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Toronto Mayor John Tory has expressed condolences to Fredericton and New Brunswick in light of Friday's "terrible shooting."
Tory says Toronto has seen similar terrible incidents and he understands the wider impact they have.
Police in Fredericton have a suspect in custody after four people were shot dead in a residential neighbourhood.
The incident comes just weeks after a man went on a gun rampage in Toronto's Greektown, killing two girls and wounding another 13 people.
In that case, the shooter was found dead following an exchange of gunfire with police.
"Unfortunately, we've had more than our own share of experience with these terrible kinds of tragedies and I understand completely how much they are very wounding to the community itself, leave alone the families of the victims, to whom I also express our condolences on behalf of all Torontonians," Tory said. "I also know that our Canadian communities, including Toronto and Fredericton, are resilient."
The mayor said the community will have to go through periods of mourning and anger.
"We're strong people and we're not going to let these kinds of things take us off our course in terms of the quality of life and how we live," Tory said.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was slated to help open a street festival in Toronto's Greektown on Friday evening that will include a memorial tribute to the shooting victims and those who tried to help.


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OFSTED had committed Stafford Grove to improving the "small amount of unacceptable behaviour". The Head, Jim Bulmer, decided to turn to technology for a solution.
Well I say "a solution". Perhaps "a cost free activity that can be included on forms to create the impression of action" would be a better description. Kevin, a member of middle management, had brought the "Behaviour Management Database" with him from his previous school. It wasn't copyrighted and could be run using software the school already had access to. The idea was that all disciplinary incidents would be logged in the database, along with the action taken (chosen from Detention, contacting parents, and referring it on to a variety of the usual suspects). Once recorded the records were available to all, so tutors could monitor their students and any action taken after a referral would also be logged on the database. This replaced an informal system of emails and private conversations that had previously been used to refer incidents. Detentions were still to be organised by the teacher issuing them, using the database to organise them would have been a step too far for Jim.
The following term the system was launched, firstly in one or two departments, then across the school. To begin with staff were delighted that there was something being done about behaviour. Within a month it became clear that logging detentions made very little difference. As it was setting a detention meant writing a detention slip for the student, making your own record of it, writing another detention slip when they didn't turn up, making your own record of that, informing your Head of Department that they had missed it a second time, writing another slip for your Head of Department and passing it on to a form tutor or some similar combination of futile tasks. This process was not helped by having to log the detentions, and missed detentions, in the Behaviour Management Database and so staff stopped using it for detentions and only used it for referrals which would usually have to be typed out for emails anyway. It became, in effect, an ongoing log of serious incidents that was then used to judge which year heads were doing a good job.
During the summer holidays I ran into Kevin in school. He told me that he was steering clear of doing anything more to develop the Behaviour Management Database. Apparently the way Jim was using it was creating resentment among middle managers and for the sake of his career he needed to disassociate himself from it.
At the start of the next term I was surprised to hear Jim describing it as "the Behaviour Monitoring Database" rather than the Behaviour Management Database. Moreover the "follow up" option had mysteriously disappeared. The system could tell you what students had done, but not what had been done about it. No record existed of any actions taken by anybody other than the class teacher. It became nothing more than a record of serious incidents, useful to the Head when trying to refer students to outside agencies, completely without advantage for dealing with individual incidents of poor behaviour. I found this out to my cost when I reported an assault on me using the system and nothing was done until he assaulted me a second time and I went to the Deputy Head and demanded action. The action consisted of a brief warning, which failed to prevent a third assault on me.
Now remember that this is for two terms, less than 150 days of school. Also remember that by this point staff had long since stopped logging minor incidents and so every single incident involves at the very least the sort of disruptive behaviour that requires a student be removed from the classroom. Year 7 are aged from 11-12 and Year 8 from 12-13 but because of the time of year most incidents would have occurred while they were at the lower end of that age range. None of these three were permanently excluded – the LEA had virtually eliminated permanent exclusions. Also pupils were taught mainly in their tutor groups, so sach child's incidents would have taken place within the same class in front of the same small audience, (the two year 8's were actually in the same tutor group). Now imagine the effect that sort of concentrated poor behaviour has on the students who witness it. Now imagine your child was a student in that class, and you could have sent them there secure in the knowledge that OFSTED had declared it to be a very good school with a small amount of unacceptable behaviour. Is this a system fit for your child? Or for that matter is it fit for the teaching staff on the receiving end of two dozen incidents of verbal abuse a term, just from these three boys?


Owning a dog is a big responsibility. Whether you're a dog owner or have been affected by a neighbour's dog barking or being aggressive, this page contains essential information about your rights and responsibilities.
Your local government's (council's) bylaws.
You must ensure that your dog is not creating a public nuisance by barking excessively. The penalty for this breach ranges from $200.00 to $5,000.00.
As a person in charge of your dog in a public place you are required to remove your dog's droppings and adequately dispose of them. The penalties for this breach vary from one local government to another.
If your dog attacks a person or another animal, you will be held responsible even if you are not there at the time. Penalty ranges from $3,000 to $20,000. As the owner you may be imprisoned too.
It is your responsibility to register your dog. Not registering your dog may incur a penalty of $200.
Your dog is required to wear a collar to which must be attached a valid registration tag. This tag will be issued by your local government when you pay your registration fee. If your dog does not have a registration tag you may be fined $200.00.
Your dog must be microchipped.
Local government can limit the number of dogs (aged over three months). It can also limit the number of dogs of a specified breed that you can keep.Your local government by laws will regulate if you are allowed to keep more than two to a maximum of six dogs (other than dangerous dogs).Typically you can have up to two dogs. You cannot have any pup of a dangerous dog (restricted breed) that is under three months of age. If you have dangerous dogs (declared or restricted breeds) you cannot have more than two dogs which are over three months of age.
Is there a penalty for a breach?
Yes, the court can impose a fine of up to $5,000 ($10,000 for a dangerous dog with a minimum penalty of $500). Contact your local government for information about the by-laws in your area.
Can my dog be impounded? Yes.
The police or an authorised person from a local government can impound any dog that is found wandering without a leash in any public place.
being used for retrieving, duck hunting or other customary sporting purposes.
What are the risks of owning such a dog?
Dog owners and every person responsible for control of a dog can be prosecuted if their dog chases or attacks any person or animal irrespective of whether physical injury is caused or not to the person or animal. The local government can ask for a court order that the dog be destroyed if it has attacked and caused injury or damage.
What are the possible legal consequences of a dog attack?
A dog attack can result in a penalty of up to $10,000 for the owner of a dangerous dog. For other dogs (not a dangerous dog), a dog attack may result in a fine of up to $3,000.00.
The penalty for setting or urging a dog (other than a dangerous dog) to chase or attack a person or animal is $10,000 or 12 months' imprisonment or both.
For a dangerous attack the penalty can be a fine of up to $20,000 and imprisonment for two years with a minimum penalty of $1,000.
It is a criminal offence if you are responsible for a dangerous dog and it attacks someone in a way that endangers their life or kills them.
A person who has been attacked by a dog can take private legal action for any injury or damage they have suffered, including medical costs, veterinarian bills and damage to clothing and so on.
Is there a defence to a dog attack claim?
There may be a defence. Get legal advice about whether you have a defence.
Your local council or shire may have a template letter for complaining about a nuisance or dangerous dog.
The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries have a guide to Responsible Dog Ownership.


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What is the split off point in accounting? |
The split off point in accounting is the point at which a company's assets cease to grow and become subject of liabilities. There are two splits–the book value when financial statements are prepared, and the market value on an exchange when shares or securities change ownership.
The "split-off point examples" is a term that refers to the point in time where an asset or liability is no longer recognized by the company. It occurs when there is a change in ownership of the business entity, such as when a corporation merges with another corporation.
A split-off point is a moment in a manufacturing process when formerly jointly made items are now manufactured independently, allowing their costs to be determined separately after the split-off point. Production expenses are attributed to jointly made items prior to the split-off point.
So, what exactly does "break off" imply?
A split-off is a kind of corporate restructuring in which a parent firm sells a business unit on certain conditions. A divestiture may be structured in a variety of ways. In contrast to past divestitures, the outstanding shares are not allocated on a pro rata basis.
Aside from the aforementioned, how do you compute the assigned joint cost? How Should Joint Costs Be Distributed?
Allocate depending on the value of the sale. Add up all production expenses up to the split-off point, then figure out the sales value of all joint goods up to the same split-off point, and then allocate costs based on the sales values.
Distribute according to gross margin.
One could also wonder how the split off approach allocates joint expenses using the sales value.
The split-off point is the point when cooperative manufacturing ends and independent product processing starts. The relative-sales-value technique assigns expenses based on the relative sales value of each item produced in a collaborative process. Obtain the expenses of joint manufacturing, which are usually accessible internally.
What is the difference between a byproduct and a joint product?
A joint product is made purposefully and concurrently with the primary product, while a by-product is just an unintended consequence of the main product's production.
Is it possible for a byproduct to become a joint product?
At the splitoff point, a byproduct has a low overall sales value. When the overall sales value of a product rises considerably, it might transition from a byproduct to a joint product.
Which of the following is an example of a joint product?
Joint goods are two or more items that are created in the same manufacturing process; they can't be made independently and have undifferentiated joint costs. The following are some examples of join products: Butter, cream, and cheese are all made from milk. Fuel, gas, and kerosene are all examples of crude oil.
In cost accounting, how do you account for by products?
By-Products Accounting:
Method of Opportunity or Replacement Cost:
Typical Costing Method:
Method of Joint Cost Proration:
Miscellaneous or Other Sources of Income:
Credit to Process Account for By-Product Net Sale Value:
Sales of by-products subtracted from total cost:
Sales of by-products combined with sales of the main product:
What exactly is a joint process?
Joint processes are those in which the generation of one product also results in the creation of other goods. It's a method of producing several outputs from a single input. Agriculture, food manufacturing, and chemical manufacture are all industries that use joint production techniques.
What is the definition of shared cost allocation?
The manufacturing cost spent on a joint production process that uses similar inputs yet concurrently creates several goods known as joint-products, such as the processing of crude oil to make gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, lubricants, and other products.
Is it possible to distribute joint expenses to products?
Some goods are created in collaboration with others. When crude oil is refined, for example, gasoline, diesel, and heating oil are created. The shared expenditures spent to manufacture joint goods are assigned to the resultant products for external reporting such as financial statements and tax returns.
In cost accounting, what is a joint product?
Joint goods are numerous items produced at the same time by a single manufacturing process. These items have undifferentiated shared costs until they reach a split-off point, at which time each product is processed separately. Costs may only be assigned to the joint goods prior to the split-off point.
What is a synonym for split up?
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What does it signify when a business segment is spun off?
A spinoff is the formation of a new company from the sale or distribution of new shares in an existing parent company's business or division. The term "spinoff" refers to a sort of divestment. The spun-off enterprises are believed to be more valuable as separate entities than as sections of a bigger corporation.
What does the phrase "splitting" signify in psychology?
All-or-nothing thinking, or black-and-white thinking, is another term for psychological splitting. Psychological splitting is an unconsciously occurring process in which a person views oneself and their life in extremes. There are no gray zones; everything is either excellent or negative.
Which strategy for allocating shared costs is the most effective?
In cost accounting, the splitoff approach is used.
Allocating joint costs based on sales value at splitoff might be the most efficient way to plan and budget for joint expenses. There are a number of reasons for this: The approach connects the production benefit (revenue of sales value at splitoff) to the associated costs.
What is the mechanism for allocating joint expenses using the net realizable value approach?
The net realizable value technique assigns joint expenses by subtracting separable costs from the final sales value. The price tag – the amount paid by the buyer — is the final sales value. After all manufacturing expenses, whether they are shared costs or separable costs incurred after splitoff, that price is paid.
What is the difference between joint and shared costs?
The difference between a Joint Cost and a Common Cost is as follows:
When numerous goods are created in the same process and the same inputs are utilized, joint expenses develop. Aside from common expenses, costing items such as goods, tasks, departments, and so on may be allocated.
What is a process costing system, and how does it work?
Process costing is a phrase used in cost accounting to describe one way of gathering and attributing manufacturing expenses to the units produced. When essentially identical products are mass manufactured, a processing cost method is applied.
What is the process of calculating physical units?
The joint cost is distributed among joint goods using the quantitative unit approach (also known as the physical unit method) based on measurement units such as tons, gallons, pounds, or feet. All joint products must be measured by some fundamental unit of measurement in order to employ this strategy.
What exactly do you mean when you say "joint product" and "byproduct"?
Produced in collaboration. By-Product. Meaning. The term "joint product" refers to the manufacturing of two or more items of equivalent value using the same input and method. The phrase "by-product" refers to a product that is created by chance during the processing of another product.

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Brandi Glanville is always putting her foot in her mouth, and this latest remark is no different. Brandi and Carlton Gebbia make out in the latest episode of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills [for ratings, obviously], but Brandi doesn't stop there. She has to 'clarify' her position, taking to her blog to do so.
So Brandi = famewhore? Check. Brandi = lesbian? According to her, no. Apart from being a completely blatant ratings grab, it's a bit ridiculous to say you 'tried to be' a lesbian. How do you 'try to be' a lesbian? You might be confused about your sexuality, but the way Brandi makes it sound, she just did it to be 'cool', and that just shows how out of touch with reality she really is.
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Copa America: Brazil beat Peru 3-1 to lift the title
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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro holds the Copa America trophy as members of the Brazilian national team celebrates after winning the title by defeating Peru in the final match of the football tournament at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 7 July, 2019. Photo: AFP -
Brazil's Gabriel Jesus made one goal, scored another and was sent off in the second half as they beat Peru 3-1 on Sunday to win the Copa America for the ninth time in a pulsating contest at the Maracana stadium.
The hosts took the lead after 15 minutes thanks to some brilliant skill from Jesus on the wing. The Manchester City forward bamboozled two defenders and crossed for the unmarked Everton to fire home from close range.
"In the last game I was quiet and I was very disappointed with myself," said Man of the Match Everton. "I got it in my head that I had to give everything, independent of scoring. I had to sweat blood for my team mates. Our team deserves congratulations for a great game."
Peru, who last won the tournament in 1975, got an equaliser a minute before halftime when Paolo Guerrero scored from the penalty spot after Thiago Silva handled the ball.
The goal was the first Brazil had conceded in six games at the Copa America but it did not shake their confidence and they retook the lead moments later after a well-worked move from midfield.
Roberto Firmino showed some nice skill on the right touchline before giving the ball to Arthur. The midfielder strode forward and fed Jesus, who coolly slotted the ball past a helpless Pedro Gallese.
Peru pushed forward in the second half and were thrown a lifeline with 20 minutes remaining when Jesus was sent off.
He had been felled by Carlos Zambrano a few minutes earlier and when Jesus dealt out his revenge he was immediately shown a second yellow to follow a first half caution for a bad tackle.
"I want to apologise," said Jesus. "I could have avoided it and I also need to grow up a lot."
But Brazil, playing in front of a 70,000 crowd in Rio de Janeiro, had the final say when substitute Richarlison made it 3-1 with a penalty in the final minute.
It was Brazil's first major title since they won the Copa America in 2007 and the first for coach Tite, who took charge three years ago.
They also did it without Neymar, who was injured on the eve of the tournament.
Peru coach Ricardo Gareca recognised Brazil were the superior side but said his team, who played at their first World Cup in 36 years in 2018, were competitive throughout.
"It was fair that Brazil won," he said. "We had our momentum but the second goal...
"They took advantage of their opportunities.
"We came here hoping to win but they were very effective," he added. "But looking beyond the pain of the defeat, I think we are on the right path, that is the feeling that I have."
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Today "KrAZ" congratulated Zakhar Butko on occasion of its 90th anniversary, many employees of the automobile plant remember him as Deputy Head of Quality Control Department. He has taken congratulations at home despite a good tradition to do in the company's museum. The veteran keeps the house because of his health, he can move about only with difficulty. Today's generation of the automobile plant employees together with Director for Quality and former colleagues made him happy by their attention and gifts on that particular occasion.
The veteran heard warm words of congratulations, he was given flowers, Certificate of Merit, aromatic pie and memorable gifts. He was particularly moved song Guard Desk performed by his colleagues. Mr.Butko joined in signing, applauded, touchingly thanked visitors for their attention, care and memory. They also recalled young captain Zakhar Butko who came to work at the plant after army service. He started his career as fitter at main assembly line, worked as foreman at Quality Control Department, then, Deputy Head of department. He worked 42 years at the automobile plant, was awarded many corporate and state decorations, including Order of Honor. Kremenchug Automobile Plant doesn't forget people who build the plant, helped the company win glory, its veterans. We wish you good health and many years. We wish you many years in good health.


RANCHI: RJD's state unit is hopeful that its mahagathbandhan partner Congress will withdraw its candidate from the Chatra parliamentary constituency. Congress has fielded sitting Barhi MLA Manoj Kumar Yadav from this seat while RJD has nominated Subhash Yadav.
RJD state president Gautam Sagar Rana told TOI that the senior leadership of both parties are holding talks over the seat. "We are hopeful that Congress will withdraw its candidate by Friday," he said. The last day for withdrawal of candidature for Chatra, Palamu and Lohardaga parliamentary seats is Friday. The three parliamentary constituencies will go to the polls on April 29.
In the seat-sharing deal announced by the mahagathbandhan last month, RJD was given one seat — Palamu — instead of the two it demanded.
Congress legislative party leader Alamgir Alam also claimed the mahagathbandhan was together. "It was a special case in Chatra and Koderma, where our allies fielded their own candidates to honour the sentiments of their karyakartas. But if you look closely, there's no such incident on other seats. The Left parties have also extended their support to our candidates. The alliance is strong," he said.
Alam however did not divulge whether Congress will withdraw its candidate from Chatra. The party, which is contesting from seven seats in Jharkhand, is yet to announce its candidate for Hazaribag parliamentary seat. "We will announce our Hazaribag candidate on Friday," he added.


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05/14/2018 Discography / Latest News / Media / Movies / On This Day...
On This Day In Judy Garland's Life And Career – May 14
"Somewhere over that rainbow, for Judy Garland, was a big pot of gold called Applause" – Sue Brandt McBeem, The Austin American, 1961
May 14, 1926: "The Gumm Sisters" (Judy and her two sisters) performed at their father's theater, the New Grand Theater, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
May 14, 1937: Judy and Mickey Rooney attended the premiere of Captains Courageous at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles, California. Rooney was one of the film's young stars. According to the papers, the film simultaneously premiered in 25 other cities and towns across the country covered by a nationwide radio hookup. The duo had previously attended a gala preview along with the other child star of the film, Freddie Bartholomew, and joined by a few other child stars including Jackie Cooper and Peggy Montgomery.
May 14, 1937: This article reports about a planned series of sequels to the hit film Pigskin Parade released in 1936. The film, produced by 20th-Century Fox, was Judy's feature film debut and her only loan out during her time at MGM. Judy's name isn't listed in the article and it's unknown if Fox planned to have her come back.
It's unlikely that at this point MGM would have loaned Judy to Fox. At this time she was immersed in work on her MGM feature film debut, Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), and even though she wasn't a big star yet, she was definitely on her way. MGM wasn't about to tie her up anywhere but on their own lot.
May 14, 1939: Judy and Betty Jaynes pre-recorded the "Opera Vs. Jazz" number for Babes in Arms. The number included excerpts from "You Are My Lucky Star," "Figaro," and "Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight)?" The "Opera vs. Jazz" theme was one that MGM enjoyed using to show off Judy's talents for swing singing and to sell her to the public as a "hot" singer. She performed variations of the theme in some of her radio appearances at the time. She most famously had previously performed the same basic routine with Deanna Durbin in their famous 1936 short, Every Sunday. Deanna sang "Waltz With A Swing" while Judy sang "Americana." The two then sang both as a competitive duet.
Listen to the sequence here:
http://www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Opera-vs-Jazz-Babes-in-Arms.mp3
Unfortunately, I do not have the Daily Music Report for this day.
May 14, 1940: Judy's weekly appearance on "The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope" on NBC. This was most likely Judy's final appearance on the show. The next two were broadcast on May 21 and May 28 out of Chicago and New York respectively. Judy was in Los Angeles working on Strike Up The Band. Newspaper notices on this day noted that it was Hope's last show broadcast from Hollywood until June 11. By that point, Judy was too busy at MGM to commit to a weekly radio program. It's also noted that Judy sang "Carioca" on this broadcast. No recording is known to exist.
May 14, 1942: Filming continued on For Me And My Gal on the "Interior Jo's Hotel Room" set. Time called: 10 a.m.; dismissed: 6:15 p.m.
Photo provided by Kim Lundgreen. Thanks, Kim!
Check out The Judy Room's Filmography Pages on For Me And My Gal here.
May 14, 1945: A busy day for Judy. First up: A relatively short filming schedule on The Harvey Girls. Judy was due on the set at 11 a.m. She arrived at 11:10 a.m.; dismissed at 5:35 p.m. Scenes shot were those on the "Interior Rail Road Coach" set.
From 8 to 11 p.m. Judy was at the Decca Records studios in Hollywood recording songs from The Harvey Girls for release as part of Decca's "cast album" of songs from the film.
These Decca recordings were not soundtracks but studio recreations of songs from the film. Judy and the Decca chorus, under the guidance of MGM's brilliant vocal arranger Kay Thompson, recorded "March of the Doagies" and "Swing Your Partner Round and Round." Thompson became a lifelong friend of Judy's as well as a godmother to Judy's first child, Liza Minnelli.
March of the Doagies
http://www.thejudyroom.com/songs/March-Of-The-Doagies-Decca.mp3
Swing Your Partner Round And Round
http://www.thejudyroom.com/songs/Swing-Your-Partner-Decca.mp3
When the album was released on November 1, 1945, "March of the Doagies" was not included because it was deleted from the film. The removal of the song from the Decca album created an uneven number of sides for the album. The intent was to have four discs with eight songs.
Decca remedied this by having Judy come in and re-record "On The Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" on September 10, 1945. The number had originally taken up one disc (two sides) with a recreation of the elaborate introduction by the chorus on the first side (as it is in the film), then Judy's entrance into the song beginning on the flip side of the disc with her singing the intro "What a lovely trip…" Decca had Judy re-record the song because they deleted that full chorus introduction, so "What a lovely trip" didn't make sense. The re-recording had Judy singing "What a lovely day." The final album featured only three discs with six songs. The standard albums of the times were four discs with eight songs.
"March of the Doagies" was not released until November 12, 1984, when it was included on the "From The Decca Vaults" LP.
To confuse things even more, when Decca began re-releasing Judy's recordings in the LP era, they mistakenly released the original "What a lovely trip…" version of "On The Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe." The later re-recording ("What a lovely day") had its LP debut on that same 1984 "From The Decca Vaults" LP.
Check out The Judy Room's Filmography Pages on The Harvey Girls here.
Also on this day was this amusing satirical piece that used Judy's corset scene in Meet Me In St. Louis as its inspiration.
Baby Liza Minnelli visits her father, director Vincente Minnelli, and mother, Judy Garland, on the set of The Pirate, 1947
May 14, 1947: Filming in The Pirate continued with scenes shot on the "Exterior Plaza Calvados" set. Judy was due on the set at 1 p.m., she arrived at 2:23 p.m. The assistant director's notes state: "3:40 p.m.: Miss Garland too ill to continue – left set."
Meanwhile, MGM's Publicity Department was making the keeping of Judy's name in the public eye a family affair, with 14-month-old daughter Liza Minnelli rumored to play a baby in the film. That never happened, although Liza did visit the set at least twice, as shown above (photo undated), and also on May 28, 1947, which was extensively covered by an MGM studio photographer.
May 14, 1958: In the curio department is this letter to the editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune by an Edmond Way who objected to Judy's appearance at the recent Minnesota Centennial celebration in Minneapolis on May 11th. Note that in those days to "rap" meant to give, in this instance Judy's performance, a "bad rap" (a "bad reputation"). It's unknown what, if any, vulgar things Judy allegedly said. Knowing how much Judy respected her audience, she certainly wouldn't have said anything inappropriate.
Check out The Judy Room's "Judy Garland – The Concert Years" here.
May 14, 1961: This review by Sue Brandt McBee of Judy's May 8th concert in Dallas was published in the Austin American paper (Austin, Texas). It's a week late but better late than never! And once again, Judy's weight is mentioned. There is also an early mention of the newly christened infamous "Judy Garland Cult" and another aspect of her fan group, "the believers." By the end of the decade "the cult" became a negative slur aimed at the more hysterical, usually gay male, fans who attended her concerts. After her death, the cult continued and can now be found, still being hysterical, in various discussion groups on social media.
On this day, Judy was in concert at The Music Hall in Cleveland, Ohio. Daughter Lorna and son Joe shared the concert with Judy as it was Mother's Day.
Judy Garland Proves Star Quality in Dallas
Monday night in Dallas, the mammoth STATE FAIR MUSIC HALL was packed. Every seat in the balcony was gone. The boxes were filled. Finally the deep-sunk orchestra pit was jammed with people.
For the second time in less than three months, JUDY GARLAND was in town.
Thirty minutes past curtain time the star strode onstage. True to advance reports, she was plump, her face considerably rounder than it had been in "A Star Is Born." She wore a slim black sheath topped by a loose-blue satin jacket. Her legs, shown to advantage by a knee-high skirt and black suede pumps, were as gorgeous as ever.
When JUDY GARLAND appeared, there was a standing ovation. During the two-hour performance, there were six or seven more. She had to sing her jazzed-up version of "San Francisco" twice. And when the show was over, it appeared the crowd would never let her go. A double contingent of guards was assigned to protect her from the overly enthusiastic as she left her dressing room for her car.
This same sort of thing has, they say, been happening across the nation as JUDY GARLAND tours. Even a traditionally caustic TIME reviewer, who caught her show in Carnegie Hall, has admitted in print to falling reluctantly under her spell. There is talk of "the JUDY GARLAND cult" and of "the believers."
Well, you can count us in. JUDY GARLAND has the quality – what do you call it, star quality? – possessed by a handful of great entertainers. AL JOLSON must have had it, and ETHEL MERMAN, and MARY MARTIN.
This is a quality, a something, not dependent upon great vocal range nor upon physical beauty. It does require talent plus a genuine love of show business – and it comes across the footlights to hold an audience in the palm of its hand.
Monday night in Dallas, JUDY GARLAND was backed by a large, sometimes irritatingly blarey, band. For one group of intimate songs her only accompaniment was from a piano. There were no dancers and no gimmicks. In her only costume change, at intermission, she replaced her dress with a pair of slim black pants and a glittery overblouse.
She punished her voice and sometimes it cracked under the strain. She repeatedly mopped her brow. She took a pill on stage. She kidded with the musicians and helped them move drums. Informality, one might put it, was the keynote of the event.
But when she belted out "Swanee" or "Trolley Song," the audience stood up and yelled, and when she sang "The Man Who Got Away," [sic] you could have heard that pin drop.
Has JUDY GARLAND had health problems? Marital problems? Weight problems? Career problems?
Nobody in Dallas' MUSIC HALL Monday night could have cared less. Somewhere over that rainbow, for JUDY GARLAND, was a big pot of gold called Applause.
May 14, 1966: According to Charles Whitbeck's column, Burt Ward, the actor famous for his portrayal of "The Boy Wonder" in the iconic TV series "Batman" claimed to have entered show business because of Judy!
"Only a year ago Burt was selling houses for his father, Burt Jervis, in Westwood, Cal., the home of UCLA, and his interest in show business was minor until Bonney Lindsay, now Mrs. Ward, took him to a CBS taping of a Judy Garland Show. Judy and the exciting atmosphere of the show mechanics struck home.
Burt decided he'd like to join an enthusiastic Bonney in taking a whack at acting. Bonney's father, Mort Lindsay, musical conductor of the Garland Show, agreed to get them jobs in summer stock at the Bucks County Playhouse in Pennsylvania."
May 14, 1972: The first in a series of articles based on the book written by Judy's last husband, Mickey Deans, was published in the "Show" section of the "Democrat and Chronicle" out of Rochester, New York.
May 14, 2019: The Warner Archive re-released the Blu-ray edition of A Star Is Born in this simple clamshell packaging. Previously, it had only been available in the deluxe "digi-book" format. The good news is that this Warner Archive release includes both of the discs from that deluxe set with all of the same content.
Check out The Judy Room's Home Media page on this release here.
Check out The Judy Room's Home Media page on the original digi-book here.
This page includes images of the previous home media editions going back to 1981!
Check out all of the Warner Archive releases here.


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Selina Boateng is a Ghanaian gospel musician.

Career
Selina undertook a tour of some prisons with Prophet Albert Asihene-Arjarquah in 2014. Her ability to sing in French and English has provided her the opportunity to minister in countries like France, Belgium, Norway and Germany. Locally, Selina has been on programs with artistes like DSP Kofi Sarpong, Nacee, Ceccy Twum, KODA, Joe Mettle, Eugene Zuta, Ohemaa Mercy and Rev Cynthia McCauley.

Awards and nominations
Selina was awarded with the 2012 VGMA Gospel Song of the Year. She also won four awards at the Ghana Gospel Industry Awards (GGIA) (2nd Edition) staged by Adom FMAdom FM. The awards were for the Artiste of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year ('Menku Meho') and Popular Video of the Year. With her song 'Alpha & Omega' featuring Uncle Ato, Selina won the Gospel Song of the Year in 2015. In 2019, a song she was featured on by TKC, was nominated for the Urban Song of the Year ('Ayeyi''' - meaning Praise).

 Personal life
Selina has one sibling and is married to Isaac Berchie since December 2019.

 Major Singles

 Medɔfo Pa (meaning - My Dear)
 Menku Meho (meaning - I won't kill myself)
 Alpha and Omega
 Eda Papa (meaning - Good day)
 Wobɛyɛ Nhyira (meaning - You will be a blessing)
 Obɛyɛ Amawo (meaning - He will do it for you)
 Yesu Mogya'' (meaning - Blood of Jesus)

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Living people
Ghanaian gospel singers
Ghanaian women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)

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Category Archive 'Chinese Art'
Chinese Art Objects Returning, One Way or the Other
China, Chinese Art, Crime
GQ links a series of robberies of Chinese art from European museums with auction records for similar objects broken recently by Chinese billionaires bent on repatriating objects looted from China in the 19th Century, and wonders aloud if the burglaries were ordered by the Chinese Government or one of the billionaires?
The patterns of the heists were evident only later, but their audacity was clear from the start. The spree began in Stockholm in 2010, with cars burning in the streets on a foggy summer evening. The fires had been lit as a distraction, a ploy to lure the attention of the police. As the vehicles blazed, a band of thieves raced toward the Swedish royal residence and smashed their way into the Chinese Pavilion on the grounds of Drottningholm Palace. There they grabbed what they wanted from the permanent state collection of art and antiquities. Police told the press the thieves had fled by moped to a nearby lake, ditched their bikes into the water, and escaped by speedboat. The heist took less than six minutes.
A month later, in Bergen, Norway, intruders descended from a glass ceiling and plucked 56 objects from the China Collection at the KODE Museum. Next, robbers in England hit the Oriental Museum at Durham University, followed by a museum at Cambridge University. Then, in 2013, the KODE was visited once more; crooks snatched 22 additional relics that had been missed during the first break-in.
Had they known exactly what was happening, perhaps the security officials at the Château de Fontainebleau, the sprawling former royal estate just outside Paris, could have predicted that they might be next.
With more than 1,500 rooms, the palace is a maze of opulence. But when bandits arrived before dawn on March 1, 2015, their target was unmistakable: the palace's grand Chinese Museum. Created by the last empress of France, the wife of Napoleon III, the gallery was stocked with works so rare that their value was considered incalculable.
In recent years, however, the provenance of those treasures had become an increasingly sensitive subject: The bulk of the museum's collection had been pilfered from China by French soldiers in 1860 during the sack of Beijing's Old Summer Palace.
In the low light before daybreak, the robbers raced to the southwest wing and shattered a window. They climbed inside, stepping over broken glass, and swiftly went to work dismantling the empress's trove. Within seven minutes, they were gone, along with 22 of the museum's most valuable items: porcelain vases; a mandala made of coral, gold, and turquoise; a Chimera in cloisonné enamel; and more. …
In each case, the robbers focused their efforts on art and antiquities from China, especially items that had been looted by foreign armies. Many of these objects are well documented and publicly known, making them very hard to sell and difficult to display. In most cases the pieces have not been recovered; they seem to simply vanish.
After that first robbery, in Stockholm, a police official told the press that "all experience says this is an ordered job." As the heists mounted, so did the suspicion that they were being carried out on instructions from abroad. But if that was true, an obvious question loomed: Who was doing the ordering?
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Baoding Shan Buddha
Bauding Shan, Buddhism, Chinese Art, Southern Sung
Head of Buddha, attended by Zhao Zhifeng (thought to be a portrait of the monk who supervised the construction) and Liu Benzun, carved during the Southern Song Dynasty, betweeen 1179 and 1249 AD. Baoding Shan, Dazu – China. link
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$3 Yard Sale Bowl Sells for $2,220,000 at Sotheby's
Auction Sales, Ceramics, Chinese Art, Ding Bowl, Sotheby's
DING BOWL, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Kovel's reports:
The big network news story last week was the $2.22 million bowl sold by Sotheby's in London [sic: the sale was in New York] on March 19, 2013. A New York couple had bought the bowl in 2007 for $3. Here are the facts culled from many news stories: The bowl is 5 inches in diameter. It was made during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). Only one other like it is known and that one is in the British Museum. The expensive bowl is white and has a molded leaf decoration outside and an etched flower design inside. The sellers displayed the bowl either on their mantel or a table until recently, when they noticed the high prices being paid for Chinese ceramics. So they had the bowl appraised and Sotheby's listed it for sale at $200,000 to $300,000. When the owners were informed the bowl sold for millions, they emailed back "WOW!!!" The buyer, one of four serious bidders, is considered by many to be the world's foremost dealer in Oriental art. He says he is sure he will be able to sell the bowl.
Sotheby's Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art sale, New York, March 19, lot 94:
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK STATE FAMILY COLLECTION
A RARE AND IMPORTANT 'DING' BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Estimate: 200,000 – 300,000 USD
LOT SOLD. 2,225,000 USD (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
the finely potted body of slightly rounded and steep flared form rising from a short spreading foot to an upright rim, deftly carved to the interior with scrolling leafy lotus sprays, the exterior carved and molded with three rows of overlapping upright leaves, applied overall with an even ivory-colored glaze with characteristic teardrops at the base, the rim of the bowl and the footrim left unglazed showing the fine compact body beneath
Diameter 5 3/8 in., 13.4 cm
Sotheby's blog did a nice write-up.
The British Museum tells us that these ceramics were "produced at the Ding kilns in Hebei province, northern China, whose white porcelains were considered one of the 'five great wares' of the Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279 AD)."
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40 Years, 40 Disney Movies: Counting Down to Daddy's Birthday Night 25 – Frozen!
February 14, 2016 February 15, 2016 by waynegoodreau
Welcome one and all to yet another installment of DADDY'S HOLY MACANOLY MOVIE NIGHT FUNTIME HAPPY TIMES. For this one, we picked a newer film that I think people have lately been sort of railing against. But more on that later.
Being that we had some snow in the forecast, we decided to settle in and watch Frozen. You guys ever hear of this movie Frozen. It's kind of an unknown little indie that flew under the radar for most people. You should check it out sometime.
For this one, it was obvs the four of us but Emily from next door also joined us. No one else would have been able to get up the hill.
heh. Owen.
The food for this one was rather easy. We had frozen dinners. Get it?
Looks…I don't know. Delicious?
See the name of the movie is Frozen and a chief characteristic of these dinners is that they are frozen. Hence, they are a good fit.
Forget it. We also had ice cream. I am not even going to bother explaining.
The activity
For the activity, we did science experiments to find out what happens to solid water when it gets warm.
Ha, nah. Ha, science.
The day we did this one, we had a little bit of a snowstorm so prior to the movie, the kids and Nickie played outside that day. Unfortunately, no pics were taken.
We also made snowman cookies. The kids used things like candy corns, chocolate chips and sprinkles and we whipped up some sugar cookies and vanilla buttercream frosting. Did I say snowmen? I meant…um…snow blobs.
These remind me of a nightmare I once had.
As I alluded to earlier, I feel like we are in the midst of a Frozen backlash. When it first came out, peoples were all, "Oh Frozen, that thing is mad bomb." And now, people are all "Frozen? You mean that movie that killed the Maelstrom? I wish Frozen would be died."
At least that's what I am hearing these days. But I hang out with a lot of weirdos.
Anyways, I am here to say I still love this movie. So you know…shut up. I love this movie for many of the typical Disney reasons – good characters, good music, uncomfortably attractive cartoon characters
How YOU doin?
But what's interesting is another big reason I love this movie is how it sort of turns a lot of Disneyisms on their head. It takes a lot of what we see as typical Disney elements and is all, "Naw."
How does it do these things, Wayne?
Well, I will tell you Wayne….
True love and the damsel in distress
The idea of true love is the backbone of like, every Disney princess movie. Something bad happens. And the only cure for it is true love. Tale as old as time. Song as old as rhyme. Yadda Yadda Yadda. And in this movie, this remains the case. Anna has her heart frozen and only an act of true love can keep her from freezing completely. But this movie takes that idea and puts a cool (pun intended) little twist on it. On finding out that true love is the only cure, Anna races back to get Hans (of the Southern Aisles) to kiss her and reverse the freezing process. But she finds out (spoiler alert) Hans is a total garbage person.
Then? Then she realizes Kristoff must be her true love and she runs to meet him but just as they are going to totally make out, she runs to save her sister from Hans (of the Southern Aisles.) And this ends up being the act of true love. Love saved her, but it was her own doing and it was her love for her sister and not some dude. Girl Power.
Zigga Zig Ah
When Anna first meets Hans (of the Southern Aisles), she falls hard and decides to marry him. That day. And everyone is all, "what? You just met him. That's crazyface." Well almost everyone….
Hey, I just met you….
…And this is crazy…
But marrying a complete stranger…wouldn't phase me.
Yeah, meeting someone and deciding to spend the rest of your life with them is another common Disneyism. Here, it seems at the beginning Frozen is following the same warped path but Elsa and Kristoff are all "hell to the no" and we see it doesn't really pan out and actually Anna didn't know Hans (of the Southern Aisles) AT ALL. And this seems a better lesson than "hey girls, marry the first guy that'll have you,"
I will say though….when you watch this movie a second time, "Love is an Open Door" is harder to enjoy now that you know Hans (of the Southern Aisles) sucks so bad.
So I am making a case for Frozen as a new classic because it bucks tradition. Rather than make just another princess movie, Frozen gave us something new and fresh. On its surface, it feels like something we have seen before but it actually is so much more. It's a movie about love…and the triumph of faith. And at its core, it's about family. So, that's pretty good.
So is Elsa's dress made of ice here? Her dress literally confuses the crud out of me.
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Ramzi Bourekba, est un joueur de football international algérien né le  à Bordj Bou Arreridj en basse Kabylie (Algérie). Il joue au poste d'attaquant.

Biographie

Palmarès
 Champion d'Algérie en 2008 avec la JS Kabylie.
 Vice-champion d'Algérie en 2007 avec la JS Kabylie.
 Finaliste de la supercoupe d'Algérie en 2006 avec la JS Kabylie.
 Vainqueur de la coupe d'Algérie en 2009 avec le CR Belouizdad.

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Naissance à Bordj Bou Arreridj
Naissance en décembre 1984
Footballeur algérien
Joueur de la JS Kabylie
Joueur de l'USM El Harrach
Joueur du CR Belouizdad
Joueur de la JSM Béjaïa
Joueur du MC El Eulma


It is always pleasantly surprising when serendipity throws up a little treasure for a musicologist, even when it is a well known cultural artefact. Recently my attention was drawn to the wonderful panel (painting) by Gentile da Fabriano (1370–1427), The Coronation of the Virgin, now owned by the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The Getty has provided an open-access, high resolution reproduction of this astonishing example of late medieval art which gleams with gold and textured surfaces (all the techniques that the next generation of renaissance artists eschewed). The panel shows the Virgin Mary being crowned as the Queen of Heaven by Christ. The dove hovering above the Virgin's head represents the Holy Spirit.
So, after recovering from the eye-boggling sheer beauty of this piece, I noticed that the choir of angels on either side of the lower half of the panel were holding rolls on which musical notation appears. The music notation is of the type found in choir books of liturgical plainchant from the late thirteenth-century onwards, developed by Dominican and Franciscan reformers whose religious orders brought about fundamental transformations in the natural and notation of plainchant after their founding the early thirteenth century.
The question that immediately came to mind was whether the notated music was a known piece of music. There are two primary leads that a musicologist might pursue in trying to discover the identity of a piece of what is clearly vocal (i.e. sung) music. There is the music notation itself; and there is the sung text. (Listening and memory of music heard/sung also plays a role, but more on that another time.) Sometimes it is easier to discover the identity of a piece of liturgical chant firstly by identifying its text, although the same text can often have more than one musical setting. So a quick text search with Google using a few advanced techniques soon revealed that the portions of text shown in the two rolls of music come from a text that St Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscans, composed from snippets of Biblical passages, and which is known as the Exhortatio ad Laudem Dei or the "Exhortation to the Praise of God". The text of the Exhortatio is shown below, with the bold text indicating the portions that can be found in Gentile's painting (bracketed text refers to the Biblical origin of each verse).
That both verses from the Book of Revelations (Apoc) appear here in the same order as in St Francis's Exhortatio (the later one first), and that Gentile paints them as though they are part of a more extensive text would support my conclusion that this is a reference to St Francis's text. So what about the music, Mr Music Historian?
One of the most useful online research tools for chant researchers to emerge in the last few years is the Global Database of Chant developed by web app genius and musicologist Jan Koláček. A great feature of the Global Chant Database, which draws together data for existing indices of chant melodies and continues to add new material, is the melodic search tool which you can use to find a particular melodic phrase from a chant. Entering the first nine melodic pitches that appear above the words "Timite dominum" (on left) produced three hits: two related hymns In caelesti collegio novus and In caelesti collegio novus, and a rare and late antiphon Proles de caelo prodiit novis. Both hymns (In caelesti and Proles) are sung for the feast of St Francis of Assisi, and have almost identical melodies in their respective indices (see the Global Chant Database for details on these indices). The antiphon was sung for the Office of St Benedict and its melody is quite different to the hymns after the first 10 notes.
But there's a catch. Gentile's melody begins in Gregorian chant Mode 1 (the one with a D final and whose range is mostly above that note); known sources transmit the hymns and antiphon in Mode 3 (E final, high range). This need not be the end of the matter since so long as a chant avoids the second degree of a mode (which is tone above the final in Mode 1 and a semitone above the final in Mode 3) and uses a B flat, a Mode 3 melody can be easily rewritten or transposed down to a Mode 1 melody. Whether this happened frequently, however, is another matter that requires further research. Unfortunately, the melodic fragment in the music roll held by the angels on the right does not correspond to the melodies of either hymn or the antiphon in any easily recognisable way. Nor does this melody score any hits for the chants stored on the Global Chant Database.
This suggests several possibilities. Either the melody that Gentile painted in his panel remains unknown or is lost; or Gentile simply made up the melody (suggesting he or one of his apprentices knew enough about music and music notation to produce a fairly convincing resemblance to at least one well known chant; or that Gentile (or his apprentice) painted a melody that was transmitted orally to which the Exhortatio ad Laudem Dei was sung. Each of these is a possibility, although exploring them in extensio is an exercise that will have to wait until time and possibly another forum. But the curious association of St Francis's Exhortatio with a hymn to the same saint raises some curious possibilities, especially concerning a lost (oral) tradition.
Art historians generally agreed that Gentile painted the Getty Coronation of the Virgin for his home town of Fabriano around 1420, after he had left Brescia in 1419 and before arriving at Florence c. 1422 (Christiansen 1978/9:8). In its original form, the other side of the panel featured the Stigmatisation of St Francis. This side of the panel was split off in the 19th century, and is now in the Magnani-Rocca collection in Reggio Emilia (Allen 2003: 15). The two-sided panel would have been used in processions in Fabriano: it originally had attachments to allow it to be hoisted up as a processional standard (Christiansen 1978/9:10). It seems clear from documentation and the art-historical evidence that this panel was painted for the church of Saint Francis and its Franciscan monks at Fabriano. The use of St Francis's Exhortatio and the possible reference to one or more of the hymns sung in his honour provides further evidence for this conclusion.
One final remark needs to be made before I finish. This is not the only instance that Gentile painted angels singing from notation to the Virgin. Each version of his Enthroned Madonna with Child and Angels—one is in the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria at Perugia, the other in the Metropolitan Art Museum at New York, both possibly painted while Gentile was a resident of Venice—depict a rank of angels at the virgin's feet singing from a roll of music notation. There is little difficulty in determining the music that Gentile paints: it is the Marian antiphon Regina caeli laetare sung at Compline (click on the previous link to listen to a recording of this chant), especially on Sundays (Billiet 2008, 126). Both panels predate the Getty Coronation of the Virgin by a decade or more, and illustrate Gentile's continued use of a rather conventional device to represent singing visually in a painting. Gentile clearly went to considerable trouble to paint the square neumes (the types of notes used in contemporary Gregorian chant sources) carefully in both instances: apart from portions where the angels obscure the notation, it is relatively easy to recognise the traditional solemn melody. (There are some interesting differences in how neumes are formed). This leads me to suspect that the melody in the Getty Coronation of the Virgin is in fact a lost (or as yet unknown) music setting, perhaps part of an oral tradition, of St Francis's Exhoratio ad Laudem Dei.
Do you know the chant or melody shown in Gentile's Coronation of the Virgin? Do you know of a discussion of this same melody in published literature? I would be most grateful for any responses to these two questions – please leave any responses as a comment to this post!
– Billiet, Frédéric. 2008. "Entendre le concert céleste dans oeuvres de Gentile." In Il mondo cortese di Gentile da Fabriano e l'immaginario musicale: La cultura musicale e artistica nel Quattrocento europeo e la sua riscoperta in epoca moderna e contemporanea, ed. Mara Lacchè, 104–127. Rome: ARACNE.
Thank you, Jason! I love it!


Note: KHUDAIBERDIEVA / NAZAROV are the #2 qualifiers in the JUNIOR GRAND PRIX FINAL next week.
These Challenge results go on the Seasons Best list and for some of the competitors, they are wildly inflated over very recent efforts.
Skoptcova / Aleshin scored 163.05 at SA and 161.62 at CoR. Amazingly, they have improved by 18+ points in just two weeks time, while Evdokimova / Bazin improved in the same two weeks by a measly 3.7 points.
Carreira / Ponomarenko improved by 6 points over their CoR effort, but then they scored 177.49 at Nebelhorn, so 180.22 isn't that much of a gain over 2 months' time.
Morozov / Bagin debuted at CoR with 133.58 and improved in two weeks by a whopping 14.42 points.
Start order is the reverse order of finish in the Short Program.
5	Matyas BELOHRADSKY	CZE	69.39	35.59	33.80	6.75	6.55	6.85	6.70	6.95	0.00	13	3z+3t, 2a, 3f!
1	Serafima SAKHANOVICH	RUS	70.33	39.49	30.84	7.75	7.45	7.85	7.70	7.80	0.00	7	3f+3t, 2a, 3z!
Maxim Kovtun doesn't look terrible given his reported time away from training after last year's Russian Nationals and failure to make it to PyeongChang. I'd say Kovtun has a decent shot of knocking Kolyada off the Russian Team if he can land his quads and Kolyada continues to brain fart his programs.
Ting Cui had a fall in each program, yet still came within less than 4 points of beating Sakhanovich, who, for the most part stood up all of her jumps. I'm surprised as to why Ting couldn't produce results like this earlier this Fall on the Jr. Grand Prix. Nonetheless, Ting Cui WILL be on my radar at US Nationals.
Kovtun isn't any more consistent than Kolyada, though. One competition doesn't tell the tale.
At Tallinn, Kovtun had a few BFs himself: in the SP, he landed his first quad combo then doubled his planned 2nd quad (he's often done that throughout his career), then fell on the step sequence. In the FS, he landed his first two quads, then URd and fell on the third.
Kovtun's only real competition at Tallinn was Zhou, who racked up the URs again but had no falls. Shulepov doesn't have a quad, and he had some URs, too. Savosin did his usual sloppy FS with URs on the quads, a fall and a popped lutz.
Ting Cui is an exquisite skater, while Sakhanovich is very workmanlike, landing jumps technically but not particularly artistically. No surprise that Ting came so close in score, despite the falls. In the JGP, it's all about landing all those jumps, and if you don't, you can't beat those who do; PCS scores are more stingy in the junior ranks, and won't make up for lower TES.


JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has expressed its deep sorrow over the failure of Geneva talks to reach an agreement on Yemen while appreciating UN efforts to implement Security Council Resolution 2216.
The Council of Ministers on Monday, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, praised the positive cooperation shown by the legitimate Yemeni government with global efforts to alleviate the suffering of its people.
The Cabinet welcomed the final communiqué issued by OIC foreign ministers following their extraordinary meeting in Jeddah on Yemen, stressing the Kingdom's support for all efforts to end the Yemeni crisis and its rejection of any foreign intervention in Yemen's affairs without a request from the country's legitimate government.
The Cabinet also commended the king's message to the nation on the occasion of Ramadan, urging citizens to keep away from extremism and sectarianism.
It thanked the king for his assertion that confidence in Saudi citizens is limitless and that there will be no leniency for negligence and that anyone breaching security, religious and national solid principles would be held accountable.
Monday's Cabinet meeting was briefed on the outcome of the landmark visit by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Russia and his meetings with President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials.
The Cabinet hailed the strength of relations between the two countries and the Kingdom's desire to deepen its cooperation with Russia in all fields with the aim of serving the interests of the two friendly peoples and enhancing security and stability in the region.


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Saint Francis University is located in Loretto, Pennsylvania, just 5 miles from a major interstate highway (U.S. Route 22), and a hop, skip and a jump away from major cities like Pittsburgh, New York, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia. Here you'll find links, maps, and helpful visitor information. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Flying to and from Saint Francis University is easy. Fly Southern Airways Express from Johnstown or Altoona and make your connection at either Pittsburgh (PIT), Washington-Dulles, or Baltimore-Washington (BWI).
AMTRAK serves both Altoona and Johnstown.
Located just 5 miles from a major interstate highway (U.S. Route 22), SFU is a hop, skip and a jump away from major cities like Pittsburgh, New York, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and many other urban centers. View the easy directions below, or find us on Google Maps.
Take I-79 to Route 422 east to Ebensburg. In town, turn left at the traffic light onto High Street. Continue straight at next light. Turn left on to Manor Road. Saint Francis University is six miles on the right.
Take Ohio Turnpike east to I-80 east. Take I-680 south to Route 422 east (approximately 120 miles) to Ebensburg. In town, turn left at the traffic light onto High Street. Continue straight at next light. Turn left on to Manor Road. Follow this road for six miles to the Saint Francis University entrance on right.
Take Route 22 east from Pittsburgh to second Ebensburg exit (Ebensburg/Loretto exit). Bear right at end of exit ramp. Proceed straight (crossing over Route 22). Turn right at the first light on to Manor Road. Follow this road for six miles to the Saint Francis University entrance on right.
Take I-80 south to I-80 west to exit 161 (Bellefonte). Take US99/Route 220 south approximately 50 miles to Altoona and Route 22 west. Take Route 22 west to Lilly/Portage exit. Turn right onto Route 53 north. Continue on Route 53 north approximately two miles to traffic light (Sheetz on left). Turn left at light and continue beneath railroad overpass. 200 yards beyond overpass, bear right at Saint Francis University sign onto St. Joseph Street. Take this road four miles to Loretto. At Village Cross monument on traffic circle, bear left. Saint Francis University entrance is 200 yards on left.
From Southeastern Pennsylvania and Baltimore, Maryland/Washington, D.C.
Take PA Turnpike (I-76) west to Bedford exit 146 (220 North/I-99 North). Turn left after toll booth. At top of hill, turn left onto US99/Route 220 north to Altoona. Travel approximately 30 miles to Route 22 west. Continue from Altoona -- previous paragraph.
We've got the scoop on some off-campus places to stay, eat, and be entertained!
Visitor parking areas include the JFK lots, lower Stokes lot, along Lakeview Drive and Franciscan Way (chapel).
Our students have access to transportation to local shopping destinations or transportation depots. SFU Student Life provides regular transportation/shuttle services and a car share program.


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Council of Commonwealth Societies
The Royal Commonwealth acts as Secretariat for the Council of Commonwealth Societies (CCS), an informal grouping of accredited organisations and other organisations with an interest in the Commonwealth.
The Society convenes the Council of Commonwealth Societies throughout the year to update members on key Commonwealth activities and to discuss areas of mutual interest such as Commonwealth Week and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
The CCS is chaired by Dr Linda Yueh, Chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society.
Current members include:
APPG for the Commonwealth
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Commonwealth Countries League
Commonwealth Foundation
Commonwealth Games Federation
Commonwealth Local Government Forum
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK)
Corona Worldwide
English Speaking Union
Goodenough College
Pacific Islands Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland
Royal Over-Seas League
The Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship
If you are interested in joining the CCS please contact Elizabeth van der Valk, Head of Public Affairs ([email protected])
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The Society serves as the Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Commonwealth, which has an active membership of around 80 Parliamentarians who share an interest in the Commonwealth.
Model CHOGMs
Model CHOGM's operate much like a model UN scenario, with individuals acting as the heads of government of Commonwealth countries and engaging in discussions as their country would. Critically, country representatives in a Model Commonwealth Summit must reach a consensus on the issues discussed, adding a challenging element that is of great contemporary importance.
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Held in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth and celebrated on Commonwealth Day, the Commonwealth Service is the world's premier, inter-faith, public event to celebrate the Commonwealth of Nations.


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Coral Bleaching and the More Resilient Species
By Richard Aspinall 6 months ago
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We've all read about how threatened wild coral reefs are, with recent bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef featuring prominently in many of our news feeds. I've witnessed bleached reefs in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans and I can tell you, it ain't pretty. However, a new study suggests some reefs may see resistance to bleaching events forming in more resilient corals.
bleached coral in Thailand. Credit: Eco Café Phuket. CC 2.0
The research carried out by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies found that there was less overall bleaching in 2017 than there was in 2016, despite the temperatures in 2017 being higher. In doing so though, the species composition of the reef is changing.
In a press release, lead author Prof Terry Hughes said: "Dead corals don't bleach for a second time. The north lost millions of heat-sensitive corals in 2016, and most of the survivors were the tougher species. As a result of bleaching, the mix of species is changing very rapidly," "We were astonished to find less bleaching in 2017, because the temperatures were even more extreme than the year before," he said. The study goes on to quantify the extent of bleaching across the GBR; 61 per cent has experienced bleaching at least once after 2017.
"We found, using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) satellite-based coral bleaching tools, that corals in the north of the Great Barrier Reef were exposed to the most heat stress in 2016. A year later, the central region saw the most prolonged heating," said co-author Dr Mark Eakin, from NOAA's Coral Reef Watch program, in Maryland, USA. "It's only a matter of time before we see another mass-bleaching event, triggered by the next marine heatwave, driven by global heating," said co-author Dr Andrew Hoey. "One of the worst possible scenarios is we'll see these southern corals succumb to bleaching in the near future." "The outcome in 2017 depended on the conditions experienced by the corals one year earlier. We called that 'ecological memory,' and show that these repeating events are now acting together in ways that we didn't expect," said Prof Hughes. "We've never seen back-to-back mass coral bleaching before on the Great Barrier Reef, in two consecutive summers. The combined footprint has killed close to half of the corals on two-thirds of the world's largest reef system," said Dr Hoey. Journal Reference:
Terry P. Hughes, James T. Kerry, Sean R. Connolly, Andrew H. Baird, C. Mark Eakin, Scott F. Heron, Andrew S. Hoey, Mia O. Hoogenboom, Mizue Jacobson, Gang Liu, Morgan S. Pratchett, William Skirving, Gergely Torda. Ecological memory modifies the cumulative impact of recurrent climate extremes. Nature Climate Change, 2018; DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0351-2
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