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1. SPF! I feel like this one goes without saying, but I can't reiterate enough how important sun protection is for skin maintenance! I'll admit I have yet to find a facial sunscreen that I swear by that doesn't feel greasy or oily when applied to my face—especially with my upper lip sweat issues, but so far, no solution there. If you have one, HALP please! In the meantime, will be withstanding the extra sweat because sun protection is just too important.
2. Those cute sun hats were made for more than just the 'gram! If you're going to be out in the sun constantly (beach vacay or even just site seeing outside) I highly recommend bringing a hat! There's so many cute ones that can go with a variety of outfits! It'll keep you cool and your skin will thank you—especially if you tend to sweat a lot (like me)!
3. Less is more: I notice when I wear heavy makeup (foundation & powder) in hot climates, my skin breaks out from the sweat, oil, & dirt. Plus, wiping off one eyebrow is never a good look. I tend to skip all the heavy stuff and simply go with cute sunnies and a bold lip for the daytime!
4. Don't skip your skincare routine! Especially after long days outside, this one is a MUST with all the dirt & pollution if you want to avoid skin flare-ups (obvi—who wants them)?! I stuck with the aavrani ritual even on the days I was exhausted & had a heat rash in unmentionable places. BUT, despite being in the hot sun, I visibly noticed my face was pretty happy from feeding it all the good stuff it was hella thirsty for.
5. In flight maintenance! Guys, this is a REAL thing & KEY to stepping off the jet bridge feeling fab—especially on cross country or international flights. The cabin air is stale & super dry! I straight up pulled out my skincare bag midway through my 8 hour flight and slathered the aavrani hydra-whip on my face, neck, & hands. This stuff is so amazing that I went from feeling dry & ashy to flirting with the cute flight attendant (c'est la vie, right)? As for guy sitting next to me: nothing to see here, back to your in flight movie please.
wow, this post is so true!! in china, we like to cover ourselves A LOT whether we use umbrellas, hats, or EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS of sun screen. so i completely feel this post! i love how your focus is not just on the sun protection part, but also on the SKINCARE part. if anything, your skincare routine and its maintenance are as important, or even more important, than simply protecting skin from the sun! great post with a holistic approach to skincare. love it!
yesss maintaining skincare routines while traveling is key to staying flawless and glowing!!! my friends always make fun of me for having such a strict skincare routine (i.e. aavrani!!! the ritual), but it makes A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR SKIN! applause to this post!


Our bodies produce sebum, an oily secretion to protect our skin from dying out and to make the skin waterproof. Researchers have found that people who tend to have more active sebaceous glands (hence more sebum), seem to have larger pores. This is especially so when you do not put in effort to clean your skin and clear your pores. When sebum and dead skin cells accumulate in your skin, your skin swells and the pores will look larger than they actually are.
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June 30, 2014 (PO32). Olga Leonidowna Polushenko was born on October 8th, 1942 in the Voronesh region and passed away after a severe illness on March 4th, 2014. She graduated from the famous Moscow State Technical University (named after N.E. Bauman, Russian acronym MGTU), in 1965 and earned her Ph.D. degree (Russian "candidate of sciences") in 1973 for a study on hot pressing of ferrites, also from MGTU. While her early research was in powder metallurgy of electronic and magnetic materials, she became deeply involved in R&D of superconducting materials since the advent of high-Tcsuperconducting (HTS) cuprates in 1986. Olga remained at MGTU and became there a "docent" (equivalent to Associate Professor) combining teaching and research activities.
Over the past 28 years, her interest concentrated on bulk HTS technology, suitable for fabrication of high-strength cryogenic magnets. The excellent properties of her bulk materials enabled the construction of first Russian HTS superconducting motors with excellent characteristics. Recently, she made a major contribution to the development of superconducting bearings for the kinetic energy storage (under a "Rosatom" program).
Olga authored over 40 scientific publications and had 6 Russian patents to her credit. Her friends remember her not only as a scientist and "a patriot of Russian superconductivity", but also as a remarkable and wonderful person. Many remember her also as an excellent culinary chef, especially remembered by her unforgettable tort cakes. She'll remain in the hearts of her many collaborators and friends. Olga didn't leave behind any family.
(Written by SNF based in part on an obituary in Russian published by N. Nizhel'skiy for friends of Olga Poluschenko in the online Superconductors in Electric Power Industry published by the Moscow Kurchatov Institute, a Russian National Research Center, http://www.nrcki.ru/ andhttp://perst.isssph.kiae.ru/supercond/news.php?id=1109).


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Longannet coal mine was a deep mine complex in Fife, Scotland.
Longannet was the remnant of three mines, established in the 1960s. Built on the north side of the Firth of Forth, east of Kincardine, it connected with the Bogside, Castlehill and Solsgirth Collieries, forming a single, five miles long, tunnel. They provided fuel for the nearby, 2,400MW Longannet Power Station.
The Bogside Colliery closed in the 1980s, and by the early 1990s, the Castlehill and Solsgirth coal reserves were exhausted. Production continued from the Castlebridge area. On privatisation of the coal industry, the complex passed into the ownership of Mining Scotland and later Scottish Coal (Deep Mine) Ltd. In the late 1990s, new "roadway" tunnels were driven to access a coal seam beneath the Forth, downstream of the Kincardine Bridge. When production from Castlebridge ceased, in 2000, the northern side of the complex was sealed off and flooded. Dams were constructed, isolating the old workings from the active Kincardine working.
In March 2002, millions of gallons of water flooded into the underground workings. The 15 people below ground at the time were in another part of the mine and all were evacuated safely. Shortly after the flooding, Scottish Coal (Deep Mine) Limited, went into receivership. It became clear that no new operator would take over the mine, and all the pumps were switched off, allowing further flooding. Without access, the true cause of the flooding could not be conclusively determined by the investigation. It was concluded that one of the dams, or the surrounding strata, had probably failed, but the exact reason was not known. The design margins for the dams appeared to be adequate.
Longannet was the last deep mine of any significance in Scotland and its closure effectively ended underground coal mining in Scotland. As of 2008, opencast coal mining continued in Scotland, with 51.4% of Great Britain's opencast coal mines (18 out of 35 mines) and 60.1% of the saleable production by weight (5.68m tonnes out of 9.45m tonnes).
^ a b c d e "The Circumstances Surrounding the Flooding of the Longannet Complex Mine, Fife, Scotland" (PDF). Health and Safety Executive - Inspectorate of Mines. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
^ "Coal: opencast coal mining statistics 2008". British Geological Survey — MineralsUK. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
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John Lennon's Weirdest Guitar: The Sardonyx
Think of John Lennon's guitars and his Epiphone Casino or Rickenbacker 325 likely come to mind. You almost certainly don't think of the Sardonyx 800 D II.
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Think of John Lennon's guitars and most likely his Epiphone Casino comes to mind, or maybe his Rickenbacker 325 or Gibson J-160E acoustic-electric. You almost certainly don't think of the Sardonyx 800 D II.
But Lennon - who was born on this day, 1940 - used the Sardonyx during the making of his last album, 1980's Double Fantasy.
So what exactly is it?
As it turns out, the Sardonyx is something of a mystery guitar. Its builder, Jeff Levin, was a guitar repairer at Matt Umanov's guitar shop in Manhattan's West Village back in the Seventies. He built his Sardonyx guitars at home and sold them through Umanov's, which is most likely where Lennon acquired his
"[Levin] and I went to Brooklyn Tech high school together on the subway every day," Umanov told Guitar Aficionado magazine. "We sold a few through my store and John Lennon ended up with one. He might have bought it from us, as he had an apartment a few blocks away and came through a lot."
From the earliest days of the Beatles onward, Lennon was on the lookout for new sounds, and the unusual design of the Sardonyx most likely drew him to the instrument. Although the guitar looks as if it's made of a synthetic material, it actually features a wooden body and an ebony fretboard. The matte black finish has a thick lacquer clearcoat that gives the Sardonyx a plastic appearance.
The guitar's electronics are as unusual as its appearance. Its two Bill Lawrence pickups are connected to a complex, three-output wiring system that allows the player to send completely independent pickup combinations, including different phase-reverse and series-parallel configurations, to two separate stereo outputs or to a single mono output. Other features include Schaller hardware, a pair of stainless-steel "outrigger" bars with anti-skid rubber feet and an adjustable balance arm on the upper bout.
"Back then, Brooklyn Tech was still based on a Twenties and Thirties curriculum that included a lot of technical stuff, like a machine shop, technical drawing, and pattern making," Umanov says. "There was even a foundry. You can see all of that training in the design and execution of this guitar. If you look at the work of some of the most famous industrial designers of all time, like Raymond Loewy, who designed the most iconic Studebakers, or Henry Dreyfuss, who designed the Princess phones, the lines are sharp and deliberate, just like they are on this guitar."
Only 15 to 20 of the Sardonyx 800 D II were built, making it one of the rarest guitars associated with Lennon, a guitar legend who remained an original right up until the very end of his life.
You can learn more about the Sardonyx and see a photo of Lennon playing the guitar in the video below.
John Lennonsardonyx
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The Thin Rainbow-Colored Line
2009.02.15 (Sun) 02:13
It all started with a rainbow.
You know, you'll just be sitting there, minding your own business, and they'll come marching in, and crawl up your leg, and start biting the inside of your ass, and you'll be all like, "Hey! Get out of my ass, you stupid rainbows!"
Wait, no. Not one of those. An actual rainbow. Our mistake.
More specifically, it started with Orange County Register's Sciencedude, who posted a photo taken by Jason Erdkamp of a rainbow astonishingly touching down right in front of his car on the freeway. Right behind an Escalade.
In Jason's defense, he took a picture of something pretty fucking cool. In Sciencedude Gary Robbins' defense, he's a science editor and writer...and we've found no place where he claims to be an actual scientist.
But there's simply no defense of the inane stream of shit coming out of everyone's mouths, including Jason's and Gary's, in the thread over at Sciencedude's blog.
See, the raving stupid over there comes in three varieties, and it drives us fucking insane.
Raving Stupid Flavor #1: The Miracle Gawkers
For fuck's sake, people. How can you keep believing utter bullshit no matter how many times it is explained to you?
Throughout the thread, you've got the people we'd expect to chime in on an unresearched, rather silly article like the one Gary Robbins wrote — they gush on and on about how they've always been told they couldn't find the end of a rainbow, but they totally did, and that's how cool they are, and they share in the coolness of the finding the end of the rainbow wonderfulness, ooh, isn't it gushy, and wonderful, and cool? Or, if they haven't had the experience themselves, they enthusiastically embrace this rock-solid, earth-shatteringly convincing point of evidence "that not everything in a textbook is accurate and not every instructor is right."
Except, of course, that rainbows are pretty thoroughly fucking understood, and these asshats are wrong. Rainbows aren't precisely a physical object, folks — they are perceived due to the particular alignment of specific physical objects and phenomena. You cannot walk through a rainbow, because it doesn't exist in a physical location. (You can, however, walk through the path of light coming from any source, direct or reflected, and you will see the effects of said light reflecting off of your person.) If you really don't understand, at this point, how rainbows are formed based on the angle of the sun, water droplets in the air, and your eyes, then there's not much we can do for you...beyond recommending that you head back to junior high and try to pay attention this time.
What's incredibly sad about this brand of raving stupid is that it clearly comes from a desire to Pursue the Magic — these are people who want to find something breathtakingly wonderful in life, and they are willing to ignore reality in order to delude themselves into thinking they've found it.
The saddest part to us is that while other, smarter folks explain that, no, it is a physical, reality-based impossibility for this picture to actually be of the "end of a rainbow," the real reason why we think the miracle gawkers are so fucking abysmally stupid is because they simply can't appreciate the beauty in what it actually could be, and how incredible that explanation might be...if they'd just fucking listen to it.
People want magic. They don't want truth. And they ignore the fact that the truth is frequently, in many ways, magical. That, to us, is incredibly fucking sad.
But then, this brand of raving stupid is based on a lack of education, or comprehension, or ability. And while it's sad, it's sometimes correctable — you can inform people — and such stupid can be cured by a good dose of reality and patient understanding. (Note that while we do a brisk trade in reality, here, we're not so interested in patient understanding — that's not the purpose of this site. Go elsewhere for that, or catch us in our offline lives, where we're much more apt to patiently explain cool concepts that we're aware of.)
Raving Stupid Flavor #2: The Mock Experts
Then there are the schmucks, like Gary Robbins himself, who have outright declared: there is no way this photo was altered in any way, shape or form! This group heavily overlaps with the first, of course, since the miracle gawkers have a major stake in declaring the photos "not photoshopped" — that declaration, if said loudly enough and authoritatively enough (with or without any actual evidence, apparently), will preserve the magic they so desperately crave.
The idiots in the Sciencedude thread spouting off proclamations like "No, I can tell by the pixels it's not photoshopped" should be fucking shot. Let's provide them with a quick course in, well, obviousness.
Fact: It is possible to tell "by the pixels" (we'll pretend they actually said something intelligent, there, about realistic contrast and color, digital softening to hide discrepancies, and repetitive patterns from a clone brush) when an image is photoshopped, by the artifacts left behind.
Fact: It is not possible to tell "by the pixels" that an image is not photoshopped. If you can't find any artifacts of photoshopping, it means one of three things:
the image wasn't altered;
the image was altered, but you can't see the tell-tale artifacts, because you aren't that fucking awesome, so shut the fuck up;
the image was altered, and so expertly that nobody could discern any tell-tale artifacts, because there aren't any, so shut the fuck up.
The problem with mock experts — including those who invoke experts, which seems to be Gary Robbins' only marketable skill, judging by this thread — is that they've decided they're too fucking awesome for 2 or 3 to be true, so therefore it must be 1.
Again, we may, perhaps, be able to cure this brand of stupid — but since these folks are working off of their own overinflated sense of infallible sensory analysis, it's a much trickier knot to untangle.
Raving Stupid Flavor #3: The Expert Mockers
Finally, we have the asshats who are just plain abominably, butt-crunchingly, abysmally stupid. These are the ones arguing against the miracle gawkers, explaining that "Rainbows Do Not Work That Way!" and, by the process of elimination, the picture must have been photoshopped.
This, of course, leads to the retorts from miracle gawkers and mock experts — like Gary Robbins — that the photo isn't photoshopped, that it's been gone over by experts, and that it is totally genuine, and therefore, you know, the end of the rainbow really, really, really did touch down on the tail pipe of the Escalade right in front of Jason's car.
This third brand of raving stupid consists of people who are so hot on being the cutting-edge, "Bright" (ugh), outside-of-the-box, shake-up-the-paradigm thinkers (and probably use all of those terms, too) that they take skepticism to the extreme, and rather than actually analyze what is put in front of them, they simply look for the quickest, easiest skeptical viewpoint and slap it down on the table.
And that's just fucking asinine, too. If the claim is that it's not photoshopped, then okay — accept that claim for a moment and look into possible explanations for what you're witnessing, because there are many possible explanations, and some of them are perfectly valid. Don't simply stick your fingers in your ears and keep shouting "Photoshopped! Photoshopped! Photoshopped!" Because that's just as dumb as the mock experts saying "I can tell it's not photoshopped!"
Which, of course, devolves into a ridiculous playground argument of "Uh huh!" — "Nuh uh!"
Amid the din, what gets drowned out are a few actually intelligent people in the thread, who make two strong and correct points: one, we can tentatively accept as truthful the claim that the photo has not been photoshopped, because science and critical thinking are about accepting claims provisionally until we have reason to believe they're inaccurate; and two, rainbows, as defined, can not touch down on the road in front of your car. Working from these two accurate statements, the smart folks then take the correct critical thinking approach and look for explanations that fit the evidence (the photo) and our current model of the universe (what rainbows are and how they work). In so doing, these folks come up with a variety of creative explanations, and we'd be happy to place money on any one of these being an accurate description of what happened in front of Jason Erdkamp's car that day. (Of course, it's just as possible that it was photoshopped — but we're giving him the benefit of the doubt.)
In the end, we're sick of ignorance, pedantry, and raving stupid no matter which flavor it comes in.
To the expert mockers: stop giving skepticism a bad name, motherfuckers.
To the mock experts: don't fucking make shit up to cover for the fact that you're complete morons.
And to the miracle gawkers: rainbows are awesome, folks — isn't that enough? They're fucking gorgeous, and the science behind them, if you take the time to learn it, is fucking fascinating, and opens up a multitude of other branches of knowledge for your perusal if you've got the intellectual curiosity and are so inclined. Jokes about pots of gold and leprechauns aside, why do you have to find something "magically magical" when the actual magical universe is all around you, just waiting to be observed?
Every rainbow, by definition, is your own rainbow. It is the personal rainbow created by the reflection and refraction of light as it hits your eyes, and while the person standing right next to you may see something awfully similar, if not virtually identical, your rainbow is your unique rainbow by virtue of being constructed of the photons of specific wavelengths that specifically hit your visual sensory apparatus.
If that's not magical enough for you, then we really don't feel like sharing this fucking brilliantly awesome universe with you. Go find one that bends to your whims. There are no pots of gold. There are no leprechauns. You can't walk in, or walk on, or slide down a rainbow. After all, as we all know, rainbows are simply the T1 lines of ass gnomes, communicating with gnomes in asses throughout the world as they organize their inevitable takeover of Planet Earth. Personally, we welcome our new ass gnome overlords — do you have any idea what kind of terabauds you can get through a rainbow?
Go ahead...tell us it's photoshopped.
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Jason Spicer, 2009.02.16 (Mon) 20:36 [Link] »
I'm no expert, though I have read Unweaving the Rainbow. Nonetheless, and with pedantry aforethought, anybody who has played with a garden hose with a sprayer in the sunshine will recognize this phenomenon (if they were paying attention). If the water droplets are close to you, and the sun is behind you, the rainbow will appear to be between you and objects more distant, such as a car on the road ahead. Rainbows caused by rain usually appear to have "ends" because when the rain hits the ground, it stops refracting/reflecting the sunlight in that special rainbow way. Since we usually observe from the ground, the rainbows we see usually appear to have ends that move away as you move closer (and stalk you if you attempt to flee). Since the sun is usually behind a cloud when you are being rained on directly, it's not very common to see a rainbow appear to be so close as in the sciencedude photo. But in that photo, it's clear that the rain is falling between the camera and the car ahead, with the sun peeking under the cloud from behind. Et voila.
Halos around the sun are created in a similar manner, though with ice crystals instead of water droplets, and they form a complete circle because they are above you (assuming the cloud layer is uniformly distributed--otherwise you get sun dogs, which can be extremely bright and bizarre-looking). Same thing for rainbows or halos below you when you're flying in an airplane, (which I've seen once and is incredibly cool, BTW). In fact, you can get pretty close to a completely circular rainbow when washing your car, except for the arc occluded by your own shadow. If you dangled by your knees from a tree limb while doing this, you'd see the bottom of the rainbow but not the top. You should be able to make a completely circular rainbow between you and the sun with a sprayer, but that would be kinda hard on the eyes, so I've never tried it.
Of course, none of this physics stuff matters, because the important thing is that rainbows are a reminder that the next time God wipes out humanity, he'll do it with fire instead of a flood. Or perhaps an avalanche of Skittles. Or was it an exhausting surfeit of gay pride? I know there's something in Leviticus about homosexuality. Oysters? Damn. Been a while since I read the OT. Wait. Abalone! That's it.
Silly Green Monkey, 2009.02.18 (Wed) 07:38 [Link] »
I've seen just the top of a rainbow before, the clouds were touching the ground and the sun was out behind us. Only the top couple of colors were visible, looked like it was just across the fence.
Bronze Dog, 2009.02.18 (Wed) 19:39 [Link] »
I'm no expert, though I have read Unweaving the Rainbow. Nonetheless, and with pedantry aforethought, anybody who has played with a garden hose with a sprayer in the sunshine will recognize this phenomenon (if they were paying attention).
I've seen a YouTube video of some redneck mom talking over a video of her sprinkler generating a rainbow, about how that sort of thing never happened 20 years ago, and how the government is obviously putting rainbow chemicals in our water to experiment on us. Needless to say, my opinion of humanity took a dive on the day I watched it.
TimmyAnn, 2009.02.19 (Thu) 00:51 [Link] »
Oh, how I wish I thought you were joking, Bronze Dog!
PoolGuy, 2009.02.19 (Thu) 13:53 [Link] »
The thing that nettles me most about these kinds of stories is the implied "Oh there must be something magical or miraculous that allowed this to happen" reasoning that is implied. It's just a frigging rainbow, which is completely explained by the physics of light refraction in raindrops. I live in Orange County (just a couple of miles from the Register HQ) and I am more than familiar with the paper. They have a penchant for this type of fluff.
Bronze Dog, I'm surprised the government has time to put rainbow chemicals in the water, seeing how time consuming it is to keep all those black helicopter patrols going.
Jason Spicer, 2009.02.20 (Fri) 03:24 [Link] »
No, no, no, this is good news! The government is finally putting more dihydrogen oxide (the rainbow chemical) into our water. Obviously, the redneck woman in the video suffered brain damage from all the mine tailings and industrial effluent, but she may well be correct that the "water" in her neck of the woods used to be so polluted that it wouldn't make rainbows. She's just unfamiliar with "clean".
Jurjen S., 2009.02.27 (Fri) 04:29 [Link] »
Oh, sweet Jesus. Has nobody on the Register comments thread noticed that the rainbow doesn't actually "touch down"? I can plainly see the arc continuing below the Escalade until it disappears behind the hood of the photographer's vehicle. Which means, incidentally, that you still can't see it's "end."
Jason, above, has pretty much covered the whole thing, except that I'd speculate that the water droplets involved are spray being thrown up by the cars ahead, rather than rain, but that's a minor detail. There's no reason to think this photo was 'shopped, because what it shows is perfectly consistent with the known laws of physics. Which means there's nothing miraculous about it either.
TimmyAnn, 2009.02.27 (Fri) 13:20 [Link] »
I think that might be a reflection on the wet road. You can see the guard rail reflected on the road, too...then again the "reflection" seems a little wide....hmmmm.....I don't know...I guess it must really be magic!
TimmyAnn, 2009.02.28 (Sat) 03:16 [Link] »
Of course, now that I think about it, I don't know if a rainbow can be reflected since it doesn't actually physically exist, but then again, you can take a picture of it so maybe it could be reflected. I bet you can see one in the mirror...or can you? I am so confused. I guess I better hop on my winged unicorn and ride up to where the rainbow gods live and ask them about it!
Jeff from the Two Percent Company, 2009.02.28 (Sat) 18:28 [Link] »
You're right that the rainbow isn't a physical (solid, tangible, "objective") object, TimmyAnn — but it is a phenomenon of light. Since all you're seeing in a mirror is the light reflecting off objects, then off the surface of the mirror, and then hitting your eyes, then anything that reflects (or generates) light will be visible in a mirror. That's how we can take a picture of a rainbow (the light from the rainbow, which is sunlight being bent and reflected by raindrops, heads into the camera lens as easily as the lens of an eye), and therefore the same concept holds true for mirrors: you would absolutely see a rainbow in a reflective surface, if the conditions are right for it.
As Douglas Adams put it, light travels so fast it takes many civilizations generations before they realize that it travels at all. Its tremendous speed relative to our "day-to-day" level of perception makes it easy to forget what's going on when it comes to visual phenomena, since — for all intents and purposes — what we see in our immediate vicinity is so close to "in real time" that it makes no difference that we're seeing images infinitesimally slightly after they actually happen. When you take a step back and always think through these kinds of questions with the reminder that light is, in fact, something that moves from point to point, this stuff gets a lot easier to get a handle on. But, damn — I'm not saying it's always so easy!
I'm not at all surprised that several of our regulars have already proposed plausible theories for the phenomenon occurring in Jason Erdkamp's photo. Anyone thinking about it, and prone neither to Miracle Gawking nor to Expert Mocking, can come up with some great ideas if they've got an inquisitive brain, and you guys have got inquisitive brains.
As for the woman who found those nasty rainbow chemicals in the municipal water supply, yeah, I remember seeing that too. It's appalling, the utter lack of education that some people have, and the lengths to which they'll go to overcome it...short of actually, you know, educating themselves. Sheesh.
You know, when I typed the first post, I was sure that a rainbow could be reflected and then later I was like, "Wait, am I going to look like a moron now when people read this?" So, I typed the second post to assure that I would! Thanks for clearing that up.
As can plainly be seen in the "rainbows in the drinking water" video, TA: morons don't wonder. They remain blissfully ignorant, and never ask questions that might clear up a point of confusion.
That's one of the many things that differentiate you from them, at least in every post I've seen from you.
Thanks, Jeff! (And I meant "ensure", of course. I just keep digging that whole deeper, don't I?)
Jason Spicer, 2009.03.03 (Tue) 00:34 [Link] »
At this point, TimmyAnn, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you wrote "whole" on purpose as a (pretty good) joke. If this is not the case, I recommend pursuing the subtle strategy of insisting that it is, in fact, the case. No one will be the wiser.
To Jurjen's point, I thought I could make out the rainbow's tail on the roadway and down across the hood of the camera-bearing car, but it's a little faint and my eyes aren't what they used to be. As long as there's water and sunshine between the camera and the hood of the car, the rainbow should be there, only stopping inside the car. You're probably right about the road spray.
And let's not forget about vampire rainbows, which only contain the color blood red and do not reflect in mirrors.
TimmyAnn, 2009.03.03 (Tue) 05:01 [Link] »
Actually, it was, I admit a VERY unfortunate typo. I really do know the difference and, had I taken the time to proofread (or if there was an "edit" option) I would have corrected it before anyone saw it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I will just go crawl in a HOLE somewhere for a while.
TA, I assure you we'll be watching you in the mirror the whole time.
D'oh! TimmyAnn, what did I just get done telling you? And here you go and admit it. Man, you try to help somebody out...
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Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone is James Baldwin's fourth novel, first published in 1968.

Plot
Leo Proudhammer, an African-American actor who grew up in Harlem and later moved into Greenwich Village, has a heart attack while on stage. This event creates the present tense setting for the novel, which is mostly narrated in retrospect, explaining each relationship with a story from the actor's life.

Barbara, a white woman, and Leo, a black man, are artistic partners for life—sometimes sexual partners, sometimes not. Jerry, their white friend, was Barbara's partner for a while, before Barbara revealed her love for Leo. Their life stories are intertwined, but not joined, due both to the racial pressures of society and Leo's bisexuality. One of Leo's lovers, "Black Christopher", is a significant political and emotional figure in the novel. Christopher's friends are all African-American, and his life centers on the struggle for racial justice. Barbara and Christopher have one sexual encounter, but, like much of the sex in the book, it is exploratory, and only significant for what it reveals to each of them.

Barbara, Leo, and Christopher remain friends throughout the novel. Caleb, Leo's brother, a World War II vet, was falsely imprisoned when he was a young man, and eventually conquers his anger at white society through his conversion to fundamentalist Christianity. He judges Leo harshly for choosing "the world" over "the kingdom of God". Caleb's religion painfully isolates him from Leo. Black Christopher, the foil for Caleb, advocates violent revolution as the means for creating a just society. Leo recovers from his heart attack and returns to the stage at the end of the novel.

Characters
Leo Proudhammer, the protagonist, is an actor who grew up in Harlem.
Leo's father
Caleb, Leo's brother.
Barbara, a white girl from Kentucky.
Jerry, a white man of Italian extraction.
Christopher, a young African-American activist.

Major themes
Institutional racism
Incarceration as a means of preserving economic and racial inequality
White privilege
Bisexuality and sexual exploration
Impact of racism on military/civilian life in World War II
Fundamentalist Christianity
Homosexuality
Racism. Among other issues, the novel touches upon the mathematics of blood in racism. when Caleb Proudhammer says, "Our mama is almost white, but that don't make her white. You got to be all white to be white.".

Literary significance and criticism
Lynn O. Scott has observed that the novel has been unjustly dismissed, alongside Baldwin's other later novels If Beale Street Could Talk and Just Above My Head, as less interesting and complex than Baldwin's earlier works. However, she argues that these novels build upon, revise, and refocus his previous considerations of racial and sexual identity in America by "exploring the sources of personal and cultural resistance to the pressures of a deforming context" rather than "mapping the experience of internalized racism and homophobia".

Upon its publication the Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone received largely negative reviews. White male critics, such as Mario Puzo, tended to suggest that Baldwin's politics had compromised its literary merits. Puzo's review for the New York Times, called the book "simpleminded" and argued that a "propaganda novel" cannot be called art. The "absolute inadequacy and overall misguided nature of this initial response" has been discussed by Scott, who observes that this contemporary critical reception reflects white Americans' decreasing sympathy with the Civil Rights movement during the late 1960s in the face of increasing militancy and assertions of Black Power, with which Baldwin was associated.

Omari Weekes has, more recently, described Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone as "criminally underread", noting how the novel's descriptions of "the loneliness of being Black in a white room" and Leo Proudhammer's attempts to navigate being perceived as "too young, gifted and Black" continue to resonate strongly in the twenty-first century.

References

1968 American novels
Dial Press books
Novels by James Baldwin
Novels set in New York City
Novels about actors
Novels with gay themes
Novels with bisexual themes
1960s LGBT novels
Male bisexuality in fiction
African-American novels

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On his arrival at Jarra, a large town chiefly inhabited by negroes, but entirely under the power of the Moors, he sent to Benowm, the capital, a messenger loaded with presents to negotiate with Ali, their chief, for a passage through his territories. After waiting a fortnight in great anxiety, he received a safe conduct to Goombo, a place on the frontier of Bambarra. He first proceeded to Deena, a town in the possession of the Moors, who insulted and plundered him in the grossest manner; so that he was happy to escape by setting out at two in the morning of 3d March. He passed next through Sampaka and Dalli, where he was received by the negro inhabit
ants with the usual kindness and hospitality of that race; he was even induced to stop a day at Dalli under promise of an escort; but this was a fatal pause. At Sami, on the 7th March, a party of Moorish horsemen appeared for the purpose of telling him that Fatima, the favourite wife of Ali, had been struck with curiosity to see what kind of creature a Christian was; that he must therefore come and show himself; but was assured that he would be well treated, and, on satisfying her majesty's wish, would even be forwarded on his journey.
Benowm, the Moorish capital, to which Park was then conveyed, proved to be a mere camp, composed of a number of dirty tents, intermingled with herds of camels, horses, and oxen. He was surrounded by crowds, actuated partly by curiosity and partly by that malignant feeling which always inflames the Moors against Christians. They snatched off his hat, made him unbutton his clothes to show the whiteness of his skin, and counted his fingers and toes, to see if he were really of the same nature with themselves. After being kept for some time in the sun, he was lodged in a hut made of cornstalks, supported by posts, to one of which was tied a wild hog, evidently in derision, and to intimate that they were fit associates for each other. The hog indeed would have been the most harmless part of the affair, had not idle boys taken delight in tormenting and working up the animal to a constant state of fury. Crowds of men and women incessantly poured in to see the white man, and he was obliged to continue the whole day buttoning and unbuttoning his clothes, to show his skin, and the European manner of dressing and
undressing. When curiosity was satisfied, the next amusement was to plague the Christian, and he became the sport of the meanest and most vulgar members of this rude community. The Moorish horsemen took him out and galloped round him, baiting him as if he had been a wild beast, twirling their swords in his face to show their skill in horsemanship. Repeated attempts were made to compel him to work. One of Ali's sons desired him to mend the lock of a double-barrelled gun, and could scarcely be persuaded that all Europeans did not ply the trade of a smith. He was also installed as barber, and directed to shave the head of a young prince; but not relishing this function, he contrived to give his highness such a cut, that Ali took the alarm, and discharged him as incapable. That chief, under pretence of securing him against depredation, seized for himself all that remained of the traveller's property. Having examined the instruments, he was greatly astonished at the compass, and particularly at its always pointing towards the Great Desert. Park, thinking it vain to attempt any scientific exposition, said, that its direction was always to the place where his mother dwelt; whereupon Ali, struck with superstitious dread, desired it to be taken away.
Amid these insults, Park's sufferings were the more severe from the very scanty measure of food with which he was supplied. At midnight only he received a small mess of kouskous, not nearly enough to satisfy nature. He had been invited indeed to kill and dress his companion the hog; but this he considered as a snare laid for him, believing that the Mohammedans, had they seen him feasting
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Fatima, the wife of Ali, whose curiosity to see a Christian he had been brought hither to gratify, was absent all this time, and not like to arrive, while the rancour of the Moors, by whom Park was surrounded, became always more imbittered. A party even proposed that he should be condemned to death, though Ali's sons only recommended to put out his eyes, alleging that they resembled those of a cat. Hereupon he began seriously to consider
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The German Riveter: Afterword by West Camel
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In my introduction I mentioned that before working on The German Riveter my experience of German literature was limited to Thomas Mann. Germany has undergone massive changes since Mann's Castrop left the flatlands for Davos, and his Aschenbach holidayed in Venice. Unavoidably Germany's writers have been concerning themselves with these transformative events. The publication of The German Riveter marks the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which for many people marked the end of an extended period of instability and the beginning of the country's reunification and peace.
For those of us outside Germany, and old enough to remember, the events of 1989 were seen through a camera lens. I recall the striking images, and the reports from journalists (including from our own Riveter-in-Chief, Rosie Goldsmith, for the BBC) emphasising the historic nature of this moment; but I didn't live it. The German writers who've contributed to the magazine did. Their 'Wende memories' remind us of how you can experience some of the most important events of your – or any – era, yet somehow still continue with your everyday life.
The sense I have, now that my perspective on literature from Germany has been considerably widened by editing this magazine, is that in the aftermath of this major shift, writers began to assume, or be given, labels such as 'from the former East Germany', 'lived under the Stasi' and 'coming to terms with the past' (for the German phrase, see Rosie Goldsmith's review of the work of Julia Franck). I believe that those of us who aren't German can also come to terms with the past – with Germany's past and with our own; and we can learn about how to do this from German writers.
German literature is not just about its history, however; although I have learned that for German writers and publishers changing that image is an ongoing struggle. Readers around the world want to read about Germany's history, and many German writers want to write about it, so it's a closed loop. As a publishing insider, I know that the industry loves closed loops – and the guaranteed sales they bring. It's no surprise, then, that in Germany, the Krimi (crime fiction – that most commercial of genres) often deals with historical crime, as I have learned from this magazine.
It's clear that some writers, publishers and literary organisations are breaking out of this historical obsession, and it seems they are doing so by embracing Germans from elsewhere. The Eighth Life, a major publication in Germany, whose English-language publication we celebrate with the launch of this magazine, is written by a Georgian immigrant to Germany, and the book I review in these pages, Apostoloff, examines the Bulgarian immigrant experience. We also feature the Weiter Schreiben project, which works with writers newly arrived in Germany from war zones.
The irony is that in many ways in the 1960s and thereafter, these immigrant, or dual-heritage writers came to Germany for historical reasons. Germany's twentieth-century ruptions were resolved, leading to decades of the kind of relative stability and prosperity that has made Germany one of Europe's key immigrant destinations. And thus is Germany's literature enriched.
This Riveter from Germany has shown me exactly what a rich literature it has: the poetry, children's books, essays and memories I've read have revealed a wealth of experience, of style, of experiment and of thought. Germany's writers, thirty years on from the moment that marked the end of a turbulent era, can look back and forwards with confidence, allowing themselves and their readers the space and tools to examine where they have been, where they are and where they are going.
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A new far-right, white supremacist group is recruiting across mainstream and fringe social media platforms. The group, known as the 'Hundred Handers' takes its name from Greek mythology. The 'hundred-handed ones' were the three children of the Titans Uranus and Gaea. Each one had one hundred hands and fifty heads and possessed superhuman strength.
The group promotes anonymity. Each prospective member is prompted to send an email with their nearest city to an address shared on social media. They will then receive a zip file from 'the head.' They are then expected to print the material in the zip file and begin distributing it in public places.
The group's rules dictate that there is to be "no public or private disclosure of membership," emphasizing that the operation "relies on the anonymity of its participants." They also mandate that only official material sent by 'the head' can be disseminated in public, however, it notes that 'hands' are invited to pass suggestions for content up the chain of command for the head's approval.
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When can we expect a playable Legend of Zelda game remade using the Unreal Engine?
YouTube sensation CryZENx has been recreating the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time using the unreal engine and it looks phenomenal.
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YouTube user CryZENx has done it again. Legend of Zelda fans, behold the beautiful Zora's domain remade using Unreal Engine 4. The color is eye-popping, the detail is intricate and the waterfall looks so real that you would believe that it is.
It goes without saying; this is extremely impressive and utterly beautiful. While we appreciate the videos that this talented individual keeps creating for us, this begs the question of whether a full-fledged Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake using the Unreal Engine would be possible or playable.
CryZENx has already remade Death Mountain and countless other Nintendo classics using the Unreal Engine. Every video on the channel has been astonishing. I, for one, would be in awe of a full Legend of Zelda game remade using the Unreal Engine. If it is possible to make a playable version of the game using the Unreal Engine, the only real question is what are we waiting for?
I'm no game developer, nor do I understand how these things work. I DO understand how incredibly hard this one video was to make and for that, I commend CryZENx, but if we can do more then by all means, please do more. A Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake using the Unreal Engine would be, in a word, "unreal."
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While visiting Dublin 2018, Sr Maureen Coyle snd visited The National Museum of Ireland. There in all its splendour and glory, glistening and sparkling in the New Wing is the magnificent three light stained glass window " Mother of Sorrows " by the deceased famous Dubliner Harry Clarke.
The Window which once was in the Convent/ College Chapel of Notre Dame, Dowanhill, Glasgow, Scotland was sold by the sisters in 2002 to the museum, where it was stored but is now on permanent display since June 2017. This masterpiece of Harry Clarke's was originally intended to be a memorial to World War 1 but sadly became a memorial to Sister Mary of St Wilfrid, the College Principal who commissioned it, and who sadly died in 1926.
The Left Light of the window depicts St Francis of Assisi, bare footed and wearing a simple brown garb with birds fluttering around him. The stigmata in his hands is clearly on view. Angels adorned in red hats and green gowns stand above him. The Right Light of the window shows St Catherine of Genoa, who also bore the stigmata! Catherine is dressed in beautiful finery with a little cap on her head which is in keeping with many women in Clarke's art. She is depicted in magnificent robes of magenta, purple, ruby, and gold with emerald sleeves. She too stares out at the viewer as if to encourage one to contemplate the scene. Again two angels in stunning attire stand above Catherine.
In its new surroundings, the Window, in a room with Irish Stained Glass, commands the attention of the viewer. The Middle Light shows the Virgin Mary in true vibrant blue, associated with Clarke. She is gazing with huge eyes out at the onlooker. With bent knee, Mary, leaning on the cross bar supports the dead limp body of her Son. Her hands clearly enfold the body which is encrusted with many coloured stoles designed with crosses. At the bottom of the cross are the Latin words from a verse of 'Stabat Mater'. Sr Mary of St Wilfrid's family motto ..... 'Singulariter in Spe'. (Firmly Established in Hope.) is recorded at the bottom of this Pieta.
Part of Notre Dame's Past is recorded in the beauty portrayed in this work of art displayed in this magnificent Window which now is resplendent in its homeland where it was created. The devotion to the victorious cross was prominent in the life of St Julie Billiart, foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
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(VIDEO) We address to the Ukrainian military. Perhaps, there will soon be the «X» hour for you, and by that moment you will have to decide whether you are going to certain death for the sake of the oligarch-alcoholic's greed or you will join the liberation movement to rid Ukraine of the traitors who, for two and a half years, have sold and put the entire country in pledge for the debts to their business partners.
Right now, taking up arms and acting against your commanders making you go to the slaughter and kill civilians of Donbass, you are able to stop the bloodshed between the brotherly peoples, the inhabitants of the once united country.
Take this decision, and we will defeat the Nazis. Poroshenko's lie about the presence of the Russian troops in Donbas is only an attempt to justify your death to your family and friends.
During the day, the situation has changed and continues to worsen.
Today, at 13:35, the Ukrainian Junta side once again grossly violated the ceasefire and committed an act of an inhuman crime, having opened sniper fire on the People's Republic of Donetsk soldiers ensuring the safety of repair crews during restoration works on the power lines near to the Donetsk Filter Plant, damaged in the shelling by the Junta Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of the sniper fire, one soldier was killed.
The restoration works were immediately discontinued. The repair crews were evacuated.
This fact reveals the true essence of the entire Ukrainian power, which simply is not able to fulfill their promises.
Currently, the criminal forces of Ukraine Junta are once again using heavy artillery on residential areas of Donetsk city, having launched since 16:10 over 50 shells on the city with weapons prohibited by Minsk, despite the complete ceasefire from our side.
There are no more reasons to believe the words of the Ukrainian authorities. All of them sounded by Kiev are a deceit and falsehood.
After Poroshenko's conversation with Trump, Ukraine is likely to lose, in the near future, the financial and military support for the terrorist operation on the land of Donbass.
In this regard, the Ukrainian president has fallen into complete depression and ready, out of despair, to make the most rash acts and unleash a full-scale and bloody war in the east of Europe, in either direction.
He needs it to try to blame the unrecognized Republics and the Russian Federation for his own crimes, in order to defraud the West of new funds to develop his own business built on the blood of ordinary Ukrainian people.
The military and political authorities of Ukraine have refused to implement the decisions of Minsk on the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the contact line, and on the contrary, are carrying out a built-up of their forces.
The activation of the enemy is confirmed by our intelligence. In particular, we record the amassing of the enemy forces and means on the contact line to create an assault group.
At the territory of the Avdeevka Coke plant, from the locality of Kramatorsk, arrived two rocket-tactical complexes «Tochka-U». In Novobahmutovka, at the railway station, another six complexes «Tochka-U» were unloaded and left to perform tasks.
In the are of the location of the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, arrived two companies of the nationalists, led by the former commander of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps «Right Sector», Yarosh.
In the area of the locality of Volnovakha, arrived units of the National Guard of Ukraine.
Under cover of night, exposing the Crimean direction and attempting to comply with masking measures, the anti-tank artillery division of the 57th mechanized infantry brigade is being delivered to strengthen mechanized brigades of Ukraine in the Donetsk and Mariupol direction.
In addition, we revealed the fact of the movement of the 92nd mechanized brigade, in full force, from the Kharkov region to the area of Poroshenko's terrorist operation against the peaceful population of Donbass.
From the locality of Gurzuf, in Mariupol arrived three battalions of the «Azov» nationalists.
These data allow us to make a conclusion about the preparation by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the orders of the criminal military and political authorities of Ukraine, of offensive combat operations along the entire line of contact and sabotage on the civil infrastructure facilities, imitating the Nazis of 1941.
In our turn, our troops are ready to give a fitting rebuff to the enemy and make the Kiev terrorist forces flee, as we did it before.
We address to the Ukrainian military. Perhaps, there will soon be the «X» hour for you, and by that moment you will have to decide whether you are going to certain death for the sake of the oligarch-alcoholic's greed or you will join the liberation movement to rid Ukraine of the traitors who, for two and a half years, have sold and put the entire country in pledge for the debts to their business partners.
But one day the war will be over, and everyone will clearly see that for two years, this non-human have been pushing you to the war against your own people, for which he will never be forgiven.
It is your choice on which a bright future of Ukraine depends. Believe us, it will come only after the whole greedy, initially rotten top is overthrown and banished from our land.


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Italo Pizzolante (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, 2 de diciembre de 1928 – Valencia, 12 de marzo de 2011) fue un poeta, compositor, músico, profesor e ingeniero venezolano de ascendencia italiana.

Biografía
La vocación musical de Italo Pizzolante comenzó en el hogar durante reuniones familiares siguiendo las inclinaciones musicales de su padre. Probablemente su más conocida canción sea «Motivos» que ha sido interpretada por: La Rondalla Venezolana, Los Panchos, Chucho Avellanet, Armando Manzanero, Alfredo Sadel, Vicente Fernández y más recientemente Luis Miguel. Esta canción fue compuesta el primero de diciembre de 1965 para dedicarla a sus amigos en una fiesta.

Otra canción popular de Pizzolante es «Mi Puerto Cabello», dedicada a su ciudad nativa. Fue cantada en la década de los sesenta por Felipe Pirela acompañado de la orquesta Billo's Caracas Boys. El 17 de julio de 1998 fue declarada como himno oficial de la ciudad de Puerto Cabello.

Con la canción «Provincianita» de su autoría, Pizzolante ganó su primer premio en el Primer Concurso de Música Venezolana de la Universidad Central de Venezuela donde se graduó de ingeniero civil. Representó a Venezuela en 1992 en el Festival del Bolero en La Habana, Cuba, obteniendo el primer lugar.

Recibió varios premios de instituciones gubernamentales como privadas incluso el de Caballero de la República Italiana. En su honor fue creada la "Orden Italo Pizzolante" en la Escuela de Ingeniería de Puerto Cabello. Otros reconocimientos incluyen las condecoraciones "Andrés Bello", "Mérito al Trabajo" en segunda clase, "Mérito Naval" en segunda clase, "Francisco de Miranda" en primera clase, "Diego de Losada" en primera Clase, "Sol de Carabobo", y en la ciudad de Puerto Cabello los premios "Bartolomé Salom".

También recibió homenajes en Valencia, Caracas, San Felipe, Barquisimeto, Valera, San Cristóbal, Maracaibo, Calabozo, Guarenas y Cumaná.

Casado con Nelly Margarita Negrón Hernández (Puerto Cabello, 17 de enero de 1934) con quien procreó cinco hijos. Falleció el 12 de marzo de 2011 producto de una neumonía, en la ciudad de Valencia, Estado Carabobo, Venezuela.

La familia de Italo Pizzolante cuenta con varias generaciones influenciadas por la música. Sus  hermanos  José Antonio, músico clásico y compositor de música venezolana, estudió con el Maestro Sojo; llegó a ganar una Mención Honorífica, Premio Nacional de Música en el año 1954, una de sus grandes piezas se llama "El afinador"; Duilio, es musicólogo y Teresita Pizzolante de Sabatino, fundadora de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Cabello. Su hijo Italo Pizzolante Negron ha ayudado en todo momento a la documentación de la obra musical de su padre.

También destacan entre primos y sobrinos el pianista clásico Arnaldo Pizzolante Teppa, el cantautor Max Pizzolante y el compositor Antonio Pizzolante. Otros son Sergio Pizzolante, ejecutivo de televisión quien durante su paso por Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks Latin America, motorizó la realización del programa de talentos Latin American Idol. Ítalo Aquiles Pizzolante, miembro del trío Americania, quien hizo versiones pop de "Motivos", cuando a los 12 años comenzó a hacer música más formal.

Estudio de grabación Italo Pizzolante
En el año 2013, la gestión del alcalde del Municipio Puerto Cabello, Rafael Lacava, inauguró en la Casa de la Cultura de la ciudad el Estudio de Grabación Profesional Italo Pizzolante con la finalidad de impulsar la carrera musical de todo aquel artista de la ciudad y más allá que deseara realizar una producción musical a nivel profesional.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Estudio de grabación Italo Pizzolante en Facebook
 Estudio de grabación Italo Pizzolante en Instagram

Personas de Puerto Cabello
Ingenieros civiles de Venezuela
Poetas de Venezuela
Compositores de Venezuela
Profesores de Venezuela
Alumnado de la Universidad Central de Venezuela


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On Leadership Analysis
Fewer companies are forcing CEOs to retire when they hit their golden years
Merck's chairman and chief executive, Kenneth C. Frazier, in 2015. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
By Jena McGregor
Jena McGregor
Reporter covering leadership issues in the headlines
At Merck, the retirement age isn't what it used to be — for the CEO, at least. On Wednesday, the pharmaceutical giant said it was rescinding its policy requiring its chief executive to retire at the age of 65, announcing that its chairman and CEO, Kenneth C. Frazier, had agreed to stay on beyond December 2019, when he will reach that age.
In doing so, the company added to a long downward trend in companies that have mandatory retirement ages for their top executives, said experts on corporate governance and executive succession. Fueled by stronger corporate governance standards, overall strength in corporate performance in recent years and a possible shift in public perception of what an appropriate retirement age should be, fewer companies today have a default requirement that corporate executives should step away when they hit their mid-60s.
Figures on historical trends aren't easy to come by, but Matteo Tonello, a managing director at the Conference Board, said that in the early 2000s, about a third of companies had a mandatory retirement age for their chief executives. Yet in the Conference Board's 2017 report of CEO succession practices, just 19 percent of manufacturing companies, 23 percent of financial services companies and 7 percent of the non-financial, non-manufacturing public companies that were surveyed required their CEOs to retire at a certain age.
Sometimes a mandatory retirement age is lifted to give the current chief executive a little more time in the job, potentially clearing the way for a successor to prepare. For instance, in June 2017, manufacturing giant 3M said its board of directors was waiving the mandatory retirement age of 65 for its then-CEO, Inge Thulin, and then named a successor, chief operating officer Michael Roman, earlier this year.
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Age-restriction policies were originally put in place when corporate boards were much more insular, often handpicked by the chief executive, and when there was far less oversight from directors over the CEO's performance.
"These bylaws were primarily introduced in the '90s in response to some empirical evidence of declining performance of CEOs" who stayed in the job for a long time, Tonello said. "Over the past 20 years, corporate governance has been strengthened and completely transformed. The need for these policies has clearly declined."
Lead Merck director Leslie Brun said in a published statement that "CEO succession has been our top priority, and removing the mandatory retirement policy enables the Board to make the best decision concerning the timing of that transition."
Pamela Eisele, a Merck spokeswoman, added in a statement: "This change brings Merck corporate policies closer to the standards of other major U.S. corporations, which generally don't have restrictions on CEO tenure based on age. The board continues to consider both internal and external candidates for when Ken Frazier retires."
Frazier, a former general counsel for Merck who became CEO in 2011, has presided over a more than doubling of the company's stock price during his tenure and overseen the company's shift in resources toward its leading immunotherapy drug for cancer, Keytruda. He also gained attention as a moral voice in corporate America last year when he withdrew from the president's manufacturing council after President Trump didn't immediately and explicitly denounce the white supremacists who organized the rally in Charlottesville that resulted in violence. Other CEOs followed his lead before the council was ultimately disbanded.
"He's been hugely successful in shareholder returns, and he gets lots of well-deserved attention for shepherding [Keytruda] through the pipeline," Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean at the Yale School of Management, said of Frazier.
[Five myths about CEOs]
Experts on corporate succession say CEOs are also staying in the job longer as a good economy and strong market returns give boards less of a reason to pull the trigger.
"A rising tide lifts all boats, and in good times everyone thinks everyone is doing okay," said Jason Schloetzer, a professor at Georgetown University's business school. "Why not continue with the status quo?"
In the case of Merck, Frazier's tenure has also been shorter than the average, which was nine years in 2016, according to the Conference Board's succession data. Chief executives have also been getting older, said Schloetzer, who has worked with the Conference Board on its research.
"Since the late 2000s, the average age of the sitting CEO has been trending upward" slightly, he said. "This is curious, given the change in the composition of the S&P 500, where one would think younger CEOs [through the addition of new technology companies] would bring the average age down."
Still, older chief executives such as Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett, 88, L Brands' Les Wexner, 81, and FedEx's Fred Smith (74) remain on the job.
"We've reset the clock on the chronological age barriers in all sectors," Sonnenfeld said, noting how little age was a factor in Trump's election or as people consider potential 2020 contenders, such as former vice president Joe Biden.
While retirement norms may be shifting, there's a mirror trend of pressure from companies to add younger executives and directors to the board as the demands for digital insights and technology experience grow stronger. There's a "juxtaposition here, one of the most common shareholder issues now is about age diversity and gender diversity" on the board, Schloetzer said, "and needing to shake things up and have more understanding of younger people and digital trends."
Even if there may be some cultural evolution in what people expect a CEO to look like — younger or older, male or female, black or white — Tonello said the most likely explanation of the shift away from mandatory retirement ages is the increase in boards willing to hold CEOs accountable and, simply, stronger corporate performance.
In Merck's case, he said, "the reality is they want to keep him on because the company is doing well. It would be foolish to make a change under these circumstances."
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Jena McGregor Jena McGregor writes on leadership issues in the headlines – corporate management and governance, workplace trends and the personalities who run Washington and business. Prior to writing for the Washington Post, she was an associate editor for BusinessWeek and Fast Company magazines and began her journalism career as a reporter at Smart Money. Follow


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    using AngleSharp.Dom;

    /// <summary>
    /// Defines methods to create event loops.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IEventService : IService
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates an IEventLoop object for the document.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="document">The host of the event loop.</param>
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Wednesday, February 01, 2023,
ATC issues arrest warrants of 7 accused in case pertaining to killing of PSP workers
An anti-terrorism court in Karachi today issued arrest warrants of seven accused including MQM founder in case pertaining to killing of two workers of Pak Sarzameen party (PSP). The court ordered that all the accused be arrested and produced in the court as soon as possible. Process to declare ...
PSP Chief Mustafa Kamal lands in hot waters
KARACHI – Pak Sarzameen Party Chief Mustafa Kamal lands in hot waters over NAB case. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday filed a reference against 11 accused persons, including former Karachi mayor and Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief Mustafa Kamal in a case of the alleged ...
PSP Chief emphasizes on devolution of powers to local governments
HYDERABAD: Chairman Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Mustafa Kamal has emphasized upon the Sindh Government to devolve the powers to local government institutions in order to bring progress and prosperity in every nook and corner of the province. The poverty and hunger claiming the lives of minors in ...
Polling for by-election on Sindh Assembly's constituency PS-94 underway
The polling for by-election on Sindh Assembly's constituency PS-94 Karachi is underway. According to the Provincial Election Commission, the polling process, which started at 0800 am will continue till 05:00 pm without any break. The seat had fallen vacant after the ...
Yet another case registered against MQM founder Altaf Hussain
KARACHI - A case has been registered against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain. As per media report a case has been registered against Altaf Hussain and six others for attacking on a Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) office in which two people had been killed and two others sustained ...
A new political party is in making in Pakistan
KARACHI – A new political party is in making in Pakistan. Too leaders of Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) have arrived in London. They have contact with former Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ebad after defeat in election. Pak Sarzameen Party leader met with former Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad ...
PSP Chief Mustafa Kamal in hot waters
KARACHI - Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief and former mayor Mustafa Kamal lands in hot waters. He has been summoned by Sindh Anti Corruption department to record his statement in China cutting of some 82 acres of amenity land causing loss of Rs 4.15 billion on September 26, it was learnt on ...
NA 243 Karachi by elections: PTI pitches surprise candidate
*ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has nominated social activist Alamgir Khan as the party's candidate for the National Assembly seat, NA-243, in Karachi.* The seat was won by Prime Minister Imran Khan in the July 25 general elections, but it fell vacant after Khan chose to retain NA-95 ...
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*KARACHI - By elections are going to be held on October 14 for National Assembly seat NA-243 in Karachi as t*he seat was left vacant by Prime Minister Imran Khan in July 25 general elections. Khan chose to retain NA-95 Mianwali and leave NA-243 vacant. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Alamgir Khan, ...


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import java.util.Objects;

import de.tum.in.niedermr.ta.core.code.constants.BytecodeConstants;
import de.tum.in.niedermr.ta.core.code.constants.JavaConstants;
import de.tum.in.niedermr.ta.core.code.util.JavaUtility;
import de.tum.in.niedermr.ta.core.common.constants.CommonConstants;

/** Identifier for Java test case methods. */
public final class TestcaseIdentifier implements Identifier {

	public static final String SEPARATOR = CommonConstants.SEPARATOR_DEFAULT;
	public static final String NON_CODE_TEST_CLASS_NAME = "zzz.NonCodeTest";

	/** Name of the test class. May be null for non-code test cases. */
	private final String m_className;
	/** Name of the test case. Usually the name of the method for test cases based on code. */
	private final String m_testcaseName;

	/** Constructor. */
	private TestcaseIdentifier(String className, String testcaseName) {
		m_className = sanitizeName(className);
		m_testcaseName = sanitizeName(Objects.requireNonNull(testcaseName));
	}

	/** Create an identifier for a test case. */
	public static TestcaseIdentifier create(Class<?> testClass, String testcaseName) {
		return create(testClass.getName(), testcaseName);
	}

	/** Create an identifier for a test case. */
	public static TestcaseIdentifier create(String testClassName, String testcaseName) {
		return new TestcaseIdentifier(testClassName, testcaseName);
	}

	/** Create an identifier for a test case. */
	public static TestcaseIdentifier createForNonCodeTestcase(String displayName) {
		return new TestcaseIdentifier(null, displayName);
	}

	/** Create an identifier for a test case. */
	public static TestcaseIdentifier createFromJavaName(String qualifiedMethodName) {
		if (qualifiedMethodName.contains(JavaConstants.ARGUMENTS_BEGIN)) {
			qualifiedMethodName = qualifiedMethodName.substring(0,
					qualifiedMethodName.indexOf(JavaConstants.ARGUMENTS_BEGIN));
		}

		if (!qualifiedMethodName.contains(JavaConstants.CLASS_METHOD_SEPARATOR)) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected at least one occurence of "
					+ JavaConstants.CLASS_METHOD_SEPARATOR + " in: " + qualifiedMethodName);
		}

		String className = qualifiedMethodName.substring(0,
				qualifiedMethodName.lastIndexOf(JavaConstants.CLASS_METHOD_SEPARATOR));
		String methodName = qualifiedMethodName
				.substring(1 + qualifiedMethodName.lastIndexOf(JavaConstants.CLASS_METHOD_SEPARATOR));

		return create(className, methodName);
	}

	/** Parse an identifier (with {@value #SEPARATOR} as separator). */
	public static TestcaseIdentifier parse(String s) throws IllegalArgumentException {
		String[] values = s.split(SEPARATOR);

		if (values.length == 2) {
			return new TestcaseIdentifier(values[0], values[1]);
		} else {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected [className]" + SEPARATOR + "[testcaseName] but was: " + s);
		}
	}

	/** {@inheritDoc} */
	@Override
	public final String get() {
		return getTestClassName() + SEPARATOR + getTestcaseName();
	}

	/** Name of the test class. Return {@value #NON_CODE_TEST_CLASS_NAME} if the internal value is null. */
	public final String getTestClassName() {
		if (m_className == null) {
			return NON_CODE_TEST_CLASS_NAME;
		}

		return m_className;
	}

	/** Return the test class or null for non-code test cases. */
	public final Class<?> resolveTestClass() throws ClassNotFoundException {
		if (m_className == null) {
			return null;
		}

		return JavaUtility.loadClass(m_className);
	}

	/** Return the test class or null if the class is not on the classpath or for non-code test cases. */
	public final Class<?> resolveTestClassNoEx() {
		try {
			return resolveTestClass();
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			return null;
		}
	}

	public final String getTestcaseName() {
		return m_testcaseName;
	}

	public MethodIdentifier toMethodIdentifier() {
		return MethodIdentifier.create(getTestClassName(), getTestcaseName(),
				BytecodeConstants.DESCRIPTOR_NO_PARAM_AND_VOID);
	}

	/** {@inheritDoc} */
	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		if (obj instanceof TestcaseIdentifier) {
			return Objects.equals(this.m_className, ((TestcaseIdentifier) obj).m_className)
					&& Objects.equals(this.m_testcaseName, ((TestcaseIdentifier) obj).m_testcaseName);
		}

		return false;
	}

	/** {@inheritDoc} */
	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		return Objects.hash(m_className, m_testcaseName);
	}

	/** {@inheritDoc} */
	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return get();
	}

	private static String sanitizeName(String name) {
		if (name == null) {
			return null;
		}

		return name.replace("|", "");
	}
}