's important to wear catcher's gear in the winter), but I was late for picking the kid up from school and I only had the chance to hastily snap a blurry picture. I swear I saw him ten years ago on a Metro train in D.C., and I probably won't see him again for another decade.
I may have missed my chance this time, guy, but I'll be seeing you around the way I'm sure.
This house belongs to my good friend's neighbors, the same people with the farm I wrote about here. To say that these folks are characters would be putting it mildly (but I have no interest in exploiting their privacy beyond what anyone can see from the sidewalk). Their holiday display always numbs my children into a silent, respectful awe. Even without the goats, the pot-bellied pig, the ducks, chickens, and bunnies, to my kids this holiday display says, "the people who live in this house are incredibly awesome." I would have to agree.


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by Trevor Popoff May 4, 2021
written by Trevor Popoff May 4, 2021
How the pandemic has altered student exchange trips
A Zoom event for incoming virtual exchange students at Ryerson. (Courtesy Sadia Kamran/FCAD)
Roy Luo enters the glorified hallway that is his Toronto basement for what feels like the millionth time. The claustrophobic space in his family home is to replace the spacious Kerr Hall classrooms filled with the industry-standard equipment that he's become accustomed to. As a result, fabric of all shades pile on his piano bench, elliptical machine and other basement miscellany. Needing an area to draft, he takes to the living room floor upstairs. This design student, finishing his third year at Ryerson University's fashion program, is on a deadline. He needs to get the tanned bodice piece he's currently dying with organic red cabbage to the post office for shipping to group member Katie Morgan in Edinburgh, Scotland.
This transatlantic shipment is necessary because, midway through his exchange trip to the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) last winter, a string of emails hit Luo's inbox. COVID-19 was about to bring the world to its knees. He had to come home.
Roy Luo in the process of experimenting with a homegrown solution for dying garments. Pictured is fabric dyed with onion skins. (Courtesy Roy Luo)
With in-person classes now impossible, Luo, Ryerson and AMFI could have left the exchange. Other schools certainly did. One of Luo's group members from South Korea, Seojin Kim, saw her institution decertify the program, when it determined a move online wouldn't give students the requisite experience. She had no choice but to drop out.
Ryerson and AMFI, however, navigated the logistical minefield and moved the exchange online, marking the birth of a new era in international study.
"We have a much closer relationship with our international partners because of this shared experience," says Sadia Kamran, Ryerson Faculty of Communication and Design's manager of international development. "We see it as an opportunity to rethink what's possible."
In Luo's case, this rethinking meant finding a way to continue with the seminal group project that he started in Amsterdam. Consisting of five physical outfits, four looks comprising five "blank canvas" garments meant for customization by the end buyer and five outfits made digitally on a fashion design software called CLO, the project would culminate in a complete collection featured on AMFI's website. To complete the five physical looks, a sort of international assembly line formed between Luo and his four fellow group members — Yongju Jun, Kiki van der Weerd, Gabriela Syzdek and Morgan. Boxes containing partially constructed garments sent by Luo's partners in Scotland or the Netherlands would arrive on his doorstep throughout what remained of the semester. Each one held a different garment. Luo would add a pink bodice here or a flowing off-white pant there and then ship it off to the next person, sometimes including national snacks or a postcard with the shipment.
Luo said the group incorporated the excitement that the unknown brings into their collection. He likened what happened to an exquisite corpse, the process of creation invented by the Surrealists whereby each artist contributes one part of a piece, and then the entire thing is revealed. "As we were working on our components, we wouldn't share our process with the other designers," Luo said. "It wasn't until we shipped the garments that we could see what other people were working on."
Luo and his partners' work resulted in a complete collection of 15 custom looks, but it wasn't all smooth sailing. "There was a point in the semester where I was just tired of it all," he said. "I wanted to quit exchange because I was like, 'What's the point of doing this? I'm not getting the same physical experience.'" The different time zones also wreaked havoc on his semester. "Sometimes I didn't even sleep," he said. "I had to wake up at 5 a.m., and that would be the end of their day, but the start of mine."
But when it got challenging for Luo, he discovered he could rely on his newfound friends in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Edinburgh. As the end of the semester drew near, meetings morphed into intercontinental game nights. "It was nice to be able to have those moments where we were able to bond and connect despite being so far away," he said.
Roy Luo fabricated the pink top for this outfit at home in Toronto using biodegradable fabric. (Courtesy Amsterdam Fashion Institute)
Sandra Chung, who works with Kamran as FCAD's international co-ordinator, acknowledges there are drawbacks to virtual exchange. "Because students in the past have only been able to do in-person exchanges, it's a really small number of students that have been able to take part in a very enriching intercultural experience," Chung said. "What virtual exchange can provide now is more students being able to take part…and get that exposure that not only helps them for their personal growth, but also their professional growth."
That's because this unique take on student movement is much cheaper than a full-on exchange trip, as it eliminates airfare and housing costs. Virtual exchanges open to Ryerson students can be found here.
Ryerson is also hosting virtual exchange students. Fifty students from around the world have taken courses at Ryerson since the pandemic began.
While, at first glance, a virtual exchange looks like something far removed from a truly international experience, some professionals believe that it provides cultural enrichment. "In some ways, with a face-to-face exchange, students don't come back with that much of an intercultural experience because they don't interact that much with the locals," said Allison Broadbent, the University of Guelph's study abroad manager. "The guided aspect that's possible with a virtual exchange…helps students delve deeper into cultural differences and perspectives than maybe they would even get on a physical exchange." Broadbent helped organize a virtual exchange for Guelph students with Farm Radio International in Africa.
Across Canada, students have swapped studying abroad for studying in bed. Even post-pandemic, however, expect virtual exchanges to remain an option. "Virtual exchange is a model to continue to explore and expand beyond COVID," Kamran says. "The traditional exchange model will always exist, but virtual exchange as an alternative will continue to develop and enhance."
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What Can I do if Gmail Account File Not Found?
Numerous of user complain that they didn't found their file or cannot solve their file attachment issue in Gmail. If user faces this kind of file not found, gmail not uploading attachments or file attachment issue that means your browser not supported, file size issue, encrypted files, and many more issues which create this type of problem and all users in trouble.
Here I share some basic troubleshooting steps which solve your file attachment problem in Gmail.
Make sure the Gmail offers 25Mb of capacity to send and receive the files but if you exceed this limit then surely you are not able to fix your unable to attach files in Gmail problem. In this case, you have to remove your file size. But if your file size is larger than 25MB then I suggest you to use Google drive link option in the email box.
Instead of using paper clip icon to attach a file, kindly use drag and drop option to attach your files in email.
If there is still Gmail attachment failed error then add your browser in another browser.
Another way to solve your issue is, disable the browser extension and add-ons then enable it again.
Either you can contact your internet provider or network administrator.
By following instructions you can normally get the solution of file attachment issue in Gmail and there also find help of Attach File in Gmail Desktop, Android Phone, etc.
If you found that you are not able to attach the file then follow here.
Go to your Gmail account and click on setting icon then again click on setting option.
Now scroll down and change the attachment to basic attachment features and finally click on save changes.
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Kanye West is working on a sequel for 'Donda.' Image via AFP
Kanye West working on 'masterpiece' as a follow-up to 'Donda'
Kanye West is already working on a new album, less than six months after he released his 10th studio album 'Donda.'
by BANG Showbiz
Kanye West is working on a direct follow-up to Donda.
The Stronger hitmaker only released his 10th studio album a few months ago, but he's said to be back in the studio crafting his new "masterpiece," which is to serve as a sequel to his recent release, which was named in honour of his late mother.
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KANYE WEST WORKING ON A 'DONDA' SEQUEL
Steven Victor, who worked with West as COO of his label Good Music, told Complex in an email:
"Ye has started working on his new masterpiece DONDA 2."
The executive's message came a few days after footage emerged of West in the studio with fellow rapper Scarface, and he's also previously believed to have been working with Post Malone and Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold.
Video footage shared by DJ Akademiks in September showed the 44-year-old rapper and the Circles hitmaker together, with Post Malone singing Fleet Foxes' The Shrine/ An Argument.
Ye is working on 'Donda 2.' 💿
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— Complex (@Complex) January 3, 2022
COULD POST MALONE AND ROBIN PECKNOLD FEATURED ON 'DONDA 2'
Over on his Instagram Story, Pecknold also shared a selfie with Hollywood's Bleeding star Post. The latter has made no secret of his love of Fleet Foxes.
In 2015, he tweeted: "if you don't like flee foxes then f*** you … fleet foxes is the only group that i love every single song of."
What's more, Pecknold revealed he very nearly appeared on their 2020 LP Shore
Speaking about Post, he said:
"He came by the studio for one day while we were working in LA and listened to stuff and was super supportive. We didn't get together in time because I wanted to get the album out quickly, but I did ask him to be on it. He was down but we just didn't end up having time."
"He's a super sweet guy, he's a real gentleman, and he's probably the best melody writer in the business right now. I think. And by some glitch in the Matrix we have a casual friendship."
Kanye West and Post Malone previously paired up on the former's track Fade from 2016's The Life Of Pablo, along with Ty Dolla $ign.
EXCLUSIVE: The artist formerly known as Kanye West is working on 'Donda 2.'https://t.co/vCIFC0vbrb
— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) January 3, 2022
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The Zanesville District Golf Association will induct four into its Hall of Fame Monday.
The Zanesville District Golf Association will induct four new members into its 16th Hall of Fame class tonight.
Warsaw's Brad Baker, Zanesville's Larry Snode and Christina Sharp and Longaberger Golf Club's Danny Ackerman will be introduced during a ceremony tonight at the Zanesville VFW.
Tickets can be purchased at the door and are $20, which includes dinner. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Baker is one of four players to win the ZDGA Amateur at least three times, joining Scott Cope (eight), Adam Lescalleet (five) and Gary Turner (four).
He recently won this year's Amateur, but also won in 1999 and 2007. He is 1985 River View High School and 1989 Mount Vernon Nazarene graduate, earning a degree in education.
He returned to River View in 1990, where he taught math and science for 20 years before being named assistant principal at the junior high in 2009. He also served as the high school golf coach for 15 years.
On the course, he is one of the best players in Coshocton County's history, having won the county tournament seven straight years from 2001 to 2007. He also won the Eastern Ohio Amateur in 2002 and 2006, claimed the Mid-Ohio Golf Association title in 1999, the West Virginia Tri-State Amateur in 2000 and took the Pabian Invitational in 2004 and 2008.
Baker and wife Melissa have a son, Brock, and a stepson, Dayne. He will be presented by Chuck Rinkes.
Snode, a three-time ZDGA Senior Amateur champion, grew up playing Lakeside Golf Course in Beverly with his brother, Gerald, but didn't pick up the game until age 15.
His first set of clubs, purchased from Dollar Saver, included two woods, four irons and a putter, which he used in his only season as a senior on the Zanesville High School golf team.
He later worked three summers in the Zanesville Country Club golf shop for longtime head professional Paul Thomas, which spurred his interest in the game.
Snode has three holes-in-one in his career, and his competitive career includes the 2011 Old Pals and 2002 Scratch Pals titles at ZCC, along with the 2003 Bob Rankin Trophy and 2006 Club Championship.
In addition to his three Seniors titles, he also has four ZDGA flight wins and three runner-up Seniors finishes.
A Zanesville native, he and wife Rita have two children (Mike and Angie) and four grandchildren.
He will be presented by ZCC head professional Mike Durant.
The head professional at Longaberger is a West Virginia native who played in a pair of state tournaments in high school, placing third in 1978 as a senior at Wheeling Park.
He played collegiately from 1980 to '83 at West Virginia, where was team captain and twice earned All-Eastern Eight honors.
In 1984, he and his father won the Father & Son National Championship.
He turned professional in 1985, where he spent 11 years at the famed Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, which hosted the 2014 U.S. Open. He was head professional at Pinehurst No. 6 from 1993 to '96.
He returned to Ohio in 1997, serving as club manager and director of golf at Quail Hollow before taking similar positions at Longaberger in 1999.
He has received multiple PGA awards while at Longaberger, including the prestigious Bill Straughsbaugh Award in 2004, the same year it hosted the National Club Pro Championship.
He and wife Kelly reside in Zanesville with daughter Bethany and sons Ryan and Aiden.
He will be presented by local PGA professional and EagleSticks general manager Kelly Morrow.
Sharp, the former Christina Powelson, began playing the game at 37, where in her first year placed second in the Ladies Club Championship at ZCC.
She eventually won 14 Ladies titles, the most in club history.
Her time at ZCC included a low round of 3-under-par 69 and a double eagle on No. 15. She hit her only hole-in-one on No. 5 at EagleSticks.
She later became a three-time low gross winner in the Ladies Invitational at Moundbuilders Country Club in Newark.
She has played golf across the globe, most notably at the prestigious Royal Dornoch in Scotland, where she met five-time British Open winner Peter Thomson.
Away from the course, she was national chairperson of "Fairways for Women," a nonprofit organization dedicated to equal access for women at country clubs.
She twice has been published in Golf for Women magazine for her various crusades for golf equality.
She became the first woman to be invited to the Genesis Pro-Am at ZCC and was the first woman to obtain full golf membership there.
Durant also will be her presenter.


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Violinmaking thrives in the land of Stradivarius
Milan (AP) – Acoustics aren't all that count when making a violin. Aesthetics are also a key element. And that's why the craft of making stringed instruments is thriving in Italy, a country known for its love of beauty and long history of violinmaking.
Stradivarius made his prized violins in Cremona, but the craft is growing in other cities in the Lombardy region, including Milan and nearby Pavia.
Violinmaker Marco Brunello makes a violin in Pavia, Italy, Friday, April 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Marco Brunello says the sculpting of the violin scroll is distinctive to the artist who makes it, his or her signature.
The 44-year-old violinmaker in Pavia took up the trade after a decade as an engineer. His shop on a quiet pedestrian street displays a few examples of his work in the window. But the magic happens in the instrument-making workshop at the back. Brunello creates about 10 violins a year, each involving about 200-300 hours of work.
The starting price for a Brunello violin is 5,000 euros ($5,600) — and the sky is the limit on the final tab. Brunello's customers are mostly from Asia.
At the Civica Scuola di Liuteria di Milano, a school for making stringed instruments, students dedicate the first two years to the technical foundations, learning how to properly use the tools. Only after that can they turn their creative energies to violin design. Established in 1978, the school accepts just 15 students a year.
"For me, the greatest joy when making a violin is when I assemble the strings, when in fact I can play the violin," said Franco Ferloni, a fourth-year student in his final year.
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Autumn is a picture perfect postcard in Myrtle Beach. Guests at The Strand Resort can plan their stay around the beautiful oceanfront scenery of nature at its best. The birds are frolicking in the waves as the sun peaks over the horizon, as you enjoy your morning cup of coffee from your oceanfront balcony. You may decide you want to spend the day exploring the natural beauty of the Grand Strand.
* Fishing: The fish are usually biting in the fall season, and even if they're not, you still get to spend a lovely autumn day on the water. Anglers have lots of options for wetting a line, from the simpler sport of surf fishing from the comfort of the beach to chartering a deep-sea fishing boat and heading way out in the Atlantic Ocean. But the most popular and trouble-free way to spend the day fishing is at one of the many local piers. The Second Avenue Pier is a short distance for The Strand guests, and Myrtle Beach State Park also has its own fishing pier. Both have tackle shops where you can rent or purchase gear, obtain the proper fishing licenses, and stock up on bait, snacks and tips.
For nature lovers looking to soak up all the scenery Myrtle Beach has so much to offer, so start planning your next adventure today.


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REVIEW: On the Rocks [2020]
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REVIEW: Good Bye Lenin! [2003]
"It was a really hot October" It is quite interesting that I have been privy to three movies dealing with amateur filmmaking within a very short span this year. While Be Kind Rewind and Son of Rambow utilized the form for comedic purposes, the German film from 2003, Good Bye Lenin! differs slightly, even though humor is the main result. With a pretty creative premise, a pro-East German woman falls into a coma during the eight months of the fall of the Berlin Wall and her son and daughter must…
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(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 85 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: American Splendor directed byShari Springer Berman& Robert Pulcini #24: The Lord of the Rings:The Return of the King directed by Peter Jackson. #23: Pieces of April directed by Peter Hedges.. #22: Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World directed by Peter Weir #21: Code 46 directed byMichael Winterbottom #20: Big Fish directed by Tim Burton. #19: Dirty Pretty Things directed…
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Solanum ptychanthum es una planta anual y perenne de la familia Solanaceae. Es natural del este de Norteamérica, donde crece en suelos arenosos y pobres, aunque prefiere los suelos fértiles y cultivados.

Características
Alcanza los 60 cm de altura con mucha ramificación. Toda la planta contiene solanina y es venenosa; el principal síntoma que provoca es irritación gastrointestinal.

Las hojas son triangulares y elípticas. Los tallos son circulares con pelusa. Las flores, que son pequeñas, blancas y con forma de estrellas,  maduran en bayas negras y brillantes que contienen de 50 a 100 semillas. Los frutos no son venenosos y sirven de alimento a los pájaros, que dispersan su semilla.

Taxonomía
Solanum ptychanthum fue descrita por Michel Félix Dunal y publicado en Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(1): 54. 1852.
Etimología
Solanum: nombre genérico que deriva del vocablo Latíno equivalente al Griego στρνχνος (strychnos) para designar el Solanum nigrum (la "Hierba mora") —y probablemente otras especies del género, incluida la berenjena— , ya empleado por Plinio el Viejo en su Historia naturalis (21, 177 y 27, 132) y, antes, por Aulus Cornelius Celsus en De Re Medica (II, 33). Podría ser relacionado con el Latín sol. -is, "el sol", debido a que la planta sería propia de sitios algo soleados.

ptychanthum: epíteto

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Apple CEO Tim Cook requests and receives a 40% pay cut after shareholder vote
Jan 15, 2023 Al Gore, Andrea Jung, Apple Inc., Breaking News: Technology, business, business news, mobile, technology, Tim Cook
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during a "First Tool-In" ceremony at the TSMC facility under construction in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022.
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CEO Tim Cook will receive a pay cut in 2023 to $49 million in total compensation, the company said in a Filing with the sec.
Cook requested the change, Apple said in the filing, following a shareholder vote on his pay package. The company also reduced the number of restricted stock units Cook would receive if he retires before 2026.
In 2022, Cook made just under $83 million in stock awards, $12 million in incentives and $3 million in salary. He also got benefits including retirement plan contributions, security, personal air travel and more than $46,000 in vacation cash-out.
Apple's compensation committee said it made the change in response to last year's say-on-pay vote, in which 64% of shareholders approved of Cook's compensation, down from 95% who approved it for Apple's 2020 fiscal year.
Still, Apple's board praised Cook's performance, and said it has confidence in the CEO's long-term strategic decisions.
Executive compensation has come under increasing pressure from institutional shareholders of late. Institutional Shareholder Services recommended that Apple shareholders vote against Cook's pay package at last year's annual meeting.
The compensation committee, comprised of Art Levinson, Al Gore and Andrea Jung, said it reached out to institutional shareholders to gauge how they felt about Cook's pay.
"Based on these important conversations, we have made changes to the size and structure of Tim's 2023 compensation," the committee wrote.
More alterations could be in store.
"Taking into consideration Apple's comparative size, scope, and performance, the Compensation Committee also intends to position Mr. Cook's annual target compensation between the 80th and 90th percentiles relative to our primary peer group for future years," the committee said.
Cook is paid mostly in restricted stock units. The number of actual shares of Apple stock that Cook vests depends on the company's performance versus the S&P 500. Apple's stock has done well enough that Cook typically vests the maximum amount.
Since Cook took over as CEO in 2011, Apple stock has returned 1,212% versus 290% for the S&P 500, Apple said.
In addition to reducing the overall target, 75% of Cook's vesting shares will be tied to Apple's stock performance in 2023, instead of 50%.
Apple announced a stock grant for Cook in September 2020 running through 2025. Cook received it on the first day of Apple's fiscal 2021, which started at the end of September. When it was approved, Cook's stock grant would have given him 1 million shares worth about $114 million at the time if Apple were to hit all its targets.
Cook's previous stock grant from 2011 ended up being worth more than $900 million at Apple's Sep 2020 share price,
Cook said in 2015 that he plans to donate his fortune to charity.
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EECA CAB addressed to BMS to respond to the company's access policy related to hepatitis C drugs. Activists expressed their position in regards to that fact that only 4 countries from the region are included in the strategy.
We are glad to present you EECA CAB and Medicines patent pool meeting minutes. The meeting took place in St. Petersburg, June 30, 2014.
EECA CAB and Janssen meeting minutes are published. During the meeting which took place in Saint-Petersburg in July 2014 access issues were discussed including company's drugs registration in EECA countries, pricing policy etc.


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Watch: Rod Rosenstein says 'it's up to the attorney general' to decide to prosecute a sitting president |
Watch: Rod Rosenstein says 'it's up to the attorney general' to decide to prosecute a sitting president
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January 15, 2023Bank
On Sunday's edition of Meet the Press, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein – whose oversight of the United States Department of Justice's probe into ex-President Donald Trump's ties to Russia sparked massive public controversy –weighed in on the handfuls of classified documents that were found in President Joe Biden's home and offices that he used during his tenure as vice president. The materials were discovered by Biden's attorneys and were quickly handed over to the National Archives last year.
This is notably different than the trove of top-secret texts that Trump intentionally took from the White House to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his term, which he later falsely claimed belonged to him. Biden has made no such declaration of ownership and denies knowing about them at all – even though some were found in his personal garage in Delaware.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed special counsels to investigate each of the cases. Republicans have accused Democrats of hypocrisy about Trump, whom they maintain did nothing wrong. But NBC Moderator Chuck Todd pointed out that this has created in a predicament for the GOP about what is and is not criminal behavior, based on the evidence at hand.
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"There's two sort of unique defenses in each of these cases that I'm curious for your take on. One is Donald Trump's claim that he could declassify anything he wanted. Now, he's not made a legal claim that he did that. And the second is Joe Biden's currently president. So is it currently illegal for him to have classified documents in his possession, even if it's at his home next to his Corvette?" Todd asked Rosenstein.
"Right? Well, that's one of the questions the special counsel will have to look into. And in addition, you know the legal status of the vice president, whether or not he has authority to make any declassification decisions. But the key question, the threshold question here is going to be, was President Biden aware of those classified documents," Rosenstein replied.
"And how does that get proven? You think he's going to have to sit for an interview?" Todd pressed Rosenstein.
"Well, that would be a logical step. If I were conducting this investigation, I want to go right to the source and ask the president directly whether or not he was aware of those documents," said Rosenstein.
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Todd then touched upon what the procedure would be if evidence emerges that Biden broke the law.
"A sitting president can't be indicted, according to the Justice Department. So let's say something is found. What would happen?" he wondered.
"Chuck, I think what should happen in the special counsel investigation is that the special counsel should evaluate the facts and the law, look at Department of justice policies, and make a recommendation to the attorney general about whether or not prosecution is warranted," Rosenstein opined. "Then it's up to the attorney general to make the decision whether to apply that DOJ policy."
\u201cEXCLUSIVE: The key question for special counsel Robert Hur is whether President Biden was aware of the classified documents, says fmr. Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein.\n\n"I would want to go right to the source and ask the president directly whether he was aware of those documents."\u201d
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You may have heard the tune, "The Garden Where The Praties Grow". Ever wonder why it's not, "The Garden Where The Spuds Grow," since "spuds" is another popular nickname for potatoes in Ireland?
In this blogpost, we'll look at using these three words in sentences and phrases such as "I like potatoes" or "the taste of the potatoes." Each of the three forms mentioned above has several different spellings and pronunciations, depending on exactly how it's being used.
So those are the forms most learners will learn.
fataí, potatoes; Is maith le muintir Chonnachta fataí, Connacht people like potatoes.
préataí, potatoes; Is maith le muintir Uladh préataí, Ulster people like potatoes.
So that's three sets of choices. Take your pick!
As for the tune, "The Garden Where The Praties Grow," the pronunciation is obviously closest to the Ulster version of the words for potatoes. Offhand, though, I don't know if this tune has a known geographic origin. If any, reader here does know, it would be great if you could write in and let us know. Scríobh isteach, más mian leat má tá eolas ar bith agat faoi sin.
PS: "The usual word for "stomach" in Irish is "bolg," but "goile" is sometimes used, especially it seems in more clinically medical situations.


Welcome to the new Website of The El Reys – Pittsburgh's Best Acappella Oldies Band!
Hi Stush, I saw the El Reys at the Rolling Stones show in West View Park. You'll remember that you got a better reception than they did (poor guys, Danceland wasn't ready for longhairs). Also when I saw you a year or so earlier at the Resurrection CYO dance in Brookline there was some talk about the group signing with Capitol. Hope to see the new group sometime when I'm back in the 'burg.


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IUCAA Recruitment 2016 For Postdoctoral Fellow Posts
IUCAA Recruitment 2016 For Postdoctoral Fellow Posts. The Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA) has published notification for the recruitment of Postdoctoral Fellow vacancies under the project "A multi wave length approach to the evolution of cold gas from quasar absorption lines" on contract basis. Eligible candidates may apply in the prescribed application format on or before 15-05-2016. Other details like educational qualification & how to apply are given below
About IUCAA:
The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) is an autonomous institution set up by the University Grants Commission to promote nucleation and growth of active groups in astronomy and astrophysics in Indian universities. IUCAA is located in the University of Pune campus next to the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, which operates the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. IUCAA has a campus designed by Indian architect Charles Correa. After the founding of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) by Prof. Govind Swarup, a common research facility for astronomy and astrophysics was proposed by Dr. Yash Pal of the planning commission. Working on this idea, astrophysicist Prof. Jayant Narlikar, along with Ajit Kembhavi and Naresh Dadhich set up IUCAA within the Pune University campus in 1988.
In 2002, IUCAA initiated a nationwide campaign to popularize astronomy and astrophysics in colleges and universities. IUCAA arranged visitor programs for universities in Nagpur (Maharashtra), Thiruvalla (Kerala), Siliguri (West Bengal) and others, along with a tie-up with the Ferguson college, Pune. In 2004, IUCAA set up the Muktangan Vidnyan Shodhika (Exlporatorium), a science popularization initiative, with a grant from the Pu La Deshpande foundation. The center is open to all school students from Pune. IUCAA was declared the nodal center for India to coordinate the year-long celebrations for the International Year of Astronomy.
IUCAA Recruitment 2016 Details:
Name of the Post: Postdoctoral Fellow
Educational Qualification For IUCAA Recruitment 2016:
Candidates should possess Ph.D. Degree in Astronomy, Astrophysics or a related Discipline.
How to Apply For IUCAA Recruitment 2016:
Eligible candidates may send their curriculum vitae and a description of research interests & 02 letters of reference through e mail: aocp@iucaa.in with subject line "Application for Cefipra Postdoctoral Fellowship in Quasar Absorption Lines" on or before 15-05-2016.
For more details like pay scale & other information click on the link given below….
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This year, the Preview Party will be in a home NOT on the tour. No longer a preview, instead it has turned into a Twilight Party.And, we have added the jazz music by Darren Ronan and the scrumptious food provided by Biscottis. There are so many interesting people living in our historic district, we want to feature one of them during the Twilight Party. Dr. James P. Delgado and Ann Goodhart recently purchased a Prairie Style home constructed in 1929 on an Avondale Street. Dr. Delgado will be our featured speaker during the Twilight Party's cocktail reception.Dr. Delgado's career spans nearly five decades of investigating the past and sharing discovery and history with a global audience. Archaeologist, historian, journalist, educator, museum director, television host of international documentaries on ABC, National Geographic, Discovery, History, and many other networks. Dr. Delgado's work fits well with the historic preservation focus of the weekend.
Living in the Riverside Avondale historic district is a dream come true for many people. Not only are you living in a neighborhood planned for walkability and nearby parks, your home was constructed with details not often found today. And, every historic home has a story to tell. They also become a canvas for owners to create something new out of something classic. Many of the homes on the 45th Riverside Avondale Preservation Annual Spring Home Tour are a testament to how their owners maintained the history of their home while adding the contemporary living amenities we desire.
Riverside Arts Market is a weekly arts and farmers market! Rain or shine, visit the market every Saturday from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information, visit here.
Join us as we celebrate 45 years of Home Tour! Enjoy Learn more about the neighborhood's history and architecture by car, bike or foot. Save the date, Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 28 from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Tickets and more information can be found here.
Every First Saturday of the month, visit the market from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. for shopping but also enjoy a craft beer! Find details here.
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Article written by Jeromy Wo, Public Relations–From time to time guests and staff of The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort have engaged us to inquire about the property's history. It would be misleading if we suggested that the only interest we receive is in Shawnee's physical world history. We have received comments and inquiries about our property's paranormal activity. Whether it is an unexplained experience or something published, we felt that it was time to get some answers about our property's paranormal history.
After some research Shawnee hired the C.O.R.E Paranormal Investigation Team (C.O.R.E Phenomena Research) to evaluate whether or not any entities reside within the halls of the Shawnee Inn. The team has provided Shawnee with a report of their findings. We can't say that we were necessarily shocked by their evaluation. Based on decades of guest and staff encounters, we were prepared for whatever C.O.R.E presented.
Shawnee will not be publishing the report. However, we are extending the opportunity to meet with the C.O.R.E Paranormal Investigation Team to learn about their practice and to retrace the investigation they performed at The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort. You will have an opportunity to review the team's findings. Click here for more information about the Paranormal Weekend at Shawnee.
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Archpastoral Reflection of Metropolitan Methodios of Boston for October 2011
The story is told about a number of frogs which were placed by scientists in a tub of water whose temperature was exactly the same as the pond from which they were taken. The scientists slowly increased the temperature and were soon astonished to see that, even though the water gradually became warmer, the frogs did not react.
It was only when the temperatures were increased to a boiling point that the frogs reacted. It was too late. Before they knew it, they burned to death. Had they realized the slow increase in the water temperature, they would have reacted and thus spared their lives. The frogs grew accustomed to the slow rise in temperature and adapted. The change in water temperature occurred slowly but deliberately, and because of this process, the frogs failed to pay attention.
For us Orthodox Christians, the changes in the moral standards in our society have occurred so slowly that they have become imperceptible. We have adapted to the slow deterioration of moral life in society to the point where we have adapted to the moral decay in our midst and have taken it for granted. Sadly we live in a world of moral and ethical relativism, hedonism and selfishness; in a world in desperate need of spiritual renewal. Sunday is no longer the day that we worship Almighty God and then sit at our dinner table to enjoy fellowship. Rarely do we read the Bible. Prayers are no longer offered in our schools. The Ten Commandments have been removed from our civil courts. Lifestyles previously kept in the closet are now championed as reputable and worthy of emulation. The other day while driving to a liturgical service, a fellow priest pointed to a decal placed prominently on the bumper of the car in front of us. It was the symbol of a new atheist group in America.
The admonition of Saint Paul addressed to the Ephesians should echo in our hearts, "no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds." (Eph.4:17) We need to re evaluate our lives and ask ourselves how the way we live differs from the way others live who have no faith. Do we differ as Orthodox Christians from our secular and oftentimes atheist neighbors? How do we live our Orthodox Faith?
I am concerned that we have become so accustomed to sin and immoral behavior, that we do not notice it. We must not accept the prevailing permissive immoral and unethical standards of modern day society which are clearly at odds with the tenets of Holy Scripture and the teachings of the Fathers of the Church.
Remember the frogs in the experiment, and be wary of their mistake of growing accustomed to an environment which eventually caused their demise.
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Cloud // Software as a Service
Chris Murphy
Federal CTO Agenda: The Industry's Advice To Obama
Think big and transformational, advise two dozen industry leaders, from CEOs to CIOs. And get going now.
When President Obama fulfills his promise to name what he has described as the nation's "first chief technology officer," two enormous tasks will lay in front of that person. One is to drive the government to use information technology more effectively and efficiently. The second, even broader job is to influence how IT is leveraged for economic growth and national competitiveness everything from financing tech R&D to building out a national broadband infrastructure to helping tech employers develop and get access to the most talented people.
But the federal CTO won't be able to address, much less fix, every tech-related problem, so he or she will need to focus. But on what, exactly? For answers, we asked the nation's technology leaders a who's who of private-sector CEOs and CIOs, government IT leaders and thinkers what they want to top the federal CTO's agenda. Their thoughtful, passionate answers are a must-read for the Obama administration. They tend to fall into one of these two visions for the federal CTO: as inside-the-government change agent or leader of tech innovation more broadly.
Special Report: Industry Leader Advice to the Federal CTO
Down To Business: What Obama's CTO Should (And Shouldn't) Focus On
How Federal IT Leadership Evolved Under Bush
Image Gallery: 26 Tech Leaders On Fed CTO Priorities
At the top of the five-point priority list laid out by General Motors CIO Ralph Szygenda (see box, right) is the need for the government to standardize IT and processes across government agencies, to promote "optimal and cost-effective sharing of information."
Chiquita Brands CIO Manjit Singh thinks the first priority must be to update the country's crumbling tech infrastructure, particularly where it poses the biggest risk, like air traffic control. "I don't think the average person has a comprehension of how old and how broken those systems are," says Singh, a self-described aviation buff. CA CEO John Swainson says many barriers to delivering better government services "stem from the complexities of what is a stovepiped and messy set of federal IT infrastructures," so one of the CTO's first jobs must be to simplify and streamline and automate, where possible the federal IT systems and processes. Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff lays out the steps for the government to take advantage of cloud computing.
On the other end of the spectrum are those who want the CTO to steer clear of government's use of IT, and to instead focus on how technology can improve U.S. competitiveness in a global economy. Sybase CEO John Chen goes so far as to say he'd like to see the post called "chief innovation officer," to avoid any temptation to step into issues such as guiding tech standards.
General Motors Group VP and CIO, Ralph Szygenda
For his and other executives' opinions, click here
Among the issues Chen wants the CTO to focus on are technology education, immigration and the tech talent pool, trade and national competitiveness, private-public cooperation, and tax policy to encourage R&D. The risk is that the CTO will "jump into technical stuff, under pressure of getting tangible, short-term results, and miss the focus on frameworks and the innovation environment," he says.
Get alerts on government IT news as it happens.
Some see the role as directly fueling innovation. "Why couldn't the CTO be considered a bit of a venture capitalist?" says Dave Duffield, founder of PeopleSoft and more recently software-as-a-service provider Workday. Duffield cites the futurist thinking and products that came out of AT&T Bell Labs and Xerox PARC, both recipients of federal funding, or the federally supported nanotechnology research now happening at Cornell University (which Duffield himself seeded with a $20 million donation).


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The food was super delicious, with imaginative, unexpected combinations. We will consider returning the next time were ever in the area.
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My family and I love the hotdogs and slushies they serve at Shells BBQ. This restaurant has become my to-go stop whenever Im hungry or in the area.
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The Best Restaurant in Hickory is Shell's Bar-B-Q. We are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, serving a wide variety of your favorite meals with a smile in a smoke-free environment.
We offer salads, sandwiches, burgers, fried fish, our famous Bar-B-Q and more, along with a large selection of appetizers and desserts, and a full breakfast menu.
Whatever you order at Shell's Bar-B-Q, your dining satisfaction is guaranteed-and everything is served with a smile!
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The Best Restaurant in Hickory is Shell's Bar-B-Q. We are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, serving a wide variety of your favorite meals with a smile in a smoke-free environment. Whatever you order at Shell's Bar-B-Q, your dining satisfaction is guaranteed-and everything is served with a smile!
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Q: Updating vector to avoid excess memory use I have a function that returns an vector. Since I call this function many times, I want it to update a vector I provide to it rather than create a new vector. This is to avoid use of memory and so increase speed.
The original code essentially looks like:
function!(prob1,pi,prob0)
prob1=pi'*prob0
return prob1
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Of course this creates a new prob1 vector each time. I've attempted to amend this in two different ways:
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However, both run slower than the original code although they do use less memory. Any suggestions for improving performance time would be great.

A: You actually don't need to define a function, there already is one (albeit undocumented): At_mul_B!(prob1,pi,prob0) should give you what you want.

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Bangkok is a bustling and vibrant metropolis, unfortunately when it comes to accommodation and housing the City has become a victim of its own success.
Space comes at a premium in Bangkok, especially in the most popular neighborhoods (I.e. Phrom Phong, Thonglor, Silom, etc…). This is largely the result of Developers compromising on spacious layouts in return for higher return-on-investment. This alarming trend, means that the largest Unit Types offered by modern projects are often humble 2-Bedders.
These 2-Bed Units often come in standardized sizes that range from an ultra-compact 45 square meters to a marginally larger 75 square meters.
While these functional layouts are ideal for buy-to-let investors or young working professionals, this growing trend is leaving families (3+ people households) and even sharers in a difficult position.
So what are the options available?
Bangkok offers incredible diversity of accommodation and housing options. In cases where property hunters are looking for spacious layouts (Minimum 100 Sqm+) it is often advised to consider "older condos".
Unfortunately, "Older Condos" often means a dated building environment and creaky amenities; however these buildings, often offer tremendous value (Sales and Rental), convenient locations and above all spacious living!
Interestingly, trendy Phrom Phong despite its reputation as a luxury location harbors numerous great value old condos that offer impressively spacious layouts that are ideal for families and sharers.


The RIAA and the government are collaborating against you, you pirate low-life swine. Yes, you – and you, and you.
I recently saw a study about the dilemma facing manufacturers of products sold in grocery stores – they don't want their product lineup to get stale, but consumers can be overwhelmed if they're offered too many choices.
Yahoo released a new version of its instant messenger program today – same functions, but more cute smiley faces and cute games and not-so-cute advertising and screen clutter.
It's well-known that Gateway has been struggling to stay alive. Gateway has lost money in 13 of the last 14 quarters, it has closed all its retail stores, it has cut its workforce from 24,600 to 7400 employees, and it has stopped manufacturing its own computer products.
A new music downloading service is attracting attention. AllOfMP3.com is hosted in Moscow and offers music downloads at dirt-cheap prices by the megabyte, in a variety of formats, from a large catalog, with no restrictions on the files.
The rule of thumb is: never attempt to e-mail a file larger than 2Mb! Large file attachments frequently don't make it to the other end and at worst can clog the recipient's mailbox and leave it unusable.


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Steve Pafford
Congratulations, you've survived the 2010s.
The end of 2019 also meant the end of the 'tens'. And no, I don't know anyone who called them that either. Then again I don't know anyone who used the same moniker a hundred years from today, but I digress…
Kicking off another new decade in contemporary style forty years ago, on January 7th 1980 I started a new middle school, Springfield County Combined in Buckinghamshire. Springfield was a newly built modern get up slightly further away from what would become our local pride and joy, the listed Bletchley Park heritage site where Alan Turing had been that Enigma man from the future in World War II.
An educator of a slightly more pedestrian sort, in a classroom that looked out onto the compact playing fields my teacher was a Mr Pearson. I was immediately struck by his appearance. Medium brown hair, ill-fitting suit and gold rimmed spectacles half concealing rather bulging eyes, which would, as it turned out, becoming bulgier the more riled he got.
It was too easy to pretend he was the inspiration behind the giant teacher puppet in the video for Another Brick In The Wall, which was sitting atop the charts that very week, but the likeness was uncanny. That the 1980s had begun just as the 1970s had ended — with Roger Waters' direct frontal attack on the school system and one of the most explicitly anti-establishment hits of our times— was a lesson called irony. We even discussed the song in class, among new inventions like newfound silicon chips, microwaves and the like. Does it also count as ironic that the cynical centrepiece of a dusty prog band's concept album about the hollowness of success became their biggest-ever hit single? Nevertheless, it remains my favourite Pink Floyd song.
After the Syd Barrett era, Pink Floyd didn't chase after hit singles, in fact they barely released any 45s to even qualify. Instead, they developed concept albums for stereophonic stoner experiences. Until Another Brick In The Wall, the only Top 40 hit the group had in the US during the 1970s was Money from Dark Side Of The Moon. In their native Britain you'd have to go back even further — the last time they'd entered the UK singles charts had been with See Emily Play way back in June 1967, two years to the week before I was even born.
There are a few versions of how Another Brick In The Wall was shaped into surprise single it became. According to producer Bob Ezrin, he felt like the song was a surefire hit, but the original recording as designated for the Floyd's alienation epic The Wall was little more than a 90-second interlude with only one chorus and one verse. Drawing on his experience on Alice Cooper's defiant glam anthem School's Out, he decided to make use of a children's voices — stand to attention Islington Green School choir — to repeat the first verse, reinforcing the theme of public education being more about discipline than intellectual advancement. For his part, the author-bassist Roger Waters has also claimed that it was his idea to have the kid's choir. But then he would, wouldn't he.
What is undisputed is that Ezrin somehow convinced these hoary old concept proggers to make it a thumping post-disco track. The result is a veritable wonder of a pop song that's one of the most progressive things Pink Floyd ever did.
For the tracking of Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 (or Part II, depending on whether you bought the single or the album) the band, as drummer Nick Mason recollected in Inside Out: A Personal History Of Pink Floyd, set the tempo "at a metronomic 100 beats per minute, which was the ideal disco beat."
On its surface, Another Brick In The Wall doesn't sound like the work of one of the most experimental bands in rock history. But dig deeper and your mind is blown. And for rock audiences, it expanded the narrowview that four-on-the-floor wasn't just for a high energy club experience. Discounting little things like covert racism and latent homophobia, the criticism of disco often amounted to charges that the music's unvarying beat was formulaic and soulless. Yet those perceived qualities made the genre a perfect addition to dad-rock diatribes about conformity.
As part of a three-part triptych on The Wall, "Part 2" functions as a protest song against oppressive rigid schooling from the perspective of the children. Along with shouted orders and mocking statements by presumed teachers, grinding conformity is represented by the dark pulse of the disco bassline, the music's ponderousness actually helping the song build its sour, acrid atmosphere which wells into the unfettered individuality of a big old Dave Gilmour guitar solo – hurrah! It also sets up the depression and subsequent withdrawal of the main character in the 1982 movie based on the album, starring future Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof. Cue the Irishman.
The message of Another Brick In The Wall is education is thought control, uniformity is evil. The massed choir of cockney kids singing "We don't need no…" has a creepy power as the song's promotional video shows the flower of youthful creativity ruthlessly crushed by frustrated men grinding kids through their sausage machine. The moral of the tale? If we don't watch out this will end up in a fascist state where we're all ruled by robot hammers reinforcing and delivering the smack of firm government, a job the new Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher delighted in administering, herself a former education secretary notoriously nicknamed Thatcher The Milk Snatcher when she reduced the availability of free school milk for juniors, myself included.
Roger Waters' sledgehammer politics weren't for everyone, and his championing of the individual may not have extended to the contributions of his band "mates", but thanks to them (and the kids) this song does a job. The one it set out to do? I don't know – when you mix individualism and misanthropy you can easily end up with nihilism, and there's a cackling viciousness to the cockney kids' Artful Dodger-aping voices to remind us that life without teacher might be scarier than Waters imagines.
The former "I'm in charge" bassist's immense bitterness and misanthropy coloured and curdled almost everything he and Floyd did after this — which, sadly, extends to the present day — and with a dash of post-rationalisation, Another Brick In The Wall can be seen as a last hurrah.
The single charted in Britain the week ending 1 December 1979 — the birthday of my occasionally oppressive (to a ten-year old 'free spirit' at least) father. A week later we moved into new bricks and mortar — a brand new house in a rural village on the edge of Milton Keynes — and a week after that 'Brick' hit the top spot, where it remained defiantly right through the Christmas* and New Year holiday, with its fifth and final week in pole position that very week I started at the new school.
Gee, education's a funny thing. I wonder what became of Mr Pearson.
*A year later, in December 1980, I made my first known television appearance on television when I was part of our own Springfield school choir singing Christmas carols on a local Anglia TV programme. This was a full five years before my father splashed out on a video recorder so I've not seen the broadcast since, but if I recall correctly it was the end segment of the BBC's Look East regional news programme. Totally coincidentally, the area where we were standing was the east end of Middleton Hall, right outside the main entrance to John Lewis, the very spot the PM so reviled by Waters, Mrs Thatcher herself, had stood to declare the Central Milton Keynes shopping centre was well and truly open.
It's a funny old world.
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Q: Cascading dropdownlists ASP.NET Core MVC What I would like to be able to accomplish is:
Have the user select a Model first which would then display all Engines related to that Model. I have been trying to adapt code from related problems, but without success.
Here is the code from one of my attempts.
Any help would be appreciated.
CarsController.cs
public ActionResult GetEnginesByModelId(int ModelId)
    {
        EnginesRepository enginesRepository = new EnginesRepository();
        List<Engine> engines = enginesRepository.GetAll(cascadeInclude: true).SelectMany(e => e.EngineModels).Where(em => em.ModelId == ModelId).Select(em => em.ParentEngine).ToList();

        return Json(engines);
    }

Create.cshtml

                Model:
                <select asp-items="@Model.Models" id="models">
                </select>

                Engines:
                <select id="engines"></select>

jquery

UPDATE: I managed to hit the controller and get the list of items but it displays "undefined". To show the items I use item.ToString() method. Here is the js and c# I used.
JS

Create.cshtml

                Model:
                <select id="models" name="ModelId">
                    @foreach (var carModel in Model.Models)
                    {
                        <option value="@carModel.Id">@carModel.Name @carModel.Price$</option>
                    }
                </select>

                Engines:
                <select id="engines" name="EngineId">
                    @foreach (var engine in Model.Engines)
                    {
                        <option value="@engine.Id">@engine.ToString()</option>
                    }
                </select>

A: The JS that worked for me
$(document).ready(function () {

$("#models").change(function () {
    $.get("/Cars/GetEnginesByModelId", { id: $("#models").val() }, function (data) {
        $("#engines").empty();
        $.each(data, function (index, row) {
            $("#engines").append("<option value='" + row.id + "'>" + row.name + "</option>")
        });
    });
})

});