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The Dutch Election: Winners and Losers
March 16, 2017 Topic: Politics Region: Europe Tags: NetherlandsElectionsGeert WildersRecep Tayyip ErdoganEuropean Union
Turkey helped win an election that was meant to be all about France.
by Matt Purple
Wednesday morning, Election Day in the Netherlands, found European elites apprehensive that the next domino on their continent was teetering. Their latest scourge was Geert Wilders, the populist insurgent and head of the Party for Freedom (PVV), with the eccentrically coiffed hair that seems a requisite among unorthodox right-wing figures these days, and the customary statements about how he hates Islam and immigrant criminals are "scum." Wilders was unlikely to take control of the Dutch House of Representatives—election eve polls had him in third place at best—but because the other major parties had ruled out a coalition with him, a weighty enough PVV pickup could throw the legislature into chaos.
No dice. Despite losing eight seats, Prime Minister Mark Rutte's center-right People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) still won a decisive thirty-three overall, down from forty-one but enough to limit the PVV to twenty. The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the liberal D66 also racked up big gains. The most decisive winner was the environmentally progressive GreenLeft (GL), which raked in an additional ten seats, the most in its history. Wilders did manage to fortify his electoral strongholds in the formerly coal-mining southeastern province of Limburg and the heavily rural northeast, but mustered only a five-seat pickup overall, a cliff dive from 2013 when polls had the PVV in first place.
Rutte now faces the challenge of gathering a coalition out of a thirteen-party tangle, which will mean allying with the likeminded CDA and D66, governing alongside Labor as he had before, and perhaps even shepherding the GreenLeft into what will be an ideologically kaleidoscopic government. But it will also be an establishment government and a relatively pro–European Union government, one that locks out the soapbox orators and guarantees that dreaded "Nexit" remains a pipe dream. The European political class exhaled and popped the corks. "I am delighted this led to a very pro-European result," German chancellor Angela Merkel said of the election. Over on Twitter, "ever-closer union" fetishist and member of European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt heralded "pro European parties on the rise."
So what was it that foiled Wilders? The answer is that, while we often headline the rise of populists, we forget that their revolution comes in two steps: first, voters rebel against established parties, especially center-left ones; second, they replace them with anti-immigrant outsiders. In the Netherlands, that first component was there. Dutch Labor was annihilated on Wednesday, hollowed out by more than three-quarters of its House seats, courtesy of the party's wildly unpopular complicity in tax hikes and spending cuts while in coalition with Rutte. Labor now faces a quandary alike to the Liberal Democrats in Great Britain, who allied with the Tories in 2010 and were wiped out in the next election. But rather than fill the void vacated by the center-left with populists, as Wilders needed to happen, Dutch voters dispersed in all directions—the center-right, the liberals, even further left than before.
They also stood by Rutte's VVD in greater numbers than expected. For that, you can thank Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey's leader has been aggressively campaigning for changes to his country's constitution that would clothe him in the immense power of an imperial presidency, which will be decided by Turkish voters in a referendum next month. That's meant seeking the votes of foreign nationals living in the Netherlands, where Erdogan dispatched his family minister, Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, to speak at a campaign rally in Rotterdam. The Dutch government blocked Kaya from entering the Turkish consulate and later dispersed Turkish flag-waving demonstrators with batons and water cannons. Erdogan reacted with his customary subtlety, calling the Dutch "Nazi remnants" guilty of employing "Nazi practices."
An enemy is a valuable thing to have during an election campaign, and thus far Wilders had been the only candidate with a supervillain, or rather an entire Legion of Doom: the political class, the EU and Muslim immigrants. Now Rutte had a bête noire, too, the inflammatory Erdogan, whose repudiation made the government appear tough on Islam and strummed the nationalist chord that voters wanted to hear. See? The government could do Dutch pride, too. Presented with the choice between a greenhorn populist party and a more seasoned and mindful right-of-center one, more districts opted for the latter.
The return of Rutte means continuity for the Netherlands, a return to opposition for Wilders—but for anxious European elites, the Dutch were never the primary concern here. Even if Wilders had won a plurality, he probably wouldn't have ended up governing, given the other parties' refusal to cooperate with the PVV. And even if he'd somehow landed in the prime minister position, he would have struggled to eject Holland from the European Union, given that laws would need to be changed to hold a binding referendum. No, for vigilant Europeans, this was a dress rehearsal for France, where the elevation of Marine Le Pen to the French presidency in next month's election would be castor oil down every gullet in Brussels. Verhofstadt voiced the collective relief following the Dutch results when he tweeted: "People want constructive and reliable politicians to govern their country. This is why Le Pen will also fail."
Will she, though? We've had a smattering of outcomes from Western elections as of late, but the choppy trend that's developed is this: populists do poorly in multiparty parliamentary elections (UKIP in 2015, Wilders); they do quite well in binary-choice, outsiders-versus-insiders, winner-take all contests (Brexit, Trump; Austria is an admitted exception here). France's presidential runoff falls into the latter category. Le Pen is almost certain to place either first or second in the first round of voting, which will position her in a second-round duel with Emmanuel Macron, the popular but Rothschild-incubated centrist who, like Hillary Clinton and the Remain campaign, embodies the internationalist consensus. Could Le Pen still pull this off? I'd be very chary about writing her off as a Wilders redux.
Matt Purple is the Deputy Editor for Rare Politics. Follow him on Twitter @MattPurple.
Image: Ballot in 2017's Dutch general election. Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons/Sebastiaan ter Burg
Source URL:https://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-dutch-election-winners-losers-19796


GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Florida coach Urban Meyer apologized Saturday to the reporter he berated earlier this week for publishing a quote by one of his players.
Meyer spent more than 20 minutes with the Orlando Sentinel's Jeremy Fowler following spring practice. Fowler declined to divulge details of the discussion, but called it a "constructive" conversation and said he accepted Meyer's apology.
Meyer lashed out at Fowler on Wednesday, calling him a "bad guy" and threatening to ban the newspaper for publishing a quote in which receiver Deonte Thompson called John Brantley a "real quarterback." Thompson meant to say that Brantley was a more conventional or prototypical passer than Tim Tebow.
Thompson's quote quickly spread across the country thanks to Twitter and the Internet, and the receiver was crushed when friends and teammates asked him why he ripped Tebow. Thompson expressed his frustration to Meyer, who unleashed on Fowler during an exchange caught on camera and witnessed by colleagues and fans.
"If that was my son, we'd be going at it right now," Meyer said.
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What AEW must NOT do with CM Punk
As Punk's debut looms over and radiates AEWS's roster and the smarky apocalypse of the wrestling world, some of us have fingers crossed that this doesn't get screwed. While I'm not keen on pipe bombers or pipe bombs, it was a nice enough bit of controversy that Punk is still talked about to this day and his return has all eyes on it, whether from his fans or people who want to feel like something is happening again. Given this deserves the hype it's getting, some believe AEW's debuts have mostly underwhelmed and been nonsensical, and the talent's usage the same. So, let's go ahead and prevent AEW from failing with Punk. I'm going to reveal what AEW must NOT do if they want to maximize the opportunity.
#1. Do NOT have Tony Khan introduce him
There's a story here, Tony built his promotion around the idea of acquiring Punk. By all means the former could tell that story to make the big introduction, especially if the latter turns and pipe bombs it. However, this must not happen. For all the potential you may see in that idea, there is no more hideous execution Punk's return could get than that from Tony Khan on a microphone. Talk about bombing, Khan's MO is sputtering repetitions like something out of One Flew Over the Coo Coo's Nest. Tony's personal appearance is also questionable for wrestling programming and TV in general. Here's what I mean--
Lay off the acid, Paul Fifer.
He comes out looking like Paul Fifer from the Wonder Years only fueling the speculations people have of this company's creative: that it's an unhinged, E-fed booked nerdfest.
I was speaking with Mystic and he mentioned Tony's dad does have a more wrestling appealing look. Maybe, he can make the introduction, after all he looks as if he could Camel Clutch Tony and break him into two pieces.
# 2 Do NOT allow Punk's ego to get out of control in the locker room.
I've worked with people like him, over analytical, whiny and complaining, always finding a problem with something. It's ok for TV, but decent humans don't deserve that around in real life. My suggestion is for AEW to hire Mickey Gall. If Punk starts piping up behind the curtain, have Mickey give him a nasty scowl. The way Mickey worked him over in the octagon, this should be enough, if not, give the UFC star the greenlight to swell that wannabe's ear up again.
# 3 Do NOT stick him near a comedy shtick.
The difference between Mae Young giving birth to a hand and Orange Cassidy and Bozo the Clown playing footsie? At least I get the humor in Mae Young's ordeal, and the WWE's motto wasn't "sports based." AEW gets Darby against the son of Haku. Here's a supposed up and comer, Darby taking on the son of the toughest man to ever lace up boots and you have Darby's clown grandpa out there playing with Cassidy. I think Darby's supposed to have a mystique about him? Well, to me he looks more like Sam Goof getting embarrassed by daddy Goofy joining the school. While god knows which viewers are getting chuckles out of that, what they're sacrificing is small nuances that make the bigger picture matter. For one, they're distracting from whatever I can imagine one would hope to accomplish from the talent and match going on in front of them. But something like that drags down any serious angle they want to do. Like horror movies? How about spoof horror movies? How about a half spoof horror movie except the part we want to be scary? Don't care for spoofs setting up a serious climax in your favorite genre, well let's get this stupid shit off the show before we introduce something as big as Punk can be. Which brings me to ...
#4 Do NOT pair him with any of their undesirables.
Evil Uno, Marko Stunt, Sonny Kiss and the many who reek of low production need to be far away from this. Many times AEW does something like this and they get eyes on them that quickly go away. While I'm not saying it's all the Dark Order, they seem to be repeat offenders, looking like jobbers, throwing tacky punches, and generally being goofballs. Nothing takes you out of a show faster than the light going out and the Dark Order appearing like a lower budget Scary Movie take over. When I was trying AEW out, and very hopeful for them at the start, this zapped my soul right out of me. I think the lesson here is just because it was a big hit in the E-fed doesn't mean it's a hit with a real audience, Mr. Fifer.
#5 Do NOT aim to put Punk in forty minute All Male Six Star encounters without properly building the stories to them.
If you don't know what the All Male Six Star Encounter is, read my column with that title. Basically, it's a nonsensical match with a foolish storyline where two people hit each other with every move ever made and kick out for the holy shits of it. Really it's when they're dancing and prancing like ballerinas and proving tremendous cooperation without the pretense of telling the story of a struggle.
For God sake, man, give Punk a storyline that feels like a grudge, not a sports entertainment porno for the excuse of hitting one-thousand moves on each other, and going through great pains to not capitalize on each other in order to set up shop to jump off ladders.
What's a sports entertainment porno story? Glad you asked. It's a bullshit story to set up what we're all drooling for, the stunts!
Bullshit sports entertainments stories include but are not limited to:
Coming out to announce you talked to the promoter and he's giving you title matches and letting you break the news.
Throwing any kind of liquid on your opponent, so they can fake slip and slide in it. This worked one time and one time only, the beer bash.
Anything Steve Austin did to Vince McMahon. Most likely if you're not Steve Austin, you are much worse.
Work shooting to fool us into thinking your sick burn was unplanned, so that we're reminded the rest is planned. I don't like when Cena does it, and if you've showed up in the last ten years, you're probably not as talented, have a bland appearance, and have string bean arms.
In other words, when introducing Punk into storylines and matches, how about try to act like you're a wrestling show and let things happen in ways that seem organic with matches that culminate those on-goings, rather than forty minute stunt fests designed to get a little rise out of us.
By the way, I hear Omega has broken the star system, so now Dave Meltzer is going to the sun system. What's the sun system, you ask? Well, here it is explained in his eloquent, sophisticated speak ...
"Really, Kenny's broken the star rating, so we're going to have to go to suns. I know the sun is a star but it's kind of not one because people think of it as something bigger and brighter, and I learned to elaborate on things from watching Cindy Brady on a show called the Brady Bunch, where she had step brothers, but kind of not step brothers because their family was so close and blah, blah, blah."
Alright, AEW, Punk stated that he does not want to be another guy making bad television. Let's make that happen. I know you've been told at some point "just be yourself." Well, I'm telling you the opposite. Throw all your tapes away, hide the Dark order in the closet, hire a decent booker, and don't let any of your new viewers know what you've up to these last two years. Don't be bad TV.
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I may agree that AEW's debuts haven't always been up to par but more often than not the follow up rectifies any mishaps. I'd know idea that Punk was close to debuting on AEW as I don't go on the main page to check news as I'm always behind with shows so I always see spoilers.
1. I think it'd be great for Tony Khan to introduce Punk and then he pipe bombs him and AEW, but that may lead to a sign of your 2...
2. Which I think should definitely be controlled as Punk is well-aware of how much his return means to the IWC and he holds all the cards so he shouldn't let that get to his head.
3. Yeah, this is a serious situation and AEW needs to be careful with what character they saddle him with, although that will likely be Punk's call anyway.
4. Punk should be a solo act as he's not one that needs any aid in any aspect of wrestling so I doubt he'd be paired up with anybody.
5. I really hope Punks matches do not take this route as what I've seen from his work he does not need this to have exciting matches.
Man you you really disdain AEW lol but I'm definitely on the opposite spectrum of that. Anyway, the best we can ask for his Punk's debut to live up to the hype; but these days nothing ever really does.
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Your complete and utter disdain is indeed overflowing here Benny, haha, but that's no surprise as I know your tastes. I'd rather have Darby Allin and Orange Cassidy than Punk himself so I don't think we have any ground to even attempt a conversation here. Looking forward to discussing something older again soon!
The '92 Rumble! The Brain's Finest Hour!
You guys are right that I showed disdain for AEW but just as much for CM Punk. I was never a fan…but he had good matches and Paul Heyman's presence did him good.
My thoughts of the initial clips is bring in the clowns, let orange Cassidy do whatever he does, let Tony khan play wrestling, because regardless of how I feel about Punk, what I saw did not live up to the potential of the moment.
i think of Scott Hall on Nitro saying "you don't know why I'm here." Luger getting in Hogan's face on night one.
It's a given he was going to pop the crowd, question is what do you do with that pop…
20 years from now I wonder who's going to be talking about Punk coming out and randomly challenging a mid card baby face. I'm not down on Darby as a performer, but he's presented at best as a big up and comer and CM Punk is going to "help" him. That's what they went with in what should have been the biggest moment in their history. He looked sickly. Definitely another guy doing bad TV.
Very flaccid reveal. This company needs a blue pill. I think WWE would have done a better job with this soft ball and that's pretty bad
TheMaskedNewton
Wow...this reminds me of all the million plus viewers watching WWE Raw so that they can spend some time online to crap all over it. Turns out AEW managed the CM Punk debut very well. Turns out CM Punk is not as miserable and whining as we had imagined for all these years. It was just the WWE machine which had made him the way he was. Even I had many many questions and opinions of how CM Punk should go about, what he should do, what he should not do, what he should say, what he should not say....and what do you know it seems like he read my thoughts! He didn't come with contempt in his mind, he did not come with superiority in his mind, he had self-doubts after long absence from the active wrestling...he seems to be in a happy place right now....I love seeing this side of CM Punk and turns out he can be just as gifted without the use of pipe bomb. Hate towards Evil Uno? Really? Mann....
Mavsman
Yeah, funny to read this now that Punk's debut is past us. I generally think you were a little harsh on AEW and Punk just for harshness's sake, but I recognize that you were trying to emphasize your hopes and get your point across.
When it comes to Punk being egotistical/difficult to work with - my hope is that being in his 40s and in a non-toxic locker room will help prevent that from happening. He's certainly saying all the right things in his media appearances about coming in to work with the exciting young talent and not telling them what to do, but just offering an opinion that they can take or leave based off his experiences. If that holds, I think that's certainly a value-add for the locker room.
Given the rumored buy rate for All Out and the ratings numbers for Dynamite and Rampage in recent weeks, it's hard to argue that Punk isn't materially moving the needle for AEW. My biggest concern is that they'll run him into the ground by shoving him down fans' throats too much. There's more of an appetite for him now than there probably ever will be given his seven year hiatus. But I hope they quickly get to the point where Punk isn't the first person mentioned on every show. There's too much other talent on AEW's roster to allow that to happen.
Even though I disagreed with a lot of it, I still enjoyed the column BB, so thanks for the compelling read!
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That was an unbroadcast segment that happened after the show.
Also if you think Hook is an undesirable then you have clearly not been watching AEW.
More a reference to Dannhausen, I assumed?
"The worst moron is the one too stupid to realise they're a moron."
Yeah, Dannhausen. And if Hook has momentum and they booked him with Dannhausen, there you go…
The point I'm making is CM Punk could have been a big enough name to draw a wider audience, but everything around him keeps the audience narrow.
I think this column is spot on. They had something with CM Punk and Daniel Bryan and they punted for that one base instead of swinging for the fences.
Yeah, it's just a YouTube video, but that video is a reason for me not to watch their product. It's uninteresting and unfunny. The name CM Punk makes me look, shit like that makes me look away.
And casual fans are the same. They see the obvious cooperation and are turned off by it. Average people want meaning. Wrestling use to give that to them in subtle ways. Now they're being obvious about how meaningless it all is.
I understand the point you're making but on the other hand I'm not sure Danhausen is significantly more ridiculous than The Boogie Woogie Man.
I think he is. That's a separate argument. I'd argue he's as ridiculous as Papa Shango, which is a different level. But Boogie Woogie man was paired with other over the top wrestlers. Didn't suck the life out of up and comers or big stars. And the entire show wasn't Boogie Woogie men with Dusty Rhodes somewhere in there
In my younger days I've met people that you could say were Jimmy Valiant with the volume turned down...
Unless it comes to it, the last person I ever want to have to defend is him, but there's a defense to be had if we're comparing and contrasting with AEW turn offs. People outside the bubble see these guys and turn around and go the other way.
Tony Khan should hire an experienced booker.


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Yessaï Karapetian (; * 18. November 1993 in Eriwan) ist ein armenischer Fusion- und Jazzmusiker (Keyboards, Komposition).

Leben und Wirken
Karapetian wuchs in Marseille auf  und studierte zunächst in Paris auf dem Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, um dann einen Master-Abschluss am Berklee College of Music in Boston zu absolvieren.

Karapetian war zunächst gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Marc, der Bassist ist, und Schlagzeuger Matthieu Font Mitglied des in Marseille entstandenen Elektro-Funk-Trios Onefoot. Dann gründete er ein eigenes Quintett, mit dem er 2021 sein ProgRock-lastiges Debütalbum Yessaï einspielte. 2022 präsentierte er sein Quintett auf den Festivals Umbria Jazz, Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Festival de Jazz Vitoria-Gasteiz, Nice Jazz Festival und Jazzopen Stuttgart. Er ist auch auf Guillaume Perrets Album A Certain Trip zu hören.

Preise und Auszeichnungen
Karapetian errang mit One Foot beim Jazzwettbewerb von La Défense und bei Jazz à Vienne Silbermedaillen. Er ist der Gewinner der europäischen Ausgabe des Rising Stars Jazz Award 2022.

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Keyboarder
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Komponist (Jazz)
Armenier
Geboren 1993
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PREMIERE: All Regards Go Full Steam Ahead With 'Trainwreck'
Photo: @allregardsband
Formerly known as The Lancias, All Regards are in prime form to make their presence known in the Australian pop-punk scene with the premiere of their new single 'Trainwreck'.
Taking inspiration from old school pop-punk, the Melbourne band consists of bassist Mark Fuhrmann, singer/guitarist Jeremy 'Jez' Allen and drummer Ali O'Sullivan. Since forming, the trio have performed across various Melbourne venues like The Workers Club, The Tote and The Gasometer Hotel.
Their new single 'Trainwreck' delves into the subjects of identity, screwing up and learning how to be a better person. The themes are something we're all familiar with. But the message is bound to stick with young listeners who find themselves fixating on mistakes and how to move on from them.
Yet despite its name, listening to 'Trainwreck', you won't feel hopeless. Instead, the track promotes optimism with its surging guitars and anthemic lyrics. Allen's vocals truly shine through and we can only imagine the thunderous chorus at a live shows. Its reminiscent of classic 2000s pop-punk but taken to a scintillating level where any feelings of loneliness or regret dissipate into the darkness.
In anticipation of the release of 'Trainwreck', we were lucky to have a chat to the band about the new single, musical inspirations and what the future holds for All Regards.
I know All Regards is a name change. How would you describe the identity of the band under this new name?
The main reason we changed the name was to consolidate everything a bit more. We wanted something catchy and easy enough to remember as well as something that would represent where we are heading in the future.
The band has been through a lot of changes and it took a while to get to where we are now, we're making music at a level we're really proud of and we've crafted a direction we want to go in.
If you had to choose, what are All Regards' top three musical influences that have inspired the band?
This new song is very pop-punk inspired, and I think there'll be a few more songs in that theme. We have a huge range of influences that will be evident in 'Trainwreck' and our next few releases.
I think the three for now would be Blink 182, Slowly Slowly and Stand Atlantic.
What is your creative process when it comes to writing/creating songs?
There's been heaps of processes.
Usually someone comes up with an idea that might be fleshed out or might need some more work and we'll all get together and jam on it.
Together we give it a bit more structure and from there get some lyrics down.
'Trainwreck' was a bit different though, I (Mark) had a bass part (the part you hear at the start) that I showed to Jez (vocals & guitars).
We went back and forth on ideas for maybe an hour and we finished off the first demo. It came together really quick.
Ali (drums) joined the band not long after and added her elements too, creating a few more changes. Once we got into the studio it was stripped back and changed around again, and we landed on a final product.
Iso has put a spanner in the works but we have been constantly sending each other demos and coming up with some really great material.
'Trainwreck' seems like a powerful track with a message that young people are bound to be familiar with. What was the inspiration behind the lyrics and this message?
It is a powerful tune, and there's a lot to take from it.
Some parts are a bit raw and honest. Jez put them together after feeling overwhelmed and he lacked direction a bit. It's something everyone feels at times but it sucks when it's you that it hits.
But, overall, it's a really positive song. It talks about pushing through and turning things around. We hope people make it their own and use it to take a positive message from.


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Alessandra Mele (művésznevén: Alessandra, Savona, 2002. szeptember 5. – ) olasz–norvég énekesnő. Ő képviseli Norvégiát a 2023-as Eurovíziós Dalfesztiválon, Liverpoolban, a Queen of Kings című dalával.

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Savonában született, Cisano sul Neva városában nőtt fel, édesapja olasz, édesanyja norvég származású. 2021-ben középiskolai tanulmányai után költözött családjával Norvégiába, hogy közelebb lehessen norvég rokonaihoz, és egyúttal, hogy zenei karrierére összpontosítson. Nyíltan vállalja biszexualitását, Eurovíziós dala is erről szól.

Pályafutása
2022-ben jelentkezett a norvég The Voice hetedik évadába.

2023. január 4-én az NRK bejelentette, hogy az énekesnő résztvevője a 2023-as Melodi Grand Prix norvég eurovíziós nemzeti döntőnek. Queen of Kings című versenydalát a január 14-i első elődöntőben adta elő először, ahonnan sikeresen továbbjutott a döntőbe. A február 4-én rendezett döntőben a nemzetközi zsűri és a nézők szavazatai alapján megnyerte a válogatóműsort, így ő képviselheti hazáját az Eurovíziós Dalfesztiválon. Versenydalát először a május 9-én rendezendő első elődöntő első felében adja elő.

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 Queen of Kings (2023)

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The Disastrous Pat Gillick Trade That Still Haunts the Phils
Posted: July 27, 2013 | Author: Johnny Goodtimes | Filed under: Baseball | Tags: 2000s, Freddy Garcia, Pat Gillick, worst trades in Phillies history | 4 Comments »
The $10 million man.
Pat Gillick is a hero in this town because they won a title under his watch. But it is certainly worth noting that the vast majority of that team was signed by Ed Wade. The only major players on that team brought in by Gillick were Jamie Moyer, Jayson Werth, and Brad Lidge (well, unless you count Matt Stairs as a major part of that team). In 2006, he traded Bobby Abreu for a bag of baseballs. Furthermore, Gillick nearly derailed the team in 2007 when he made one of the worst trades in Phillies history, one that still carries repercussions today.
As the Phils headed into the 2007 season, their front office and fans were dogged by the frustration a team feels when it keeps coming tantalizingly close to the post-season. In 2006, they missed it by three games. In 2005, they missed it by one. So they knew they were close, and thought that a front line pitcher would get them over the top. Enter the vastly overrated Freddie Garcia, coming off a season in which he had won 17 games, but had a bloated ERA of 4.53 (To show how worthless wins are to gauge a pitcher, last year Cliff Lee had 6 wins and a 3.16 ERA). Nonetheless, the Phils thought he could be the staff ace they needed to get them over the hump, and so they decided that he was worth two blue chippers, Gavin Floyd and Gio Gonzalez. Garcia was signed to a one year, $10 million contract, then went out on the field and completely bombed, going 1-5 with a 5.90 ERA. Of course, the numbers were so bad because he was hiding a shoulder injury from the team. After giving up 6 runs and recording 4 outs in a loss to Kansas City in June, he was sent to the DL. He never pitched for the Phillies again.
Now, a Freddie Garcia for Gavin Floyd trade would have been bad enough. Floyd was no superstar, but the numbers he put up from 2008-2010 would have made him a fine back of the rotation pitcher. But it was the other pitcher that makes Gillick look
Gio with the Reading Phillies.
like a dope, and has to make you wonder if the Phillies would have felt the need to spend so lavishly on starting pitchers at the expense of the bullpen and hitting the past few years. Gio Gonzalez is a full fledged stud, and unlike current Phils pitchers is both young and signed to an incredibly generous deal for the Nationals (5 years, $42 million.) He has been essentially unhittable since 2010, putting up numbers very similar to Cliff Lee's for about a third of the price, and Gio was #3 in NL Cy Young voting last year. The only scratch on his record is his connection to Biogenesis, which could result in a lengthy suspension in the near future.
It is worth noting that the White Sox blew it just as bad as the Phils did with Gonzalez…after receiving him so generously from Philadelphia, they turned around and traded him to Oakland for Nick Swisher, who lasted one year in Chicago and batted .219.


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California Governor Jerry Brown Endorses Bryan Caforio for CA-25
Emphasizes Caforio's Commitment to Ending Washington Gridlock
Santa Clarita, Calif. – Today, Bryan Caforio, Congressional candidate for California's 25th District, received the endorsement of Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Governor of California. Caforio's opponent Rep. Steve Knight's has publicly stated he hates the term 'work across the aisle', calling those who do 'wishy-washy', and proudly proclaims 'partisan politics is not a bad thing'.
"The country needs a Congress that works and leaders who will fight to break the gridlock in Washington," said Brown, Governor of California. "I am strongly endorsing Bryan Caforio because he will get things done."
Since returning to the Governor's Office, Brown helped eliminate the state's multi-billion budget deficit, cut its unemployment rate in half and added more than 2 million new jobs, while enacting sweeping public safety, immigration, workers' compensation, health care, water, pension and economic development reforms.
"I am honored to be endorsed by Governor Brown who shares my commitment to ending the partisan gridlock in Washington," said Caforio. "The inability of our nation's representatives to work across the aisle has resulted in Congress's failure to pass a budget, leaving federal programs in a lurch and wasting taxpayers dollars. The residents of the 25th Congressional District deserve a representative who will go to Washington and work for them in a non-partisan manner to create jobs, improve infrastructure, invest in education, and build an economy that works for everyone."


The regularly scheduled meeting of the Industrial Board of Appeals was held on December 9, 2015 at the Board's office located in New York City. The Board's Chairperson, Vilda Vera Mayuga, called the meeting to order at 9:27 a.m.
On motion by Mr. Meagher, duly seconded by Ms. Jackson, and unanimously carried, the minutes of the previous meeting held on October 28, 2015, were approved.
The monthly report for October and November 2015 reflecting activity as follows was reviewed and discussed.
On motion by Ms. Jackson, duly seconded by Mr. Arcuri, and unanimously carried, the meeting was moved into executive session at 9:45 a.m.
PR 14-197 Moon Kee Lee and Blooming Import, Inc.
PR 14-337 Sukru U. Akkaya and Ahmet Cayan and Mustafa Q. Catalbas and Mustafa Kahraman and Atilla C. Akcay and Sefer Kahyaoglu and Gulseren A. Akcay and Quick Star Mart, Inc.
PR 15-175 Akhtar Zahir Ahmad and Apple Auto Body Repair, Inc.
PR 15-204 Western Beef Retail, Inc.
PR 15-237 David Taylor and TRAX ETC. INC.
PR 15-284 Asen S. Kostadinov and Go New York Tours Inc.
PR 15-285 David Mark Petrucco, Sr. and Pasqualina R. Petrucco and Petrucco Dentistry PLLC.
On motion by Ms. Jackson, duly seconded by Mr. Meagher, and unanimously carried, the Resolutions of Decision for Settlements and approval of withdrawal of petitions were adopted.
PR 11-394 Joseph Baglio and The Club at Windham, Ltd.
PR 12-028 Hung Cheng a/k/a Holly Cheng and New Asian Supermarket, Inc.
PR 12-040 Rafael Almonte and D'Almonte Enterprises Parking Garage Inc.
PR 15-045 Lori A. Sottilotta and Royale Class, Inc. and Royale Class Consulting, Inc.
PR 15-129 Majed Y Al Salaj and Columbia Street Limousine Service, Inc.
PR 15-207 Earl Edwards and Robertina R. Edwards and Stepping Up Day Care Center, Inc.
PR 15-259 Mwez Blas and Izak Blas and Smarty of New York Inc.
PR 15-261 Jonathan A. Saslaw And Custclo Inc.
PR 15-266 Frickly Mejia and Mohammed El Baroudy and F & M Used Tires Inc.
PR 15-278 Linda J. Cunegin and Tri-County Home Nursing Services, Inc.
With the exception of PR 12-152, on motion by Mr. Meagher, duly seconded by Ms. Jackson, and unanimously carried, the Resolutions of Decision under Section 101 were adopted.
Ms. Mayuga was recused from participating in the discussion or voting on Docket No. PR 12-152. On motion by Mr. Arcuri, duly seconded by Ms. Jackson, and unanimously carried, the Resolution of Decision under Section 101 for Docket No. PR 12-152 was adopted.
On motion by Mr. Meagher, duly seconded by Ms. Mayuga, and unanimously carried the Resolution of Decision under Section 657 was adopted.
Sequestering witnesses – who stays: petitioner? DOL investigator? claimant/s?
On motion by Ms. Jackson, duly seconded by Mr. Meagher, and unanimously carried, the meeting was moved out of executive session at 1:25 p.m.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016, Board Meeting in Albany at 10:00 a.m.
There being no further business, upon motion by Ms. Jackson, duly seconded by Ms. Mayuga, and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 12:00 P.M.


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Meet Lu, The Non-Human Influencer With 25 Million Followers
By Arick Wierson • 05/31/21 9:00am
Lu isn't human, but she has over 25 million followers on social media. Magazine Luiza, SA
To state the obvious, the world of social media influencers is unlike just about any other; image is everything and the number of likes and followers translates into billions of dollars of ad spend. However, one of the more recent bizarro episodes in the influencer space was when social media maven Lil Miquela Sousa, an L.A.-based Brazilian model with some three million followers on Instagram, was forced to announce that she was, in fact, not real.
After a short period in which the normally pro-BLM, DACA and generally woke Gen Z Angelino suddenly began pushing pro-Trump memes across social media, Miquela was forced to admit to her fans that she had been 'hacked' by her nemesis, Bermuda, a virtual right-leaning blonde bombshell whose look seems to channel a Barbie doll, perhaps the original non-human influencer. In the end, it turned out that all the fuss was just an elaborate ruse, orchestrated by Brud, a Los Angeles digital design company that had created both characters and then moved to stir up a faux controversy.
But unlike Brud's milquetoast digital creations, which are purposely shrouded in mystery to keep their digital origins a secret as long as possible, many of the most popular and beloved virtual humans proudly wear their non-human status as a badge of honor. Shudu, for example, is a digital supermodel hailing from South Africa. She is the creation of former fashion photographer Cameron-James Wilson, and since her arrival on the fashion scene in 2017, she has participated in photo shoots for Cosmo, Elle, Vogue, and countless other top fashion magazines. Shudu's editorial success has enabled her to ink a score of deals with top brands eager to have the head-turner headline their ad campaigns.
If all this seems a bit weird or even a tad Westworld, well then, welcome to the next generation of social media influencers – virtual influencers. Move over Kardashians, you are being replaced by 1s and 0s.
Lu – the Queen Bee of Digital Influencers
Although most Americans have probably never heard of her, in this new world of Instagram avatars and CGI influencers there is one name on the virtual scene that is a very big deal on the global stage – a Brazilian non-human named Lu. With nearly 25 million followers on social media – over five million on Instagram alone – she is far and wide the world's most famous non-human influencer. In her home country of Brazil, she is one of the country's ten most followed influencers – the other nine all being of flesh and blood. Her TikTok account, where she picks up on the latest memes – viral dance moves and all, gained over a million followers in her first month, giving her the distinction of having the fastest-growing TikTok account in the world.
Lu is the brainchild of Frederico Trajano, the CEO of Magazine Luiza, a diversified Brazilian conglomerate of a dozen or so consumer-facing brands including Magalu, one of the country's largest big-box retailers with over 1,300 physical stores spread across the country. Lu came to life back in 2003 just as the e-commerce space was beginning to show signs that it might eventually become a viable option to traditional brick-and-mortar sales; Trajano sensed that company's online store needed someone – or something – to fill the void normally occupied by the in-store salesperson.
It was in that way that Lu was initially conceived as equal parts sales associate and tech expert for Magalu's online store, but over time her role continually expanded; she now gets her own write-up in the company's annual report, gives interviews, and photobombs some of the country's top celebs' selfies; company insiders told Observer they consider her one of the brand's most valuable assets. Even major third-party brands like Adidas look to hire Lu for help in driving their own consumer engagement.
Lu's fun and approachable demeanor has made her relatable to different segments of Brazilian society. Magazine Luiza, SA
But if Trajano is Lu's father, then one might think of Aline Izo as something akin to her adoptive mother. Izo guides a team of 3D designers, programmers, and marketers that meticulously cares for every aspect of this in-demand influencer. From periodically updating the grooming style of Lu's eyebrows to keep up with the latest beauty trends to curating her Twitter feed, Izo and team are the brains and personality behind Brazil's most famous non-human.
"We're responsible for the humanization of Lu," remarked the thirty-something Izo in an interview with Observer. "Lu has millions of fans and when she takes a stand on something – for example on bringing awareness to domestic abuse or standing up and advocating for LGBT rights – people pay attention. Here in Brazil, Lu is not a sales gimmick; Lu is an influencer in the true sense of the word; Lu can move the needle on important issues in society."
Case in point: last year, in the early days of the pandemic, Lu came out with a series of YouTube videos and posts about the dangers of fake news, and where one should turn if they were concerned about the quality of the information they were receiving about the virus. The famous non-human has been equally outspoken on issues of racial equity, climate change, and a host of other progressive issues that mirror the company leadership's cultural mores.
Lu celebrates New Year's Eve from Copacabana beach. Magazine Luiza, SA
And this is perhaps why Lu is considered by many to be a glimpse into the future of social influence; not only has she successfully embodied a corporate ethos, but she has brought a sprawling brand down to a human scale. And although Brazilians are perfectly aware that Lu is not a real person, she has become one of the most beloved and trusted voices.
Virtual brand ambassadors seem to be an all but inevitable trend in the world of advertising. Unlike a Paris Hilton, Charli D'Amelio, or Saweetie, brands will never have to worry about a virtual influencer's off-field antics or embarrassing moments on TMZ. Non-humans will also never gain weight or get old – unless of course its creators so desire.
Lu's success has not only inspired other major Brazilian brands to experiment with their own avatars, but international brand marketers around the globe have been paying attention as well. And that Lu is a product of Brazil is proof positive that although the first generation of social media was solidly an American invention, exported across the globe, the next generation – the non-human generation – may very be born abroad.
With Lu, some say it already has.
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With a Bank Holiday weekend imminent, all thoughts turn to the Great British barbecue, with fingers crossed for a few dry and sunny days in which to enjoy it! A barbecue that caters for friends and family is a joyful event – who doesn't love an invitation to a garden get-together with the scent of smoke and sound of music in the background? But if you want to make your BBQ event really stand out from the crowd, follow this advice from your catering experts at Jasper's. Trust us, we have hosted many a memorable occasion and if you follow our advice you will become a legend amongst your peers as King or Queen of the barbecue!
When your guests arrive, you want to be ready to welcome them, not fiddling about finishing food and setting tables. Have the music ready and on when they arrive! Put out all cutlery, plates, cups, serviettes and serving utensils. If you have children coming, get some play things ready. Some ideas to keep them entertained (depending on your budget!) are: bubble wands, boules, football goal, hoops, waterbombs, sandpit and bouncy castle.
By preparing food in advance, you are freed up to concentrate on your guests and will not be stressed about food not being ready. Meat and fish should already be marinated; any fresh sauces, dips and salad dressings should be in the fridge. Salads should be made, kept cool and covered. Burger and hot dog buns can be put out by the barbecue area. Ensure this area is organised with space to keep your uncooked food separate from the cooked. Disposable silver trays are ideal for this.
3) Keep cold drinks within easy reach!
To stop guests traipsing in and out, keep cool boxes outside packed with ice and filled with cans and bottles of drinks. Children will enjoy the autonomy of serving themselves if they have their own cool box filled with drinks for them. Ask each person what they would like to drink and get them sorted as soon as they arrive, this will help everyone relax.
We've all been a guest at a bbq where we have had to wait hours for the food, getting increasingly jittery and contemplating phoning for a pizza to bide the time. To avoid growling stomachs and whining children, have nibbles available from the outset, for example nachos and salsa; hummus with breadsticks and crudites; olives and sweet peppers stuffed with cream cheese. Offer more filling and healthy alternatives than just bowls of crisps. Let people know when to expect the main barbecue food and stick to it. About an hour after everyone turns up is ideal to start getting the food out.
Before you're ready to cook the food, you need to check your barbecue is good to go. Firstly (before your guests arrive!) ensure that the grill is clean by rubbing down with a wire brush and kitchen roll. Then get the barbecue warmed up. If you are using gas, make sure you have sufficient quantity in the canister and it is hooked up. If you are going with charcoal, put a few firelighters on the barbecue, light with a long match and wait a few seconds for the flames to grow then heap on some charcoal or wood. You need to wait at least 30 minutes after lighting a barbecue for the flames and temperature to calm down. Don't have the barbecue blazing hot to cook, or the result will be blackened and charred food.
To avoid cross contamination, keep raw meat covered and in a cool place, out of the way of cooked meat. Keep your hands clean throughout the barbecue process. Once you have your barbecue the right temperature, it will be much easier to cook your food properly rather than burnt on the outside and uncooked in the middle. Split a sausage and burger from the same batch in half to ensure they are cooked all the way through.
Burgers and hot dogs alone don't cut it when it comes to the main event. Although it's a good idea to offer these, especially if you are catering for little ones, have other options lined up: marinated chicken wings and drumsticks; pork or lamb chops, lamb koftas served in warmed flatbreads. For the vegetarians, halloumi and vegetable kebabs are a filling choice: marinate the cheese first and choose vegetables that grill nicely such as different coloured peppers and red onion. Fish kebabs work very well: simple spicy marinated prawns or choose a steaky fish such as tuna. Individual vegetables can be brushed with olive oil and charred: asparagus and spring onions work particularly well. A combination like this will suit different tastes and dietary requirements.
Although it's lovely to have a variety of food, if you are preparing and cooking it yourself don't do anything too complicated as it will be too stressful and the results may be unexpected. Keep things simple.
To accompany the barbecue food, we recommend serving a large platter of sliced ripe vine tomatoes with sea salt to bring the flavour out, dressed with finely sliced shallots and a vinaigrette on the side. A good new potato salad is ideal as it is filling and summery. Coleslaw and a colourful mixed bean salad are welcome additions. Forget prewashed bags of salad leaves though, they will wilt quickly and are likely to be left in the bowl. If you want a green salad, make your own with crisp little gem lettuce and fresh herbs such as chives, mint and parsley.
Icecreams and bowls of fresh strawberries and cream are easy, enjoyable desserts.
9) Get a barbecue chef!
If it's your own event, you don't want to be spending the whole time sweating behind the grill! Rope in a friend to do the cooking or, ideally, take it in turns and do shifts, or better still outsource it!
Even with the most wonderful food and drink, a barbecue will not be the event it could be for all guests if you don't relax and enjoy it. If you are at ill at ease, your guests will pick up on this. So grab a cold drink, put on your sunglasses and enjoy.
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Green Party selects Parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow
Published: 12:00 AM January 25, 2010 Updated: 8:15 AM October 14, 2020
THE Green Party has announced that anti-war campaigner Farid Bakht will be the party s Parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow in this year s General Election. Mr Bakht, who has run a telecoms and software businesses in Whitechapel and Brick Lan
THE Green Party has announced that anti-war campaigner Farid Bakht will be the party's Parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow in this year's General Election.
Mr Bakht, who has run a telecoms and software businesses in Whitechapel and Brick Lane for the past twelve years, said: "Only Green policies can revive our high streets, create new jobs and offer protection against the harsh winds of recession.
"Roman Road and Bethnal Green markets would be priorities, as well as more investment in the 2012 Games with decent jobs for local people.
"We need to defend young people against the savage cuts to education and train them for jobs in the emerging green industries and abolish student tuition fees."
Mr Bakht, who was born in Hackney to a Spanish mother and Sylheti father, has a high profile role within the Green Party as International Coordinator on its National Executive Committee.
He is married and has a nine-year old daughter.


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Maryland Institute College of Art
1300 Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore MD , 21217-4134
About Maryland Institute College of Art
Founded in 1826, Maryland Institute College of Art. is a Private college. Located in Maryland, which is a city setting in Maryland, the campus itself is Urban. The campus is home to 1,730 full time undergraduate students, and 382 full time graduate students.
The Maryland Institute College of Art Academic calendar runs on a Semester basis. In the school year the student to faculty ratio was 9:1. There are 162 full time instructional teachers. Degrees awarded at Maryland Institute College of Art include: Bachelor's Degree, Masters Degree, Post-master's certificate, Doctor's degree.
Application Deadline 15-Nov
Application Fee 70
SAT Range 1020-1290
Admissions at MICA are considered Selective, with ,16% of all applicants being admitted.
We asked, and students answered these important questions about student life at Maryland Institute College of Art.
Maryland Institute College of Art REVIEWS
86 Students rated on-campus housing 3.8 stars. 21 % gave the school a 5.0.
96 Students rated school activities 3.4 stars. 17 % gave the school a 5.0.
What's your overall opinion of Maryland Institute College of Art?
15 Students rated Maryland Institute College of Art
Grey - 12/31/2022
MICA has an amazing staff of professors who care about their students. Teachers and students learn from each other. This is only my first year, but I am excited to see where my academic career at MICA grows. I have already learned a surplus of knowledge that will help me with my career and life outside of school.
beans - 09/26/2021
I had high hopes for the Interdisciplinary Sculpture program, only to find it is a waste of money. First, they make you take a bunch of pre-requisites to use the studio, even if you're experienced. Most of these are complete BS and a waste of time. There is also no permanent department head, and the program is a mess. Second, the studio hours and facilities are terrible for the price. The wood shop is actually a classroom, so if there's a class in there, you can't use it. The metal shop is located in a hallway used to get from one side of the building to the other, which is the dumbest location for a metal shop I have ever seen. They also don't provide any materials. But the worst part is the sculpture shops are open only 20hrs/week (2021). Half of these hours there are classes in the shops and you cannot use them. Although the building is open until 12, the sculpture studio also closes when the shops do, so you can't work. And it's open only 4 hours at a time, so by the time you set up they tell you it's time to clean up. When complaining, they tell you to buy your own tools, or get a membership at another studio. Well, what the f**k are we paying for then? The teachers are pretty average, nothing special. I have met better at community college. The academic classes are a joke for the most part. There are a couple of academic teachers who actually care, but for most academic classes the rigor is literally elementary school levels, and none of the students even try let alone care. I'm honestly not sure what I'm paying for here other than a piece of paper. At least the gym is nice. In short, if you want to go here for sculpture, save your money and go elsewhere until they get their shit together. I honestly got more out of community college, which is sad. Also, Baltimore is a shithole.
Overall, MICA is a solid college choice with a strong focus on core classes, but there are some important factors in determining it's the right fit. The facilities are well-designed, but many of the options, such as campus dining and housing, need improvement in quality and price range. First, a lot of the reason I knocked off a star was for price - many of the students in MICA's community are funded by their parents and it's not a problem, but students who have varying financial situations will find the astronomical price tag hard to swallow. Second, MICA's marketing can be misleading if you're expecting a safe, quiet campus with quaint shops. MICA's location in Baltimore City is not at all like the pictures of Hampden and Fells' Point that are in the brochures, and those areas are not very accessible by foot. It's not as dangerous as some areas of Baltimore, but the dynamic of having visibly wealthy art students in a less wealthy neighborhood often causes conflicts such as theft (particularly of personal property like phones), carjacking, and armed robbery. It doesn't happen often, but it happens. Housing: I do not recommend Bolton Hill for off-campus housing. There are other neighborhoods nearby that provide quality housing at better prices. Check for pests such as mice. The temperature of the community is almost entirely very liberal. More conservative students can have a hard time feeling welcome. There's a strong presence of students who are introverted and very focused on their work, and a smaller culture of students use hallucinogens and party drugs and skip class. Coursework is very rigorous, but the people who are passionate about their subject of study don't mind. It's often overwhelming, but has the potential to really further a career. MICA might not be for you if you work more than one job, need to dedicate a lot of time to being social and going to events, or if you have chronic illness or other time-consuming obligations. The 6-hour classes aren't very forgiving in terms of free time or absences.
Without MICA I would never be able to have a such an experience with like-minded people. The facility, professors and students work hard to make my education worth wild. The school is a truly a community that helps you build as a person and artist.
Maryland Institute College of Art FAQS
What is the Acceptance Rate at Maryland Institute College of Art?
The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Maryland Institute College of Art is 57%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020 , _____ students were offered admission. The number of males who applied was _____ vs the number of females which was _____.
I can't even begin to describe everything I've gotten out of MICA so far. On the most basic level, I've seen my artwork become technically better which was all I was expecting. I didn't realize how much of an impact the school itself, and the environment it presents would have. The idea of what kind of art I can create has expanded exponentially and suddenly it's like worlds of possiblities have opened up. Also, I had never ever been able to think conceptually regarding art before college and I was afraid I would never be able to. I was wrong, because that was the area I've made the biggest strides. Having all my teachers push me and seeing my classmates work has been such a huge influence. I can't imagine going to a non-art school now, because being around other art students, especially all the incredibly talented ones, is such a huge part of creating my work. Without them being so open to my ideas and supportive and inspiring, I would still be making the same crap I did in highschool.
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Everyone is welcomed to experience a diverse, talented, and goal-driven group of people. However, there are a few who don't understand the true meaning behind ART. They shouldn't attend Maryland Institute College of Art. Maryland Institute College of Art is an open door for opportunites waiting to be discovered. If one does not have the commitment and passion, then he or she cannot have a career in this field.
There is a great deal of freedom at MICA. They encourage you to grow as a person and develop the skills neccesary to compete in the modern art market.
The Maryland Institute College of Art is a school that specializes in art and schmoozing in the art world.
The worst thing about my school is where it is located. I like the city of Baltimore well enough, but the crime rate is rather high. There is always a new story about a mugging on campus, and quite frankly it is kind of terrifying.
Anyone who wants to be at a school where everyone is working their absolute hardest, not because of grades, but because of the satisfaction that comes from making a piece that you can be really proud of. This person should be very devoted to art in general and love doing it. Also very important, this person should be very open-minded and accepting of new things that may seem odd or unorthodox.
Before I came to this school I wish I had known more about the class structure and that I researched my interests before I had come to the school so I had a clear idea of what I would like to take.
People can be pretentious and it is very expensive!
MICA caters exclusively to art students. The studio classes are very good and are held once a week for six hours. Academic classes are also only once a week, but they last three hours. The teachers have high expectations and the students generally graduate with strong portfolios. The school offers unique study abroad programs and internship opportunities. For example, I was able to spend a semester in New York City working with NBC news. The school also encourages students to become active participants in the community. Another unique aspect is the school allows students to bring dogs to most classes.
Only that the Professors are really good.
MICA is best known for its fine arts program which is widely recognized as among the top 3 in the US, alongside Yale and Rhode Island. The school is well reputed around the world in many different countries.
Is the stereotype of students at your school accurate?
Eh. Somewhat.
One of the prompt questions above this box asking if the professors know my name. Well, Duh. Of course professors know my name. We have small classes, my smallest so far has been six people and the largest twenty-six. MICA students work all the friggin' time. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. On average we have five classes a semester and each class meets once a week. However, our studio classes are 6 hours and our academic is 3 hours long. It's not bad, and rather nice not to be rushing all over the place - you can sit, work, and digest.
Dude, honestly I joined a magazine. But they have anime club, and D&D club. There is student organizations for Koreans, Chinese, Asians, Blacks, etc. Running groups, and soccer teams if you're interested. They have knitting club, singing clubs, Akido, etc. And if they don't have it there isn't much stopping you for making your own.
What is the stereotype of students at your school?
That all the girls are short and all the guys are gay. And except from some exceptions .... that's pretty much right. But people at MICA are real in ways that I could never find else where. They're some of the best artists in America. Likewise, they are really hard working.
MICA has good people here. They offer a diverse range of classes and majors and truly allow the student to get an education that is rich in diversity and to obtain a breadth of skill in different art fields. This isn't your grandaddy's way of thinking about art! It's a small school, we keep the riff raff out. But that's good because you know everyone and you never get lost in the crowd. You can have lunch with teachers, dean's, and friends and it's all cool. The one downside (maybe?) is that freshmen don't intermingle with upper classmen as much because they have special classes designed for incoming art students. Baltimore City has 7+ colleges right near by. You can take a bus and go to John Hopkins, Toson, etc. University of Baltimore is less then a block away - but it still isn't over populated with 'college kids' it's nice. MICA has breathing room from the stupid parts a big university offers but is still close enough to visit the good. MICA has its own unique flavor. People are pretty smart here, and they love talking about things. That's the most exciting thing.
95% of students attending Maryland Institute College of Art receive some sort of financial aid. 18% were awarded federal grants. While 45% received federal loans. Many students do also need to apply for additional private student loans.
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It has been a busy week for us at Canada 2020, with our Equality of Opportunity panel and our Skilled Trades in the Energy Sector conference. If you missed our events, follow the links to watch exclusive video, flip through photos, and download presentations. And while you're at it, make sure you're signed up for our next event in The Canada We Want in 2020 Speaker Series: Asia's cities, Canada's opportunity?
But just as we've been very active so too have other organizations in our network. Here's another round-up of the policy thinking and writing from Canadian and international think tanks from the past two weeks.
Carbon and the environment have taken center stage. President Obama has been more aggressive in his statements regarding climate change and the plans he has to tackle it, which seems to have created the momentum for discussion.
On March 4th, The Brookings Institution published a short piece (The Climate Change Rebound) on how shifting public opinion might be the root cause of this renewed policy interested in climate change: an increasing number of Americans appear to believe that extreme weather events are caused by climate change and that something should be done about it.
Another piece (The Many Benefits of a Carbon Tax) by the Brookings Institution's Adele Morris argues that a modest carbon tax would create economic growth, reduce budget deficits, reduce redundant and inefficient regulation, reduce unnecessary subsidies and reduce the costs associated with climate change. The author defines `modest' as a tax of $16 per ton of CO2 that would rise annually by 4% over inflation until 2050.
This figure is in line with the lower range that many companies seem to be using already, at least in Canada, according to Sustainable Prosperity, an Ottawa based environmental think tank. SP's report on how Canadian companies in the energy sector have been using shadow carbon pricing (Shadow Carbon Pricing in the Canadian Energy Sector) make an interesting read. Although the federal government has not put in place a carbon price, some companies have decided to go ahead and do it themselves to improve their risk management, innovation and market access. This suggests a readiness that would facilitate the adoption of carbon pricing were it to take place. However, less optimistically, Sustainable Prosperity found that even the upper range of shadow carbon prices being employed are significantly below the carbon price that is estimated to be necessary in 2020 to shift Canada to a lower GHG emissions pathway (National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy).
Also last week, the Centre for American Progress produced a report on the potential of offshore wind energy development. It concluded that there was much scope for advancement of an energy source that is not only cleaner but would reduce the dependence of the country on external sources of energy. However, this is based on the analysis at the macro level while most studies at the project level are less optimistic about the potential impact of offshore wind energy. You can read about it here.
Closer to home, The International Institute for Sustainable Development in Manitoba produced an evaluation of federal government action on carbon in 2012 in its latest report Regulating Carbon Emissions in Canada: Canadian Carbon Policy Year in Review and Emerging Trends. The Winnipeg research institute argues that although the federal government was more active on this file in 2012, it should be wary of increased fragmentation between provinces, which increases compliance costs and potentially undermines Canada's ability to reach its Copenhagen greenhouse gas emission targets. However, IISD is optimistic due to early signs of policy coordination between provinces and the federal government, which bodes well for effective future for long term policy. IISD puts forward four policy recommendations: (i) learn from a fragmented policy landscape; (ii) build on current carbon bridges toward a unified, harmonized policy; (iii) enable compliance flexibility; and (iv) establish clear rules in the meantime.
Join the conversation on Carbon pricing in Canada and attend our event How to Sell Carbon Pricing to Canadians on April 27th, 2013.
The other prominent and persistent public policy debate is around income inequality. The Brown Centre Chalkboard of the Brookings Institution explored in some detail the President's pre-K plan (Obama's Preschool Plan). The plan is not to subsidize children of the middle class but rather to help disadvantaged families provide equal opportunities to their children, through taxpayer-funded (shared costs with states) preschools. The report highlights that for the US to continue to be competitive in the global economy it must reduce the gap between advantaged and at-risk children.
The Economic Policy Institute also looks at income inequality but through the lens of the minimum wage. The debate on minimum wage in the US has been reignited by President Obama's State of the Union address calling for an increase of the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9. The debate about the aggregate effect of raising minimum wages (on employment and economic well-being) rages on. The report 'Declining Value of the Federal Minimum Wage is a Major Factor Driving Inequality' argues that real wages in the US have not kept up to the productivity gains and the average American has experienced a "lost decade" of wage gains in the 2000s. This, the EPI argues, should change if the American economy is to regain its strength and recover.
That's it for another two weeks of policy debate. Remember to sign up for our mailing list to keep up to date with all of the latest news and events from Canada 2020.


As Hepatitis is called an inflammation of the liver, and may be responsible for the numerous causes. Drink a cup of tea from wolf's-foot clubmoss, every morning before breakfast, and later in the evening about half an hour before dinner. Pour 2 dl of boiling water with one spoon of wolf's-foot clubmoss. In addition, it is desirable to daily drink six sips of tea from the roots of calamus and two or three cups of tea of nettles. Drink one tablespoon of freshly squeezed juice of radish 3 times daily before meals. Every day eat fresh salad of grated radish.


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Q: Recreate table if it is manually deleted We ran into a problem with one of our customers this week who manually deleted a table from an entity framework database using Management Studio. When they went to run up our software application it would throw an exception due to the fact that the table does not exist. The framework won't recreate the table because it is present in the MigrationHistory table. If I delete the corresponding row from the migration history, the entity framework will then recreate the table.
What we'd like to be able to do is catch this particular exception and have a way for the entity framework to recreate the table if it doesn't exist without having to delete the correspond row in the migration history. Is there a setting for that particular context that will allow us to do this? In this particular scenario, data loss isn't important since the table is something we use for temporary tracking so recreating it if it doesn't exist poses no risk to existing data.
Many thanks,
Damien

A: From my experience there is no way you can achieve this with Entityframework migrations. EF migrations is generally extremely simple mechanism. It does not perform any checks on db structure. Its knowledge on db structure is based only on __MigrationHistory table, migrations can be applied or reverted only as a whole, never partially. Migrations system behaves well if it is the only one to manage db structure, if there are some other things (like users) mixing the strucutre on their own then it leads often to conflicts that needs to be manually resolved. If you would like to have inteligent migration system then, I am afraid, you have to write it on your own. The proper solution for the client is to revoke administrative priviledges from unexperienced users who are not cautious about interactions with the system (I assume this was the case). If they refuse to do so and you have to repair the system because of their actions then this is a perfect opportunity to send them yet another invoice for the repair (isn't that beautiful?).


Let's Discover More…Together. A STAR TREK podcast focused on the future of the franchise while celebrating its past, from four longtime fans!
We continue taking a look at the series of SHORT TREKS by examining its November release: "Calypso!"
75% of our bold panel of STAR TREK franchise explorers — Chris Clow (Movies.com, Comics on Consoles), Rachael Clow (Biology PhD candidate), and Cicero Holmes (Spawn On Me Cast) — come together to talk about a very mythologically informed — and very far-reaching — story in the STAR TREK universe. This episode of SHORT TREKS is definitely a bit of a detour away from expectations concerning stories told in the world we're so familiar with, but it also has artistic roots that seem perfectly in-line with a lot of the wider expectations that can come with more aspirational science fiction.
Still...does that make it good? Find out what our panel thinks!
Next time: more DEBRIEF's Favorites, some reviews, and more SHORT TREKS as we continue barreling forward at warp speed to the season two premiere of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY!
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Appeal Court keeps Abiodun, Akinlade in suspense
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The Court of Appeal in Ibadan kept Ogun state Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress and his challenger, Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement in suspense Monday, when they were told to await information on judgment day on pending
Court of Appeal dismisses Ajimobi's petition
The Court of Appeal, Ibadan, on Friday, dismissed the petition filed by the former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, challenging the verdict of the Election Petition Tribunal on Feb. 23 National Assembly Election for Oyo South.
The Election Petition Tribunal had upheld the victory of Sen. Kola Balogun (Oyo
APC clears Kebbi State LG poll
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 21 chairmanship seats in the just-concluded Kebbi State local government elections.
The chairman of Kebbi State Independent National Electoral Commission (KESIEC), Alhaji Aliyu Mera, made the announcement while addressing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday.
"KESIEC wishes to release the official
Former Kogi Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba Under House Arrest
Politics	October 19, 2019 at 9:58 am	0 comments
The impeached Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Elder Simon Achuba, is currently under house arrest.
It has been gathered that, security men in their numbers and fully armed stormed his residence in Lokoja, thus, preventing him from going out or allowing any one to come in.
This development, according to
Lagos Assembly releases list of Committee Chairmen
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The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday released the list of chairmen of various committees of the House.
Speaker of the Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa announced the committees and their chairmen on the floor of the House on Monday.
Below is the full list of Committees and their Chairmen
Lagos chiefs declare total support for Osinbajo
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The Association of Lagos Titled Chiefs has reviewed the allegations against Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and declared its total support to him.
The association is a non-political association of honorary chiefs and prominent members of the Lagos community who have served the state and the nation meritoriously,
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Scout Patch Collectors » » What's with all the 2011 World Scout Jamboree border colors?
What's with all the 2011 World Scout Jamboree border colors?
This summer I had the pleasure of attending the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden. Each person received two Jamboree badges that had a light grey border. Within a week after the close of the Jamboree, a special orange border "King's badge" showed up on eBay.
These patches were supposedly given out by the King of Sweden to Scouts that he met when he visited the Jamboree site. I have talked to my Swedish contacts on the Jamboree Planning Team, and they have asked around, but nobody seems to know anything about those patches. I inquired on Patch-L and two people told me they met people who received these patches from the King, but neither actually saw the patch or could provide a scan. By a stroke of fortune, one of the Scouts in my council's contingent actually got to meet the King. He was given an iPad, but no patch.
At the same time the orange border patches started to appear, an American seller offered a brown border Jamboree badge. Unfortunately I didn't track eBay as closely as Jason does because I didn't save the seller or price information, but several were offered by different sellers from the US.
By late August, the World Jamboree Collector Society on Facebook was declaring both of these patches fake. In addition to minor differences on the front, the original badge has a black back whereas the orange and brown border patches have white backs.
Nevertheless, these orange border King's badges continue to appear and sell at quite handsome prices.
This badge was only given out to people who worked at the jamboree site for a long time! This makes this badge very rare as it was only given out to a limited number of people! The Badge looks almost the same as the official particiant badge but with a gold string attached to a gold ring, and also the border of the badge is in gold instead of silver.
Two of these have been sold so far from a seller in Sweden.
Not to be left out, an American version has appeared with all the hallmarks of the orange border patch. It also doesn't have the grommet of the Swedish version.
Nine hundred dollars?! Is international collecting the Wild, Wild West with no rules but caveat emptor? If anybody has any solid info on any of these badges, I'd love to hear it!
20,737.00 Euros….Is that A Lot of Money?
So it sounds like the orange border ones are real. Are the yellow border ones real?
I was an American on IST and it was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had!
Can anyone shed some light on theCAMP-IN-CAMP PATCH/badge? It looks very similar to the regular participant badge but with a TENT in the top-left corner. I know they were for Scouts who participated in off-site join-in-jamboree camps. One very young Swedish Scout came up to me at the closing ceremony and wanted to trade his blue CAMP-IN-CAMP badge. It was the only badge that he had. I told him very sincerely that he had a very valuable badge and that he should not trade it to anyone.
I know there are 100s but I have seen more orange border patches that the blue CAMP-IN-CAMP patch. I was an IST on the reception team at the main entrance. As you may know there was a different wrist band for each day AND a white band with clouds on it for very young children. The left over arm bands were thrown into the trash each day.
I have two complete sets of the armbands for trade. For one of the CAMP-IN-CAMP badges.
No one has talked about the Camp-In-Camp WJ badge that looks almost Iike the participant's badge but that it has a tent in the corner. Some, not all, Camp-In-Camp participants received one badge.
During one of the arena shows, a young Swedish Scout (looked more like a Cub) came up to me and asked me to trade an American patch for his Camp-in-Camp badge. He was a visitor to the jamboree and was given only one of the Camp-In-Camp badges. I told him that his patch was very special and that he should keep it as his Jamboree souvenir. I don't think he understood what I had explained because I saw him go to another US scout and traded the patch.
Can anyone give more information on the Camp-In-Camp badge? I have only seen two on eBay back in 2011. I am still very interested in acquiring one. I was part of the welcoming and visitor team. As such I have several (2-3) complete sets of the Day visitor arm bands, plus the blue cloud armband for children under the age of four. My email is. JHCostolo@att.net. Let me hear from you if I can help me out.