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Tiffany Haddish of 'Girls Trip' Fame Sparks Heated Discussion about Who Pays the Bill on a Date in Recent Post
By Lois Oladejo
Social media is never far from controversies and debates, and Tiffany Haddish sparked the latest round of such when she made an Instagram post about who pays the bill on a date.
The actress and comedian shared a photo of a man lying on a bed and taking off feminine underwear. The picture had an inscription that read, "These are the types of men who ask a woman to go half."
In the caption to the post, Haddish explained that she found the photo funny because it was true. She also said that she knew that a few exes would want to text her, but advised them to save their messages.
Tiffany Haddish in her formal gown at the MTV Movie & TV Awards | Photo: Getty Images
The comedian further explained she wasn't talking about employment or equality, but talking about when a man asked a woman on a date and then said they should go half with the payment.
Stressing her point further, Tiffany said that she was certain that if someone in the LGBT community were asked out by another person, they would also expect the person asking to pay for the date. She concluded by saying:
"It called etiquette and integrity. I didn't post this to offend anyone. I posted it to gauge the temperature for a new joke I am writing, and I know it will be funny and non-offensive. To anyone who is grown up and has been on a date."
Tiffany's post, as expected, attracted loads of comments from many fans. One man who commented believed that women never asked men out on dates, but that if he asked any woman out on a date, he would pay.
A second person was livid with Tiffany and told her that the post wasn't funny. The person also said that she hoped the comedian would feel the same way when she gets paid less because she's a woman.
Then, she said that she felt the reason women didn't get paid as high as men were because they didn't talk about the money.
Going further, the person said that then Tiffany would realize that men had to pay for their woman's meals and thus needed more money. Tiffany, however, replied to the person's comment.
The comedian advised the aggrieved fan to read the whole caption because she wasn't talking about what people were getting paid. Another fan's comment read:
"I agree, but I wouldn't expect her to want me if she didn't know that I could take care of her. Surely I don't want a woman who can't take care of me back...50/50 is expected."
This would not be the first time that Tiffany Haddish would be speaking about gender and payments. The actress bore her mind on unequal gender pay in an interview with "Variety" in 2018.
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Then, she said that she felt the reason women didn't get paid as high as men were because they didn't talk about the money. Tiffany stressed the need for women to talk about how much they were getting paid.
She further said that closed mouths never get fed and that women didn't speak up because they didn't know what they were supposed to get.
Tiffany Haddish is never afraid to speak her mind on any issue, and that trait has seen her rise to the top of her career despite all the odds.
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MUSICIAN Born: May 11, 1966
Julian Joseph
Virtuoso pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger and broadcaster, Julian Joseph is the undisputed heir to the global house of jazz. Acclaimed by critics and audiences the world over, Julian never fails to inspire with his mastery of the keyboard, the versatility of his musicianship, and the seemingly limitless scope of his creative imagination. Always relaxed and self-assured, Julian is completely at home on any stage and in front of any band. His passion for the music is palpable, and his desire to communicate that passion compelling. Over the past 35 years, Julian has made ground-breaking advances for jazz in the UK
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By ROGER FARBEY
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By DAVID BURKE
Even the most avowed John Coltrane disciples among us would admit to grappling with some of the albums he released in the couple of years before his death--the likes of Ascension, Sun Ship and Om. And we weren't alone. His long-time drummer, Elvin Jones, told Downbeat magazine, "At times I couldn't hear what I was doing--matter ...
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By HENNING BOLTE
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By BRUCE LINDSAY
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Death, Rebirth & New Revolution
By IAN PATTERSON
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Shadowball
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Label: Unknown label
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Tag Archives: Sam Mendes
Direct And To The Point: Cabaret
Posted on December 30, 2014 by Cotton
This post is inspired by Roundabout's current (remounted) production of Cabaret, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams. Although I was familiar with the music and had a loose notion of the plot, this was the first time I'd ever actually seen a production of this show. This is perhaps the least familiar I've been with a show that I'm posting about, so I'm still very much in "thinking mode" about this one, but here we go…
– Who's story is this?
I'm not sure who's story this is. That seems completely dumb to say, but it's true. I had always assumed that it was Sally's story. Or perhaps Sally and Cliff's story. Maybe that comes from having seen Liza's face associated with it more times than I can count. And I guess it is her story. But to me, the more interesting story is the one between Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz. In Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz's story you see the rising Nazi sentiment of Berlin destroy the possibility of two people finally being able to share their lives together. In Sally and Cliff's story, the Nazi's presence is almost a sidebar. Due to the way this piece is structured (the effect that the Nazi presence has on the story, the way its presence is revealed and songs like "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" and "If You Could See Her"), it seems like the Nazi sentiment and the way it made cowards and enemies out of neighbors was at least one of the concepts that Kander and Ebb intended to punctuate. Making the story Sally's seems a little asking people to pay attention to the cop who's writing out a parking ticket, while there's also "subplot" revolving around a cop who's engaged in a high-speed car chase. But just because something is more interesting doesn't mean it's where the story is.
– About the sex.
There are a lot of show numbers with in this musical. Many of the songs are presented as the various acts of the Kit Kat Club. Which is to say, many of the songs in the show do not advance the plot with their lyrics. Rather they tend to act as commentary on the story. Since that connection is not overtly present in the lyrics, I think it's important make sure that the staging and choreography focus on highlighting those parallels. Most of the numbers in this production did that very well, but the few that didn't just kind of passed by as naughty nightclub numbers.
– Sensitivity vs. Survival.
In this story we find two couples – one younger and one older – but both with a sensitive man and a survivalist woman. While the details of these relationships differ, I find it interesting that the need to survive is what ultimately ends them both.
– About Sally
This production paints Sally as a very infantile sort of woman, which, while it may be a valid option, is completely unappealing to me. I think Sally is absolutely the life of the party. But I think being the life of the party is how she's survived living in a very cold and difficult world. She's the life of the party because she her life depends on it. She's made of steel, even if she is unable to ultimately free herself from the destructive patterns of her life. Even in her opening number, "Don't Tell Mama", I think the role-play of playing sweet and innocent is much more exciting if it's played by someone who is actually a strong woman. I mean, it's fun to watch a cat play, but it's much MORE exciting to see a tiger playing. The thrill of danger and power that can be turned on at any point is much more engaging than knowing you've already seen the full extent of what the damage would be. Plus I think letting Sally be a stronger character fits better with "Mein Herr". I also think this affects how we experience her decision to get an abortion and go back to the Kit Kat Klub at the end of the show. If she's been forged by the necessities of her life and is someone who has had to take care of herself, that strength and determination makes what she does a decision of survival. If she's infantile, it makes it a childish impulse.
– About Cliff.
Bill Heck turns in a great performance as Cliff. However, I think this role ultimately makes more sense with someone who is more of an underdog. Cliff stops working for Ernst and ultimately leaves Berlin as a result of not being able to stomach the rising Nazi sentiment, specifically as it relates to Herr Schultz. I think this kind of response is something that makes the most sense if someone is an outsider, an underdog, someone who's not one of the cool kids. If you're a strapping alpha male, it's easier to bury your head in the sand and stay put, because you can convince yourself that things aren't actually that bad in your life. Ernst still likes him and still has good paying work for him. He's got the girl (who might be pregnant with his child). It's significantly easier to stay put. I think Cliff has to be able to empathize deeply and personally with what Herr Schultz is experiencing, in order to up root everything and run away. I think if Cliff is that underdog, who is well aware of how ugly bulling can get, and he's watching the situation get serious for Herr Schultz, then he knows the only thing he can do to protect Sally is take her and get the hell out of Dodge. I also think you don't want Cliff to ever seem like a viable physical threat to Sally. I think once he becomes a potential physical threat, he's just like every other guy she's ever been with. There were a few moments in this production where Cliff briefly resembled Stanley Kowalski, which I don't think serves the story in any way. I think the tragedy of Cliff is that he's not strong enough to save Sally from herself.
– The MC.
I thought Alan Cumming did a marvelous job balancing both the notion of having fun with his role as host, yet also giving weight to the gravity of the situations. I think that is key for this role – having someone who is fun and unpredictable, but can let the mask drop in the second act. For that reason, I would love to see Christian Borle do this role as I think he does a great job at being able to flip between those two extremes. I also wonder if the MC is a figure that Sally constantly sees. What I mean by that is, in this production, the MC, as our narrator, wafts in and out of scenes – sometimes as commentary, sometimes as set dressing – without the other characters acknowledging him. Which I think is right. But I wonder if there's milage to be gained in Sally being the only one to be aware of him in the scenes outside of the Kit Kat Klub. Frankly, it might just make her look crazy, but I would be interested in trying it.
– The Elephant in the Room.
I love the way Ernst is revealed as being involved with the Nazi party. I think it's incredibly effective and I love that you don't see it coming. However, I wonder if more could be done to build up more of a peripheral Nazi presence before that without diminishing that payoff. At one point Cliff is arguing with Sally about the severity of what is going on with the Nazis and he says something to the effect of "haven't you been paying attention to what's in the papers?!" implying that you would have to be completely obtuse to NOT know how big of a threat this was. But, quite honestly, I didn't have any awareness that Cliff had been paying attention to it to begin with. As an audience member, I know we're in Berlin in the 1930s, but what specifically that means with regard to the cultural saturation of the Nazi party, I don't immediately have a context for. Especially, since no mention of it is made in the show for so long.
– Maybe This Time.
The song "Maybe This Time" functions sort of like an aside. It pops up right in the middle of a scene an presents us with Sally's inner monologue. In this production, they staged this by pulling Sally downstage in isolated light in front of Cliff. Which is a nice visual and certainly helps us understand that the song is now commenting on the scene. But given that Cliff (and what he's saying) are the emotional impetus for the song, I think it might be stronger to have Sally upstage of him so that she can both sing her nightclub number and still visually reference the reason that she's singing that number.
– Life is a Cabaret.
This song marks Sally's return to the Kit Kat Klub. For this production, they had her dressed in a very simple black sheath dress. This might be the most that her body's been covered for the entire production. I'm not sure this costume choice really serves this moment. While I could see Sally's character justifying to herself that this moment is about taking back the reigns of her life, ultimately it's putting her back in a state of victimhood, at the mercy of the Kit Kat Klub. As such, I think part of the awfulness of returning to the Kit Kat Klub is being forced back into the skimpy outfits and having to perform for any man who happens to be there. (As a side note, I would also like to see her outfits be a little less revealing over the course of her living with Cliff. I understand that she's a person who doesn't really feel the need to cover up. But I think when you're in a relationship that feels safe – and I think she has to allow herself to feel safe and at home to some degree in her relationship with Cliff in order for us to feel any sort of loss when they fall apart – the need to constantly be showing leg or cleavage subsides. Also, given the fact that they reference it being cold enough outside for everyone to need coats, I imagine Cliff's apartment might also be a little chilly.) My other quibble with this moment in the show, was that the end of this song sounded exactly like everyone else I've ever heard sing it. This is the climax of the show and Sally's breaking point. I think the phrasing of that should feel personal.
Thoughts? Comments? Questions? Post them below. The more the merrier!
Posted in Direct And To The Point | Tagged Alan Cumming, Bill Heck, Cabaret, Michelle Williams, Roundabout, Sam Mendes | Leave a reply
Direct And To The Point: Inspiration #2, Sam Mendes
Posted on October 24, 2014 by Cotton
This bit of inspiration comes to us by way of Vanity Fair Magazine. The original article can be found here. Or you can read the full text below. Enjoy!
"At its spring gala, the Roundabout Theatre Company honored Sam Mendes, prolific director of theater—his King Lear and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are both currently playing in London—and films, including Skyfall and American Beauty.
The event, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan, included speeches and performances from Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson, and Alan Cumming, who did a number from Cabaret, which Mendes is bringing to Broadway this season. Some Mendes collaborators weighed in via video, including one clip in which Judi Dench and Daniel Craig joined in singing "Cabaret."
After reviewing his career highlights, in depth, the British Academy Award winner said, "One of the things I love about Americans is you do massive ego trips incredibly well. Blimey. I don't think I've ever seen so many photographs of myself. I didn't even know they existed." Mendes also noted that while tributes are wonderful, they are backward looking, and then decided to share what he's learned along the way. "If there are any directors out there in the audience, or anyone who's interested in directing, I've written 25 steps towards becoming a happier director. These are them:
Always choose good collaborators. It seems so obvious, but the best collaborators are the ones who disagree with you. It means they're passionate, they have opinions, and they'll only ever say yes if they mean it.
Try to learn how to make the familiar strange, and the strange familiar. Direct Shakespeare like it's a new play, and treat every new play as if it's Shakespeare.
If you have the chance, please work with Dame Judi Dench.
Learn to say, "I don't know the answer." It could be the beginning of a very good day's rehearsal.
Go to the ancient amphitheater at Epidaurus, in Greece. It makes you realize what you are a part of, and it will change the way you look at the world. If you're an artist, you will feel central, and you will never feel peripheral again.
Avoid, please, all metaphors of plays or films as "pinnacles" or "peaks"; treat with absolute scorn the word "definitive"; and if anyone uses the word "masterpiece," they don't know what they're doing. The pursuit of perfection is a mug's game.
If you are doing a play or a film, you have to have a secret way in if you are directing it. Sometimes it's big things. American Beauty, for me, was about my adolescence. Road to Perdition was about my childhood. Skyfall was about middle-age and mortality. Sometimes it's small things. Maybe it's just a simple idea. What if we do the whole thing in the nightclub, for example. But it's not enough just to admire a script, you have to have a way in that is yours, and yours alone.
Confidence is essential, but ego is not.
Theater is the writer's medium and the actor's medium; the director comes a distant third. If you want a proper ego trip, direct movies.
Buy a good set of blinkers. Do not read reviews. It's enough to know whether they're good or they're bad. When I started, artists vastly outnumbered commentators, and now, there are a thousand published public opinions for every work of art. However strong you are, confidence is essential to what you do, and confidence is a fragile thing. Protect it. As T.S. Eliot says, teach us to care, and not to care.
Run a theater. A play is temporary, a building is permanent. So try to create something that stays behind and will be used and loved by others.
You are never too old to learn something new, as I was reminded when I learned to ski with my 10-year-old son. He, of course, did it in about 10 minutes, and I spent four days slaloming up and down, looking like a complete tit. But, don't be scared of feeling like a complete tit. It's an essential part of the learning process.
There is no right and wrong, there is only interesting, and less interesting.
Paintings, novels, poetry, music are all superior art forms. But theater and film can steal from all of them.
There are no such things as "previews" on Broadway.
Peter Brook said, "The journey is the destination." Do not think of product, or, god forbid, audience response. Think only of discovery and process. One of my favorite quotes from Hamlet—Polonius: "By indirections find the directions out."
Learn when to shut up. I'm still working on this one.
When you have a cast of 20, this means you have 20 other imaginations in the room with you. Use them.
Please remember the Oscars are a TV show.
Get on with it. Robert Frost said, "Tell everything a little faster." He wasn't wrong.
The second production of a musical is always better than the first.
Learn to accept the blame for everything. If the script was poor, you didn't work hard enough with the writer. If the actors failed, you failed them. If the sets, the lighting, the poster, the costumes are wrong, you gave them the thumbs-up. So build up your shoulders, they need to be broad.
On screen, your hero can blow away 500 bad guys, but if he smokes one fucking cigarette, you're in deep shit.
Always have an alternative career planned out. Mine is a cricket commentator. You will never do this career, but it might help you get to sleep at night.
Never, ever, ever forget how lucky you are to do something that you love."
Posted in Direct And To The Point | Tagged direct and to the point, inspiration, Sam Mendes


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package io.github.project_travel_mate.utilities;

import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Spinner;

import com.afollestad.materialdialogs.MaterialDialog;

import java.io.IOException;

import butterknife.BindView;
import butterknife.ButterKnife;
import butterknife.OnClick;
import io.github.project_travel_mate.R;
import okhttp3.Call;
import okhttp3.Callback;
import okhttp3.FormBody;
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.RequestBody;
import okhttp3.Response;
import utils.TravelmateSnackbars;

import static utils.Constants.API_LINK_V2;
import static utils.Constants.USER_TOKEN;

public class AddBugFragment extends Fragment implements AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener, TravelmateSnackbars {

    @BindView(R.id.spinner_bug_type)
    Spinner mBugTypeSpinner;
    @BindView(R.id.edit_text_bugreport)
    EditText mDescriptionEditText;
    @BindView(R.id.button_report)
    Button mReportButton;
    private MaterialDialog mDialog;

    private String mType = null;
    private String mAuthToken = null;

    private Handler mHandler;
    private View mBugReportView;

    public AddBugFragment() {
        // Required empty public constructor
    }

    /**
     * Use this factory method to create a new instance of
     * this fragment.
     *
     * @return A new instance of fragment BugReportFragment.
     */
    public static AddBugFragment newInstance() {
        AddBugFragment fragment = new AddBugFragment();
        return fragment;
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        mBugReportView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_add_bug, container, false);
        ButterKnife.bind(this, mBugReportView);

        mHandler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());

        setupSpinner();
        mAuthToken = getAuthToken();

        return mBugReportView;
    }

    @Override
    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
        mType = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
    }

    @Override
    public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {

    }

    private void setupSpinner() {
        ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> spinnerAdapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(getActivity(),
                R.array.bug_types, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
        mBugTypeSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
        spinnerAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
        mBugTypeSpinner.setAdapter(spinnerAdapter);
    }

    @OnClick(R.id.button_report)
    public void onReportClicked() {
        String description = mDescriptionEditText.getText().toString();

        if (!description.trim().isEmpty()) {
            sendIssue(description);
        }
    }

    /**
     *
     * @param description description of the issue/feedback
     *                    type by user
     */
    private void sendIssue(String description) {
        showProgressDialog();

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        //Set up client
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REVEALED: Here Are All 17 Premier League Balls by Nike Since 2000
Tuesday, 13 November 2018Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Update: Nike and the Premier League last week announced that they extended their partnership until 2025. Nike showcased all the Premier League footballs that have been released since the partnership began in 2000.
The US sporting giant produced no less than 17 distinct editions as well as many hi-vis winter versions.
Nike GEO Merlin - 2000-01 & 2001-02
Used in the initial two seasons of Nike being the official supplier, the GEO Merlin ball was marketed as being the roundest and most accurate ball ever at the time of its launch.
Nike GEO Merlin Vapor - 2002-03 & 2003-04
Besides subtle updates to the graphic finish, the Nike GEO Merlin Vapor also brought a few changes on the features front - such as the addition of a double-hexagon panel and texture throughout the upper to increase flight stability.
Nike Total 90 Aerow - 2004-05
Easily one of the most iconic ball designs of all time, the famed Nike Total 90 Vapor, named after the football boot model, made its debut in the 2004-05 season and was also used in the following one.
This was also the first one to be released in a winter edition with a yellow color for increased visibility under adverse conditions as found during the shorter days of the year.
The slighest of updates took place the following year as the hue was changed to a darker shade of blue.
Nike Total 90 Aerow II - 2006-07
It was updated slightly for the Total 90 Aerow II, which also switched the blue color for red.
Without making changes to features, Nike changed the accent color of the Total 90 Aerow II from red to blue for the 07-08 season, which saw Manchester United grab the title.
Nike Total 90 Omni 2008-09
A bigger change appeared with the debut of the Nike Total 90 Omni in the 2008-09 season. In order to offer a more consistent feel and touch, arched panels were introduced with this iteration.
Nike Total 90 Ascente 2009-10
These panels were retained for the following model, the Nike Total 90 Ascente, which introduced a very different graphic to complement it.
Nike Total 90 Tracer - 2010-11
Although no "inner" features were change, the Nike Total 90 Tracer was the first ball where Nike tried to aid visibility through the upper graphics it used.
Nike Seitiro - 2011-12
This was taken to another level with the Seitiro which featured the so-called RaDaR (Rapid Decision and Response) system for the first time.
Nike Maxim - 2012-13
The 2012-13 Nike Maxim continued to use this system, but with another set of colors.
Nike Incyte - 2013-14
As did the Nike Incyte, used during the 2013-14 season and featuring a purple-orange accent color scheme.
Nike Ordem II - 2014-15
Introduced in 2014, the Nike Ordem was the first to feature Nike's AerowTrac system and still functions as the base of the current edition.
Nike Ordem III - 2015-16
Last season's edition, the Nike Ordem 3 introduced a very unique gradient design with an all-over black webbing on top.
Nike Ordem IV - 2016-17
Even crazier is the look of the Nike Ordem 4, which combines more colors in an more visually outstanding design.
Nike Ordem V - 2017-18
The fourth official Premier League Match Ball based on the Nike Ordem, the Nike Ordem V 2017-2018 football features an updated bladder. The design is less striking than the look of past balls.
Nike Merlin - 2018-19
For the 2018-2019 season, the Nike Merlin ball returned. More innovative than ever, the modern Nike Merlin incorporating advanced technology, materials and construction to deliver the best Premier League ball yet. Nike has integrated their All Conditions Control (ACC) technology in a football for the first time.
So, what's your verdict? Which is the best Premier League ball Nike has produced? Share your opinion below.
Balls Nike Premier League


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In Memoriam: Alan Rickman
January 14, 2016 at 7:08 pm	(entertainment, jane austen, news) (Jane Austen, sense & sensibility)
One of the delights of Jane Austen filmdom: Alan Rickman's Colonel Brandon.
He brought a gentleness to the role that really characterized the "second chance" at happiness.
One of the few actors with a very distinctive and "calming" voice. He will be missed.
Simon Callow remarks on his Orson Welles biographies
January 10, 2016 at 1:04 pm	(books) (biography, books, research)
After a quarter-century AND with a fourth volume projected for the series, actor/writer Simon Callow's comments, thoughts, frustrations, and triumphs are a revelation! Actually make ME FEEL GOOD about my own work (though can two unknown English girls compare to the world-famous Welles?).
SO MANY "bells" going off, as I read:
"Multi-volume biographies are by no means encouraged in the trade…" [_I_ LOVE them; and the BIGGER the better (as long as the bio is GOOD…)]
"I [Callow] was determined that, unlike the Laughton book – for which I had simply seen all the films, read all the available published sources and interviewed a few easily accessible people – the Welles biography would be a work of serious scholarship." [my emphasis]
"I crossed the US plundering archives, libraries and museums, obsessively photocopying and microfiching, peering at blurred and fuzzy documents which took long and painful months to decipher; I went through the European collections, I tracked down obscure doctoral theses, again painstakingly photocopied – no internet, no email, back then, of course." [1989 marked the inception of the project]
"If I had carried on, the book would have been hernia-inducingly heavy, and it would have been a gabble." [Callow on WHY there's to be a fourth volume]
"He [Welles] was fearless in his experiments, and he never did any of it for the money, just for the sheer joy of making films. Because of this, he has inspired more directors than any other film-maker, but he leaves no legacy" [that is a SAD thought to have about such an artist]
Click on book to read The Guardian's article
"Lives don't have plots, they have
only movements and phases. The good biographer tries
to resist the rut of merely telling one thing after another…"
— reviewer, Anthony Quinn
Diarist Mary Hardy: Podcasts!
January 2, 2016 at 1:54 pm	(books, diaries, entertainment, history) (18th century diaries, 19th century diaries, history, margaret bird, mary hardy)
Author, editor, researcher Margaret Bird has recently made three podcasts available on her Mary Hardy and Her World website. The subject matter touches on the fascinating topics of the clergy, children, and local militias:
'A person in black, sent to you from afar': the Evangelical clergy's awakening of the flock in rural Norfolk 1773–1813 [Royal Holloway, University of London; February 2010]
Inculcating an appreciation of time pressure in the young: the training of children for working life in 18th-century England [Royal Holloway, University of London; March 2015]
'Trust the people': the English approach to arming and training the 'mob' 1779–1805 [Institute of Historical Research, London; October 2015] [1 hour and five minutes]
The podcasts are Illustrated! I am especially intent upon 'Trust the people' – for Lord Northampton (the first marquess; Emma's uncle), Thomas Chute (another uncle, brother to William Chute of The Vyne), and Spencer Smith (Emma's brother, serving a few decades later) all had ties to local Militias.
A reminder:
of my YouTube posting upon first receiving copies of the 4-volume set of Mary Hardy's diaries.
Regency Read's commentary on the diaries
Margaret Bird in conversation (with me) on this blog Two Teens in the Time of Austen
a Note: Am in the midst of trying my first listen: the PowerPoint presentation is a .pptx file you are asked to save; I don't have .*x programs on my computer and my Reader is old, too. The audio is "downloading"; I had expected it to stream and play. An alternative (at least for the third podcast, from IHR) is found on YouTube. Illustrations are NOT on screen; with streaming audio.
March 2019 UPDATE: a new website has launched for the Mary Hardy project – Margaret Bird says, "The new website is compatible with all devices, including smartphones….It should now be much easier to navigate through the 42 pages and 58 news items."
The Power of Anonymous
January 1, 2016 at 9:31 pm	(books, carriages & transport, diaries) (19th century diaries, aunt emma, british diaries, research)
You may have gotten the idea, from the previous post, that I've been working on a diary – which (I believe) has no "beginning" and no "end". Written in 1819, the volume begins at Plymouth Dock on Saturday August 28th; it ends at Glastonbury on Wednesday September 29th. I would presume that Emma (Aunt Emma; I should be specific and differentiate between the two "Miss Emma Smiths") left and returned to Erle Stoke Park, her deceased father's Wiltshire estate. Emma could be found there into the spring of 1820, when letters discuss her packing up the house; in its bareness, it's looking forlorn and melancholy.
Joshua Smith (above) had died earlier in 1819. At one point Aunt Emma makes an oblique reference to the lonely feelings his death produced in her, his youngest (now "orphaned") daughter. Otherwise, the diary really doesn't discuss must of a very personal nature. She tours, meets people, loves places, hates places, has a horse go lame, and sketches a few times. Although I don't have an image of the fly leaf, I suspect it was blank – or at least not ID'ed by Emma herself (a later owner sometimes writes in them). Therefore, except for the fact that it was one of MANY items belonging to Emma Smith of Erle Stoke Park (not the designation the library gives her, by the way), how could ANYONE know who wrote such a diary?? – if the beginning of this trip, or its end turned up as a single volume, for instance – there probably is NOTHING within it that ID's Emma in any way. She doesn't mention her name; she has no parent, relation, or named-companion. All there is that ID's her is her spiking handwriting:
Very distinctive, isn't it?
And I have access to OTHER travel diaries, one of which (from 1794) is referenced in this 1819 diary – for she heartily wishes to see once again the estate known as Fancey (or Fancy?) in Devonshire, where she stayed as a younger woman with all her family. That trip, too, "ends" because the booklet ends; but most travel diaries seem to depart from home and return there. These two volumes do not.
So, if out there with (really) no clues about the writer beyond "woman", I started looking in some obvious places for a further continuation of this 1819 diary: in the Wiltshire Archives, in the Devon Archives, in the Plymouth Archives. Of course, not ALL items are listed online. And without SEEING the writing, I cannot guess 'yes' or 'no' when the online description gives ANONYMOUS DIARY as a sole indentification; not even a DATE!
A few interesting items did turn up. For instance, I found the website EARLY TOURISTS IN WALES, which I discuss at greater length on my Ladies of Llangollen blog. I took yet another look, this time concentrating on the "Anon." entries, at William Matthews' British Diaries: An Anotated Bibliography (there are others out there, including the Ponsonby series). Oh! there are so many anonymous diaries; any of them could be by ANY of the Smiths (given a certain time parameter, of course).
One he mentions – for 1819 – is most tantalizing: "Travel diary, July-August, 1819: pleasure and business trip to Dublin and back; acute observation and dry humor; one of the better travel diaries." It is held at the Wigan Public Library, part of the EDWARD HALL COLLECTION (if Matthews' information, from 1967, still holds).
The use of the term BUSINESS makes me presume a male writer; though: you never know; Emma DOES write that same word at last once in her diary. It would be most intriguing to think that she went further afield – to Dublin – and then to Devonshire. It IS possible.
MY Emma (young Emma, as she is sometimes called in the family in the 1810s) [though, PLEASE, do not think of Aunt Emma as "old Emma"!! she wouldn't like that…] seems to have made very little mention of her aunt in her diary for 1819. Though strife in the family cannot be discounted as a reason for silence.
In short, I simply do not KNOW where Aunt Emma went or what she did, except for these few weeks.
But what a pipe-dream to take with me throughout 2016: the idea of putting a name to some ANONYMOUS diarist's volume.
Best Wishes to you, for a happy & healthy 2016


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BROWN et al. v. CARLISLE et al.
A94A1618.
(214 Ga. App. 483)
(448 SE2d 256)
BIRDSONG, Presiding Judge.
Judgment affirmed. Blackburn, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Harold R. Banke concur.
Action for damages. Troup State Court. Before Judge Little.
Thomas J. Brown, Jr. and Elizabeth D. Brown appeal the grant of directed verdict at the trial of their suit against Leonard Carlisle d/b/a Carlisle Construction, Inc. and Carlisle Construction, for injuries sustained by Brown while defendants were building their house. The evidence, viewed in favor of respondent Brown on defendants' motion for directed verdict, shows that Brown went to the premises to install wiring, at night after Carlisle's workmen had left the site. He opened a door that was intended to lead to a back porch, but there was no porch and he fell about ten feet. The house was not fully Sheetrocked; the door he opened did not have a knob. Brown contends he had warned Carlisle many times to put a barrier across such doors because of the obvious danger. He contended that if a bar had been placed across the door he would not have tried to go through the door opening. Held:
A directed verdict is proper when all the evidence introduced and all reasonable inferences therefrom, construed in favor of the non-moving party, demand a particular verdict. OCGA 9-11-50 (a); Gary v. E. Frank Miller Constr. Co., 208 Ga. App. 73, 75 (430 SE2d 182). The directed verdict in this case was correct. The evidence demands a conclusion that Brown knew there was no back porch. He went to the house site on a daily basis and even made a joke of seeing how many boards had been put up each day. He had spent time admiring the other porches on the house, he had spent this day cleaning up debris around the house and he had examined the progress. He returned to the house site after supper to do electrical work and he erected temporary lights inside using extension cords. It was light inside the house, but when he opened the back porch door, it was dark outside. However, he cannot suggest he thought he saw a porch because it was pitch dark outside and there was no porch. Brown had equal knowledge that no bar had been nailed across the door and of the danger inherent in walking through a door where there is no porch and there is no restraint across the door. He did not check to see if this door was barred on this day because it "wasn't prevalent in my mind." In fact, it was obvious that there was no bar across the door, but he was not paying attention to that fact. He was thinking he needed to go onto the back porch to install an electrical apparatus; he walked through the door opening thinking, "porch, porch," but he knew there was no porch. We assume, in Brown's favor, that he had repeatedly warned Carlisle to bar such doors, and doubtless this injury would not have occurred if Carlisle had put a bar on the door. However, Carlisle did not have an absolute duty to ensure Brown's safety from dangers equally apparent to Brown and to protect him from failure to exercise ordinary care for his own safety.
Even where premises are dangerous and a proprietor is negligent, he is not liable for an injury where the plaintiff had equal or superior knowledge of a dangerous condition and fails to exercise ordinary care for his own safety. If he knows of a defect, or in the exercise of reasonable care would have known of it, he must use all his senses in a reasonable measure amounting to ordinary care to discover and avoid those things that might cause him harm. Hall v. Thompson, 193 Ga. App. 574 (388 SE2d 381). Although the issue of a plaintiff's exercise of due diligence for his own safety is ordinarily a question for the jury, it may be summarily adjudicated where the plaintiff's knowledge of the risk is clear and palpable. Wells v. C & S Trust Co., 199 Ga. App. 31, 32 (403 SE2d 826). Plaintiff is charged with knowledge of those defects which he had actually observed or which were so transparently obvious that his failure to observe them cannot reasonably be excused. Id., citing Oliver v. Complements, Ltd., 190 Ga. App. 30, 32 (378 SE2d 154). Plaintiff not only knew there was no bar on the back porch door, he also knew there was no back porch. In these circumstances, the evidence and all reasonable deductions therefrom demand a verdict for defendants.
Key & Kirby, L. Jack Kirby, for appellees.
Smith & Wallis, Kenneth A. Smith, Christopher B. Scott, for appellants.
DECIDED AUGUST 22, 1994.
Citing Cases:
RAPPENECKER v. L.S.E., INC. et al. (236 Ga. App. 86) (510 SE2d 871) (1999)
BALLENGER PAVING COMPANY v. GAINES. (231 Ga. App. 565) (499 SE2d 722) (1998)
ROBINSON v. KROGER COMPANY. (268 Ga. 735) (493 SE2d 403) (1997)
FREYER et al. v. SILVER. (227 Ga. App. 253) (488 SE2d 728) (1997)
SUMNER et al. v. IDEAL STEEL PRODUCTS, INC. (222 Ga. App. 681) (475 SE2d 708) (1996)
MORRISON v. ANDERSON et al. (221 Ga. App. 396) (471 SE2d 329) (1996)
GREENFOREST BAPTIST CHURCH, INC. v. SHROPSHIRE et al. (221 Ga. App. 465) (471 SE2d 547) (1996)
METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY v. FIFE. (220 Ga. App. 298) (469 SE2d 420) (1996)
BRANTLEY et al. v. CUSTOM SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, INC. (218 Ga. App. 431) (461 SE2d 592) (1995)
THOMAS v. SOUTHWEST GEORGIA COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL, INC. (215 Ga. App. 638) (451 SE2d 800) (1994)
Thursday May 21 06:20 EDT


Massive fire broke out in a pharmaceutical factory in Vapi city of Gujarat's Valsad district on Sunday. The fire in S Kant pharmacy factory broke out after a chemical tanker blasted. 6 fire tenders reached at the spot and extinguishing operation is underway. No causalities have been reported so far.


"Watoto" means "Children" in Swahili, and at the Watoto World Center, children are what this orphanage focuses on. Located in Southern Kenya, the WWC is growing every day. Unfortunately, resources are becoming limited, which is why we need your help.
Watoto World is planning on developing an Education & Medical Center in 2016-2017 that will serve the community at large. Medical and educational services do not currently exist in this community.
In order to continue funding these projects, water will be sold to the community to support the maintenance and repair of the well, as well as support the future growth of the orphanage.
Ryan's Well has supported similar projects since 2001. Water is a critical piece in the beginning to improve health and it will be an investment to the future healthcare and education services in this community.


Spiced, sweet, salty and crunchy pumpkin seed and coconut snacks.
When 3pm rolls around, it's officially snack time. Whether this moment hits you at your work desk, or when the kids roll through the door after a day at school, the tendency to reach for and demolish anything and everything in the fridge is common. The wise selection of a snack that allows you to forgo this urge is key– say hello to these Spiced & Curried Pumpkin Seed Clusters.
Rich in satiating, good quality fats, high in protein, zinc and magnesium, not to mention full of flavour, these snacks will take you from zero to energised! It's hard to stop at just two handfuls… Perhaps it's best I suggest you make a double batch of this recipe to prevent disappointment when you devour the entire jar in one go.
1. Preheat oven to 175ºC / 350ºF and line a baking try with greaseproof baking paper, set aside.
2. Combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine.
3. Add the coconut oil, maple syrup and lime juice to the bowl and mix well.
4. Pour the mixture evenly out onto the lined baking tray and bake for 12 minutes. The edges of the mixture will become golden and the pumpkin seeds will swell and begin to pop.
This recipe requires one bowl and one baking tray.
Allow to cool and enjoy immediately, or store in an airtight container or sealable glass jar, ready for snack hour!
Pumpkin seeds can be swapped for sunflower seeds or cashew nuts if preferred.
Substitute maple syrup for 1 teaspoon Nuvia to keep this recipe completely sugar-free.
Substitute spices for 1.5 teaspoons curry powder if preferred.


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Erika Olson "As I Am"
by findyoursounds November 18, 2022 November 18, 2022
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"As I Am" is a grown up love song that explores the evolution of people, love, and relationships. "This song started out with an aching need to be seen for all that I was and was becoming," shares Erika. "But as the song evolved and I heard aching hearts yearning to be seen and to be reminded of who they once were and could still be. People change over time especially as you include complications such as children, careers, and life changes. I wanted to explore this changing nature of people, love, and relationships, and yet honor that we still carry parts of those younger years with us. It is a bittersweet reflection on an evolving love between two committed partners.
Friend and fellow musician Dan Raza helped bring the song to life. He even lends his gorgeous voice and tender heart with the world on this collaboration.
Erika Olson, an American Expat, raises babies and writes songs in the high weald of East Sussex. Erika combines vulnerable vocals, contemporary storytelling, and musical influences spanning indie, folk, country, blues, Americana and pop. When pressed to describe her music, Erika likes to call it "folk with a beat."
On the verge of self-releasing her debut album, it has taken Erika several iterations of herself to get here. She's learned that change is her constant and her power is her ability to start again. Over the past five and half years, Erika's babies and her music have grown up side by side. She used the calm moments in the sea of chaos – to hone her craft, study, practice, record, and perform. She's amassed a robust catalog of original indie folk material that explores the aching beauty shrouded in the mundane and everyday.
Rooted in the stuff of ordinary life, Erika's songs bear witness to the glorious and devastating moments that can only be seen when we slow down. She sings to look deeper, see clearer, and know better. Her music is here to wake us up to our precious and unique lives.
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Website // Instagram // Facebook // Twitter // YouTube // TikTok // Spotity // Soundcloud
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THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE Province of Davao Oriental
Experience Davao Oriental
Davao Oriental's Top Destinations
WELCOME PARK, Banaybanay
This Gateway of Davao Oriental in Barangay Pintatagan, Banaybanay is the entry point to the province and to the 14 stations of the "Way of the Cross" along 645 señorita steps to culminate in a hilltop shrine of the Holy Cross, a perfect place for meditation. In the Park also are a café where local coffee and delicacies are served and a Pasalubong Center where locally made products are available.
SUNRISE BOULEVARD, Baganga
This recently inaugurated landmark in a poetic scenery is an ideal rendezvous with its various amenities: restaurant, beach huts, shower rooms, volleyball court and children's playground for social activities or as jump off point to other tourism destinations in the nearby municipalities or for a lazing spell as the sun rises in the Pacific juxtaposed by sea forests ravaged by Typhoon Pablo.
DAHICAN, BEACH, City of Mati
A crescent shape white beach in idyllic Barangay Dahican famed for skim boarding, diving and surfing is a delightful place for a peaceful retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life or for simply watching the sea cows (dugong), dolphins, turtles and whale sharks in its blue clear bay waters.
SUBANGAN DAVAO ORIENTAL PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, City of Mati
The museum of the wealth, beauty and abundance of Davao Oriental showcasing its rich heritage and diversity: marine, terrestrial, and cultural as well as the dangers of losing it as depicted by its horrendous Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) experience.
CAPE SAN AGUSTIN, Governor Generoso
Where the Pacific Ocean and the Davao Gulf meet is a strategic navigational location, a reason three lighthouses (parola) were constructed at different times with different designs and lighting techniques at its crest. On one side is a mangrove. On the other is a pink beach ended by an altar like stone formation that per oral tradition is said to be where St. Francis Xavier celebrated the holy mass sometime in 1550.
MOUNT HAMIGUITAN RANGE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
This majestic mountain with a peak of 5,345 feet above sea level whose ranges traverse the municipalities of San Isidro and Governor Generoso and the City of Mati is a protected area, home to exotic, endemic and endangered flora and fauna. It is also home to the amazing landscaped centuries old bonsai trees appropriately called Pygmy Forest aside from its hidden garden, Tinagong Dagat (Hiddedn Sea) and twin waterfalls. Found to have an Outstanding Universal Value, it was declared and inscribed as one of UNESCO's World Heritage site.
ALIWAGWAG FALLS, Cateel
Due to the magnificence and majesty of its 127 steps of cascading fresh and clean water, considered by hydraulic engineers as the highest waterfalls in the Philippines, it is dubbed as "Stairway to Heaven." It is very accessible, lying just beside the Cateel-Compostela Valley national highway, a 45-minute ride from Cateel or an hour and a half ride from the Municipality of Compostela Valley.
PUSAN POINT, Caraga
This was where the year 2000 first millennium sunlight shone, thus the locale for the "First Light, First Sight" revelry. Located in the easternmost part of the Philippine Archipelago, Pusan Point allows its visitors the splendor of seeing the earliest sunrise in the world.
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Including Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Bloomington, Saint Cloud, Minnetonka, Eagan, Edina, Maple Grove, Woodbury, Plymouth, and 429 other towns.
Minneapolis, along with St. Paul, make up Minnesota's famed Twin Cities and home to several beautiful parks and lakes provided by the Mississippi River that bisects the area. Here one will find notable landmarks such as the contemporary Walker Art Museum and The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden which is famous for the "Spoonbridge and Cherry" sculpture by Claes Oldenburg. The metropolitan area also houses several financial institutions that readily serve the residents of this great city. There are about 250 notable banks like Bremer Bank, National Association, Western Bank, Anchor Bank, and KleinBank that are headquartered here along with approximately 80 credit unions such as Wings Financial Credit Union.
People living in the Minneapolis area have access to a multitude of banking needs. Saving for tomorrow with Christmas and vacation clubs as well as retirement accounts can be handled at several of the city's financial institutions, and checking and savings account, mortgages, student loans, home loans, and refinancing can be taken care of at many of the locations found close to home. There are approximately 2,090 branches scattered around the community that stem from more than 350 different banks and 90 credit unions. The oldest Minneapolis bank, First National Bank Minnesota, opened in 1857 and is still in operation today. Conveniently located ATMs and 24 hour online access further help to make banking easy for Minneapolis residents.
Rate changed today. Also, 3 year CD lowered to 3.20% (was 3.35%).


Please enjoy this archived Happy Monday post from July 28, 2014. It may not have exactly the look we've gotten used to but the message is spot on.
We feel you little buddy. If that coffee doesn't do it for you, try the following quotes, scriptures and what-have-you's. This is Happy Monday #99.
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Back to school? Really? Makes me sad.
Hey! I miss these! How are you?? Are you well?


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%    Note 2: in disabled state, a figure cannot be moved, resized, closed
%    or accessed. None of its menues, toolbars, buttons etc. are clickable.
%
%    enableDisableFig(newState) sets the state of the current figure (gcf).
%    Note 3: this syntax (without hFig) might cause unexpected results if
%    newState is a numeric value (interpreted as a figure handle), instead
%    of a string or logical value.
%
%    state = enableDisableFig(hFig) returns the current enabled/disabled
%    state of figure hFig, or of the current figure (gcf) if hFig is not
%    supplied. The returned state is either 'on' or 'off'.
%
% Examples:
%    state = enableDisableFig;
%    state = enableDisableFig(hFig);
%    oldState = enableDisableFig(hFig, 'on');
%    oldState = enableDisableFig(hFig, result>0);
%    oldState = enableDisableFig(true);  % on current figure (Note 3 above)
%
% Technical description:
%    http://UndocumentedMatlab.com/blog/disable-entire-figure-window
%
% Bugs and suggestions:
%    Please send to Yair Altman (altmany at gmail dot com)
%
% Warning:
%    This code heavily relies on undocumented and unsupported Matlab
%    functionality. It works on Matlab 7+, but use at your own risk!
%
% Change log:
%    2007-08-10: First version posted on MathWorks File Exchange
%    2007-08-11: Fixed sanity checks for illegal list of figure handles
%    2011-02-18: Remove Java warnings in modern Matlab releases
%    2011-10-14: Fix for R2011b
%
% See also:
%    gcf, findjobj, getJFrame (last two on the File Exchange)

% Programmed by Yair M. Altman: altmany(at)gmail.com
% $Revision: 1.3 $  $Date: 2011/10/14 03:24:32 $

  try
      % Default figure = current (gcf)
      if nargin < 1 || ~all(ishghandle(hFig))
          if nargin && ~all(ishghandle(hFig))
              if nargin < 2
                  newState = hFig;
              else
                  error('hFig must be a valid GUI handle or array of handles');
              end
          end
          hFig = gcf;
      end

      % Require Java engine to run
      if ~usejava('jvm')
          error([mfilename ' requires Java to run.']);
      end

      % Loop over all requested figures
      for figIdx = 1 : length(hFig)

          % Get the root Java frame
          jff = getJFrame(hFig(figIdx));

          % Get the current frame's state
          currentState{figIdx} = get(jff,'Enabled');  %#ok loop

          % Set the new figure enabled state, if requested
          if exist('newState','var')
              if ischar(newState)
                  newState = lower(newState);
                  if ~any(strcmp(newState,{'on','off'}))
                      error('newState must be one of: ''on'', ''off'', true, false')
                  end
              end
              try
                  oldWarn = warning('off','MATLAB:hg:JavaSetHGProperty');
                  set(jff,'Enabled',newState);          % accepts 'on'/'off'
                  warning(oldWarn)
              catch
                  set(handle(jff),'Enabled',newState);  % accepts true/false
              end
          end
      end

      % De-cell a single value
      if length(currentState) == 1
          currentState = currentState{1};
      end

  % Error handling
  catch
      v = version;
      if v(1)<='6'
          err.message = lasterr;  % no lasterror function...
      else
          err = lasterror;
      end
      try
          err.message = regexprep(err.message,'Error using ==> [^\n]+\n','');
      catch
          try
              % Another approach, used in Matlab 6 (where regexprep is unavailable)
              startIdx = findstr(err.message,'Error using ==> ');
              stopIdx = findstr(err.message,char(10));
              for idx = length(startIdx) : -1 : 1
                  idx2 = min(find(stopIdx > startIdx(idx)));  %#ok ML6
                  err.message(startIdx(idx):stopIdx(idx2)) = [];
              end
          catch
              % never mind...
          end
      end
      if isempty(findstr(mfilename,err.message))
          % Indicate error origin, if not already stated within the error message
          err.message = [mfilename ': ' err.message];
      end
      if v(1)<='6'
          while err.message(end)==char(10)
              err.message(end) = [];  % strip excessive Matlab 6 newlines
          end
          error(err.message);
      else
          rethrow(err);
      end
  end

%% Get the root Java frame (up to 10 tries, to wait for figure to become responsive)
function jframe = getJFrame(hFig)

  % Ensure that hFig is a figure handle...
  hFig = ancestor(hFig,'figure');
  if isempty(hFig)
      error(['Cannot retrieve the figure handle for handle ' num2str(hFigHandle)]);
  end

  jframe = [];
  maxTries = 10;
  while maxTries > 0
      try
          % Get the figure's underlying Java frame
          jf = get(handle(hFig),'javaframe');

          % Get the Java frame's root frame handle
          %jframe = jf.getFigurePanelContainer.getComponent(0).getRootPane.getParent;
          try
              jframe = jf.fFigureClient.getWindow;  % equivalent to above...
          catch
              jframe = jf.fHG1Client.getWindow;  % equivalent to above...
          end
          if ~isempty(jframe)
              break;
          else
              maxTries = maxTries - 1;
              drawnow; pause(0.1);
          end
      catch
          maxTries = maxTries - 1;
          drawnow; pause(0.1);
      end
  end
  if isempty(jframe)
      error('Cannot retrieve figure''s java frame');
  end


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Bus services suspended due to protests in JHB
It's believed the demonstrations were linked to the debate on the motion of no confidence in the president.
Rea Vaya bus is seen in Johannesburg CBD. Picture: Facebook.com
Rea Vaya
Kgomotso Modise & Thando Kubheka | 1256 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - Some bus operators in Johannesburg have urged commuters to make alternative transport arrangements on Tuesday afternoon after services were suspended during protests that rocked several parts of the city.
Putco and Rea Vaya commuters were left stranded after protests in the south of Johannesburg disrupted bus services on Tuesday morning.
Rea Vaya management says metro police management has advised that buses stay off the roads.
Rea Vaya's Benny Makgoga said: "The Rea Vaya services have been suspended temporarily due to the road blockages. We will, however, be able to monitor the situation through the day and we will advise our passengers through our internal communications channel."
Rea Vaya bus services have been suspended until further notice following protests that erupted in the south of Johannesburg.
Rea Vaya company says it's suspended services to ensure the safety of drivers and its passengers.
Rea Vaya's Benny Makgoga said: "We had to think in terms of the safety of our passengers and our buses, and we had to suspend the services temporarily."
At the same time, bus operating company Putco says its buses are operating but will not go to areas affected by protests.
It's understood bus operators have been advised by authorities to stay off the roads.
(Edited by Zinhle Nkosi)


Around Christmastime last month, we were at a friend's house for a party. A group of us were standing around chatting when one of the girls began telling a story. "Have you ever been in a car with cloth seats?" She paused for a moment as everyone in the group looked at each other, suddenly bursting into laughter. "Did you just ask, 'Have you ever been in a car with cloth seats?'" Another friend chimed in, "This may be shocking to you, but I actually own a car with cloth seats!" Agitated, she insisted she was trying to tell a story and that was not the point, but no one was listening. "We get it, you are rich!" While it may not be surprising to anyone she never ended up telling the actual story, I think we are left with one big question to answer: Do all high end cars have leather seats? The answer to that, of course, is no; there are many vehicles that feature Alcantara seating surfaces and are priced only within the reach of the 1%. So what makes a high end keyboard? Cooler Master's latest SK630 certainly looks basic and ordinary at first glance. Do not get fooled by its plebeian looks though: This minimalistic tenkeyless keyboard has an MSRP of $120 at press time. What makes this price tag justifiable? Is it made out of quality materials? Does it have RGB? Let me give you a hint. It checks both boxes and throws in a bonus: Cherry MX Red Low Profile switches.
Our review unit of the Cooler Master SK630 came in a large brown corrugated cardboard box from Cooler Master's American headquarters in Brea, California, USA. Cooler Master sent us such a large package because they also threw in the Cooler Master MasterMouse MM830 recently reviewed by my colleague Ben Joubert along with a collection of products that has not been released yet. Using FedEx International Ground, everything arrived in great condition to us here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for our review today.
The retail box design for the Cooler Master SK630 is an updated interpretation of the company's "Make it Yours" campaign. The white background is complemented by mainly black text for maximum contrast along with a burst of purple to help you remember who made it. Cooler Master's logo and slogan is at the top left corner, backlight activated image of the keyboard is printed across the center, and the model name and product description is located at the bottom left corner. On the opposite corner, two icons indicate its RGB backlighting and Cherry MX switches, respectively. Our particular unit has Cherry MX Red Low Profile switches. Feature highlights can be found on the remaining sides of the box.
Out of the box, you will receive everything you need plus a few other things that are really nice to have. Securely placed inside the box is the Cooler Master SK630 keyboard itself contained in a classy suede drawstring bag, while the keycap puller and USB Type-C to USB Type-A cable is included inside a separate small box at the bottom. On the product literature side, you will find a quick start guide that shows you what some function key combination do.
The Cooler Master SK630 is a very minimalist tenkeyless keyboard. It is one of the cleanest looking keyboards I have seen in a long time; very classical Apple. With straight edges, no dedicated macro keys, and a reference layout, you will have to look pretty closely, and in a sense, figuratively, to see what makes the SK630 special. Indeed, there is nothing that really sets it apart other than the fact this is a good old mechanical keyboard with real Cherry MX Low Profile switches. There is no integrated wrist rest and there is no specially designed OEM accessory for it. Meanwhile, the exposed gunmetal colored brushed alumimum backplate is great to look at. It even hides fingerprints well. The sides and bottom are all made out of quality plastic. Overall, I am a big fan of the looks, but aluminum backplate flexes slightly under heavy load. It would be nice if it was stronger, but it is not a major concern.
The Cooler Master SK630 measures in at 353.2mm width, 125.5mm depth, and 29.8mm height. This is about as compact as a standard tenkeyless QWERTY keyboard will go. To go along with its low profile, the keyboard weighs about 552g according to the manufacturer. This is exceptionally light for a mechanical keyboard.
Once you turn off the lights and activate the Cooler Master SK630's RGB backlit keys, the keyboard really shines -- no pun intended. The font is large and easy to read. The SK630 features full independent key RGB backlighting when you use it with software. The RGB backlight and macros can be programmed or adjusted on-the-fly without software as outlined in the user manual. A dedicated ARM Cortex M3 is inside to run complex lighting effects like the built-in snake game.
I am a big fan of fully backlit keyboards and I am happy Cooler Master designed the SK630 with this feature. The Cooler Master SK630's key illumination distribution is reasonably even for the most part. The area between the keys are also backlit thanks to the reflection of the LEDs, and I like it. One thing to point out, for keys with more than one line of text label, you will notice the top half is significantly brighter than the bottom half. This is due to physical design limitations of Cherry MX stems, as you can see in our photo above.
Hitting the Function key along with the labeled F1 through F8 buttons and arrow keys allow you to do things like cycling through different lighting effects or adjusting the effect speed. One strange omission is the backlight intensity cannot be adjusted on the fly directly. The closest thing you can do is to reduce the intensity of each RGB channel, but this is not an intuitive method. Fn in combination with F10 to Pause are for macros. The productivity keys double as your multimedia keys with Fn held down. You can even switch profiles, stored on the keyboard's 512KB internal memory, by going through Fn in concert with 1 to 4. Fn in combination with F9 is toggles Win Lock on or off. Win Lock is an important feature in any gaming keyboard, because let us face it: How many times have you tried to duck in your favorite FPS while engaging an enemy, only to be killed instantly, because you missed the "Ctrl" key and your game was minimized? Hit the same key combination again and you can even lock the whole keyboard.
The extra-flat acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic keycaps are of average quality. Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) keycaps such as the ones found on the Cooler Master MasterKeys L PBT are stiffer, harder, and has better color retention, but the ones found on the Cooler Master SK630 are smooth and feels nice on the fingers despite showing a bit of oily marks.
Almost everything here is pretty standard in terms of layout with a few additions. I prefer the single row Enter key layout as present on our US QWERTY Cooler Master SK630. Keyboards with a double row Enter key usually means the "\" button is moved to the left side of the right "Shift" key; reducing the size of the latter. I am more used to having a full width Shift on the right and a half height Enter. Obviously, this is more or less personal preference, but having a half height Enter key makes a lot more sense to me.
The Cooler Master SK630 has no dedicated lock indicator LEDs. Instead, the LED backlight for the caps lock and scroll lock button will turn on and off depending on the current lock status. One omission I noticed is the backlight for the Windows key will not turn off when Windows lock is activated. Even more confusing is when the full keyboard lock is activated; everything looks exactly the same. Those who are not familiar with their SK630 could be left wondering why their keyboard stopped working.
If you do not know what a mechanical keyboard is, there are three main types of keyboards in the market today. The cheapest is the membrane keyboard, which is the easiest to make, but also has poor typing feel and response due to squishy keys. A scissor switch keyboard has its own independent keyswitch mechanism for each key, which delivers improved tactile response and typing experience. Modern scissor switch keyboards can be very good for everyday office use. Mechanical keyboards such as the Cooler Master SK630 costs the most because each keyswitch is an independent part.
The SK630 features Cherry MX Red Low Profile switches. Corsair and Cherry collaborated on the design of this new switch and was first found in the Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Low Profile. In turn, the Cooler Master SK630 is reasonably quiet during operation even though it is has no dampening. It is a bit louder than the K70 RGB MK.2 Low Profile with a higher pitched tone when actuated, but it is quieter than the average Cherry MX Red keyboard.
I really enjoy the feel of the Cherry MX Red Low Profile. Cherry MX Red Low Profile, like the regular MX Red, is marketed as a gaming type switch. The maximum key travel distance is 3.2mm with actuation at 1.2mm compared to the regular MX Red at 4mm total travel with 2mm pre-travel. With an actuation force of 45g in a completely linear fashion, it is about 15g lighter than the MX Black; generally speaking, the Cooler Master SK630 will feel very different than other non-mechanical keyboards. It will feel different than other mechanical keyboards as well. It is quite intriguing to use a keyboard that feels so familiar and different at the same time, considering I have been using Cherry MX Red switches exclusively since 2013. This keyswitch is desirable for gaming because you will be bottoming out all the keys anyway, but the lack of the "bump" of the Cherry MX Red Low Profile may not appeal to everyone. It is rated for fifty million operations like other Cherry MX switches. The base is is strong as aforementioned, but there is some keyboard flex under heavy loads, but it is not a major concern.
The Cooler Master SK630 is a full NKRO keyboard. NKRO stands for N-key rollover. If you have used keyboards with limited NKRO capabilities, you may have experienced ghosting issues in the past -- where when too many keys are pressed at the same time, your system unable to register any more strokes. A full NKRO keyboard like the Cooler Master SK630 overcomes this by independently polling each key, making all inputs detectable by the hardware regardless of how many other keys are activated at the same time. This mean in the event you have every other key on your keyboard depressed, it will still register the last stroke. While this is a highly unlikely scenario, since you have only ten fingers, this is as good as it can get.
At the back of the Cooler Master SK630 is the USB Type-C cable lead out. It comes out in the center and is detachable. This braided cable is of average thickness and extends 1.8m in length to connect to your computer via one standard, non-gold-plated USB Type-A connector. When we bring about the question of whether gold plated connectors are actually useful or not, let us just say if it was the actual pins, then possibly -- since gold offers better conductivity than other metals. This theoretically establishes a better connection with your computer, but on a digital signal level, we must understand it is a discrete one or zero; if anyone tells you they can tell the difference, you can definitely defeat their theory with a double blinded test. Additionally, if you are referring to the gold part of the connector you see on the plug, I would like to point out it actually does not make any physical contact electrically with your computer. In other words, it is nice to have and it is pretty to look at, but it is not anything significant on a practical level. The lack of a gold-plated USB connector will not have any performance impact on the Cooler Master SK630.
At the bottom are four small rubber pads to help the SK630 stay in place during intense gaming sessions. The keyboard itself is pretty lightweight, so it might shift a bit if your table does not have a lot of grip. There are no flip-out risers at the front to tilt the keyboard up for those who prefer it. There are no keyboard drain holes either, so it is advisable to keep your Mountain Dew at a distance.
The Cooler Master SK630 works along with a version of Cooler Master Portal, which is a lightweight 9.1MB download from the company's website at press time. This program unifies your Cooler Master peripherals into one application. Once the program opens, it will detect the products you own and download additional content specific to your models. The keyboard firmware can be updated from here as well. All settings are stored on the keyboard's 512KB internal memory for up to four profiles.
The main configuration window is separated into four tabs, as shown in our screenshot above. The first tab, LED, allows you to select RGB lighting effects and colors. The Macro tab allows you to program macros. Key Map shows a picture of the keyboard, where you can select individual keys and change their functions. Profiles is where you can import and export the four profiles stored on the keyboard's internal memory. Overall, I found Cooler Master Portal to be basic, but it is very straightforward and easy to use. It is certainly not as powerful as Corsair's iCUE or SteelSeries' Engine. In fact, you can do most of the things directly on the keyboard without software, but my overall experience was positive.
As basic and minimalistic the Cooler Master SK630 may look, there has been no questions in my mind this keyboard is high end from the moment I opened the box. And why should there be any questions? Is a high end keyboard defined by its size, the number of multimedia buttons, or the quantity of dedicated macro keys it has? Certainly not. I believe a keyboard is high end because of the way it was made. And let me tell you this. The Cooler Master SK630 is one of the sleekest and cleanest looking 80% tenkeyless keyboards I have ever seen. Its supremely compact dimensions and clean edges would make an Apple fanboy blush, while the Cherry MX Red Low Profile switches that reside underneath every keycap is an enthusiast's dream. The gunmetal brushed aluminum backplate is beautifully finished, and you can even play Snake -- in color -- thanks to the advanced RGB backlighting system. Pick the SK630 up and you will find out how lighweight it is, flip it around and you will find a USB Type-C port, plug it in and type away with the four stored profiles on the keyboard's internal memory. If you want to shake things up, the SK630 can be programmed with or without software. There is a lot to like about the Cooler Master SK630. If there is anything I would like to see improved on, here is my list. Firstly, strengthen the backplate to reduce keyboard flex. Secondly, the way Windows Lock works is slightly confusing; an indicator LED would go a long way. Thirdly, make the LED brightness adjustable on the fly. Lastly, a detachable wrist rest would be nice. For an MSRP of $120, it is very likely you can find it retail for less, making the Cooler Master SK630 an excellent choice if you are looking for a minimalistic 80% tenkeyless keyboard with Cherry MX Red Low Profile switches.
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Times are tight, and likely to get tighter, if you're looking to save money talk with your IT department. They may have some helpful solutions.
Take a look at the University of Missouri's IT department suggestions – Technology for Tight Budges. Many of these can be used by libraries and other businesses looking to save funds.


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Top 100 Brands July 29th, 2007
Top 100 Global Brands – 2007
by Derrick Daye
BusinessWeek and Interbrand have released their annual list of the world's top brands.
To no surprise Coca-Cola retains the number one spot. The brand ranked equally well in this years EquiTrend brand equity study. The biggest movers in the Top 100 include Chinese banking giant HSBC, climbing five while Kodak made the biggest drop, falling twelve.
The Blake Project Can Help: The Brand Positioning Workshop
Jim Jpnes on July 30th, 2007 said
HSBC is not a Chinese Banking Giant – it's British!
Derrick Daye on July 30th, 2007 said
Thanks, we stand corrected. HSBC's Chinese roots threw us off…
From your corporate website:
"The HSBC Group has an international pedigree which is unique. Many of its principal companies opened for business over a century ago and they have a history which is rich in variety and achievement. The HSBC Group is named after its founding member, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, which was established in 1865 to finance the growing trade between China and Europe."
Congrats on moving up in the rankings –
More posts in Top 100 Brands
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Robert Earl Keen's Cosmic Cowboy Christmas
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Tickets & Events / Robert Earl Keen 2018
Robert Earl Keen and his band will get you into the Christmas spirit by performing tongue-in-cheek holiday favorites, Keen standards, new renditions of classic holiday hits laced in bluegrass, and much more.
Keen has recorded 19 full-length albums, including his latest, the No. 1 album, Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions. In 2012, Robert Earl Keen was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame and has written songs for music superstars including George Strait, The Dixie Chicks, The Highwaymen and Nanci Griffith.
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Hey guys. For those of you who supported the kickstarter, you should be receiving your packages now. And the stretch goal PDFs should be completed very soon. Have you gotten your package yet? Have you had a chance to review it yet? I'd love to know what you think.
Post subject: Re: Starfall Over the Plateau of Leng kickstarter packages!
Unfortunately I'm still waiting...but soon!!!


Gas utility DEPA and US energy exporter Cheniere have reached an advanced stage in negotiations for a long-term LNG supply agreement that could result in a five-year deal, according to sources.
A 150,000-cubic meter spot-market purchase made by DEPA from the Texas-based company towards the end of last year kindled the current negotiations for a longer-term agreement between the two sides, energypress sources informed.
The US has made clear its interest to establish Greece as a gateway for American LNG into Balkan markets. The US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, has often made reference to the prospect.
A supply agreement between DEPA and Cheniere would further diversify the Greek gas utility's sources, currently dominated by Russian natural gas and LNG from Algeria.
DEPA has reserved a one-billion cubic meter capacity through the TAP route as of 2020, when the new gas pipeline carrying natural gas from Azerbaijan is expected to begin operating. The prospect should enable DEPA to offer domestic-market customers more competitive prices and further penetrate Balkan markets, via the IGB Greek-Bulgarian pipeline, to connect with TAP.
The ongoing DEPA-Cheniere talks have not swept Algeria's Sonatrach out of the picture, sources stressed. DEPA's current supply agreement with Sonatrach expires in 2020 and the two sides are already discussing a renewal.
DEPA agreements with Cheniere and Sonatrach, combined with Azerbaijani gas supply through TAP, promise to place the Greek gas utility in a more favorable position opposite Russia's Gazprom, its main supplier.


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Q: "service-admin" account on Windows 2008 R2? I'm looking at all the accounts configured on a Windows 2008 R2 server.
There's one account 'Service Admin' (username service-admin) which I can't seem to find any information on why this accounts exists. It's part of the following groups.

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*Administrators

*Domain Admins

*Domain Users

*Enterprise Admins

*Group Policy Creator Owners

*Schema Admins

I would have assumed that this is a built in/default account like the 'Administrator', although a lack of information online is making me think otherwise. Online searches seems to vaguely point towards Microsoft Azure, but AFAIK this isn't used on the server at all.
From 'net user' and the Windows event log it occasionally logs on/off for short periods between 20:00 and 21:00, possibly indicating it's a task running but I can't see anything in the Task Scheduler running at that around that time.

A: You can use a tool such as User2SID.exe to get the user account SID. If the account ends with -500 it is the built-in Active Directory Administrator Account.
http://www.windowsecurity.com/whitepapers/windows_security/Windows-Enumeration-USER2SID-SID2USER.html

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