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Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits Reprised, and Flashback with Iron Butterfly
January 10, 2012 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment
Two long out-of-print greatest hits collections are back in print today thanks to the fine folks at Rhino Records. Iron Butterfly's Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly arrived on the Atco label in 1971 and brought together 11 tracks from the hard rock pioneers' first four albums. Andy Gibb's 1991 Greatest Hits, originally on the Polydor label, differed from the 1980 RSO Records hits compilation, and offered 12 prime pop cuts from the youngest of the Brothers Gibb.
Although Rhino's Light and Heavy: The Best of Iron Butterfly upped the number of tracks to 21 for the compact disc era, Evolution was the original LP worn out by fans of the "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" rockers. Its 11 songs are all drawn from Heavy (1968), In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), Ball (1969) and Metamorphosis (1970). The calling card of the band, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is heard in its edited single version. Together with Rhino Handmade' s lavish 2-CD Fillmore East 1968 (watch for a review coming soon!), the all-killer, no-filler Evolution is a great reminder of one of the first bands to synthesize strains of hard rock, acid rock and psychedelia into a successful whole. The group's personnel, alas, wasn't as consistent as its sound, dogged by line-up changes almost from the start. Evolution is a fine opportunity, though, to remember guitarist Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, who died on January 2 at the age of 63. He can be heard on the tracks culled from Metamorphosis. Doug Ingle's organ and vocals tie the disparate tracks together: the garage fury of "Unconscious Power," the pop of "Flowers and Beads," the prog rock-anticipating instrumental force of "Iron Butterfly Theme," the acid psychedelia of "Belda-Beast" and the folk-rock of "Slower than Guns." Evolution is a particular bargain courtesy the budget Rhino Flashback line; you'll likely find it for around five bucks!
Hit the jump for the scoop on the re-release from Andy Gibb, plus order links and track listings for both titles!
A welcome part of the 2010 Bee Gees box set Mythology was the inclusion of an entire disc devoted to the music of Andy Gibb, the youngest Gibb brother who tragically died in 1988 at the age of 30. Andy's music was a family affair, and like his brothers, he found remarkable chart success. Brother Barry's song "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" was Andy's first single outside of Australia, and it shot to America's No. 1 spot in 1977, with "(Love is) Thicker Than Water" following it straight to the top. (It was a very Gibb year: "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" replaced "Stayin' Alive" atop the American charts, only to be displaced itself by "Night Fever.") All four Gibb brothers teamed to write "Shadow Dancing," which made history for Andy when it hit No. 1 and he became the first male solo artist to have three consecutive No. 1 singles! You'll hear all of those on Greatest Hits, as well as the perennial "An Everlasting Love" and beautiful "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away," also recorded by both The Bee Gees and Barry's duet partner, Barbra Streisand. Andy Gibb's solo catalogue has been frustratingly out-of-print for years now despite only consisting of three studio albums, so this reissue on the Reprise label is a real step in the right direction!
Both Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly and Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits are in stores today from Rhino Flashback and Reprise Records, respectively. You can pre-order at the links below!
Andy Gibb, Greatest Hits (Polydor 314 511 585-2, 1991 – reissued Reprise, 2012)
I Just Want to Be Your Everything
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water
Flowing Rivers
Shadow Dancing
An Everlasting Love
(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away
I Can't Help It (with Olivia Newton-John)
Time is Time
Me Without You
Iron Butterfly, The Best of Iron Butterfly: Evolution (Atco SD 33-369, 1971 – reissued Rhino Flashback R2 33369, 2012)
Iron Butterfly Theme
Unconscious Power
Flowers and Beads
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Soul Experience
Stone Believer
Belda-Beast
Slower Than Guns
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Zubb says
Great to see the Andy Gibb hits collection being reissued. It would be great if Rhino would reissue the Bee Gees double album "Here At Last...LIVE" on CD. It's been too long out of print
Joe Marchese says
I couldn't agree more, Zubb!
Jake says
Just wanted to clarify, does this contain the full version of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida?
No, it's heard in its single edit.
Peter Henderson says
Being old enough to remember when 'In-a-gadda-da-vida' came out, I think it is historically irresponsible to leave out the full-length version. One of things the song was famous for was its ridiculously long drum solo, but hey - that's the way it went down. Personally, I never cared for the long middle sections of Whole Lotta Love or Magic Carpet Ride but I wouldn't take them out for a compilation - especially after all these years when buyers are out to recapture something from their past.
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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gird their loins to battle King of Dragon Pass.
File this one under "Gem that should have gotten more attention." It's a strategy-game-meets-CYOA, but it's so much more. It's a tale of barbarians, but not in the way you'd expect. It's a fusion of narrative and systems on a level you don't really see. Do yourself a favor, listen to this episode as a beginner's guide, and buy King of Dragon Pass for your device of choice.


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Ronald C. Cohen
Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Dept of Chemistry
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physical chemistry, climate, air pollution, atmospheric chemistry, environmental chemistry, analytical chemistry, ozone, nitrogen oxides, CO2, clouds
Cohen's research aims to describe the role of chemical reactions, human activities and ecosystem functions as they affect Earth's climate and as they relate to unhealthy levels ozone and fine particles. His research combines satellite, in situ and laboratory observations. His research on the chemistry of organic nitrates established that chemistry producing organic nitrates molecules are the main path for removal of atmospheric nitrogen oxides in remote continental locations. His research using satellite measurements of nitrogen oxides has established new methods for achieving accurate interpretation of trends in urban chemistry: http://behr.cchem.berkeley.edu/. In his newest research project, he is building a neighborhood scale long-term observing system for tracking greenhouse gases and air quality: www.beacon.berkeley.edu. This project was one of three "Climate Data in Action" efforts recognized in the Obama administration's Climate Data Initiative in summer 2014.
Six UC Berkeley faculty elected AAAS fellows
Six scientists are among the 396 newest fellows elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for "advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished."
Berkeley air-monitoring project wins White House nod
The White House has given a public nod to a ground-breaking UC Berkeley air-monitoring project and its new collaboration with a Colorado public media platform, which aims to build a citizen-science story-corps to help monitor carbon emissions in the Bay Area.
UC Berkeley chemists installing carbon dioxide sensors in Oakland
Using inexpensive detectors that can fit inside a shoebox, UC Berkeley chemists are installing carbon dioxide and other air pollution sensors in 40 sites around Oakland to explore how detailed, neighborhood-by-neighborhood information can help communities monitor greenhouse gas and other harmful emissions.
There's something in the California air
UC scientists built and worked in towers — some as tall as 1,500 feet — as part of the largest single atmospheric research effort in the state. The data they've collected will guide policymakers dealing with air pollution.

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Crazy DUI Stories of Recent Memory
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5 Crazy DUI Stories
Driving under the influence, or DUI charges ruin reputations and jeopardize careers. Alcohol makes people do crazy things. Of course, the stupidest thing any individual can do is put other peoples' lives in danger. That's why the state of Massachusetts takes DUIs with particular severity. While a Massachusetts DUI attorney like Rory Munns helps you handle your case and alleviate the charges, it is still serious. Of course, not everything in life has to be so serious in tone. For instance, these crazy DUI stories may illustrate the negative effects of drinking and driving, but they are also mildly entertaining.
Crazy DUI Story #1: Agent K-9
Chesapeake, Virginia citizen Kyle Hagans told police officers he was an FBI agent in pursuit of a suspect before they arrested him for DUI. His FBI story became even less credible as he gave various false names and threatened the officers. His bizarre behavior increased when he began behaving like a dog, proceeding to raise his leg and urinate at the station. Eventually, police charged Hagans with second-offense DUI, impersonating a law enforcement agent and using a false identity.
Crazy DUI Story #2: Triple Trouble
A DUI crash in Naperville, Illinois involved three brothers: one older brother, Joseph F. Bojack, and two twins, James M. Bujak and Michael J. Bojack. The car veered off the road, knocked a mailbox over, then finally stopped as it hit a tree. Next, all three brothers fled the scene, but police caught up with them. Police charged eldest Joseph with two counts of DUI, resisting or obstructing a police officer, illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor, two counts of hit and run, and failure to reduce speed to avoid having an accident. The police charged each twin with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor as well as resisting or obstructing a police officer.
Crazy DUI Story #3: Making A Splash
A couple in St. Petersburg, Florida woke up to an unpleasant surprise when drunk driver Nicole Renee Carlin crashed her SUV into their backyard swimming pool. Bill Haggerty called 911 and attempted to help the woman out of the pool. Carlin insisted everything was fine, and she just wanted to leave, but then she fled the scene on foot. After police had tracked Carlin down, they charged her with a DUI with property damage, leaving the scene of an accident, and trespassing.
Crazy DUI Story #4: Quite The Segway
A Jackson, Michigan Segway cop got the arrest of his lifetime when an 18-year-old woman drove past him. A Segway can only move at a maximum speed of about 12.5 miles an hour. So, it took a while for him to catch up the woman going about 40 miles an hour. However, he eventually caught up to her. After she failed various field sobriety tests, the cop called for a patrol car to haul the young lady to jail for DUI.
Crazy DUI Story #5: McDonalds Mania
Pocono police responded to a call from a local McDonald's after a belligerent woman returned to the drive-through window. She complained about an order she placed hours before. After arguing with the manager, her behavior warranted a call to the police from the staff. Law enforcers determined at the scene that Pennsylvania citizen Ingrid Urenovitch took too much of her prescribed medication and arrested her for DUI.
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Hello friends. I wanted to share this table with you. It's a tribute to New Years!
The salad plates have stags, along with the napkins, napkin rings, candle holders and of course, the centerpiece.
I made this topiary. I t is a knock off from Horchow. I started with a twig branch planter, that I spray painted gold. A form topiary ball and a long branch. Adding lots of flowers and ornaments, plus ribbon.
Gold beaded placemats hold the gold chargers. The plate stack consists of scrolled gold & clear dinner plates and of course the Pottery Barn Gold Alpine Toile Salad plate.
Gold flatware and golden goblets complete the look. Here's to a wonderful bright, healthy New year.
Ohhhhhhhhhh...this is lovely - so glamorous and romantic - the colors would work well with my color scheme at home, too! Happy New Year. I've got a new blog - Strengthening My Resolve http://strengtheningmyresolve.blogspot.com/ - hope you'll stop by.
Beautiful! Happy New Year, Linda!
Beautiful Linda. Love the stag plates.
Lovely table settings. I love those plates. They are so elegant.
Your tablescapes always look amazing, Linda! This one is absolutely stunning! I bet your neighbors were so impressed they probably thought they were dining in the queen's palace! Oh, wait! They were! You are the Queen of Creating Lavish Tablescapes! Hope you are enjoying the new year, and best wishes for continued happiness and good health!
Love this table. Each layer showcases your glamorous flare.
Oh my Linda! Your New Year's table is FABULOUS! I would have loved to been a guest enjoying this beautiful table while ringing in the new year! Wishing you a happy & healthy 2017!
You've got the Midas touch, Linda...pure elegance & glamour!!
Happy New Year, Hon...wishing you many, many, many, many, many, many, many MORE!!!
Beautiful. I love the salad plates and the napkins and napkin holders as well. Happy New year to you also.
Your friends must love going to your home.
I know I always feel special when someone sets a pretty table.
Stags are so popular..I recently found beautiful large white stag head candles.
Truly gorgeous! What a great way to bring in the New Year! Love the dishes, centerpiece and the Horchow knockoff topiary you made! Happy New Year!
So elegant!!!! Lucky dinner guests!
Wishing you a Happy, lucky and healthy new year, and I am looking forward to visit you again throught the year!
Wow, Linda! You are ready for every occasion, a meal fit for a queen or humble seeker of beauty. LOVELY! And I hope your new year is off to a good start!
stunning tablescape... it's look like royal..
Linda, your table in bronze colors is so elegant and pretty. You always have creative ideas for your home. I hope the new year is being kind to you, and Yes, I am loving all the rain we're having!
Your topiary is exquisite! The bronze colors are perfect for bringing in a new year.
This is my favorite one yet, Linda! It is so glamorous. You are one talented "friend".


All will call tickets can be picked up at Ska Fest at any of the Ship Point shows. You just need to show ID at the gate, we'll give you your tickets, and you're in. It's that easy. No service charge. It's cheap, cheerful, and direct from the source.
Just enter the name of the person picking up the tickets below, and use the "Buy Now" button to pay with a credit card or paypal account.


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Water Vapor Found On Jupiter's Moon Ganymede
Ganymede seen in 1998. Image Credit: NASA/JPL
Researchers have now observed water vapor rising from the surface of Ganymede. This moon of Jupiter is the largest moon in our solar system, potentially holding more liquid water than all of Earth's oceans combined deep beneath its icy exterior.
Ganymede is usually too cold for ice to melt and evaporate. However, research published in Nature Astronomy has shown that the rain of charged particles and sunlight at high noon is enough to sublimate (change from frozen to gas) molecules such as oxygen and water vapor.
The very tenuous presence of an oxygen atmosphere has been known for over two decades, thanks to Hubble observations of this moon. The space telescope was able to detect auroral bands, long colorful ribbons of ultraviolet light emitted by electrified gas.
The most likely culprit was molecular oxygen, O2 – but there were some emissions that didn't match up with an atmosphere of pure molecular oxygen. A possibility raised was that atomic oxygen was present so that the occasional single atom of oxygen would be freed from the surface.
The latest analysis instead shows that it is water vapor that is the mysterious other component of Ganymede's thin atmosphere.
"So far only the molecular oxygen had been observed," lead author Lorenz Roth, from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, said in a statement. "This is produced when charged particles erode the ice surface. The water vapor that we measured now originates from ice sublimation caused by the thermal escape of water vapor from warm icy regions."
The data used to make this discovery are historical observations collected between the original 1998 campaign and 2010, plus studies conducted in 2018 to help observations conducted by NASA's Juno around Jupiter.
The Juno spacecraft itself recently delivered the closest images of the surface of the moon in decades, and visual artists were even able to create a reconstructed flight from Ganymede all the way to Jupiter.
But it's not just Juno that Hubble is helping. The findings from this work will be crucial for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, a mission to explore Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede, entering in orbit around the latter to uncover the secrets of these moons.
"Our results can provide the JUICE instrument teams with valuable information that may be used to refine their observation plans to optimize the use of the spacecraft," added Roth.
JUICE is expected to be launched next June and it will enter orbit around Jupiter in October 2029.
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There are few things as devastating to childhood as brain cancer. Pediatric glioma, a group of brain tumors that start in the glial cells of children, is a notoriously challenging disease. Glioma is further complicated by the toxicity associated with standard of care therapies, making the decision incredibly important to select treatments with the best therapeutic index. In this instance, comprehensive genomic profiling identified BRAF fusions (among others) in several patients in the study. This fusion correlates with exquisite sensitivity to chemotherapy, resulting in partial to complete responses in several patients while avoiding treatment with radiotherapy. We believe this study demonstrates that comprehensive genomic profiling can serve a key role in the oncologic care of children with glioma, providing the potential to identify opportunities for the optimal matching of treatment to disease severity while minimizing side effects. Ultimately, the data support a clear need to expand the use of comprehensive genomic profiling beyond adult cancer care and into the pediatric community to guide therapeutic decisions.
At Foundation Medicine, we strive every day to put precision medicine into practice and deliver better outcomes for those with cancer. There is nothing more gratifying to us than to apply our work to pediatric cancers and make a big difference in the lives of little ones fighting the toughest of all battles. We remain resolute in our mission and we look forward to the day when comprehensive genomic profiling is part of routine cancer care for children and adults, everywhere.


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On Marx Birthday, Understanding The Concept of "Petty-Bourgeois Socialism"
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This is excerpt from the manifesto of the communist party, chapter 3
The feudal aristocracy was not the only class that was ruined by the bourgeoisie, not the only class whose conditions of existence pined and perished in the atmosphere of modern bourgeois society. The medieval burgesses and the small peasant proprietors were the precursors of the modern bourgeoisie. In those countries which are but little developed, industrially and commercially, these two classes still vegetate side by side with the rising bourgeoisie.
In countries where modern civilisation has become fully developed, a new class of petty bourgeois has been formed, fluctuating between proletariat and bourgeoisie, and ever renewing itself as a supplementary part of bourgeois society. The individual members of this class, however, are being constantly hurled down into the proletariat by the action of competition, and, as modern industry develops, they even see the moment approaching when they will completely disappear as an independent section of modern society, to be replaced in manufactures, agriculture and commerce, by overlookers, bailiffs and shopmen.
In countries like France, where the peasants constitute far more than half of the population, it was natural that writers who sided with the proletariat against the bourgeoisie should use, in their criticism of the bourgeois régime, the standard of the peasant and petty bourgeois, and from the standpoint of these intermediate classes, should take up the cudgels for the working class. Thus arose petty-bourgeois Socialism. Sismondi was the head of this school, not only in France but also in England.
This school of Socialism dissected with great acuteness the contradictions in the conditions of modern production. It laid bare the hypocritical apologies of economists. It proved, incontrovertibly, the disastrous effects of machinery and division of labour; the concentration of capital and land in a few hands; overproduction and crises; it pointed out the inevitable ruin of the petty bourgeois and peasant, the misery of the proletariat, the anarchy in production, the crying inequalities in the distribution of wealth, the industrial war of extermination between nations, the dissolution of old moral bonds, of the old family relations, of the old nationalities.
In its positive aims, however, this form of Socialism aspires either to restoring the old means of production and of exchange, and with them the old property relations, and the old society, or to cramping the modern means of production and of exchange within the framework of the old property relations that have been, and were bound to be, exploded by those means. In either case, it is both reactionary and Utopian.
Its last words are: corporate guilds for manufacture; patriarchal relations in agriculture.
Ultimately, when stubborn historical facts had dispersed all intoxicating effects of self-deception, this form of Socialism ended in a miserable fit of the blues.
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Valley Weekly - February 7-13, 2022
Spring Semester 2022 Begins
Day & Evening Classes: Monday, February 7
Saturday Classes: Saturday, February 12
Day and evening classes for the Spring 2022 semester start on February 7. Saturday classes begin on February 13. For other important Spring dates and deadlines, check the mycollege.laccd.edu Portal.
Got Questions or Need Help? Contact our LAVC Welcome Center
The LAVC Welcome Center is your first stop to help answer your questions and help you find what you're looking for at Valley College! We're open Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Connect with us at:
Stop by the Welcome Center on 1st Floor of the Student Services Center (SSC). (View campus map)
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Phone: (818) 9388418 (press 1 for Welcome Center)
Email: LAVCStudentSupport@laccd.edu
Still Looking for an Open Class? It's Not to Late to Enroll!
Students can self-enroll before the second class meeting using the mycollege.laccd.edu Portal. If you're looking for an open class, search our Spring 2022 Schedule for open in-person, online or hybrid classes. If you need registration assistance or have questions, contact our Welcome Center.
COVID-19 Testing Appointments for Students & Employees
Monday, February 7 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.,
Tuesday, February 8 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.,
Wednesday, February 9 from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Engineering 100 (view map)
Want to get tested for COVID-19? Biocept is offering Weekly COVID-19 testing at LA Valley College for students and employees (by appointment only) on Mondays and Tuesdays in Engineering 100. Schedule your appointment using your private Cleared4 account link that was send to your student email. For other testing locations/dates, check the Districtwide COVID Testing schedule. For more info, visit the LACCD Vaccination & Testing Requirements.
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
Wednesday, February 9 from 10 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Get vaccinated or boosted at Valley College! Come to our COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic to get the Pfizer (ages 12+) and Moderna (ages 18+) vaccines and third dose or booster. LAVC students and employees are eligible to receive a $150 Bookstore Gift Card with each vaccine or booster dose on campus. Appointments are available and walks-up are welcomed. For details, visit the LAVC Vaccination Clinics.
Spring 2022 Welcome Day
Wednesday, February 9 from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Student Services Plaza & Monarch Square (view map)
Welcome Back! The Office of Student Life and the Student Health Education are giving away Valley swag and goodies in-person and virtually! Stop by at our tables in Student Services and Monarch Square from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Visit the LAVC Welcome Week for more info.
Friday, February 11 at 2 p.m.
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A brief description: Join Student Health Education and Yoga Instructor, Racquel TW for some gentle yoga. Please bring water, mat, and towel. Yoga will be at 2:pm on the grass between the Library and the Student Union.
$1000 Federal Awards for LAVC Students with Financial Aid
Every LA Valley College student enrolled for Spring 2022 who qualifies for financial aid is eligible to receive up to a $1000 federal stimulus award. To receive the award, you must:
Have LAVC as your home campus,
Be enrolled at Valley College for Spring 2022, AND
Be eligible for the FAFSA, California College Promise Grant (fee waiver), Dream Act Grant, or demonstrate economic hardship resulting from COVID-19
If you haven't already applied for financial aid, complete your Free Application for Federal Student (FAFSA) application (LAVC code is 001228) or complete the California College Promise Grant Application. If you need assistance, contact the Welcome Center.
Students who meet the requirements will be notified when the federal stimulus is awarded.
Free Metro GoPass for LAVC Students
All LAVC students are eligible to get a free Metro GoPass to ride all buses and trains operated by Metro between December 1, 2021-December 31, 2022. Stop by the LAVC Business Office with your ID to pick up your pass. Learn how to get your Metro GoPass.
Apply for an LAVC Foundation Scholarship! Applications Now Open
The Valley College Foundation has over 250 Scholarships with over $160,000 available! To apply, log in to your LACCD Student Portal. Click on the "Scholarship Tile", and then click on "Login Here" next to the Student Log In. Email the LAVC Foundation or call 818-947-2619 with questions.
Get College Credit for Your Job & Internship Experience this Spring
LAVC Cooperative Education is offering up to four (4) CSU transferable elective units for your job, internship or volunteer experience during the Spring 2022 semester. You must be enrolled in another course (at LAVC or any other accredited institution) to participate. If you're interested, submit a completed Coop application in person or via email. Enrollment is by permission number only. For more information, email LAVC Coop Ed or call 818-947-2334.
Need help choosing classes, paying for books and more?
Extended Opportunities Programs & Services (EOPS) is now accepting applications for new students through Sunday, February 27 at 11:59 p.m. Eligible students receive helpful counseling, priority registration, funds to help pay for textbooks and more. For more information and the online application, visit EOPS.
Announcements for Students
LAVCACTSOFKINDNESS: Share Your Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness is an effort to spread kindness, love, and compassion in our community. Join Student Life in an effort to bring kindness to LAVC by visiting our bulletin board on the 1ST floor of the Student Union and selecting an act of kindness. Share photos of your Random Acts of Kindness on social media with #LAVCACTSOFKINDNESS.
Valley Wears Red for Heart Health
Student Health Education is hosting an opportunity drawing for Valley swag! To enter submit a photo any day from February 7 through February 11 with the hashtag #LAVCWearsRed! Every photo you submit is an entry for the raffle! Stop by the Office of Student Life the whole month of February and pick up a Heart Health Ribbon.
FREE Financial Literacy Resource
The Smart Money Toolkit is a FREE financial literacy resource available to all LAVC students. Check out this amazing resource by self-enrolling in the toolkit and review the material at your own time. Topics include budgeting, saving, paying for school, buying a home and much more! For more information, visit the Financial Aid page.
We're Hiring Student Workers!
The Office of Student Life is looking for energetic, helpful, and assertive student workers. We would love to meet you! Visit the Office of Student Life at the Student Union Building, 2nd floor to pick up a paper application and get more information. Deadline to apply is Thursday, February 17 at 5 p.m.
Be a Student Officer for Spring 2022
Are you interested in Student Council? Join the Associated Student Union (ASU) for Spring 2022 and represent the student body working with students, faculty, staff, and administrators. Perks are a transcript notation and monthly stipend. Apply by February 27 at 11:59 p.m. Visit the ASU page to apply.
Want to Run for Office on Student Council?
Are you interested in Student Council? Run for Office for the 2022/2023 Academic Year to represent the student body working with students, faculty, staff, and administrators. Perks are a transcript notation and monthly stipend. Apply by March 27th at 11:59 p.m. Visit the ASU page for eligibility and to apply.
COVID-19 PCR Testing for Students & Employees
Monday, February 14 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in Engineering 100,
Tuesday, February 15 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in Engineering 100 &
Wednesday, February 16 from 12-5 p.m. in Engineering 100
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She is SO adorable! It is great that she is happy all the time, makes it easy on you since you are so busy with everyone else! Can't wait to see more picts!
She is seriously like the perfect baby. Had I not seen it for myself, I might not have believed you, but yup. She's perfect. And adorable.
Gah. Are you kidding me?!?! The cuteness is UNreal!!! D, she is so dang precious. We must get our ladies together. Must.
Cannot believe she's 5 months! The world is truly better place with precious ones like that in. So much love to you beautiful girl!!!


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Q: Java Calculator History Feature I was hoping someone could help me with a feature that could store my calculator's history as a string and have it show the history when the user hits the H key.  I'm looking for it to record each button that is pressed, including operators.  Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.
public class GUI extends JPanel implements KeyListener {

private JButton b1;
private JButton b2;
private JButton b3;
private JButton b4;
private JButton b5;
private JButton b6;
private JButton b7;
private JButton b8;
private JButton b9;
private JButton b0;
private JButton add;
private JButton subtract;
private JButton multiply;
private JButton divide;
private JButton solve;
private JButton clear;
private JButton decimal;
private JButton sqrt;
private JButton recip;
private JButton backSpace;
private JButton ms;
private JButton mr;
private JButton mc;
private JButton percent;
private JButton love;
private JTextField jtf;
String display = "";
String mStore;
String history;
boolean multiplyBool = false;
boolean divideBool = false;
boolean addBool = false;
boolean subtractBool = false;
boolean percentBool = false;
ImageIcon heart = new ImageIcon("heartt.png");

private CalcLogic cl = new CalcLogic();

public GUI(){
setLayout(new BorderLayout());

JPanel p3 = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
p3.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 30));
p3.add(jtf = new JTextField("0",12));
jtf.setEditable(false);
jtf.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);
jtf.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 40));

JPanel p2 = new JPanel();
p2.setBackground(Color.CYAN);

p2.setLayout(new GridLayout(5,5,2,2));

//row 1 buttons

p2.add(mc = new JButton("MC"));
mc.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 12));

p2.add(mr = new JButton("MR"));
mr.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 12));

p2.add(ms = new JButton("MS"));
ms.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 12));

p2.add(divide = new JButton("\u00F7"));
divide.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(backSpace = new JButton("\u2190"));
backSpace.setFont(new Font("Arial Bold", Font.BOLD, 18));

//row 2 buttons

p2.add(b7 = new JButton("7"));
b7.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(b8 = new JButton("8"));
b8.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(b9 = new JButton("9"));
b9.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(multiply = new JButton("\u00D7"));
multiply.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(sqrt = new JButton("\u221A"));
sqrt.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

//row 3 buttons

p2.add(b4 = new JButton("4"));
b4.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(b5 = new JButton("5"));
b5.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(b6 = new JButton("6"));
b6.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(subtract = new JButton("\u2212"));
subtract.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(recip = new JButton("1/x"));
recip.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 14));

//row 4 buttons

p2.add(b1 = new JButton("1"));
b1.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(b2 = new JButton("2"));
b2.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(b3 = new JButton("3"));
b3.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(add = new JButton("+"));
add.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(percent = new JButton("%"));
percent.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

//row 5 buttons

p2.add(b0 = new JButton("0"));
b0.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(decimal = new JButton("."));
decimal.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(clear = new JButton("C"));
clear.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(solve = new JButton("="));
solve.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 20));

p2.add(love = new JButton(heart));
love.addActionListener(new LoveListener());

add(p3, BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(p2, BorderLayout.CENTER);
this.setFocusable(true);
addKeyListener(this);

ActionListener buttonListener = new buttonListener();

ActionListener ClearListener = new ClearListener();

b7.addActionListener(buttonListener);
b8.addActionListener(buttonListener);
b9.addActionListener(buttonListener);
add.addActionListener(new addListener());
b4.addActionListener(buttonListener);
b5.addActionListener(buttonListener);
b6.addActionListener(buttonListener);
subtract.addActionListener(new subtractListener());
b1.addActionListener(buttonListener);
b2.addActionListener(buttonListener);
b3.addActionListener(buttonListener);
multiply.addActionListener(new multiplyListener());
b0.addActionListener(buttonListener);
decimal.addActionListener(buttonListener);
clear.addActionListener(ClearListener);
solve.addActionListener(new solveListener());
divide.addActionListener(new divideListener());
sqrt.addActionListener(new sqrtListener());
recip.addActionListener(new recipListener());
backSpace.addActionListener(new backSpaceListener());
ms.addActionListener(new msListener());
mr.addActionListener(new mrListener());
mc.addActionListener(new mcListener());
percent.addActionListener(new percentListener());

} //GUI()

    private void action_clear(){

jtf.setText("");
display = jtf.getText();
//op = "";
cl.setTotal("0");
multiplyBool = false;
addBool = false;
subtractBool = false;
divideBool = false;

    }

    public class buttonListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    String digit = e.getActionCommand();

    jtf.setText(display + digit );
    display = jtf.getText();
    playSound("Click.wav");
}
    }//buttonListener

    public class multiplyListener implements ActionListener
    {
private CalcLogic cl = new CalcLogic();

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    if(multiplyBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.multiply(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else if(divideBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.divide(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else if(addBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
            cl.percMult(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();

        }

        cl.add(display);

        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else if (subtractBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
            cl.percMult(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.subtract(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else
    {
    cl.setTotal(display);
    jtf.setText("");
    multiplyBool = true;
    divideBool = false;
    addBool = false;
    subtractBool = false;
    percentBool = false;
    display = "";
    }

    multiplyBool = true;
    divideBool = false;
    addBool = false;
    subtractBool = false;
    percentBool = false;
}

    }

    public class divideListener implements ActionListener
   {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    if(multiplyBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.multiply(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display ="";
    }else if(divideBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.divide(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else if(addBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
            cl.percMult(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();

        }

        cl.add(display);

        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else if (subtractBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
            cl.percMult(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.subtract(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else
    {
    cl.setTotal(display);
    jtf.setText("");
    divideBool = true;
    multiplyBool = false;
    addBool = false;
    subtractBool = false;
    percentBool = false;
    display = "";
    }

    multiplyBool = false;
    divideBool = true;
    addBool = false;
    subtractBool = false;
    percentBool = false;
}
    }
    public class addListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    if(multiplyBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.multiply(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display ="";
    }else if(divideBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.divide(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else if(addBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
            cl.percMult(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();

        }

        cl.add(display);

        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else if (subtractBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
            cl.percMult(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.subtract(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else
    {
    cl.setTotal(display);
    jtf.setText("");
    divideBool = false;
    multiplyBool = false;
    addBool = true;
    subtractBool = false;
    percentBool = false;
    display = "";
    }

    divideBool = false;
    multiplyBool = false;
    subtractBool = false;
    addBool = true;
    percentBool = false;

}
    }//addListener

    public class subtractListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    if(multiplyBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.multiply(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display ="";
    }else if(divideBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.divide(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else if(addBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
            cl.percMult(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();

        }

        cl.add(display);

        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else if (subtractBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
            cl.percMult(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.subtract(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
        display = "";
    }else
    {
    cl.setTotal(display);
    jtf.setText("");
    divideBool = false;
    multiplyBool = false;
    addBool = false;
    subtractBool = true;
    percentBool = false;
    display = "";
    }
    divideBool = false;
    multiplyBool = false;
    addBool = false;
    subtractBool = true;
    percentBool = false;

}
    }//subtractListener

    public class sqrtListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    cl.setTotal(display);
    cl.squareRoot(display);
    jtf.setText(cl.getString());
    playSound("Click.wav");
}
    }

    public class recipListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    cl.setTotal(display);
    cl.reciprical(display);
    jtf.setText(cl.getString());
    playSound("Click.wav");
}
    }

    public class backSpaceListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    jtf.setText("");
    display = "";
}

    }

    public class msListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    mStore = jtf.getText();
}
    }

    public class mrListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    jtf.setText(mStore);
    display = mStore;

}
    }

    public class mcListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    mStore = "";
}
    }

    public class percentListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{

    percentBool = true;
}
    }

    public class solveListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    playSound("that_was_easy.wav");

    if(multiplyBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.multiply(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
    }else if(divideBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.divide(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
    }else if(addBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
            cl.percMult(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();

        }

        cl.add(display);

        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
    }else if (subtractBool == true)
    {
        if (percentBool==true)
        {
            cl.percentage(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
            cl.percMult(display);
            display = cl.getPercent();
        }
        cl.subtract(display);
        jtf.setText(cl.getString());
    }
    multiplyBool = false;
    addBool = false;
    subtractBool = false;
    divideBool = false;
    percentBool = false;

    //display = jtf.getText();

}

    }

public class ClearListener implements ActionListener
    {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
    action_clear();
    playSound("Click.wav");
}//ClearListener

    }
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e){

if(e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_H){
    System.out.println(history);
)
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e){

}
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e){

}
}

A: Just store each single line calculator command as string into an array before erasing it. And then show it when you press H.
For ex:

Array array = new Array(5) (You could also use collection classes to make it dynamic and more efficient)

123 (Line#1 in calculator) >> array[0]
+ (Line#2 in calculator) >> array[1]
34567 (Line#3 in calculator) >> array[2]
% (Line#4 in calculator) >> array [3]
345 (Line#5 in calculator) >> array [4]

So on and so forth.
Regards,

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Images of devastation have dominated media coverage this spring, from tornadoes and massive flooding in the American south to deluges on the Canadian Prairies and Quebec to harrowing forest fires in Slave Lake, Alta.
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I'm super excited about this upcoming week!! Guess I'd better get to work on these tutorials! See you Monday!


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Ukraine war causes concern in South Africa
By Fred Meintjes2022-06-27T13:52:00+01:00
Cape leaders meet to discuss the crisis which has already cost the country an estimated R77bn
Agricultural leaders, exporter associations and fruit experts from the Cape province of South Africa have met to urgently discuss the effect of the Russia-Ukraine war on the regional economy.
Aside from huge losses in terms of exports to Russia, there is concern that the disruption of imports of wheat, meslin, cereal, barley, maize, and oats from Ukraine will further increase cost inflation in areas of high unemployment.
It is estimated that the conflict has so far cost South Africa around R77m – a figure which has previously been confirmed in a report tabled in the South African parliament.
According to media reports, Western MEC for agriculture, Ivan Meyer, told the export industries that the impact of the war also included a steep rise in fuel prices which has seen input costs rising to record levels.
The fruit export industry has been severely affected with export volumes of citrus, apples and pears dropping considerably.
Meyer pointed out that the scanning of containers to prevent weapons and explosives entering Russia had increased the transit time to St Petersburg from 23 days to 90 days.
Moscow's suspension from the Swift payment system is also delaying payments for fruit that has been exported.
Meyer is reported as predicting that the fuel price, now around R23 per litre, may soon rise to R40 per litre. A rise of more than 100 per cent in fertiliser prices has been reported.
Efforts to improve efficiencies at the port of Cape Town are also affected, because vital equipment needed to stabilise vessels has been stuck in the Netherlands due to the crisis.
Hortgro's Jacques du Preez is reported as saying that although fruit is still reaching Russia, much of the export window has been missed because of the war.
"Shipping and logistical costs have skyrocketed," he said. "Packaging, plant protection products, electricity, basically all input cost, are up dramatically.
"On the other hand," he said, "the prices received for fruit have not increased. This is a major concern for the long-term sustainability of the industry."
As if this is not enough, the citrus industry is now facing a massive threat to maintaining its current level of access to its oldest marketing region, the European Union.
Since its statement last week criticising the new regulations pertaining to oranges exported from Africa to the EU, South African citrus leaders have withdrawn behind closed doors.
"The CGA has decided not to say anything further right now," said spokesperson Nicole Merkin.
Eurofruit has learned that the special South African envoy to the EU, Deon Joubert, arrived in Brussels over the weekend where it was hoped that a deal could be struck to delay the implementation of the regulations.
Justin Chadwick, CEO of the CGA, announced on Friday that the industry and the South African government would appeal the EU decision.
It is also understood that the EU decided to proceed despite last minute interventions by trade associations in various EU countries to try and modify the regulations.
Justin Chadwick called the adoption of the new measures a victory for politics over science, driven by Spain.


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Buddy Holly Biopic "Clear Lake" in the Works
Entertainment News on July 18, 2018 0Likes At The Movies
Approaching the 60th anniversary of rock and roll singer Buddy Holly's tragic death in a plane accident, a new film is in the works to celebrate the 1950s music icon.
Holly left behind two solo albums as well as a group album with his band "The 'Chirping' Crickets." He married Maria Elena Santiago in 1958 two months after first meeting. Maria was carrying his first child but miscarried soon after the news of his death. Santiago is 85 years-old and partially blames herself for Holly's untimely death.
"I was not feeling well when he left [for] that tour. I was two weeks pregnant and I wanted Buddy to stay with me. It was the only time I wasn't with him. I blame myself because if I had gone along, Buddy never would have gotten into that airplane," she told the Avalanche-Journal in Texas in 1959.
Shortly after takeoff, Holly, his bandmates, and local pilot Roger Peterson the plane crashed fatally into a cornfield near Mason City, Iowa. Rather than travel by bus as they usually did in the bitter Midwestern cold, the group collectively decided to fly.
The flight had taken off during inclement weather and Peterson wasn't certified to fly the plane without visual flight rules (VLR) and subsequently lost control of the aircraft. Everyone on board was declared dead on February 3, 1959. The unfortunate events have since been billed "The Day the Music Died." Holly was just 22 years old.
"Clear Lake" has an estimated budget of $12 million and set to begin production the same year as the 60th anniversary of Holly's death. Holly's widow Maria is collaborating with creative executives Patrick Shanahan and Rick French to produce the film named after the plane's crash site.
Buddy Holly would've been turning 81 in 2018.
Tags: biopic, buddy holly, Music, Rock and Roll
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