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Adolf Hitler - radio address to the German Folk
German Volksgenossen! National Socialists!
Twelve years ago, when, as the leader of the strongest party, I was entrusted by the deceased Reich President, [Field Marshal Paul] von Hindenburg, with the office of Chancellor, Germany found herself faced with the same situation internally as the one that today faces it externally. The forces of economic destruction and annihilation of the Versailles dictate led to a situation that had gradually become a permanent one-namely, the existence of almost 7,000,000 unemployed, 7,000,000 part-time workers, a destroyed farmers' class, a ruined industry and a commerce that had become correspondingly prostrate.
The German ports were nothing but ship cemeteries. The financial situation of the country threatened at any moment to lead to a collapse not only of the state but also of the provinces and of the communities. The decisive thing, however, was this: Behind this methodical destruction of Germany's economy, there stood the specter of Asiatic bolshevism. It was there then, just as much as it is there today.
In the years before our assumption of power the bourgeois world was incapable of opposing this development effectively on a small scale, just as it is incapable of doing so today on a large scale. Even after the collapse of 1918 this bourgeois world had failed to realize that an old world was vanishing and a new one being born and that there is no use in supporting and thus artificially maintaining what has been found to be decayed and rotten, but that something healthy must be substituted for it. A social structure that had become obsolete had cracked and every attempt to maintain it was bound to fail.
It was no different from today on a large scale, when the bourgeois states are doomed and when only clearly defined and ideologically consolidated national communities can survive the most difficult crisis Europe has seen in many centuries.
We were granted only six years of peace after Jan. 30, 1933. During these six years tremendous feats were achieved, and even greater ones were planned, so many and such huge ones that they caused envy among our democratic, impotent neighbors.
But this was decisive: That we succeeded during these six years, with superhuman exertions, to restore the German nation militarily-that is, to imbue it with the spirit of resistance and self-assertion rather than to equip it with a material war potential.
The horrid fate that is now taking shape in the east and that exterminates hundreds of thousands in the villages and market places, in the country and in the cities will be warded off in the end and mastered by us, with the utmost exertion and despite all setbacks and hard trials.
But if this is possible at all, it is only because a change has taken place in the German people since 1933. If Germany today were the Germany envisaged by the Versailles Treaty, Europe would long since have been swept away by the hurricane from Central Asia. It is hardly necessary to argue with those eternal blockheads who maintain that an unarmed Germany would, owing to its impotence, not have become the victim of this Jewish international world plot. Such reasoning would amount to a reversal of all laws of nature.
When was a helpless goose ever not eaten by the fox because she was constitutionally incapable of harboring aggressive designs? And when has a wolf ever reformed and become a pacifist because sheep do not wear armor? If there are still bourgeois states who earnestly believe this, that only proves how necessary it was to do away with an era that by its educational system managed to cultivate and maintain such notions, nay, even granted them political influence.
The fight against this Jewish Asiatic bolshevism had been raging long before National Socialism came into power. The only reason why it had not already overrun Europe during the years 1919-20 was that it was then itself too weak and too poorly armed.
Its attempt to eliminate Poland was not abandoned because of its compassion for the Poland of that time but only because of the lost battle before Warsaw. Its intention to annihilate Hungary was not discarded because they changed their minds, but because Bolshevist power could not be maintained militarily. Nor was the attempt to smash Germany given up because this achievement was not desired but because it proved impossible to overcome the natural resistance stamina of our people.
Thereupon Judaism began systematically to undermine our nation from within, and it found its best ally in those narrow-minded bourgeoisie who would not recognize that the era of a bourgeois world is ended and will never again return, that the epoch of unbridled economic liberalism has outlived itself and can only lead to its self-destruction and, above all, that the great tasks of our time can be mastered only under an authoritarian coordination of natural strength, based on the law of same rights for all and, thence, of same duties. On the other hand, the fulfillment of the same duties must necessarily entail an equality of rights.
Thus National Socialism, in the midst of gigantic economic, social and cultural reconstruction work, has also educationally given to the German people that armor without which no military values can be created.
The power of resistance of our nation has increased so tremendously since Jan. 30, 1933, that it cannot be compared any more with that of former times But the maintaining of this inner power of resistance is by the same token the safest guarantor of final victory. If Europe today finds itself stricken with a severe illness, the stricken countries will either overcome this illness by exerting their full and utmost power of resistance or they will succumb.
Yet the convalescent and survivor overcomes the climax of such an illness only in a crisis, a crisis that utterly weakens him, but in spite of all, it is all the more our immutable will not to shrink from anything in this battle for the salvation of our people from the most dreadful fate of all times and unflinchingly and faithfully to obey the law of the preservation of our nation.
God the Almighty has made our nation. By defending its existence we are defending His work. The fact that this defense is fraught with incalculable misery, suffering and hardships makes us even more attached to this nation But it also gives us that hard will needed to fulfill our duty even in the most critical struggle; that is, not only to fulfill our duty toward the decent, noble Germans, but also our duty toward those few infamous ones who turn their backs on their people.
In this fateful battle there is therefore for us but one command: He who fights honorably can thus save his own life and the lives of his loved ones. But he who, because of cowardice or lack of character, turns his back on the nation shall inexorably die an ignominious death.
That National Socialism succeeded in awakening and strengthening this spirit in our German people is a great achievement. Only when this mighty world drama will have died away and the bells of peace are ringing will realization come of what the German people owes to this spiritual renaissance: No less than its existence in this world.
Only a few months and weeks ago Allied statesmen openly outlined the German fate. Thereupon they were warned by some newspapers to be more intelligent and rather to promise something, even though nobody intended to keep this promise later.
As an inexorable National Socialist and a fighter for my people, I now wish to assure these statesmen once and for all that every attempt at influencing National Socialist Germany through slogans, lies and distortions presupposes a simple-mindedness unknown to the Germany of today. The fact that political activities and lies are inextricably linked in a democracy is of no consequence. Decisive is that every promise given by these statesmen to a people is today quite meaningless, because they are not in a position ever to fulfill any such promise. This is as if one sheep promised another sheep to protect it against a tiger.
I herewith repeat my prophecy: England will not only not be in a position to control bolshevism but her development will unavoidably evolve more and more toward the symptoms of this destructive disease.
The democracies are unable to rid themselves now of the forces they summoned from the steppes of Asia.
All the small European nations ,who capitulated, confident of Allied assurances, are facing complete annihilation. It is entirely uninteresting whether this fate will befall them a little earlier or later; what counts is its implacability. The Kremlin Jews are motivated only by tactical considerations; whether in one case they act with immediate brutality or, in another case, with some reticence, the result will always be the same.
Germany, however, shall never suffer this fate. The guarantor thereof is the victory achieved twelve years ago within our country. Whatever our enemies may plot, whatever sufferings they may inflict on our German cities, on German landscapes and, above all, on our people, all that cannot bear any comparison with the irreparable misery, the tragedy that would befall us if the plutocratic-Bolshevistic conspiracy were victorious.
Therefore, it is all the more necessary on this twelfth anniversary of the rise to power to strengthen the heart more than ever before and to steel ourselves in the holy determination to wield the sword, no-matter where and under what circumstances, until final victory crowns our efforts.
On this day I do not want to leave any doubt about something else. Against an entire hostile world I once chose my road, according to my inner call, and strode it, as an unknown and nameless man, to final success; often they reported I was dead and always they wished I were, but in the end I remained victor in spite of all. My life today is with an equal exclusiveness determined by the duties incumbent on me.
Combined, they are but one: To work for my people and to fight for it. Only He can relieve me of this duty Who called me to it. It was in the hand of Providence to snuff me out by the bomb that exploded only one and a half meters from me on July 20, and thus to terminate my life's work. That the Almighty protected me on that day I consider a renewed affirmation of the task entrusted to me.
In the years to come I shall continue on this road, uncompromisingly safeguarding my people's interests, oblivious to all misery and danger, and filled with the holy conviction that God the Almighty will not abandon him who, during all his life, had no desire but to save his people from a fate it had never deserved, neither by virtue of its number nor by way of its importance.
Therefore I now appeal to the entire German people and, above all, to my old fellow-fighters and to all the soldiers to gird themselves with a yet greater, harder spirit of resistance, until we can again-as we did before-put on the graves of the dead of this enormous struggle a wreath inscribed with the words: "And yet you were victorious."
Therefore I expect every German to do his duty to the last and that he be willing to take upon himself every sacrifice he will be asked to make; I expect every able-bodied German to fight with the complete disregard for his personal safety; I expect the sick and the weak or those otherwise unavailable for military duty to work with their last strength; I expect city dwellers to forge the weapons for this struggle and I expect the farmer to supply the bread for the soldiers and workers of this struggle by imposing restrictions upon himself; I expect all women and girls to continue supporting this struggle with utmost fanaticism.
In this appeal I particularly address myself to German youth. In vowing ourselves to one another, we are entitled to stand before the Almighty and ask Him for His grace and His blessing. No people can do more than that everybody who can fight, fights, and that everybody who can work, works, and that they all sacrifice in common, filled with but one thought: to safeguard freedom and national honor and thus the future of life.
However grave the crisis may be at the moment, it will, despite everything, finally be mastered by our unalterable will, by our readiness for sacrifice and by our abilities. We shall overcome this calamity, too, and this fight, too, will not be won by central Asia but by Europe; and at its head will be the nation that has represented Europe against the East for 1,500 years and shall represent it for all times: our Greater German Reich, the German nation.


Dax: The funny thing is that in a McDonald's restaurant nobody would ever place a special request.
Schoenberger: McDonald's is a very good example of a system that is stronger than everything else. McDonald's—or Burger King for that matter—is like a dictatorship: Nobody has any rights—neither the guests nor the people at the cashpoint. You want more ketchup? That's 20 cents extra. A seller at McDonald's probably gets fired if he or she doesn't ask every guest, and I mean every single one without any exception, if they could consider ordering the full menu instead of a plain burger. That's how they maximize the turnover.
Dax: You cannot order your burger rare or medium rare at McDonald's. This would already bust the system. A perfect system by the way, don't get me wrong. It would never occur to me to really have "dinner" at a fast food restaurant such as McDonald's, but I am certainly willing to give props whenever appropriate.
Schoenberger: Yesterday night, I was having dinner with my ex-officer Werner Geyer at the Paris Bar in Berlin Charlottenburg. We got served a steak that tasted like rotten meat and squishy French fries. It was just horrible.
Dax: That's interesting: Claude Lanzmann was equally disappointed having dinner at the Paris Bar the other day. I had to invite him to Grill Royal to get him back on the tracks.
Schoenberger: Funnily enough, going to the toilets I met Rolf Eden on his way out.
Dax: So you at least caught a glimpse of what the Paris Bar used to be.
Schoenberger: What I'm trying to say is: If you've got a working system, don't you ever dare changing it. That's why I want to pay my tribute, too, to McDonald's—because they would never change their laws, regardless of what you could criticize, ethically or otherwise.
Dax: I can see real beauty in perfectly functioning systems. It occurred to me the other day when I went to have a late night dinner at Adana Grillhaus in Manteuffelstraße after a Wolfgang Müller exhibition opening at Künstlerhaus Bethanien. This is probably the best Turkish restaurant in Berlin, if not in Germany—open 24/7. Many dubious low-life and backstreet people seem to gather there during the night shift. Some of the regular customers are musicians. Sometimes they start to play Turkish music there at 4am in the morning.
Schoenberger: What are they specialized in?
Dax: We went there once or twice together. They have an open wood charcoal grill—in a way it looks just like the Themroc as the grill is visible for all the guests. They offer lamb chops, shish and adana kebaps and many other grill dishes. Actually the adana kebap is their special dish, thus the name of the place. Kebap in Turkish means 'spit'. You must not mix it up with the fast food of the same name.
Schoenberger: I remember. You'd order an adana kebap there and drink ayran.
Dax: It's basic traditional Turkish food, but they've brought their dishes to perfection. Of course, they don't serve pork. But they do serve grilled gilthead if you happen to be a vegetarian. I could eat there every night. I don't know why, but strangely I don't even feel bothered by the TV set that is running there all the time. They are only showing süper lig football matches and traditional Turkish music programs anyways.
Schoenberger: The German equivalent to these kind of perfect gastronomic structures would probably be the concept of the Bavarian Biergarten.
Dax: Nothing compares to a lazy afternoon in a Munich Biergarten under the chestnut trees, boozing Bavarian lager and enjoying grilled sausages or Schweinshaxn.
Schoenberger: True that. But let's focus on the enormous quantities of beer and food being sold there on any lovely afternoon. On a good day the big beer gardens in Munich such as the Hirschgarten or Chinesischer Turm sell hundreds of hectoliters of draught lager and thousands of meat dishes— they have seating capacities of more than 7,000 each. The system has proven efficient over the centuries, so the system works out very smoothly. As a customer you usually have to queue to get your Maß of lager at one of the enormous dew points. In some of these traditional places you even have to flush out your Maß in deep barrels of ice-cold water on your own in order to get your refill.
Dax: There we go again: McDonald's didn't only copy the concept of the French brasserie, but also that of the beer garden. You have to queue at the counter to get your food and drinks.
Schoenberger: No gastronome would ever challenge this concept. It's like a mathematical formula, like Sudoku. Especially when it comes to sausages and Schweinshaxn. Point is, you can prepare endless amounts of these kinds of dishes if you know there is a demand. Brez'n and Weißwürste, baked Leberkäse and Obatzda served with fresh cottage loaf. You can literally prepare thousands of Bohemian dumplings that are kept warm in meat broth in enormous copper pots—if you have the logistics ready. If somebody wants a plate of these Knödel, you just fish out one or two of the broth with a skimmer and put them on a plate. Once everything is prepared you just bang the dishes out one after another. I have been fascinated all my life by logistics like this.
Dax: Obviously, you can't order à la carte in a Biergarten. The Bavarians probably invented the self-service restaurant.
Schoenberger: Exactly. I know a small beer garden in Berlin—the Berghain Biergarten—where they tried to serve sophisticated food. It was a nice try, but it went down the drain. You just can't put carré of lamb cooked à point on the menu when the goal is to serve as many hungry lost souls as possible. I was there and I immediately had to think of Don Quixote.
Dax: The system is the challenge. It's like a matrix you can put on any setup. The Themroc is a different setup compared to the Schönberger or the Chinesischer Turm. It's less a question of the selection of dishes you offer than knowing what is doable. The setup defines the terms and conditions. At the end of the day people want to have the best food the system allows. And to make this clear: They have a right to get the best food. Regardless if they are willing—or capable—to spend ten Euros or 100.
Schoenberger: Let me explain something: It is a huge misunderstanding to offer a large variety of differently cooked dishes just to please any possible consumer's wishes. Wrong. You need an army in the kitchen and the according logistics to offer various modes of cooking things correctly from the same stove. Of course you have to do your job well. But if you do so, it's enough to offer variations on the same method. The pizza is the best example for this: You can offer forty different pizzas—but it's still always a piece of dough that will be baked and delivered with a variety of toppings.


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Public Health Administration
Disease Control and Prevention
Health Protection and Response
Zika Information for the Public
Zika Guidance for Health Care Providers
Zika Home Care Kit
Tarrant County - Home >Public Health >Disease Control & Prevention >Zika Virus >Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is Zika virus disease (Zika)?
Zika is a disease caused by Zika virus that is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild, with symptoms lasting for several days to a week. People usually don't get sick enough to go to the hospital, and they very rarely die of Zika.
What are the symptoms of Zika?
About one in five people infected with Zika will get sick. For people who get sick, the illness is usually mild. For this reason, many people might not realize they have been infected.
The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain or conjunctivitis (red eyes). Symptoms typically begin two to seven days after being bitten by an infected mosquito.
How is Zika transmitted?
Zika is primarily transmitted through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, the same mosquitoes that spread Chikungunya and Dengue. These mosquitoes are aggressive daytime biters and they can also bite at night. Mosquitoes become infected when they bite a person already infected with the virus. Infected mosquitoes can then spread the virus to other people through bites. It can also be transmitted from a pregnant mother to her baby during pregnancy or around the time of birth. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is studying how some mothers can pass the virus to their babies.
Who is at risk of being infected?
Anyone who lives in or travels to an area where Zika virus is found and has not already been infected with Zika virus can get it from mosquito bites.
What countries have Zika?
Specific areas where Zika virus transmission is ongoing are often difficult to determine and are likely to change over time. If traveling, please visit the CDC Travelers' Health site for the most updated travel information.
What can people do to prevent becoming infected with Zika?
There is no vaccine to prevent Zika. The best way to prevent diseases spread by mosquitoes is to protect yourself and your family from mosquito bites. Here's how:
Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants.
Stay in places with air conditioning or that use window and door screens to keep mosquitoes outside.
Use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered insect repellents. All EPA-registered insect repellents are evaluated for safety and effectiveness.
Always follow the product label instructions.
Reapply insect repellent as directed.
Do not spray repellent on the skin under clothing.
If you are also using sunscreen, apply sunscreen before applying insect repellent.
If you have a baby or child:
Do not use insect repellent on babies younger than two months of age.
Dress your child in clothing that covers arms and legs, or cover crib, stroller and baby carrier with mosquito netting.
Do not apply insect repellent onto a child's hands, eyes, mouth or on cut or irritated skin.
Adults: Spray insect repellent onto your hands and then apply to a child's face.
Treat clothing and gear with permethrin or buy permethrin-treated items.
Treated clothing remains protective after multiple washings. See product information to learn how long the protection will last.
If treating items yourself, follow the product instructions carefully.
Do NOT use permethrin products directly on skin. They are intended to treat clothing.
Sleep under a mosquito bed net if you are overseas or outside and are not able to protect yourself from mosquito bites.
What is the treatment for Zika?
There is no vaccine or specific medicine to treat Zika virus infections.
Treat the symptoms:
Get plenty of rest.
Drink fluids to prevent dehydration.
Take medicine such as acetaminophen to reduce fever and pain.
Do not take aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
If you are taking medicine for another medical condition, talk to your healthcare provider before taking additional medication.
How is Zika diagnosed?
See your healthcare provider if you develop symptoms (fever, rash, joint pain, red eyes). If you have recently traveled, tell your healthcare provider.
Your healthcare provider may order blood tests to look for Zika or other similar viral diseases like Dengue or Chikungunya.
What should I do if I have Zika?
Protect others: During the first week of infection, Zika virus can be found in the blood and passed from an infected person to another person through mosquito bites. An infected mosquito can then spread the virus to other people. To help prevent others from getting sick, avoid mosquito bites during the first week of illness. Zika patients are also advised to use condoms to prevent spreading the disease through sex. See your healthcare provider if you are pregnant and develop a fever, rash, joint pain or red eyes within two weeks after traveling to a place where Zika has been reported. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider where you traveled.
Is there a vaccine to prevent or medicine to treat Zika?
No. There is no vaccine to prevent infection or medicine to treat Zika.
Do condoms help prevent Zika and possible pregnancy complications?
Men with a pregnant sex partner who reside in or have traveled to an area of active Zika virus transmission and their pregnant sex partners should consistently and correctly use condoms during sex or abstain from sexual activity for the duration of the pregnancy. The science is not clear on how long the risk should be avoided. Research is underway to answer this question as soon as possible.
Are you immune for life once infected?
CDC says that once a person has been infected, he or she is likely to be protected from future infections.
Does Zika virus infection in pregnant women cause birth defects?
There have been reports of a serious birth defect of the brain called microcephaly (a condition in which a baby's head is smaller than expected when compared to babies of the same sex and age) and other poor pregnancy outcomes in babies of mothers who were infected with Zika virus while pregnant. Knowledge of the link between Zika and these outcomes is evolving.
Does Zika virus infection cause Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)?
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare disorder where a person's own immune system damages the nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and sometimes, paralysis. These symptoms can last a few weeks or several months. While most people fully recover from GBS, some people have permanent damage and in rare cases, people have died.
Is this a new virus?
No. Outbreaks of Zika previously have been reported in tropical Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Zika virus likely will continue to spread to new areas. In May 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert regarding the first confirmed Zika virus infection in Brazil. Since that time, local transmission has been reported in many other countries and territories.
How many travel-associated cases have been diagnosed in the United States?
CDC continues to work with states to monitor the United States for mosquito-borne diseases, including Zika. They are actively updating their case numbers. As an arboviral disease, Zika is nationally notifiable. Healthcare providers are encouraged to report suspected cases to their state or local health departments to facilitate diagnosis and mitigate the risk of local transmission. Limited local transmission may occur in the mainland United States but it's unlikely that we will see widespread transmission of Zika in the mainland U.S.
Should we be concerned about Zika in the United States?
The U.S. mainland does have Aedes species mosquitoes that can become infected with and spread Zika virus. U.S. travelers who visit a country where Zika is found could become infected if bitten by a mosquito.
With the recent outbreaks, the number of Zika virus disease cases among travelers visiting or returning to the United States will likely increase. These imported cases may result in local spread of the virus in some areas of the United States. CDC has been monitoring these epidemics and is prepared to address cases imported into the United States and cases transmitted locally.
What is CDC doing about Zika?
CDC is working with international and state public health partners, as well as Tarrant County Public Health, to
Alert healthcare providers and the public about Zika.
Post travel notices and other travel-related guidance.
Provide state health laboratories with diagnostic tests.
Detect and report cases, which will help prevent further spread.

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Making the List: NYU Steinhardt Faculty Members Are Among the Most Influential Policy Academics in the U.S.
Steinhardt faculty members are among the most influential education policy academics in the country according to the 2019 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Ratings published by Frederick M. Hess, American Enterprise Institute director of education policy.
The rankings list 200 scholars whose ideas move from academic journals into the public discourse; university-based scholars who are doing the most to influence educational policy and practice. Faculty are evaluated according to the number of books published and Amazon ranking; number of mentions in the press, blogs and the Congressional Record; Twitter Klout score; and Google Scholar score, which calculates citations of the scholar's work.
Steinhardt faculty members on the 2019 Edu-Scholar Public Influence list are:
Steinhardt faculty clockwise from top: Dean Dominic J. Brewer, David E. Kirkland, Stella M. Flores, Joshua Aronson, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Okhee Lee, and Diane Ravitch.
Diane Ravitch(#10), Okhee Lee(#105), Joshua Aronson(#85) Hirokazu Yoshikawa(#104), Dominic J. Brewer(#154), David E. Kirkland(#181), and Stella M. Flores (#189).
"One small way to encourage academics to step into the fray and revisit academic norms is, I think, by doing more to recognize and value those scholars who engage in public discourse," Hess said. "Given that there are well over 20,000 university-based faculty tackling educational questions in the U.S., making the Edu-Scholar list is an accomplishment."
This post appears in the following categories: appsych, edleadership, Faculty, highered, Inside NYU Steinhardt
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Food shopping, to us, is always a plus and minus activity.
The minus part: It's gotta get done, usually during the time (i.e., on weekends) everyone goes supermarketing.
On the plus side, meandering down grocery aisles satisfies our need for visual stimulation. There are always new products to pick up, packaging that grabs our eyes, and new claims to read and ponder.
That's where we invariably get lost. Because with the amazing amount of products in store, it's hard to choose, for instance, among 350-something types of toothpastes. [And that number has been reduced by nearly 20 percent from the previous year, according to market research firm Spire LLC.] We sigh and then pick the same-old same-old.
Too many choices also afflict many of us who work in communications and design. In our heads, there's the tug between the new media and the tried and true, the weighing of short versus long content, the options provided by brand palettes, differences in tone and voice, use of metrics, just to mention a few.
When actual content is factored in, the number of "I don't knows" expands exponentially.
How many retirement savings or health care plans will need to be understood – before employees pick their benefits? Do senior managers truly care about three or four new identity alternatives? Will decision makers be swayed or confused by all the options that might help realize more revenues, save costs, attract new customers?
Today, many marketers are beginning to recognize the wisdom of the fewer, the better. Whether it's foodstuffs or news channels, car models or restaurants, the consumer (and his/her wallet) decides. Enough, after all, can be too much.
As for us? We just might vote for Hobson's choice.


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Q: If $G$ is a finite group and $H$ is a normal subgroup of $G$ of order $2$, then what can be the order of center of $G$? If $G$ is a finite group and $H$ is a normal subgroup of $G$ of order $2$, then what can be the order of center of $G$ ?
a.  $0$
b.  $1
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c.  an even integer $≥ 2$
d. an odd integer $≥3$
Since $H$ is a normal subgroup of $G$, normalizer of $H$, $N(H) = G$
and center of $G$, $Z(G)$ is a subgroup of $N(H)$.
These facts do not lead to any result. How to solve this?

A: Let $H=\{e,h\}$. Since  $H $ is normal and only has two elements, we have $$ghg^{-1}=h\iff gh=hg,\; \forall g\in G.$$ Hence  $h \in Z(G).$ Also note that the order of  $h $ is $2$. Hence  $Z(G) $ contains even number of elements(by Lagrange's) including  $e $ and  $h $.

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Morrow Plumbing & Heating is a small business located in Boissevain, MB. They wanted a professional – clean logo that represented both aspects of their business, plumbing and heating. This is done through the simple water drop and flame icons as well as the blue and orange colour scheme.


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package nl.nn.adapterframework.testtool;

import nl.nn.adapterframework.util.XmlUtils;

public class Util {

	public static String throwableToXml(Throwable throwable) {
		String xml = "<throwable>";
		xml = xml + "<class>" + throwable.getClass().getName() + "</class>";
		xml = xml + "<message>" + XmlUtils.encodeChars(XmlUtils.replaceNonValidXmlCharacters((throwable.getMessage()))) + "</message>";
		Throwable cause = throwable.getCause();
		if (cause != null) {
			xml = xml + "<cause>" + throwableToXml(cause) + "</cause>";
		}
		xml = xml + "</throwable>";
		return xml;
	}

}

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Q: Failure in Connecting to my Virtual Machine using SSH port forwarding || localhost://8000 I am trying to connect to the Virtual Machine that I have in the university to open Jupyter Notebook and I am trying to use the localhost port 8000 to be forwarded to the VM Server but, each time I got "this site can't be reached" error and that I need to check the internet connection and firewall.
I tried a couple of things to solve the problem but nothing worked:
1- Disabling the firewall.
2- Clearing the browser history (both Chrome & Safari).
3- Resetting the settings to the default in the browser (both Chrome & Safari).
4- Changing the IP address.
Any idea how can I get this problem solved?
Thanks


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The man told police he couldn't sleep the night before and decided to go to Walgreens when it opened. He said that four to five months earlier he was there while using "street drugs."
" According to (the man), the drugs gave him the ability to become invisible," the report states. "(The man) used his powers of invisibility to pass through the counter and take a carton of Kool brand menthol cigarettes undetected."
The man said he wanted to pay for the smokes, which were valued at about $60, but had just $8 on his debit card.
Police couldn't get video surveillance of the theft at the time and the man had none of the Kools left, so the crime couldn't be proven.
A store manager said she'd try to find archival surveillance footage of the theft.
Still, if the man who pilfered the Kools was invisible during the theft, it could be difficult to spot him on the surveillance video.
The man was issued a trespass warning and was escorted off the property.
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OK, so what is it really like to stay at the Abalonia Inn? Ya know, it really depends what you are looking to do. But for us it is about creating an experience for you to add to your memories.
Some guests just want to hang out in the toasty salt water pool.
Some guest just want to sit with a glass of wine by the fire pit.
Some guests just don't know how to relax (like me J ) , so they surf, bike, pick apples, leaf peep, or drive around in fancy cars!
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Repeat guests will have to clean the pool. 🙂 Family is not immune from having to clean rooms!
Special thanks to our repeat guests!
The Abalonia has recently been completed renovated with every effort given to keeping the historical charm. We raised the ceilings in the rooms to expose the original posts and beams. We found two hidden staircases, documents hidden in the walls from the 1800's, and old oil paintings of the Ogunquit Shipyard. We were like kids in a candy store!
Back in the early 1800's, the Abalonia and the surrounding 12 acres were owned by the one of the founding families of Ogunquit – the Maxwells. Barak Maxwell was the richest, most influential man in Ogunquit. Before the American Civil War he was heavily invested in shipbuilding and the rum/molasses trade with Cuba. Captain Maxwell held several world records for the shortest time for ocean crossings.


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Grand Larceny è un film muto del 1922 diretto da Wallace Worsley.

Trama
Benché sia sposata, Kathleen Vaughn ama flirtare con Clive. Quando il marito si accorge che la cosa sta diventando seria, lascia la moglie che, ormai libera, si risposa con il suo nuovo innamorato. Kathleen, che è uno spirito libero, si rende conto di essere considerata come un semplice oggetto del contendere. Non accettando la situazione, prende nelle sue mani il proprio destino.

Produzione
Il film fu prodotto dalla Goldwyn Pictures Corporation.

Distribuzione
Distribuito dalla Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, il film uscì nelle sale cinematografiche statunitensi il 26 February 1922.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

  Grand Larceny su Silent Hollywood

Film drammatici

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Homewood, IL, Chicago, IL– Dr. Lisa Grant, DDS, of Lisa Grant Orthodontics in Homewood, IL, was honored at Smiles Change Lives' (SCL) 6th Annual Gini Awards, on September 23, 2016 in Kansas City, MO. The Gini Awards honors those who have gone above and beyond to inspire hope, raise self-esteem and help change the lives of thousands of children across the U.S. and Canada by providing kids with braces whose families cannot afford the full cost of orthodontic treatment.
The Gini Awards are named in honor of SCL founder, Mrs. Virginia "Gini" Brown, whose vision and dedication has created a legacy of care for underserved children in need of orthodontic treatment throughout the nation. This annual event honors the many orthodontic providers, referring dentists, volunteers, sponsors, and board members who have gone above and beyond to support the mission of SCL. SCL works with over 800 orthodontic providers nationwide to provide braces to children throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Dr. Grant embodies the spirit of this award. Since beginning her participation with SCL, she has eliminated a 24 month waiting list for children in need of orthodontic treatment on the south side of Chicago and Northwest Indiana. Dr. Grant's continuing education events and her community outreach for SCL is unwavering and makes her one of Smiles Change Lives' premier orthodontists. As a result of Dr. Grant's tireless efforts on SCL's behalf, hundreds of children in her community will be able to receive braces they otherwise could not have afforded.
Dr. Grant's desire to pursue a career in the health field developed at an early age, stemming from her own experience as a teenager with braces. She has been setting the highest standards of excellence in orthodontics since starting her practice in 1993. Dr. Grant feels privileged to be able to provide her orthodontic services, creating new smiles with braces that elevate self-esteem and confidence, while boosting overall happiness in life!
Outside of the office, Dr. Grant enjoys balancing life with yoga, working out, traveling, and cherishes time spent with her husband, Dr. Cary Goldberg, and their two beautiful daughters, Kendall, a future filmmaker extraordinaire, and Jolie, a talented dancer!
Smiles Change Lives provides access to life-changing orthodontic treatment for children from families that cannot afford the full cost of braces. Headquartered in Kansas City, the program has treated more than 10,000 children since 1997. With its origin as the Virginia Brown Community Orthodontic Partnership, Smiles Change Lives has emerged as the nation's leader in providing access to orthodontic care for qualified and motivated youth. For more information, visit http://www.smileschangelives.org.


Sunderland have seen their odds on winning the FA Cup 2012 slashed following their weekend victory against Arsenal, but Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool remain the bookmakers favourites.
At the Stadium of Light, a Kieron Richardson goal five minutes before the break and an own-goal from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain after 78 minutes saw Arsenal tumble to a second Cup defeat in the space of a few days.
In Sunday's evening kick-off, Liverpool swept aside the challenge of Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion with an emphatic 6-1 victory at Anfield.
Martin Skrtel opened the scoring after just five minutes but Brighton were back on level terms after 17 minutes when Kazenga LuaLua equalised. An own goal from Liam Bridcutt a minute before half-time gave Liverpool the advantage and Andy Carroll put the Reds 3-1 ahead after 57 minutes.
A second own-goal from Bridcutt and a third by Brighton, this time from Lewis Dunk put the match beyond doubt but Luis Suarez added gloss to the scoreline with a sixth five minutes from the end.
Earlier that afternoon, resilient Stevenage held Tottenham Hotspur to a goalless draw but the Premier League side will be hot favourites to progress to the quarter finals with the replay at White Hart Lane.
Louis Saha saw a goal ruled out for offside in the second half after his effort struck Scott Parker on the goal line.
Spurs were not the only Premier League side held to a draw – Birmingham City drew 1-1 at Chelsea on Saturday afternoon.
David Murphy struck from close range after 20 minutes to give the Championship club a shock lead but Daniel Sturridge eased some of the pressure from under-fire manager Andres Villas-Boas with an equaliser just after the hour mark.
One top-flight club that did not survive the fifth round was Norwich City, who were beaten 2-1 at Carrow Road by improving Leicester City.
Sean St. Ledger gave the Championship side the lead after five minutes but Wes Hoolahan equalised for the Canaries on 23. Former England-cap David Nugent struck the winner after 71 minutes, meaning the Foxes are the only non-Premier League club guaranteed a place in the quarter finals.
Elsewhere, Stoke City ended Crawley Town's FA Cup run. Despite home advantage, Crawley succumbed to a Jon Walters penalty late in the first half and a goal from Peter Crouch seven minutes after the break.
The Potters overcame a controversial sending off for Rory Delap and the defeat meant Crawley went out of the competition at the fifth round stage in successive seasons.
Everton eased past Blackpool with a 2-0 victory at Goodison Park. The tie was wrapped-up early on after two goals in the first six minutes. Rosyton Drenthe broke the deadlock after just 49 seconds before Denis Stracqualursi added a second barely five minutes later.
Bolton Wanderers also eased past Championship opposition with a 2-0 win at Millwall. On-loan Arsenal starlet Ryo Miyachi scored after four minutes and former Liverpool striker David Ngog added a second just before the hour.
Liverpool have home advantage when they take on Stoke City for the fourth time this season. Tony Pulis' team earned a draw at Anfield when they met in a Premier League fixture in January.
If Chelsea see off Birmingham City at St. Andrews, they will face another Championship club in Leicester City. However, if Chris Hughton's side win, it will mean a Championship team is guaranteed a place in the semi finals.
Tottenham Hotspur should win their replay against Stevenage in front of their own fans but whoever wins the tie has home advantage against Premier League strugglers Bolton Wanderers.
The last quarter-final is guaranteed to be an all-Premier League affair when Everton host in-form Sunderland.
Manchester City are the bookmakers favourites to win this season's Europa League after a first leg victory in their round of 32 tie at FC Porto.
Roberto Mancini's side fell behind to a Silvestre Varela goal after 27 minutes but fought back in the second half through a Alvaro Pereira own goal after 55 minutes and a Sergio Aguero winner six minutes before the end.
Manchester United also won away from home, strolling to a comfortable 2-0 first leg victory at Ajax.
Ashley Young broke the deadlock after 59 minutes while Javier Hernandez made sure of the victory five minutes from time.
If you fancy an all-Manchester final, you can get odds of 10.0 with Paddy Power on it happening.
The other remaining Premier League side in the competition, Stoke City, face a tall order to qualify for the last 16 as they slipped to a 1-0 home defeat against Valencia.
A 30 yard effort from Mehmet Topal nine minutes before the break brought Stoke's unbeaten home record in Europe to an end and gives the La Liga club a precious away goal in the second leg.
Elsewhere, Atletico Madrid took a commanding first leg lead at Lazio, winning 3-1 in Italy. Veteran German international Miroslav Klose gave Lazio the lead but an equaliser from Adrian Lopez and a brace from Radamel Falcao put the La Liga club in the driving seat.
Polish side Legia Warsaw took the lead twice against Sporting Lisbon but were pegged back to a 2-2 draw. Jakub Wawrzyniak gave Legia the lead eight minutes before the break but Daniel Carrico equalised on the hour. Janusz Gol looked to have won it for the Warsaw-based club with 10 minutes left but Andre Santos equalised for the second time late on.
Schalke 04 were big favourites to win at Plzen but were held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg. Vladimir Darida gave the Czech side a shock lead after 22 minutes but Klas Jan Huntelaar equalised with 15 minutes left to spare the Bundesliga club's blushes.
Besiktas pulled off a surprising win at Braga who were not helped by the sending off of Helder Barbosa after 29 minutes. Tomas Sivok gave the Turkish side the lead shortly before half time and Simao Sabrosa added a second on 58 minutes.
AC Milan have been slashed in the Champions League betting following last night's 4-0 crushing of Arsenal at the San Siro.
The Serie A club were available at 28.0 before kick-off, but two goals from Robinho, a wonder-strike from Kevin-Prince Boateng and a Zlatan Ibrahimovic saw the bookmakers cut their odds down to 13.0.
The Gunners were shellshocked in Italy and are now out to 401.0 outsiders to win Europe's premier competition. They will need to win by five clear goals to proceed to the quarter finals or by a 4-0 scoreline to take the tie into extra time and penalties.
Earlier that evening, Zenit St Petersburg beat Benfica 3-2 in Russia. Benfica took the lead through Maxi Pereira but were pegged back with a goals from Roman Shirokov and Sergei Semak. Oscar Cardozo equalised for the Portuguese side with three minutes left but Shirokov grabbed a dramatic second two minutes later.
Zenit were cut by several firms but are still outsiders at 126.0. With two away goals, Benfica will fancy their chances in the return leg but drifted out to 41.0.
Barcelona remain the favourites to win the tournament, as they have done all season, after a comfortable 3-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday night.
Two goals from Alexis Sanchez either side of an effort from Michal Kadlec put Barcelona in control and a late third from Lionel Messi looked to put the La Liga side into the last eight with the return leg at the Camp Nou.
Barcelona are a best-priced 2.4 to become become the first club to retain the trophy since the switch to the Champions League format in 1992.
Lyon take a slender lead to Cyprus after beating APOEL 1-0 at the Stade de Gerland. A goal from Alexandre Lacazette after 58 minutes was enough to win the first leg for the Ligue One club.
Elsewhere in the betting, Real Madrid remain second favourites to win the Champions League while Bayer Munich are third favourites with the bookmakers.
Both play their last-16 first-leg matches next week, as do Chelsea, Inter Milan and Napoli.


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Christopher Nosnibor's Guide to Being a Music Reviewer – Part Four
January 9, 2015 January 9, 2015 christophernosnibor
Knowledge is power, or so it's said. In the music industry, there's a sort of consensus that it's now what you know but who you know, and while knowing the right people for bagging the best gigs and high profile interviews can help, gaining the respect of readers is more about what you know. People who read reviews – and a lot of music fans dismiss reviews as pointless, and consider reviewers to be pond-life – expect reviewers to be knowledgeable about music. It's not such an unreasonable expectation.
After all, you'd expect anyone in any other profession to be suitably qualified and / or experienced. Granted, music reviewing isn't on a par with being a medic or lab technician, but if someone's job – paid or otherwise – is to impart critical judgement, you want to believe they have a background that means they understand context. While there are plenty of bozos down the pub spouting shit about football who haven't got the first clue, anyone who writes a sports column or appears on TV or radio as a pundit has to have more than a pretty face or good speaking voice.
Of course, what 'qualifies' someone to be a music critic is pretty vague, but ultimately it's about the hours put in listening to music and learning about bands and styles – including the ones you have no interest in, including the ones you hate. I make no bones that I'm no fan of The Beatles, but have a rudimentary knowledge of their career path, and know what they sound like and so on.
If anything, I think my own personal knowledge is more extensive than most. I'm a cultural sponge, and still keep half an ear to the chart shit that flops out of the R1 playlist and another on the half-arsed emo cack Kerrang! pass off as rock so much of the time. Because I'm curious. Because I consider it my duty to stay informed. I can't criticise something I've never heard. Which means I've tortured myself with Katy Perry and Miley fucking Cyrus in the name of music journalism.
But people have unreasonable expectations. They expect you, as a music writer, to have heard every album, ever. And to remember every song, by title. And in sequence, on every album. They'll whinge that their favourite album of the year isn't on your list. It might be great, but you haven't heard it. The fact you've listened to and reviewed over 500 albums in the last 12 months counts for nothing if you haven't heard and raved about X, Y or Z, which 6 Music and the NME loved. Meanwhile, people in the office who love generic mass-market indie bands and who think The Cribs are off the beaten track and worship Paul Weller, and scenesters who go out to be seen at all the local shows while they talk through every act will be amazed you haven't heard of their favourite new local band who have only played three shows but are amazing and are already getting quite a buzz around them. That, or the fact Tom Robinson played them and I haven't a clue who they are… They were on the front of the NME! Kerrang! Featured them last week! They played the local pub last month…. The fact I don't know who they are, and certainly don't know their every song makes me the most pointless asinine excuse for a music journalist on the planet. I don't deserve all these CD and downloads or free gig passes. I should just give up and get back to watching Never Mind the Buzzcocks right now.
Some generic indie kids, yesterday. Your opinion as a music reviewer isn't worth shit if you've not heard – and raved about – their friend's self-released cassette, limited to six copies.
20 Albums of 2014
December 12, 2014 christophernosnibor
Getting to listen to and review and insane number of new releases is something of a double-edged sword. Time was when I'd have to go out and buy music if I wanted to hear it and I'd play it to death, and then play it some more. Now I'm exposed to more music than I can even begin to assimilate. Thankfully, I get the majority of albums I want to hear sent to me in the name of work, and better still, I discover incredible bands I would have never otherwise encountered. It does mean that I forget a lot of what I've heard, even when it's really good.
So, what this list represents more than anything is the albums that stuck. That I played on throughout the year, and that I'll be playing into 2015 and probably beyond. It could have been much longer, because despite what you've probably read each year for the last decade about the decline of music, there's still an awful lot of fantastic and extremely exciting, moving music being released. You just need to know where to look, and won't hear it in the charts or on mainstream radio.
Having penned some 450 reviews this year, I've kept the list down to 20 releases because any more would be daft. They're not in rank order, but a vaguely chronological order of release, and yes, it's entirely subjective. It's my list . I make no apologies for it, for any bias towards Leeds bands or guitar-based music, and I'm not going to bicker over inclusions / exclusions because it's my list. And here it is.
Brace/Choir – Turning On Your Double
Arrows of Love – Everything's Fucked
Swans – To Be Kind
OFF! – Wasted Years
Post War Glamour Girls – Pink Fur
Her Name is Calla – Navigator
Xiu Xiu – Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Space Siren – If You Scream…
Astronauts – Hollow Ponds
VANIISH – Memory Work
Lawrence English – The Wilderness of Mirrors
DZ Deathrays – Black Rat
Esben & the Witch – A New Nature
Black Moth – Condemned to Hope
Earth – Primitive & Deadly
Amplifier – Mystoria
Godflesh – A World Lit Only by Fire
The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants to be Here, Nobody Wants to Leave
Interpol – El Pintor
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused
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Christopher Nosnibor's Guide to Working as a Music Reviewer – Part Three
November 12, 2014 christophernosnibor
No two ways about it, the 9-5 is a pain in the proverbial. No doubt if you're an aspiring reviewer you're resentful of the humdrum desk job, bar job, whatever, and who would blame you. Unfortunately, it's the humdrum desk job, bar job, whatever that pays the bills.
I resent the humdrum desk job as much if not more than anyone, although it was while working my day-job that a not insignificant realisation hit. I'd landed the task of leading a group of colleagues through a session on letter-writing. These are people, adults, who write detailed letters to customers daily. It's their job. I was shocked, and indeed appalled, to realise just how far back to basics I had to take things.
I found myself having to explain not only the possessive apostrophe, and the difference between affect and effect, but also the definition of a noun and a verb, singular and plural.
I expect the bulk of my readers will laugh or feel a wave of despondency. However, anyone who aspires to be the next Nick Kent and who's stumbled upon this blog in the hope of finding advice or otherwise gleaning some tips for making it – whatever that may be – as a music reviewer, I will proffer the following: learn to write.
If their / they're / there is beyond you, give up, immediately. Enjoy the music, but please don't inflict your illiterate drivel on others.
Similarly, if you're reading this and have no idea who Nick Kent is, you don't have a hope. Writing about music requires a knowledge of music, and ideally, a knowledge of music journalism. This is true in almost any field of critique. Yes, it's all about opinion, but your opinion only has weight if you can qualify if with some kind of evidence. No-one's going to respect your opinion if you don't know shit.
Christopher Nosnibor's Guide to Working as a Music Reviewer – Part Two
We live in a visually-orientated culture. Pictures are more immediate than words. And yet I still don't get the idea of reviewing a gig in pictures alone. The images convey so little of the experience, and besides, after a while, people with guitars or standing behind synths all start to very much resemble one another.
Similarly, I don't get the whole deal with people posting photos of their food on social media sites, but did recently suggest that my refusal to subscribe to this trend was proving an obstacle to my achieving mainstream popularity.
So I figured I should document my day – yesterday – in images. Of food. It seems vaguely apposite, as I was assigned to review Black Bananas at the Brudenell in Leeds last night.
I got up a bit before 7am having squeezed in about 6 hours sleep, dressed, guzzled down a mug of tea and was out the door around 7:40. I breakfasted at my desk while wading through emails.
I managed to nip out to grab a bite for lunch, again consumed at my desk.
After work, I legged it home, dropped my bag and changed my boots before heading straight back out for a train to Leeds. I had my evening meal in Foley's on The Headrow before trekking out to the Brudenell.
I needn't have rushed as the first act wasn't on till around 8:30, but the beer was cheap and good and I always carry a paperback in my jacket pocket in case I find myself killing time.
The show was ultimately enjoyable, but I was aware of the train times and, being knackered, decided to slip out during the last song for the 11:16 train. This meant I had to run all the way from The Brudenell near Burley Park to the train station. Consequently, I was even more knackered but I arrived back in York in good time and arrived home around midnight.
Today, having woken up with heartburn and a head full of things I needed to do at work around 5am, I managed a full half hour lunch break, during which I managed to find a quiet pub and knock out the first 409 words of my review. I can't very well call myself a writing machine if I don't get on and write now, can I?
Christopher Nosnibor's Guide to Working as a Music Reviewer – Part One
November 9, 2014 christophernosnibor
For those who think that working as a music reviewer is way cool and involves hanging with bands backstage and basking in free stuff and record company promo largesse, the average online music reviewer leads a very different existence. I'm not saying I'm representative of all or even most music reviewers, but as someone who's been doing this thing for nigh on 20 years off and on, and has consistently turned in over 300 reviews a year since 2009, I do feel I'm at least qualified to report on my own experiences. Will this blog help aspiring reviewers? Probably not. Is it some kind of therapy session? I have no idea. It's a blog. It is what it is.
When I started writing in earnest for Whisperin' and Hollerin' in November of 2008, I was thrilled to receive a Jiffy containing five or six CDs by artists I'd never heard of, and would never hear of again. I was actually off work with 'flu when they landed, so I say, huddled in a blanket, streaming snot as I shivered and shook my way through a bunch of fairly bland albums, which I dutifully listened to a handful of times and did my best to give them a fair and honest but critically balanced and objective appraisal. It wasn't easy, at least for all of them.
I started to receive offers of gigs to review in York and Leeds, too, my nominated / designated territory. Keen to get myself on the register, I took the first few that came up regardless. I wanted to prove myself, to get my name out, to show I was eager and willing, and able to critique anything. And so I did. I saw some ok bands, the majority of which I've since forgotten. I saw a fair few shit bands, too, but you gotta take the rough with the smooth, I figured.
Being a serious gig veteran (I started watching pub gigs and so on when I was 14 and saw my first big gig proper – The Mission at Sheffield City Hall – when I was 15) I wasn't the sort to be swept away on the tide of excitement the inexperienced feel when presented with live music. I didn't think 'it's live, therefore it's amazing' and was more than capable or retaining my critical faculties – and memory – even after a few pints.
It's fair to say things rapidly snowballed.
Cut forward from 2008 to 2014 and I'd like to say the hard works paid off. In some respects it has, in that I now receive more free music than I can physically listen to, and manage to score many of the releases I'd have previously paid for for free. Similarly I can pick and choose the live shows I cover, and get to go and see bands I'd have historically paid for – or even missed because I couldn't afford a tickets, although I still take punts, and I still review acts I'm either unfamiliar with or largely ambivalent to because I think covering them will help raise my profile.
I still don't get paid for any of this and I still work the 9-5. Trying to do up a house and be a half-decent parent to a 3 year old with a full-time job is enough for most people. They're pussies, or otherwise lacking ambition.
Tomorrow, I'll be hauling myself from York to Leeds and out to the Brudenell Social Club after work to cover Black Bananas. I thought their most recent album was middling, a 6/10 but figure they might be entertaining as a live act. I'll be going on my own, despite being offered a +1. Because I'm popular like that. I won't hang out with the band. I'll get back in around 2am and will be up less than five hours later for work. Because. Cool huh?
John Robb: music journalist, band front man and cool. The bastard.
True Journalistic Integrity: Keeping it Real
October 16, 2014 christophernosnibor
Occasional Guardian writer and former Melody Maker journo Everett True says it best on his website profile, which reads as follows:
"My name is Everett True. I am a music critic. This is what I do. I criticise music. The clue is in my job description – music critic. I do not consider myself a journalist, as I do not research or report hard news. I do not consider myself a commentator as I believe that everyone should be a participant. I criticise people and in return I am not surprised if other people criticise me. It is part of the whole deal of being in the public arena. I am Everett True. Believe in me and I have power like a God. Quit believing in me and I no longer exist."
Everett True: the man who 'discovered' Nirvana knows how to be critical
It was reading Melody Maker from around 1987 and onwards through the early 90s that made me want to be a music writer (not a journalist per se, but someone who writes about music)I always preferred MM to the NME because the writing always struck me as being far superior, more intelligent – and when it wasn't overtly intelligent, its parodic columns and humour amused me no end. I owe a great deal to the paper's contributors for introducing me to or piquing my interest in so many bands – and also for making me realise just how many ways there were to dismantle a release with an all-guns-blazing slating review.
The first time I tried out as a music reviewer, I submitted a sample piece to the Lincolnshire Echo who were looking for a contributor. A live review of a local band that very weekend, it was pretty brutal. I got a call from the music editor within days. He loved it. I got the 'job' (I say 'job' because it was unpaid). It was unlike your regular local paper review: it wasn't pedestrian or polite, and instead took is cues from the national music press, and I'd gone all out to show could write and be critical and creative at the same time. I'd never expected it to land in the public domain, but the editor loved it so much he ran it that very week. For the first time in the paper's history, a music review received letters of complaint, as well as compliment. Some found my brand of music criticism refreshing. Others thought it was simply horrible and nasty. I was torn between a sense of guilt and gleeful delight. It was awkward and uncomfortable, but I soon came to terms with the fact that what I had written was the review I had wanted to write. There was little point in writing if not to be read, and I'd have to deal with any consequences of that. Besides, it would be shameful hypocrisy to think a critic should be above criticism themselves.
It wasn't the first time something I had penned had stirred things up. During first year of GCSE studies, I had come up with the idea of writing a gossip column based on my schooling peers: a friend with a computer had helped facilitate the publication, which was distributed by hand to select individuals. The second or third issue of The Parish News was produced during the summer holidays, so I decided to post them to people. Unfortunately, one recipient shared an initial with her mother, who on opening and reading the little zine, took umbrage to references to her daughter's 'tight jumpers' and called the police, who came round to my house to give me a ticking off and insisted I cease publication.
I didn't, of course. I was simply more careful about my distribution methods from thereon in. it seemed ironic, though, that of all of the things that could have caused offense, what got me into trouble was someone reacting disproportionately to something extremely minor.
And so it's been throughout my career (such as it is) as a writer, and in particular as a music critic. On one occasion, a 'find and replace' typo error on an artist's name prompted the artist to declare me a 'moron' on Twitter and resulted in a deluge of comments from fans decrying my piece 'the worst review ever written'. I doubt they'd have been quite as bothered if I hadn't been giving a 5-star review that described the songs as 'contrived' and 'twee'.
Another less than complimentary review of another act provoked a single reader's one-word comment: 'cunt', while parodic pieces penned on the death of Michael Jackson and the evolution of Linkin Park's sound elicited a tidal wave of declarations of how dumb I was, with the former article bombarded by irate commenters telling me that Michael wasn't really dead.
But more often than not, as was the case with the 'contrived' review, it's the criticisms of the lesser acts that cause the greatest antagonism. Maybe it's because in some cases, niche / cult acts have the more ardent fans. In other instances, I can't help but wonder if it's the friends and parents of those little bands who can't believe anyone would have a bad word to say about them.
And so it was when I received an email from a harassed editor, who'd had to fend off some heavy threats from a certain label / management company in light of a less than complimentary review I'd penned of one of their bands' releases.
I'd said the production was lousy and the songs generic. I'd said they'd be huge, at least for a while. But what sealed it was that I'd referred to them as 'fuckers' and 'dismal twats'. The complainants wanted the review pulled. My editor, thankfully, refused. But what they seemed to object even more than the grim two stars were my chosen descriptors, and they threatened to take the matter further. Needless to say, said review was hurriedly cut and all the rest and a crisis was averted.
I have no difficulty is understanding why they were unhappy with the review, of course. But was a crappy review by a reviewer who very few people pay attention to on a small indie website really likely to damage the band's sales or reputations? It wasn't as though I'd written anything genuinely damaging. Their many fans, if any of them bothered to read my review, would likely dismiss me as a grouchy crank.
The heavy-handed threats and forced retraction, then, were tantamount to censorship. And this is where things get difficult. Matters of 'free speech' and 'free press' are hot topics in the wake of the phone hacking scandal and in light of the recent rise in right-wing extremism and rising tensions amidst religious militants around the globe. I understand that with freedom of speech comes responsibility, and I would never incite hatred or violence, even in jest. To do so would be dangerous and irresponsible. But to slam a band… that's another matter entirely. By putting their music out there, they're automatically opening themselves to critical analysis. Let's also be clear here: they – the band's 'people' who are acting on behalf of the band and therefore represent them and their interests – saw that their music came my way, which is essentially asking for my opinion. And I gave it. This wasn't some unprovoked attack and it wasn't exactly 'personal' in the true sense. It was just a rather fiery review in which they opinion I gave was negative, i.e. not the one they wanted to hear. While I doubt – or at least like to believe – they wouldn't have been too affronted by negative comments on a forum posted by the member of the public, as a music critic it's surely my prerogative to criticise, at least provided I justify my criticism, which I did, with reference to the material and production, amongst other things. So why the furious reaction? It wasn't as if I'd fallaciously accused them of being Nazi sympathisers or paedophiles. I would challenge them to prove in court that they're not 'dismal twats'.
I therefore feel we're on dangerous ground, not with the 'free speech' debate (here, at least, although those who use it as a means of justifying sending threats of death and rape on social networking sites are over the dangerous ground and into the domain of the prosecutable) but in terms of media manipulation through fear. Little zines and zero-budget websites can't afford lawyers. But if the threat of litigation means it's possible to ensure only positive reviews are published, what of free speech and journalistic integrity then? Moreover, have we really come to this? Where will it end? I expect if I stick with it long enough, I'll find out… Meanwhile, whatever happened to simply sending a turd in the mail?
Emo Kid
March 4, 2014 March 4, 2014 christophernosnibor
Walking home from work, I passed a chubby teenage girl. As she approached, I could see she was a typical emo kid: dyed hair, piercings in ears, nose, lip, heavy eye makeup, knock-need gait. In fact, the makeup was streaking long black lines down her face, dissolving in floods of tears. She was speaking – blubbering, barely coherent – into her mobile. What tragedy had befallen her? As she came within earshot, I heard her utter the words, "but the only band I wanted to see was.." The rest was lost in a stream of slot, saliva and devastation.
And that, I thought, right there, is the epitome of teen angst, the distillation of the very essence of emo. Whatever happens, your problems will never be greater than this.
Insert image here. It was impossible to find a pic to nick of an emo girl that wasn't a pouting selfie in underwear.
Get Over Brit! Or, Why I Quit Blogging
February 23, 2014 christophernosnibor
Time was when I would leap to the keyboard every time something in the news or in the mass media irritated me, and vent to the world through one blog outlet or another. Nowadays, not so much. In fact, my blog's been pretty low on new content recently, and I've been concerned that this, in turn, is likely to impact on my overall profile, inasmuch as kicking out content is key to the art of self-promotion, which is vital when it comes to things like selling books (because yes, I write books. Music reviewing is, believe it or not, just a sideline).
So what's changed? Has everything in the world turned a lovely rosey hue, whereby all is good and everything's fine and I'm content with my lot? Far from it. In fact, the opposite is true, and that's precisely why my blogging has tailed off. There simply isn't the time to blog about everything that gets my goat, that grinds my gears. Moreover, while I love to rant, and it seems people enjoy reading rants more than the occasional positive piece I've posted (who wants a good news story? Put simply, many people are only happy when they're unhappy), I simply found it was wearing me down.
The majority of my most ire-fuelled articles have focused on the vapidness of mainstream celebrity culture, corporate crap and advertising – which often go hand in hand when it comes to where the movements of money are concerned: they're all integral parts of the capitalist equation in the 21st Century. It was while watching a few minutes of the BBC News Channel that crystallised precisely why I stopped blogging. The newscaster briefly mentioned the Brit Awards and reeled off a handful of winners announced at that point, with the promise that there would be more on the Brits later.
The Brits: Corporate-sponsored self-congratulatory bollocks
The Brit Awards aren't news and I couldn't have cared less about who'd won one. I found myself wondering just how many people outside the mainstream music industry give a shit about the Brits. Reading a headline in The Metro over someone's shoulder a few days later about the TV viewing figures for the awards, it would appear the answer is very few. Or, more to the point, people are more interested in exchanging opinion about such events on-line than in the actual events themselves.
Who? More to the point, who gives a fuck? Critics' Choice nominees, apparently. No, I didn't get to nominate or vote.
I should perhaps also mention at this juncture that I used to skim The Metro on the way to work: not having the time to immerse myself in in-depth news reportage but wanting to keep abreast of current affairs, it seemed like a reasonable thing to do. But having concluded that the majority of the 'news' in the paper was out of date, sensationalist, or otherwise fluff and outright drivel, I prefer to read a novel while in transit these days. It's not that I've lost interest in current affairs: I'm simply of the opinion that most mainstream news media aren't covering much of what's important, and there has to be more happening than political bickering, the continued rumblings of the phone hacking 'scandal', allegations about DJs and soap stars with wandering hands and floods. Equally, flippant, punny headlines and tabloid trash about 'celebrity' nonentities say nothing to me about my life and convey nothing of real importance.
Pundemoneum, sensationalism and advertising. Keeping the masses indignant, ill-informed and buying stuff they don't need with money they haven't got.
This isn't to say that the novels I read, the novels I write, the music I review are more important: in the grand scheme of things, I realise all too well that nothing I do amounts to anything. And this is precisely why blogging seems like a waste of time and energy. My real work is the novels, the reviews, the spoken word performances, and reading the fiction of others is enriching and makes for vital research. Meanwhile, keeping my mouth shut and my virtual pen lowered when it comes to everything else means I can maintain focus, because it's all just pissing in the wind. That doesn't mean I've given up and surrendered to the world, or that my dissenting voice has been silenced: it just means there are other ways of rebelling.
A Night Off
It probably seems rather perverse to think that someone who spends every evening of the week either listening to CDs or live bands and reviewing them should choose to go and watch live music on a 'night off.' ot that there's anything wrong with a busman's holiday. Besides, because music writing isn't my day job but something I do primarily for the love of it (ok, and because I get music sent to me for free, and to go to gigs without having to pay, which is rather like being paid, and almost as good given that I'd spend my pay on the music and gigs I review), it's not really so strange, and it's nice to go out and do something I enjoy sometimes without having to make notes, remember it all and pass cogent critical judgement the next day. Then again, I often end up reviewing gigs I've attended on a 'night off', either for posterity, out of habit, or the belief the band deserve a spot of coverage.
At the front end of December, I took the night off to see Superchunk and Girls Against Boys play a double header at Leeds Brudenell. While I've never really been bothered about Superchunk, Girls Against Boys have been one of those bands I've immersed myself in and frequently returned to through the years since I first picked up Cruise Yourself on a recommendation in 1994. The first and only time I'd previously caught them live was in 2002, at King Tuts in Glasgow, touring their last album You Can't Fight W hat You Can't See. The only think I really remember about their performance was that it was ace. But how would they look over a decade on?
They certainly didn't disappoint. Kicking off with 'Tucked In' the dual bass assault and rolling drums were dense and beefy, and Scott McCloud's drawling vocal is as cool as ever. A large portion of the set is culled from their 1993 debut long-player Venus Luxure No 1 Baby, a thumping scuzz-out of a beast that lurches and groans through a succession of seedy underbellies. 'Learned It' and 'Rockets Are Red' were particularly strong, although 'In Like Flynn' was supremely kick-ass too. The middle of the set is given to three tracks from the new 'Ghost List' EP, while 'Cash Machine' and 'thekindamzkyoulike' neatly represent House of Girls vs Boys and pack punch and sleaze in spades. And of course, 'Kill the Sexplayer'. Yes. Just fucking yes.
Superchunk were fun enough, their melodic grunge-pop clearly adored by a large number of ardent fans. Even if they weren't a shade nerdy for my tastes, my lack of familiarity with the material coupled with the fact they were on after one of my fave bands would have always put them in second place on the night.
Girls Against Boys at the Brudenell, Leeds: Yes
In contrast, the end of December, and my last live outing of the year, was at Fibbers in York, with half a dozen local acts performing to raise funds for charity – the victims of the Philippines typhoon, to be precise. Not that the standard of music on display had even a whiff of 'local' about it: the first two acoustic acts, Nathan Luke and Zak Ford were very different yet equally compelling (even if I wasn't so keen on Ford's tendency to flutter off into falsetto birdsong) before Dan Lucas, aka GT Turbo led an expanded Boss Caine collective on stage for a dose of beautifully crafted Americana. They were joined at the end of their set by a handful of other York 'faces', including former Seahorse Chris Helme and members of his backing band for a moving rendition of Neil Young's 'Helpless'.
This segued into Helme's own 'full band' set. His last album, The Rookery may have been rather so-so, by turns pedestrian and indulgent, but live there's a lot more spark. The last two acts on the bill are bands I've seen a fair few times before, and I'll freely state that it's because I'm a fan of their music. …And the Hangnails are but two in number but make some serious noise. Martyn Fillingam's big, crunching guitar is complimented by superlative and insanely energetic drumming. Power trios are so last year, and these guys piss all over the bulk of power duos around too. It helps, of course, that they've got some cracking tunes.
Another band with some crack is We Could Be Astronauts, who I've raved about at every opportunity from their first performance back in 2010. The set kicks off at full throttle with a high-octane cover of Nirvana's 'Breed', and they don't let up for some time. These guys play hard and it's no wonder front man Rob Hughes has to guzzle beer by the gallon if only to keep hydrated. They road test a couple of new songs in between selected highlights from their eponymous debut and wrap the night up with 'War Pigs'. Rock on.
That all the artists loaded up the merch stall and agreed to put any money taken from sales into the collection alongside the cash raised from ticket sales, plus whatever went into the buckets made it an even greater gesture that showed this was anything but about self-promotion – and that in itself justified my decision to write about it.
Chris Helme & joins Boss Caine
…And the Hangnails: awesome, and then some
This meant that the two nights off I had in what proved to be a particularly hectic month on the live music review front ended up being more than worthy of sharing.
I often find myself faced with people bemoaning the decline in the quality of music around nowadays, and sure, if you only go by what's offered by the mainstream, the choice is abysmal. But take the trouble to delve deeper, and there are limitless treasures to be found. 2013 was a great year for music, both new acts and returning older ones. I have no reason to believe 2014 will be any less spectacular.
Getting in Early: X-Factor Christmas Number One Shocker Blog
December 17, 2013 December 17, 2013 christophernosnibor
I've posted various edits of the same blog since Christmas 2008 now. This year, I thought I'd post it early and get it out of the way, and rather than edit it, simply post the template version. Time will tell if I'm deserving of the 'Nostradamus Nosnibor' tag or if I'll end up looking like a tit. Frankly, I'd be happy to look like a tit if it meant something interesting was at number one, but then does anyone besides the morons who watch and vote for X-Factor contestants give a crap about the top 40 any more?
I suppose it was inevitable really. Despite the efforts of [INSERT SOMEONE WHO THINKS THEY'RE CLEVER HERE] to outmanoeuvre the hype machine with some tongue-in-cheek alternative hype, there weren't really any other contenders for the supposedly coveted UK Christmas Number 1 slot. And so, for the third / fourth / fifth / sixth / etc (delete as appropriate) year in succession, the winner of X factor, the ITV 'talent' content that runs for what seems like about 50 weeks of the year, has had the best selling single at Christmas.
Congratulations to [INSERT NAME OF X-FACTOR WINNER HERE]. No, really: I don't have any real issues with him/her, other than that s/he was compelled to audition for such a credibility-free contest, and [INSERT NAME OF SOME SMUG GOBSHITE CELERITY] was backing him/her from the off (well s/he has to do something to keep themselves hip with the kids, right?). But I do have serious issues with the process.
I'm not saying that the whole audition / rehearsal / live performance / public voting / etc. process isn't hard work or nerve-wracking for contestants, but really, when it comes down to it, what we're watching is a glorified and overhyped karaoke competition. And the public fucking love it. They get to vote for their favourite, and the lucky winner, who's already done all of the necessary marketing and promotion for the last few months on prime-time television, gets to put out a record that half the nation are going to buy because they voted for it. Yes, the public gets what the public wants. And once again, the public wants mediocre slop. I can cope with that: it was ever thus. But what's the alternative?
Aye, there's the rub: there is no alternative, at least not that's readily available or easily accessible. And this is where I return to a point I've made on various occasions throughout the year on this (and other people's) blogs: the marketplace is becoming less competitive, not more. Consumer choice is practically a myth. While the large corporations (in all industries, not just music) are so fixated on finding the Next Big Thing – and fast – the idea of the next medium-sized thing and the slow-burning long-term investment thing ceases to be of interest. They want success and they want it NOW! The shareholders want to see a return – NOW – and in order to achieve these things, there's no scope for taking a gamble. If an executive makes one wrong decision, they're out of a job (although probably given a substantial golden handshake for their royal fuck-up because that's how it works these days. There are rewards for failure if you're high enough up the corporate ladder. But I digress…)
Readers may recall my bemoaning the closure of York's last independent record store a while back, and may also remember, more recently, my griping about the fact that neither of the remaining two stores, HMV and Zavvi (formerly Virgin) were stocking singles any more, on any format. Well, I dropped into HMV earlier this week to find that HMV were actually stocking singles again. That is to say, a single, and they had literally hundreds of it on special display stands around the store. Yup, [INSERT NAME OF X-FACTOR WINNER]'s single, [INSERT CORNY TITLE HERE]. At £3.99 a copy. Four fucking quid! So what if I wanted to buy a different single? Tough shit. If I wanted a single, it was '[INSERT CORNY TITLE HERE] or nowt. Suffice it to say I left with nowt.
My local Sainsbury's is tiny and poorly stocked, but it's within reasonable walking distance (quite important for someone who doesn't drive). It doesn't really stock many CDs – a few greatest hits and various artists compilations and perhaps the top ten chart albums. Again, this doesn't exactly represent a great choice. But no matter. My local Sainsbury's doesn't stock singles. But wait, what's this? I strolled in yesterday evening for a few groceries and was stunned to see, by the entrance, a huge display stand of black cardboard with a huge red X on top. The plague? Yes and no: row upon row of , [INSERT NAME OF X-FACTOR WINNER] singles. At £3.99 apiece. Four fucking quid! Etc, etc.
Like CCTV springing up on every street corner, within a matter of days there's been a viral explosion of these CD displays. It's remarkable how quickly they've managed to record it, get the artwork done, the CD pressed and distributed. Anyone would think the record company had known all along. Makes one wonder just how much of the million-pound recording contract that is the X Factor prize goes into subliminal messaging during the series… especially amid the outcry from fans of [INSERT CONTENDER HERE] who said they couldn't get through (although I can't say that bothers me too much, because [INSERT CONTENDER HERE] is a cock anyway and we all know these things are rigged).
So what's my point? It's hard to say any more. I've never been lethargic in seeking out the things I like, however underground, esoteric or unobtainable via the more obvious commercial channels. But I'm growing increasingly frustrated by the evermore obvious squeeze being placed on choice. Most people won't go to the lengths I'm willing to, and the casual buyer simply won't purchase something they can't find. Put simply, artistic merit and even the idea of quality is being shunned in favour of a quick buck. I'm convinced it's not sustainable, but right now I can't see where it will end.
The X Factor: the grim face of contemporary culture, i.e. a load of fucking bollocks for people who don't like music and think karaoke is fun
And if you're loving my work, a version of 'X Factor Number One Shocker' features in The Changing Face of Consumerism, available for Kindle now and out in paperback in January.


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The Idea of Nature and Art Education in Modern Arges. Part12. Modernism in Art, Child and Education(2).
Rikako Akagi
Magazine for Art Education
Akagi, R. (1993). The Idea of Nature and Art Education in Modern Arges. Part12. Modernism in Art, Child and Education(2). Magazine for Art Education, 43(6), 54-61.
The Idea of Nature and Art Education in Modern Arges. Part12. Modernism in Art, Child and Education(2). / Akagi, Rikako.
In: Magazine for Art Education, Vol. 43, No. 6, 1993, p. 54-61.
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