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Review: Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble in Bath Abbey
By ljazzn on 28 May 2014 • ( 1 Comment )
The Hilliard Ensemble, Jan Garbarek
Bath Abbey May 2014. Photo credit: Mick Destino
Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble
(Bath Abbey, 26th May. Part of Bath Festival. Review by Jon Turney)
A soprano saxophone playing unaccompanied, save for an enormous echo. In an unusually beautiful old abbey, it sounds out as a call to the faithful, and four singers duly join in, walking oh-so-slowly toward the horn's summons and assembling before a packed congregation of already enthralled listeners.
Who else but Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble? Reunited for a tour in the Hilliards' 40th – and final – year they make music of unusual power. Three may be preparing for retirement, but the four singers' voices all have a purity that is perfectly suited to the slow-tempo austerity of most of their repertoire, here mainly taken from their third recording with the saxophonist, Officium Novum (ECM) in 2010.
The vocal quartet in combination with the saxophone enhances both immeasurably. The vocals have a yearning quality that is matched by Garbarek's keening tone, while the saxophonist is free to embellish the written parts the singers endow with such grace. The words, in languages inaccessible to us, pass the listener by, save for the single repeated English line of Arvo Part's Most Holy Mother of God which is sung unaccompanied by the quartet. The rest of the time the harmonised singing and Garbarek's interjections offer the most elemental call and response.
There are gorgeous solos, duos and trios from the singers, too, but for me the sax provided the most memorable moments. The vocals are rhythmically static, and Garbarek needs to use only a small fraction of a jazz player's rhythmic flexibility for contrast. Similarly, there are no sheets of sound here, but a continual bubbling up of simple phrases that decorate the singing like sunlight sparkling on waves.
Like the singers, he plays the building, too – retreating to the end of the nave at one point and ruminating in the distance. When he returns to the stage there is an extended solo, which builds to a gently foot-tapping climax that hints at the blues, two things I suddenly realise have been entirely absent for the previous hour.
This minimal nod to modernity is more than enough, and the final piece returns to the more understated, monastic feel that holds the evening together. A farewell long fade contrived by filing into the distant reaches of the building while still singing and playing is followed by one of the longest pauses before applause I've ever seen. It can be an easy exaggeration to describe an audience as spellbound. This one was.
LINK: Previous review of Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble (2009, St Paul's Cathedral)
PODCAST: Interview with Guillermo Rozenthuler. LondonJazz TransLATES, 20th June at Crazy Coqs
Review: Joanna Wallfisch and Dan Tepfer at 22 Mansfield St W1
Gerry Rogers says:
Just as I have heard them play many times before. Whoever says Garbarek isn't a jazz musician, in my view has a limited concept of jazz,

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Award Value
The awards are of a fixed value of £150,000 (£50,000 pa for three years). Funding is expected to be used primarily to meet the costs of replacement teaching, with any balance available to the award-holder as research expenses. These awards are not covered under the Full Economic Costing (FEC) regime.
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What Does the Term "Doxa" Mean?
An Introduction to Punctuation
Humanities › English
Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms
Talk of the genius of Shakespeare is part of the doxa.
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by Richard Nordquist
Richard Nordquist is a freelance writer and former professor of English and Rhetoric who wrote college-level Grammar and Composition textbooks.
In classical rhetoric, the Greek term doxa refers to the domain of opinion, belief, or probable knowledge—in contrast to episteme, the domain of certainty or true knowledge.
in Martin and Ringham's Key Terms in Semiotics (2006), doxa is defined as "public opinion, majority prejudice, middle-class consensus. It is linked to the concept of doxology, to everything that is seemingly self-evident in terms of opinion, or conventional practice and habit. In England, for example, talk of the genius of Shakespeare is part of the doxa, as is a meal of fish and chips or a game of cricket."
Etymology: From the Greek, "opinion"
What is Doxa?
"[T]he condemnation of rhetoric as trafficking in opinions about justice has dogged the art ever since Plato wrote Gorgias. . . . The Sophists in Gorgias hold that rhetoric creates truth that is useful for the moment out of doxa, or the opinions of the people, through the process of argument and counterargument. Socrates will have no part of this sort of 'truth' which, nevertheless, is essential to a democracy."
(James A. Herrick, The History and Theory of Rhetoric: An Introduction, 3rd ed. Allyn and Bacon, 2005)
Two Meanings in Contemporary Rhetoric
"In contemporary rhetorical theory, we can distinguish two meanings of the classical term doxa. The first is more faithful to the classical heritage; it therefore stems from an epistemic perspective grounded in the contrast between certainty and probability. The second unfolds along a social and cultural dimension and is concerned with sets of beliefs widely espoused by popular audiences. These two meanings do not necessarily represent a shift from classical to modern theory. Aristotle distinguished doxa as opinion, from episteme as certainty. But in listing various beliefs with a high degree of probability—such as revenge being sweet, or rare objects as more valuable than those that exist in abundance—he also identified specific cultural, social (or what we call ideological) assumptions based on which the premise of an argument can be seen as plausible and be agreed upon by the members of a particular community."
(Andreea Deciu Ritivoi, Paul Ricoeur: Tradition and Innovation in Rhetorical Theory. SUNY Press, 2006)
Rational Doxa
"In The Republic, . . . Socrates says, 'Even the best of opinions are blind' (Republic 506c). . . . One can never be the master of one's own doxa. As long as one lives in the domain of doxa, one is enslaved to the prevailing opinions of his social world. In the Theaetetus, this negative meaning of doxa is replaced by a positive one. In its new meaning, the word doxa can no longer be translated as belief or opinion. It is not something passively received from someone else, but rather actively made by the agent. This active notion of doxa is given by Socrates' description of it as the soul's dialogue with itself, asking itself questions and answering, affirming and denying, and finally making a decision (Theaetetus 190a). And the decision can be rational if the soul's conversation is rational.
"This is the theory of rational doxa, the doxa plus logos . . .."
(T. K. Seung, Plato Rediscovered: Human Value and Social Order. Rowman & Littlefield, 1996)
The Domain of True Knowledge: Episteme
Stasis Theory in Rhetoric
Techne: A True Art, Craft, or Discipline in Rhetoric
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All Great Public Speakers Probably Have Ethos
What Is a Rhetor?
What Is the New Rhetoric?
What Are Syllogisms in Logic and in Rhetoric?
Heuristics in Rhetoric and Composition
What Is Invention in Composition and Rhetoric?
Proof in Rhetoric: Arguments That Support a Thesis
Imitation Exercises in Rhetoric and Composition
What Are Sententiae in Rhetoric
The Meaning of Phronesis in Rhetoric
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How to Row a Tea Boat – A Quick Guide
On June 22, 2013 June 8, 2013 By teawriterIn Preparing Tea and Herbals
Ti Kuan Yin Slimming Oolong Tea – great steeped using your tea boat (ETS image)
A tea boat is a small size "tea table" that is usually no more than around 10cm high and has about the dimensions of a regular serving tray in width and length. It is thereby not really a table in the narrower sense, but in fact is rather put on a (real) table for use. The top of a tea boat will in most cases have a pattern of holes and/or slits, through which excess fluid, may this be tea or just water, can run off into a liquid tray inserted right below. At this, the actual surface materials can vary: tea boats will often be made of precious woods (e.g., the Chinese Jichimu wood) possessing the required characteristics to resist hot liquids. More cost-efficient versions of similar aesthetical and functional features are available made of bamboo, while even cheaper designs will be made of less precious woods or even plastic, the latter mostly more or less compromising on either looks or functionality.
For obvious reasons, the actual liquid tray hidden below the top will usually be made of either hard plastic or metal, the second coming with the benefit of greater endurance, while we often see plastic trays being the first thing being damaged or broken from intense use, thus considerably diminishing the functionality of the tea boat in its wholeness, while liquid trays in matching size and shape will usually not be available as spare parts, so while the optical features of a liquid tray are indeed negligible due to its hidden character, its robustness and potential for endurance are factors that should indeed be considered with the purchase of a tea boat.
Tea boats will vary in size, design and functionality mainly depending on their intended sphere of utilization, which may be the use as simple home or tea room decoration objects, in rather private contexts of tea preparation, or in any professional settings of tea degustation and/or tea-related events. So, for example, tea boats preferably used in professional settings will tend to be of larger size in order sufficient space to accommodate (aroma) cup sets for multiple persons as well as larger sized tea and hot water pots and extended tool sets. Often, they will also have an additional drainage hose connecting the tea boat's liquid tray with another, larger liquid container (such as a simple plastic or metal bucket) positioned invisibly below the actual table on which the tea boat is placed, thus allowing for uninterrupted extensive use during a tea show case or degustation event.
As for the question of rather simplicistic or alternatively rather ornamental design, this is an exclusively aesthetic feature and thereby completely left to the individual taste of each user.
Tea boats are often specifically related to the tea ceremony (Gong Fu Cha) by western users, but this attribution is not really correct, or at least not representative, because tea ceremonies will often be conducted without a tea boat in the narrower sense, but using some sort of table mat or wooden board instead, while many tea lovers will embrace the idea of using a tea boat even for their most private tea preparation settings or small-scale tea events that will not necessarily aim at being tea ceremonies in the narrower sense. However, the custom of pouring over of vessels such as tea pots and tea cups with the hot water and the disposal of a first "washing infusion" before the actual first drunk infusion of a tea makes tea boats being particularly prone for use with the tea ceremony.
Apart from the above-mentioned functional features, a tea boat provides a clear spot of order, compactness and focus to any tea preparation application, while offering a broad spectrum of decorative and ornamental options at the same time, thus enabling and supporting a highly individual layout of any tea preparation or tea ceremony. While designs can be influenced by and based on regional, ritual and/or cultural particularities, the tea boat, being a focal point in any tea preparation setting, will in all cases represent an aesthetical and/or philosophical attitude, namely that of its user.
When shopping for a tea boat, practical and/or functional considerations should by all means play a role apart from individual aesthetical aspects. What the Chinese philosophy says about chains just as well applies to tea boats to a significant extent: the whole will be just as strong, or weak, as its weakest part and/or link! So, watch out for the robustness of materials used for each component (in particular the liquid tray, which seems to be an element neglected all too often) and the actual functionality of features, e.g. the question, whether the said hole and/or slit pattern in the top will allow spilled liquid to drain off in an optimal manner.
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Q: Android: Google Play Store fake refund My app published on the Play Store had 4 refunds but in the Google Play Developer Console I see that in the "installation active/total" section my app has 71/71. It looks like people who asked for refund have now the app installed in their devices. Is it possible?

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Peter Howson paintings stolen
22 February 2009 / Art Categories Art News, News / Art Tags Peter Howson / / / / /
Howson paintings stolen in house raid
FOUR paintings by the renowned Scots artist Peter Howson have been stolen from a house, police revealed last night.
Each of the 12in by 10in paintings is worth a four-figure sum, and all concern the subject "The Hardman's Face". The paintings were not in frames and police yesterday appealed for information from anyone who may have innocently bought them or has been asked to frame them. The works were taken from a house in Croftamie, near Drymen in Stirlingshire, some time between 11am and 4pm on 19 January.
Last night, police officers could not say whether or not the paintings may have been stolen to order. Howson, 50, who studied at Glasgow School of Art, is renowned for his powerful figurative work.
His pieces have sold for up to £100,000 and have been collected by celebrities such as Madonna, David Bowie and Bob Geldof. He also produced nude portraits of Madonna in 2002.Howson became established in the 1980s as one of the New Glasgow Boys, a group of painters concerned with portraying social issues.
During the Balkans conflict, Howson became the official British war artist.
He recently unveiled a new painting of Gary McKinnon, the Scot facing extradition to the US for hacking into Nasa's computer system.
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Exploratory Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme
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Award amount:
Up to 5 million DKK per grant available for granting
Announcement of results:
With the Exploratory Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme, the Novo Nordisk Foundation seeks to support research projects across disciplines, organizations and national borders, in order to resolve interdisciplinary challenges in relation to the Foundation's core science areas.
The goals of the research programme are:
Pursue creative and novel, high-risk/high-gain interdisciplinary research ideas
Support early-stage attempts at attacking such novel interdisciplinary research ideas
Stimulate an emerging interdisciplinary culture of research that spans across scientific disciplines and techniques
Break down or overcome the barriers that exist between the different disciplines
Strengthen and internationalize Danish research.
The project should be based on a novel research idea, where the interdisciplinary challenges are at the centre. Such a novel interdisciplinary research direction is characterized by high-risk/high-gain elements, and the goal of the present programme is to test these ideas to generate the preliminary data that provides evidence of the feasibility of the approach as well as a direction for a more complex and expanded project stage. Following the conclusion of this exploratory programme, the applicant may choose to apply for the full Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme. It must be noted, however, that it is not a requirement to pass through the exploratory stage before considering an application for the full Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme.
The definition of novel, interdisciplinary research, which is targeted here, is collaboration across scientific and technical disciplines, that does not normally take place. In other words, research that could be supported via any other grant in the Novo Nordisk Foundation, should not be submitted to this call.
It is a requirement that the project aims to be truly interdisciplinary, and that the program leader in the application clearly states its timeliness and appropriateness, and how the synergy will be catalysed between the involved partners.
The individual research project must have a main applicant, who is anchored in Denmark, plus 1-3 co-applicants, who each represent different scientific or technical disciplines. The research projects must bring researchers from different scientific and/or technical disciplines together to resolve challenges in relation to the core science areas of the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
Research funded under this programme must aim at interdisciplinary approaches to resolve challenges in relation to the core science areas: Biomedical and health science research and applications, Life science research and industrial applications promoting sustainability, Natural and technical science research and interdisciplinarity, and Patient-centred and research-based care.
The research projects must bring researchers from different scientific and/or technical disciplines together to resolve challenges in relation to the above-mentioned science areas. Examples of disciplines could be; engineering, IT/computer science, medicine, mathematics, anthropology, physics, psychology, biology etc.
A project with co-applicants within the same discipline will generally not be considered interdisciplinary under this programme, and optimally, there should be one applicant/co-applicant from each of the disciplines described in the application.
Up to DKK 2.5 million per year can be requested for a project running up to 2 years, for a total funding of up to DKK 5 million per project. The total budget for this call is DKK 50 million.
The proposals are read and evaluated by the committee, who will make the final evaluation.
It is essential that the applications are not evaluated on absolute feasibility, as projects that are high risk/high gain are encouraged.
The committee of Interdisciplinary Research will evaluate the applications.
Please read "Information and Guidelines for Applicants" carefully before initiating the application process. Additional and essential information is found in these guidelines.
Committee on Interdisciplinary Research
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Morten Bache
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Scientific Officer, PhD
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Are you feeling reticent about leveraging competition to shore-up the (likely long) list of firms with whom you work? You shouldn't be. Here's some great data to give you confidence that it is time to jump in the pool!
The market for legal services continues to change and clients have multiple options beyond the traditional law firm.
A large majority of law firm leaders (85.4%) believes that increased competition from non-traditional service providers is a permanent change in the industry (Altman Weil 2018 Lawyers in Transition). All of these options are challenging demand for traditional law firm services. As a result, law firms are that much more interested in competing to win or to maintain your work.
Equity partners are not busy enough in 51% of all law firms.
Overcapacity is diluting profitability in 58% of all law firms.
If you have not refreshed your panel in the past few years, it is unlikely that you are paying market pricing.
In a recent process at BanyanRFP, a client uncovered a wide range of fees for its strategic M&A work (the spread on the Average Hourly Rate charged by law firms participating in the RFP was 69%). This is a great example of important competition can be no matter the type of work. Leveraging competition is equally meaningful when top-tier, white-shoe firms are vying for your business.
The net: leveraging competition to hire outside counsel is expected and enables finding best fit counsel at best pricing.


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Filmstock runs a number of film festivals every year in the four corner states: New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona. In addition to running a competition in each state each year, Filmstock cycles some of the winners to screen as special engagements in other states, effectively working as its own festival circuit.
Filmstock has been running since 2009 but I'm new to it with the Filmstock Arizona 2013 screenings that are coming up at Tempe Pollack Cinemas between 5th and 7th December.
The event runs over three days with a number of selections of short films, introduced by local actors of note. This event will see selections presented by James Ray, Greg Renfro, Victoria Paege, Shane Dean, Tiffany Shepis, Laurie Love and Greg Bronson.
Here are all the films screening at this event this year, with titles linking to my reviews and the IMDb pages added for reference.
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EDC welcomes Jeremiah Porter
Jeremiah Porter was born and raised in Brooklyn, Ny, and is a proud member of the afro-latino community. He is currently living in San Marcos, Texas to finish his senior year at Texas State's Musical Theater program. Jeremiah's choreography often crosses between the commercial dance and musical theater genre. In class, there is a focus on musicality, retention of choreography, and story telling through movement. Regional credits: Singin' in the rain at the Muny, The Producers at Casa Mañana, and La Cage Aux Folles at The Red House Center.
"Don't let negativity and hesitation define your goals and dreams. We are limitless."
EDC welcomes Ashley Redding
Ashley Redding is an alumni of Texas State University where she was a member of the World Famous, Texas State University Strutters. Following the accumulation of her Dance Education and Mathematics degrees, Ashley moved to San Antonio, Texas where she is currently a Drill Team Director and Dance Teacher. She has been working for Marching Auxiliaries Dance Company for seven years and has choreographed all over the country for the past six years. Ashley has been working with WDE for the past 3 years, and she always loves coming back to see some of her favorite dancers!
EDC welcomes Megan Moss
Megan Moss currently holds a bachelors in exercise science from BYU and a BFA in Dance from TxState. Her dance training originally began in SLC, Utah and has continued to take her all over the world. A few highlights include extensive ballet training with Mountain West Ballet Company performing multiple principle roles in company productions including the "Nutcracker" and "La Fille Mal Gardee", performing professionally as "Eliza" with Hale Center Theater production of "The King and I", performing and competing as a member of BYU Cougarettes precision jazz dance team, and studying modern at IALS studios in Rome, Italy. In addition to performing professionally, she has taught and choreographed for over 25 years developing dance programs in Utah, Oregon, California, and Texas. Megan currently resides in New Braunfels, TX with her 3 children and continues teaching and choreographing for surrounding areas of San Antonio and Austin.
WDE's Summer 2018 Master Class Series
WDE welcomes Michelle Gomez
for our Summer Master Class series
Michelle Gomez grew up in Mountain View, California, and then moved to Round Rock, TX, around the age of 11 where she began dancing for All-Stars Unlimited community outreach program at Westwood High School. Michelle became a member of the McNeil Majestic's during her high school years. She was Hip Hop Club Captain her senior year and held other leadership positions. After graduating high school, Michelle joined a professional dance company, the Austin City Showgirls, while attending community college and teaching hip hop at a local austin studio. After transferring to finish her degree, Michelle earned a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Texas Tech University with minors in Media Strategies and French. During her college career she studied abroad in Paris, France for two months while interning at a hip hop dance school named Juste Debout Dance School. Once she graduated, she moved to Los Angeles to continue her education in dance studios such as Movement Lifestyle, Millennium Dance Complex, and the Debbie Reynolds studio, and loves to attend conventions such as Monsters of Hip Hop and Misfits Camp. Michelle is a professional Actress, Dancer, and Choreographer. She has been in music videos, commercials, TV shows and back-up dancing for multiple artist such as KCAMP, Tori Lanez, Starley, Gloria Trevi, Elvis Crespo, Andres Cuervo, Aj Castillo, 8 Segundo's and more. Michelle is a well-rounded dancer, empowering coaching, and energetic teacher. She believes in bringing out the most authentic movement from her dancers and her energetic personality allows dancers to challenge their bodies with a positive mentality.
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WDE welcomes Kristin Messerli
Kristin Messerli and her family are new to Wimberley, Texas. They moved just over a year ago from north of Chicago. Kristin and her husband, Jesse, have 3 children; Jovi, Indiana, and Jacob. She is very excited to have the opportunity to share her love of dance, gymnastics, and fitness with WDE.
Kristin comes from a family of coaches, teachers and athletes. She has been a dancer/gymnast since she was 3, when she started ballet lessons. Over the next 20 years, she studied ballet, jazz, contemporary, and modern dance. Much of her dance experience came from her gymnastics gym. She began competitive gymnastics at the age of 8 and competed up to Level 7.. After struggling with knee injuries, Kristin changed her focus to cheerleading. She participated in cheerleading through High School and earned the title of All American Cheerleader 2 years in a row. During her school years, Kristin also fell in love with the theater. She performed and stared in several productions at her school, the local community theater, and then at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she attended college. Some of her favorite roles include Carmen (Fame), Sandy (Grease), and dancing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and A Chorus Line.
Upon graduation, Kristin moved to California to join AmeriCorp and give a year of service as a reading tutor for at-risk elementary school children. While there, she found a passion for teaching and also found her husband. Kristin then earned her Multiple Subjects Certification and Education Specialist Certification and taught elementary special education for 5 years.
Kristin rediscovered her love of fitness and athletics after having her third child. She stopped teaching to stay home with her kids and took that time to get certified as a group instructor and personal trainer. She is also a certified TRX instructor. Since then, Kristin has been coaching small group classes in her home or in various gyms and studios and coaching large groups with Orangetheory Fitness. She found that the knowledge, skills, and overall body awareness that she developed early as a dancer/gymnast has given her an eye for proper form and technique in the fitness world. She is extremely excited to get back into the world of dance and gymnastics and share her passion for health, fitness, and to do some cartwheels and flips!!!
The WHS Texan Stars
welcome TXState's Ashley Redding
March 1st and 8th
The WHS Texan Stars welcome
San Antonio Spurs Silver Dancer Alexis Bonilla
Hello my name is Alexis Bonilla! I have been dancing for nearly 15 years, teaching and choreographing for 8 years and loving every minute of it. I am an alumni of Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio where I was on Varsity Dance Team for 3 years and served as Lt. Colonel my Senior year. After graduation I attended the University of Texas at San Antonio and was a member of the UTSA Pom Squad for 2 1/2 years. I then transferred to Texas State University. I was a proud member of the World Famous Texas State Strutters for 2 years and was a Pom Squad Leader for my Senior year. I had the pleasure of performing in the Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade and The 58th Presidential Inaugural Parade. I graduated in December 2017 with a BFA in Dance Education with a Secondary Degree in Speech. I am currently in my Rookie year of being a Spurs Silver Dancer for the San Antonio Spurs!
The WHS Texan Stars welcome
TXState Strutter Kristen Schoultz
Tryout Prep April 21st
Kristen began her dance training at the age of 3 at Image Dance Company in San Antonio, TX. She has trained in ballet, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, folklorico and flamenco dancing. Kristen was a member of "La Imagen de San Antonio" and performed at the Arneson River Theater on the Riverwalk every summer. When she got to high school, Kristen became a member of the Lariettes dance team where she served as an officer for two years and Colonel her Senior year. After high school she decided to attend Texas State University, where she is currently pursuing a dual degree in Dance and Digital Media. Kristen is also a third year member of the Texas State Strutters where she is currently serving as Assistant Line Captain.
WDE and EDC welcomes Alex Burkhart
Alex is a Brownsville TX native who started dancing at the age of two, training in ballet and baby tumbling at Christian Dance Arts. Within the next five to seven years she began training in tap, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, pointe and very little Folklorico. At the age of 12 she moved to Dance Expressions and began also training in the Latin dance styles of Salsa, Bachata, Merengue and Cumbia. At the age of 17 she joined Klave FX Latin Dance Company and began competing all over the United States. By the age of 18 she was competing professionally with the director of Klave FX Latin Dance Company. At 17 Alex also began competing at dance conventions across Texas that include Nuvo and Bravo Dance Conventions. Alex also choreographed for her Company where she was awarded multiple choreography awards. The competitions included, DEA, iHollywood, Nuvo, Tremaine, and Bravo. She began assisting at the age of 12 and then teaching at 14. She taught Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Lyrical and Tumbling. Alex currently resides in San Marcos TX, where she attends Texas State University as a Dance Performance and Choreography Major. At the start of her sophomore year she became Secretary of Ritmo Latino Dance Company. Her Junior and Senior year she was Modern Coordinator (hip-hop crew) for the Filipino Student Association. Alex was also part of Orchesis Dance Company her junior year and Associate Artistic Director her senior year. Alex recently graduated from Texas State University with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography, and she plans to move to Los Angeles California to continue her training.
WDE and Boys Crew welcome Mark Gonzalez
Mark began his dance training at the age of 16 with Static Dance Co. at Robert Vela High school in Edinburg, Texas. His training at Static included Contemporary, Modern and Musical Theater Jazz. Mark also participated in a variety of Musical theater and dance productions at his local High School. Upon graduation, he decided to attend Texas State University as a full-time student in the Division of Dance. As a Sophomore, Mark has performed in multiple shows and is an active member in Merge Dance Company, a pre-professional company for students seeking a career in the performance and choreography realm. Recently Mark went back to Robert Vela as a distinguished alumnus to choreograph this year's fall production of Heathers the Musical. Mark has choreographed multiple Musical Theatre productions for Edinburg CISD including In the Heights and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Mark is a firm believer in the power of passion and hard work. As a dancer and choreographer, Mark hopes to inspire and move others in order to make the world a better place.
WDE welcomes Alaina Flores
Alaina Flores is from Austin, Texas where she trained in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, modern, and hip hop from Body Talk Dance Company. Alaina was also a member of her high school dance team, the Westwood Sundancers, and served as an officer for two years. Throughout her years at Texas State University, she was a member of Merge Dance Company for two years as well the director of Texas Roustabouts dance team for 4 years, and was the choreographer and Asst. Director for a junior studio team, Velocity Dance Company, in New Braunfels. During her last 6 months of college, Alaina was invited to train and perform with Tanz Compagnie Giessen Dance Company in Germany. In 2012, Alaina graduated from Texas State University where she received a BFA in dance. Alaina's film credits include "Bernie" with Jack Black. For the past five years, Alaina has been dancing professionally in Los Angeles, California where she is signed and represented by GTA dance agency. Just a few of her credits include dancing for Disney artist Jada Grace, Rayven Justice, Tinashe, Silento, Designer,Mariah Lynn, Keke Palmer and going on a international tour with Dawin.


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import logging
from numpy.lib.twodim_base import diag, eye
from numpy.ma.core import asarray
import os
from os.path import expanduser
from pickle import dump

from independent_jobs.tools.Log import Log
from kameleon_mcmc.distribution.Gaussian import Gaussian
from kameleon_mcmc.mcmc.MCMCChain import MCMCChain
from kameleon_mcmc.mcmc.MCMCParams import MCMCParams
from kameleon_mcmc.mcmc.output.StatisticsOutput import StatisticsOutput
from kameleon_mcmc.mcmc.output.StoreChainOutput import StoreChainOutput
from kameleon_mcmc.mcmc.samplers.StandardMetropolis import StandardMetropolis
from ozone.distribution.OzonePosterior import OzonePosterior

def main():
    Log.set_loglevel(logging.DEBUG)

    prior = Gaussian(Sigma=eye(2) * 100)

    posterior = OzonePosterior(prior, logdet_alg="scikits",
                               solve_method="scikits")

    proposal_cov = diag([ 4.000000000000000e-05, 1.072091680000000e+02])
    mcmc_sampler = StandardMetropolis(posterior, scale=1.0, cov=proposal_cov)

    start = asarray([-11.35, -13.1])
    mcmc_params = MCMCParams(start=start, num_iterations=5000)
    chain = MCMCChain(mcmc_sampler, mcmc_params)

    chain.append_mcmc_output(StatisticsOutput(print_from=1, lag=1))

    home = expanduser("~")
    folder = os.sep.join([home, "sample_ozone_posterior_average_serial"])
    store_chain_output = StoreChainOutput(folder)
    chain.append_mcmc_output(store_chain_output)

    loaded = store_chain_output.load_last_stored_chain()
    if loaded is None:
        logging.info("Running chain from scratch")
    else:
        logging.info("Running chain from iteration %d" % loaded.iteration)
        chain = loaded

    chain.run()

    f = open(folder + os.sep + "final_chain", "w")
    dump(chain, f)
    f.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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19/10/2017 Thu 12:25 in Global by Janice Tan
Netflix sees 30.3% revenue spike, pours US$8bn into content creation
Netflix addicts, rejoice!
Netflix has announced it will spend approximately US$7 billion and US$8 billion on content in 2018, following a revenue growth of US$2,985 million for the third quarter of 2017, a year-on-year (yoy) growth of 30.3% compared to the previous quarter.
This comes after Netflix announced in July 2017 that it will spend up to US$750 million on content and global expansion. The move is an effort to increase its investment in content, especially in its original series, having benefited from its content strategy in the areas of revenue and profit growth.
It garnered a total streaming revenue of US$2,875 million in the third quarter, reflecting a 33.2% yoy growth driven by a 24% increase in average paid memberships and 7% growth in average selling price. International streaming saw a revenue of US$1,327 million while US streaming achieved a revenue of US$1,547 million. In Q3 2017, 5.3 million memberships were added globally, up 49% yoy, reflecting Netflix benefiting from a "strong appetite" for its original series and films, as well as the adoption of internet entertainment worldwide.
According to Netflix's third quarter letter to shareholders, the company's future "largely" lies in exclusive original content that creates excitement around Netflix and viewing satisfaction for its subscribers, such as Stranger Things, House of Cards, The Crown and Death Note. Netflix's statement added that the company has US$17 billion in content commitments over the next few years. It is also working with content creators such as creator of Grey's Anatomy Shonda Rhimes, as well as acquired Millarworld, a company founded by comic book writer Mark Millar. Netflix added that its aim is to collaborate with the "best creators" worldwide and own the intellectual property, so it can continue offering content to subscribers.
As Netflix boosts its marketing investment in anticipation of a growing content slate, it expects the Q4 2017 US contribution margin to be at 34.4%, a decline yoy and sequentially. The statement added that it spends "disproportionately" in the US to generate influencer and media awareness for its programming, which Netflix believes is effective in facilitating word of mouth globally.
Since 2013, Netflix has adopted the long term view that there will be a transition from linear TV such as broadcast and cable, to internet entertainment, the statement read. With competitors such as Disney launching direct-to-consumer services for ESPN and Apple reportedly planning to spend US$1 billion on original content, Netflix aims to improve "as rapidly as possible" to satisfy its subscribers and remain competitive.
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The Federal Government is cracking down on shady anonymous buyers in NYC and Miami
By Virginia K. Smith
Shadowy real estate buyers have been quite a hot topic in the city recently—thanks in no small part to last year's blockbuster investigation by the New York Times—and now, it would seem the federal government is sitting up and taking notice.
The Treasury Department announced a new initiative "identifying and tracking secret buyers of high-end properties," per the Times, with a focus on all-cash transactions over $3 million. The program is starting out in New York as well as Miami-Dade County, two U.S. cities particularly notorious as havens for foreign buyers hoping to safely stash cash. "Repeated anecdotal information where we see criminals of different stripes putting money into real estate all suggest to us that this is an area we need to pay attention to," said Treasury official Jennifer Shasky Calvery.
As part of the new initiative, title insurance companies will be required to "discover the identities of buyers," according to the Times, and disclose them to the Treasury, which will enter them into a database for law enforcement. This could have massive implications for the real estate industry, depending on the scope of enforcement, given that many buyers prefer anonymity or use of an LLC for reasons that have nothing to do with criminal activity.
"The purchasing of properties in an LLC has become common practice to safeguard the identity of buyers, who are often high profile and/or celebrity, where disclosure of address or financial circumstance could make them vulnerable from a safety, business or social standpoint," TOWN Residential CEO Andrew Heiberger said in a statement. "In these instances, it makes sense to afford buyers privacy. However, if buyers are using the shield of the LLC to conduct illegal activity, the new mandate is justified." Heiberger also noted that he didn't expect the investigation to uncover much in the way of criminal activity in the New York market, though if the Times' prior investigation is any indication, plenty of people with legal trouble (or worse) abroad are treating luxury New York real estate as something of a safe deposit box.
All-cash, anonymous purchases are also popular with developers, as Wagner Berkow attorney Steve Wagner points out, as they don't want to tip off their competition to their buying strategies until the purchase is set in stone.
One potential fall-out from all this? An uptick in perfunctory mortgages (say, a $1 million mortgage for a $100 million purchase) for buyers hoping not to get flagged for an all-cash sale. "This may really help the jumbo mortgage industry," says Miller Samuel appraiser Jonathan Miller.
"It's certainly easy enough to form another shell company and put a mortgage on a property [and stay anonymous]," adds Wagner. "Whatever the government does, there's going to be some smart person figuring out how to get around it."
That said, a lot remains to be seen about the exact nature of the enforcement here— particularly, whether or not the information uncovered by the Treasury will be made public. "If it's just going to be an investigation by the Treasury and its crimes unit and they're not required to publicly disclose information, that's not a huge change [to business as usual in real estate]," says Wagner. "The public disclosure is what would be a huge change."
For now, the Times article says the initiative is being piloted from March through August, and if enough suspicious money is turned up in the process, the Treasury department will look into creating permanent reporting requirements.
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Q: ffmpeg mp4 to hls restrict output chunk size instead of duration I need to convert mp4 video hls format in which I want to limit the output size of each chunk. I am able to restrict the chunk size to duration but it is not mandatory instead I am interested in size.
I am using below command to convert.
ffmpeg -i sample.mp4 -strict -2 -preset:v veryfast  -profile:v baseline -level 3.0 -s 640x360 -start_number 0 -hls_list_size 0 -force_key_frames expr:'gte(t,n_forced*5)' -hls_time 5 -hls_segment_filename 'sample-%06d.ts' -f hls sample.m3u8

How can I restrict the chunk size to max 500Kb?


Since I couldn't get tested for TB the day before, I got the chance to get it done Friday. The day started with the Live Scan, followed by the test... they both ate my whole morning.
But there was still the issue of fixing lunch for the household, delicious BEANS of course, and the sides dishes where just simply done.
Soon after, FINALLY, got a chance to rest for a while... snoozed off soundly and before I knew it, the rest of the household had arrived. DINNER TIME! ... and ... SLEEP TIME ... BYE!


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It is clearly stated in the European Court of Justice case law that the Community law is above the national laws of the member states, and this includes the fundamental standards of their state constitutions. It is important to note that the precise scope and basis of supremacy has been leading in both academic and judicial debates.
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The TILA made it obligatory for all lenders to state the annual percentage rate (APR) which would be consistently calculated so that the consumers may be enabled to compared the rates and calculate the cost of borrowing themselves. However, "the law's critics contend that a mismatch between the required disclosures and the information that the consumer needs to compare loans prevents this outcome" (LoanPage.com, 2010).
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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Wedding: What It Means For The Royal Family
People, POP CULTURE
An American divorcee—you don't say!
Unlike some very few and very special people, we will never know what it's like to live the life of a royal. There will be no hand-waving, no curtsying and no countries to rule over. There will be no palaces, no intricately-designed carriages and no photos of us plastered on every online publication. Some will say this is a good thing, but one Ms. Meghan Markle is embracing all this good and all this bad for love—and the British royal family is embracing her (and the changes she brings) right back.
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The past is now another land
Edward III changed the line of succession when he abdicated the throne in 1936 and handed it to Queen Elizabeth's father, King George VI. If you haven't heard the backstory, you're missing out on what some call the greatest love story (and some serious binge-worthy seasons of The Crown).
So Edward gave up the Crown because he fell in love with American Wallis Simpson, who was at the time married to her second husband. Outside of present Philippine society, that isn't such a big thing, but the royal family had values to uphold and rules to follow. So to be with the woman he loved, Edward took a back seat and let his arguably less-charming and less-headstrong brother take the throne.
"I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love."
—King Edward III, 1936
Now Prince Harry has no throne to give up (he is, after all, currently sixth in line already), but the acceptance of Meghan into the direct line of the royal family is amazing. Not only is the Suits star a biracial American, but she's been divorced and holds a Catholic education as well. Times are changing and the royal family is not going to be left behind.
The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms. Meghan Markle. pic.twitter.com/zdaHR4mcY6
— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) November 27, 2017
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Granted, the acceptance of Meghan's background is not exactly a 180-degree swerve for Queen Elizabeth and her family. Princess Margaret was allowed to divorce and Prince Charles eventually married the previously-notorious Camila Parker Bowles. Kate Middleton (ahem, the Duchess of Cambridge) was a commoner from a middle-class family—and now she's married to the man who will one day inherit the Crown.
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A two-way street
Meghan's upcoming marriage to Harry doesn't just signify a change in the royal family, it signifies some major changes in her lifestyle as well. She's giving up her job playing paralegal Rachel on Suits, is moving her entire life to Nottingham Cottage and is breaking some royal protocol on her way there.
Okay, royal protocol might be a little too harsh, but she is changing traditions. She doesn't wear panty house, ditches the clutch and is a little trendier with her hair choices. She embraces bystanders, writes them notes and holds hands with her husband-to-be.
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We're only a few days away from her walk down the aisle and people are wondering what Meghan will wear, how her makeup will look and who are part of the wedding party. And this is all well and good, but honestly, there's more interest in the months and years after May 19th.
Will Meghan be made to pursue less personal philanthropic projects or will the Royal Family embrace hers? Will she be dressing more like Kate? Will Queen Elizabeth become more vocal, much like her granddaughter-in-laws?
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We. Cannot. Wait. To. See.
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