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M83 and School Of Seven Bells at the Opera House in Toronto
Frank YangIt's amazing what a little tracklist editing can do. Though it goes against much of what I believe (album is sacred, blah blah), I've found that simply hitting the skip button on M83's last album Before The Dawn Heals Us when a certain spoken word track starts improves the overall experience immeasurably. This revelation, combined with the fact that their latest effort Saturday=Youth has been growing on me much more since I reviewed it in brief, should have been enough to get me to the Opera House last Thursday night to see them live for the first time in some three and a half years. But it took the addition of School Of Seven Bells, whose debut Alpinisms has proven to be a real delight, to get me to commit.
I had been curious as to how School Of Seven Bells would recreate the decidedly studio-esque sounds of Alpinisms live, especially considering the fact that the three principals didn't equate to a full conventional live band. In other words, I was wondering if they'd have a drummer. Answer – no. The band was guitarist Ben Curtis flanked by the Deheza sisters, Claudia on keyboards and Alley on guitar and samples handling rhythm duties. And while I'm of the school of thought that live drummers are always better than samples, their live performance didn't suffer much for it. Though their set was briefer than I'd have liked – just seven songs in 35 minutes – they still covered all the high points of Alpinisms, though they opted for straight reproduction of the record rather than reinterpretation. The Dehezas' harmonies were tight and note-perfect, though a bit low in the mix, and Curtis' non-stop guitar-riffing kept things from feeling too mechanical. And if 17-year old me may step in for just a moment and say to Curtis – dude, standing on stage and soloing whilst surrounded by beautiful girls? You are living the dream. And adult me is hoping that School Of Seven Bells strike out on their own tour in the new year, play a longer set and maybe mess around with the structure of things a bit.
M83 had just come through town in May so I'd expected that might have affected the turnout, and while the crowd was pretty thin early on it had filled up substantially by show time. I'd seen them back in 2005 at their Toronto debut at Lee's Palace, and when anyone asks me about it the best word I could come up with the describe it is "ridiculous". Read my review from that show for specifics. This time out, I was expecting equal levels of sonic grandeur and while I don't think that those heights were reached, I think the show was actually better than that first one. Like that show, the M83 live experience was again a four-piece but this time the bassist had been traded for a second keyboardist/vocalist in Morgan Kibby, who is such an essential presence on Saturday=Youth. Anthony Gonzalez also spent more time on keys than guitar this time, lessening the need for taped backing tracks (of which there were still plenty, just less) and also mitigating the amount of fromage-ish rock star posing he could engage in.
Essentially, it seemed that they'd opted to sacrifice some spectacle for the benefit of the sound, and it was a wise trade-off. The band seemed much more engaged in the performance, and the extended square-wave instrumental explorations of Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts stood alongside the more pop-friendly confections of the last couple records. Not that those albums are short of instrumental excursions either, and proved that M83 has assembled a broad enough repertoire to shake off the "new My Bloody Valentine" tag that got applied when they first began making waves. Now you could just as accurately/inaccurately call them the "new New Order" or "new Cocteau Twins". Or you could give up on that approach to lazy descriptors and simply accept that while they may wear their influences on their sleeve, M83 are now creating something that's distinctly theirs.
Chart and Panic Manual have reviews of the show while The Chicago Tribune offers up an interview with Anthony Gonzalez.
Photos: M83, School Of Seven Bells @ The Opera House – November 20, 2008
MP3: School Of Seven Bells – "Connjur"
MP3: School Of Seven Bells – "Half Asleep"
MP3: School Of Seven Bells – "Chain"
MP3: School Of Seven Bells – "My Cabal" (Robin Guthrie mix)
Video: M83 – "Graveyard Girl"
Video: M83 – "Kim And Jessie"
Video: M83 – "Teen Agnst"
Video: M83 – "Run Into Flowers"
Video: M83 – "Don't Save Us From The Flames"
Video: M83 – "America"
MySpace: M83
MySpace: School Of Seven Bells
Nick Cave is in the UK – how can you tell? The trail of interviews he leaves in his wake. The Sheffield Telegraph, The Scotsman and The Independent all have features.
The Telegraph reports that thirteen years after he disappeared, Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers has finally been officially declared, "presumed dead". Edwards' left-behind lyrics are being used as the basis of the next Manics record, due out some time in the Spring.
The Guardian sits down for an extended chat with Jarvis Cocker and his new beard. Great reading.
And if you don't want to read, you can listen instead – there's an audio interview with Chris Geddes and Stevie Jackson about the just-releaed BBC Sessions at BelleAndSebastian.com.
By : Frank Yang at 7:37 am
Category: Concert Reviews
Tags: Belle & Sebastian, Jarvis Cocker, M83, Manic Street Preachers, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, School Of Seven Bells
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I saw them when they played here. Good, but I was hoping for a bit more epic-ness, and more vox from Morgan. Alpinisms is my AOTY, I think.
ps – It's "Couleurs." :)
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duly noted and corrected – I thought it looked wrong but was too lazy to check the album cover.
And Alpinisms is flirting with my list. come-hither looks and all that, but I don't know if I'm biting yet.
First, many thanks for bringing SVIIB to my attention, as I'd seen M83 earlier this year and enjoyed them, but likely wouldn't have gone again so soon were it not for their opening slot. Combining much of what I liked most about Secret Machines and the amazing Dehezas' voices (that put me in mind of Anglo-Indian singer Sheila Chandra), suffice to say I love Alpinisms and have become a huge fan, so it was a treat to see them. Live I found them sounding considerably more muscular (no complaints!) than on album, so that a song like "Chain" that didn't jump off the CD for me had real power on stage. Utterly mesmerizing, and the one-two closing punch of "Half Asleep" and "My Cabal" was perfection, like seeing MBV but with much-enhanced vocals. Likewise, I'll be back when they are.
Similar to your experience, I enjoyed M83 more this time around. Partly because in May they omitted favourite "Teen Angst" from their set list, and this time we got it (definitely worth the wait), partly that I knew "Saturdays" so much better now, but also because the sound at the Opera House eclipsed that at the Mod Club. There was more volume, but it was comfortable and satisfying. And to shine, M83 certainly needs volume. All in all a great night.
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The community center of The Simple Way, a (unfortunately) unique community that serves in one of the poorest communities in Philadelphia, was struck with a seven-alarm fire yesterday. Eight families are currently homeless, and several small businesses have been destroyed as a result.
Some of you may have heard about The Simple Way through the writings of Shane Claiborne, the author of The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical. Shane and another member of The Simple Way lost all of their belongings.
If you would like to help make turn this tragedy into something beautiful, you can make a tax-deductible donation to the rebuilding effort or to support the families affected through one of The Simple Way's partner organizations, EAPE. Tax-deductible donations can be made at https://www.tonycampolo.org/online_donation.php. Be sure to check one or both of the boxes to direct the donation to TSW (The Simple Way) funds.
Also, if you're up for learning more about The Simple Way, and/or up for a compelling read, get a copy of Shane's book, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical. You won't regret it.
Note: Thanks to Dwight for the heads up on this story.
What do you think of when you think of justice? Do you think of justice? Are you just? What does that even mean? How does your faith in God relate to what you believe about justice?
Over the last many years justice has become more important to me. I cannot remember what it was that opened my eyes, but the topic gained a brand new importance when I began to understand that the God I claimed to follow found it to be ever so important. If I could continue to claim that I followed Jesus, I would have to make justice a part of my life. And it's bold, but I believe it: if you claim to follow Jesus, and do not find justice important, you have seriously misunderstood him and do not understand his message. And it's worth taking another look into both.
There's a new book out that prompts this little reflection. I've only read the free excerpt so far, but its content and premise give me much hope. It's called Justice in the Burbs: Being the Hands of Jesus Wherever You Live by Will and Lisa Samson. There's a pdf excerpt available from the publisher. It gives me hope for a few reasons. First, it reminds me that I'm not alone in wrestling with this dangerous message that God is a god of justice that calls all to be agents of his justice in the world. Second, it provides another opportunity to wrestle with being an agent of justice, both as I read the book to challenge myself, and as I take its challenges into conversation with others. I long to desire justice more, and to desire more justice as life-giving acts of obedience and worship to God. And I hope that this book will help me with these desires.
I hope that you will join me in this conversation, whether you read this book on justice, another book on justice, the Bible (yet another book on justice), or a drink coaster. Challenge yourself by pondering why you value justice when you see it, why you do or do not seek it out, and what it means to live justice.
How would your interpretation and application of Scripture like Matthew 6:33 change if translated in English, "But seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things will be added to you." Would it?
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Through the stories Greg shares, we hope to learn more about what it means to be Jesus to other people and see Him in those around us. We recommend reading Greg Paul's book God in the Alley prior to the seminar.
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Understanding your customer habits and being able to predict their next move is commercial gold dust as it empowers business owners to position more meaningful content towards chosen segments.
Similarly, it offers consumers improved value through personalised brand moments and relevant content as they move through the buying journey.
With that said, how do marketers track users from multiple digital channels? And how can they effectively measure customers if each channel uses different algorithms and definitions?
Customers are people, not numbers.
The real disconnect across social media is that there is no customer journey mapped out for marketers to identify critical moments. Sure, Facebook insights for business pages offers basic high level analytics to understand your audience but is that enough to understand your buyer's journey?
Whilst Facebook does offer insight into page reach, visits, referrals and user engagement to name a few, it doesn't offer in-depth intelligence, flowcharts or a time-line of aggregated interactions from individual users.
Facebook's algorithm has really impacted business page owners' ability to reach customers organically, meaning sponsored posts are now necessary to reach more than 10% of your following. One study suggests that for pages in excess of 500,000 Likes, organic reach can be as low as a 2%.
Judging by the aforementioned metrics, a reasonable advertising budget is fundamental to the success of a Facebook page's user engagement, customer reach and overall Facebook strategy. However, the ROI that brands and page owners receive from sponsored Facebook advertisements can be limited in terms of data that can be recycled and acted upon again.
But what if there is a smarter solution? a solution not just to reach followers but to understand them?
The intersection between marketing channels and a company's website provides the most insight as it bridges the gap, identifying key user paths and pinpoints what is working and where improvement is needed – this raises the question about social media advertising being the smartest investment if the long-term goal is to maintain, retain and understand customers.
How to capture prospects' motivations, needs and goals before, during, and after they interact with a product or service.
Brands should start looking at the bigger picture and access raw user journey data to support their marketing efforts. It is for this reason that investing in understanding customers and not just reaching them is the shrewdest business move – think about the bigger picture and long term success rather than short term gains.
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Walmart Stands Ready To Administer Millions of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots
By Dr. John Wig, Chief Medical Officer, Walmart
For months, Walmart and Sam's Club pharmacies nationwide have been administering COVID-19 vaccines as we work to keep our communities safe and healthy. I joined Walmart at the beginning of August because of the tremendous impact the company has on supporting and caring for our communities during the pandemic. I'm proud to support the teams as we've expanded our vaccinations to include third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised individuals, along with our low-cost flu shots. We stand ready to administer booster shots this fall once recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the coming weeks.
Third Shot vs. Booster Shot: Which One Is Right for You?
There are two different types of "3rd doses" of the COVID-19 vaccines: an additional vaccine dose and a booster shot. An additional vaccine dose can help increase the immune response in immunocompromised individuals who are less able to fight infections and are more vulnerable to infections like the COVID-19 virus. The Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, which both require two shots, are the only vaccines authorized at this time to be administered as a third dose to people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised. A booster shot is a dose of vaccine administered when the initial immune response has begun to fade. This booster shot is what you're currently hearing about as likely being necessary to prolong the protections and maximize the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccines.Vaccine BoosterPlay Video
As cases of the highly contagious Delta variant and hospitalizations continue to rise, medical experts are recommending booster shots, based on data that shows waning immunity around six to eight months after the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. More data is needed on booster shots tied to the J&J vaccine, which is expected in the next few weeks. While Walmart and Sam's Club pharmacies are currently administering third doses to immunocompromised individuals, we will only administer booster shots to eligible fully vaccinated Americans once recommendations have been issued by the CDC and FDA.
Focusing on Solutions
As we prepare to administer millions of booster shots, we will continue to focus on solutions that make it as easy as possible for our customers to get vaccinated. We have already shown we can make a real difference in our communities through our non-profit, community-based and state and local government partnerships to improve access to the vaccine. We've conducted more than 600 community vaccine clinics to date in partnership with local organizations, to help us reach communities and get more shots in arms, especially for those most vulnerable and at risk. Interested customers can find more information by visiting Walmart.com/covidvaccine.
More Americans than ever are getting vaccinated. We continue to see increases in new vaccinations across Walmart stores, and according to the CDC, nearly 203 million people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while more than 171 million are fully vaccinated. Additional vaccinations in the form of a third dose or a booster shot is standard for many other vaccines and can help extend the protections and benefits of the initial vaccination.
Our pharmacies nationwide are here to help, as we have been throughout the pandemic, and we will continue to administer vaccines. Together, we can successfully meet the challenges of the pandemic, but it's important we don't let our guard down as we enter this new stage. Please do your part: Get vaccinated, and get your booster shot once you are eligible. I know I and my family will, and I'll be proudly standing with my Walmart and Sam's Club colleagues as we work to administer vaccines to our communities across the country.
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The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole
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The Mismeasure of Woman by Carol Travis
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Molly Make-Believe by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
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At the Mouth of the River of Bees by Kij Johnson
Birds and Birthdays by Christopher Barzak
The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (mini-review)
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond (DNF)
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A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson (mini-review)
Living Color by Nina Jablonski
Sex and the Slayer by Lorna Jowett
The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy
The Madame Curie Complex by Julie des Jardins
Buffy: Wolves at the Gates by Drew Goddard and Georges Jeanty
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The Albert Camus Society is an international organisation made up of three groups: The Albert Camus Societies of the UK, US and Poland. Together we hold a joint annual conference and publish The Journal of Camus Studies (JCS).
… an interdisciplinary forum for scholarly conversation about the life and work of Albert Camus. … [to be] at the centre of contemporary academic debate and discussion about Camus. [To] provide a genuinely international and interdisciplinary scholarly resource for exploration and examination of the thought of Albert Camus and his contemporaries.
The Albert Camus Society (ACS) exists to promote scholarship on the life and work of Albert Camus by providing an international platform to share, exchange and debate ideas and research.
The ACS aims to bring together, from within and outside academia, all persons interested in the work and ideas of Albert Camus.
The purpose of the ACS shall be served by: holding an annual international conference; publishing annually the Journal of Camus Studies; maintaining and updating the Society website; liaising with any other societies, institutions, publishers, and the media that have an interest in furthering awareness of the work and ideas of Albert Camus.
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Uterine Transplant: A Risk to Life or a Chance for Life?
Being inherently different from any other lifesaving organ transplant, uterine transplantation does not aim at saving lives but supporting the possibility to generate life. Unlike the kidneys or the liver, the uterus is not specifically a vital organ. Given the non-lifesaving nature of this procedure, questions have been raised about its feasibility. The ethical dilemma revolves around whether it is worth placing two lives at risk related to surgery and immunosuppression, amongst others, to enable a woman with absolute uterine factor infertility to experience the presence of an organ enabling childbirth. In the year 2000, the first uterine transplantation, albeit unsuccessful, was performed in Saudi Arabia from where it has spread to the rest of the world including Sweden, the United States and now recently India. The procedure is, however, still in the preclinical stages and several ethical, legal, social and religious concerns are yet to be addressed before it can be integrated into the clinical setting as standard of care for women with absolute uterine factor infertility.
Arora, M. (2017). Mom donates womb to daughter in India's first uterus transplant. CNN News. http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/19/health/india-uterus-womb-transplant/index.html. Accessed 29 August 2017.
Joshi, Y., & Pandit, S. (2017). 21-year-old Pune woman gets mother's womb in India's first uterus transplant. Hindustan Times. http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/21-year-old-pune-woman-gets-mother-s-womb-in-india-s-first-uterus-transplant/story-4jIBAKjxtx89So9VFdDEBJ.html. Accessed 29 August 2017.


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Q: Как можно улучшить функцию? народ, подскажите пожалуйста, как можно сделать функцию подешевле в плане потребления проца на функцию. Вывод функции должен быть такой же. Вот пример:
def FindPixel(x1, y1, x2, y2):
    """Функция вернёт цвет пикселей картинки"""
    our_base_screen = ImageGrab.grab(bbox=(x1, y1, x2, y2,))
    pixel_values = list(our_base_screen.getdata())
    return (pixel_values)

#  Пример вывода [(127, 135, 145), (127, 135, 145), (127, 135, 145)]

A: Не имею понятия, с какой библиотекой вы работаете, но для поставленной задачи ультрапупер как подходит cv2 (OpenCV). Изображения в нем - numpy массивы. Формат считывания (cv2.imread) по умолчанию BGR (не RGB, не запутайтесь. Это самое сложное для новичков в нем). То есть для вашей задачи достаточно сделать срез массива (которым и является изображение) по шаблону image[ y0:y1, x0:x1 ], где y0, y1 - индекс начала и конца строки, а x0, x1 - индекс начала и конца колонки. По опыту скажу, что работая с cv2, придет хорошее понимание numpy, а изучение его отдельно довольно таки неприятная задача.
Конвертация изображений не должна вызывать много сложностей. Повторюсь, что не знаю библиотеки, в которой вы работаете. Поищите сами.
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По поводу «подешевле»: в numpy срез искомого вами массива сделан на си, что дает хорошую производительность.
UPD: реализация для PIL изображений
FindPixel=lambda PIL_image, x0, y0, x1, y1: numpy.asarray(PIL_image)[ y0:y1, x0:x1 ]

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Santa Clarita Diet Season 2 Episode 4: The Queen of England Recap
April 14, 2018 April 14, 2018 ~ Metacrone
Mr Ball Legs and Friends
Sheila and Joel get a new pet this episode, after Sheila and Rite Aid Rita finally meet. Gary proves to be a valuable friend. Eric becomes a pawn in a game of tug of war between the undead women of Santa Clarita, which is not as much fun as you'd think. Joel and Abby continue to work through their feelings about their new lifestyle, trying to find an elusive new normal amidst Sheila's undead adventures.
As the episode opens, Joel is preparing to build his cherry wood bookshelves. We can all breathe a sigh of relief, because he finally made it to the lumber yard and got the wood. I, for one, would have been devastated if he'd had to settle for pine with a cherry stain. He's geared up and has broken ground on their bedroom wall when Sheila comes in, saying that the new housing development has also broken ground, so it's a good thing they moved Gary.
Joel shows Sheila his reference photo for the bookshelves, which happens to be Boone the Nazi's shelves. Sheila can't believe he wants Nazi shelves. Joel says that the shelves weren't Nazi, they were just Nazi occupied. I'm with Sheila. Boone built the shelves, so they're like his children. They're Nazi shelves. Would stealing the design be appropriation of Nazi culture and thus unethical, or would it free innocent design features to live happier, free range lives in an environment where they won't learn to hate other types of wood and furniture? Discuss.
Joel and Sheila decide to table the Nazi bookshelf discussion and kill Gary instead. The discussion was really about Sheila's desire to kill Nazi people and appropriate their bodies into her stomach, anyway.
They show Gary photos from their visit with Kayla and Baby Hailey, and tell him how it all turned out. He loves seeing the photos and hearing the story. Then Sheila and Joel move on to a description of kill methods ranging from beautiful and poetic to quick and profane. Gary isn't interested in any of them. He wants to live so he can follow Kayla and Hailey's lives from afar. He can watch the baby grow up on Instagram and Facebook.
Joel and Sheila complain that they had a deal and he's breaking it, and besides, he's just a head in a vase. Gary responds that he's still better looking than Joel, but Joel goes for the obvious come back- not in a bathing suit. Gary concedes that he can't stop them if they decide to kill him anyway, but he's not ready to die.
Joel and Sheila move up to the kitchen and keep talking. The discussion turns heated, even though they agree that they shouldn't kill Gary since he's not agreeing to it. But how will they keep an undead severed head a secret?
Abby pops into the kitchen to tell them about the new developments with Ramona. They realize that Ramona must have become undead in the same way Sheila did, since Sheila didn't bite her. If they can figure out what activity they both shared before coughing up the red ball, they'll be much closer to finding the cause. They can also figure out if there are other undead in the area.
Sheila and Joel decide to visit Ramona to ask about her undead experience. Abby wants to tag along, but her parents want her to go to school and live a normal life. Except for the chocolate milk in her school lunch and the undead talking head in the basement. Otherwise, she'll be just like all the other girls.
Joel and Sheila head straight over to Ramona's apartment. Sheila apologizes to Joel for keeping him from his bookshelves. He figures that the apocalypse is coming and he won't need shelves anyway. Sheila thinks she'll still want to read, post-apocalypse. When Ramona comes up the stairs, they all introduce themselves, then Joel offers to carry the large shopping bag Ramona's carrying. He's shocked when he discovers severed limbs inside. Ramona explains that it's her lunch. Joel hurries them into the apartment.
Ramona became undead about 3 weeks ago, the same time as Sheila, but they can't find any experiences that the two have in common. She does mention having been an auctioneer, which shocks the Hammonds. Ramona in so low key. She explains that she used to be fast paced, all of the time, and longed to go slowly and enjoy life. Now she does. Sheila figures out that after they died, every undead person they've met has become the person they truly wanted to be.
Ramona offers Sheila some of her Rocky Peak Park jogger. Sheila and Joel take advantage of the opportunity to advise her to make sure she cleans up after her kills from now on. Even though it's harder for her to carry out all of the pieces of the jogger without Joel to help her, she can't threaten her own safety and the safety of the community by being sloppy. Ramona takes their advice to heart.
Then Ramona asks what Sheila did with the red ball she threw up when she became undead. Sheila's is in the freezer, but Ramona's is in a glass aquarium, where it won't get lonely, because it's grown legs and come to life. Ramona's ball is now a large undead spider known as Mr Ball Legs. Joel is ready to go home, before his head explodes.
At school, Abby becomes involved in all of the drama between her friends. She rescues one friend from the horror of not having gym shorts. Another is being publicly harassed by her ex-boyfriend. Abby hits him in the face with a lunch tray when there aren't any teachers looking, then sits with the ostracized girl.
Ramona goes to Eric's house to win him back. Lisa is thrilled that her son finally has a girlfriend and encourages them to have as much private time as possible.
Sheila and Loki's frozen balls look as inanimate as ever. Joel flips through the Serbian book and discovers a picture of a knight with Mr Ball Legs on his shield. There's also a ball spider above the text on the facing page. Now they just need to find a translator, again. They wonder, is the knight fighting for, or against, Mr Ball Legs and its undead minions?
Abby comes home and reminds them that tonight's the night that Lisa's coming for dinner. They are, as usual, unprepared. Sheila grabs a frozen lasagna to put in the microwave, and sends Joel to the basement for some soup. Abby is unimpressed with her parents ability to manage their lives.
Joel and Gary have a bit of a heart to heart while Joel gathers supplies in the basement. Joel worries that his days of normalcy are over, due to Sheila's new situation. Gary understands completely. He's been through some similar changes lately himself. He thinks Sheila and Joel have a great relationship, and wants something like it for himself, someday.
Maybe they should introduce him to Ramona.
Gary tells Joel that he has to accept that things have changed forever, and just deal with it, instead of longing for a past that's gone for good:
Gary: Sure, Sheila's got a lot going on. Her life's always going to be bigger than yours. It's like being married to the queen of England.
Joel: It's not exactly like that.
Gary: You've got two ways of looking at it. Either it's "my needs are always going to come second" or "Jesus Christ I'm f*cking the Queen of England!" Appreciate what you have, buddy. Stop trying to turn it into something it's never going to be.
Ramona and Eric arrive for dinner. The Hammonds are surprised to see them together. Eric explains that Ramona decided that they should be together forever so that he can be her Joel. She's never letting him leave her side. Ever. Sheila and Joel realize that they inadvertently caused this by telling Ramona about how much Joel helps Sheila. Ramona decided she could have the same thing by acquiring a slave boyfriend. Eric is an ideal choice, because he's small enough to catch and maim if he tries to escape.
The Hammonds retreat to the kitchen to formulate a rescue plan and cook dinner. Joel accepts that he's f*cking the queen of England, and reassembles his hammer-knife. Abby is allowed in on the plan, since Eric is her best friend. Sheila aggressively puts a lasagna in the microwave, and then they're ready to fight the evil undead.
Ramona tells Eric about her plans for them to move to Seattle together. Eric realizes they have almost nothing in common. The Hammonds come back and tell Ramona she can't have Eric, but she refuses to give him up. If he's against the killing, she'll bite him so that he'll want to hunt with her. Joel brings Eric over behind him and Sheila, and then tells Ramona again that she can't have him.
They prepare to fight. Just then, Lisa walks in with her 9 layer dip and a speech delivered practically without taking a breath about how she makes the dip and why it should be eaten while high. She realizes she forgot the chips and leaves again.
Ramona and the Hammonds attack each other. Ramona is a formidable fighter, but Abby's rage wins out in the end as she subdues Ramona by choking her with a belt. Sheila and Joel watch Abby in shock. Abby says, "You wanted me to have a normal life? This is it. This is who I am now. I'm the f*cking queen of England."
That's how you own your circumstances.
Sheila and Joel tell Abby they'll be talking more about this tomorrow, then tell Ramona to stop fighting. Ramona says she doesn't want to let Eric go. She wants what they have, not just someone to hunt with. Sheila explains that they've built their relationship over the last 20 years through caring for each other and engaging in give and take. You can't get it instantly through kidnapping.
This is a revelation for Ramona, but she finally gets what they're saying.
Lisa returns with the dip to find that the living room has been trashed in the three minutes she's been gone. Eric tells her that Ramona broke up with him and he's so upset that he lost control. Joel jumps in and says they'd better reschedule. Sheila adds that it's not the same as cancelling again.
Ramona moves to Seattle anyway, because it's better not to have two of the undead hunting in the same city. She leaves Mr Ball Legs for Sheila and Joel to take care of, since it can't go on a plane. While Sheila and Joel are at Ramona's apartment, and wondering again how both became infected, Joel discovers an old take out receipt from Japopo's. It's from the same night that Sheila had the same entrée, two nights before she got sick all over the bathroom. Ramona and Sheila both had the Friday Clam Special. There's the smoking gun.
There were some small reveals and no major events in this episode, but it was one of the funniest of the season so far and a classic sitcom episode. Everything about the episode worked, and the actors got to show off their comic timing and physical comedy chops.
So, maybe not a bat or a monkey. Maybe a Mr Ball Legs. Is Mr Ball Legs like a witch's familiar? Is the undead person's life essence connected to it in some way? Will something happen to Ramona if she gets too far away from it? What does it mean for Sheila that she's kept her ball frozen and it hasn't grown legs? This is an intriguing development.
Ramona's sage advice about life and Rite Aid products will be sorely missed. I hope she finds her Joel in Seattle, and all the white supremacists, rapists, and pedophiles she can eat.
Gary has become a lovable character that I want to keep around forever. They could get him a blow up doll body or mannequin body to sit on top of, then put a bandage over the hole in his face. Once he's cleaned up he could hang out in the living room or TV room. He's seems pretty maintenance free, physically. Get him voice controlled devices and he'll be living the good life again, just like any other severely physically disabled person who's a shut in.
Because that's what that argument was really about- quality of life and if it's worth it to be alive if the body goes while the mind is still intact. Stephen Hawking's history would argue that the answer is yes. Gary was a great salesman. Put him on internet sales using his voice controlled computer, and he'll be earning his keep before long.
Joel: We know, Abby. We're bad at everything, because we're your parents.
Abby: No, it's because prior to this you lead a mindlessly happy suburban existence which left you fundamentally unprepared for the life and death decisions that now plague your every waking moment.
Joel's head actually does explode, as he understands that suburbia has left him unfit for the apocalypse. He's doing a great job of playing catch up lately, though.
Images courtesy of Netflix.
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Geranium pyrenaicum é uma espécie de planta com flor pertencente à família Geraniaceae.

A autoridade científica da espécie é Burm. f., tendo sido publicada em Specimen Botanicum de Geraniis 27–28. 1759..

Portugal

Trata-se de uma espécie presente no território português, nomeadamente os seguintes táxones infraespecíficos:

 Geranium pyrenaicum subsp. lusitanicum - presente em Portugal Continental. Em termos de naturalidade é endémica da Península Ibérica. Não se encontra protegida por legislação portuguesa ou da Comunidade Europeia.

Bibliografia
 Checklist da Flora do Arquipélago da Madeira (Madeira, Porto Santo, Desertas e Selvagens) - Grupo de Botânica da Madeira
 Geranium pyrenaicum - Portal da Biodiversidade dos Açores
 Geranium pyrenaicum - The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (consultado em 29 de setembro de 2014).
 Geranium pyrenaicum - International Plant Names Index
 Castroviejo, S. (coord. gen.). 1986-2012. Flora iberica 1-8, 10-15, 17-18, 21. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.

 Ligações externas

 Geranium pyrenaicum - Flora Digital de Portugal. jb.utad.pt/flora.
 Geranium pyrenaicum - Flora-on
 Geranium pyrenaicum - The Euro+Med PlantBase
 Geranium pyrenaicum - Flora Vascular
 Geranium pyrenaicum - Biodiversity Heritage Library - Bibliografia
 Geranium pyrenaicum - JSTOR Global Plants
 Geranium pyrenaicum - Flora Europaea Geranium pyrenaicum - NCBI Taxonomy Database
 Geranium pyrenaicum - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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Steel contractor Cleveland Bridge has been fined £15,000 after a staircase collapsed on a scheme in Canary Wharf, narrowly missing some site workers.
The Darlington-based contractor was found guilty of safety breaches after the 1.7 tonne, 7.5 m long steel staircase fell 70 m to the ground while it was being lifted.
The staircase demolished a boundary fence and bounced off a heavily used site footpath before coming to rest near some workers on the Canary Wharf site, which is now 20 Canada Square.
Health and Safety Executive inspector Andy Beal said: "It's remarkable that nobody was seriously injured or killed when this heavy staircase hit the ground.
It was dropped because of shortcomings in Cleveland Bridge's design of the lifting equipment used, in the training of its staff and the monitoring of lifting operations.
"Any firm carrying out lifting operations must plan the work properly and communicate effectively with their workforce."
Cleveland Bridge was also ordered to pay £4519 in costs.


The Sun has revealed that Mrs Brown's Boys star Eilish O'Carroll is the first public figure to sign up to the RTE show. Eilish, who is Brendan O'Carroll's sister, will be paired up with professional dancer Ryan McShane who was matched with Erin McGregor in the show's most recent series.
Eilish, who plays Winnie in Mrs Brown's Boys, previously took part in a mini Dancing With The Stars challenge on RTE's Today Show back in 2017 so she has already got a taste for the competition.
Ryan McShane had previously hinted that he would like to be paired with an older contestant saying "I've had two partners that have been pretty much similar ability, now I wouldn't mind challenging myself. I'd have to be creative if I got someone a bit older."


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by John Peter Nilsson
No one let go of anyone's hand
When Andy Warhol depicted a cow's head for fifty years, he chose as his model an illustration from a brand for a milk product instead of a natural cow. "What's the difference?" – he seemed to say. How can I believe a label that says the meat is 100% beef from Sweden when I buy shop at my local grocery store? I can't tell it from its taste or appearance, but I have to blindly trust whoever claims it is true.
Whether I like it or not, I am directed to second-hand or third-hand information when deciding what is true or false, authentic or inauthentic. One of the most tangible effects of this development is our relationship with nature. Nature has either been a necessity for human survival or a resource for my own benefit or for the benefit of others. Today it is difficult to make the distinction.
Twenty years ago, chemist Paul Crutzen and biologist Eugene Stoermer came to a conclusion that the industrial use of natural resources and the human impact on the Earth's environment is so significant that it justifies the introduction of a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene. According to the scientists, this era began with the invention of steam engine by James Watt in 1784.
In that regard, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic reminds us that reality does not consist of goods to buy or objects to use, but rather of infinitely subtle variations of living interactions. The uncertainty, the pain, the deaths, and the economic and political crises that will occur sooner or later, remind us of a microscopic creature that has disrupted and infiltrated the whole . The pandemic is a lesson in our Anthropocene age – a lesson about the fragility of our global ecosystem.
But the pandemic can also be a wake-up call for the dangerous fools who dream of closed borders or who believe that the atmosphere can be nationalized. But it can also bring back a famous thesis of anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss's who said, "art is also a guide, an instrument of teaching and learning of reality that surrounds us."
Art theorist Nicolas Bourriaud developed his idea of relational aesthetics in the 1990s. It featured the term "totemism", sometimes also referred to as "animism". It refers to a way of social organization based on the idea that there is a link, a common essence, between an individual human being (or a group) and the environment (animals, plants, atmosphere).
Pierre Huyghe, "Nymphea's transplant (autumn 1917)", 2014.
Live pond ecosystem, light box, switchable glass, concrete. 184,5 × 138,5 × 103,7 cm. Photo: Åsa Lundén/Moderna Museet
One example of this can be found in Moderna Museet's collection – "Nymphea's transplant (autumn 1917)" created in 2014 by Pierre Huyhge. The starting point for the work were artificial ponds in Giverny that Claude Monet used as models for his paintings of water lilies. By extracting samples of the water, Huyghe transplanted the pond's flora and fauna into an aquarium that mimicked the weather and light conditions of Giverny between 1914 and 1918.
Monet's ponds were designed to comfortably provide him with lilies and one can interpret Monet's paintings as depictions of nature shaped by man. In Huyghe's case, nature is a living organism. Unlike Monet's lilies or Warhol's cows, both of which are an association of reality and fiction, true or false, Huyghe's living organism is an implicit argument that art is no longer ett simulacrum – the artist is no longer an observer but an active participant of nature. Through the work, Huyghe points out that there is a link, a dynamic continuity, between people and their environment, something that is at the heart of both the climate crisis and the disaster of the current pandemic.
Are humans themselves guilty of the threats to humanity? Over the centuries, we have seen art describe the horrors of life and appeal to gods, ideologies or science in response to various threats. There is nothing wrong with that, but I am also thinking of Winston Churchill's answer once requested to spend more money on the military during WW II: "There is no more money! ". When the generals argued that he should take money from culture, Churchill replied: "What are we going to defend?".
During the coronavirus crisis, we have seen an amazing struggle to continue the culture's presence in our communities despite the closure of museums, concert halls, theatres, libraries, and cinemas around the world. What the pandemic has taught us, is that for many people culture is not a dessert, but the main course.
There will come a time when everything returns to normal. Or will it!? Every day we hear and read that the world will not be the same when the crisis finally subsides. What comes to my mind yet again, is the fragility of existence itself. At best, more people will understand that the concept of the Anthropocene is not a buzzword, but the reality live in and take joint responsibility for the world we share, whether they live in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, or a luxury hotel in New York.
The crisis has also raised questions about, for example, the future of art galleries and museums. In an article published in the online magazine Artnet (April 14, 2020), cultural strategist Andras Szanto predicts that there will be fewer blockbuster exhibitions due to the increased cost of international loans, transport, couriers, insurance fees, and the raising awareness of the climate footprint they entail. Instead, he predicts that there will be innovative stories based on the museums' permanent collections or exhibitions focusing on current themes that may interest a wide audience. Perhaps, the crisis will even serve as wind that blows in the sails of a new museology, in which public engagement becomes as important as managing of exhibits? The Museum of Modern Art is no longer a temple on a hill that conveys knowledge and prestige to the well-established, but is rather a more open and participatory institution that engages the audience and offers a sense of transcendence, continuity, and belonging, Szanto pointed out.
It is not possible to predict the future, but there is something comforting in Szanto's reasoning. Wesaw before and continue to see how both the high and the popular culture brings people together, despite curfews and quarantine. We see how old friendships are being tested and new ones are emerging.
"Ninguém solta a mão de ninguém" is a meme from Brazil that has been spreading viral around the world for some time, but with a completely different meaning than Covid-19. Originally it was a tattoo created by Thereza Nardelli, directed against the policy of the Brazlian president and former military officer Jair Bolsonaro. It depicted two intertwined hands with a flower in between, accompanied by a phrase, which in English can be translated as: "No one let go of anyone's hand".
Perhaps not the best call for social distance, but you understand what I mean.
John Peter Nilsson
John Peter Nilsson is a former editor of NU: The Nordic Art Review, director of Moderna Museet Malmö and, for the moment, communicative museum strategist at Moderna Museet in Stockholm.
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This week, as my pregnant friend Kendra is about to pop, we hosted a baby shower at work. Since Kendra is having a little girl, I wanted to think of something festive and feminine to contribute. Of course, what could be more girlie than a delicate little cream puff?!
Cream puffs are surprisingly easy to whip up, especially if you fill them with whipped cream, as I did, rather than a true pastry cream. Homemade whipped cream takes all of a minute to prepare, and once you master a basic choux dough, the possibilities are endless. Choux dough can be used to make profiteroles, eclairs, or even a savory gougere.
I topped mine with a little glaze so I could easily add pink sprinkles, but you could also serve these up plain. The surprise inside is what really matters after all!
Grease and flour a cookie sheet (or line it with aluminum foil/parchment). Use a round pastry tip to pipe small mounds of the dough (about the size of a half dollar) onto the sheet. Wet your finger and gently smooth the tops to keep the peeks from burning. Bake for 30 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Remove the puffs from the oven and use a small sharp knife to poke a small hole in the side of the puff so the steam can escape. Turn off the oven and place the puffs back inside for 7 minutes. Remove and cool on a wire rack. Allow to cool completely before filling.
To prepare the filling, add the cream and vanilla to a chilled bowl. Beat on high until soft peaks form. Sift in the confectioners sugar, then continue to beat until stiff peaks form.
To fill the cream puffs, add the whipped cream to a pastry bag fitted with a small round tip. Use the tip to create a small hole in the bottom (and circle around gently) of the puff and slowly fill until you feel a bit of resistance.
To prepare the glaze, stir together sifted confectioners sugar and milk. Use a spoon to drizzle the glaze over the cream puffs and top with sprinkles, if desired. Enjoy!


The patio paver ideas deal with how to make the good flooring ideas for the patio. Of course this discussion will be very important because there is so much information which you will know after reading this article in the complete section. The good pavement will influence the total decoration for the house. That is why as the good exterior designers, you have to know in detail to what we need to deal for the good pavement ideas.
Before coming to the pavement ideas, you have to think about the total patio ideas. It is better for you to make the consultation with the exterior designers first before taking the certain concept of the patio ideas. The exterior designers will give you the recommendations which are based on the certain consideration. Of course you have to be ready with the budget. It is the important thing which you have to go so that the patio ideas can be perfect. The comparison can be done if you can get several recommendations of the patio ideas. Then, the selection should be made in the best concept of the patio design ideas. Furthermore, the furniture application to the patio should be thought well because it belongs to the concept of the patio design ideas. You have to remember about this to make the best pavement ideas for the patio.
After having the patio paver ideas, we are sure that you can add the more application near the pavement. Having the garden around the pavement is the good idea to deal. But we need to tell you that the garden should be in the decorative ones. By having the combination of the pavement and the garden, it is hoped that the patio decoration will be something good to deal. You will be able to manage all things by yourself.


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Aboriginal groups urge revisions
Thursday, 29 June 2017 07:30	Taipei Times
Aboriginal rights advocates yesterday called on the Presidential Office's Indigenous Historical Justice and Transitional Justice Commission to force revisions of controversial demarcation guidelines, while condemning the Democratic Progress Party (DPP) caucus for remaining silent.
"We hope that the commission will not be a rubber stamp for the Executive Yuan and truly reflect our communities' voices by responding to our appeal," Paiwan People's Council preparation group member Ljegay Rupeljengan said at a news conference.
Several Aboriginal rights groups condemned the DPP and the People First Party caucuses for refusing to take an official stance on the revision of the guidelines.
In response to requests from advocates, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and New Power Party (NPP) caucuses called for the guidelines to be revised to remove restrictive language allowing only for the inclusion of public land and requested amendments to allow Aboriginal communities to demarcate their land without the approval of local governments, the groups said.
"We view a refusal to respond as being the same as saying no," said Taiwan Indigenous Peoples' Policies Association president Oto Micyang, an Amis.
The demarcation guidelines have been controversial since they were announced in February, and the legislative review process stalled after the Internal Administration Committee referred them to legislature-wide cross-caucus negotiations this month.
"This is not just about private land, because nearby public land would also be affected. Under public land release regulations, companies can apply for public land to be made private if related development plans win approval," said Center for Indigenous Traditional Territory Land Policy Promotion executive secretary Pasang Tali, an Atayal, adding that there was a danger that the DPP only plans to pay lip service to Aboriginal causes without granting substantive rights.
Advocates maintain hope that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) — who chairs the commission — will force changes to the guidelines drafted under the direction of the Executive Yuan at a commission meeting tomorrow, he said.
"We will evaluate where we stand after the meeting and then decide our next steps," he said, adding that advocates have been encouraging Aboriginal communities to begin demarcating their traditional areas without first winning government approval, with nine having taken action.
"It is not enough for Tsai to apologize to Aborigines. What is crucial is whether the massive government bureaucracy takes proactive measures to restore Aboriginal rights, land and dignity based on her apology," said NPP Legislator Kawlo Iyun Pacidal, an Amis.
"If there is nothing, then the apology would look extremely cheap," she added.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chapters in several cities and counties have launched a petition to ask Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to stay on as the party's head after she announced her resignation from the position on Saturday to take responsibility for losing in the presidential election.
She was defeated by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) by 797,561 votes.


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The Rock 'n Roll DC Marathon was cold. ("How cold was it?") It was so cold I shivered starting 5 minutes after I stopped running and didn't stop shivering until I got into that aforementioned shower.
But I digress. Let's start from the beginning.
Things weren't so bad when I got up at 4:30am. I put on my five layers plus pajama pants and an old MCM jacket (yes, that brings my total top layers to six), picked up an Uber, and got to the start a little over an hour ahead of the 7am start time. Temperatures were in the low 20s but without any wind it was quite tolerable under my million layers of shirts, gloves, and headgear. I can tell you, however, that my Swedish Fish FROZE. I sucked to pliability about two-thirds of the pack and then gave up.
I don't know if things were more regimented for the half (which had an expected 22,000 participants according to the race announcers), but for us measly 4,000 marathoners the entire process was quite simple compared to runDisney or the Marine Corps Marathon. There was no bag search or anything, and I didn't see anyone checking bibs as you entered the corrals. Indeed, when we started the race, we just kinda moved forward; there was no formal corral send-off. Honestly, we could've self-seeded.
The bands along the course all had tents and were spread out over, I don't know, say every two miles? Some were quite impressive, some so-so, as you might imagine. Their presence did help me run the first 18 miles with no music, which was great for my battery life. Major kudos to them for, as far as I could tell, all showing up; I doubt the tents were heated.
I started out feeling... okay. Pat and I have been trading colds back and forth for the last couple weeks and annoyingly, I was starting to get the most recent one, but I took a throat-numbing lozenge and that kept true hell at bay. My first couple miles were reasonably strong, and about 45 minutes in I even stopped to take off my top layer.
Much is made of this race being the only marathon that keeps itself confined entirely within DC. Well, I found said course largely boring. It was a lot of backstreets and what have you. Spectator support was all right, given the circumstances; I'm sure a lot of people chose to skip in favor of not dying of exposure. Those that did come out were great, though - one group was giving out champagne, beer, AND whiskey (I regret not stopping for a shot of whiskey). My own personal hero was a man distributing tissues.
Before the race even started I overheard a veteran of the race talking about hills. Namely, there were three big ones to content with, at mile 6, 22(!), and 23(!!!). The mile 6 hill was steep but not too bad, being early enough in the race that I did not yet want to die, and was assisted by the lining of flag-bearing Wear Blue to Remember volunteers. 22 and 23, however, as you might imagine, were a nightmare.
But I'm getting ahead of myself again. Up until I want to say mile 15 things were pretty all right. That's when the wind start kicking up. Gently enough at first that it didn't cause overmuch trouble, but with increasing viciousness as the course progressed. And somehow it was NEVER a tailwind. Luckily I never got hit with a hard headwind either, but getting sideswiped on the regular wasn't exactly thrilling.
I got hit around mile 17 with the beginnings of that pelvic twinge I sometimes experience. This was much earlier in the race than usual, so I did some panicked problem-solving and ultimately ended up figuring out a solution for the issue entirely! Turns out when I'm tired I tend to slump a bit, with a slight emphasis on my left side. By concentrating on pulling my core up and rolling my shoulders back, I was able to mostly eliminate the issue. Thank God.
I was tired, though. I think the beginnings of a head cold sapped my energy, plus of course the low temperatures and wind. Naturally that's when the hills showed up. I wound up walking more of them than I would like, but I had reached the point in the race where I no longer cared about anything except not actively dying.
As much as the second half of the race frankly sucked, here's the good thing: I DID manage to meet my goal of shaving some time off my PR! I came in at 4:58:03, a full 97 seconds faster than my fastest time. I might've been ever quicker if not getting confused about where the finish was; I stopped to walk too soon and turned off my GPS prematurely. But no matter. I did it!
Also good: given that circumstances were against me and I got hit with those two big hills at the end, this tells me I have more to give. There are more PRs in my future if I can just line it up.
As far as the Rock 'n Roll Marathon DC is concerned - I was underwhelmed. The course was kinda boring (and who thinks big hills at mile 22 & 23 are okay?!), I didn't like the on-course fuel, there were no snack boxes at the end (just scattered individual snacks), and March weather is just too capricious to put your trust in. I think this one is probably a one and done for me. I'm not sorry I did it but I don't feel a particular pull to return. The Marine Corps Marathon is way better.
At least I can be proud of this: I showed up. Based on final totals, it looks like almost half those registered for the marathon didn't!
I do want to thank all the amazing volunteers, band members, and spectators who stood out in the cold to cheer us on, hydrate us, and keep us from collapsing in a defeated heap. I can only imagine how close to frostbite you were without running to warm you up! Know it was very much appreciated.
Next race on the docket as of now: the Dark Side Half! Yay!!


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Elections Watchdog Seth Woolley Will Run for Portland City Council Portland, Or. – Elections watchdog and Pacific Green Party activist Seth Woolley will run for Portland City Council in 2020. Over the past several years, Woolley, 38, a who works as a software engineer for Uber, has watch-dogged Portland's elections and filed election-laws complaints with city and state agencies, while pushing for better government. This is reflected in his platform of progressive election reform, government accountability and environmental protection. Continue reading
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Smith touts Green Party New Deal
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Where are the Greens in the Green New Deal?
An interview with Ben Manski by David Cobb for The Progressive When establishment media began to cover the Green New Deal, I thought of Ben Manski. When I first read about tens of thousands of students going on #ClimateStrike I thought of him again, because I remember him promoting this idea five years ago. As an activist committed to "building a democracy movement for the USA"—the motto of Manski's pro-democracy Liberty Tree Foundation he founded in 2004, he helped set the table for the Seattle WTO protests, the movement against corporate personhood, the Wisconsin Uprising, and much more. He has been ahead of the curve time and time again, so much so that folks in Madison, Wisconsin, where he lived from 1982 to 2013, took to calling him "The Manski with the Planski." Continue reading
Arlington, VA Green Party on the hunt for candidates
The Arlington Green Party is working to find candidates for local elections in November, and has put out feelers. "Arlington Greens remain open to endorsing or nominating any possible candidates for local office in the November election," party chair John Reeder told the Sun Gazette. "As yet, no one has come forward requesting the Green Party endorsement or nomination." Continue reading
Youngstown rabbi and Green Party presidential hopeful says congregation fired him over critical comments on Israel
A rabbi in Youngstown, Ohio, who is running for the Green Party's presidential nomination, was fired from his part-time job as spiritual leader of a local congregation because, he says, of comments he made criticizing Israel. Dario Hunter, in an interview published on Feb. 19 on Cleveland.com about his bid for president of the United States, had said that the United States should stop providing any aid to Israel because of its' "horribly atrocious" treatment of Palestinians. Continue reading
State approves first state grant for a Green Party candidate
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Surprise protest interrupts Underhill plan meeting
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Attendees at the Underhill Area Project community open house Monday night at the Unit II Residence Hall on Haste Street were presented with an unscheduled performance protest complete with costumes, sound effects and stage blood.
About 50 people were milling around the lower recreation room eating cookies and sipping coffee while studying the latest designs and concepts for the project when about 20 protesters, including Berkeley Councilmember Kriss Worthington, entered the room and began chanting "What do we want? Housing! When do we want it? Now!"
They were soon followed by the sound of screeching brakes, twisting metal and shattering glass blasting from a large speaker on a dolly. Then a protester inside a car-shaped cardboard costume, with "Underhill Monster" written in large letters on the side, symbolically mowed down four protesters who then lay in a pool of red liquid as the a faint odor of tomato juice wafted through the room.
Protesters contend the university's Underhill Area Plan emphasizes parking at the expense of student housing.
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Today and Thursday in Los Angeles the UC Regents will be examining the Final Environmental Impact Report, recently released by LSA Associates, Inc. They will be asked to certify the FEIR and approve designs for the dining and office facility and one of the housing structures known as the College Durant Student Housing Project, which will house 120 students in 30 units.
The construction of the dining hall and offices is scheduled to begin in January and work on the College Durant Housing Project is slated to begin in the spring. The remaining projects are still in the conceptual stage.
The focus of the protest was the block bounded by College Avenue, Channing Way and Haste and Bowditch streets, in which the parking structure, playing field and dining and office facility is planned. Opponents say there is currently no housing planned for that block and it may be the last chance the university has to build student housing close to campus.
"There is not one student bed planned in the entire block," Worthington said. "They could easily build several levels of housing above the garage."
The protesters, made up of a loose association of students, members of Bicycle Friendly Berkeley Coalition and members of the Rent Stabilization Board, said the UC Regents are missing an opportunity to provide up to 1,500 student beds in a prime location near the campus. In addition they said the disproportionate amount of parking will only encourage more people to drive, which will have an adverse effect on traffic and the environment.
Community Relations Director Irene Hegarty said it's inaccurate to frame the debate as parking versus housing and that it's better framed as parking and open space versus housing.
"We could have put more housing on top of the parking garage (where the field is planned) but this is a very dense neighborhood and at some point you have to have open space," Hegarty said
After the performance/protest, Worthington, calling the open house a "snow job," demanded the UC Regents add more housing to the plan and reduce parking. He said continued indifference to student needs by university staff left opponents no choice but to stage the protest.
"The students have attended meetings for months and have, in a more gentle way, tried to persuade the regents to add more housing, but they've been ignored," he said.
Rent Stabilization Board member Stefanie Bernay agreed.
"The university is totally stonewalling us," she said. "They are turning their backs on the worst student housing crisis Berkeley has ever seen."
Campus spokesperson Marie Felde disagreed. She said the university currently houses 5,100 students and the proposed new Underhill housing represents an increase of 17 percent.
"We're building nearly 900 beds I don't think that's turning your back on anyone," she said.
The protest was taken by university staff as a matter of course. Many continued talking about the project's good points while protesters loudly voiced its shortcomings.
"This is Berkeley and certain amount of this sort of thing is expected," Felde said.


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