The world's largest/fastest maxi trimaran, Spindrift 2, has been relaunched in Vannes, following months of optimisation in preparation for an attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy next winter.
Technology is in the DNA of Spindrift racing and the team has pulled out all the stops to optimise the boat. This development work carried over the winter has been carried out by the research and technical teams put together by Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard.
Fundamental to the change is that Spindrift 2 has been returned to 'full power' having previously had her mast reduced principally in order for skipper Yann Guichard to race this enormous boat singlehanded across the North Atlantic in last autumn's Route du Rhum. As part of the work a new rotating wingmast has been fitted that is 42m tall and 25% lighter.
Spindrift 2 in her previous guise as Banque Populaire maxi, is the current holder of the Jules Verne Trophy. But the extraordinary time of 45 days, 13 hours set by Loick Peyron and his crew over the winter of 2011-12, will be extremely require the best possible crew and a boat prepared specifically for this highly demanding and extreme course.
The Jules Verne Trophy was the principle reason for Spindrift racing's decision to acquire the world's largest and faster maxi-trimaran, which at present is probably the only afloat capable of bettering its own time.
For the round the world race course, the maxi trimaran needs to have a much more all round performance than for last year's transatlantic race and, significantly, she will be sailed by a full crew. Spindrift 2 will have to maintain her speed in light winds and transitions, while not having to have so much sail that the boat will have to be constantly reefed.
While the rig change is the greatest area of optimisation, several dozen kilos were shed from the deck: one of the original four coffee-grinders has been removed, and the hydraulic system has been refined. All the fittings inside the boat has been reduced to their bare minimum. Everything was scrutinised: "For example, we have changed all of the bags for carrying equipment, boots, clothes and food. This alone has reduced the weight by 35 kg, equivalent to half the weight of a crew member," explains Guichard.
Once stress tests have been conducted in the docks on the new mast, the team will soon begin to test-sail the boat. The focus will now turn to optimising performance out of her home port of La Trinité-sur-Mer. The trimaran will compete in the Fastnet Race in mid-August then, in October, will go on stand-by for the record attempt. It will be a question waiting for the best possible weather window to set off on the around-the-world record attempt.


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Why LeBron James' legacy as an athlete and man is already untouchable
LeBron James is going to go down as one of the best players to ever play the game of basketball, possibly being the all-time leader in points scored, top-five ever in assists, and undisputed leader of sorry teams he dragged to the Finals.
But that is not the entirety of LeBron's legacy. Nowhere near it. Perhaps just as great as his plays on the court is the impact he has off the court, in charitable deeds for communities around the world and in brokering power and freedom to athletes.
In 2010, when "The Decision" aired and LeBron took his talents to South Beach, he received immense backlash. There were constant videos of Cleveland fans burning his jersey, the famous "Gilbert letter" that was complete with racial undertones and ridiculous, ungrateful statements by Cavs owner Dan Gilbert.
LeBron himself even adopted a villainous attitude, trying to use the hate to feed his motivation and drive for his first and long-awaited NBA championship.
But the Heat lost. LeBron was never meant to be a villain, he was born to be a charismatic crowd-pleaser.
The unfair hits he took from his move to Miami even affected his play, and it took a long and honest vacation with teammate Dwyane Wade that summer for him to realize he couldn't adopt that villainous "me against the world" mentality.
"The Decision" was nine years ago. Just a few days ago, when the free agency started, we NBA fans saw the fruits of LeBron's struggle. Free agents signed for money that would make your eyes bulge out of your head. Kawhi Leonard was leading a wild goose-chase before he signed to the LA Clippers and no one slandered him for it.
Players switched teams like never before. Jimmy Butler turned down huge money because he wanted to be in Miami. Kyrie Irving moved to Brooklyn because the Nets are the team he rooted for when he a child and Kevin Durant joined him because he wants to play with his homie.
"People thought 'The Decision' ruined LeBron's image and ended Maverick Carter's career. Flash forward a decade: Maverick Carter is a mogul, LeBron's en route to being a billionaire and already the greatest player of all time."
— @getnickwright on Kawhi extending his FA decision pic.twitter.com/LdHBB6frtE
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) July 3, 2019
The threat of players switching teams also changes the direction and attitude of the front office. Tobias Harris, an above-average, but not superstar player, just got the five-year max contract from Philadelphia because the Sixers knew he could have left them and gotten other massive money elsewhere.
LeBron didn't just take unwarranted scrutiny so that players now can play where they want. He also ensured that everyone was going to get a BAG.
Bearing a small resemblance to factory owners losing power to their workers (and labor unions) sometime during the Industrial Revolution, the owners in the NBA have seen their power completely diminish over these past few years. LeBron James and his all-encompassing brand are a giant part of this.
In 2018 LeBron opened the IPromise School, a public elementary school in Akron, Ohio aimed at helping at-risk children. In its brief lifetime, this school already has shown results and looks to be a seed of growth for education in the future.
The kid from Akron with his kids from Akron. #IPROMISE #WeAreFamily pic.twitter.com/NbRp3BN4SY
— I PROMISE School (@IPROMISESchool) July 30, 2018
Maverick Carter is LeBron's childhood best friend and a massively successful businessman. Rich Paul, also one of LeBron's earliest and closest friends, is the founder of Klutch Sports Group and an agent for some of the biggest names in the NBA like Anthony Davis, Lebron James, Ben Simmons.
Having LeBron, the clear best player in the NBA as early as 2007 was only a jumping-off point. They are elite in what they do, and the trio of gentleman helped form the gigantic brand that surrounds James.
People around the NBA thought "The Decision" would hurt LeBron and crumple the careers of his two best friends, and the powers that be in the NBA wished this so. Instead, LeBron learned how to win in Miami, securing two championships, and Carter and Paul are, now, moguls and geniuses in their respective industries.
"Wouldn't it be cool if…?" That question has led us on a journey we only used to see on TV. It has led us to discovering & defining what being "More Than" is all about & empowering us to never settle for anything short of greatness. #MoreThanAnAthlete x @uninterrupted on @espn pic.twitter.com/wq69zQ6ib9
— Maverick Carter (@mavcarter) November 19, 2018
LeBron might be the most popular athlete in the world. In the brief years that Michael Jordan left Chicago and left the NBA in an awkward, "what's next?" period, LeBron emerged as the superstar ready to take the mantle of the best player in the world.
But who knew he could take the league to these heights? Who knew he would change the way fans see free agency and players are treated? Who knew he would start a school for the underprivileged, and have it be a benchmark for proper education methods to be installed into the foundations within at-risk areas?
LeBron's legacy will reach so far-and-wide when he is done that people have even whispered the possibility of him running for president in the future. That seems to be a tad far-fetched to me, but it only highlights how big and polarizing he has become.
As Colin Cowherd has said, the first person to do anything is always the one that takes heat for it. LeBron took the heat that drastically affected his mindset so that players now are in a position to make bank and be happy.
Who knows what is left on LeBron's path in basketball, and in life. A few more championships? A son in the NBA? Playing a game with his son in the NBA?
LeBron has set up player-empowerment in the NBA and done even more good outside of the league, most notably through the IPromise School.
No one knows exactly what will happen with LeBron moving forward, but we shouldn't take him for granted and must realize how lucky we all are to be along for the ride.
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Winter Digital Magazine
We are pleased to share with you the winter edition of the Broad College of Business digital magazine! In this installment, you will find a wrap-up of some of the college's news headlines, fall highlights, and some upcoming events to add to your calendar.
Go to: http://magazine.broad.msu.edu/
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Gov. Paterson should dump the plan to allow toxic natural-gas drilling upstate and take a fresh look at the risks it would pose to city water, critics said Monday.
"We believe that it is too risky - that it is wrong - to subject not just the water supply of New York City, but of surrounding areas and the entire state, to something this risky," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan).
The state Department of Environmental Conservation says new drilling techniques can unlock huge reserves of natural gas trapped in an underground rock formation called the Marcellus Shale.
It claimed last fall it can safely monitor the toxic chemicals and heavy environmental impacts of "hydraulic fracturing," which would generate billions of dollars worth of jobs and business - as well as millions of dollars in state taxes.
The critics say it would be unthinkable to allow that drilling in the city's upstate watershed that serves unfiltered drinking water to 9 million New Yorkers.
"This is gas drilling Rambo-style, and it has to be controlled by the federal government," said James Gennaro, chairman of the City Council's environmental protection committee.
The state's plan devotes less than two pages to protecting city reservoirs and water tunnels upstate.
Mayor Bloomberg's administration has come out strongly against gas drilling, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contends Paterson's plan overlooks health risks.
Paterson's office said the DEC will carefully consider reactions to its plan, and said he "is fully committed to protecting New York's environment and its drinking water."


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I am a Professor of Bioengineering at McGill University, where I hold the Canada Research Chair in Computational and Systems Biology. At McGill, I am also affiliated with the Graduate Program in Biological and Biomedical Engineering, the Graduate Program in Quantitative Life Sciences, the Centre for Structural Biology, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. External to McGill, I am affiliated with the Center for Cancer Systems Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
I graduated from Peking University with B.S. in Chemistry (major) and Computer Science (minor). I received my Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University, specializing in computational biology with Michael Levitt. After postdoctoral research at Yale University, I became an Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics, Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. I joined McGill University in 2013 as Associate Professor, where I was subsequently promoted to Professor.
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Nature of long-range evolutionary constraint in enzymes: insights from comparison to pseudoenzymes with similar structures. Mol. Biol. Evol. 35: 2597-2606 (2018).
Interactome evolution: insights from genome-wide analyses of protein-protein interactions. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 50: 42-48 (2018).
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INTÉRIEURS #68
KOEN DE WINTER
Interview by Madeleine Champagne and Anne Darche, published in INTÉRIEURS # 68 – 2016, to present the 2106 GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN TRIBUTE AWARD winner, Koen de Winter, ceramist, artist, designer. Updated in 2021 by Juli Pisano for INT.design.
NOTHING BUT CLASS
In an enchanting space made of blond wood, a man looks at me with a smile of great serenity, a pale blue shirt, beige pants, a tobacco-colored wool scarf. Everything about him exudes wis-dom, poise, kindness. Such is Koen De Winter.
He was born on May 28, 1943, in Mortsel, Belgium. He calmly recalls his childhood as "surreal". An example? In his collapsed commune of his, the children tear off the wallpaper from the destroyed walls to make drawings and their teacher, Sister Félicienne, then offers little Koen to color the advent wreath respecting the shapes, but with only one pencil! A black pencil! Bitter memory? On the contrary, this stage gave him a sense of brotherhood, of conciseness, of a job well done.
HIS MODERNITY
Another leaven of its modernity, its post-war youth, during which, deprived of butter, creamy soups and white bread, tasting it for the first time was not announced ecstasy. Life, space, shapes, nothing was the same … From then on, everything had to be different and new.
Having graduated with honours in Product Design from the Akademie voor Industriële Vormge zing Eindhoven, he adopted this mantra early on: "Sober is far from sombre." This principle would stay with him all his life.
DESIGNER CHINA
After a stint at Volvo, in Sweden, he was recalled to Mepal Service B.V., in the Netherlands, to develop a single-use service. Motivated by an environmental conscience awakened by the re-port of the Club of Rome, it proposes instead a more rational system of washing, storage and handling of sustainable services. The economy compared to disposable is so important that the system is quickly spreading all over Europe. After completing this task, he also creates mela-mine plates signed with his name on the back. Simple and elegant, they are so made that when they brush against each other or when stacked, they cannot touch each other, and therefore become scratched. Already for him, the objects had to last a long time. Forty years later, these plates are still in production.
Pichet « 66 », Koen De Winter pour Mepal
Lot de 10 mugs en mélamine, Koen De Winter pour Mepal
HIS WORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TOUR DE FORCE!
"Every piece of Koen de Winter I've seen," says the critic DC Wilson, "is a subtle tour de force of design, not in relation to the auteur, but to the thing he designed. His signature is that the object looks simultaneously like the latest, beautiful evolution of a product (no matter how big or small, complex or simple) and like the permanent state of the piece, as though it had always existed—as though it had always been waiting to be revealed.
He can look into any object more profoundly than one might think possible, discern the legacy principles of its design, work through and im- prove upon them, and yield a product that looks… both new and as if it has always existed."
CANADA QUICKLY SPOTTED HIM!
The dynamic Danesco inc. from Montreal noticed his products and brought him to Quebec. He worked for this company for several years and became vice-president, design. Illico, there and elsewhere, including for Hippodesign inc., which he founded with Ginette Rochon, he designed and created a breathtaking number of products all as elegant as each other, including the iconic spoon and spaghetti measure, as well as the mixing bowls with support rings that are so familiar to us and for which he holds patents.
Dessous de plat en bois ovale et long, Koen De Winter pour Danesco
Rouleau à pâtisserie, Koen De Winter pour Danesco
MUSEUM ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET
Possessing a collection of more than 400 objects, in fields as diverse as dining, surgery and leisure, he sees several of his works being acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and the Musée national du Québec, and appear in their permanent collections. Recognition therefore of its respect for craftsmen, its respect for the material and its international scope. A star is born…
ATELIER ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Following a lecture he gave to young people in his local area, bewildered by their fatalism in regards to their future, and to support regional develop- ment in the Outaouais region, he found-ed Atelier Orange, a porcelain and stoneware products workshop, reviving his experience in ceramics at Maredsous.
There, they produce high quality functional and decorative products and tableware with exquisite taste and rigour. I want to talk about one such small, smart item. Hand-held lemon squeezers are well known for being handy and e cient. Unfortunately, when used at the table, they soil the tablecloth. To solve this problem, Koen designed a small base and, coupled with his eur de sel salt keeper, made it part of an attractive set to use at the table, as precious as a shell found on a beach.
Presse-citron à main, Koen De Winter Atelier Orange
Salière fleur de sel, Koen De Winter Atelier Orange
INSPIRING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Quebec-based lighting manufacturer Axis Lighting provides work for more than 30 engineers and some 400 employees, and is proudly among the top five major lighting manufacturers in North America. Koen got involved with Axis from the start, having designed many of their excep-tionally beautiful products.
He can't help but blush with happiness when he talks about this company, which manufactures 80% of its products in Quebec. Its driving principle is that industrial design can create good jobs, provide a living for its fabulous artisans and provide consumers with products of international quality.
HE'S ALSO A TERRIFIC TEACHER !
To share the science of his art and his experience with the next generation of designers, he has returned to a half-time position as a professor at Université du Québec à Montreal, where he teaches at both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. I hear from his students and colleagues that he's smart, authentic, and generous with his time, a unique and knowledgeable soul.
Anecdote: during our interview, a young teacher colleague made a comment from the doorway confirming this! Koen, I hope you don't blush easily!
› See Professor Koen De Winter – UQAM
We also remember how the endearing and late Frederic Metz was in awe of his technical knowledge. De Winter's area of expertise is industrial design, but he also has a vast knowledge of production technologies. Metz also recognized De Winter's particular interest in design elements that unduly increase consumption and his expertise in environmental loads accompanying the exploitation and processing of materials.
› See Metz and Koen discuss and see for yourself!
DE WINTER, A MAN OF HEART
By turning in his salary as a professor, he founded the Koen De Winter Foundation in 1982. Nine years later, this was transformed into a permanent fund in the name of the Maud-Haviernick Fund, in memory of a former design student. of UQAM and a student of De Winter, who was among the women killed during the massacre at the École polytechnique de Montréal.
The fund annually gives a scholarship to a student of the School of Design who is pursuing graduate studies. He is keen to make it clear, his eyes clouded with emotion, that he is not rich, but that he lives simply and that he is happy to be able to contribute to this scholarship.
DE WINTER, A MAN OF RESPONSABILITY
I randomly name the Association of Industrial Designers of Quebec, the Commission for the Re-vision of Laws on the Protection of Intellectual Property, SODEC, all places in which Koen was very involved. At SODEC, his efforts focus on integrating the different design disciplines, all of which contribute to our material culture. For him, the specificity of our culture is poorly served by the artificial boundaries between crafts, exploratory design, industrial design or interior de-sign. The successful integration of these disciplines in the Scandinavian countries serves as an example and motivation.
FINALLY, A MAN OF GREAT KINDNESS
Since 2001, Koen De Winter, as an industrial designer, has participated in the Niagara Foot pro-ject, a collaboration between volunteer specialists which aims to produce prostheses for the lower leg in very large quantities and at very modest prices. These prostheses, which have re-ceived the highest medical design honour in the United States, are designed specifically for landmine victims.
IN THE WORDS OF CRITIC D.C. WILSON…
Koen De Winter has "…a remarkable skill, capable of being exercised only by a first rate mind with the antennae of an artist, the conscience of a humanist, the will of a master, and the heart of an angel."
AND THIS IS WHY
In 2005, his country of birth recognized his career with its highest distinction for design, the Henri Van De Velde Prize and the prestigious Tribute Award of the 2016 GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN Awards.
Industrial and graphic designer, ceramist, craftsman, professor at the UQAM design school, the talent and international career have earned Koen de Winter several awards including the Design Award, the Best of Canada Design Award and the product of the year in Frankfurt. Recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Laval in Quebec, Koen de Winter is a ceramicist, an artist, a designer as passionate as he is fascinating. Hearing him talk about his profession and his in-spirations is the ultimate proof of this.
In February 2021, host Martin Léon of the Journal de Montréal, in collaboration with the Conseil des Métiers d'Art du Québec, created a meeting between writer Jean Barbe and designer Koen de Winter to discuss inspiration. A scoop ? For Koen, inspiration comes from irritation!
For Jean Barbe, it summons inspiration! Failing to repeat myself… viewing the conversation is inspiring!
› Discover the conversation here
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Q: ListView doesn't wrap content after child changes visibility i have a ListView whose children toggle visibility on clicked. Each item has two children and only one is visible at a time, the other is gone, If the item is clicked the visibilities of its children are toggled.
The quite unfortunate thing is that one child is taller than the other so the height of the listview needs to be altered at each toggle but this doesn't happen. The height stays fixed.
I have tried playing with LayoutParams but got nothing out of it.
How can I fix this?

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Corporaphobia
With the release of a newer, louder version of The Manchurian Candidate, many people are noting that the original dark joke -- that the Communists are using an anti-Communist politician as their tool -- has been replaced with a more conventional villain: a multinational corporation that wants to install the first completely corporate-owned, corporate-controlled President. Paul Krugman, though apparently not totally familiar with the original movie, wonders why the remake didn't instead feature "Islamic fanatics, who install as their puppet president a demagogue who poses as the nation's defender against terrorist evildoers." I've seen that suggestion elsewhere, and it seems to me that that would be the most logical equivalent of Richard Condon's original joke, that those who speak the loudest against America's enemies are in fact unwitting puppets of America's enemies.
The reason they wouldn't do it this way, of course, is that Islamic terrorists really aren't acceptable villains in Hollywood movies now; more than that, there are hardly any acceptable villains any more, because Hollywood doesn't want to offend anybody. So the real reason the villain in the new Manchurian Candidate is a big corporation is that that's the only kind of villain that Hollywood isn't afraid to use. And the reason for that, I think, is that Hollywood movies are made by multinational corporations. They don't really care if they're portrayed as villains (and since, as the movie The Corporation reminds us in tiresome detail, a corporation is a separate entity from the people who work for it, the people within a corporation may in fact agree with the portrayal). What they care about is not offending anybody, and that includes anybody in the world, because they want to market their products all over the world. So a corporation's preferred villain is an entity that nobody likes and whose negative portrayal will offend nobody: the corporation itself.
It isn't new that movies would shy away from controversial choices of villain. The James Bond movies dropped Ian Fleming's SMERSH (a top-secret Russian spy organization that was even more evil than the KGB) preferring to use Fleming's generic evil organization, SPECTRE, so as not to get accused of playing Cold War politics. And when Tex Avery was making an anti-Hitler propaganda cartoon, "Blitz Wolf," his producer, Fred Quimby, asked him not to go so hard on Hitler: "After all, Tex, we don't know who's going to win the war." Movies have almost always been corporate products to some extent and the selection of villains is usually made to avoid giving offense to any demographic that the movie might appeal to.
But it does seem that recently, the use of the corporation as the stock villain has become more and more of a cliche. Not that I think big corporations are warm and cuddly, but there are other potential villains out there. I'm not talking about political "balance" here -- I don't think there's any need for that -- but just about variety; who wants to see the same evil-corporation plot 10,000 times? The corporate-centric ways are particularly problematic in movies with a political bent, because it reduces politics to the most simplistic view possible, namely that all political problems are the result of machinations by evil corporations. If you look at the politics of the original Manchurian Candidate, you see that the movie acknowledges all kinds of problems and all kinds of villains: Communism, anti-Communist demagoguery, the American political system. The new Manchurian Candidate will tell us that all the problems come from "rich people funding bad science." Because that's the only villain that's acceptable to rich people funding bad movies.
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What will take the place of Google Hangouts?
Johnny from Atlanta, GA
Johnny is confused with what may be happening with Google Hang Outs. Leo says Hangouts worked great for everyone's text, messaging, video chat, audio chat and others. But Google has slowly been chipping away at deprecating it (removing features).
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Why Can't I Log Into Gmail?
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Daisy is a teacher, who is now doing distance learning with her kids and she's having issues logging into her district Gmail account. She gets a google sign-in page that opens when she goes to Google Hangouts. She now can't get into her account. Leo suspects that is a phony phishing scam that has gotten her credentials and then locked her out. Leo suggests contacting the district IT office and have the password reset and 2-factor authentication set up so that it won't happen again.
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What is Good Video Conferencing Software?
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Jerry is looking for video conferencing software to be able to do book club meetings online. Leo says HouseParty is great for eight or fewer people. Google Hangouts is another option, which is Leo's favorite. It can handle up to 250 people. Zoom is another, but it's not free and is being used currently for schools and businesses.
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The Internet Will Keep Us Connected During Social Distancing
With the Coronavirus outbreak prompting the government to encourage people to practice "social distancing," many companies are letting their employees work from home. Leo says we finally have the bandwidth speeds available to be able to do video conferencing and team applications that can work via telecommuting. Church's are encouraging parishioners to watch services online, and thanks to Google Hangouts, Apple's Facetime and other video chat apps, we can keep in touch with friends and family. So it couldn't be a better time to be facing this.
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Should I Pay for Google Voice?
Gary from Cheektowaga, NY
Gary wants to know if it's worth buying the G Suite from Google. Leo says it makes a lot of sense for companies, but for $10 a month, Gary won't get anything new. Google is replacing Google Hangouts with Meet and Chat, so he may have the opportunity to use that. It also offers Google Voice for new users. Look around. Check out Grasshopper, Mighty Call, or Line2. Leo uses Ring Central.
Gary also found out that PlayOn, his DVR service online, is going up to $50 a month. Leo recommends YouTube TV as PlayOn requests a password apparently to access some services to record to the DVR.
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Why Doesn't Google Hangouts Work Anymore?
Scott from Whidbey Island, Washington
Scott uses Google Hangouts on his iPad Mini, but when he used it today, the little phone icon is missing. It's been removed from his personal account. What gives? Leo says Google has announced that it is eliminating Hangouts to all but Google Fi users.
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What's an Alternative to Google Hangouts?
Ron from New Jersey
Roger uses Google Hangouts and hears that it will be going away soon. Leo says it will be going away for business users, but if he's a Google Fi user, he can still do Hangouts. What Google wants is for everyone to use a new service called RCS. The downside is that there's no iOS version, it's very limited, and you can't have phone calls into the conversation. Hangouts could do all of that, so keep using Hangouts while you can.
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Is there an alternative to Skype?
Micah from Maine
Micah has been frustrated with Skype making unwanted changes and he eventually just gave up and chose to use Google Hangouts instead. Leo says that the sad thing about Microsoft buying Skype is that they continue to dumb it down to make it "easier" to use. But it gets frustrating because it doesn't always help when it comes to sound quality for recording.
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How can I make Google Voice my default text messaging app?
Nathan from Grand Rapids, MI
Nathan made "the switch" from the iPhone to the Google Pixel 2. He couldn't be happier. Leo says it's a great phone. Nathan ported his number to Google Voice, and it works great on his old number. But can he make Google Voice the default messaging app? Leo says no. He can make Google Hangouts his default messenger, and it'll show up in Google Voice. It'll even work on iOS.
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What's a good alternative to Skype?
Aaron from Illinois
Aaron is looking for an alternative to Skype for voice over IP (VOIP) calling. Is Google Hangouts a good idea? Leo says that Hangouts is a good option, but Google hasn't been giving it much attention to it as of late and may kill it.
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BioM: Schwarze, Lila Lee (1969)
Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Schwarze, Gullixson, Hoyvik, Strand
----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Loyal, Wis.) 28 Aug 1969
Schwarze, Lila Lee (19 JUL 1969)
On July 19, 1969 in Domkirhens Cathedral, Stavanger, Norway, Lila Lee Schwarze and John Walther Gullixson, both of Madison, exchanged marriage vows. The Rev. Dr. Chr. Svanholm presided at the double ring ceremony.
Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Schwarze, route 3, Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), and Rev. and Mrs. G.A.R. Gullixson, Mason City, Iowa.
The bride was given in marriage by Thorstein Hoyvik, Sandnes, Norway. She wore a floor length gown of white crepe accented with lace daisy trim at the empire waist, sleeves and train. Her bouffant illusion veil was attached to a satin leaf and flower headpiece. The bridal bouquet consisted of pink and white roses.
Miss Marion Schwarze, Milwaukee, was her sister's attendant. She was attired in a poie blue peau de soie gown with matching blue veil, and carried a bouquet of pink roses and white chesmine.
Mr. James Strand, Sandnes, Norway, formerly of Cottage Grove, served as groomsman.
Following the 6 p.m. ceremony, Vistestrand Hotel, Stavanger, Norway, was the scene of the reception and dinner.
Before returning to Madison the couple spent three weeks in Norway sightseeing.
The bride, a 1965 graduate of Luther Hospital School of Nursing, Eau Claire, has since that time been employed at University Hospital, Madison, on a pediatric intensive care unit. Having received her bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of Wisconsin in January of this year, she has now assumed duties as assistant instructor in pediatric nursing at Madison General Hospital School of Nursing. The groom graduated in 1960 from Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, Minn. He is employed by Westinghouse Electric Corp., Elevator Division.


The Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamstead is an amazing charity that provides professional support and care for people with life limiting illnesses. They bring peace, comfort and dignity to people and help them live life to the full, for whatever time is left. The Hospice needs £4.7 million a year to offer their help to over 2,100 people but only 20% of that comes from the NHS – the balance comes from fundraising and donations.
Steve first started to work with the Hospice by becoming a member of the Corporate Partner Network run by Carolyn Addison who is the corporate fundraiser. She told him all about the Hospice and events that they run. This was how Steve learnt about the Nepal Trek. After seeing the grounds and learning about the incredible hard work that goes in to helping patients and their families at such a difficult time in their lives, he decided that he also wanted to do something to raise funds for this amazing place.
Twelve months on and Steve is just about ready to go! Training has varied from the Shaun in the City trail, hunting for sheep all over London and Bristol, sessions with a Personal Trainer, numerous walks around places like Ashridge with other fellow trekkers, and a training weekend in Wales where he conquered Snowdon!
Not only has Steve managed to fit in running his locksmith business and his training but he has also organised some great events in order to raise money for the trek. These events have included a Fish & Chip Quiz Night and a Beauty & Fashion evening. Both events were fantastic and we are sure that Steve will be hosting more events in years come!
So far, Steve's fundraising total is in excess of £3,700!!
We will be updating you with Steve's progress as he completes his fundraiser. The trip consists of a five day trek across the Annapurna region in Nepal and then the 17 strong trekking team will be taking part in a two day community project at the Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital just outside Kathmandu – the Hospital building and garden needs some TLC.
Steve was absolutely brilliant. Really pleased with his work. He is knowledgable, friendly and has fantastic customer service. Would highly recommend and will definitely use again. Thank you Steve!
Steve aka the Jedi of locks is so reliable!!! I've used him a couple of times now and His customer service is impeccable. Friendly and efficient with very reasonable prices I would highly recommend him to anyone needing a locksmith and in general he's a top bloke!!! May the force continue to be with him.
Steve came a replaced all of our locks when we moved recently. He was prompt, courteous, professional and also very knowledgeable about which locks would work for our property. I would thoroughly recommend his locksmith service to all.


Planning for a vacation is one of the most exciting processes that you will ever engage in. It is exciting in all the manner of things that are involved. All this is possible when you have the right information on how to go about it. It will help you to become more fulfilled and drop any fears and tension for proper planning. The ideas below are educative enough to ensure that you plan a memorable vacation any time you feel ready and yearning for one.
Start by knowing your destination. Look out for the top places that would be exciting to you. Ask around and get to know what are the best places that you could travel to and spend your vacation there with all perfect ideas. Know what they do and avail in the place so that you may have an idea of what to expect. Choose the destination depending on the people that you will board with. If it is family or friends, you need a good idea of where you can land. Find a destination that you will be free to enjoy your holiday with.
Have a budget that you need to follow in the process of your vacation. Ensure you entail any cost that is supposed to be there for perfect planning. Find out how much you want to spend in the entire experience. Make the budget depending on what you intend to spend on that particular holiday. Do not break the bank with one vacation since you will have a life after that. Again you should know that you are going to have significant experiences again. In as you are forced to stretch your budget ensure you have those costs. Search through the deals that are available in various places. It helps in ensuring that you do not incur such costs. Be keen to spot those deals, and you will be sure to secure great advantages.
Make the travel arrangements the best way possible. This may entail the booking of the travel flights. Early booking is the most convenient as you will get to save some money. Go through various travel agencies and compare their flight expense. Know the transportation costs that will be included for all the time. It will be useful for you to plan for the future things. That way, you can now begin looking at the accommodation places. Upon the arrival, you will need to spend some time somewhere, and that counts. See the things provided and know if they are in line with what you were planning. Plan in advance to avoid rushing the last minute.


The other night during the premiere of BROAD CITY on Comedy Central, a screen shot of the HORROR REPORT was visible for a brief second.
It occurs a few minutes into the episode IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD, where one of the main stars played by Iiana Glazer flips from her screen saver of Little Wayne to the HORRORREPORT.COM.
I was contacted some time ago by the producers of BROAD CITY, and they asked permission to use the site. I did not hesitate.. I was honored. And now my waiting has come to fruition.
The coolest part of all: Amy Poehler is the executive producer of BROAD CITY… does she read the horror happenings and paranormal reports from around the world on the HORROR REPORT?
As for the show itself, it has been accepted by critics as refreshing and funny. A number of reviews praised the first episode for fresh humor and it is already being called a winner for Comedy Central..
So cheers to the first episode of BROAD CITY!
And thanks for the recognition. Hopefully Amy, if you're reading, you're enjoying the HORROR REPORT every day..


Mohindro, 13 Jan 2015Same for me too. I was registered, stayed online prior to 2:00. As soon as it hit 2:00, the si... moreGo and check their official forum.. Plenty of people managed to buy it.. There were only 10,000 devices and 3lac registrations.. You were expecting them to last for even a minute??
Anonymous, 13 Jan 2015As I said Amazon is a seller who does what Micromax tells them.. Micromax decides when to star... morewhy salse person in amazon has no brain, they will not think that they will loose customers if they do like this. in that case if micromax is planing to give less mobile they they should have not do this offer. it clearly shows that to drag the peoples Attention and wasting time, not to do good business.?
mukee, 13 Jan 2015How price show 12450As answered by a YU/Micromax forum modereator: Because Micromax has set the price of the device as 12499 and then giving discount of 3500..
they all are making people fool how it can be possible they launch this mobile 20 days back today they srart selling 1.58.p.m and after 2 minutes all mobile were sold out.
Rupesh, 13 Jan 2015Amazon has make us all fool, i was not getting any option to add it n cart, and after some tim... moreFrom people who posted on Yu forums it seems that Micromax has priced the device at 12499 and then giving 3500 discount at end..
Anil, 13 Jan 2015i was just tried to buy this but suddenly at 1:58pm its site go down and i tried many times bu... moreSame for me too. I was registered, stayed online prior to 2:00. As soon as it hit 2:00, the site was not available. It remained intermittent as I was checking every sec. I doubt any one would have purchased any phone given the intermittency. It was a fake sale.
Anil, 13 Jan 2015i was just tried to buy this but suddenly at 1:58pm its site go down and i tried many times bu... moreWhat do you expect when so many people try to login at the same time? (3 lac people registered if you aren't aware)..
karthik, 13 Jan 2015If amazon are a good/best(what ever you want tell) they should have stoped/limited the reg of ... moreAs I said Amazon is a seller who does what Micromax tells them.. Micromax decides when to start registrations and when to stop.. After they reached 3 lac registrations Micromax put out a news article saying that they were stopping registrations..
i was just tried to buy this but suddenly at 1:58pm its site go down and i tried many times but its was not going up but after few minutes when all stock goes end the amazon.in also working properly. i think it was not fare action.
Rajiv, 13 Jan 2015Well, I got mine!! Guess I must be happy, although a couple of my friends did not get it!! ... moreStart syncing your clock with World time servers..
Anonymous, 13 Jan 2015Kindly enlighten me why you think Amazon should have any part of the blame?? If amazon are a good/best(what ever you want tell) they should have stoped/limited the reg of the mobile as early as possible. Then i will go with your statement. but amazon did not done it.
both companies are playing with customer.
Karthik, 13 Jan 2015Amazon at 2:00 purchase of Micromax Yu Yureka is started but at that second itself it showed m... moreAmazon has make us all fool, i was not getting any option to add it n cart, and after some time it was available for Rs. 12,499/- but still was not getting add in cart. I think this is all just to create a hype for the product. This was not accepted from company like amazon.
Karthik, 13 Jan 2015then Amazon also should have equal share in the blameKindly enlighten me why you think Amazon should have any part of the blame??
Well, I got mine!! Guess I must be happy, although a couple of my friends did not get it!!
Opted for 1 day delivery by paying Rs. 99 extra.
Anonymous, 13 Jan 2015Are people so dumb to blame Amazon for it? They are the sellers and do what Micromax tells the... moreThey are cheaters.I will sue them..


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Shalom: PM's US visit 'unsuccessful'
"On the convergence plan, there is a big disagreement between Olmert and Bush."
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Former foreign minister MK Silvan Shalom told the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that despite the honor bestowed on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, his visit to Washington was "far from successful." "There's no doubt that he got an American hug" says Shalom, "but that's what always happens with a prime minister's first visit to Washington. But you can't hide the discord." Shalom divides the visit into three main components. "From the ceremonial point of view, he got everything. And also on the Iranian issue there is an agreement between the two governments. But on the convergence plan which was the main aim of the visit, there is a big disagreement." Olmert's advisors were quick to brief Israeli reporters covering the visit on the Bush Administrations support for Olmert's plans but Shalom drew a different conclusion. "The moment President Bush says that facts on the ground can be determined only with both sides agreement; it's clear what he thinks. You notice also that he's referring to Olmert's 'ideas' and not his 'plans.'" According to Shalom Olmert received the message. "He's suddenly mentioning the roadmap again and talking about implementation of his plans in three years, when Bush won't be in office anymore." Shalom said that Olmert's convergence plan was totally different from former prime minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan, which he supported. "It worked in the Gaza withdrawal because we retreated to the international border. But now everything that Olmert has been saying since the elections is devoid of any real content. He's proposing a withdrawal without any purpose." The Likud MK also claimed that following the Hamas elections victory, Israel shouldn't be embarking upon any peace initiative." Right now there is no one to talk to on the other side, but that doesn't mean that we have to act unilaterally. We don't have to withdraw for the sake of it. The ball should be on the Palestinians side, they should have an interest in coming towards us and changing the policy of the Hamas government."


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Transactions: 3 Giants activated off COVID-19 list; Kyler Fackrell to IR
Michael Eisen
Giants.com Senior Writer/Editor
The Giants, 4-7 and sitting atop the NFC East, made a series of roster moves today. They will return to the practice field tomorrow to begin preparing for their game Sunday against the Seahawks in Seattle.
Most notably, linebacker Kyler Fackrell was placed on injured reserve and will miss at least the next three games. Fackrell suffered a calf injury in the Giants' 19-17 victory Sunday in Cincinnati.
Fackrell is tied for second on the team (with Dexter Lawrence) with 3.0 sacks. He also has one of the team's nine interceptions and is the only defender to return a pick for a touchdown (46 yards at Dallas on Oct. 11). Fackrell, who has played in all 11 games with eight starts, has 31 tackles (20 solo).
Fackrell becomes the third outside linebacker to go on injured reserve. He joins Lorenzo Carter (Achilles) and Oshane Ximines (shoulder), both of whom underwent surgery and are out for the season.
The Giants waived defensive back Montre Hartage and kicker/punter Ryan Santoso. Hartage has been on both the active roster and practice squad this season and played in one game, Nov. 15 vs. Philadelphia. Santoso was signed last week off the practice squad as insurance in case Graham Gano was unavailable for the Cincinnati game. Gano was on the Reserve/Covid-19 list but was activated Saturday and kicked four field goals vs. the Bengals.
Tight end Kaden Smith, rookie tackle Matt Peart and wide receiver/return specialist Dante Pettis were activated off the Reserve/Covid-19 list. They are eligible to practice tomorrow.
Wide receiver Derrick Dillon and tight end Nate Wieting were terminated from the practice squad.


In honor of the last day of Kwanzaa, Imani (which means faith), we would like to announce the addition of word art and quotes to the Pens Up Press store. Happy Imani and happy New Year's Day!
In honor of New Year's Eve day of Kuumba (creativity- the 6th day of Kwanzaa) we wanted to announce that Pens Up Press will begin production of adinkra keychains featuring symbols that have their root in west African spirituality. The keychains will display the symbol on one side and an explanation of the spiritual meaning of that symbol on the other, adorned with cord ribbon cowrie shells and beads.
Happy Kwanzaa! at the Kwanzaa market place now all set up with Yvette Heyliger. Will be here with Pens Up Press Books and signed copies of my book Mules Fight Back at the 35th Kwanzaa at the Museum of Natural History until 5:30pm.


Phytosanitation – prevention of introduction of plant pests into new areas – is critical to maintaining and sharing of plant genetic material. A CGIAR-wide program to raise awareness on phytosanitation highlighted the challenges and responsibilities of organizations engaged in storage and distribution of germplasm.
"Over the past 40 years, over 65 pests (fungi, viruses, insects/mites and weeds) have been intercepted at various entry points in India," said Dr Kavita Gupta, Principal Scientist, Division of Plant Quarantine and Officer-In-Charge, Priority setting, Monitoring and Evaluation, ICAR-NBPGR*. Dr Gupta was speaking on 'Phytosanitary Policies and Procedures Governing Exchange of PGR'. She emphasized the need to support research, training, capacity-building, networking and information sharing activities, both at national and international levels.


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Governor Corbett approved key changes last week to Pennsylvania's Chapter 14, which regulates residential customer billing, collection, and termination procedures for utility services.
These changes will take effect on December 21st. The Pennsylvania Utility Law Project (PULP) has compiled a list of six key changes that could impact you and your clients!
Assistance agents and legal services staff were previously unable to help residents reconnect their services through the weekend, exacerbating health problems and jeopardizing housing stability. Terminations may now only occur between Monday and Thursday, providing additional time for customers to access assistance and avoid a service shut-off.
A customer or applicant confirmed as eligible for a a customer assistance program can no longer be required to provide a cash deposit. This eliminates a barrier for low-income Pennsylvanians to receive utility services.
While PULP attorneys have received assurance that this change was not intended to narrow eligibility, we remain concerned that this new standard may raise the bar for medical certifications.
All advocates should be vigilant regarding how each utility treats medical certificate submissions. Please advise PULP Staff of any changes in procedure or interpretation that you encounter.
Notice of Termination can now be provided to customers through e-mail, text message, or other electronic forwarding if the customer consents to be contacted using these formats for the purpose of termination.
Utility companies will be required to notify customers requesting payment arrangements about all universal service programs, and to refer those customers to the universal service program administrator for eligibility determination and enrollment.
Any court order of protection, including criminal protective orders, will be included in the Chapter 14 exemption for survivors of domestic violence. Previously, a PFA Order was required to be eligible for the exemption.
If you have questions about these changes, please contact PULP at pulp@palegalaid.net or 717-236-9486.
Click here to learn more about the important work that PULP does to protect low-income Pennsylvanians.


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Q: Password entropy of 109; crackable? According to my calculations, it would take a computer about 21 trillion years to cycle through a list of 109-bit passwords at one trillion guesses per second. In other words, not crackable until computer technology takes some serious advances.
However, some sources seem to refute this, such as this one. It suggests that my password might be sufficient for financial information, and that anything above 128 bits is often overkill - meaning that it is not overkill in some situations.
Is my math terribly wrong? Are there really computers out there that can do a trillion string comparisons in one trillionth of a second, resulting in a cycle time of 21 years for my particular password's charset and length? Or am I missing something else?

A: Assuming that characters of your password are uniformly distributed, hence your password is not crackable using dictionary (or dictionary and some transformations): yes, it's safe.
"anything above 128 bits is often overkill" means that often your password is hashed, or salted+hashed before stored in the database (to protect against SQL injection attacks), and because some popular hash functions have 128 bit output, providing more than 128 bits of input does not increase the entropy: long passwords will collide with shorter ones anyway.


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Georgetown is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 37,086 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Georgetown is the ninth largest community in Kentucky. Much of the housing stock in Georgetown was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Georgetown economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Georgetown, where the median household income is $65,812.00.
Georgetown is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Georgetown is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Georgetown who work in office and administrative support (11.92%), sales jobs (8.42%), and management occupations (8.23%).
The percentage of people in Georgetown who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.45% of adults in Georgetown have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Georgetown in 2018 was $29,910, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,640 for a family of four. However, Georgetown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Georgetown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Georgetown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Georgetown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Georgetown include German, Irish, English, French, and Scottish.
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Tennis: Querrey outlasts Tipsarevic to reach Houston semi-finals
(Reuters) – Eighth-seeded Sam Querrey survived two tiebreaks to defeat Serb Janko Tipsarevic and advance to the semi-finals of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: Mar 21, 2019; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Sam Querrey of the United States hits a forehand against David Ferrer of Spain (not pictured) in the first round of the Miami Open at Miami Open Tennis Complex. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Querrey prevailed 7-6(6) 7-6(4), making 23 aces as he ended a three-match losing streak to Tipsarevic.
The American saved two set points in the opening set and another in the second.
"My first two matches were pretty clean, but this match was more about fighting your way through it," Querrey said.
"There were some frustrating moments against a tough opponent, but I found a way to win those tiebreaks and that's what tennis is about sometimes."
After going 4-1 up in the first tiebreak, the 71st-ranked Querrey dropped five consecutive points to the 372nd-ranked Serb.
Querrey rebounded to win the next four points and the set.
The American let a 4-1 lead almost slip away in the second tiebreak as Tipsarevic again rallied.
But the final three points and the match went to Querrey.
The twice Houston finalist will play Chile's Christian Garin in Saturday's semi-final.
Garin breezed past Swiss qualifier Henri Laaksonen 6-3 6-2.
Norway's Casper Ruud also made the semi-finals and will play the winner of the late match between Australian seventh seed Jordan Thompson and Daniel Elahi Galan of Colombia.
Ruud, playing in the Houston tournament for the first time, defeated 2008 champion Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-1 6-0.
Reporting by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; Editing by Toby Davis


Location, Location, Location!!! You can't beat this area of Minneapolis in the Howe neighborhood. This amazing home has been fully renovated top to bottom. If you are looking for a one of a kind turnkey home get in for a showing today and make it yours.


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Q: Additional jQuery popups not initialized after ajax return I'm using a pageless solution for displaying a list of locations. Some of these locations include this jQuery popup for additional data to be displayed in the box. The problem however, is that on following ajax appends, the new locations added to continue the page going down don't maintain the popup functionality.
How do I initialize the new popups added to the page?
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Thanks!

A: When the page loads and jQuery mobile is initialized, it'll look for any divs with the attribute data-role="popup" and initialize the popup. The problem is that this code runs once on page load and dynamically created divs are not registered. You can however initialize the popup widget programmatically by doing
$(selector).popup()

selector can be the id of the newly added div.


This page displays sold house prices for Woodrock Road in Liverpool.
Woodrock Road in Liverpool L25 consists predominantly of semi-detached houses. Properties on Woodrock Road typically have values around £150,000 - £200,000, ranging upwards of £200,000 for larger semi-detached houses.
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SimpleGifts with Billy McLaughlin: A Small Town Christmas @ The Cultural Center in New York Mills
The Cultural Center in New York Mills 24 N Main Avenue New York Mills, MN 56567 US (map)
Event Link: https://www.kulcher.org/simplegifts-with-billy-mclaughlin-a-small-town-christmas/
The Cultural Center is thrilled to present SimpleGifts with Billy McLaughlin: "A Small Town Christmas", an unplugged and shorter version of their full 2018 holiday tour, on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in New York Mills.
The event will be intimate – occurring in the smallest venue of the tour. The audience can expect an up-close experience featuring traditional carols and hymns performed with celtic whistle, violin, acoustic guitar and angelic three part harmony…..small town-style!
SimpleGifts
SimpleGifts makes musical magic by bringing a modern flair to traditional Christmas carols and hymns. Staying close to the heart of Christmas by avoiding commercial and pop holiday repertoire has become the trademark of this award winning six-piece ensemble.
With little media attention, SimpleGifts is arguably the most successful MN holiday-themed project celebrating exclusively traditional hymns and carols interpreted in modern arrangements. Music from the group's most recent CD "This Christmastide" and previous five critically acclaimed releases will be featured. The ensemble's previous CD, WinterGrace, is characterized by MN music critic, Jim Walsh:
"…one of the most elegant and listenable Christmas collections of this or any year — "WinterGrace" from the Billy McLaughlin-led local collective SimpleGifts" – MinnPost
In this intimate and "unplugged" version of their 2018 holiday show, SimpleGifts puts community celebration ahead of commercialization – pulling the audience into the sublime side of traditional repertoire in a truly meaningful Christmas event. Expect modern arrangements with an "Old-world" feel highlighting Billy's signature acoustic-guitar, angelic three-part harmony vocals, bagpipes, Celtic whistles, violin, piano and tasty atmospheric percussion.
Billy McLaughlin
Known for his harp-like guitar playing technique he calls "finger tapping," Billy McLaughlin is an American original – an international performing and recording artist who has achieved Billboard's Top-Ten Chart.
Several years ago, he came to embody every musician's greatest fear. The award-winning guitar virtuoso began struggling to play his own music. Searching in vain through countless therapies for an answer to his problem, he was finally diagnosed with a yet-to-be-cured neuromuscular disorder called Focal Dystonia. After enduring the loss of all he ever dreamed of, McLaughlin did what for many would be unthinkable — if not impossible — he taught himself to play left-handed.
His remarkable story is captured in two award-winning documentary films: Changing Keys: Billy McLaughlin and the Mysteries of Dystonia and two-time Emmy Award winning Starry Night – Billy McLaughlin with Orchestra Nova which aired on PBS stations. His triumphant comeback concert was also filmed by WWE camera-crew volunteers who captured Billy's historic return for a DVD titled Coming Back Alive.
Billy currently serves as the Ambassador of Awareness for the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation and is a founding member of the American Brain Foundation. See more at his website: billymclaughlin.com.
Advance ticket prices are $20 for adults and $10 for students; at-the-door prices increase to $25 and $15 on the night of the performance, if seats remain. "Students" include Kindergarten though College (student ID required). "Littles" who fit on laps (preschool & below) attend for free.
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