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Teenagers sit on a new sign reading "Cidade Olimpica" (Olympic City) in Rio de Janeiro's port district last October. Ahead of this summer's Olympic Games, the port district is undergoing an urban renewal program. Ticket sales have been slow, and many Brazilians cite the poor state of the economy, which is in recession. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Instead Of A Moment In The Sun, Brazil Faces A Perfect Storm
May 12, 2016 • The Summer Olympics in Rio were supposed to be a showcase for modern, prosperous Brazil. Instead, the country is suffering a national meltdown that will now include the president's impeachment trial.
Brazilian Olympic Committee president Carlos Nuzman shows the lantern containing the Olympic flame brought from Greece as he gets off the plane in Brasilia on May 3. The three-month torch relay across Brazil will end at the opening ceremony on Aug. 5 at Maracana stadium in Rio. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
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Sweetness And Light
Why Do Cities Keep Vying To Host The Olympics?
May 4, 2016 • They invariably never live up to what the politicians and construction moguls promise, says sports commentator Frank Deford.
Larisa Andreea Iordache of Romania performs on the balance beam during the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption
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Romanian Women's Gymnastics Team Fails To Qualify For Olympics, Ending Medal Streak
April 18, 2016 • The team has medaled in every Summer Olympics since 1976. But the Romanians' fifth-place finish at Sunday's final qualifying event denies them a spot at the Rio Games.
Greg Louganis in an inward dive pike on the front of the Wheaties box. The "legends" series boxes will be on shelves starting in May. Courtesy Of General Mills hide caption
Courtesy Of General Mills
Better Late Than Never: Olympic Champion Greg Louganis Gets His Wheaties Box
April 5, 2016 • The openly gay gold-medal winner said the box "means so much more to me than it would have then because I feel like I'm being embraced as a whole person, not just for my athletic achievements."
Yusra Mardini visits the Olympiapark Berlin on March 9. The 18-year-old Syrian refugee hopes to qualify for the Rio Olympics as a swimmer on the refugee team. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IOC hide caption
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After Surviving Aegean Sea, Syrian Swimmer Hopes For Spot In Olympics
March 20, 2016 • Yusra Mardini struggled to keep up her training in war-torn Damascus. Then swimming became a matter of life or death during her perilous crossing to Greece. Now the refugee hopes to qualify for Rio.
Demonstrators parade large inflatable dolls, depicting Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in prison garb and current President Dilma Rousseff dressed as a thief, in Sao Paulo on Sunday. The corruption scandal at the state-run oil giant Petrobras has ensnared key figures from Rousseff's Workers' Party, including Silva, her predecessor and mentor. Andre Penner/AP hide caption
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As The Olympics Loom, Brazil Lurches From One Crisis To The Next
March 14, 2016 • Brazil is in the midst of an economic downturn. It's battling the Zika virus. And a deepening political crisis has sparked massive protests and calls for the president's resignation.
A woman takes pictures of the Olympic rings at Madureira Park, the third largest park in Rio de Janeiro. Yasuyoshi Chiba /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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A Team Of Refugees Will Compete At The Olympic Games In Rio
March 3, 2016 • Previously, athletes who didn't represent a country weren't allowed to compete. The IOC says the all-refugee team will compete under the Olympic flag and be treated like all other teams.
This is a partial view of the tennis center at Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The International Olympic Committee is sending an advisory to participants in the 2016 Summer Games on how to deal with the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Leo Correa/AP hide caption
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Zika Virus Spurs Concerns Over Summer Olympic Games In Rio
January 29, 2016 • The International Olympic Committee is sending an advisory to participants on how to deal with the mosquito-borne virus. The games in Rio de Janeiro begin in 189 days.
Olympic team members stand on the field as the Olympic flag flies at half-staff during a memorial service in the Munich Olympic Stadium in Germany on Sept. 6, 1972. Eleven Israeli team members were killed by Arab guerrillas at the Summer Olympic Games. A crowd of 80,000 filled the stadium to capacity. AP hide caption
Monument Underway For Slain 1972 Israeli Olympians
December 9, 2015 • Frank Deford wonders why it took so long to build a monument commemorating the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by terrorists at the Munich Summer Olympics 43 years ago.
Russia's Mariya Savinova won gold in the 800-meter final at the 2012 Olympics in London. A new report ruled that she should never should have competed because her drug test profile showed she was doping. Matt Dunham/AP hide caption
Matt Dunham/AP
Doping Scandal Jeopardizes Olympic Dreams Of Russian Athletes
November 28, 2015 • Russia is the world's leader in doping violations, but the country's sports minister says it shouldn't be singled out for "an evil that all countries are struggling with."
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Here's How You Can Outrun A Horse
October 20, 2015 • Humans are pathetic at athletic feats compared to animals. We get outrun by ostriches and outswum by penguins. But human physiology makes us aces at one sport: endurance running. Sorry, horse.
Baseball, surfing and skateboarding could be in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, under a proposal announced by Organizing Comittee President Yoshiko Mori on Monday. Koji Sasahara/AP hide caption
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Baseball May Return To 2020 Olympics; Tokyo Organizers Also Want Surfing
September 28, 2015 • Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizers would like to see baseball, skateboarding and surfing — but not bowling — when they host the Summer Games.
The documentary Back On Board follows the career of four-time Olympic champion Greg Louganis. HBO hide caption
'Who Am I Without My Sport?' Greg Louganis On Life After Olympics
August 2, 2015 • The documentary Back On Board traces the highs and lows of the star diver's career, the turmoil he faced as a gay, HIV-positive athlete — and the identity crisis that he experienced after retirement.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh speaks at a news conference last month. He and the USOC announced Monday that his city is no longer in the running to host the 2024 Olympics. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
Elise Amendola/AP
Boston's 2024 Olympic Bid Is Over
July 27, 2015 • The U.S. Olympic Committee had backed Boston over bids from San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. But the mayor now says Bostonians were "rightly hesitant" to commit to the potential cost.
Brazil spent billions renovating and building World Cup stadiums. Almost a year after the tournament ended, the nation is still trying to figure out what to do with them. The Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia, Brazil (shown here in April 2014), was the most expensive of the stadiums — at a cost of $550 million — and is now being used as a bus parking lot. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
Brazil's World Cup Legacy Includes $550M Stadium-Turned-Parking Lot
May 11, 2015 • Another lavish $215 million arena built for last year's event is now a homeless shelter. Touted as one of the best World Cups in history on the pitch, it's left a hangover of waste and mismanagement.
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Co-op experience the key for Chowdhury
By ERICA LIND
Subir Chowdhury is no ordinary student. With one year left to complete his degree he has already gained two years of experience in the working world, and after graduating will be able to pursue any job he wants within his field.
Chowdhury was able to gain this competitive edge through the U of L's Arts and Science Co-operative Education Program. With a major in Computer Science and Geographical Information Systems (GIS), he decided to participate in the program early in his university career.
"I was interested in learning how I could integrate my GIS knowledge with real life projects," explains
Subir Chowdhury, foreground, used the U of L's Co-operative Education Program to gain valuable experience in a work environment. His brother Sudipto has now enrolled at the University to follow suit.
Chowdhury. "The people at the co-op office were very encouraging and inspired me to participate in the program."
The Co-operative Education Program at the University of Lethbridge works to create a partnership between students, the University, and the employer, and allows for an extended learning environment as well as the ability to network with employers. Students can integrate academic semesters with work terms, and can apply skills learned in the classroom directly to the workplace and vice versa.
Chowdhury completed a co-op work term at Yukon Geological Survey and another at Alberta Geological Survey. He was able to learn a multitude of technical skills through these work terms and had a wide variety of responsibilities. While with Alberta Geological Survey, Chowdhury worked on two major projects: the Peace River Landslide Monitoring Project and the Turtle Mountain Monitoring Project.
The goal of the Turtle Mountain Monitoring Project is to try to understand what caused the rock avalanche of 1903 that buried the town of Frank, and to determine whether a second rock avalanche will occur. Chowdhury had an important role in this ongoing project. He worked in the resources branch of Alberta Geological Survey in the Geohazard section, Groundwater Inventory section and Knowledge Management section.
For the Geohazard and Knowledge Management sections, he developed a web-mapping application for the project, using an ArcGIS Server application development framework. He also developed a dynamic charting application for Turtle Mountain sensor networks and web-based three-dimensional models for LiDar images and high-resolution satellite images. Chowdhury's work contributed to an understanding of the risks associated with living in this and other such areas, and will help to warn residents before disaster occurs.
Chowdhury also developed a web-mapping application for the Peace River Landslide Monitoring Project (a shared project with the University of Alberta), and even co-authored a publication for the project.
Because of the benefits that Chowdhury gained from the co-op program, his brother Sudipto decided to follow his path to the University of Lethbridge as well – specifically for the co-op program.
"The life experience I gained from the co-op program has been really valuable, so I encouraged my brother to do it too," he says. "The people at the co-op office helped me learn how to market myself and get into the job market, and they were always supportive and willing to answer any questions I might have. I really feel like they care about the students."
For more information on the co-op program, contact the Faculty of Arts and Science Applied Studies/Co-operative Education and Internships office at B610, or phone 403-329-2000.
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Tom Brady's New England Patriots were scheduled to play a game in China back in 2007, but the preseason contest versus the Seattle Seahawks was ultimately canceled. With his career coming closer to a close, Brady wants a chance to play that game finally.
"My dream is to play a game here in China someday," Brady said during a promotional tour in China, via ESPN.com. "We had an opportunity, I think, 10 years ago, and my team was going to play here, and unfortunately it didn't work out. But one day I hope that there are many games here, and over the course of a year, because it's such a great sport and because I love it so much, to bring that here and to bring the discipline and incredible strategy involved."
The NFL has been reportedly eyeing a regular-season game in China in 2018, but nothing has been officially announced by the league.
Brady successfully ducked reporters during offseason workouts this summer, but didn't shy away from the media in China, even being photographed tossing a pigskin on the Great Wall during his promotional tour.


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Pictures Of Soldiers Are Taken Before, During, And After War. The Results Are Disturbing.
War profoundly changes people. An increasingly alarming number of veterans often suffer traumatic brain injuries and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In her " We Are Not Dead" series, photojournalist Lalage Snow depicts the change a person can go through as she captures soldiers before, during and after they have served in combat.
The physical changes are immediately obvious. War is cruel to the men and women who fight in them, there's no doubt about it. Soldiers often have to detach themselves emotionally, leading to higher rates of depression, alcoholism, and suicide.
Snow's goal was to honour their courage and inform the public of the implications fighting in a war can have on a personal level. The more we know their stories, the less we'll accept war as the only option.


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Pay Progression 2 | Think Tank Report | Smart Thinking
Pay progression for low-paid workers 2
Report by: Social Market Foundation
Author(s): Scott Corfe; Nicole Gicheva
This report from the UK think tank Social Market Foundation is the second research paper on pay progression for low-paid workers, focusing on the role of corporate decision-making.
The report seeks to understand whether and how policymakers can use the tools at their disposal to shape corporate-decision making. In particular, it focuses on how to encourage businesses to use their decision-making to promote wage progression and career progression among low paid workers. The SMF's research notes that company behaviour on wage progression and career progression, and workforce training (an enabler of progression), is driven by a wide range of factors, such as:
Pressure from investors – Investor activism can influence corporate behaviour on a wide range of issues, from environmental matters, to whether a company takes a short-term or long-term view on investment in the workforce.
Reputational concerns – Companies such as Amazon have increased wages for lower paid workers in response to bad media publicity about poor working conditions. Over 5,000 businesses in the UK voluntarily pay the real Living Wage, with reputational benefits cited as a key driver of this.
Pressure from consumers – Consumers are also concerned about workers' pay, with nine in ten of British consumers agreeing that wages should reflect living costs. However, the evidence is inconclusive on how this concern manifests in the form of encouraging pay and career progression for workers on low-pay in particular.
Pressure from prospective workers – PwC research from 2011 found that providing opportunities for career progression was the most commonly cited factor which makes an organisation an attractive employer, among 52% of millennials globally. The same survey also reported that the most influential factor leading millennials to accept their current position was the opportunity for personal development.
Legal considerations – Section 172 (S172) of the Companies Act 2006 obliges corporate directors to act in the interest of the company's employees, among other stakeholders such as shareholders, suppliers, and local communities affected by company activities. However, there is limited evidence that S172 has a significant impact on company behaviour given that it is difficult to enforce.
Understanding UK strategic dependence on Chinese investment
By Jack Harris; Rachel Neal; Jim McConalogue
The case for 'partial decoupling'
Post-Brexit labour supply and workforce planning
By Heather Taylor; Rebecca Florisson; Melanie Wilkes
Key questions for policymakers
By The Commission on Workers and Technology
Workers and technology in the 2020s


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The quality of a device goes well beyond noise that it produces. You also want something that looks good and feels comfortable on your head. These Kidz Gear headphones are designed to be everything that you or your child could want regarding design, functionality, and sound quality.
This is why this company has quickly established itself as a headphone manufacturer that both children and adults love. They are getting headphones that are durable and provide them with an outstanding quality sound. Plus, they feel like they are getting great value for the cost that they are spending.


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Rabbi Weinreb on Parsha
Beshalach: "The Redemptive Experience"
Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
For several weeks now, we have attempted to define the nature of redemption, geulah, in this column. We have struggled with the challenge posed by the Passover Haggadah: "In every generation, each one of us is obligated to see himself as if he had personally left Egypt."
We have argued that this might not be a requirement to imagine ourselves as shackled slaves who are miraculously enabled to shed our shackles and to march confidently into an unknown wilderness.
Rather, we suggested that the Haggadah is simply challenging us to experience personal redemption. We defined "personal redemption" as does Ramban, Nachmanides, in his introduction to the book of Exodus. There, he write:, "Redemption, geulah, means recovering the status of our forefathers." By this, he means engaging in self-improvement so that one recaptures the moral and ethical stature of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
In the past three columns, we outlined specific qualities that our Forefathers possessed, qualities that we can put to use in our own lives.
In this week's column, we will describe two additional such qualities, drawing upon two analyses of a text in this week's Torah portion, Parshat Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16).
The text to which I refer is near the very beginning of the "Song of the Sea," the triumphant hymn of Moses and the Sons of Israel after miraculously experiencing the splitting of the Reed Sea, the Yam Suf. There, we escaped our pursuers and witnessed enemy's descent into the depths of the sea.
The relevant passage reads:
"…They said: I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously;
Horse and driver He has hurled into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and might;
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will glorify Him;
The God of my father, and I will exalt Him.
Regrettably, I had only one occasion to converse with the great novelist and devout Jew, Herman Wouk. He is mostly remembered for his prize-winning novel, The Caine Mutiny. But for me, and for many of my contemporaries, his masterpiece was his book about Judaism, This Is My God.
Herman Wouk "borrowed" the title of his book from the above text. But he informed me that he would have preferred to use the entire sentence as a title and to have called his book "This Is My God… The God Of My Father". For, he explained to me, each of us has our own relationship with the Almighty which is unique and special. But each of us also must relate to the Almighty in terms of our Forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and internalize the life lessons that they all exemplified.
Let us now examine how two commentators interpret our text. I begin with a passage in the posthumously published essays of a Holocaust victim, Rabbi Abraham Grodzinski. Rabbi Grodzinski was the moral guide for the hundreds of students of the Slobodka Yeshiva during the immediate pre-Holocaust years.
In this essay, Rabbi Grodzinki points out the connection between the phrase "horse and driver He has hurled into the sea," a phrase which graphically describes the bitter end toward which evildoers are destined, and the phrases "This is my God… the God of my father." He writes, "This song about the punishment of Egypt is an expression of the hatred one must bear, not to those who perpetrate evil, but rather to evil itself."
He goes on to say that moral perfection must be prefaced by the recognition that there is indeed evil in the world and that one must disdain that evil. Only then can one begin to transform evil, to correct evil, and to appreciate the Almighty fully. The pious person is not naïve but recognizes the darkness that resides in the world. Without that recognition, we cannot achieve the "status of our Forefathers," who knew evil and combated it, each in his own way. And so must we.
Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv, who passed away decades before the Holocaust but was also a moral guide for many yeshiva students, has a different take upon this text. He was known fondly by his students as the Alter, the "Old Man," of Kelm. He juxtaposes the phrase "He has become my salvation, my yeshuah" with the phrases "This is my God… The God of my father."
Rather daringly, the Alter suggests that just as the Lord is our salvation, so too can we "save" Him! You may ask, "How can one 'save' the Almighty?"
To answer this question, the Alter relates the story of Shimon ben Shetach, as it is told in the Jerusalem Talmud.
Shimon ben Shetach was a scholar who was once quite poor. His disciples purchased him a donkey to enable him to travel. They obtained the donkey from an Ishmaelite, an Arab. When Shimon ben Shetach was about to mount the donkey, he spotted a tiny object in the saddle. He soon realized that the object was a large diamond. He asked the disciples for the identity of the original owner in order to return to the diamond to him. The disciples objected,\ and argued that the diamond was his to keep.
Shimon ben Shetach famously responded, "I purchased a donkey. I did not purchase a diamond."
The Ishmaelite was so impressed by the fact that Shimon ben Shetach returned the diamond that he exclaimed, "Blessed is the God of Shimon ben Shetach."
The Alter offers the story as but one example of a person's ability to "save God;" that is, to bring glory to His name. "Thus," concludes the Alter, "The Almighty brought us salvation, and we too can bring 'salvation' to Him."
It has now been four consecutive weeks that we have identified the moral virtues of our Forefathers. We can now "see ourselves as redeemed from Egypt." At least to a modest degree, we can attain the "status of our Forefathers."
In conclusion, by way of review of the previous parsha columns, let us list some of the components of the moral and ethical stature of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Firstly, as we saw in Parshat Shemot, each of them was a yashar. As defined by Netziv, a yashar is an individual who relates cooperatively and constructively with individuals who differ from him religiously and culturally, without prejudice.
Secondly, as we saw in Parshat Va'era, each of our Forefathers was able to tolerate great frustration without losing their faith in the Almighty.
Thirdly, again in Parshat Va'era, each of them was grateful to the Almighty for the everyday blessings that most of us take for granted.
Fourthly, this time in last week's Parshat Bo, they each demonstrated Kreatur-gefühl, a deep awareness of having been created by the Almighty.
In this week's Torah portion, two early twentieth century spiritual guides brought two additional characteristics of the "redeemed" individual to our attention.
Rabbi Grodzinski taught that the "redeemed" individual does not ignore the prevalence of evil in the world but disdains it and confronts it wisely and successfully.
And Rabbi Ziv, the Alter, gifted us with the insight that our relationship with the Almighty can be reciprocal. Yes, He is our Savior. But we can reciprocate His salvation by bringing honor to His name by acting ethically and honestly, even in the face of temptation.
As we draw ever closer to the Passover holiday, Chag HaPesach, we now have learned of no less than six paths to redemption, six paths to "seeing ourselves as if we personally were redeemed from Egypt."
Which of the six will you choose as your path? Or will you try your hand at all six?


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Pathogenic factors of Pseudomonas cepacia isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis
A. R. GESSNER and J. E. MORTENSEN
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One hundred and nineteen isolates of Pseudomonas cepacia, 98 of which were from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and 21 from environmental and other human sources, were examined for biochemical and exo-enzymatic properties that may contribute to the pathogenicity of this bacterium. The following characteristics were demonstrated significantly more frequently in isolates from CF patients than in control isolates: production of catalase, ornithine decarboxylase, valine aminopeptidase, C14 lipase, alginase and trypsin; reduction of nitrate to nitrite; hydrolysis of urea and xanthine; complete haemolysis on bovine red blood cells; cold-sensitive haemolysis on human red blood cells; greening of horse and rabbit red blood cells. The role of these factors in the pulmonary disease associated with cystic fibrosis is not clear. However, several factors which have been reported previously as being associated with pathogenic processes with other bacteria have now been described in P. cepacia. Additional factors not previously reported as "pathogenicity factors" are also described.
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Cytotoxic activity in broth-culture filtrates of Campylobacter pylori
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa – a phenomenon of bacterial resistance
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Trials Fusion is the highly anticipated sequel to the massively popular platform racer Trials Evolution. Developed by RedLynx in collaboration with Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Kiev, Trials Fusion offers players an unlimited array of obstacles and challenges as they race against the clock – with players from around the globe – to set track records.
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NOTE: While we strive to keep our online databases current, it is obvious that data in copyrighted books is valid as of the publication date, and may be superseded by subsequent research. However, superceded data is of significant historical value, as it chronicles the knowledge available at the date of publication, including popular misperceptions and attitudes.
The two most easily readable texts for general public are:
♦ Michael N. Landon & Brandon J. Metcalf, History of the Saints: The Remarkable Journey of the Mormon Battalion, Covenant Communications, American Fork, Utah, 2012.
http://www.amazon.com/History-Saints-Remarkable-Journey-Battalion/dp/1621081303/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_z
Written by LDS Church historians. Lots of graphics and photos.
♦ Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah, 1996.
http://www.amazon.com/Mormon-Battalion-United-States-1846-1848/dp/0874212154
Very well structured text, thereby helping keep a complex "who went where and when" story straight. Sadly, it suffers from many annoying - though not fatal - detail errors, but those are only noticeable to one very familiar with the story.
More difficult academic titles include:
♦ Bigley & Bagley, Army of Israel – Mormon Battalion Narratives, Vol 4 of the "Kingdom in the West" series
Hard cover:
http://www.amazon.com/Army-Israel-Battalion-Narratives-American/dp/0870622978
http://www.amazon.com/Army-Of-Israel-Battalion-Narratives/dp/0874212944/ref=pd_sim_14_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1T39G1SS85F33PQQ7YF3
Heavy lifting, but, oh, so well written and documented! Whereas Norma relies on many journals, Army of Israel relies on a few great ones which are/were infrequently used. A joy to a historian.
♦ Ltc Philip St. George Cooke, The Conquest of New Mexico and California in 1846-1848, published 1878, republished 1964 by the Rio Grande Press, Inc., Glorieta, NM.
for multiple reading platforms:
https://archive.org/details/conquestofnewmex00cookrich
for google books:
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This book is a personal narrative and historical account of the Mormon Battalion from the viewpoint of the commanding officer and one of his rank-and-file soldiers.
♦ Ltc Philip St. George Cooke, Exploring Southwestern Trails, 1846-1854, pp. 63-240, Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 1938.
♦ Sherman L. Fleek, History May Be Searched in Vain: A Military History of the Mormon Battalion, Arthur C. Clark Company, Spokane, Washington, 2006.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=history+may+be+searched+in+vain+fleek
A member of the LDS Church, Fleek has served as the Army Historian at the U.S. Army's West Point Military Academy and treats the messy Battalion military story from a purely military view.
♦ Frank Alfred Golder, The March of the Mormon Battalion from Council Bluffs to California, The Century Company, New York, New York, 1928.
This history is taken from the journal of Henry Standage, a member of the Battalion. It is a vivid description of the long and arduous expedition.
♦ Carl V. Larson, The Annals of the Mormon Battalion: 1846-1848; An Eyewitness Account; Selected Journals, Diaries and Auto-biographies of the Members of the Mormon Battalion. Spanish Fork, Utah: 1700 East Electronic Media, 2000.
Chronological quotation of 26 journals, diaries, and autobiographies of Battalion members. See History | Annals of the Mormon Battalion tab.
♦ Carl V. Larson, A Database of The Mormon Battalion: An Identification of the Original Members of the Mormon Battalion and the Documentation for that Identification. Spanish Fork, Utah: 1700 East Electronic Media, 2012.
The product of over 35 years of research, this is the most concise listing of members of the Mormon Battalion to date. See History | Database of the Mormon Battalion tab.
♦ Carl V. Larson, Identification and Memorialization List of the Men of the Mormon Battalion. Spanish Fork, Utah: 1700 East Electronic Media, 2007.
The product of over 35 years of research, this is the most concise listing of gravesites of members of the Mormon Battalion to date. See History | Graves Memorialization tab.
♦ Charles S. Peterson, John F. Yurtinus, et al, Mormon Battalion Trail Guide, Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1972.
A trail guide of the Mormon Battalion Trail from Fort Leavenworth to San Diego. This book includes detailed maps.
♦ B. H. Roberts, The Mormon Battalion, Its History and Achievements, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1919.
This history covers the Mormon Battalion' s trek and its accomplishments.
♦ Tom Sutak, Into the Jaws of Hell, Pine Park Publishing, Dansville CA.
http://www.intothejawsofhell.com
This book explores the life of Jefferson Hunt.
♦ U.S. Army Pension Examination Clerks, Compiled [Military] Service Records [CMSRs] of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Mexican War in Mormon Organizations. 1891-1894. Record and Pension Division, Adjutant General's Office, War Department. Microfilmed by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, DC: Microfilm numbers M351-1, M351-2, M351-3, and M436. Microfilm copies also held by Family History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah: Microfilm number TS1196, parts 1 to 21, and numbers 480,129 through 480,149.
Extremely reliable secondary reference source extracted directly from the original 1846-47 Muster Rolls – Nicknamed the M351 records because of their NARA microfilm numbers, these 705 numbered records were manually extracted, transcribed, and audited directly from the original 1846-47 Mormon Battalion and 1847-48 Reenlistment Company Muster Rolls. The first jacket-envelopes contained Regimental Return record-of-events cards, indicating the station of the unit and occasionally the activities in which any portion of that unit was engaged. They were followed by CMSR jacket-envelopes for each soldier, labeled with the soldier's name, rank(s), the unit(s) in which he served, and an index of the cards contained in his jacket-envelope. A few of the CMSR jacket-envelopes simply cross-referenced soldier name spelling variations, but most contained card abstracts of entries relating to that soldier in the original muster rolls and (post) returns. These abstracts were audited and verified by separate comparison, with every conceivable precaution taken to ensure accuracy. — Note that the clerks and auditors officially and consistently struck out all printed or handwritten reference to Iowa.
NOT RECOMMENDED:
♦ Iowa Adjutant Generals Office, Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in Miscellaneous Organizations of the Mexican War, Indian Campaigns, War of the Rebellion and the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars with Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations, Volume VI - Miscellaneous, pp 837-875. Des Moines, Iowa: Emory H. English, State Printer, 1911.
http://www.kinyon.com/iowa/iaroster06/summary.htm
We do NOT recommend this tertiary and quaternary text. Published 64 years after the fact, this volume is condensed from an elaborate and unpublished Harvey Reid manuscript, Early Military History of Iowa, completed just before his death in 1910. Quoting liberally from Tyler's error filled 1881 Concise History, this book provides no new or unique information about the Battalion. In an effort to take Iowa credit for the Mormon Battalion, Mr. Reid fostered the oft repeated myth that it was the "Iowa 1st Volunteers" or the "Iowa Mormon Battalion" or "the Mormon Battalion of Iowa Volunteers" by ignoring repeated auditor deletions of the word "Iowa" in the 1894 Mormon Battalion CMSRs. In truth, the Mormon Battalion had nothing to do with the Territory of Iowa. Rather, it was a very unique federal volunteer unit raised directly by President James K. Polk in 1846. Other similar federal units were formed in 1847-48 from reenlisted former members of state militia.
Normally, volunteer militia were raised through the process of congressional levy upon the citizens of a state or territory. Per the 13 May 1846 Act of Congress, Iowa Territory raised a regiment of twelve infantry companies (two companies more than required, presumably in two battalions) on 26 June 1846. Only three of the raised companies actually mustered into service, and that on garrison duty at Fort Atkinson, Iowa Territory. Later, Company K, 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment, was formed and actually served from 9 April 1847 Vera Cruz to the end of the war, suffering 40% casualties.
The recruitment of the Mormon Battalion on Iowa Territory was simply a coincidence of time and place. Rather than being Iowa citizens, its members were unwanted expatriot transients passing through Iowa Territory as they emigrated out of the United States into the Mexican province of Alta California. The Mexican-American War simply caught up with them while they were doing so. A few well informed Iowans might have known that the Mormons had suffered over two decades of intense religious persecution by fellow Christians throughout the United States, that their two leaders had recently been martyred by a mob in neigboring Illinois, and that their membership had been forcibly expelled by mobs across the Mississippi River into the sparsely populated southern regions of their territory. Fewer Iowans knew that Mormon refugee wagon trains had struggled westward across their territory in the dead of winter. And still fewer Iowans knew that the Mormons were forming a temporary "Grand Encampment" on the Iowa bluffs overlooking the Missouri River, gathering their strength for what many considered a suicidal do or die exodus across the "Great American Desert" of the Great Plains and the Continental Divide to create a retreat in the isolated high desert Great Basin of Mexican Alta California. But absolutely no Iowa Territorial representatives officiated at the recruitment of the Mormon Battalion on the former Pottawattamie Indian Reservation, only surrendered to the U. S. government two months before. And it was a federal - not territorial - army officer who delivered a personal invitation from President Polk.
The book does include an interesting quote from the Act in the official 1 June 1846 proclamation by Territorial Governor James Clarke:
'In lieu of clothing, every non-commissioned officer and private in any company who may thus offer himself shall be entitled when called into actual service to receive in money a sum equal to the cost of clothing of a non-commissioned officer or private (as the case may be) in the regular troops of the United States.'
♦ Sgt Daniel Tyler, A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1881, republished by Rio Grande Press, Inc., Glorieta, NM, 2nd edition 1969.
This book should be read with an understanding of its origin and purposes.
It was written when the LDS Church was under tremendous political pressure from the United States federal government. In response to these pressures, Tyler was directed by LDS leaders to prepare a book. Tyler wanted to show the Mormon perspective on their patriotism and their support of the government when it was needed.
In short, Tyler was attempting to rally favorable public support for the beleaguered Saints.
Due to its defensive perspective as well as some claims which are now known to be exaggerated or in error, Tyler's text should be read 'with a grain of salt'. It is still an important source of primary observations and relates stories not seen in other sources. As such, "Concise History" should be read by Battalion enthusiasts, but with its shortcomings kept in mind.
Tyler's text suffers from a defensive attitude, from promoting some exaggerations and claims which can be disproven, and is written without the modern standards of scholarship we expect in modern histories.
That said, this is one man's version of what happened and is not to be discounted. It contains many details not found in other records. That other men had different interpretations and recollections does not mean we should throw Tyler's baby out with the bath water, but it does require reading more than one perspective. We hope you will take time to read many of the Battalion narratives. Each is fascinating in its own way.
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Q: How to filter id and name of who does not have a specific value in a pandas column I have this dataframe:
id      name       update
1      andre       torch2
2      paulo       stock_opt
3      Manuela     length
1      andre       stock
3      Manuela     torch2

how can I query the id and name of who does not have torch2 on update column?
the output should be:
id      name       update
2      paulo       stock_opt

How can I do this?

A: Get all groups by id and name if torch2 not exist by compare with Series.ne and test by GroupBy.transform with GroupBy.all and filter by boolean indexing:
df1 = df[df['update'].ne('torch2').groupby([df['id'],df['name']]).transform('all')]
print (df1)
   id   name     update
1   2  paulo  stock_opt

Or create MultiIndex by DataFrame.set_index, test if equal torch2 and filter out indices in Index.isin:
s = df.set_index(['id','name'])['update']
df1 = df[~s.index.isin(s.index[s.eq('torch2')])]
print (df1)
   id   name     update
1   2  paulo  stock_opt

For opposite compare by equal and test if at least one match by GroupBy.any:
df2 = df[df['update'].eq('torch2').groupby([df['id'],df['name']]).transform('any')]
print (df2)
   id     name  update
0   1    andre  torch2
2   3  Manuela  length
3   1    andre   stock
4   3  Manuela  torch2

Or remove ~ for invert mask:
s = df.set_index(['id','name'])['update']
df2 = df[s.index.isin(s.index[s.eq('torch2')])]
print (df2)
   id     name  update
0   1    andre  torch2
2   3  Manuela  length
3   1    andre   stock
4   3  Manuela  torch2

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In the agency world, brand loyalty is expected. If the agency works on Pepsi, it is understood that with the exception of understanding the competitive product (i.e. Coke), consumption and purchase is forbidden, period. Walk into a BIC meeting with a Pilot pen in your hand, and it might not be a good idea to take notes today. When you work on a brand long enough, to know it, is usually to love it. You had a hand in creating what that brand stands for, so in many cases you don't just work on the brand, you become a fan for life.
It's an expectation that the entire agency team gets immersed in any brand they're working on, uses it and has their own experiences with it. First-hand experience makes for better insights and just better work.
But how does this principle change when your client is the NBA? Or NFL? A team, league or title sponsor? Now, not only does getting invested in the brand you're working on become about using a different product, it's about a lifestyle.
To understand what it's like to be a diehard Dale Earnhardt Jr. fan, or to be in an insanely competitive fantasy baseball league, a deeper, first-hand experience is a must. Unlike other categories, looking at research can only get you so far. When it comes to creating a campaign that is relevant and speaks to true fans, getting immersed in the fan culture is the only way to understand what makes them tick. The insights are more relevant and the resulting work creates more impact, not to mention, a true sports fan can spot a fake a mile away. Agencies need to know the real vernacular (especially the common slang) with the sport they're working on… not knowing it or misusing it is a dead giveaway. To resonate, you have to comfortably talk the talk. We've all seen content that is just "trying too hard"… it sort of looks like it has some potential, but it leaves us saying "what football fan reeeeaaally does or says that?" Fans are protective of their sport, so the work has to feel authentic to them.
The best part about working on sports is that your "work" might consist of hitting up the local Redskins Rally on game day, spending hours at the track to witness the competition and comradery of NASCAR Nation, or even volunteering to run the agency NFL Fantasy Football league.
When brands are leveraging the power of a league or team sponsorships to reach fans, borrow equity or drive relevance, this deeper understanding can also help agencies protect the brand. The last thing a brand wants, is to seem out of touch with what real fans are in to – then all the good that was going to come from the sponsorship is lost and the integration feels forced.
Nike's retirement campaign created for Kobe Bryant tapped into both the love and the hate that comes with being a true fan – giving some of Kobe's biggest haters the stage for one last chance to trash talk and at the same time to show respect. After all, competition is what's at the center of being a fan. When your team wins you feel like you've won. And we've all done a few crazy things in the name of sports. Hyundai even created an entire campaign around the extreme lengths fans have gone to #BecauseFootball. Take a minute to google NFL Fantasy Football "last place punishments" and there's no shortage of real-life examples to inspire the next crazy story.
Understanding what motivates, inspires and entertains true fans is even more critical when you're looking to drive participation or engagement from an activation. What are they really going to do? Is this something that fans really care about or want to talk about? It's one thing to entertain someone, it's something else to get them to take action and move them to participate. When you find what that is, everyone wins.
Lastly, aside from better results, immersing yourself in the fan experience makes for better client relationships. Marketers that work in the industry live and breathe their sport and expect their agency partners to do the same.
Embrace the fandom – from account to creative – and the wins (and clients) will follow.


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Weekend Roundup: July 1-4
  Starting this week, at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, historic frescoes from Pompeii will be exhibited in America for the first time.
by 405 Magazine Staff| July 1, 2021
Starting this week, at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, historic frescoes from Pompeii will be exhibited in America for the first time. The Painters of Pompeii: Roman Frescoes from the National Archaeological Museum, Naples will be presented exclusively at the OKC Museum of Art before returning to Europe, and the museum will host lectures by renowned scholars on Ancient Rome in the Noble Theater. The exhibit is free for museum members, while all others can purchase tickets on the museum website.
The Bricktown 4th of July Celebration begins at 7 p.m. this Sunday in Oklahoma City on Mickey Mantle Drive. The free celebration will have games, live music, food, and more, and culminates in Oklahoma City's only public firework display.
If you can't make it to Oklahoma City, Yukon's Freedom Fest is a free celebration from July 3 to July 4 that features food trucks, outdoor concerts, a car show, the Cherry Bomb Youth Triathlon, and two fireworks shows starting at 10 p.m. both days.
Another Fourth of July celebration is Moore's Celebration in the Heartland in Buck Thomas Park, which features food, vendors, inflatables, helicopter rides, a mechanical bull, and one of the largest fireworks shows in the state. Fireworks begin at dark, roughly around 9:45.
In Oklahoma City, from this Thursday to this Saturday, Michael Murphy's Dueling Pianos will present a three-way piano battle driven by requests from the audience. The doors open at 7:30 p.m., and the show starts at 8:30 p.m. The cover charge is $10 per person.
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ORIGINAL FRENCH ARTICLE: Le PCF dénonce la volonté du président Petro Porochenko d'éliminer les communistes ukrainiens
by French Communist Party
French Communist Party Condemns Petro Poroshenko's Wish to Eliminate Ukrainian Communists
Translated Wednesday 12 November 2014, by Gene Zbikowski
The French Communist Party gives its backing and its total solidarity to the Ukrainian communists.
The French Communist Party gives its backing and its total solidarity to the Ukrainian communists following the unworthy declarations of Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, who has clearly advocated the pure and simple elimination of the Communist Party of the Ukraine in the early legislative elections. The Communist Party of the Ukraine "does not have the right to appear in the Ukrainian political spectrum due to the crimes committed in the past and in our times," Petro Poroshenko stated. Another leading candidate of the Poroshenko Block, Vitali Klitschko, added that "for the first time in its history, anti-Ukrainian forces, including the Communist Party, having always been the Kremlin's fifth column" will not be represented in Parliament.
All of this is done in the name of the European values by which the oligarchs claim to be inspired.
Must it be pointed out that these values are particularly marked by the struggle against fascism and Nazism, whereas the odious activities of the neo-fascist forces are today tolerated and encouraged, that they have largely contributed to the governing Block's campaign, and that they have engaged in brutalities and intolerable crimes – yesterday as today – against the communists, the democrats, and the Ukrainian people.
The French communists cannot tolerate such declarations whereas the activists, the leaders and in particular the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukraine have been the victims of physical attacks, threatened with being outlawed and their party made incapable of conducting a campaign in normal democratic conditions.
The French communists therefore call on all the democratic forces in our country and in Europe to exercise the greatest vigilance, in particular so that an end will be put to this veritable witch-hunt worthy of by-gone times.
It is in this sense that they renew their entire solidarity with the Communist Party of the Ukraine and its general secretary Piotr Simonenko.


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Classic album: New Forms by Roni Size and Reprazent
By Future Music
Roni Size takes us though his classic debut album, track by track
New Forms: a sizeable moment in drum 'n' bass history.
Sometimes you just can't trust studio monitors. If you want to give your latest tune a proper rinsing, you need to do the car test. Roni Size swears by it. "You'd make your tune, put it on the car stereo and go for a drive," he says. "It would always sound better when you're driving down the road. Pop the window - if passers by are shaking their heads because there's too much bass, then you're on to something."
It's 1997 and Size has been working on tracks for his debut long player. The spanking new Fiesta RS Turbo, and its soundsystem, were bought with an advance from his new label, Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud.
He'd been snapped up (declining an offer to join the Mo' Wax camp) because he'd been making some major noise with his killer remix work and game-changing 12-inches on labels including his own Full Cycle, and Bryan G and Jumping Jack Frost's V Recordings.
The step up to this exciting and prolific Acid Jazz label now, crucially, opened Size's eyes to the possibility of making new music using real musicians. Every time he rolled through the label's HQ he would see bands rehearsing and cogs would whir as he wondered how to translate that into his drum 'n' bass sound.
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Back in his native Bristol he set about forming Reprazent - the collective of musical talent that formed around him, fleshing out this vision for a hybrid of instruments and samplers.
He pooled local talent, and talent he'd seen on the road. "I brought in my sidekick Krust and a young lad by the name of DJ Die, who was already a pretty established DJ in Bristol," says Size. "Then there was Suv, who was a friend of Krust's as they were part of a crew called Fresh 4."
Singer Onallee was recruited because she used to do jingles for him back in the pirate radio days, and Dynamite MC was top of the rapper list after Size shared a bill with him at a rave a few years earlier. "After I'd seen him it took me a year to track him down!"
Si John, who brings the distinct organic double bass licks that you hear on standout tracks like Brown Paper Bag, was spotted at Glastonbury."I saw him up there on trumpet, singing, playing the bass and hosting," says Size. "I knew right then that if I ever formed a band he would be my soldier."
With his army in place he took to the studio. The results would be sublime. New Forms seemed to garner universal acclaim and would present this new, vital sound of Drum 'n' Bass in a way that a mainstream audience could completely 'get' without losing any credibility in the underground circles he and his crew had cut their teeth in.
Tracks like Heroes took Soul into a new digital decade, while the aforementioned Brown Paper Bag was a hybrid of slick drum programming and futuristic Jazz that made it an instant classic with ravers and coffee table heads alike.
The album took the world by storm, racking up massive sales, scooping the Mercury Music Prize, and making Drum 'n' Bass the hottest sound of the moment.
It might have been Roni Size's music blasting out of his car as he cruised St Paul's, checking the levels, but in 1997 we were all along for the ride.
1. Railing
"Me and Dynamite MC put this together real quick. I think it was the first time we'd been in the studio together. We made it late one night, but forgot to save it. Then the power went out in my house, because the electricity was on a meter, and we lost the DAT with all the samples on. When we tried to master it off that DAT it was fucked and got tangled up in the machine. So what we did was to master it off the dubplate version we had. The label had no idea!
"It was the first track we recorded for the album, but ended up being the last track we put on it."
2. Brown Paper Bag
"This was the last track I made for the album. I thought I'd finished everything up and I was quite happy with it as it was. Then I did this remix for Nuyorican Soul [It's Alright, I Feel It!], and as soon as I finished that I knew that I was onto something new, and wanted more.
"I recorded a load of sounds with my bass player Si John, and a lot of acoustic guitars with a guy called Steve Graham. Now I had all these elements spread across my keyboard, and before I knew it I had Brown Paper Bag."
3. New Forms
"I wanted this to be the first track on the album, originally. Me and Suv came up with the beat and I sent it out to Guru from Gang Starr, R.I.P, as I was a big fan. He basically said,
'It's not for me, but I might have someone who'd be interested'. So he gave it to Bahamadia.
"When I got the vocals back they were pretty much out of time. She couldn't really get the rhythm and was all over the place. So I took every word and pieced it back together in the Roland S-760 sampler and looped bits at the endto make it longer."
4. Lets Get It On
"There are two guys that I've worked with since I was about 17 called Fat Man and Vinnie. They're responsible for producing the Spice Girls under the name Absolute. They showed me production techniques when I first started, and were the first people to ever bring me into a studio.
"They gave me loads of sounds back-in-the-day. I've had guitar parts, bass sounds. You name it. Some of the sounds on Lets Get It On came from the stuff they gave me. I just added the Amen and kept the breaks rolling.
"This track really represents me getting to know the S-760 as well. You could get long loops going for a change. It was like, wow!"
5. Digital
"This features vocals from Onallee. It was all new to me as I'd never done a vocal track before. I'd normally write something on my own, or do a remix.
"She just came in and starts talking all this stuff about 'video to digital', and, like New Forms, I loaded them all up into the sampler and made it make sense.
"For me, I was trying to make a vocal track. I wanted to put a change up in there too, so that's why you get that breakdown. This track was basically me learning how to make vocal tracks."
6. Matter of Fact
"This is a drum workout. This is me in the mode now - I can go left, I can go right. I had more freedom with the new Roland S-760 sampler. I can pan breaks. I'm rolling out on this track. It ain't for the dance floor, this one. This is when you put your headphones on - just check out what's going on with the drums.
"I was using Alesis ADAT machines. It could be mind numbing. Clive Deemer, our drummer, would come in and do drum sessions. DAT takes ages to rewind and ages to forward. I had two of them, and I had to get them to line up with the Atari. It was a drama!"
7. Mad Cat
"This came before Brown Paper Bag, but you can hear that style developing where I'm messing with the drums. I'd get Clive in, record him to ADAT and resample all of it into the S-760.
"I had banks of Clive drums at my fingertips now. Then I used basses from Si John, and that's Mad Cat. I was excited that I had these sounds to play with now, so would go on mad workouts to see what I could make. It came out really Funky and really Jazzy. But that's what we do - we do Funk, we do Jazz, but it still sounds like a Drum 'n' Bass record, right?
8. Heroes
"I'd just made a record called It's Jazzy, and that was going off. So I just took the same drums and thought it would be good to do something with them and a vocal, so Onallee came back in and she nailed it, man.
"I used a lot of guitar parts that I had from a guy called Tyrell on this track. Paul Martin from Talkin' Loud introduced us. It sounded like something from U2, which I thought was great. The guy wasn't happy with what he had done, but I loved it. I'd never heard guitars like that before! I'd always had to sample them from a record for 1.2 seconds."
9. Share the Fall (Full Vocal Version)
"This is the record that I'm most proud of. It came from me, Krust and Die just sitting down and talking about sounds. We knew what we were doing. We were comfortable working together. I'd talk about a break, then someone would suggest adding a dirty bass line as someone else imagined what it would be like chopping this or that up, adding vocals, and then having a dirty drop. You know what I mean?
"We talked about how the tune was going to come together, then I went away and did all the engineering on it. We sat there and described how the record was going to sound, then turned round and did it exactly like that."
10. Watching Windows
"Talking of breaks, this track was heavily influenced by watching the Hip-Hop movie Wild Style. I love that film. That, along with Babylon would be my two films to take to a desert island.
"Another Onallee vocal here. I think she brings a great vibe again. The whole track is different. It's not a Drum 'n' Bass track. I think we ended up making a Drum 'n' Bass version.
I had to take her vocal and time stretch it to slow it down to fit. You can hear it on that version of the record - It sounds all fucked up. It would be a lot easier to get thateffect now."
11. Beatbox
"Me and Suv must have been… on a creative one when we did this! We'd just make each other laugh. There was never a dull moment when Suv was around.
"We was in the studio and he was just like, 'F*** it! Let's just make our own breaks.' We just cracked up and really got into it. I did a snare, he might do a kick and we stuck it in the sampler. We spent the whole night smoking weed and making weird sounds - 'You do a siren!' We'd be sat there trying to do a 40Hz kick drum."
12. Morse Code
"We used to open the live shows with this one. It's got some actual Morse code at the start. I should decode it really. It goes forward and backwards though - that was the one thing about the S-760 that no other sampler did. That was our technique at the time to make sounds lasts longer.
"When the sample was coming to the end of its loop, you'd play it backwards and put a release on it and it would get longer. We didn't have to really buy a digital delay.
That was one of the tricks we had at the time that no one could get their heads around. It was beautiful for sweeping reversed delayed sounds in."
13. Destination
"This was a track that me and Die wrote as we were inspired by being around the Talkin' Loud label and them just giving me loads of records to listen to and absorb. It was like, 'Wow! Check out this record…What's this? Everything but the Girl? Listen to these horns at the beginning! Don't leave them clean on the record - I'm having that!'
"On this version of the album it ends with Destination, which just made perfect sense - you'd reached your destination.
"This album was made with a team. There's the core of producers, the musicians and vocalists, the label people. All the way down to the designer, Michael Williams, who I discovered sitting in the corner of the Universal office. Everything was a factor."
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Ever wonder why some countries were historically known for one thing but now are nothing like that any more?
Greece pioneered democracy and responsible government. Nowadays not so much. Sadly, I've personally spoken to more than one Greek citizen who wants to leave their beautiful country because they are so fed up with the incompetent and corrupt politicians.
Julius Cesar wrote that of all the tribes he conquered, the area that is now Belgium put up the fiercest resistance due to "being the most distant from civilization and therefor the most barbaric". (and you thought I remembered nothing from high school) Nowadays Belgium is home to the EU, NATO, you can't find a Flemish person in Brussels. Belgium is now an institutional center.
In the time of the Inca, Peru was known for its architecture, civil engineering and water works. Nowadays, you really really don't want to know. But I'll tell you anyway.
Disclaimer: wise man told me you can't come down to Peru and just expect to take the good without the bad and he's absolutely right. However, sometimes you just have to get it off your chest so to speak.
Long story short our neighbor decided to "fix" the gutters on their house. The drain from the gutter used to be on the North side of their house, draining into the sewer system. There is a small porch on that side, so instead of fixing the existing drain, the workers decided it would be easier to move the drain to the South side of the house, into a low-lying grassy area, with no runoff at all. The drain ended up literally 10cm (4″) from our house, which happens to be about 1.5 meters (5′) below the neighbors house.
It is now rain season in Cuzco and after a long night of rain we woke up to bulging hardwood floors. Tomorrow we'll be in the third day of repairs. The neighbors, the owner of our house, ourselves, all combined we have a good bit of time, money and grief over just one day of lousy workmanship. A nice, 40-year old floor scr***d up in less than 48 hours.
Unfortunately that type of thing is not unusual here.
I hate to fuss but picture yourself in this. Our daughter woke up Saturday with bad tonsilitis, I have a lot of year-end work to do that other people's bonuses depend on, mamacita linda is expecting to give birth to our next princesita any day now. Not the time we want to have to deal with dumbass-induced headache.
Next time you're in Cuzco and have a craving for junk food, you should skip Mc Donald's and head to Bembos across the Plaza de Armas. Food and all is the same but last time we were there we noticed Bembos had hired a young man with Down Syndrome to help with some cleaning and miscellaneous work. I know they're legally obligated and all but you don't see that very often. Maybe the young man won't be there any more, I know these things aren't easy but I appreciate that they extended the opportunity.
Maybe I'll name our next baby goose "Rosalita" in honor of this incident. Or go all Hollywood and name her "Purple Rain". What do you think?
Watch all the way to the end.
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Congratulations on the proximate arrival of your next princesita!!! That is wonderful!! So sorry about your lovely 40 year old floor. I well recall the gerry-rigged electrical connections and other creative repairs from 25 years ago!
Amazing what a little water can do to wood.


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Q: Conditional to show logo A or logo B based on parent state I have a menu in which I would like to show a large logo if the toggle is 'open' and a small logo if the toggle is 'closed.' Having trouble with the concept of 'watching' the parent state from the child 'logo' component.
import React, { Component } from 'react'
import Logo from './Logo'
import Nav from './Navbar'
import Meta from './Meta'
import HeaderStyle from './Header.css'

class Header extends Component {
  constructor() {
    super()
    this.state = {
      isToggleOn: false
    }

    // Bind function (updateState) to class (Header)
    this.updateState = this.updateState.bind(this)
  }

  updateState() {
    this.setState(prevState => ({
      isToggleOn: !prevState.isToggleOn
    }))
  }

  render() {
    return(

        <Logo />

        <Meta />
        <button onClick={this.updateState}>
          {this.state.isToggleOn ? 'CLOSE' : 'OPEN'}
        </button>

    )
  }
}

export default Header

import React, { Component } from 'react'
import LogoImg from '../../img/logo.png'
import LogoMinImg from '../../img/logo-min.png'

class Logo extends Component {
  render() {
    return(

    )
  }
}

export default Logo

A: You didn't pass that isToggleOn prop to the Logo component. If the parent re-renders, the child will re-render as well.
<Logo isToggleOn={this.state.isToggleOn} />
and then inside the Logo:


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