Has anyone seen the advertisement for the "Titans of Rock" on the new LED billboard at Fairview/Parkway? An arduous google search gave me enough info to glean that it is an outdoor music festival coming to 20 cities across North America in 2019, and that it is being promoted by Gene Simmons of all people. I also found that he once tried to promote it in 2014, but it never ended up happening.
Does anyone have any more information than this?
ToddT wrote: Has anyone seen the advertisement for the "Titans of Rock" on the new LED billboard at Fairview/Parkway? An arduous google search gave me enough info to glean that it is an outdoor music festival coming to 20 cities across North America in 2019, and that it is being promoted by Gene Simmons of all people. I also found that he once tried to promote it in 2014, but it never ended up happening.


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W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa płockiego.

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Oxford Lions Club
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Our Charity Goal
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First Monday of each month at 6:30. NOTE: In Summer we do not meet.
Pine Ridge Country Club on first Monday of each month. We also hold meetings on the 3rd Monday of the month at the Oxford Police Station on Main Street.
Responding to the Coronavirus
Lions Clubs International is actively working with our clubs around the world and monitoring the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which is changing the way we live, work and serve. This Response Center is your central source for news and resources impacting Lions and our efforts to serve the world during this challenging time. Check back frequently for updates since this is a rapidly evolving situation. Let's continue to put our kindness in action by putting the health and safety of our communities first.
2020 Lions Clubs International Convention Cancelled
HQ Office Closure Extended
LCIF Response to the Coronavirus
Kiwanis International, Lions Clubs International, Optimist International, and Rotary International Stand Together
Lions Clubs International along with Kiwanis International, Optimist International and Rotary International issued a joint statement of comfort and hope during this COVID-19 pandemic. These renown service organizations are leveraging the strength of their combined networks of 3.2 million members and focusing their collective skills, resources and ideas to support frontline health workers and first responders as they battle this disease and save lives. Read the full statement.
Here are some photos of past Fall Festivals!
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NORMALLY, we have meetings scheduled the 1st Monday of each month The meetings will be held at the Pine Ridge Country Club first Monday of the month and will start promptly at 6:30 p.m.
During this 2020--2021 year we will meet only for critical issues. Thank you for your interest.
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Lions Clubs Objectives
To create and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world
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Lions are … or could be … someone just like you.
Membership in a Lions Club is by invitation. We meet twice a month and elect officers annually. Each member pays dues to offset administrative costs, as 100% of the funds raised goes to our charities.
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The Monopoly Electronic Banking Edition game combines the best of classic Monopoly with updated electronic transactions. As with the original version, players still operate with money, learn real-world economics, competition and strategy, try to stay out of jail, and try their best to get filthy rich. But this version has been updated to reflect changes in how the real world uses money: All transactions are conducted with Monopoly's new banking card system.
Anyone from age 8 and up will enjoy this updated version of one of the world's most famous games.
nd community chest cards, cardboard property deeds -- if you've played the classic version, you'll know how to play. The board is different in how it folds up in the box, but once you spread it out, it's the same.
The tokens have changed to reflect today's culture. Instead of irons and racing cars, the tokens depict modern icons such as a Segway and a tin of Altoids. Instead of railroads, there are airports. The utilities are Internet service providers and cell phone services. Properties have also been updated -- from the upscale blue Times Square to the economy purple Texas Stadium. In this game, you can go to jail for identity theft or lose $1 million when a virus infects your computer network. And of course, property values are exponentially higher than in the original game.
The big switch, of course, is the electronic banking. Each player starts with $15 million in their bank card account, and the banker adds amounts (such as when the player passes go) or subtracts (such as when the player pays to get out of jail) by inserting the player's card in the plus or minus slot of the Banker Unit. When one player has to pay another player, the banker debits or credits each account as appropriate.


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Afghan refugee teacher Aqeela Asifi has won the 2015 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nansen Refugee Award.
As a teacher, she has been recognised for her tireless and brave dedication to educate Afghan refugee girls in the Kot Chandana refugee village in Mianwali, Pakistan by overcoming the struggles of life in exile.
Asifi is a former teacher who fled from Kabul, Afghanistan with her family in 1992 for finding safety in the remote refugee settlement of Kot Chandana in Pakistan.
In the refugee camp she started teaching Afghan refugee girls by overcoming strict conservative cultural traditions which does not allow Afghan women to learn.
Established: in 1954 by UNHCR. It has been named after the intrepid Norwegian polar explorer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and statesman Fridtjof Nansen.
The award recognizes extraordinary humanitarian work and service of an individual, group or organization towards refugees, internally displaced or stateless people.
Award carries: Commemorative medal and monetary prize of 100,000 US dollars. The laureate uses the monetary prize to fund a project that complements their existing work.


If you tried, you'd be hard-pressed to come up with a pair of artists whose work is so different from one another's as that of Heathyr Chenoweth and Maegan Kauffman. Despite that assertion, or perhaps because of it, the two Tulsa artists join forces next week for an art exhibit at the Tulsa Historical Society.
Just how different? Chenoweth refers to her art as Electric Impressionism. Kauffman's work doesn't have "electric" in its name, nor any color, as she employs charcoal for stark and dramatic black-and-white portraits. About all these two have in common is that they are painting famous Oklahoma things. Oh, and they really like each other.


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Richard Descoings, 53, headed the Paris Institute of Political Studies, better known as "Sciences Po" -- the university that has spawned many leading French politicians, businessmen, academics and media people. He was found dead in his hotel room with no apparent signs of crime in New York, where he was attending a UN conference of university heads.
Descoings was a prominent leader in reform efforts in France, as elsewhere in Europe, to modernize higher education in an era of globalization. Since taking over at Sciences Po in 1996, Descoings had attracted international attention for his work in shaking up the venerable institution, promoting "affirmative action-style" access for underprivileged French students and introducing reforms to modernize its teaching approach and make the prestigious school more competitive in attracting more foreign students.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute to him as a man who had devoted his life to education.


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The North Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis) is a pig-like animal native to Sulawesi and some nearby islands (Lembeh, Buton and Muna) in Indonesia. It has two pairs of large tusks composed of enlarged canine teeth. The upper canines penetrate the top of the snout, curving back toward the forehead. The North Sulawesi babirusa is threatened from hunting and deforestation.

The common and scientific names are various transcriptions of its local name, which literally translated means "pig-deer" (from Indonesian babi, "pig" + rusa, "deer" – see also Javan rusa) in reference to the huge tusks of the male suggestive of a deer's antlers.

Classification
Together with the other members of the genus Babyrousa, the North Sulawesi babirusa has usually been considered a subspecies of a widespread Babyrousa babyrussa, but recent work suggests that there may be several species, differentiable on the basis of geography, body size, amount of body hair, and the shape of the upper canine tooth of the male. Following the split, the "true" Babyrousa babyrussa is restricted to Buru and the Sula Islands.

Most experts agree that babirusas are part of the pig family, and are one of the oldest living members of the family, representing a subfamily, Babyrousinae, that branched off from the warthog branch of the pig family (Subfamily Phacochoerini) during the Oligocene or early Miocene.

Appearance

The North Sulawesi babirusa has a head-and-body length of  and weighs up to . It is virtually hairless (easily revealing its greyish skin), and the tail-tuft is also nearly hairless. In males, the relatively long and thick upper canines are strongly curved. They emerge through the roof of the snout, while the long lower canines emerge through the side of the mouth. The upper canines can grow backwards in a curve until they penetrate the skull of the male babirusa.

In females, the canines are far shorter and typically do not protrude. In comparison, the Buru babirusa has relatively long, thick body hair, a well-developed tail-tuft, and relatively short and slender upper canines in males, while the Togian babirusa is larger, has a relatively well-developed tail-tuft, and the upper canines of the male are "short, slender, rotated forwards, and always converge".

Habitat
Its habitat is the underbrush of tropical forests and canebrakes, and the shores of rivers and lakes. Its mostly-hairless, mottled-grey-and-brown hide provide it with a degree of camouflage. The North Sulawesi Babirusa is known for its two pairs of tusks; both its upper and its lower pairs of canine teeth are greatly enlarged, and curve up and back towards the head. The upper canines of the male are so curved and enlarged that they emerge through the flesh, by way of holes, to pass through the top of the snout.

This species is protected by Indonesian law but is threatened by illegal hunting.

Captivity

In captivity, the species is very inbred. The Bronx Zoo has an excellent breeding record for this animal, but it has also been bred at several other zoos such as St. Louis Zoo, Los Angeles Zoo, South Lakes Safari Zoo,  Marwell Wildlife, Audubon Zoo and Chester Zoo.

In 2006, a male North Sulawesi Babirusa and a female domestic pig were accidentally allowed to interbreed in the Copenhagen Zoo. The offspring were five hybrid piglets, two of whom died from injuries received from their mother; the remaining three (two males and one female) were found to be infertile.

References

External links

 http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Babirusa.asp
 http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/08/many-babirusa-species-laissez-faire.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3493161.stm

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Q: Appending string data to top of text file in Python? I have a little code at the bottom of my program that is supposed to add a text header to the beginning of my text file. The data writes to the bottom of the file. I was reading in 'Learn Python The Hard Way' that .seek(0) would put the insertion point at the beginning, which is at the location of 0 bytes. However, I must be implementing the function incorrectly.
print 'Now, I will write a header to the original file to display copyright.'

append_copy = open(filename, "a+")
append_copy.seek(0)
append_copy.write("Copyright -- Ryan -- 2014\n")
append_copy.close()

print 'File closed and data written!'

A: What you're doing won't work, but what you want can't be done.
Opening a file in append mode means that writes are always appended at the end of the file. That's what "append" means, so that should not entirely be a surprise.
But no filesystem allows inserting bytes at an arbitrary point regardless. You will need to create a new file, write the desired bytes to it, copy the contents of the old file, delete or rename the old file, and then rename the new file.

A: The other answer was absolutely correct that this cannot be done directly, but you do not need to create a temporary file to do what you want.
You can clobber files with Python, if you open them with the flag w, so you do not need to create a temporary file, assuming your original file was small enough to hold in memory.
filename = "Foo.txt";
print 'Now, I will write a header to the original file to display copyright.'

append_copy = open(filename, "r")
original_text = append_copy.read()
append_copy.close()

append_copy = open(filename, "w")
append_copy.write("Copyright -- Ryan -- 2014\n")
append_copy.write(original_text)
append_copy.close()

print 'File closed and data written!'

The clobbering is documented here.

'w' for only writing (an existing file with the same name will be
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For advances in protein structure and enzyme mechanisms by use of affinity labeling and site-directed mutagenesis.
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For contributions to understanding plasma turbulence and the nonlinear properties of magnetohydrodynamic instabilities, especially their role in explaining the behavior of magnetically confined plasmas, and for development of new magnetic confinement concepts that overcome these limitations.
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For ideas and techniques which have opened new frontiers in chemical research and now play major roles in the study, understanding, and use of photoionization and photoelectron spectroscopy in studies of "hot atom" chemistry and work with multiply charged molecular ions.
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Mazur, who led the Theoretical and Applied Cryobiology Group in the Biology Division, concentrated his research on fundamental mechanisms responsible for injury to cells during freezing and warming. This research and other basic findings were described in his review paper "Freezing of Living Cells: Mechanisms and Implications."
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Dr. Myhr is an Associate Professor of History in the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences. She serves as the Associate Dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences and is the Course Coordinator for CULF 3331: Contemporary World Issues.
Dr. Myhr teaches History, Global Studies and Cultural Foundations courses focusing primarily on World and European History. She co-directs the Workshops for Global Understanding each semester which serves students taking CULF 3330: History and Evolution of Global Processes and CULF 3331: Contemporary World Issues. Each fall semester she teaches in the Leadership LLC. She has served as the CTE Faculty Fellow in Global Learning. Dr. Myhr has taken students to the St. Edward's campus in Angers, France for three semesters. Her research focuses on Early Modern religious women and The Reformation.
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by Tarak Ford on May 3, 2012
Yes you read that right, Bethesda have announced The Elder Scrolls Online.
Currently being developed for PC and Mac by ZeniMax Online Studios, The Elder Scrolls Online will be the first Elder Scrolls game to allow gamers to explore the legendary world with others. Players will be free to quest across the entire continent of Tamriel, 1000 years before the events of Skyrim. You'll be able to play as one of three fractions, and yes the game will feature open world PvP.
With two decades of experience working in online game development, Matt Firor is spearheading the project. Here's what he had to say regarding the game:
"We have been working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted. It will be extremely rewarding finally to unveil what we have been developing the last several years. The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise."
Last years Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim took home hundreds of GotY awards and sold an impressive 10+ million units, so there has never been a better time for the series to enter the MMO space. What only seemed like a dream just yesterday is now a reality, The Elder Scrolls Online is coming, will this be the game to challenge WoW for its crown?
The Elder Scrolls Online will be available in English, German and French languages, a release date of 2013 has been given.
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Asset-backed Lending: $4.5bn Softbank deal marks new era in credit
The deal suggests private credit may be coming of age in Asia as the banks de-risk and shines a spotlight on asset-based lending, says Lachlan Campbell of Equities First Holdings.
Lachlan Campbell
One of the most influential technology investment firms in the world, Softbank Group, made headlines in early February when it announced the completion of a $4.5 billion financing package from 16 financial institutions.
The key factor that set this transaction apart was Softbank's decision to pledge shares of its telecom subsidiary, SoftBank Corp, as collateral for the loan. This structure allowed Softbank to access capital on flexible, non-purpose and non-recourse terms by making more efficient use of its existing assets.
Although this particular transaction is in a class of its own in terms of visibility and scale, it marks a broad shift in the overall credit landscape which is subject to both investor demand and borrower needs for flexible liquidity. As with Softbank, rather than rely on a complex and lengthy public bond issuance to access liquidity, borrowers are increasingly turning to private credit.
Conversely, investors searching for higher-yield opportunities are allocating more capital to private credit strategies such as direct lending and asset-backed lending. This is taking place in the context of current market turmoil and liquidity contraction from banks. As with the Softbank transaction, private credit and innovative debt structures are becoming an important source of alternative financing.
Taking a closer look at the Softbank deal, it is important to note several features that characterise the transaction.
First, by posting a 20 percent stake of its subsidiary as collateral for a loan, Softbank has been able to unlock liquidity while maintaining long-term beneficial ownership.
Second, the loan is non-purpose which means that the proceeds can be used dynamically to meet business needs as management sees fit.
Third, because this type of financing is "non-recourse", Softbank's liability is limited to the shares pledged should it become unable (or simply choose not to) repay the loan. Its other assets and credit would not be subject to legal action or be seized as restitution.
"Softbank's liability is limited to the shares pledged should it become unable (or simply choose not to) repay the loan"
Worth noting is the loan-to-value ratio in the Softbank transaction (as with most other equity-backed financings) was just above 30 percent. This means that Softbank received only 30 cents on every dollar of stock they pledged for the loan, which is far more favourable for the lender. Furthermore, given the size of that haircut, it is highly unlikely that Softbank will take advantage of the non-recourse feature.
With a higher loan-to-value ("LTV") borrowers may consider a non-recourse financing to act as an implicit long-term hedge against the position. This is especially valuable in cases where the borrower has concentrated exposure to one stock. A high LTV permits asset owners to lock-in current valuations and access liquidity while simultaneously retaining all potential upside exposure to their equity assets over the life of the loan.
Alternative finance on the rise
The Softbank transaction cannot be viewed in isolation, however. The general interest in asset-backed and equity-backed lending deal flow as an alternative source of financing in Asia is significantly on the rise. In China alone, there are now over 1 trillion yuan in equity-backed loans outstanding. This demand has come largely from listed companies and their key stakeholders (founding families and senior management) pledging their own shares in order to access liquidity in a timely manner. Tightening bank credit has been a key driver for these listed company stakeholders.
In parallel, an important trend towards private credit strategies is taking place in the fund allocation space. We are witnessing a historic shift of investor assets into private debt strategies, including direct lending, mezzanine debt, distressed debt, special situations funds and, of course, asset-backed debt. Fund allocators are searching for higher-yielding opportunities and to diversify away from equities. Pension funds in particular have been moving away from hedge fund allocations towards private credit opportunities.
During the global financial crisis, banks aggressively raised their risk limits and cut their credit funding to de-risk their balance sheets, accepting mainly blue-chip stocks with high liquidity and low volatility for equity-backed financing purposes. This left a broad universe of borrowers and companies underserved or without access to practical financing solutions. We are again experiencing significant volatility in financial markets with investor confidence and risk appetites turning negative.
It is now conceivable that we may enter a prolonged period of aggressive bank de-risking and liquidity contraction. This environment should create increased demand and opportunities for new players with ample liquidity (such as family offices, pension funds, and specialist credit funds) to enter the private debt space. Equity-backed financing, especially, allows borrowers to remain nimble and reactive without having to liquidate long-term investments, dismantle legacies or lose control of their businesses.
Equities First Holdings sees many similarities between this transaction and our own model. As an asset-backed loan specialist, we welcome the growth and evolution of the private debt and alternative lending space. As a pioneer in asset-backed financing for more than 17 years, we operate in every major market across the globe. A robust ecosystem of borrowers, lenders and other counterparties translates into an increase in the quantity and quality of investment opportunities. We anticipate seeing more deals of the same calibre as the Softbank transaction come through as new capital and demand dynamics grow the private debt market to new prominence.
Lachlan Campbell is the Asia chief executive officer of Equities First Holdings, a global institutional investor which specialises in equity-backed financing www.equitiesfirst.com
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The Best '60s Girl Group Covers Ever
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'The Best Covers Ever' series counts down our favorite covers of great artists.
The matching outfits. The perfectly coiffed hair. The synchronized finger-snapping. The beautiful faces. And, of course, the angelic voices. Just saying the phrase "Girl Groups" conjures images of these well-styled ladies from the past singing their hearts out, dreaming of those young boys they hoped to marry.
Many of the group names are legendary. The Supremes, The Ronettes, The Crystals, The Shirelles, and Martha and the Vandellas have been fixtures of "oldies" format radio for decades. Leading these groups were great frontwomen like Diana Ross, Ronnie Spector, and Martha Reeves, as well as Darlene Love, who sang for multiple groups unbeknownst to the record buying public. There were also countless ladies who did not become household names, such as Arlene Smith, lead singer of the Chantels, who belted out the group's classic "Maybe."
For the purposes of this list, we decided to focus on the period known as the "Golden Age of Girl Groups." Though we're calling it '60s in the headline, it really spanned from roughly 1955 to 1970. In this era, the music was transported from the street corners and dance halls to the radio, which broadcast it into living rooms across the country. The songs blended elements of doo-wop, early rock 'n' roll, pop, gospel, and rhythm & blues. When melded together, it created a sound as fresh and new as the 45s and transistor radios that blasted out the music.
Most of the best-known girl groups were women of color (with a few notable exceptions, such as the Shangri-Las). These women not only topped the charts, they broke down barriers as they helped to integrate segregated audiences across the country, including the Deep South.
Behind the scenes were equally legendary songwriters, musicians and producers. You know their names, too: tunesmiths such as Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and the Motown song and production trio Holland/Dozier/Holland (Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland).
Such a shiny veneer had a dark side, though, in the form of the notorious Phil Spector. He was a brilliant producer who presided over many of the era's biggest hits, but he was also a truly terrible human being who physically and emotionally abused his charges, including his ex-wife Ronnie Spector. He would eventually be convicted of murder and died in prison earlier this year.
The music has continued to inspire covers by both male and female artists – or boys and girls, in the parlance of the genre. Our list features covers by everyone from Aerosmith to Amy Winehouse, the Beatles to Bananarama (a girl group of another era), as well as ska bands, punk bands, indie bands, and countless Rock and Roll Hall of Famers who have covered tracks from the era.
That's probably because the songs were so darn powerful. Love songs that captured the ecstasy and agony of teenage emotions like "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "Please Mr. Postman" and "You Can't Hurry Love." Party favorites such as "Dancing in the Streets" and "Heat Wave." And songs that dealt with more complex social issues such as "Love Child," and the disturbing "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)." Such great songs inspire great artists to record fantastic covers. Here's a selection of our favorites.
– Curtis Zimmermann
The list begins on Page 2.
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Best Of, Feature, The Best Ever Tagged with: Aerosmith, Afghan Whigs, Amy Winehouse, Animal Collective, Bananarama, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Cherrelle, David Bowie, Deniece Williams, Edie Brickell, Fanny, Genya Raven, Geo, George Harrison, Glasvegas, Grateful Dead, Hole, Holly Golightly, Isaac Green and the Skalars, Jane Olivor, Janis Joplin, Kim Wilde, Labelle, Laura Nyro, Luther Vandross, Martha and the Vandellas, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Massive Attack, Maxine Brown, Mick Jagger, Neko Case, New York Dolls, No Joy, Noosha Fox, Patti LaBelle, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Pearls Before Swine, Pentangle, Raul Malo, Reparata and the Delrons, She & Him, Smith, Soft Cell, St. Vincent, Swervedriver, The Action, The Angels, The Beatles, The Bobbettes, The Box Tops, The Chantels, The Chiffons, The Crystals, The Detroit Cobras, The Dollyrots, The Donnas, The Jam, The Jaynetts, The Marvelettes, The Morning Benders, The Raveonettes, The Ronettes, The Royalettes, The Shangri-Las, The Shirelles, The Supremes, The Velvelettes, Those Darlins, Twisted Sister, Vanilla Fudge, Whitney Rose
The Best Cover Songs of 2000
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Every year, I do a big anniversary post tackling the best covers of a year before Cover Me was born. So far we've done 1969 (in 2019), 1978 (in 2018), 1987 (in 2017), and 1996 (in 2016). And in 2020 we circle back to the not-so-distant past with the most recent year yet: 2000.
Cover Me began in 2007 and we did our first year-end list in 2008, so 2000 isn't that long before we were following this stuff in real time. But, in music eras, 2007 and 2000 seem eons apart. 2000 was nü-metal and Napster, Smash Mouth and the ska revival. Beyoncé was in the quartet Destiny's Child; Justin Timberlake only had a one-in-five chance of being your favorite member of N'Sync (or maybe one-in-four…sorry Joey). By the time this site started seven years later, all this seemed like ancient history.
There were a lot of extremely prominent covers in 2000. "Prominent," of course, doesn't necessarily meaning "good." This was the year that Madonna covered "American Pie" (not to be outdone, Britney Spears then took a stab at "Satisfaction"). It was the year a Jim Carrey movie soundtrack inexplicably asked bands like Smash Mouth and Brian Setzer Orchestra to cover Steely Dan. It was the year of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" Bet you didn't even know that one was a cover (unless you're a faithful Cover Me reader).
None of those are on this list (though, if you want more dated trainwrecks like those, stay tuned Monday for a bonus list I'm calling the "The Most Extremely '2000' Covers of the Year 2000"). But 2000 offered a wealth of wonderful covers, often flying just under the mainstream radar. Some of them still seem of the time – anything ska, basically – but most could have come out decades earlier. Or yesterday.
YouTube was still a few years away, as was streaming more generally, so covers still mostly came out through "traditional" avenues: on albums, as the b-sides to singles, etc. As I wrote in my new book, tribute albums were big business by this time too, which means that many 2000 covers emerged through that format. Even narrowing this list down to 50 was hard, which is why Cover Me's Patreon supporters will get a batch of 150 Honorable Mentions.
Check out the list starting on Page 2, and stay tuned for the best covers of this year coming in December.
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The 50 Best Tribute Albums Ever
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Over our time tracking cover songs (13 years this month!), we've written about hundreds of new tribute albums, across reviews, news stories, and, when they're good enough, our best-of-the-year lists. We also have looked back on plenty of great tribute albums from the past in our Cover Classics series. But we've never pulled it all together – until now. Continue reading »
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The Best Smokey Robinson Covers Ever
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'The Best Ever' series counts down our favorite covers of great artists.
The story goes that Bob Dylan called Smokey Robinson "America's greatest living poet." Not so, it turns out, but it sure seems like something he would say – it sounds a note of contrariness, but it also has the ring of truth.
Smokey Robinson turned 80 this month, and his legacy as one of the architects of the Motown sound has long been assured. Not only did he have a silken falsetto that conveyed sunshine and rain with equal ease, he also wielded a pen with a similar level of genius. Whether writing for The Miracles, the band that he led throughout the sixties, or the other members of the Motown stable, he came up with songs that became not just a part of music history, but a part of our nation's history. As Smokey said, the Motown slogan was not "The Sound of Black America," but "The Sound of Young America," and that sound has rung down through the corridors of time as surely as the sound of the Liberty Bell.
No further proof is needed than the number of covers of Smokey's songs – covers of his own recordings or covers of the original recordings by The Temptations or Marvin Gaye or the many other singers who benefited from his pen. His voice has spoken to other artists for decades, and when those artists tell us what he told them, those songs are just as fresh as they were the day he first set them down. We found thirty superlative covers of songs that Smokey wrote and/or sang, but, as we could have found thirty great recordings of "My Girl" alone, we know we've missed a few along the way. Whether you're steamed at what we missed, or excited to discover what we found, we can agree on one thing: Smokey Robinson is one of the all-time greats, and we're fortunate to have the privilege to listen to the songs he wrote for the rest of our lives.
– Patrick Robbins, Features Editor
The list starts on Page 2.
Best Of, Feature, The Best Ever, Video Tagged with: Alias Ron Kavana, Ana Roxanne, Billy Bragg, David Allan Coe, Elvis Costello, Fanny, J Geils Band, Japan, Jerry Garcia, John Hiatt, Kim Carnes, Labelle, Laura Nyro, Linda Ronstadt, Loudon Wainwright III, Lynn Carey, Marshall Crenshaw, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Mick Jagger, Mother's Finest, Neil Merryweather, Nnenna Freelon, Patti Smith, Peter Tosh, Renee Dominique, Run C&W, She & Him, Smokey Robinson, Solomon Burke, Terence Trent d'Arby, Thair, Thao, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, The Action, The Beatles, The Contours, The English Beat, The Marvelettes, The Miracles, The Temptations, Wishbone Ash
That's a Cover?: "First Cut Is the Deepest" (P.P. Arnold / Rod Stewart)
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That's A Cover? explores cover songs that you may have thought were originals.
Time travel is impossible, say some physicists. But ask any true music fan if it can be done, and the answer will be an enthusiastic "Yes!" And it's a lot easier than you might think.
How? Just traipse on over to your laptop (or, more likely, the smartphone currently warming your pocket). Punch in "Sheryl Crow First Cut is the Deepest," and within seconds you'll be transported back to 2003, Crow's supple mezzo-soprano filling your earbuds and floating out over a lovely mandolin and steel-string guitar intro. It's a powerful song, too: An affecting plea for love after the scorched-earth anguish of an affair gone awry.
When it was released, Crow's song was a perfect encapsulation of that era's modern, high-gloss folk-rock: Well-oiled, heavy on heartstring-tugging touches and somewhat light on passion. It was a hit, too, peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March of 2004. But as regular Cover Me readers, you're already bracing yourself for the inevitable pull of the rug: Sheryl Crow didn't write "The First Cut Is the Deepest," nor was she even the first to chart with it.
Feature, Thats A Cover, Video Tagged with: Cat Stevens, I Roy, Marcia Griffiths, Mick Jagger, P.P. Arnold, Papa Dee, Rod Stewart, Sheryl Crow
The Best Cover Songs of 2017: Honorable Mentions
Our official list of the Best Cover Songs of 2017 comes next week. But first, we're continuing the tradition we started last year by rounding up some of the songs it most killed us to cut in a grab-bag post. No ranking, no writing, just a bunch of knockout covers. Continue reading »
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Corentin Ollivier Delivers a Stripped Down Cover of Portishead's "Wandering Star"
Rhoda Dakar Does a Reggae "The Man Who Sold the World" Cover
My Cover Story: Soul In The Middle Of The Road
Review: Cat Power's 'Covers'
Bill Callahan Covers Wilco's "Sky Blue Sky" for Austin City Limits
The Specials' 'Protest Songs 1924-2012'
I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico
The Wanderer: A Tribute to Jackie Leven
Aoife O'Donovan, 'Aoife Plays Nebraska'
Teddy Thompson & Jenni Muldaur's 'Teddy & Jenni Do George & Tammy'
Angel Olsen, 'Aisles' EP
Colin Hay's 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself'
Good, Better, Best: "Hang Down Your Head" (Tom Waits)
David Byrne and Yo La Tengo Release First Single from Yoko Ono Tribute Album
Sleaford Mods Produce a Brutal Cover of Yazoo's "Don't Go"
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The Heart of Penelope
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The Heart of Penelope is the absorbing story of a young girl Penelope who falls in love with a man but doesn't marry him. Penelope goes through a series of life-altering events after that. But fate brings them together again, and they share an intimate relationship. When everybody starts foreseeing that she will marry him at last, another character enters the story. Whether Penelope will marry her old lover or not unfolds later in the story. The stories of diverse characters in this book are woven skillfully into a novel of unique power and interest. The characters are drawn deftly and seem to be inspired by real life. It presents a subtle and strong analysis of character. Throughout the story, the reader cannot imagine how it will end.
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The Enthusiasm Gap
What exactly would it take to get what is essentially the other half of eligible voters out to cast a ballot?
I ask because in the past 10 days or so, we here in Toronto have participated in and born witness to a couple notable elections, let us call them. Hotly contested affairs with nasty slinging of mud and fundamental questions about the kind of government we want. Yet, only in and around 50% of those eligible to vote came out to do so.
Big increases from previous elections, you'll say. A record number in post-amalgamated Toronto, nearly 53%, up about 14% from 2006. On Tuesday, just over 41% turned out, the highest for U.S. midterms since 1982.
Where was everybody else? If these two elections could not stir a massive majority of the population up and out of their La-Z-Boys or away from the gaming consoles, what will? In the States, there were candidates openly questioning Constitutional amendments. Here, it was a pitched battle between two diametrically opposed visions of the kind of city we want to live in. Nosing up on high drama, I might offer, and still, nearly 48% of those who could vote in Toronto chose not to. Almost 3 out of 5 Americans opted out of exercising their democratic right.
I lace up my empathy shoes and perform a tolerance tango in an attempt to understand what exactly de-motivates people from voting but come up empty. I'm so busy. I had to get the kids to cello practice. I work 3 jobs. Who has the time? My vote doesn't really matter. Politicians, they're all the same.
None of it washes. The political burdens of being a member of a 21st-century free society are far from heavy. Not much is asked of us. Showing up for even a couple hours if need be every other year or every 4th year is not really all that onerous. Hell, I'm not even asking for voters to be all that informed although it would help.
I pay taxes! How much more do you want from me?
That's a commercial exchange, really. Money paid for services rendered. As our mayor-elect says, it's all about respect (or not) for taxpayers. Voting is what a citizen does.
I took in Inside Job last night, a documentary about the financial meltdown that brought us to the current Great Recession. One of the take away messages I got from it was that our democracy has been hijacked by special interests, in this case the financial services industry. Money and influence in the form of political contributions and lobbyists constantly guts the will of the people, transforming government into nothing more than a tool of the wealthy and business.
Big surprise. So it is as it always has been. What's one vote from one little person going to do to change that?
Probably nothing. But sitting at home when the opportunity arises for you to express an opinion will do nothing to alter anything either. Arguably, disengagement from the process only serves to encourage political lawlessness and disregard for well-being of the commonwealth. If you don't care enough to bother to vote, why would those intent on bending democracy to do their bidding worry about the repercussions of their actions? Non-voters actively collaborate in the corruption of the system.
Those who chose not to vote (or forget or simply can't be bothered) are as much enemies of the body-politic as those seeking to undermine it for their own gain. Societal parasites leaving the heavy lifting of democracy to their friends, family and neighbours who do find the time and inclination to cast a ballot. It's nothing more than a big fuck you to everyone else trying to make this thing run right. Deciding not to vote doesn't constitute a statement or political stance. It just signals to everyone that you simply don't care enough to be slightly inconvenienced. It's a mockery to all those coming before us who fought for the very right to do what you are now neglecting to do and to those throughout the world still struggling and dying for that right that you shrug off.
People shouldn't need to be chided for not voting. No law should be necessary making it compulsory to vote. Nor should blame be laid at the feet our politicians or system for not engaging voters enough to get them to do what they should reflexively do as citizens. Voting is not merely a right. It is a responsibility. By shirking that responsibility, non-voters work in cahoots with the predators operating and scheming to undercut the democratic principles that differentiate us from the despotic regimes that deny the most basic of human rights.
If the only voting you take part in is that of Canadian Idol, there should be an exchange program to send you over for a spell in Iran or China or Myanmar (or any other place where voting really doesn't matter) and bring us people who know what it's like to exist without an opportunity to have a say in how the government works.
— sanctimoniously submitted by Cityslikr
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I am working on a another site for them that they want to use this data for so I am trying to grab this data with guzzle but I keep getting 500 errors.
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A: Maybe because you are using arrays instead of json objects. Change the square brackets to curly ones for main object and json object in it


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     * . For example, to access the bucket reports through outpost my-outpost owned by account
     * 123456789012 in Region us-west-2, use the URL encoding of
     * arn:aws:s3-outposts:us-west-2:123456789012:outpost/my-outpost/bucket/reports. The value must be URL
     * encoded.
     *

     */
    private String bucket;
    /**
     *

     * Set this parameter to true to confirm that you want to remove your permissions to change this bucket policy in
     * the future.
     *

     * <note>
     *

     * This is not supported by Amazon S3 on Outposts buckets.
     *

     * </note>
     */
    private Boolean confirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess;
    /**
     *

     * The bucket policy as a JSON document.
     *

     */
    private String policy;

    /**
     *

     * The Amazon Web Services account ID of the Outposts bucket.
     *

     *
     * @param accountId
     *        The Amazon Web Services account ID of the Outposts bucket.
     */

    public void setAccountId(String accountId) {
        this.accountId = accountId;
    }

    /**
     *

     * The Amazon Web Services account ID of the Outposts bucket.
     *

     *
     * @return The Amazon Web Services account ID of the Outposts bucket.
     */

    public String getAccountId() {
        return this.accountId;
    }

    /**
     *

     * The Amazon Web Services account ID of the Outposts bucket.
     *

     *
     * @param accountId
     *        The Amazon Web Services account ID of the Outposts bucket.
     * @return Returns a reference to this object so that method calls can be chained together.
     */

    public PutBucketPolicyRequest withAccountId(String accountId) {
        setAccountId(accountId);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     *

     * Specifies the bucket.
     *

     *

     * For using this parameter with Amazon S3 on Outposts with the REST API, you must specify the name and the
     * x-amz-outpost-id as well.
     *

     *

     * For using this parameter with S3 on Outposts with the Amazon Web Services SDK and CLI, you must specify the ARN
     * of the bucket accessed in the format
     * arn:aws:s3-outposts:<Region>:<account-id>:outpost/<outpost-id>/bucket/<my-bucket-name>
     * . For example, to access the bucket reports through outpost my-outpost owned by account
     * 123456789012 in Region us-west-2, use the URL encoding of
     * arn:aws:s3-outposts:us-west-2:123456789012:outpost/my-outpost/bucket/reports. The value must be URL
     * encoded.
     *

     *
     * @param bucket
     *        Specifies the bucket.

     *

     *        For using this parameter with Amazon S3 on Outposts with the REST API, you must specify the name and the
     *        x-amz-outpost-id as well.
     *

     *

     *        For using this parameter with S3 on Outposts with the Amazon Web Services SDK and CLI, you must specify
     *        the ARN of the bucket accessed in the format
     *        arn:aws:s3-outposts:<Region>:<account-id>:outpost/<outpost-id>/bucket/<my-bucket-name>
     *        . For example, to access the bucket reports through outpost my-outpost owned by
     *        account 123456789012 in Region us-west-2, use the URL encoding of
     *        arn:aws:s3-outposts:us-west-2:123456789012:outpost/my-outpost/bucket/reports. The value must
     *        be URL encoded.
     */

    public void setBucket(String bucket) {
        this.bucket = bucket;
    }

    /**
     *

     * Specifies the bucket.
     *

     *

     * For using this parameter with Amazon S3 on Outposts with the REST API, you must specify the name and the
     * x-amz-outpost-id as well.
     *

     *

     * For using this parameter with S3 on Outposts with the Amazon Web Services SDK and CLI, you must specify the ARN
     * of the bucket accessed in the format
     * arn:aws:s3-outposts:<Region>:<account-id>:outpost/<outpost-id>/bucket/<my-bucket-name>
     * . For example, to access the bucket reports through outpost my-outpost owned by account
     * 123456789012 in Region us-west-2, use the URL encoding of
     * arn:aws:s3-outposts:us-west-2:123456789012:outpost/my-outpost/bucket/reports. The value must be URL
     * encoded.
     *

     *
     * @return Specifies the bucket.

     *

     *         For using this parameter with Amazon S3 on Outposts with the REST API, you must specify the name and the
     *         x-amz-outpost-id as well.
     *

     *

     *         For using this parameter with S3 on Outposts with the Amazon Web Services SDK and CLI, you must specify
     *         the ARN of the bucket accessed in the format
     *         arn:aws:s3-outposts:<Region>:<account-id>:outpost/<outpost-id>/bucket/<my-bucket-name>
     *         . For example, to access the bucket reports through outpost my-outpost owned by
     *         account 123456789012 in Region us-west-2, use the URL encoding of
     *         arn:aws:s3-outposts:us-west-2:123456789012:outpost/my-outpost/bucket/reports. The value must
     *         be URL encoded.
     */

    public String getBucket() {
        return this.bucket;
    }

    /**
     *

     * Specifies the bucket.
     *

     *

     * For using this parameter with Amazon S3 on Outposts with the REST API, you must specify the name and the
     * x-amz-outpost-id as well.
     *

     *

     * For using this parameter with S3 on Outposts with the Amazon Web Services SDK and CLI, you must specify the ARN
     * of the bucket accessed in the format
     * arn:aws:s3-outposts:<Region>:<account-id>:outpost/<outpost-id>/bucket/<my-bucket-name>
     * . For example, to access the bucket reports through outpost my-outpost owned by account
     * 123456789012 in Region us-west-2, use the URL encoding of
     * arn:aws:s3-outposts:us-west-2:123456789012:outpost/my-outpost/bucket/reports. The value must be URL
     * encoded.
     *

     *
     * @param bucket
     *        Specifies the bucket.

     *

     *        For using this parameter with Amazon S3 on Outposts with the REST API, you must specify the name and the
     *        x-amz-outpost-id as well.
     *

     *

     *        For using this parameter with S3 on Outposts with the Amazon Web Services SDK and CLI, you must specify
     *        the ARN of the bucket accessed in the format
     *        arn:aws:s3-outposts:<Region>:<account-id>:outpost/<outpost-id>/bucket/<my-bucket-name>
     *        . For example, to access the bucket reports through outpost my-outpost owned by
     *        account 123456789012 in Region us-west-2, use the URL encoding of
     *        arn:aws:s3-outposts:us-west-2:123456789012:outpost/my-outpost/bucket/reports. The value must
     *        be URL encoded.
     * @return Returns a reference to this object so that method calls can be chained together.
     */

    public PutBucketPolicyRequest withBucket(String bucket) {
        setBucket(bucket);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     *

     * Set this parameter to true to confirm that you want to remove your permissions to change this bucket policy in
     * the future.
     *

     * <note>
     *

     * This is not supported by Amazon S3 on Outposts buckets.
     *

     * </note>
     *
     * @param confirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess
     *        Set this parameter to true to confirm that you want to remove your permissions to change this bucket
     *        policy in the future.
 <note>
     *

     *        This is not supported by Amazon S3 on Outposts buckets.
     *

     */

    public void setConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess(Boolean confirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess) {
        this.confirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess = confirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess;
    }

    /**
     *

     * Set this parameter to true to confirm that you want to remove your permissions to change this bucket policy in
     * the future.
     *

     * <note>
     *

     * This is not supported by Amazon S3 on Outposts buckets.
     *

     * </note>
     *
     * @return Set this parameter to true to confirm that you want to remove your permissions to change this bucket
     *         policy in the future.
 <note>
     *

     *         This is not supported by Amazon S3 on Outposts buckets.
     *

     */

    public Boolean getConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess() {
        return this.confirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess;
    }

    /**
     *

     * Set this parameter to true to confirm that you want to remove your permissions to change this bucket policy in
     * the future.
     *

     * <note>
     *

     * This is not supported by Amazon S3 on Outposts buckets.
     *

     * </note>
     *
     * @param confirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess
     *        Set this parameter to true to confirm that you want to remove your permissions to change this bucket
     *        policy in the future.
 <note>
     *

     *        This is not supported by Amazon S3 on Outposts buckets.
     *

     * @return Returns a reference to this object so that method calls can be chained together.
     */

    public PutBucketPolicyRequest withConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess(Boolean confirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess) {
        setConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess(confirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     *

     * Set this parameter to true to confirm that you want to remove your permissions to change this bucket policy in
     * the future.
     *

     * <note>
     *

     * This is not supported by Amazon S3 on Outposts buckets.
     *

     * </note>
     *
     * @return Set this parameter to true to confirm that you want to remove your permissions to change this bucket
     *         policy in the future.
 <note>
     *

     *         This is not supported by Amazon S3 on Outposts buckets.
     *

     */

    public Boolean isConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess() {
        return this.confirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess;
    }

    /**
     *

     * The bucket policy as a JSON document.
     *

     *
     * @param policy
     *        The bucket policy as a JSON document.
     */

    public void setPolicy(String policy) {
        this.policy = policy;
    }

    /**
     *

     * The bucket policy as a JSON document.
     *

     *
     * @return The bucket policy as a JSON document.
     */

    public String getPolicy() {
        return this.policy;
    }

    /**
     *

     * The bucket policy as a JSON document.
     *

     *
     * @param policy
     *        The bucket policy as a JSON document.
     * @return Returns a reference to this object so that method calls can be chained together.
     */

    public PutBucketPolicyRequest withPolicy(String policy) {
        setPolicy(policy);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of this object. This is useful for testing and debugging. Sensitive data will be
     * redacted from this string using a placeholder value.
     *
     * @return A string representation of this object.
     *
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append("{");
        if (getAccountId() != null)
            sb.append("AccountId: ").append(getAccountId()).append(",");
        if (getBucket() != null)
            sb.append("Bucket: ").append(getBucket()).append(",");
        if (getConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess() != null)
            sb.append("ConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess: ").append(getConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess()).append(",");
        if (getPolicy() != null)
            sb.append("Policy: ").append(getPolicy());
        sb.append("}");
        return sb.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (this == obj)
            return true;
        if (obj == null)
            return false;

        if (obj instanceof PutBucketPolicyRequest == false)
            return false;
        PutBucketPolicyRequest other = (PutBucketPolicyRequest) obj;
        if (other.getAccountId() == null ^ this.getAccountId() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getAccountId() != null && other.getAccountId().equals(this.getAccountId()) == false)
            return false;
        if (other.getBucket() == null ^ this.getBucket() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getBucket() != null && other.getBucket().equals(this.getBucket()) == false)
            return false;
        if (other.getConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess() == null ^ this.getConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess() != null
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            return false;
        if (other.getPolicy() == null ^ this.getPolicy() == null)
            return false;
        if (other.getPolicy() != null && other.getPolicy().equals(this.getPolicy()) == false)
            return false;
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    }

    @Override
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        int hashCode = 1;

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        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess() == null) ? 0 : getConfirmRemoveSelfBucketAccess().hashCode());
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        return hashCode;
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    @Override
    public PutBucketPolicyRequest clone() {
        return (PutBucketPolicyRequest) super.clone();
    }

}

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Texas' Ancient Tidal Wave
The meteorite hurtled toward the big, blue planet, reaching speeds of as much as 150,000 miles per hour. Its surface white-hot from the friction caused by its plunge through the atmosphere, the giant crashed into the sea on what is now the northern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The impact of the six-mile-wide space maverick created an underwater crater more than 25 miles deep and 112 miles in diameter – farther across than the distance between Austin and Waco.
Material was blasted out of the crater at 50 times the speed of sound. About 400 cubic miles of debris were carried upward by the resulting fireball. (The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, by comparison, released less than a third of a cubic mile of ash.) After several months of drifting around in the atmosphere, the finer particles began settling back to Earth, covering the entire planet with a thin layer of dust.
Another 5,000 cubic miles of melted and crushed rock was ejected from the crater, then fell back to Earth in a matter of hours within 3,000 miles of the impact in all directions. Called "ejecta," this melt rock was thickest near the point of impact, becoming patchier farther away.
The enormous energy generated by the impact also created huge tidal waves radiating out from the area of collision – giant versions of the ripples that form on the surface of a lake when someone tosses a rock into the water. These "ripples" were 150 to 300 feet high – up to as tall as a football field is long. Churning up the seabed to a depth of 40 feet, one of the monster tsunamis roared across what we now call the Gulf of Mexico. The wave-from-hell tore rocks, sharks' teeth, sand and boulders from the bottom of the sea as it went. The giant wave finally deposited its burden of trash more than 150 miles inland from today's coastline.
The Texas Connection
One of the sites where this antique debris has been found is along the Brazos River in Falls County about 30 miles southeast of Waco, where the rock layer has been exposed by water erosion. This area was under a shallow sea at the time of the probable impact and tidal wave. Paleontologist Thor Hansen began studying the Brazos River site in 1985. He found a layer of mud clumps as much as three feet thick, along with fist-size chunks of sandstone. This layer is in a deep bed of mudstone that had been produced by a million years of otherwise quiet accumulation of water-deposited silt. Similar layers of what is most likely tidal-wave trash dating from the same geological period have been found in Mexico, Arkansas, Cuba, and off the coasts of Haiti and North Carolina.
Some scientists believe that the debris in question can be explained by a large volcanic eruption. But each new report by scientists studying the phenomenon adds weight to the collision theory.
Dinosaur Killer?
The cosmic collision occurred about 65 million years ago at the boundary between two geological periods: the Cretaceous, when dinosaurs flourished on the planet and few mammals existed, and the Tertiary, when the dinosaurs had mostly vanished and mammals began to proliferate. Did the enormous amounts of material thrown into the atmosphere block out the sun and destroy parts of the ozone layer to the extent that the Earth's ecological systems shut down? And did that shutdown cause more than half the planet's species to die off? This is the scenario suggested by a number of scientists who have been exploring the probable Big Crash.
The asteroid/comet collision idea is not a recent one. French scientist Pierre de Maupertuis proposed as early as 1750 that comets striking the Earth had caused mass extinctions by altering the atmosphere and the oceans.
But the first solid evidence linking a cosmic catastrophe with the wholesale eradication of species was suggested in the late 1970s by Walter Alvarez, a geologist at the University of California at Berkeley, and his father, physicist Luis Alvarez. The layer of fine debris from the impact shows up today as a stratum of grayish clay at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary (K/T boundary). The clay layer appears to be world-wide: It has been found at more than 100 sites scattered over the globe. This clay contains an unusually high amount of the element iridium – up to 30 times more than could normally be expected. Iridium, a heavy, brittle, metallic chemical element, is found in the Earth's core. It is rare on the Earth's surface, but comets and asteroids are relatively rich in it. The high concentration of iridium in the K/T boundary clay stratum could be explained by the collision theory.
The Brazos River site reveals not only the jumbled anomalous sandstone rocks and sharks' teeth from the tidal wave, but also this overlying, iridium-rich layer of clay.
The discovery of a thick layer of glassy particles at the K/T boundary in Haiti in the early 1990s provided what many geologists feel is the last piece of evidence needed to support the collision theory. Chemical analysis of the glass drops, called tektites, confirms their impact origin and indicates that they are probably part of the ejecta layer.
The most likely candidate for ground zero is the Chicxulub crater, just north of Mérida, Mexico, on the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. The huge crater, which was underwater at the time of the probable impact, contains deposits of rocks, such as highly shocked quartz, which can be produced only by such an impact or by a nuclear explosion. Analysis of rocks from drill cores taken from the Chicxulub crater indicate an age of 65 million years, identical to the age of the tektites in Haiti.
The consensus appears at this time to be that an asteroid did splash down in the Yucatán and that it did produce the ejecta layer with its glassy particles, the global layer of clay, and the tsunami trash in Texas and elsewhere – and that the dinosaurs died off after the collision.
But the jury is still out on whether the first caused the second.
— written by Mary G. Ramos, editor emerita, for the Texas Almanac 1994-1995.


On today's show we talk about Rex Tillerson's visit to Russia with Anthony d'Agostino, Professor of History at San Francisco State University, and an expert on the history of Russia. Author of many books including the Russian revolution and "The Rise of Global Powers: International Politics in the Era of World Wars".
Then, we talk about the Consent Decrees and Community Policing with Anand Subramanian, Director of Community Policing Initiatives at PolicyLink and Zachary Norris, Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.


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HUDDLESTONE SHARES THOUGHTS ON ASTON VILLA GAME
November 20, 2018 index
Derby County saw their six-match unbeaten run in the Championship brought to a premature end by a resurgent Aston Villa side that defeated them 3-0 at home.
The Rams came into match with so much confidence, going unbeaten in their last six league outings. That unbeaten run included wins over fellow promotion favorites, Sheffield United and just relegated West Bromwich Albion, as well as a well-deserved draw on the road at Middlesbrough.
Tags:	John McGinn's, Tammy Abraham, tom huddlestone
Watford defeat a good wake-up call for Tottenham Hotspur – Mauricio Pochettino
September 25, 2018 index
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino believes his side received a very good wake-up call after they suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at Watford on Sunday. The north London giants had gone into the game on the back of a morale-boosting 3-0 win over Manchester United on the road but their performance against Watford was far from impressive.
Speaking after the defeat, Pochettino highlighted that he was disappointed with the team's application on the playing field and feels the team cannot concede for the title with such performances, he said: "It is so painful to concede two goals like this, it is so painful because the first half looked like a friendly game. I am very disappointed, very disappointed because if you want to be a contender…it is so difficult to understand because I thought we controlled the game in the first 45 minutes. We conceded two goals that if you want to be a contender you cannot concede. It is the beginning and it is a very good wake-up call for everyone."
Tags:	Mauricio Pochettino, San Siro, Tottenham
Fernando Llorente's father rules out Tottenham extension amid Napoli link
August 17, 2018 index
The representative and father of Fernando Llorente have confirmed that the Spaniard won't be extending his contract with Tottenham Hotspur. The 33-year-old has a poor debut season with Spurs where he struggled for goals as well as gametime and he is now said to be eyeing a fresh challenge with Napoli said to be interested in his signature.
Speaking to Calcio Napoli 24, Llorente's father said that his son would be honoured to play for a club of Napoli's calibre but so far, he has not received any approach from the Naples outfit. He added that the marksman has no plans of extending his Spurs contract whatsoever with his existing deal due to expire in 12 months' time.
Tags:	Fernando Llorente, Heung-min, Llorente
Tom Huddlestone Ready To Fight
May 30, 2018 index
Derby County midfielder Tom Huddlestone said that his team needs to remain focus if they want to get a place in the play-off. They have been struggling for form since February and have yet to win a game since then.
Tom Huddlestone said that there is still hope for the team and that they need to believe that they can make it. He said that the players have been fighting hard all season and that it would be a disappointment to miss the play-off now. Read More
Tags:	derby county midfielder, tom huddlestone
EVERTON POST RECORD TURNOVER, SEEKS SPURS PATH
April 4, 2018 index
Everton are breaking new grounds under new boss Farhad Moshiri. They have just posted a record turnover, meaning things are going well at Goodison Park financially. However, the Merseyside Blues have been urged to tow the path of Tottenham Hotspur and build the club into a top tier side.
The Toffees posted £171.3 million in turnover and a post-tax profit of £30 million. The club also recorded 66 percent increase in sponsorship and advertising revenue. The record breaking shirt deal with SportPesa and sleeve sponsorship with Angry Birds means they will better the £15.4 million they earned in the 2017 financial year.
Tags:	Everton, Farhad Moshiri
DARREN BENT PRAISES PERFECT HUDDLESTONE
October 28, 2017 index
Derby County striker Darren Bent is praising Tom Huddlestone for his efforts in the team. They played together at Tottenham Hotspur but they are yet to line up together at Derby as Bent remains sidelined.
The midfielder moved back to the Rams this summer from Hull City following their relegation to the Championship. Huddlestone left Derby back in 2005 as a rising youngster. After his time in the Premier League, he returned to the club, where he has been impressive ever since. Read More
Tom Huddlestone says his goodbye to Hull as he joins Derby County
After having spent 4 seasons with Hull City, Tom Huddlestone has reached the end with the English Premier League club which recently suffered relegation after having finished at the 18th spot during the season of 2016-17.
Hull City will now have to compete in the English League Championship without Tom Huddlestone as he joined Derby County for a fee of €2 million on a 2 year long contract.
The English midfielder has been performing with Hull City since 2013 and during this time-lapse of 4 years, Huddlestone appears to have developed a close relationship with the fans, players, technical staff and just about everyone that plays any kind of role in the club and he made it clear just how impactful they have been for him after penning an emotional goodbye letter which read:
"I have to say a massive thank you for the past four years. It's been a bumpy ride along the way but enjoyable none the less. From a haircut on the pitch, to an FA Cup final, to European games at the KC. All experiences we won't forget. The fans have been excellent with me, you are what make a football club what it is. Read More
WEST BROM CHASE HUDDLESTONE AFTER LOSING DARREN FLETCHER
July 11, 2017 index
Premier League side West Bromwich Albion are reportedly chasing Hull City star Tom Huddlestone after rival Stoke City snapped up Darren Fletcher.
The Baggies are seeking a replacement after Fletcher agreed a two year deal with City last week. The 30-year old Huddlestone has a contract clause that could see him exit Hull if they were relegated from the top flight.
With the Tigers exiting the top flight, West Bromare keen on signing him as his release clause is £2 million. Huddlestone joined Hull from Spurs in 2013 for £5million. He agreed to two year contract renewal last term so his deal is in its final year.
With Hull set to spend time in the Championship, the player is likely to exit KCOM stadium. The player was quite emotional when the club was confirmed relegated after their loss to Crystal Palace.
West Brom boss Tony Pulis is hoping to replace Fletcher without another experienced player. They finished in the top ten last term and want to replicate the form at least and possibly push up higher. Read More
MIDDLESBROUGH DESPERATE FOR HULL VICTORY
April 30, 2017 content
Premier League strugglers Middlesbrough are desperate for a victory over Hull City as they fight relegation back to the Championship after just a year in the top flight.
The Tigers are four points ahead and they are the favourites to win the game but the underdogs hope to cause an upset.
Middlesbrough would be depending on Alvaro Negredo to lead the attack with Gaston Ramirez and Fabio Da Silva out due to ankle and head injuries respectively. Rudy Gestede is available as Victor Valdes,AdamaTraore– who has the most Premier League dribbles this season alongside Eden Hazard of Chelsea –, and the rest. Going away is a big test for Boro since they have not defeated the home team since April 2011 where they met in the Championship.
Hull have been decent in their home games since Marco Silva took over. Silva always churns good home results; from his time at Estoril, Sporting, Olympiakos and now Hull.
On the other hand, Steve Agnew's side have failed to get a victory after 12 games in the league. They played a draw in five and lost the rest. In fact, in the last 28 away games, their only win was against Sunderland last August.
Hull City would be without right back Omar Elabdellaoui. The player, who is on loan at City, has been sidelined with back injury. Star player Tom Huddlestone would not feature in the match as he remains suspended following his red card. They have Abel Hernandez, Michael Dawson, OumarNiasse, Alfred N'Diaye and the rest to ensure victory.
Tom Huddlestone says that his teammates believe in Marco Silva
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Hull City has recently experienced a change in their managerial position as Mike Phelan was sacked after guiding the English club to 13 defeats, 5 draws and 6 victories.
Phelan was replaced by the 39 year old Portuguese manager Marco Silva and Tom Huddlestone has recently stated that even though Hull City is currently located in the bottom relegation zones of the Premier League, the team are starting to believe that with the guidance of the recently appointed manager Marco Silva, Hull City will be able to start climbing spots and be able to survive in the Premier League for at least 1 more season.
''He's been on the training pitch with us every day, putting in a lot of tactical information into us. Wherever the ball is on the pitch, or wherever system we play, we know as players exactly what is required of us without and without the ball''
"With the amount of information he's put into us, there's no excuses. If you don't do well, it's down to lapses in concentration because we know exactly where he wants us to be. The lads have bought into that and it's showing in the performances''
''We've always had the confidence. Even when results weren't going for us, the performances have been decent. But the main thing is the results and hopefully now we're combining the two." Tom Huddlestone said as the 30 year old English midfielder stated that Marcos Silva has made a huge impact even though the Portuguese manager only arrived to the club around 1 month ago.
Whether or not Hull City do indeed start to win games on a consistent basis and rise above the relegation zone is something that only time will tell but the upcoming Premier League matches of Marcos Silva and his men are going to be very difficult as they have to face off with: Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Burnley.
Those all are of the opponents of Hull City for the month of February and it will be a huge challenge for Marco Silva and his squad.
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Today I'm sharing a mixed media Home Decor project and tutorial I created with stencils from our June Sponsor, Latina Crafter along with the eBrush and Siphon Adapter Kit.
Working on a covered surface, apply Gesso to the wooden letter with a foam brush, let dry.
Add Turquoise paint to the paint well, mix with a little bit of water. Test a few sprays on scrap paper.
Use the eBrush and the Siphon Adapter Kit to spray Turquoise ink over letter, covering completely. Let dry. Clean paint well and tube.
Add Lime paint to the paint well, mix with a little bit of water. Test a few sprays on scrap paper.
Place stencil over painted letter and spray on Lime paint, repeat until covered as desired. Let dry so that you get a variation in color.
Use the eBrush and the Siphon Adapter Kit to spray Fresh Lime ink over the stencil. Flip stencil over so the wet side is facing down and press onto the painted wooden letter. This step is optional, but I wanted a bit of texture to my piece, along with more variation in color.
Once completely dry, use Krylon Sealer to seal paint.
That is definetly a fun piece! Love, love, love the color combo!


As we approach our two-year anniversary in our home at 123 Slater Street, Impact Hub Ottawa is ready to grow again, this time to the 7th floor!
We moved to 123 Slater Street in May 2017 because we believed that the new space would give us more opportunities to grow our community and drive innovation through collaboration. Thanks to the extra square feet we were able to bring together a group of Co Stewards, a collective of like-minded organizations including Community Foundations of Canada, MATCH International Women's Fund, The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, One.org, the Moose Hide Campaign, National Observer, Evidence for Democracy, and Child Care Now. These organizations now work side by side every day, along with the rest of our members.
In March 2019 we will be growing again. Together with Community Foundations of Canada and MATCH International Women's Fund, we will be taking on another 6200 sq/ft on 123 Slater's 7th floor.
The expanded facilities will provide the community new membership opportunities including dedicated desks and additional meeting and workshop space for the community.
The new dedicated desk offering is open to mission driven organizations who are seeking to work in a collaborative environment. Curious? Find out more here.
Read about our expansion in the Ottawa Business Journal.


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Q: Find a link with a particular text Using selenium chrome webdriver I am trying to find a link with the below given xpath.
xpath = '//a[contains(text(),"Home")]'
driver.find_element_by_xpath(xpath)

This is how the link is in the source:

Home

I just want to find the element, just to identify the page I am in.
But this always returns NoSuchElementException to me.
What is the right way to find such an element?

A: That's because the a element doesn't contain any text at all. It contains a font and that contains text inside it.
So modify it slightly:
//a[font[contains(text(), 'Home')]]

(Although why you use "Contains" I'm not sure, you should do an equals match to be honest)