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Olivia previously worked as a freelance lifestyle, travel and beauty writer. Cutting her teeth as Beauty Assistant at Harper's Bazaar and then Acting Beauty Assistant at Red, as West London Living's previous Beauty Correspondent she has written for us from the start. Now mainly covering food and travel, Olivia also works as a freelance script editor and copywriter and covers beauty, food, travel and polo for other publications.
Email: olivia@westlondonliving.co.uk
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Jasmine Pradhan
Jasmine is a long-serving Londoner and is passionate about getting to know the city through writing and editing for various publications including West London Living. She is also a yoga teacher and is especially interested in the latest trends in health and wellbeing.
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Shopping Editor:
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Lucy is a freelance journalist and novelist who has contributed to The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Evening Standard, Time Out and Arena. Her first three books were published by Harper Collins and she is currently working on her fourth. Her greatest pleasures in life are reading, food, travel and shopping (not necessarily in that order).
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Jessica is an award-winning luxury spa and travel journalist.
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Features Editor:
Alexandra Bell
Alex has previously worked as a journalist and in the oil and gas industry. She also runs a media production and design company and edits and writes freelance.
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Fashion Correspondent:
Emma Stanfield
Emma is a freelance fashion writer with a background in high-street, luxury and vintage wear (and a growing obsession with capsule wardrobes).
Health and Fitness Correspondent:
Connie Foster-Hall
Food and fitness contributor for West London Living, Connie can usually be found in the gym, eating quinoa, or petting the nearest dachshund.
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Kat McAthley
Kat McAthley is the pen name of stage and screen actress Kristin Atherton. She enjoys travel and food reviewing almost as much as dressing up for a living, and there is no distance she wouldn't go for a good Yorkshire roast!
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Lisa is a freelance writer who covers travel, health and wellbeing. She began writing for West London Living in 2014 alongside her job as a commercial content editor for newspapers.
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Chris is a London-based freelance writer with over seven years of experience in travel, food and drinks journalism. Despite having covered everything from celebrity-owned wineries to cafe breakfasts, he still firmly believes that the only true purpose of culinary writing is the procurement of the perfect scotch egg.
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Originally from New York, Nicole is now based in west London and writes about travel, food and drink, and lifestyle. Her writing has appeared in both US and UK pubs, including NYTimes.com, HuffPost, Time Out London, Condé Nast Brides, Men's Journal, Fodors, Paste, Wanderlust, Afar, and Suitcase. She is the author of travel-theme novel Girls Who Travel (Penguin Random House, 2015). Follow her @NicoleTrilivas.
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Stephanie is an editor for a higher education website, and in her spare time enjoys writing for West London Living.
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Ivy Scarlett is a freelance fashion and style writer currently based in London. Ivy also freelances as a fashion and wardrobe stylist and brand consultant.
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Having worked as a travel writer in London and fashion writer in Paris, Ella now covers both in her spare time as a freelance writer.
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Lee also writes for Marie Claire, The Daily Mail, The Express, Shortlist and on his blog, Can I Write For A Living.
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Lucy previously edited NorthWest magazine and worked at The Resident and Grove as well as freelanced for other titles including Food and Travel magazine. After editing West London Living for several years she moved to sunnier climes and now edits the collection of Betterhomes magazines in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
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The New York Times has a great, simple graphic which explains the MBS/CDO process. If you want to fully understand the securitization process, this is required reading. The only missing piece is how the agencies such as Ginnie, Fannie, and Freddie back MBS. It appears to be left out in order to focus on the riskier subprime junk which the agencies will not touch.


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Q: Actions before Retry on Cypress I'm writing a test on Cypress and I want to clear the field values before retries. How should I do it?
it('Fill info', { retries: 3 },function () {
    cy
        .get('#name')
        .type('Test')

    cy.intercept('POST', '**/api/**/Find')
        .as('memberresponse')

    cy
        .get('.btn')
        .click()

    cy.wait('@memberresponse').then(xhr => {
        cy.log(JSON.stringify(xhr.response.body));
        cy.writeFile('***/memberinfo.json', xhr.response.body)
    })
})

I want to clear the field value before retry in case of request doesn't pass. What should I do?

A: Is this what you are looking for?
cy.get('#name')
  .clear()
  .type('Test')

I presume clearing it every run (first or retry) is ok.
Otherwise you could include the page load (cy.visit) in the test.

Action before retry
I've used this pattern to handle repeating a before() hook when retry happens.
You may be able to run your actions there.
Cypress.on('test:after:run', (result) => {
  if (result.currentRetry < result.retries && result.state === 'failed') {
    cy.get('#name')
      .clear()
  }
})

A: Just add clear before typing like this:
it('Fill info', {retries: 3}, function () {
  cy.get('#name').clear().type('Test')

  cy.intercept('POST', '**/api/**/Find').as('memberresponse')

  cy.get('.btn').click()

  cy.wait('@memberresponse').then((xhr) => {
    cy.log(JSON.stringify(xhr.response.body))
    cy.writeFile('***/memberinfo.json', xhr.response.body)
  })
})

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 * @returns {Promise}
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function validate(data, schema) {
  const { error, value } = schema.validate(data, { abortEarly: false });

  if (!isEmpty(error)) {
    return Promise.reject(error);
  }

  return Promise.resolve(value);
}

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Matt Carlson
Published: July 9, 2021, 5:42 PM
Updated: July 9, 2021, 6:54 PM
Tags: Johan Oviedo, Ryan Tepera, Kyle Ryan, Cory Abbott, Dylan Carlson, Yadier Molina, Jason Heyward, Kris Bryant, Sports, Patrick Wisdom, Kyle Hendricks, Paul DeJong, Joc Pederson, Brad Wieck, Paul Goldschmidt, Kwang-Hyun Kim, Ian Happ, Willson Contreras
In the market for an EV? Here's what you need to know
Hendricks wins 9th straight, Wisdom HR, Cubs beat Cards 10-5
Published: July 9, 2021, 5:42 PM Updated: July 9, 2021, 6:54 PM
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks (28) throws the ball against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 9, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)
CHICAGO – Kyle Hendricks won his ninth straight decision, Patrick Wisdom hit a two-run homer and Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-5 on Friday afternoon.
Kris Bryant drove in three runs with a pinch-hit double to start Chicago's five-run burst in the seventh inning before Wisdom went deep against his former team.
Joc Pederson doubled twice, including a three-run hit in the first. Chicago won for the second time in three games following an 11-game losing streak.
Bryant didn't start for a second straight game because of a strained right hamstring, but hit the first pitch he saw from Junior Fernández to the wall in left filed with the bases loaded. The All-Star came home when Wisdom connected for his 12th homer to make it 9-2.
"KB staying ready, we talked about using him in the right situation and it doesn't get much better than that," manager David Ross said. "Facing Kris Bryant with the bases loaded in Wrigley Field is usually going to play out in our favor."
Hendricks (11-4) allowed two runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings while walking one and hitting a batter.
Hendricks, one of the Cubs' few bright spots as they've tumbled below .500, had won eight straight starts before no-decisions in his previous two outings.
"I felt good overall, maybe not my best, but I've still got to stick with the process," said the workman-like righty. "I was really good mentally and I did execute some pitches."
Hendricks attributes his consistency to fine-tuning his command.
"There definitely were some adjustments that had to be made," he said. "I finally got my fastball at the bottom of the zone, and that's changed a lot, and I've been pitching inside better."
The 31-year-old right-hander helped out in the field, too. Hendricks snared Dylan Carlson's comeback liner to start the fifth, then jumped high off the mound rob Tyler O'Neill of a single to end the inning.
Carlson had three hits and Paul DeJong had a two-run, pinch-hit homer in the ninth for the Cardinals, who have lost four of six. Starter Wade LeBlanc (0-2) allowed three runs on five hits in three innings before manager Mike Shildt turned to seven relievers
"We staved them off and played in traffic, got out of traffic ... all the way to the seventh," Shildt said. "Do that after a while and sometimes you get burned."
"We just weren't able to get close to get the back-end guys in the game," he said.
Javier Báez started at shortstop for the Cubs after missing two games with a right thumb sprain. O'Neill was in left field for the Cardinals after a right pinkie injury and a food allergy reaction limited him to two plate appearances over the past week.
The Cubs loaded the bases in the first and Pederson cleared them with two outs when Carlson slid and couldn't hang onto a sinking liner in right field.
The Cardinals cut it to 3-2 in the third on singles by O'Neill and Yadier Molina with two outs.
Ian Happ's pinch-hit single in the Chicago fourth made it 4-2. Jason Heyward added an RBI in the eighth.
GRABBY FAN
An middle-aged fan reached well over the sidewall in Wrigley Field's tight right-field corner and caught Paul Goldschmidt's fly with his glove in the first inning as Heyward closed in. Goldschmidt was ruled out on fan interference despite a challenge from the Cardinals.
SHAKY DEBUT
The Cardinals signed RHP Luis García signed to a free agent contract on Friday, then brought in the veteran 34-year-old to start fourth. García hit the first batter he faced, Willson Contreras, in the helmet with an 0-2 pitch. Contreras remained in the game behind the plate.
St. Louis optioned RHP Johan Oviedo to Triple-A Memphis to make room on the roster.
CUBS ROSTER MOVE
LHP Kyle Ryan was recalled from Triple-A Iowa and allowed three runs in the ninth. RHP Cory Abbott was optioned to the farm team.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cardinals: Transferred HP Carlos Martínez (torn right thumb ligament) to the 60-day IL.
Cubs: RHP Ryan Tepera (left calf strain) got two outs in the seventh after being activated from the 10-day IL. … LHP Brad Wieck (irregular heartbeat) was placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to July 7.
Cardinals RHP Kwang Hyun Kim (3-5, 3.39) faces Cubs RHP Zach Davies (5-5, 4.28) on Saturday night.
More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

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Q: What upper bounds be given on $\theta$ such that in Mitchell's model $L{\cal U}]$, $Pow(\kappa)\subseteq L_\theta[{\cal U}]$? It is proved that GCH holds in $L[{\cal U}]$ in
 https://doi.org/10.2307/2272343.
A refinement of the question asks what upper bounds be given on
$\theta$ such that in $L{\cal U}]$, $Pow(\kappa)\subseteq L_\theta[{\cal U}]$?
By condensation, in $L$ $\theta$ can be bounded by $\kappa^+$.
In $L[U]$ for $U$ a measure on $\mu$, the proof of theorem 19.3 of
Jech's set theory book shows that $\theta$ can be bounded by
$\max(\kappa^+,\mu^+)$.  It is also of interest whether this bound
can be improved.

A: For $\kappa \geq \mu$, the bound $\kappa^+$ is best possible. For $\kappa < \mu$,
$\theta$ is an ordinal less than $\mu^+$ of cofinality $\kappa^+$, and the function which sends $\kappa$ to its $\theta$ is monotone.


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Success Tastes Great
In the case of entrepreneurs Brian and Ayu Pitre, success is literally something you can taste every day at Martha's, their multifaceted restaurant in Shediac, NB.
They purchased what was originally a 65 seat Chinese food restaurant in 2007 when it went up for sale. Ayu has a background in the hospitality industry and since they both loved the town of Shediac from their very first visit back in 1996, the purchase seemed like a logical move for these foodies. In February of 2014 they re-branded under the name of Martha's Restaurant and started making big changes to both the menu and levels of service.
"We wanted to offer a more rounded menu with an emphasis on Canadian home cooking. We started with an espresso coffee bar and café where we serve an all-day breakfast and lunch. We've easily incorporated both themes and feel we're now better servicing the needs of the community. Our drive-through window will re-open shortly offering breakfast and lunch items as well as a specialty coffee menu. We want to give busy people eating their meals on the go another option" says Brian.
For those who may be wondering, Brian and Ayu have re-named the restaurant after their 14 year old daughter, Martha, who is a Maritime fiddler and step-dancing champion. They've decorated the café section in a traditional Atlantic Canada 'Kitchen Party' theme, complete with old fiddles and pictures of Martha with her fellow fiddlers and family. While old time heritage music, both Acadian and Down East styles may not be the norm in most restaurants, you will find them both played here at Maritime Suppers and Kitchen Parties during the summer months. The relaxed atmosphere is accompanied by superb food offerings. Martha won a National Fiddle Championship in Pembroke, Ontario last year and has been invited to compete at the Grand Masters Fiddle Championship in Ottawa this year, but the gifted young lady can still be found serving tables in her restaurant namesake when she's not travelling with her music.
"A very special and unique aspect of Martha's Restaurant is the association we have with the people at Down East Coffee Roasters in Moncton", Brian says enthusiastically. "They provide us with fresh and superior locally roasted coffee beans and have helped considerably in setting up the Espresso Bar and café. They continue to work with us and their experience and expertise have been invaluable. A roasted coffee bean loses half its flavor in about 3 weeks. Many distant factory roasts stretch shelf life from 3 to 6 months. That difference gives our local artisanal roast a more robust and complex coffee flavour. I think this is a good example of one small business helping another and keeping the benefits within our community."
"CBDC Westmorland Albert has been critical in the evolution of our own business. We needed financing for start-up and improvements and they were there. When we needed advice and experienced input, they were there for us too. When we asked for some flexibility, they provided it within the framework of their mandate. Karen and Michel have treated us the way a small business needs and hopes to be treated. They have provided an essential helping hand when we needed it the most and for that we are truly grateful."
One thing is certain and that is the steady stream of loyal patrons who continue to visit Martha's on a regular basis are more than satisfied with the sounds of an upbeat fiddle tune and the superb taste of a meal prepared fresh in their home style kitchen. As is the tradition in our region, the service is always friendly and the food sublime in this restaurant steeped in Maritime culture.
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Q: Replacing jittered dots with specific characters Data are:
library(ggpubr)
library(ggplot2)
df1 <- read.table(text = " Family   Time1   Time2
AA1 12  11
AA2 13.5    12
AA3 11  12
AA4 12.5    11.5
AA5 13  14.5
AA6 17  16.5
AA7 21  22
AA8 19  18.5
AA9 14  13
AA10    8.5 8.2
AA11    12  13
AA12    17  16
AA13    14  12.5
AA14    11  12
AA15    16  17
AA16    13.5    14

", header = TRUE)

I want to replace jittered points with "M1" to "M16". For example at the end of the trend line (21,22), I want to see "M7" instead of "black dot". Including the black dots are ok. So for AA1 is "M1", for AA2 is "M2" and so on. I have used scale_shape_manual, but it did not work.
I have done:
gplot(df1,  aes(Time1 , Time2)) +
    geom_jitter()  +
    geom_smooth(level = 0.95, method = "loess") +
    scale_shape_manual(values=df1$family)+
    stat_cor(method = "spearman", label.sep = sprintf(", n = %s, ", nrow(df1))) +
    theme_classic()

A: The documentation tells us that

The jitter geom is a convenient shortcut for geom_point(position = "jitter")

So use that instead:
df1$Label = paste0('M', seq_len(nrow(df1)))

ggplot(df1,  aes(Time1 , Time2)) +
    geom_text(aes(label = Label), position = 'jitter')  +
    geom_smooth(level = 0.95, method = "loess") +
    scale_shape_manual(values=df1$family)+
    stat_cor(method = "spearman", label.sep = sprintf(", n = %s, ", nrow(df1))) +
    theme_classic()

You might also be interested in the ggrepel package which provides a more robust and visually appealing way of avoiding overlapping labels than jittering does.


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Roper, Victor Military history
Victor and Alice Roper papers
The Roper Papers consists predominantly of photocopied letters from Victor Roper to his wife, Alice Roelfs, while he was participating in the European Theater of World War II. Victor ("Vic") and Alice were married only days after he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, and they were together approximately six months before he was shipped overseas. The collection contains facsimiles of 43 handwritten letters and two V-Mails from Victor to his wife while he was stationed in France, Germany, and Austria from January to June 1945. The letters depict a lieutenant's life before, during, and after combat, as well as reflections on his past and his hopes for the future. The correspondence describes his trans-Atlantic voyage in January 1945, a period of anxious inactivity in France through February, intense combat in Germany in March and April, the end of the war in May while stationed in Austria, and the liberation of the concentration camp near Mauthausen, Austria. The letters contain mundane details of army life, including housing, weather, and food, as well the loneliness of a husband separated from his wife. The letters often discuss the frustration and uncertainty of wartime communications, as letters often took weeks to arrive. They are varied in mood and tone, reflecting the alteration between times of stress and rest. During times of combat, the letters are necessarily vague as to locations and actions, though details are frequently provided in subsequent letters and Victor's accounts of his time overseas are emotionally poignant throughout. The collection also includes a series of letters to Victor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Roper, his aunt Clara Wesche, and Alice's parents, the Roelfs. The facsimiles of 18 letters and one V-Mail to his parents cover the longest period of time, from January to October 1945, including his time in Belgium. Three letters are addressed to his aunt, and one to his parents-in-law. The Subject Series includes copies of various official and personal documents. Military Documents preserve Victor's official service records, while Personal Documents contain important family papers. Printed Material includes a copy of The 65th Halbert Division Daily News Letter from June 15, 1945, as well as two programs from Army-sponsored church services. A second box of Printed Material includes original copies of wartime newspapers, including The Chanute News, The Stars and Stripes, and Yank: The Army Weekly. The majority of issues were published after the official end of hostilities. The Photograph Series contains 161 photocopies of personal photographs and postcards. Photographs are numbered in the order in which they appeared in the original albums. The pictures capture Victor and Alice in their youth in Kansas, his early military career in Mississippi and Alabama, and portraits of his friends in the service. The largest series of images, taken while Victor was stationed overseas, depict both the landscape of war-torn Europe, as well as casual life within the military. Some notable photographs include images of the Mauthausen camp following its liberation. The photographs have been scanned and digital images can be viewed upon request in the department until they are available through the KSU Digital Library. The documents are housed in two boxes. In the first box, the correspondence is arranged first by the addressee, then chronologically. Other materials are housed by subjects in alphabetical order, followed by the photographs, duplicated in their original album order. The second box holds additional Printed Material, placed in alphabetical order by the publication title.
Roper, Victor


Enclosed is a Minority Report addressed to each of you. It is being filed due to the grave concern many of us have regarding the actual monies paid to Alcoholics Anonymous from an outside source in 1995 (San Diego) and the proposed payment of monies due to be receeived in the year 2000 (Minneapolis/St. Paul).
I appreciate your time and energy and thank you in advance for your diligent and visionary service to Alcoholics Anonymous.
All minorities "should be encouraged to file a minority report whenever they feel a majority to be in considerable error. And when a minority considers an issue to be such a grave one that a mistaken decision could seriously affect A.A. as a whole, it should charge itself with the actual duty of presenting a minority report to the Conference."
"When such an occasional situation arises, and something very vital is at stake, it is always the duty of leadership, even when a small minority, to take a stand against the storm using its every ability of authority and persuasion to effect a change."
The basis for this minority report is the actual acceptance of cash monies from San Diego in the amount of$250,000 (1995 International Convention) and the proposed cash monies of $100,000 from Minneapolis/St. Paul to be paid to A.A. 45 days after the final A.A. meeting (2000 International Convention). The minority view is that it is against our basic principle of self-support and a belief that this will seriously affect A.A. as a whole.
"A Tradition. How it Developed" the section on "Money" (What led up to the writing of Tradition Seven). "A.A. Service Manual", page 41.
"Finally we saw that for the long pull outside money could really ruin us. At this point, what had been just an idea or general policy crystallized firmly into an A.A. tradition. We saw that we must sacrifice the quick, nearby advantage for long-term safety.
"Pamphlet - AA Tradition. How it Developed by Bill W. - section on Money" (What led up to the writing of Tradition Seven) Pages 23-30.
"That the use of money in AA is a matter of the gravest importance. Where its use ends and its misuse begins is the point we should vigilantly watch."
"Now what about donations or payments to A.A. from outside sources? There was a time some years ago when we desperately needed a little outside aid. This we received. But times have changed. Alcoholics Anonymous now has thousands of members whose combined earning each year amount to untold millions of dollars. We are no longer poor. We can, and we should pay our own way."
"And further The Alcoholic Foundation will accept no earning which may be tendered from any commercial source. A.A. has nothing to sell: that we all wish to avoid even the suggestion of commerce, and that in any case A.A. generally speaking, is now self-supporting."
"To my mind, this is a decision of enormous importance to our future - a very long step in the right direction. When such an attitude about money becomes universal through A.A., we shall have finally steered clear of that golden, alluring, but very treacherous reef called Materialism."
"In the years that lie just ahead Alcoholics Anonymous faces a supreme test - the great ordeal of its own prosperity and success. I think it will prove the greatest trial of all. Can we but weather that, the waves of time and circumstances may beat upon us in vain. Our destiny will be secure!"
(2) Facts regarding International Conventions 1995 and 2000.
The following information comes from History of Financial Incentives and the background information on A.A. International Conventions Financial History. These two references were compiled and distributed by the General Service Office.
In the International Convention Trustees Committee background material on the "cash incentive" issue, there were two letters from the Manager of the General Service Office to the Montreal Convention & Tourism Bureau and the Minister of "Affaires Sociales", Quebec in 1983 and 1984 stating that we do not "accept funds directly from an outside source" and that "it is essential that these monies be distributed by a third party."
There wasn't any information from 1984 until the background material jumped to the year 1988 and the San Diego City Council setting a new precedent and deciding to give the financial incentive ($300,000) to the Fellowship of A.A. There was discussion on the '97 General Service Conference floor as to whether we had solicited monies from San Diego but information was misleading and the correct series of events were not presented as requested at the microphone by a Trustee.
1. "The local A.A. Bid Committee approached the city of San Diego and requested financial assistance in the amount of $300,000 to offset what were anticipated to be unusually high transportation costs if the Convention were to be held in San Diego. A San Diego A.A. group brought the situation to the attention of the General Service Board and it was considered by the trustees' IC/RF committee at the July '88 GSB Meeting. The committee reported that it would 'express its concerns to the San Diego/Imperial County Area Assembly about the inappropriate mechanism used by their Bid Committee, which involved A.A. in the public sector.' " ["Financial assistance" became a payment in the form of a check in the amount of $250,000].
2. "Responding to the San Diego A.A. group that had objected to the San Diego Bid Committee's actions, the chairman of the Trustees' Committee on International Conventions reported that the A.A.W.S. Board would form a committee to look into the danger of presenting an appearance of affiliation . . ." [This brings up our Sixth Tradition of actual or implied affiliation].
3. 1988 - San Diego is accepted for the International 1995.
4. 1989 - The contract with the City of San Diego becomes $150,000 inducement to offset the anticipated costs of transportation and a rebate program in the amount of $3.00 per occupied room night totaling $100,000 from the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau. ["Inducement" and "rebate" in reality were monies of $250,000].
" NON-PARTISAN PAYMENT: Mayor O'Connor says she wants a Republican Party convention in SanDiego-but apparently not as badly as she wants a gathering of revovering alcoholics. When the Democratic mayor this week sent a letter to President Bush expressing the city's official interest in hosting his 1992 re-election convention, she made clear it would have to be done without support from the 'public treasury.' That condition was viewed as damaging if not fatal to San Diego's chances, since most serious bids for political conventions include offers of generous assistance that cities can recoup through hotel taxes and spending by conventioneers. O'Connor had no trouble making such a connection in May 1988 when she persuaded the City Council to set aside $150,000 in taxpayer funds to draw the 1995 Alcoholics Anonymous Convention. The decision was accompanied by a new policy allowing public funds to be used to lure single extraordinarily large conventions., something the mayor said would be done "four or five times" over the next 20 years."
The Policy that was used to support the "cash incentive" was originally a statement from the International Trustee's Committee regarding travel option discounts to the '95 International Convention .
"Whenever a discount or subsidy is that which would be offered to any other organization of similar size requiring a purchased service or product of similar character and magnitude, i.e. convention rates at hotels, it may be accepted. Whenever the discount or subsidy is partly or in total offered because we are Alcoholics Anonymous, it must be declined."
It was to go to the Conference but records show that it was not on the Agenda.
were used. It would be difficult for one to realize that the terms translated into cash monies. The minority believes that if members of the committee and the General Service Board had realized that a cash payment was involved, objections would have been voiced at that time.
The "cash incentive" issue was not presented and discussed in some Areas prior to the '97 General Service Conference. Delegates were not fully informed when they arrived at the Conference. Accurate information was not established during the Conference. Therefore, the Conference vote was not an informed vote.
"that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous whether by groups, clubs hospitals or other outside agencies."
That all Convention transactions be negotiated up front on paper and that no cash/check monies from outside sources be a part of the transaction.This would be acceptable to those who feel there isn't a difference in principle between paper and cash. It would relieve the pressure of the minority view that believes there is a great difference.
That all monies ($250,000) from San Diego be refunded, returning us to our long standing principles of self-support.
That all monies ($100,000) negotiated on the International 2000 in Minneapolis/St. Paul to be paid to A.A. 45 days after the last AA. meeting, be renegotiated in the spirit of not accepting payment of money from an outside agency to pay our expenses.
The following questions need to be addressed by the General Service Board of Trustees.
1. Why would we place ourselves in such a position in our business affairs that our Traditions would ever be questioned?
2. Why would we offer ourselves as an example for the A.A. Fellowship saying it is permissible to solicit outside funds to help us meet our expenses? Are we saying that it is acceptable for our Area Assemblies, Conventions, Conferences, service Centers and the A.A. Group to negotiate "cash incentives? Are we walking the same way we are talking about self-support?
3. Why would we place ourselves at risk regarding implied or actual affiliation?
To many, this is a very dangerous place to be and we must do everything we can to keep A.A. in harmony with our very foundation. Our A.A. history shows that money problems have always been extremely difficult for us and have always diverted us from our primary purpose of staying sober and carrying the message to others.
The '96-'97 Board of Trustees and the Conference had a very strong minority view and voice. This is a vital issue involving A.A.'s very base of operation within the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. The General Service Board must do everything within its power to bring Alcoholics Anonymous back to our long standing principles of self-support and non affiliation by revisiting these grievances.


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Crossout Review (PS4)
by Kieran Sephton · Published July 27, 2017 · Updated October 25, 2017
Crossout (PS4)
Still a fun game
Accessable to more players across two platforms
Awkward to design and build vehicles
Awkward controls
Kieran Sephton comes back to Crossout a year after reviewing it on the PC platform, this time on the PS4.
Gaijin have taken to bringing this game to a wider audience via the PS4 much like they did with their other hugely popular game War Thunder.
Nothing too much has changed over the PC version, just this PS4 version, at least to myself a long-term PC gamer, was found to be highly infuriating and somewhat awkward.
Again, from a personal point of view.
Crossout is a game based within a post apocalyptic world where society lives on the edges and where Mad Max-esque tribes live and fight in the biggest and baddest vehicles you can imagine.
I reviewed one of the pre-made vehicles which is, for all intents and purposes, a cobbled together tank. This pack includes the vehicle "Tramp" along with a few extra bits and pieces including cosmetic items, such as spray cans for Digital Desert styled camouflage, and 2650 in-game coins to spend to on upgrading and creating your own vehicle of war.
The same mechanics are in the PS4 version as found in the PC platform and launching into the game you once again find a prebuilt Willy Jeep styled vehicle fitted with mounted machine guns. Take this into battle, fire a few bullets at those who are trying to maul you just as much as you're trying to maul them back. Complete a few objectives and unlock a few extra pieces.
Once this is out of the way and you've completed what could be treated as the tutorial section of the game you're welcome to start having a go at creating your own vehicle of war.
Now, on the PC version of Crossout this isn't too much of an issue. Select the pieces from the drop down menu you want and rotate the view so that you can snap these pieces together. This is where I found the annoyance and infuriation starting to come to light with the PS4 version.
I found this a little cumbersome. Snapping the pieces to where you wanted them was more difficult, as was rotating the view so that you could better see where the piece was going to snap. Moving the elevation of the view was downright mind melting to the point where I gave up and just used the prebuilt Tramp vehicle in the rest of my time spent in this game.
I found myself consistently comparing my time in the PS4 version of Crossout to that of its older brother found on the PC. I think this is where my biggest bugbear comes to fruition.
Is it that Crossout on the PS4 is bad? Or is it just that, compared to its PC counterpart, it's just not as fluid?
I found that driving and gunning with the PS4 controller just wasn't giving me the same level of accuracy that I found I was having with the trusted mouse and keyboard control scheme that many a PC gamer has come to love over time. My shots were mostly on target but when faced with a moment where it came down to "me or them" I found that it was mostly "them" that came out victorious. Maybe with more time spent driving and practicing gunnery I could get used to this control scheme. But even when test driving any vehicle that I had built before entering battle I found it increasingly more awkward to drive and gun down any potential foe that I was going to encounter.
It's not to say that Crossout isn't a good title for the PS4, because by all means this game is as good as its PC counterpart. When you can get a game to start with in the first place, that is.
Before being able to play the game I'd encountered many a time where the game would load, place me within the garage, allow me to search for a game and then… nothing. I'd be booted out of whatever lobby I was in. OK this is fine, maybe there were issues with servers at that particular time.
This is a nuance that you come to face with online games, it's somewhat the run of the norm with online games. Not acceptable, but we know it happens from time to time. But for it to happen on many an encounter with this game, that's not so great. It took me a good while before I could actually enter the hangar and get through the tutorial stages. However, since then I've not really had any issues other than not being able to adapt to the controls.
Crossout does have a lot of potential as a PS4 title just as much as it does as a PC title, but if I was going to play any of the two, it would certainly be the PC title over the PS4 for my own enjoyment and progression within Crossout.
There may be times where I will boot it up on the PS4, but for me, the PC version will be the one that gets played the most.
6 flat tires out of 10
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Crossout Preview: GlitchFree or Glitchy?
by Dover · Published September 10, 2015 · Last modified September 30, 2015
Cornell Turner says:
6 flat tires out of 10 sez you didn't take the time to understand the UI or accept and realize that it an open beta test version. The reality is were (MMO gamers) finally being respected enough by the Crossout Developers to call it what it is BETA, give it to us FREE, and let us determine how good or bad it is. Unlike the BASTARDS at Bungie and the $150 + One FULL YEAR worth of BETA TESTING we PAID DEARLY for on the first release of Destiny. So you can SUCK IT on your 6 Flats – WTF kind of rating system is that ANYWAY. I haven't enjoyed a FPS OR Driving game this much since MadMax.(Which coincidentally this would have made an ABSOLUTE PERFECT multiplayer online mode for) I would've been quite satisfied having paid $40-50 for this game. So damn your review…no game is perfect, and this one has some thing about the UI to get used to…but over all I give it 8 out of 10 ONLY because its beta and still a little ruff around the edges….but other that – I LOVE THIS GAME….


The noted physician and humanitarian described his organization's work in West Africa to a packed house at Stanford on Oct. 3.
A slender, weakened Ebola patient sits alone, head in his hands, on the floor of a darkened room in an abandoned treatment center in West Africa.
That is the unfortunate portrait of Ebola care in the region today — an emaciated system completely incapable of containing the rapidly spreading virus, renowned physician and humanitarian Paul Farmer told a Stanford audience Oct. 3, referring to a photo projected on a screen behind him.
"Almost no [care] delivery has occurred around Ebola," said Farmer, MD, PhD, who recently returned from Liberia, where his Partners in Health organization is working to combat the epidemic. "There is not a lot of T [treatment] and not a lot of C [care] in Ebola care units. If you don't have the resources, you're not going to have the staff, the space, the stuff you need. I think the least we could do is have a safety net for everybody," he told the 400 people who gathered to hear him speak. His presentation was moved to the Graduate School of Business to accommodate the crowd.
He said patients are not receiving even the most basic of care, such as fluids and electrolyte replacement for shock, a common symptom of the disease.
"A lot of the problem is related to treatable issues. We should be saving the majority of patients," he said.
He said the West Africa epidemic is unfortunately symptomatic of stark global inequities in health care — an issue he and his group have so ably addressed in Haiti and Rwanda.
This is not rocket science. Just think what we could do if we had a lot of help with systems and partners.
In Rwanda, for instance, which has seen the world's steepest decline in mortality in recent decades because of government and private investments in health, he said his group transformed an abandoned district hospital, with a few cots in darkened rooms, to a white-washed, flower-draped health clinic that provides quality care.
Similarly, in Haiti, after the only nursing school was reduced to rubble in the 2010 earthquake, his team built a medical center and teaching hospital — an expansive, modern complex in a rural area of the country, he said to applause from the audience.
At the current, rapid rate of spread, Farmer said he does not expect the epidemic to end anytime soon.
He said those most at risk for the disease are caregivers because they are most likely to be exposed to patients' blood and body fluids.
"Most care-giving takes place at home. Who gives care? Your mom. The others at risk are nurses, nurses' aides, ambulance drivers, even Good Samaritans, like the Liberian man [the first infected person in the United States] who was trying to help a neighbor who was pregnant. So it is a caregiver's disease," Farmer said.
He championed the role of community health workers in fighting the disease, a model he effectively applied in Haiti during the peak of the AIDS epidemic there. Though his HIV Equity Initiative, he pioneered the use of community caregivers, known as compagnateurs, who visited their HIV-positive neighbors daily, monitored their health and ensured they were taking their antiretroviral and/or tuberculosis medication. Thousands benefited from the approach, with the "poster child" for success being a man named Joseph; Farmer showed photos of Joseph transformed from a skeleton to a robust young man with a child on his hip.
The Ebola epidemic, which could affect hundreds of thousands in West Africa, can only be contained by rebuilding public trust and local health systems decimated by years of neglect.


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NCPBA Endorses Justice Robin Hudson for reelection to the NC Supreme Court
For several decades, the PBA has conducted interviews of candidates for the North Carolina Supreme Court. These interviews help PBA members identify the most qualified candidates by evaluating their responses, qualifications, judicial record, and their respect for traditional constitutional values.
On April 7, 2014, the PBA met with three candidates seeking the Robin Hudson Seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. At the conclusion of the interview process, the screening committee recommended Justice Robin Hudson to the division board for endorsement. The division board later voted to endorse Justice Hudson in her re-election bid.
Justice Hudson has served a full term on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. In those sixteen years, she has consistently ruled to enforce the constitution and to promote law and order, promote public safety, and support the values that are important to the law enforcement community.
According to division President Randy Byrd, "Justice Hudson is a highly respected Justice who consistently provides fairness and integrity for all persons before the Court. A vote for Robin Hudson is a vote for the men and women of law enforcement."
Understanding Giglio - The "Death Letter" For A Law Enforcement Officer's Career
Way too often, when an officer becomes aware of the ramifications of a Brady or Giglio letter, it is too late for them to take any meaningful steps to defend themselves against the allegation
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The Best Possible Review Format
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After careful consideration I believe I have finally found a truly scientific and objective means to review games. Scales of number "out of 5" or "out of 10" were not nearly scientific enough for our needs, as gamers, to adequately define how good a certain game is. Thus the "out of 19" scale was born.
Yes gone are the days of "4.5 out of 5" or "7 out of 10" that are so arbitrary. With this article you'll finally learn how to artfully, yet objectively, classify and taxonize any game you find.
Why 19?
19 is the last prime number before 20. It combines the seriousness of an odd number like 5 with the depth and scope of a number like 20, however it isn't as absurd as the miopic 100 some reviewers use.
Yes 19 not only gives us a chance to really measure the salience of a person's reviewing skills. Traditional reviewers seem to give a scale, say out of 5, and place somewhere in the middle the middle ground of "acceptable games." Nobody really wants to play a game that's a "5 out of 10." Nobody.
Thus our system will stretch forward, to 19, but also backwards to -19. Yes if a game is merely "good enough" it would land around 0 on our scale, and nobody wants to play a game that got a 0, especially out of 19.
"So," I hear you asking "how is this so scientific?"
How is this so scientific?
Letting a person give a game a score out of 19 would seem an easy enough task, but we need to court the scientific feeling of a review by a court of respected and knowledgeable gamespeople. For each section of the game, say single player, multiplayer, cooperative, New Game +, we'll add an entirely different reviewer who also is using the 19 scale. So the new Call of Duty game is a story, it's also co-op, then there's traditional multiplayer, and of course zombies mode. You, the prime reviewer, or ur-Reviewer, will give a copy of the game to 4 other people who will rate the game, out of 19 of course.
However that's only for one system, this game is coming out for 4 different game consoles and PC, so have each reviewer find 5 other reviewers to review the game, then they find 5 different reviewers to also review the game. Unlike Famitsu which gives the entire series of 4 reviews as a score we're going to now take those numbers and break them back to an out of 19 system. Simplicity is important, but also spreading the blame out among a logarithmic function of reviewers.
This seems simple.
I'm glad you said that, because it is. The out of 19 system is designed to be simple but scalable to any sort of game. But we need to make sure we check our math on the back end. You'll want to pull out your protractor and Ti-93 calculat that came with this post now. We're going to list the scores into several sub groups, the highest half on one side and the lowest half on the next. We're looking for the median of the two groups. This will allow us to find the range of the two groups.
That was tough, but not that tough.
Well we're not there yet. This is only the first of 5 different numbers we need to find out the score. We now need to look at the size of each game, in kilobytes. If it's hard for you to figure out the number of kilobytes fo a game multiply the number of gigabytes times a billion, then divide that number by a thousand. Now take out your protractor, we need to graph the size of each version of the game as an integer equal to itself times 19, over 19 times X, where X is a number greater than 1.
Well, at least we're being thorough.
So now we have a graph of our score, this is something we can work with. At this point we need to use the random number generator of the calculat to create another series of numbers where x is a number greater than -1.
But we only need 3 more numbers.
I'm sorry, we're still working on the first number. But don't worry this work is really going to pay off when we need to use calculus for the 4th and 5th numbers.
We really don't need to go over all of the math right now. It's really strong math. Virile. It's basically Viking math.
So can we expect to see this new format anywhere any time soon?
Sadly nobody is using this metric yet. They laughed at me. The fools, it is I who will have the last laugh. The last 19 laughs. When my plans come to fruition we shall shake the very pillars of the review formatting industry. No longer will big game review cast aspersions towards newer, some might say more mathematically rich, ideas for review formats. It's been along road coming to this format.
What is the history of this new format?
In October of '43 the US Navy carried out the codenamed "Philadelphia Experiment" where they forced several hundred sailors to live in Philadelphia for a number of years and track their findings. Later, with the advent of Project Paperclip, the best and brightest of Nazi scientists were brought in to work on the Manhattan Project and later NASA-however the more interesting story is really of the several scientists added to the Philadelphia Experiment.
Eventually nuclear tests were used as a cover story for moving the operation to the American Southwest, though it was now in fact a multinational project funded by a variety of interests. Their goal was nothing less than a perfect review system. But they weren't interested in reviewing games, games didn't even exist at the time, Their plan was to change the world by reviewing vehicles.
Vehicles?
Yes, the mode of transportation people use is actually profoundly imoprtant to the way the world is run. However when the reviews were in the automobile industry used their might to make sure this new review system was discredited and never heard from again. They funded groups intent on arguing all reviews were subject. Meanwhile their cars pushed the earth closer and closer to an environmental collapse.
That got heavy really fast.
So it was. However, the basic math of the review system was kept in a safety deposit box inside a bank, and eventually passed on from one deceased relative to the next until the key finally ended up in the hands of someone who was willing to open the box and follow the information to the truth. This person was killed by Big Review, whose agents were around every corner at this time. The notes were once again placed in a lock box, this time in the back of a Dennys that was actually a front for Big Review.
It makes so much sense, of course Denny's was against adequate reviews.
Yes, it all makes too much sense. However eventually the old guard passed away and so did this particular secret. Now we can finally get to the really interesting part of the story. The year, 1981. The music, revival swing. Kids were finally listening to music with some swing in it and the jitter bug was renamed the butter bug due to the newfound love for cholesterol.
Well I'm sold.
Oh yes, so please invest in this new review system. To claim back objective reviews in an easy to read fashoin for the audience as well.
Oh, I hadn't even...
Yes as a person who reads the review you need to know what number you add to the variable. Simply send away for the variable book and input your important information, age, gender, blood type, representative Hugonaut, et al, and begin the process of finding what number you now get. With these 2 numbers we can now find how closely the reviewers score will align with yours.
There you have it. An outline for a clear and helpful new review format sure to make all other review formats both obsolete and despised as stupid and mean.
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If only it was that easy! The Sun sign is always an important factor in any person's chart, but it's rarely the most relevant for romance. Venus, which carries relationship as a core part of her archetypal energy, is often more important.
For women, Mars represents an essential part of the energy of her romantic partner, and Saturn and the Sun can also be worth a look. For men, I might look not only at Venus but also at the Moon. All of these factors can come into play for the LGBT community. For each of these planets, I would also consider its sign, house and aspects.
And that's just the beginning. When describing a person's ideal long-term partner from their own natal chart, it's also essential to look at the signs ruling the 7th and 8th houses, the rulers of those signs, and any planets in those houses.
And that doesn't even factor in the critically important natal aspects between all these planets. And don't even get me started talking about the moving energies that might be temporarily stimulating everything we've been talking about so far!
Is your head spinning yet? I hope not, because we're just getting warmed up! When looking for compatibility between two people, I take all the natal factors discussed so far and cross-correlate them between both charts. This creates a 361-box "synastry grid" which shows how all of one person's planets and sensitive points interact with someone else's.
Beyond that, there are two types of composite charts that can be analyzed: midpoint and Davison. And transits to the natal and Davison charts can show whether specific opportunities and challenges are short-term or hard-wired.
Bottom line: relationship astrology, like relationships, is complicated. The question of what astrological energies a person should seek in their ideal partner can never, ever be boiled down just to a Sun sign. In fact, considering only the Sun sign could cause you to weed out someone who might, when all the astrological energies are factored in, turn out to be a virtually perfect match!
But, since any statement about a Sun sign has to be true for 1/12 of the world's population, one has to stay very general when working at this level. And, since one has to do the opposite when seeking a life partner – move from the general to the minutely specific — working only from a Sun sign doesn't tell you enough to even start making a decision.
So if you're going to use astrology to help you choose a partner, be sure to learn enough about the numerous factors involved to do it properly. Otherwise, you're really better off consulting with a professional who has already mastered the highly complex art of using astrology to determine relationship compatibility.
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Flat Earthers are not buying NASA's new Mars mission at all
Rob WaughWednesday 28 Nov 2018 9:01 am
If you believe that the Earth is a sort of flat pancake thing under a floating dome, how do you react when NASA appears to land a robot spacecraft on Mars, as with this week's InSight mission?
Pure disbelief, it turns out… and suspicion about all the mud on the lens.
British Flat Earther Gary John told Metro.co.uk, 'I don't believe it for one second. We're being misdirected.'
Mars landing… or fraud? (Picture NASA)
John, a 54-year-old British fitness fan and company director, says, 'There's a question mark about space. I think that there is a load of rubbish, a lot of it is all animation.
John says that the sheer distance of Mars means that NASA couldn't control the spacecraft.
He says, 'It would take light about 13 minutes to reach us. They can't make course corrections, they can't steer it. It's like driving on the motorway in rain, but it would take 13 minutes to turn on the windscreen wipers.
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John says that the images also arouse his suspicion, saying 'When you see the camera lens on the Mars lander, it's splattered in dust. You see the lander..spotlessly clean.'
Instead, John believes, the 'landing' is a staged event designed to distract us from what is really going on.
John says, 'They're spending all this money, I think it's to make us all take our eyes off the ball. There's some motivation here, but the question is what?'
If Earth is flat, is Mars flat too? Source: Ikon Images
John and many other Flat Earthers believe that the 1969 moon landings were faked, and that the entire space programme is a fraud.
John has said that he suspects people in the scientific community are being threatened – or bribed – to maintain the lie that the Earth is a globe.
In an interview earlier this year, he said 'The sixty-four-thousand dollar question is, "What are they hiding?"
Johns said that the 'doesn't know' what the point of the conspiracy is, but it could be to hide the fact that there are lands beyond Earth.
Who are the new Flat Earthers?
A YouGov poll of 8,215 people in America found that 52% of people believe the Earth is flat consider themselves 'very religious' – and say that evidence for the Earth being flat is found in scripture.
YouGov says, 'For some flat earthers, evidence of the earth's shape may be found in scripture – more than half of Flat earthers (52%) consider themselves "very religious,' compared to just a fifth of all Americans (20%).
'While an overwhelming majority of Americans (84%) believe that the Earth is round, at least 5% of the public say they used to believe that but now have their doubts.
Flat earthers find traction in their beliefs among a younger generation of Americans.
Young millennials, ages 18 to 24, are likelier than any other age group to say they believe the Earth is flat (4%).
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A Structured Method helps software developers to cope with large and complex software. This method defines structured steps in software development process, starting from planning, analysis, design, implementation, and supporting. Analysis step defines and clarifies user and system requirements. During structured analysis, ERD and DFD are produced.
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In the 2022–23 season, Al Sadd SC is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 50th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup.

Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 28 September 2022.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Home Reviews Music Transcendent pianism from Kirill Gerstein at the McCarter Theatre
Transcendent pianism from Kirill Gerstein at the McCarter Theatre
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Kirill Gerstein at the piano. Photo by Marco Borggreve
Kirill Gerstein bathed his Princeton audience in splendor on February 27, when the pianist presented a recital featuring Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and Liszt at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton. Nothing about this evening was perfunctory. Everything on the program was beautifully and emotionally charged, lifting the audience to ever-higher levels of experience. The evening was, simply put, brilliant.
The program included J.S. Bach's Four Duets in E minor, Fmajor, G major, and A minor; Brahm's Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 2; Beethoven's Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1, and Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight); and Ricordanza and Wilde Jagdfrom Liszt's Transcendental Etudes, S. 139 (1852).
Kirill Gerstein photo by Marco Borggreve
Scott Burnham, professor of music at Princeton University, began the evening with a warm and engaging account of the music to be played; using recorded musical examples from his laptop to illustrate many of his statements. He provided insights into the evening's program that definitely enhanced the casual listener's experience. For example, he spoke of the multiple excitements inherent in the evening's program: of how the young Brahms visited the middle-aged Liszt, who played tonight's Second Sonata, but also gave copious suggestions to the young Brahms (which we easily heard when performed); how Bach called these works duets because he considered his counterpoint to be two voices; and how Liszt was perhaps the finest pianist of the 19thcentury. Paul Sciavo wrote the entertaining and perspicacious program notes that were also a fount of information to further our listening pleasure.
The Bach was from the very outset, sparkling, assured, and magnificently rendered. We were in Pythagorean heaven. To many ears, this was exciting, meaty renditions of works which could easily be dismissed as minor. The Brahms sonata followed. This is the best way to describe its effect:
Instantly, we were awakened into a place of supremely heightened consciousness. We were in the Arctic, surrounded by polar bears. The aurora borealis glistened in the sky. We gamboled among the coruscating lights. We were then catapulted back to earth where we witnessed ice sheaths calving into the frigid wastes. Then we awoke.
The sonata ended with us feeling spent and totally satisfied. Mr. Gerstein displayed astonishing artistry on every level. Polite applause followed this miraculous event. Many left the auditorium to have tea and a cupcake while others needed the time to recover their senses.
Upon our return, we were gifted with a Beethoven sonata, the curious, quirky number thirteen. Again, astonishment and wonder seized us by the throat with a thousand lips. Immediately afterwards, came sonata fourteen, the "moonlight" sonata, so well known by its famous theme. Here, it was given a measured beginning, evolving into a volcano of sound. Absolutely wonderful. The audience now appeared to be aroused by this magnificent artist, and loud acclaim filled the hall only to have Mr. Gerstein rush out again to launch into Liszt. Sensation ceased since we were all now disembodied, our souls having left our bodies to float in the air. To use the popular argot of the trendy, it was awesome.
Mr. Gerstein was given his proper due by an audience now fully aroused by the magnificence of his artistry. There was an encore, Liszt's Eroica Etude.
Leaving the venue, one could see Orion straddling the McCarter in the sky. It was not too farfetched to think that we, too, were divinely touched by this amazing experience. Thanks to Mr. Gerstein, we glimpsed immortality.
The McCarter Theatre presents an array of music, drama and dance events. For further information, visit www.mccarter.org
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This song has such a powerful and yet simple truth – in our own power, all we can do is sin. If it's not one thing, it's another. Yet God, in His glory and grace is able to use our weaknesses, forgive our sins, and even bring beauty from our brokenness. I love these guys, and their inspiring lyrics! Listen and enjoy this song from All Sons And Daughters. For more of their songs, check out "All The Poor And Powerless".


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Imam's Suit Questions Existence of Palestine Committee
by IPT News • Aug 31, 2010 at 4:15 pm
https://www.investigativeproject.org/2147/imams-suit-questions-existence-of-palestine
An Illinois man has sued his state police, claiming his 1st and 14th Amendment rights were violated when the police rescinded its offer to make him the first Muslim chaplain for the Illinois State Police.
Kifah Mustapha was subject to additional scrutiny after the Investigative Project on Terrorism reported on his ties to organizations involved with financing and supporting Hamas. The lawsuit calls the report defamatory and blasted IPT Executive Director Steven Emerson as a "zealous Islamophobe."
Court records in a Hamas-support trial in Dallas identified Mustapha as a member of the Palestine Committee and/or its organizations. The Committee was created by the Muslim Brotherhood to help Hamas politically and financially. The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, the target of the Dallas prosecution, was an arm of that committee, records show.
The IPT report prompted an additional background investigation by the Illinois police. Several months later, the agency revoked Mustapha's appointment.
The lawsuit claims Mustapha "was unaware of any such entity known as the Muslim Brotherhood Palestine Committee and was never a member of such a committee, if it ever existed."
An attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is helping represent Mustapha in the lawsuit In a press release, the CAIR-Chicago chapter repeated the theory that the Palestine Committee is a contrivance: "Emerson's report claimed that Imam Kifah served on the 'Palestine Committee of the Muslim Brotherhood,' when no such committee exists."
It's an unusual claim, because two of CAIR's founders are listed on a Palestine Committee telephone list (No. 25 is a pseudonym for former chairman Omar Ahmad and No. 32 is current CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad). FBI agents discovered internal records about the committee during a search of a committee member's home.
During the trial, prosecutors said Ahmad played an especially significant role on the Palestine Committee. In October 1993, its members gathered at a Philadelphia Marriott hotel to discuss ways to derail the U.S.-brokered Oslo Accord, which sought a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to a transcript of an FBI wiretap, Ahmad convened the gathering, using the name CAIR now says doesn't exist:
"This meeting was called for by the Palestine Committee in order to have a seminar or a meeting to the brothers present here today in order to study the situation in light of the latest developments on the Palestinian arena, its effects and impact on our work here in America."
Other exhibits describe the Palestine Committee as an umbrella group formed to oversee all U.S. groups dedicated to the Hamas cause. The Committee was formed shortly after a key Hamas representative met with U.S. leadership in 1988. According to a 1992 internal memo:
"The Committee was then tasked with supervising all the organizations which serve the plan of the Movement domestically and internationally in addition to the Palestinian cause. Among these organizations were 'The Islamic Association [for Palestine],' 'the Occupied Land Fund,' and 'The United Association.'"
Another Palestine Committee planning document describes its relationship with Hamas:
"The Committee asks the Group for more moral support for this work and the Committee overseeing it as it represents its strong arm and the one which is specializing in defending the Islamic cause in Palestine and support for the emerging movement, the Hamas movement."
Mustapha worked with two of the main organizations which were part of the Palestine Committee. He served as an Illinois representative and fundraiser for the Occupied Land Fund [HLF's original name] from the mid 1990s until 2001, when the U.S. froze the organization's assets. An HLF document in evidence shows that Mustapha was a paid employee for HLF from 1996-2000.
Mustapha also served as a member of a volunteer committee for the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP). In court testimony, Mustapha recalled donating money to HLF and "maybe" IAP. Additionally, Mustapha sang in a band that performed at HLF fundraisers. Its songs routinely featured praise for Hamas, its leaders and its martyrs.
The HLF prosecution ended with sweeping convictions in November of 2008.
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Why is Hamas singled out?
Submitted by Y Brandstetter MD, Sep 2, 2010 04:09
Hamas is no more and no less a terrorist organization than all the other Arab Muslim organizations prevalent in the Middle East, from IHH to the PLO. Hamas is actually the democratically elected choice of the Arabs residing west of the Jordan River, whether Israeli citizens or not, an as such must be accorded greater respect than the PLO which lost the elections and is holding on to power solely on US and Israel support with no popular backing whatsoever. Once you designate Hamas as terrorist, you must designate all the others chiefly the PLO headed by abu Mazen as equally terrorist and stop funding them. if you fund thhe PLO I can see no moral reason not to fund Hamas, or use Hamas connections as a pretext to disallow a certain Islamist from being funded by public funds.
The fact that Israel accords the PLO legitimacy while calling Hamas a terrorist organization is nothing but a ploy used by successive israeli governments to maintain the myth that Peace with islam is a viable option.
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