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Brett Byerly of the Greensboro Housing Coalition speaks in May at a press conference. Byerly, one of the city's top housing advocates, is leaving the nonprofit in April.
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Housing advocate Brett Byerly resigns as head of Greensboro Housing Coalition
By Richard M. Barron richard.barron@greensboro.com
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GREENSBORO — Brett Byerly may have resigned as one of the city's top housing advocates, but he's got a long list of things he wants to do before he leaves his job in April.
Byerly is the executive director of the Greensboro Housing Coalition, which announced last week that he'll be leaving the nonprofit. But he said he won't leave until he helps start a new eviction intervention program and organizes the next Greensboro Housing Summit.
"I care so much about the mission of the organization that I want GHC to be the best that it can be," he said Monday in an interview.
Byerly, who has been director of the agency for five years, said he made a commitment to himself when he took the job that he'd stay five years. He wants to try something else now, but he's not positive what that will be.
"I don't know yet," Byerly said. "I don't think that I'll be going too far. Housing is in my blood."
As the agency's board starts searching for his successor, Byerly plans to dig deeply into planning for what he calls an eviction resolution program in partnership with Legal Aid of North Carolina. The program, which may be funded by the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, would provide about $1,000 per case to help people facing eviction to resolve any differences with landlords and reach agreements that will allow them to stay in their homes or apartments. The program will start small, maybe with funding to help as many as 90 families in its first year, he said.
Greensboro rates among the 10 worst cities in the nation for evictions, and Byerly has worked with other agencies for years now to find ways to manage and reverse the problem, one tenant and one landlord at a time.
He said his agency, which helps people find affordable housing, assists with rent deposits and other hurdles, also wants to make sure the most vulnerable people keep the housing they've already got.
That means, Byerly said, putting a priority on families with children who live below the poverty line and disabled people who would be homeless if they were to run into disputes that could lead to eviction.
"If you can keep people in the safety nets, that's part of the priority," he said.
Eviction is but one of many challenges that have created what Mayor Nancy Vaughan calls a "housing crisis" in the city where more luxury apartments than affordable apartments are being built and the homeless population is growing.
Vaughan said Monday she is going to miss Byerly — but she plans to hang onto his cell phone number.
"Brett is one of my go-to people," Vaughan said. "I was really disappointed when I heard he was retiring from the Greensboro Housing Coalition."
Vaughan said she and City Council will monitor closely the progress of the eviction resolution program and might consider supporting it with city money if it goes well.
Byerly has "taught me a lot about housing," Vaughan said. "He's taught me a lot about what we need to do. He's been a great partner."
Byerly, who had never managed a nonprofit before being appointed to his current position, became a crusader for improving substandard housing and was active in trying to find homes for people who had been displaced through no fault of their own.
Byerly, who describes himself as a former Republican who has now seen the deeper needs of the community, said he didn't really seek out nonprofit work before he came to the Greensboro Housing Coalition.
"It was a hell of a challenge for me," he said. "I was a building inspector who landed at the Housing Coalition because the housing market crashed and I needed insurance."
Now he's known for sticking his neck out when he feels passionate about a housing issue.
Carolyn Biggerstaff, one of the city's best-known housing advocates, said, "you cannot do things he has done for GHC without (being) a leader who is a risk-taker."
She has worked closely with Byerly to help organize the Greensboro Housing Summit for the past several years. The summit is the annual spring showcase for the top voices in the housing community to talk about issues and solutions affecting housing and health, repairing substandard housing and expanding the amount of affordable housing available for low-income people.
Byerly wants to pull off one more summit before he leaves.
"Hopefully that's when we are introducing the world to my successor," he said.
Byerly has been especially busy for the past 18 months.
Most recently, Byerly had become an outspoken critic of local substance-abuse agencies who provided housing for clients that was often pest-ridden, overcrowded and badly maintained. When two of those agencies, Ready4Change and United Youth Care Services, began evicting scores of their clients earlier this year after they ran into regulatory problems with state officials, Byerly and his agency worked to assist the displaced residents with money for motels or other alternative housing.
He got help from the city to find some of that funding with the help of City Councilwoman Michelle Kennedy and the Neighborhood Development Department.
He was especially busy in the spring of 2018, when two disasters forced people out of their homes and apartments.
In April of 2018 a tornado ravaged east Greensboro, and Byerly's group mobilized to find temporary shelter for more than 100 people who were displaced when their homes and apartments were damaged in an instant on a Sunday afternoon.
A month later, he was drawn into another tragedy when five children died in a fire at a substandard apartment complex on Summit Avenue.
Throughout that summer he worked finding homes for the tornado victims and, in August, helping with rent assistance and finding apartments for 30 families who were displaced when 41 units at the Summit complex were condemned by city inspectors.
Over the past three months, Byerly and his agency have tried to help the city cope with a further crisis that he and other housing advocates admit has overwhelmed Greensboro's safety net for the homeless.
Scores of families, many of them with children, were evicted in September and October from apartments provided by United Youth Care Services. According to a 60-page report from state regulators, United Youth Care Services illegally provided housing to clients enrolled in treatment classes in exchange for Medicaid payments.
Byerly said he wants to stay a little longer in his position as city housing groups begin a program called "supportive housing." The program would take a current city office building at Fourth and Maple streets and turn it into apartments for poor people who have substance abuse or health issues that might make them homeless. "Supportive housing" surrounds those people with social services agencies that can help them maintain their health and their ability to stay in stable housing.
And, he said, he's staying to create continuity for the existing staff at the Housing Coalition.
"There's a natural tendency, when there's a leadership change, for there to be a dip," Byerly said. "And I want to make absolutely sure that doesn't happen."
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The report shows 90% of the people in Greensboro who earn less than $20,000 pay more than 30% of their income on housing, an amount that is considered "cost burdened." The report defines as cost burdened anyone spending between 30% and 50% of their gross income on housing. In Greensboro, the report says, 36.4% of all households are cost burdened.
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 Liste des anciennes communes du Calvados

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 Monteille sur le site de la communauté de communes.
 Résumé statistique de Monteille sur le site de l'Insee.
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Hiding history and re-enacting it
From the Crimean War to the Wars in the Gulf. The death of global empires and the rise of a global economy.
by bannerman on Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:44 pm
This is a subject thats been on my mind for some time but Im not quite sure how to frame it.
A few months ago I was talking my girlfriend who is a foreigner around historical sites throughout Ireland and Scotland, I was quite dissapointed to notice that a number of heritage sites had seeming delibaterly left out quite important periods of our history - most notably the War of Independence and Civil War.
For example the display at Bunratty castle mentioned sieges there in the 1640's, the Cromwellion campaign and apparently a Williamite attack on the castle. These were simply listed as events in a chronology and no further explanation was given. I can only imagine that it would leave the public as confused as it left me. Being from the area and having studied the war of the two kings in detail in University I had never heard of any military action in Bunratty during the period. I quizzed several of the tourguides working there on the subject but none of them had ever heard of it.
More dissapointing to me was the absence of any information related to the castles role in the 1913-1923 period. I know from my own research that members of the East Clare Brigade of the Irish Volunteers led by Michael Brennan assembled at the castle on Easter Monday 1916 waiting for the expected german arms from the Aud. [ O.K. it was a bit of a non event and could reasonably be left out!} But I couldent find any references to the R.I.C. station that had been built on the western side of the castle. Or the fact that it was burned down by the I.R.A. in April of 1920. Nor was there any mention of the fact that the last British Soldier killed in Clare during the War of Independence, Private R.W. Williams of the 2nd Battn. Royal Welch Fusileers was killed on the bridge beside the castle on July 10th 1921.
It was much the same story at King Johns castle in Limerick. While the sieges of 1641 were very well presented, and there was a very good display on the war of the two kings including life sized wax works of the leading protagonists, the War of Independence and Civil War did not feature. The only information supplied on the period was in a timeline of the castles history which simply read "1922 - Last British troops leave the castle." Apparently history ends there! I know that King johns castle played a vital role in the Civil war in Limerick and I even have photographs of Free State and IRA troops stationed there in 1922 and 1923 but for some reason this wasnt presented. Why?
Well it appears that some people THINK that tourists would be somehow offended by this period of our history and the attitude of " If the truth hurts, dont look it might go away" prevails. Now i have worked in the tourisim industry giving guided tours at both public and private heritage sites for a long time and I find that foreign visitors to Ireland are very interested in the Irish struggle for independence. In addition in my time as a re-enactor I have found exactly the same thing. Surprisingly British people in particular are fascinated by it and want to know more after seeing films like The Wind That Shakes the Barley and Michael Collins. In fact the only people who ever got really vocal about the 1913 - 1923 period were elderly Irish people who held very strong political views and felt that any narrative on the period should have come down further either in favour of Dev or Collins etc...
I have heard guides at some sites gloss over the Williamite wars, the war of Independence or the civil war opting instead of a somewhat bland tour concentrating on a basic architectural history with continued references to "The Crown" and no attempt being made to explain who the Crown was or why they built military fortification's in Ireland.
Now the question arises if many heritage sites linked with the 1913 -1923 period refuse to discuss or display the history of this period how do we go about getting suitable venues to re-enact in?
Last edited by bannerman on Sun May 30, 2010 12:24 pm, edited 2 times in total.
http://www.warofindependence.net/
"Is doigh linn gur mor iad na daoine mora mar atamuid fein ar ar nglunaibh. - Eirimis!!!"
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Full Name: Padraig O Ruairc
Location: Clare - An Clar
Re: Hiding history and re-enacting it
by the_power on Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:02 am
Padraig, this is a wonderful question. And it's not just 'hiding' it; it's a general problem of low quality or 'over summarized' history. Many heritage sites were intentionally dumbed down for the bulk-low-cost-american tourist market that we catered for so well in the 1970s and 1980s. Many haven't been updated since.
One thing the nascent 'Forum for History and Heritage' are looking to do is collect as much heritage site leaflets, tour guide scripts and content as we can get, and put it on a central website to be critically reviewed. Hopefully the end result will be free content for them to use to update their leaflets later. If you'd like to help, drop me an email and I'll put you in contact with the person driving that effort; she lost a job as a tour guide years ago when a park preferred the bus-drivers made-up history more than her take on the real one - so she understands.
Rather than a conspiracy to drop a distastful part of history, I think it's more likely that park owners feel it's too compex to cover in a small leaflet, so don't try. Personally, I think they should cater for the history buff, as well as the ignoramus who just wants to look at impressive looking buildings...so have two leaflets, one a two-sided A5, and the other a 4 page A4 one...
by Dave Mooney on Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:26 pm
Sorry! I was trying to remove my post and wiped Bannermans last one at the same time.
I can't make it come back but it said:
by bannerman (Posted Sat Dec 20, 2008 2:02 pm)
Thanks John, I look forward to working with the Forum on History and Heritage when its up and running, and the central website with specific heritage site / national monument information is a great idea. Hopefully with the quiet political situation that has existed for the last decade heritage sites wont try to avoid controversial parts of our history when dealing with the Irish public and tourists.
Bringing this back to re-enactments - Im just wandering what other periods of our history are fudged at some heritage sites, what other re-enactment groups find themselves in a similar situation? For example Cromwell seems to disappear from the history of a lot of places as he's�en as to complex or controversial for the tourists.
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Cromwell's troops get a mention at the Cragg as they slighted the Castle there.
Some of it is fudging by the tour guides so as not to ruin the visitors buzz. Some is letting them think they know stuff to not ruin their buzz. Some is just lies!
The use of the term 'Celtic' at most sites is a big sticking point. It's so hard to work with the term and you can see the punters disappointment when you'd prefer to steer clear of the word.
The fact that all castles, inc. 16th Century Gaelic tower houses, were all built by the Normans was a good one this summer. That came from an American bus/self-tour tour guide. Actually I ghosted him around most of the park and he got only one thing right...I can't remember what that was now.
At the East Clare Heritage centre they have this mad bloke (happens to be English) that tells visitors that "there was no famine" and that "the Irish didn't grow crops and grind grain until the English arrived to show them how it was done". I can't remember when this was supposed to have happened but I think they brought a horizontal water driven mill with them. He's on a FAS scheme there.
This stuff is down to heritage sites not hiring historians and archaeologists to write and review what's being said and not providing training for the tour guides. I for example don't click with the kids so well (very popular with the older visitors though) and two of the girls I was working with have teacher and/or childcare training. I tried to follow them about to see how they deal with kids but for some reason they found me intimidating and wouldn't let me hear their shpiel in case they were getting the archaeology wrong.
I'm trying to re-write the Craggs script for them and have it stressed tested via the FHH academic section.
Also, from the Heritage Conference we had, and indeed reports from the Clare County Council Heritage section, the punters would much rather see it done that be taken on a 1 hour whistle stop tour of the place. I'm t�ng to radically rethink how we do LHE domos, steering well away for the static museum demos that have become the norm. They're ok� a GAA pitch but look wrong in an authentic domestic setting.
I've splu�d there, sorry. And again sorry bout deleting your post there Padraig.
Dave Mooney.
Mogh Roith- Historical Living History Group. http://moghroith.org
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Full Name: Dave Mooney
Location: Mounshannon, Co. Clare
by knightofredemption on Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:01 pm
I have worked on the Boyne site, and was told "don't mention the war"...not funny. I felt unable to comply with this order and am no longer welcome at this site. Anything that can be done to educate people about the facts of our collective history, devoid of religious or political bias can only be a good thing. As Bannerman found, most people are more than ready for an honest and uncensored look at our history.
Good luck with the new forum John, I look forward to its arrival.
Everything in moderation, including Moderation.
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Full Name: Paul Wickham
Location: Ballyconnell, Cavan
by bannerman on Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:37 pm
Thats alright Dave delete what you want!
The use of the term celtic is a big sticking point
Yes indeed I think the problem there is the changing meaning of the word celtic over time 1st Century "keltoid" meaning mainland European peoples north of the alps. 19th Century to Modern day Celtic refering to the Britain, Ireland and Britany. The six celtic languages etc... Again we shouldent assume that the public are completely stupid and unable to understand this it just takes a minute to qualify and explain the term your using. Idont want to re-open the whole "Was Ireland Celtic in the Iron age? debate here again though so Ill move on. All Ill say Is that archaeology and linguistic archaeology have realy sorted this out.
When i talk about qualifying the term you use ie. Celtic, I do it all the time when i am speaking about the war of Independence at a re-enactment. I explain that the term IRA was used to replace the name Irish Volunteers in the 1916 -1919 period,that they fought a very different campaign to more modern groups who use that three lettered name, that they were the army of the democratically elected irish government from 1919 and that when you first hear those three leters you should dispell the image of a guy with a M16 and a balaclava because im talking about the 1913 - 1923 period and not the post 1969 period. That usually takes the sting out of things and its not too longwinded, It only takes as long to explain as it just took you to read it.
Also the key to keeping the contraversy out - is about keeping it period. When Im doing the 1913 -23 period stuff. I generally stop at the truce of 1921. Im very happy to discuss in depth the civil war but dont really want to re-enact it - as im concentrating on the war of independence. Also when tourists/public ask me about the north/ the troubles / the peace process i simply tell them. "Look at my clothing Im from 1923 none of that stuff has hapened yet!" It usualy gets a laugh and stops and further politics questions. If people persist I simply tell them that im interested in history and not modern politics so id prefer not discuss it.
As for the English fella who says "there was no famine" He was right!!!
THE COUNTRY WAS AWASH WITH FOOD BUT THE ARISTOCRACY SHIPPED IT ALL OUT!!! This is historical fact I think we all know that and i can produce copies of ships manifests from cork in 1847 if anyone doubts it. Theres all sorts of crazies out there who believe the earth is flat, the holocaust didnt happen, and that the earth is only 4000 years old they sit at home ignore scientific and historical facts and shout abuse at the T.V. whenever it tells them the truth
As to the battle of the Boyne its simple - "The League of Asburg" the Pope and good King Billy were in a military alliance. But it suits some people to believe that there was no one at the Boyne except Irish Catholics dressed in Green {leprechaun style) and English protestants who were all dressed in red [john bull style]. Never mind about the French, Dutch and all the other nationalities these as well. Oh and by the way Patrick Sarsfield was leading the boys in green to fight for an Irish republic. It had nothing to do with a British civil war, a wider European war and a row over who would be king! See above comment ... theres all sorts of crazies....
So basically I think if we know our subjects in depth and are passionate about them, keep following new research and debates we can avoid contraversy and offending resonable, mentally balanced people and maybe even find a way of convincing heritage sites to present all the history concerned. As you said Dave roll on the Forum. If it works as well as it sounds them it should be a step towards solving these problems.
by Tychsen on Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:16 am
History has to be told warts and all , we can't change the past we can only try and understand it.
The Boyne is one which always makes me chuckle - it is not as clear cut as some folks might want to think - Richard Donerty's excellent book on the Williamite wars is a real eye openner.
As far as the history of Cromwell's military activty and the rising go - why not go for it - we have to stand back and be prepared to lay down any baggage we are carrying - we have to be able to look at things as Cromwell viewed them at his time and not how we view them now .
An excellent question and one which causes me no major pain or discomfort , history is neutral as far as I am concerned and so should our approach be to it.
I think if we are presenting history what we present has to be based on a balanced understanding of the events , the people and the intersts of all concerned - which is why the "traditional" view of "The Battle of the Boyne" is not actually what it was about.
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Organized and taking place on the unceded, ancestral territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, & Səl̓ílwətaɁɬ Nations (in so-called vancouver, canada). We seek to work in solidarity with Indigenous peoples in the struggle for autonomy and self-determination. We recognize that the gender binary is a colonial construct and affirm the diversity of gender identity and gender expression of people around the world, especially those who are reclaiming identities and roles lost, erased and vilified due to colonization.
Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual event on November 20th which commemorates the hundreds of people murdered each year due to anti-trans and anti-sex worker bigotry and violence.
Our mission is to memorialize the hundreds of trans people who are murdered each year, the majority of whom are trans women of colour and sex workers, and bring attention to the violence and oppression they experience. We envision a world where trans women, sex workers, and trans people as a whole have the support and resources to live out their full lives with dignity, respect, and safety.
Join us for a physically-distanced march, memorial, or both to observe this year's Trans Day of Remembrance – in-person or via livestream.
Meet @ Jim Deva Plaza, 1200 Bute Street
& March to the Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia Street side)
Register for the livestream: https://linktr.ee/TDORvancouver
If you have been sick recently and/or are immuno-compromised, please stay home & join the live stream.
SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 information:
Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html
B.C: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/data
Complete the self-assessment tool online at https://bc.thrive.health
6:30pm Gather (physically-distanced) at Jim Deva Plaza (on Bute Street on both sides of Davie Street)
7:00pm Opening & Memorial for murdered trans people in Canada
7:15pm March begins to Vancouver Art Gallery
8:00pm Memorial @ Vancouver Art Gallery
– History & Context
– Memorial for murdered trans people globally
– Open Mic
9:00pm Closing
March Route Info:
Accessibility Information:
The march route and event space are wheelchair accessible.
ASL interpretation has been secured for the online, live stream portion of this event. No ASL interpretation is available in-person at the march or memorial. If you require this service, kindly contact us so interpreters can know who to look for online.
PPE such as medical masks and hand sanitizer will be distributed throughout the in-person event.
There are single-stall, free, public washrooms available both at Jim Deva Plaza and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
We are currently securing active listeners who are ready, trained, and available for providing emotional support for folks who feel triggered, need someone to talk to, and who may need to leave the space both in-person and online.
If there are any safety concerns and/or accessibility requests, please do assert your needs to the group and/or to a facilitator or organizer.
To contact us ahead of time re: accessibility requests or questions: TDORvancouver @pm.me
Safer Space Information:
Content warning: violence against trans women, sex workers, and trans folks more generally
Trigger warning: mentions of some of the causes of death of the trans folks who have been murdered (at the end of reading the names) and mention of suicide.
This event is a safer space. We recognize that oppression exists everywhere, and that we cannot guarantee safe spaces, only that we can make them safer by recognizing, understanding, challenging, and transforming oppressive ideas and behaviours. This includes, and is not limited to, racism, classism, ableism, cissexism, heterosexism, ageism, sexism, and sizeism.
This event will be live streamed online to accommodate people staying home due to the SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 pandemic.
We ask that people concerned about being visible to ensure their anonymity by covering anything that may be identifying such as your face and/or using pseudonyms for those watching online.
Participants are encouraged to give care to themselves and engage in this space in ways that works for them; no one expects folks to do anything they don't want to do.
This event centers trans people and their lived experiences, and we will prioritize their voices above all else, particularly those who are multiply marginalized. This is not a space for parachuters or co-opters.
Organizers are bound by the Mission, Vision & Basis of Unity of TDOR and reserve the right to remove anyone who is disruptive, breaches the safer space guidelines, and/or creates an unsafe space (please note: discomfort is not the same as unsafe.)
Members of the media are not welcome at our events. You are welcome to speak with organizers before or after and event. Media inquiries can be made via email at TDORvancouver @ pm.me
If you have any ideas, questions or accessibility requests, please contact us at TDORvancouver @pm.me
We are fundraising to cover the cost of this year's TDOR. Please donate & share, any amount helps: https://linktr.ee/TDORvancouver
Justice for Coco! Sign & share: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_TWvpxVftGK1lJCIFBwde1XAK5EYOlZz_SaToen3sU2N60Q/viewform
"We are shocked and outraged at the death of our community member in TPS custody.
Coco, whose last name is being withheld for family privacy, died in police custody on October 26, 2020. The mystery surrounding her death, and the continued misgendering of Coco in the TPS reports is unacceptable. Black trans lives matter. Coco should be alive today. Toronto Police Services is responsible for her death in their custody."
Donate to Coco's memorial: https://www.gofundme.com/f/funeral-costs-for-our-beloved-coco
International information:
https://tdor.translivesmatter.info/
https://tdor.info/about-2/
https://www.tdor.co/about
TMM Update: Trans Day of Remembrance 2020
Trans Day of Remembrance Campaign
Published by Vancouver Trans Day of Remembrance
A page dedicated to the promotion of the Vancouver Trans Day of Remembrance & Week Of Resilience.	View all posts by Vancouver Trans Day of Remembrance
Previous Call for Volunteers for 2020 Trans Day of Remembrance "Vancouver"
https://twitter.com/#!/VancouverTDOR
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This really cool The Hobbit Adventure map got made by MyAcquaintance, and the showcase video below got made on the PS4 by stampylonghead, but the map can be played on both the PS3 and the PS4. This The Hobbit Adventure map is a really big and good looking adventure map which can be played alone or with some friends. Download the map! Enjoy playing!


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ENGR421 Team 4, Spring 2013
===========================

Dean Reading -- Electrical

Emily Dunham -- Software

Minna O'Brien -- Mechanical

Team [web site][site]

[site]:https://sites.google.com/site/engr421team4/

Note:
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As of June 2013, this code base is no longer under active development and
will not be tested or maintained. You're welcome to use it (see LICENSE for
details) but be warned that it might not work with newer versions of its
dependencies.

Laptop software
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Vision code written ~~and maintained~~ by edunham unless marked otherwise.

All python code requires OpenCV libraries to run.
ymmv with the versions in your package manger; my cv2.__version__ is Rev 4557

Arduino software
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Arduino code written ~~and maintained~~ by Dean Reading unless marked otherwise.

The .ino files require the Arduino IDE thing to run, which is named arduino
and can be installed from one's package manager.

Wiring Notes
------------

Yellow is to 12V, red is to 5V. Do not plug it in backwards or the board will fry .

To Run Program
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Calibrate the fixed values in Crossfire\_Program.ino such that the shooters
point straight ahead when the laptop sends them 90 degrees. Verify that they
don't fall off the board at max left and max right. Plug in all the wires to
the correct pins, determined by reading the Arduino program's source.

Invoke main.py with l, c, and r for left, right, and center shooters -- give
it the letters of the ones you want in this game, separated by spaces. Also
indicate whether to use new or old strategy. If Arduino is not plugged in,
pass 'fake'. Thus:

$ python main.py l c r new

will run it. On the still image, click top left, bottom left, top right, and
bottom right intersections between *robot line* and *edge of board*. Any
keystroke while the program is running will cause it to abort.

If auto-threshholding is enabled (the cam.adj\_thresh() line in main.py isn't
commented out), the program will seek the best threshhold for detecting 2
pucks under the current lighting conditions. If lighting is uneven, try
lowering the second argument to adj\_thresh. If lighting is consistent across
the field, a higher stability value will be required.

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Q: Can't use php variable from another file like my title says, whenever I try to use my variables from another php file, it doesn't work (Undefined variable).
I did declare them in the file that I'm including.
For example, I have this file called variables.php that have this in it:
<?php
$DEBUG = TRUE;
$mysqli = new mysqli("127.0.0.1", "root", "", "29185917-database");
$DEBUG_LOG_FILE = "../log";
?>

And then I have another file called debug.php that tries to use the variable 'DEBUG' but it cannot access it. Here is my debug.php file:
<?php
require_once 'variables.php';
function echo_debug(string $message)
{
    if($DEBUG) {
        echo $message;
    }
}
?>

Whenever I try to use my function echo_debug I get the error message :
Undefined variable 'DEBUG'.
Any help on this problem is appreciated :).

A: Functions have their own scope. The variable is accessible, just not from inside the function.
You could pass $DEBUG as a parameter
function echo_debug(string $message, bool $DEBUG)

Then you would call it as
echo_debug("comment that will help me debug in dev mode", $DEBUG);

Another option is to declare DEBUG as a constant,
define('DEBUG', true);
$mysqli = new mysqli("127.0.0.1", "root", "", "29185917-database");
$DEBUG_LOG_FILE = "../log";

Then, in your function you would check for that constant:
function echo_debug(string $message) {
    if(DEBUG) { ... }
}

You could also use the global keyword, right above your if(), try to add global $DEBUG;.
require_once 'variables.php';
function echo_debug(string $message)
{
    global $DEBUG;
    if($DEBUG) { ... }
}

But generally the other two solutions are better, global variables are sometimes frowned upon.

A: As per my comment, you can also use a constant and avoid the variable issue altogether.
<?php
define('DEBUG', true);
$mysqli = new mysqli("127.0.0.1", "root", "", "29185917-database");
$DEBUG_LOG_FILE = "../log";
?>

Then in the function check if the constant has been defined
<?php
require_once 'variables.php';
function echo_debug(string $message) {
    if (defined('DEBUG') && DEBUG === true) {
        echo $message;
    }
}
?>

A: do like this:
function echo_debug(string $message,$data)
{
    if($data === TRUE) {
        echo $message;
    }
}

call function:
require_once 'variables.php';
$message = "comment that will help me debug in dev mode";
$output = echo_debug($message,$DEBUG);
print_r($output);

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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Jonathan Spalter
Our Commitment to Connect
From the earliest days of this unprecedented economic and public health emergency, USTelecom members stood up, stood tall (and stood quickly) to not only embrace the commitments of the FCC's Keep Americans Connected Pledge, but to go above and beyond that pledge and do whatever was necessary to keep our customers and their communities connected to the internet.
When it came to maintaining essential connectivity, our message was: we are all in this together.
Indeed, broadband providers of all stripes and sizes – and in all corners of the country – have invested mightily, serving as first responders on the pandemic's front lines to support tens of thousands of our friends, families and neighbors impacted by COVID-19. As the global economy shut down, USTelecom members have worked tirelessly, and often in harm's way, to keep America's internet open and our communities connected.
I'm always proud to share broadband hero stories like Smart City helping to transform convention centers into state-of-the-art emergency hospitals and homeless shelters or Montana-based Blackfoot Communications (with the highest percentage of rural schools in the country) opening free Wi-Fi hotspots to ensure students could stay on top of their classwork.
AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink invested millions to maintain connectivity and support the global COVID-19 crisis response while West Texas-based BBT reallocated unused broadband resources at closed schools to ensure students in need can continue to learn from home.
I could go on and on because there are stories like this across the country. That ironclad commitment to connectivity is a core value, and USTelecom members will continue working with customers facing economic uncertainty because of the pandemic to ensure they stay connected during these challenging times.
But it's not always easy, and it does come at a cost. Some of our members are small enterprises and cooperatives and feeling the financial strain too.
That's why Congress has a major role to play in helping support connectivity. Washington has already moved quickly to advance important investments for innovative telehealth programs, and is actively considering funding to support broadband deployment and distance learning programs.
This is a welcome start. But as the economic and health uncertainty endures, we're asking Congress to consider additional direct support to Americans in need to help cover the cost of critical broadband service and to reform and properly resource the universal service fund programs especially critical to low-income families and Americans whose homes are still outside the reach of a high-speed broadband connection.
The need is real, and we're ready to work side by side with Congress so that all citizens have the resources to keep connected, no matter where, no matter what.
Partner Spotlight: The SIP School
Statement: House Passage of "ACCESS BROADBAND Act"
Statement on House Broadband Infrastructure Plan
by Brian Weiss


During the turn of the century Joshua Blank was attending San Francisco Art Institute studying painting and film when he dropped out of school to move to Paris for six months to live in an abandoned building. When he returned to the US he began teaching himself photography and was reunited with Pez who he had met many years before in NYC.
In 2004 Joshua moved back to New York City where his focus shifted to youth and street fashion photography. He also worked for Smack Mellon Gallery and began to do art handling for galleries and museums around New York and attended the Photography Program at Parsons the New School for Design where he received his BFA. During this time he continued to draw but kept his work private and would never show it to anyone.
In late 2009, he moved back to San Francisco to photograph his friends and embark on new projects that seemed impossible in NYC. He has worked as a photo journalist and news writer in the Bronx and has shot assignments for Time Out New York, Toast Magazine, and has contributed photos to several issues of Vice. He also worked as a product and party photographer. He has exhibited his work in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Austin and in Paris.


The historic San Antonio River has long served as the heart of the city. Each year the world-renowned River Walk draws millions of visitors, and now miles of urban river have been revitalized beyond downtown and the famed Paseo del Rio. A comprehensive, multi-year project was completed in 2013 that restored and enhanced 13 miles of the San Antonio River both north and south of downtown.
The San Antonio River Improvements Project (SARIP) is a $384.1 million investment by the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, San Antonio River Authority (SARA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the San Antonio River Foundation in flood control, amenities, ecosystem restoration and recreational improvements along 13 miles of the San Antonio River from Hildebrand Avenue south to Loop 410 South. SARA served as project manager for all sections of SARIP and as local sponsor with USACE specifically for the Mission Reach.
SARIP is comprised of four distinctive reaches: The Museum Reach, a four-mile segment of the river from Hildebrand Avenue south to Lexington Avenue; the Downtown Reach, a segment of the original River Walk from Lexington Avenue to Houston Street; the Eagleland, a one-mile segment from South Alamo to Lonestar Boulevard; and the Mission Reach, a eight-mile section of the river extending from Lonestar Boulevard south to Loop 410 South.
A concerted community effort to revitalize the river began in 1998 when Bexar County, the City of San Antonio and SARA created the San Antonio River Oversight Committee. The 22 civic and neighborhood leaders appointed to the committee were given the responsibility of overseeing the planning, design, project management, construction and funding necessary to complete the project. In addition, the committee was charged with providing an open public forum for citizen input into the project's development. The Oversight Committee was co-chaired by former mayor Lila Cockrell and architect Irby Hightower and an appreciation ceremony took place on November 2014 to commemorate the work of all the committee and sub-committee members throught its existence.
To view interactive maps with design plans for the Museum and Mission Reaches, click on the appropriate icon on the map to the left.


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What's new, trim levels, optional equipment, and safety info for the 2008 Jeep Liberty.
By Car and Driver
Jeep introduced the Liberty in 2002 and completely redesigned it for the 2008 model year. This is a unibody small SUV that tries to marry carlike road manners with a Jeep's go-anywhere ability. The redesigned Liberty only comes with a 3.7-liter V-6 engine that produces 210 horsepower, mated to a four-speed automatic or a six-speed manual transmission. Base Libertys have rear-wheel drive, but there are two available all-wheel-drive systems: Command-Trac, which is a part-time, shift-on-the-fly setup; and Selec-Trac II, which is a full-time system. Hill-descent control is standard with both all-wheel-drive systems, and hill start assist is standard on all Libertys.
The Liberty is a highly capable off-roader, but it suffers from a lack of poise on-road, at least compared with the best offerings from the Japanese, the Toyota RAV4 and the Honda CR-V. Although the Liberty's interior is quite spacious, the quality of the materials and finishes is lacking compared with that of the class leaders, too.
On the plus side of the ledger, the Liberty has a lot of standard safety equipment, including front side airbags, stability- and rollover-control systems, and anti-lock brakes. It excels in traditional truck roles. It is excellent off-road and can tow up to 5000 pounds when properly equipped, which is at the top of the cute-ute class.
The Liberty was completely redesigned for the 2008 model year. The exterior is more rugged and masculine than the original, and a new suspension—independent up front and a five-link rear—underpins the vehicle. The Liberty now features more accurate and responsive rack-and-pinion steering. A whole array of new equipment has become available, including the Sky Slider full-length canvas roof.
Trim Levels
The base Liberty is the Sport, which starts at $21,025 in two-wheel-drive form, rising to $22,635 for an all-wheel-drive version. Standard features include curtain airbags; 16-inch aluminum wheels; fold-flat, reclining second-row seats; air conditioning; power windows; and an AM/FM/CD stereo with four speakers.
The Limited model starts at $25,210 in two-wheel-drive guise and is $26,820 for the 4x4. This adds a fold-flat passenger seat, a classier seat fabric, a power driver seat, an eight-speaker Infinity audio system, the four-speed automatic transmission, cruise control, 17-inch aluminum wheels, Sirius satellite radio, and heated power-folding exterior mirrors.
Liberty vs. Competitors
2008 Compact SUVs Compared Side by Side
The Sport has a number of packages and stand-alone options. An automatic transmission costs $825, a power sunroof is $850, and the Sky Slider roof is $1200. The latter is great if you like an ambience that's comparable to a convertible's, but the trade-off is a ton of wind noise. The Trailer Tow Group ($495) includes sway control. Jeep offers a more sophisticated all-wheel-drive system than the standard part-time, shift-on-the-fly Command-Trac II setup. Called Selec-Trac II, this is an active, on-demand system and costs $445. The Premium Sound Group ($395) includes a six-CD in-dash changer, and the Popular Equipment Group ($1095) consists of fog lamps, cruise control, deep-tinted glass, a fold-flat front-passenger seat, and a cargo-compartment cover.
The Limited has a lot more options. You can still order the power sunroof as a stand-alone option, along with the full-length canvas roof, the Selec-Trac II all-wheel-drive system, and the Trailer Tow Group, just $395 on the Limited. The MyGIG infotainment system with navigation costs $1550 and incorporates a 20-gigabyte hard drive for tunes and photos, Bluetooth phone connectivity, and real-time traffic information through the Sirius satellite-radio system. There are three options packages. The Premium Sound Group is $395. The Premium Group I costs $995 and upgrades to leather seating, heated front seats, auto on/off headlights, a power passenger seat, and remote start. The Premium Group II incorporates Premium Group I and adds automatic climate control, 18-inch wheels and tires, and a rear backup alert system. The cost is $2295.
All Liberty models have front and side airbags as standard, along with anti-lock brakes, hill start assist, a skid-control system with rollover mitigation, and traction control. All-wheel-drive models have standard hill-descent control, and a trailer-sway-control system is part of the trailer-towing package. Finally, a rear backup system is available on the Liberty Limited.
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At King Law Firm, P.C., our attorneys never back down from a fight. We will work with you to craft an aggressive legal strategy. We're always ready to bring your case to trial — in fact, very often the first thing we'll do in a new case is prepare the lawsuit. If we do end up settling, we'll have prepped your case to win at trial. We meet with every client every 30 days, will keep your case moving forward and will keep you informed every step of the way.
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Tag Archives: GA
Live From the 40 Watt Cover Art
The national awareness of Athens, Georgia as a vibrant art and music scene in the 80's was largely accomplished due to a plucky, quirky and loose 1986 documentary film by director Tony Gayton titled "Athens, GA: Inside/Out" and its associated soundtrack on I.R.S. Records, which at the time was R.E.M.'s label.
In many ways, the film happened at the right time: R.E.M.'s Document, their last and biggest album on I.R.S. Records would come out in Fall of 1987 and blow up with "The One I Love." Fans like me who were hungry for everything related to R.E.M. ran out to pick up the VHS tape of the film and the soundtrack to hear and see the two R.E.M. tracks performed in the Seney-Stovall Chapel: acoustic versions of "Swan Swan H" from Lifes Rich Pageant and a cover of an Everly Brothers classic re-titled "(All I Have To Do Is) Dream."
A side note: the legend of R.E.M. includes the fact that they lived in an abandoned church and their first concert was in this same church. Until today, I assumed that the performance in the film was in that church, but they really lived in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, which was demolished in 1990 by developers. The steeple still stands today as a landmark to R.E.M.
As someone growing up in a very small midwestern town in the 1980's, I had very limited access to underground non-Top 40 music. I didn't even have MTV! So, the soundtrack and filmed performances in "Athens, Ga : Inside/Out" were eye-opening experiences! In many ways this soundtrack defined the music I would follow for many years. As a compilation, the songs and bands are all over the map: soon-to-be radio darlings R.E.M., twitchy frenetic post punk of Pylon (who recently got their much-deserved recognition in a boxset I covered here.), the instrumental workings of Love Tractor (the use of "Fun To Be Happy" as the opening music was brilliant and set the tone for the film), moody guitar rock of "Dreams So Real" (whose major label debut Rough Night in Jericho disappointingly made them sound like The BoDeans and not like the moody and beautiful "Golden"), The B-52's were included in the film, but not the soundtrack, the hardcore punk of Bar-B-Q Killers, the hyper retro two-piece rockabilly of The Flat Duo Jets (who are obvious influences on The White Stripes). The thoughts of these bands playing bars and stages in Athens was breathtaking, and my friends and I all wanted to make a trip there. (It's still on my bucket list of places to visit)
Squalls perform "Na Nanana" in Athens, Ga: Inside/Out
Out of all of those bands on the soundtrack, the ones that really stood out for me (and are favorites to this day) were Pylon, Love Tractor and Squalls. Squalls had two songs on the soundtrack, their big hit (such as it was) "Na Nanana" and "Elephant Radio." Both of these songs were on their debut self-released EP from 1984, and by 1986, when this film came out, they were regarded as one of the bands who deserved to make it to the national spotlight. The Squalls mix of epic harmonies and melodies combined with smart and sometimes progressive rhythms to me makes them a shoo in for a band that could follow in the footsteps of bands like Talking Heads and Adrian Belew.
Squalls
The Squalls were signed to R.E.M. manager Jefferson Holt's label Dog Gone Records, and released two albums there before the band hung it up in 1989.
On August 19th, the band is releasing a compilation of live recordings made over five dates made at the legendary Athens, GA bar The 40-Watt Club between 1983 and 1985 (predating the performances in the film). These performances were recorded by 40-Watt soundman T. Patton Biddle. Titled Live from the 40 Watt, the songs span the EP and the two albums and are a great representation of the band's body of work. Here is the tracklist, with my notes of performance date and what album the songs come from. I've also provided links to the tracks that have been released for streaming.
Bride Of Frankenstein (8/2/1985) from No Time and "Crickets" 7″
Catholic Girls (2/11/1983) unreleased
The Prince Of Wails (5/31/84) from Rebel Shoes
Ellie Dee (8/2/1985) unreleased
Relax (5/31/1984) from Squalls EP
Cindy (2/14/1985) from Rebel Shoes
Na Nanana (5/31/1984) from Squalls EP
Pop Roots (5/31/1984) unreleased
Waltzing Mathilda (8/2/1985) from Rebel Shoes
Information (5/31/1984) from Squalls EP
Crickets (8/2/1985) from "Crickets" 7″
Snowman (5/31/1984) unreleased
Dancing Example (8/2/1985) unreleased
Satellite (11/29/1984) unreleased
Tell Me Now (8/2/1985) unreleased
Unrelated Happenings (8/2/1985) unreleased
Kathy (11/29/1984) unreleased
The Sheik (2/14/1985) from No Time
Kalinka (8/2/1985) from Squalls EP
S.P.Q.R. (8/2/1985) from No Time
Strolling Bones (11/29/1984) from Squalls EP
Modern World (11/29/1984) unreleased
What You Get (11/29/1984) unreleased
Elephant Radio (11/29/1984) from Squalls EP
The striking thing about this compilation is how much unreleased music is included! I exchanged messages with Bob Hay, the principle songwriter in Squalls whether this release was indicative of the live sets from this pre-Dog Gone era of the band, or whether he was attempting to get these unreleased songs released formally. He said:
It's kind of both. On "LIVE" I wanted to include every song that was released on vinyl before 1986. (8 songs – the EP and the single.) and also rescue from the sands of time a bunch of songs that were staples of our live shows in those days and a few that we played only a few times but are too good to be forgotten. We were primarily a live dance band and played live for almost three years before we set foot in a studio.
Facebook chat 7/10/22
The idea of a band packing bars playing all original songs seems foreign, if not kind of quaint these days. Bob sent me a scan of the show calendar for The 40-Watt Club from February, 1986: the month that they filmed the performances for Athens, GA: Inside/Out. I commented about the incredible lineup of bands that were playing that month– (not to mention all of the bands who were in the film)– Alex Chilton played a Thursday night show, The Georgia Satellites and the Del Fuegos (who would share a tour with Tom Petty the next year), Giant Sand, and Jason and the Scorchers played a three night stand. Bob replied, "I tell you, it was something during that time."
In addition to capturing a wildly creative time for Squalls, Live from the 40-Watt also is a reminder that Athens was (and still is) a very special place where bands were drawn to be more free creatively and where audiences were excited to hear new music. The recordings show a band wide-eyed and excited to bring their art to the world.
Live From The 40-Watt will be released on August, 19th, 2020 and will be available on beautiful 2 LP blue vinyl, CD or digital. Click here to order from Strolling Bones records site, or you can order it from Bandcamp.
Live From The 40 Watt by Squalls
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(Upcoming Release) New West Records Reissues Seminal Pylon Albums and Limited Pylon Box Out 11/6/2020 – A deeper dive
Pylon Box – Colored vinyl version limited to 500 out 11/6
On August 26th, New West Records announced that they will be reissuing the first two Pylon albums as well as an extensive box set with the two albums, an LP of extras and an LP called "Razz Tape" of a recording that pre-dates the albums along with a gorgeous 200-page hardbound book.
For the uninitiated, Pylon was a band from Athens, GA that started in the late 70's by some art school students at the University of Georgia. For context in the larger history of Athens bands, they're post-B-52's and contemporaries of R.E.M. Their distinctively angular and beat-heavy sound would be described as post-punk and follows a path blazed by New York City bands like Talking Heads and Television.
The first phase of their career started in 1978 and after two albums on the now-defunct label DB Recs Gyrate and Chomp and enjoying some well-deserved exposure supporting bands like R.E.M. U2 and Mission of Burma on tours, they split up in late 1983.
Pylon would have just been a footnote in the history of the Athens music scene if it hadn't been for the 1987 documentary "Athens, GA Inside/Out" which turned leagues of R.E.M. fans like myself on to the band. R.E.M. also recorded a cover of the Pylon song "Crazy" and released it as a b-side to "Driver 8" and it was the first track on Dead Letter Office, a collection of outtakes and b-sides. Peter Buck said in the liner notes, "I remember hearing their version on the radio the day that Chronic Town came out and being suddenly depressed by how much better it was than our record."
The jittery energy of the live version of "Stop It!" with the militant growled vocals by Vanessa Hey was like nothing I'd ever heard before and even though it was the R.E.M. songs that drew me to the film and soundtrack, it was the Pylon track that ended up being my favorite part of that soundtrack. (Honestly, I always kind of felt like R.E.M. sort of phoned in their contribution with that Everly Brothers cover…)
Pylon reunited and in 1989 released a compilation called Hits which had notable tracks from the two albums as well as some tracks from singles. In 1990 they released another studio album Chain.on Sky Records. They went on tour with R.E.M. and then split up again in 1991. The band reunited for shows sporadically over the years that followed until they finally broke up for good after guitarist Randy Bewley passed away in 2009. Vanessa Briscoe Hay fronts a Pylon tribute band "Pylon Reenactment Society" along with members of other area bands and have even recorded a couple new songs.
In 2007 DFA Records, owned by Tim Goldsworthy of UNKLE and James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem reissued Chomp and Gyrate on CD with bonus tracks . Titled Gyrate Plus and Chomp More, they went immediately out-of-print and the CD's are now super-expensive in the secondary market. So, clearly there is demand for this catalog to be reissued again.
For Black Friday Record Store Day in 2019, New West Records sort of tipped their hand in the matter by reissuing Pylon's debut single "Cool"/"Dub." I reached out to the label about whether they were going to reissue the albums and at the time they confirmed it, but weren't going to announce anything for a few months. Then COVID happened which messed up record manufacturing, so I'm guessing that's why the announcement happened much later for the albums and the box set.
The box set comes in two versions, black vinyl and a limited-to-500 colored vinyl version. Four 140g LP's include new remasters of Gyrate and Chomp, an LP of Extras which include singles, b-sides and other rarities, and Razz Tape, which is a recording of the band which pre-dates their 1979 debut single recorded in their practice space by Chris Razz. 47 tracks total with 18 of them unreleased.
Since they aren't also reissuing the 1989 compilation Hits which also included some non-album tracks and there were extra tracks on the DFA releases, how do the tracks compare and what are we missing with the box set?
We've seen "Cool," "Dub," "Crazy" single mix and the "Danger!!" remix from the !! import EP on Hits and the DFA reissues as I indicate below. We have two completely new songs "Untitled" and "3×3" plus a couple of new mixes of "Danger III" and "Spiders." Not to mention all of the new versions and tracks on the Chris Razz tape.
Notably missing are some tracks included on the DFA reissues. "Crazy (Original Version)" on the Chomp More reissue seems to also be referred to as the single version. "Yo-Yo (Pylon Mix)" or "Male version" (it has slowed-down versions of the vocals) and "Gyrate (Pylon Mix) are two versions that were recorded during the tracks that were recorded at Mitch Easter's Drive-In, but the versions that were used on the album came from the sessions at Channel One. We're also missing the 6-minute version of "Beep" that is called "Four Minutes."
Interestingly, "Functionality" was listed on the Gyrate Plus reissue as a "Studio Demo." But the liner notes say it was recorded in 1979 in their practice space in Athens, GA, so that is from the Razz tape.
Here are all the tracks for the boxset and the breakdown of where the Extras have been released before:
Gyrate LP
Volume 04:13
Feast On My Heart 03:35
Precaution 02:48
Weather Radio 02:16
The Human Body 03:11
Read A Book 02:02
Driving School 03:53
Gravity 02:37
Danger 05:38
Working Is No Problem 03:29
Stop It 03:06
Chomp LP
K 04:32
Yo-Yo 04:14
Beep 03:23
Italian Movie Theme 02:01
Crazy 03:13
M-Train 03:48
Buzz 02:58
No Clocks 02:57
Spider 03:58
Gyrate 04:06
Altitude 03:19
Extras LP
Untitled – New track
Cool – from Cool/Dub debut single, also Gyrate Plus and Hits
Dub – from Cool/Dub debut single, also Gyrate Plus and Hits
Recent Title – from Hits
Danger!! (Danger Remix) – from !! EP also Gyrate Plus
Crazy (Single Mix) – from "Crazy" single and Hits and probably Chomp More.
Reptiles (Channel One Version) – New version
No Clocks (Channel One Version) – New version
Spider (Alternative Mix) – New version
3 x 3 (Live) 02:19 – New track
Danger III (Live) – New track
Razz Tape LP – all new tracks except "Functionality"
Modern Day Fashion Woman (Version 1)
Read A Book (Instrumental)
Working Is No Problem
Functionality – from Gyrate Plus
Feast On My Heart (Working Version)
Pre-order the box set from New West Records HERE or at their Bandcamp site (where you can stream some of the tracks).
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(Upcoming Release) Seminal Athens, GA Band Pylon is BACK with Live Album Out July 25, 2016
Posted on July 9, 2016 by mike
By the time I first heard Pylon, they had already broken up. They were featured prominently in the documentary film Athens, GA: Inside Out and its associated sountrack on IRS Records. I bought the soundtrack first– I had heard that R.E.M. had a couple of songs on it, so the completist I was, I needed to own the soundtrack .. The R.E.M. songs were good, and the band I had at the time did a similar version of "Swan Swan H" though we couldn't really tackle the harmonies of "(All I've Got To Do is) Dream."
But, the real eye-opener was all of the other unknown bands on the album. I really loved Love Tractor, and to this day is still one of my favorites, and The Squalls, and Dreams So Real (who were swept up by a major and then lost forever). I wasn't sure what to make of the dissonant and angular music of Pylon, whose live version of "Stop It" was kind of the centerpiece of the soundtrack. It wasn't until I finally saw the film on VHS that I really understood that Pylon was one of the early bands in the scene and all of the other bands really looked up to them, including my heroes R.E.M., who covered "Crazy" which was included in the odds-n-sods compilation Dead Letter Office . I started college later in 1987, and found friends who were really into the Athens scene and I borrowed the two albums Chomp and Gyrate and made a tape of them and was quickly a fan.
The band broke up because they were tired of the pressures that come with a band that was rising from obscurity. In 1990, seemingly out of nowhere the band was back. In an interview with Perfect Sound Forever, they said that they realized that interest in the band wouldn't die, and they were all still living in Athens, so they decided to reform. The put together a "greatest hits" of sorts called Hits, and then recorded a new album Chain in 1990. By that time, their unique sound wasn't as leftfield as it was earlier. In fact, bands like The Sugarcubes probably owed a lot to the groundbreaking Pylon. But, they wouldn't stay together for long after that.
Some time in 2004, the band reunited again and enjoyed notoriety spurred on by the CD reissue campaign of Chomp and Gyrate by DFA Records (now out-of-print again, and going for insane prices). The band played shows and, I for one was happy they were back. The band broke up officially again in 2009, following the unexpected death of Randall Bewley.
So, in 2016 we have some developments in the Pylon camp. In March it was announced that a 1980 performance at Danceteria by Pylon in the archives of Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong as part of the Nightclubbing TV show from NYC that captured the early days of Punk and New Wave. There were select screenings of the show with Q&A from the band. Then, in April the band announced a 7″ of live tracks from their last show in Athens, GA in 1983 at the Mad Hatter. This show was captured to video and multitrack audio for a pilot for a failed PBS series called Athens Shows.
It turns out that the 7″ was a taste of what was to come. On July 25th– Randal Bewley's birthday– Pylon is releasing a 2 LP and digital download version of the last show in Athens titled simply PYLON LIVE. Pylon was a force to be reckoned with live and this album captures them at the peak of their powers with a setlist that picks the great tracks from the 2 LPs and drops in a couple of rarities. "Party Zone" was only available on a rare DB Recs compilation and Pylonized cover of the Batman TV theme with new lyrics.
The vinyl package comes in three different colors– 200 on magenta vinyl (which compliments the cover well) and 200 on clear vinyl. The rest are on black vinyl. The LP's are a reasonable $29.99 plus about $5 shipping. The digital download is $8.99. If you pre-order, you get immediate download of "Volume." Here it is in their Bandcamp player:
Live by Pylon
PYLON LIVE is available for pre-order at chunklet.com, chunklet.bandcamp.com, iTunes, Amazon, and wherever digital music is sold.
Limited to 200 on magenta vinyl.
Limited to 200 on clear vinyl.
Unlimited on black vinyl.
No Clocks
Italian Movie Theme
Feast On My Heart
M Train
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New Album from Jack Logan Brings Lost Session with The Roach Brothers – Out 2/5
The Roach Brothers aka Terry and Jamie Rouch have been part of the Jack Logan extended musical family for a long time, showing up on most of the releases that Jack has put out dating back to the monolithic and epic Bulk. Terry was a member of Jack's band Liquor Cabinet and Jamie would drop some drums here and there and if the recordings happened at Big As A Barn Studios in Indiana, it was Jamie on the board. Jamie tragically passed in 2008, succumbing to ALS.
A couple of years ago while Jack was digging through a box of CDs, he found one labeled "Roach Bros. Inst." which turned out to be backing tracks recorded in the 90's intended for Jack's vocals but never completed. Jack loaded them up on his trusty 4-track and laid some vocals on them. Satisfied with the results, he sent them over to Terry Rouch and posted a couple of tracks on his old website. Terry wanted to do a release of these songs as a tribute to his fallen brother. With some help from Matt Swisher of Failure Records and Tapes, he was able to do a small run of vinyl! In November, Jack announced the release on his new blog.
On Thursday, Jack announced from his blog that the vinyl is ready, and Failure is taking pre-orders for the vinyl due out February 5th and humorously titled What Is This.. Some Kind of Joke?, which is a limited-edition run of 300 multi-colored LPs. The first 50 orders will get Jack Logan buttons and stickers! The LP is $17 + shipping comes with a free digital download. You can also get the album as a digital download for $10 from Bandcamp.
What Is This… Some Kind of Joke? is a bit of departure from Logan's last album, which was a collaboration with Scott Baxendale and members of The Drive-By Truckers titled Bones in the Desert. That album was closer to some of the label releases in that it was structured rock tunes with a focus on guitars. I think Bones is a good pairing with Mood Elevator. This new album is a lot more Lo-Fi experimental– a lot like some of the more outsider tracks on Bulk. You can check out the new album using the Bandcamp player below.
CLICK HERE to order the LP
CLICK HERE to order the digital download.
Visit the Jack Logan-Scott Baxendale Facebook Page to hear the tracks from the oft-overlooked Bones in the Desert. You can order it HERE.
What Is This Some Kind Of Joke by Jack Logan w/ The Roach Brothers
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import enum
from typing import Dict, Set

@enum.unique
class NotificationType(enum.IntEnum):
    """
    Constants regarding the different types of notification we can send to a device

    See https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SV-hNCtgAn2hSMZaC973UdLHCFXCNpvq_RKq0UoY4yg/edit#
    """

    # DO NOT CHANGE THESE CONSTANTS
    UPCOMING_MATCH = 0
    MATCH_SCORE = 1
    LEVEL_STARTING = 2
    ALLIANCE_SELECTION = 3
    AWARDS = 4
    MEDIA_POSTED = 5
    DISTRICT_POINTS_UPDATED = 6
    SCHEDULE_UPDATED = 7
    FINAL_RESULTS = 8
    PING = 9  # This type of message is sent when the user hits 'ping device' in their account overview
    BROADCAST = 10  # Gives functionality for admins to send to many devices
    MATCH_VIDEO = 11
    EVENT_MATCH_VIDEO = 12  # Not user exposed

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    UPDATE_FAVORITES = 100
    UPDATE_SUBSCRIPTIONS = 101

    # This is used for verification that the proper people are in control
    VERIFICATION = 200

TYPE_NAMES: Dict[NotificationType, str] = {
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    NotificationType.AWARDS: "awards_posted",
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    NotificationType.SCHEDULE_UPDATED: "schedule_updated",
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    NotificationType.BROADCAST: "broadcast",
    NotificationType.MATCH_VIDEO: "match_video",
    NotificationType.EVENT_MATCH_VIDEO: "event_match_video",
    NotificationType.UPDATE_FAVORITES: "update_favorites",
    NotificationType.UPDATE_SUBSCRIPTIONS: "update_subscriptions",
    NotificationType.VERIFICATION: "verification",
}

RENDER_NAMES: Dict[NotificationType, str] = {
    NotificationType.UPCOMING_MATCH: "Upcoming Match",
    NotificationType.MATCH_SCORE: "Match Score",
    NotificationType.LEVEL_STARTING: "Competition Level Starting",
    NotificationType.ALLIANCE_SELECTION: "Alliance Selection",
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    NotificationType.MEDIA_POSTED: "Media Posted",
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    NotificationType.SCHEDULE_UPDATED: "Event Schedule Updated",
    NotificationType.FINAL_RESULTS: "Final Results",
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    NotificationType.EVENT_MATCH_VIDEO: "Match Video Added",
}

TYPES: Dict[str, NotificationType] = {
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    "starting_comp_level": NotificationType.LEVEL_STARTING,
    "alliance_selection": NotificationType.ALLIANCE_SELECTION,
    "awards_posted": NotificationType.AWARDS,
    "media_posted": NotificationType.MEDIA_POSTED,
    "district_points_updated": NotificationType.DISTRICT_POINTS_UPDATED,
    "schedule_updated": NotificationType.SCHEDULE_UPDATED,
    "final_results": NotificationType.FINAL_RESULTS,
    "match_video": NotificationType.MATCH_VIDEO,
    "event_match_video": NotificationType.EVENT_MATCH_VIDEO,
    "update_favorites": NotificationType.UPDATE_FAVORITES,
    "update_subscriptions": NotificationType.UPDATE_SUBSCRIPTIONS,
    "verification": NotificationType.VERIFICATION,
}

ENABLED_NOTIFICATIONS: Dict[NotificationType, str] = {
    NotificationType.UPCOMING_MATCH: RENDER_NAMES[NotificationType.UPCOMING_MATCH],
    NotificationType.MATCH_SCORE: RENDER_NAMES[NotificationType.MATCH_SCORE],
    NotificationType.MATCH_VIDEO: RENDER_NAMES[NotificationType.MATCH_VIDEO],
    NotificationType.LEVEL_STARTING: RENDER_NAMES[NotificationType.LEVEL_STARTING],
    NotificationType.ALLIANCE_SELECTION: RENDER_NAMES[
        NotificationType.ALLIANCE_SELECTION
    ],
    NotificationType.AWARDS: RENDER_NAMES[NotificationType.AWARDS],
    NotificationType.SCHEDULE_UPDATED: RENDER_NAMES[NotificationType.SCHEDULE_UPDATED],
}

ENABLED_EVENT_NOTIFICATIONS: Set[NotificationType] = {
    NotificationType.UPCOMING_MATCH,
    NotificationType.MATCH_SCORE,
    NotificationType.LEVEL_STARTING,
    NotificationType.ALLIANCE_SELECTION,
    NotificationType.AWARDS,
    NotificationType.SCHEDULE_UPDATED,
    NotificationType.MATCH_VIDEO,
}

ENABLED_TEAM_NOTIFICATIONS: Set[NotificationType] = {
    NotificationType.UPCOMING_MATCH,
    NotificationType.MATCH_SCORE,
    NotificationType.ALLIANCE_SELECTION,
    NotificationType.AWARDS,
    NotificationType.MATCH_VIDEO,
}

ENABLED_MATCH_NOTIFICATIONS: Set[NotificationType] = {
    NotificationType.UPCOMING_MATCH,
    NotificationType.MATCH_SCORE,
    NotificationType.MATCH_VIDEO,
}


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"Had Enough" is a song by American rapper and singer Don Toliver featuring fellow American rappers Quavo and Offset of the trio Migos. It was released alongside the compilation album JackBoys (2019) as the second single off the project through Cactus Jack Records, Atlantic Records, We Run It Entertainment, and Epic Records  on December 27, 2019. The song also served as the third single of Toliver's debut studio album, Heaven or Hell (2020). It was produced by TM88 and El Michels, with co-production by Mike Dean and additional production by Cash Passion. It was written by artists alongside the producers . The song samples the track "Summer" off the collaborative studio album Everything Is Love by The Carters.

Background and release
Following the success of the Don Toliver's "No Idea" via the popularity it gained through the video sharing app TikTok in late 2019, an unfinished version of "Had Enough", which leaked in May of that year, began to receive attention and was speculated to be a part of the JackBoys compilation album and his forthcoming debut studio album at the time, Heaven or Hell. The song was then officially released on December 27 as a standalone single and as a track off the Cactus Jack Records compilation project JackBoys.

Lyrics
Offset's verse in the song references his relationship with American rapper Cardi B and the strain that relationship endured during his infidelity scandal in 2018.

Commercial performance
The song is Toliver's second highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 52 following the release of the JackBoys compilation project. It also reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Internationally, the song peaked at number 42 in Canada, number 44 in Switzerland, number 60 in the United Kingdom, and number 14 on Sweden's Heatseekers chart.

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

2019 singles
2019 songs
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"Green Book" Film to Receive PSIFF's Vanguardx Award
Green Book Cast, Director to Collect Vanguard Award
Palm Springs International Film Festival honors film's collective effort.
Site Staff November 20, 2018 Arts & Entertainment, Current Digital
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali lead the cast of Green Book.
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The film Green Book will be honored with the Vanguard Award by the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Jan. 3. The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film's cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project.
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Actors Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali as well as director Peter Farrelly are expected to attend. Green Book joins previously announced honorees Glenn Close, Rami Malek and Melissa McCarthy. The Film Awards Gala, hosted by Mary Hart and Entertainment Tonight, and presented by American Express, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs Jan. 3-14.
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"Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali are an on-camera dream team in the crowd-pleasing film Green Book, inspired by a true friendship, about a New York City bouncer hired to drive and protect pianist Dr. Don Shirley on a concert tour in the Deep South," said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. "Director Peter Farrelly, who also co-wrote the script, delivers a heartfelt movie-going experience that is guaranteed to receive awards attention for the actors, its director and the film itself."
Past recipients of the Vanguard Award include The Shape of Water and La La Land.
When Frank Anthony Vallelonga, aka Tony Lip (Mortensen), a New York City bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive and protect Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a world-class black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on The Green Book — a travel guide to safe lodging, dining and business options for African Americans during the era of segregation and Jim Crow laws — to steer them to places where Shirley will not be refused service, humiliated, or threatened with violence.
• Glenn Close to be honored with Icon Award
Set against the backdrop of a country grappling with the valor and volatility of the Civil Rights Movement, two men will be confronted with racism and danger and be comforted by generosity, kindness and their own unique senses of humor. Together, they will challenge long-held assumptions, push past their seemingly insurmountable differences, and embrace their shared humanity. The film is from Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures.
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