Long gone are the days when a job well done is rewarded by an engraved plaque or even a gold watch. What's more, today's top achievers no longer consider a perfectly planned trip as an adequate "thank you" if its inclusions are simply visiting a place and seeing its sights.
Nowadays, they want to experience all of the activities the destination offers and meet locals who can guide them to spots only residents know about.
Coupled with stats that millennials — representing more of today's workforce — value an experience over a commodity, planners get the message.
Groups seek authenticity. Underscoring the importance of the "a" word are the most recent findings of Eventbrite, one of the world's leading event technology platforms, which finds that four out of five millennials say attending live events makes them feel more connected to other people, their community and the world.
So, the question might be how to make group travel intriguing, even irresistible — whether it's incorporating a locally inspired CSR into the program, using indigenous foods and beverages as a window into the region (through food-tasting tours, cooking classes or events with celebrity chefs) or having a backstage or behind-the-scenes experience? Seems the directive for planners is simple: Seek what is genuine, what is real, what is original — not what is manufactured.
"We work hard with all of the local host committees for our World Education Congress (WEC) in order to provide authentic experiences," says Melinda L. Burdette, CMP, HMCC, director of events at Meeting Professionals International. She proclaims the association's most popular behind-the-scenes experience was Freeman AV.
Explaining its favoritism with groups, Burdette says, "As meeting planners, we typically do not hear nor play the 'producer' role at our meetings." She names the following as some of the most successfully authentic WEC events: beach party in Atlantic City, the B-52's and Joan Jett concerts in Las Vegas and a Fast Lap opportunity with professional race car drivers at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
"What we're hearing from convention planners and attendees is that they want to experience what makes Indy unique as a destination and sets it apart from other major cities," shares Susie Townsend, senior vice president of Visitor Experience with Visit Indy.
They want to know where the locals hang out, experience the neighborhoods, sample its way of life and eat local cuisine. But beyond these desires, Visit Indy's senior vice president expounds on the city's long history as a sports destination, citing such events as the Indy 500 ("more than a century old, it's the largest single-day sporting event on the planet"), the Super Bowl and numerous Final Fours and Olympic Trials. The tally is more than 400 national and international sporting events in recent decades.
Describing the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a potential venue, Townsend says, "Think of the thrill of going more than 120 mph on an oval track — a bucket list experience that only a select few will ever have the opportunity to do." Having recently hosted a behind-the-scenes event at the speedway, the group was able to peek into garages of the drivers, learn how organizers keep more than 300,000 spectators safe and listen in on a drivers' meeting as the pros prepare for the race. Additional venue options include Lucas Oil Stadium (home of Super Bowl XLVI) and the NCAA's National Office, its Hall of Champions and Conference Center (all located in downtown Indy). Among Indianapolis' CSR availabilities are "Back on My Feet" (the opportunity to run with residents experiencing homelessness) and "Keep Indianapolis Beautiful," the planting of trees, beautification and revitalization of communities.
With respect to generational influence, she doesn't attribute the drive for authenticity to millennials, but rather to a trend inspired by the desires of industry planners to take some risks, create additional value for the attendees and grow their events in a positive way.
SCCM's upcoming February 17-20, 2019, event for 6,000 attendees in San Diego promises to be equally as inviting with VIP tours scheduled for the San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park and the USNS Mercy hospital ship — venues Dallstream selected for their distinctively San Diego vibe.
"It's back!" says Joel A. Dolci, CAE, of Puerto Rico. As president and CEO of the New York Society of Association Executives (NYSAE), he recently conducted its Five-Star Board Meeting on the Caribbean island. Described as the "association of associations" headquartered in the Tri-State region of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, NYSAE's members are full-time, paid chief executives and middle managers of trade associations, professional societies, voluntary organizations and other not-for-profit organizations and supplier firms.
Still available are tours of Old San Juan, Fort San Cristóbal and Casa Bacardi. Located across the bay from Old San Juan and known as the world's largest premium rum distillery, the Bacardi tour was a hit with the Five-Star Board Members — serving up such options as a rum tasting, mixology class and bottle your own Bacardi. And for the active, there's still adventures like rappelling a waterfall, zip lining through the jungle and rain forest and kayaking in a bioluminescent bay (ideally during a full moon).
"An authentic local experience usually incorporates something to do with culture, maybe something historic, something that's special and unique to the city," says Sue M. Dykema, CAE, executive director for the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), Aesthetic Surgery Education & Research Foundation (ASERF) and the Society of Plastic Surgical Skin Care Specialists (SPSSCS).
When Dykema selected Montreal for the ASAPS/ASERF annual meeting, she incorporated the Canadian city's uniqueness with a locally inspired cooking class, a Harricana workshop (a Montreal eco-lux brand that recycles furs into new creations) and Cirque du Soleil elements.
Along those lines, here are some made-in-Montreal options. Cirque Éloize teaches basic circus elements to groups through teambuilding components such as trampoline classes, aerial work on silks or hoops and juggling — followed by a show watching the real artists work. Ghost walks through Old Montreal are available year-round, though are most popular during Halloween.
On a foodie's checklist, Montreal is recognized for its internationally celebrated restaurant scene: Michelin-star chef Joël Robuchon's newest eatery, L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, where diners are seated around an open-concept kitchen; Chef Helena Loureiro's Portus 360, a revolving restaurant showcasing above-the-city views and featuring cuisine of her native Portugal to its walking food tours in the famous Jean-Talon Market; and a food truck scene for which Tourisme Montreal can help with the reservation process though the Quebec Food Truck Association.
— 16,000 rooms — 4,000 of which are linked directly to the Palais des Congrès (Convention Centre) via the brightly lit underground pedestrian network. Among these selections is the recently reopened and newly renovated 950-room Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, the city's largest hotel and a historic icon that also offers 85,000 square feet of flexible function space (with a 4,300-square-foot outdoor terrace).
Among this planner's most exclusive experiences are a private home tour on Boston's Beacon Hill and a New Orleans' event in a 100-year-old antique shop known for its secret room of art and antiques (a venue so exclusive that one typically must be financially pre-qualified to gain entry).
Among Miami's one-of-a-kind experiences are touring one of its almost 20 brewers to learn how some of its acclaimed craft beers are prepared, taking a dessert and chocolate decorating class (paired with wine, of course) in Little Havana's Exquisito Chocolates and even joining a "hands-on" graffiti excursion of Wynwood, where participants tour and then paint their own murals.
Known as the Motor City and the home to Motown, Detroit's history is legendary. Offering up innumerable distinctive venues and Detroit-inspired themes, here's a bit about its past. It's the birthplace of the Model T, headquarters for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford and General Motors, setting of the famous North American International Auto Show (which typically displays more than 500 vehicles and represents more than 50 worldwide companies and was attended by more than 800,000 this year) and the address of such historic auto baron dwellings as Fair Lane Estate (home of Henry and Clara Ford), the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House and Matilda Dodge Wilson's Meadow Brook Hall. As the hometown of soul, rock, hip-hop and pop stars and icons including Diana Ross and Kid Rock, it's little surprise that Detroit is also where Motown was founded by Berry Gordon Jr. in 1959. The Detroit Jazz Festival occurs annually, and among its attractions are the Motown Museum and United Sound Systems Recording Studios. Additional Motor City draws include the Automotive Hall of Fame and The Henry Ford (features such one-of-a-kind vehicles as JFK's limo and Rosa Parks' bus, as well as the possibility to see the assembly of a Ford F-150 on the Ford Rouge Factory Tour).
Beyond this colorful history is its diversity in the sports world arena, with equally colorful venues — from housing all four of its professional sports teams, including the Detroit Tigers (baseball), Detroit Lions (football), Detroit Red Wings (hockey) and Detroit Pistons (basketball), in a central location and all within walking distance of one another to the Garden Bowl, America's oldest active bowling center.
With 17 metro Detroit companies making the Fortune 500 list, they include such notables as General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Dow Chemical, Whirlpool, Lear Corporation and Kellogg. Impressive in size, Metro Detroit covers nearly 2,000 square miles, is a major port connecting the Great Lakes to the Saint Lawrence Seaway and is an international destination, sharing a border with Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
In addition to Auto Baron Home Tours and Automotive Attractions and Museums, among its other group itinerary offerings are African-American Historical Sites (including such options as the First Congregational Church's Underground Railroad Living Museum and Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site), as well as an international outing, a Canada/Windsor Tour.
The bottom line for this metro area offering 36,000 hotel rooms (5,000 available downtown) and serving up such cultural enclaves as Mexicantown, Greektown, Hamtramck (Polish community), Corktown (on the National Register of Historic Places, it's Detroit's oldest neighborhood) and Midtown (home to 80 restaurants, 13 theaters, 12 galleries and eight museums) is impressive.


In-Mould Labels (IML) are an excellent option for product lines that are placed in outdoor environments. They are highly durable and scratch-resistant. In-Mould Labels offer flexibility in color and printing processes and are extremely adaptable to uniquely shaped containers.


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M3D makes 3D printing affordable at $199
By Timi Cantisano Neowin @timicantisano · Apr 8, 2014 23:00 EDT · Hot! with 20 comments
While it isn't the first 3D printing Kickstarter project, the Micro 3D printer is currently a project that has well its funding goal of $50,000. The project has 28 days to go with over $1 million in pledges and is aiming to become one of the first affordable and accessible 3D printers on the market.
M3D wanted to introduce a printer that was affordable, effortless to use, and without major compromises. Nearly two years in development, The Micro is smaller than a normal 3D printer, uses less power than its competitors, and has features like auto-leveling and auto-calibration; these features are important because they will make 3D printing more precise. The Micro will come with its own proprietary software that will make the 3D printer easy to use. The software will be minimalistic, support touch-screens and will allow users to search for objects online to be printed.
The Micro will be able to use filaments from other companies as well as its own. If you choose M3D's filaments, they will be able to be stored under the printer base for a seamless look. There will also be an option to feed the printer head from the top. While this printer won't make the largest objects, it will be able to print products up to 4.5" in height; the base printing area will be 4.29" by 4.44".
Currently, the Micro 3D printer is selling for $299 USD. Initial backers were able to purchase / back a unit for $199 and the early backers are expected to receive their units by mid to late 2014.
Source: Tech Crunch via Kickstarter | Image via M3D
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Madonna has a new home for the next chapter of her life.
The singer announced in an Instagram post on Saturday she moved to Lisbon, Portugal, because she feels "very creative and alive" in the city.
"The energy of Portugal is so inspiring. I feel very creative and alive here and I look forward to working on my film LOVED and making New Music!!! This will be the next Chapter in My Book!" Madonna wrote in a post.
The 59-year-old had been living in New York before her surprising move. A spokesman for the singer told The Associated Press she fell in love with Portugal after she ended her tour there in 2004.
Madonna's move might not be all about her new projects. She had been visiting the country for the last few months with her adopted son, David Banda. Last week, the Guardian reported the singer moved to Lisbon to be with her son, who joined the Benfica football team youth academy, located in the suburb of Lisbon.


Maria Morales writes on the civil rights victory that was won when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Maryland's law ending prison-based gerrymandering.
The AFRO recently published a great piece by Maria Morales about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week to uphold Maryland's law ending prison-based gerrymandering.
one of the discriminatory ways laws impact the minority community not only at the front end with the disproportionate number of incarcerated African Americans, but it affects inner-city minority communities on the back end with redistricting.
The article also explains that relying on unadjusted Census Bureau redistricting data can stymie efforts to create effective majority-minority districts. Somerset County is one of the clearest examples, where counting the disproportionately African American prison population within the country split the real African American population between two different districts. With the African American voters too dispersed between districts to elect the candidate of their choice, not once in the county's history had an African American been elected to office. Now that incarcerated people are counted at their home addresses for redistricting purposes, Marylanders can draw districts that more accurately reflect the communities they contain.
The article points out that the Supreme Court's decision bodes well for efforts to end prison-based gerrymandering in other states. Rhode Island, Connecticut, Illinois, Oregon, and New Jersey may be the next states to pass similar legislation. With the endorsement of the highest court in the nation, Maryland is leading the way!


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Barnard College to Divest from Companies Questioning Climate Change Concerns
By Jane S. Shaw
Barnard College announced its endowment will divest its investments in companies that express doubt global warming is a crisis or support organizations that make those arguments.
The New York City women's school affiliated with Columbia University announced in December 2017 it will eliminate investments in such companies on the recommendation of a taskforce formed in response to a student group that demanded the college divest from companies that question climate change concerns.
Climate Criteria
Barnard, which has an endowment of approximately $327 million, released its criteria for determining which companies the college will hold stock in.
"What is the company's position on climate change?" is the first question on the list. Others include, "What are the company's affiliations with third parties that spread disinformation on climate science?" and "Does the company publicly support the need for climate policies and regulations?"
The standards require companies to proclaim they favor climate change regulations and will mandate the endowment shun organizations expressing doubt about the severity of warming. "Barnard is the first college to take the unique and innovative approach of divesting from climate change deniers," the college said in a statement accompanying the release of the criteria.
'Virtue-Signaling'
Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow of The Heartland Institute, which publishes School Reform News, says Barnard's policy is "virtue-signaling," a term for actions that proclaim one's moral superiority without achieving any other useful purpose.
"Barnard College's virtue-signaling is hypocritical and likely to be a disservice to the college and its endowment—for which I suspect they have trust fiduciary responsibilities—and in the end will have no effect on climate change," Burnett said.
"Unless the college divests itself of all fossil fuels, invests in batteries for energy storage, builds its own wind turbines and solar panels, and goes off the grid entirely, it will benefit from and use the fossil fuels it seeks to condemn as it lights its buildings and operates its refrigeration, air conditioning, and heating systems to keep its faculty and staff comfortable in their offices and the students cozy in their dorms, all the while complaining about the fossil fuels which provide the benefits they take advantage of," Burnett said.
'Smelly Little Orthodoxy'
Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, says it's improper to use an endowment to push a political agenda.
"Universities from their beginnings in the eleventh and twelfth centuries have defended discredited theories and resisted new thinking," Ebell said. "I am more disturbed that Barnard's trustees seem to think it proper to use their financial clout to enforce orthodoxy rather than put their trust in free and open academic debate to vindicate their views on global warming.
"But universities are free to invest their endowments as they see fit," Ebell said. "I only hope that Barnard's attempt to enforce their smelly little orthodoxy will result in much lower returns on their investments and that people will stop making financial contributions to Barnard and similarly close-minded institutions."
Jane S. Shaw (janeshaw5966@gmail.com) is School Reform News' higher education editor.
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Jane S. Shaw
Jane S. Shaw is higher education editor for School Reform News at The Heartland Institute.
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easyJet, the short-haul budget British airline carrier with the long orange type, is the first airline to step in line with the dementia challenge issued by British Prime Minister David Cameron in 2012.
The travel experience of a passenger with Alzheimer's can plunge into chaos at its early stages, as soon as the person reaches the airport terminal.
"A new, largely unknown location or a crowded departure hall can be sufficient to cause disorientation.
Reduced Mobility Rights has come across reports of passengers with dementia wandering off airport premises.
To read the rest of the story "Is Dementia The Next Challenge For The Air Travel Industry?" go to ReducedMobility.eu here. Those are sobering thoughts.
Alzlive.com spoke to an easyJet spokesperson about the company's forward-thinking strategy.
The initiative, called Dementia Friends, was launched by the Alzheimer's Society and the Cabinet Office, and includes names such as Marks & Spencer, EDF, FirstGroup and Lloyds Bank.
Who is the executive within your company pushing for this?
easyJet CEO Carolyn McCall proposed this change as an integral part of our strategy and on the advice of easyJet's Special Assistance Advisory Group, which is chaired by the Right Hon. David Blunkett MP, and includes Age UK among its members. The group has been discussing the issue for some time.
How big is the company and would the dementia-friendly staff be on all flights?
easyJet is the U.K.'s largest airline and the fourth largest in Europe. easyJet plans to roll this out to all of its staff.
How many staff would you hire to start with?
This will be part of the comprehensive special assistance training we already provide to all staff and will help raise awareness of the issue.
Have issues with handling those with dementia come up on flights in the past?
We cannot comment on any specific cases, but dementia sufferers are known to sometimes wander off. The U.S. Alzheimer's Association explains that 60 percent of persons with Alzheimer's will wander at some stage, which is why pre-notification is so important. A dementia sufferer on board can also pose a challenge for any crew unaware of the condition.
This can be a difficult and unpleasant experience for both the sufferer and the crew. We also need to consider the safety implications for of all our passengers on board as this is our number one priority.
How many people with dementia, would you guess, are now flying/travelling?
This is difficult to assess as pre-notification remains low in this area. easyJet flies around 300,000 passengers requiring special assistance every year.
Do you think this passenger group will grow?
There is no doubt that with Europe's population living longer, out of 61 million passengers annually, the number of possible sufferers flying with easyJet is likely to increase. A Eurostat survey has shown that in 2040, 25.5 percent of the population will be over 65 years old and 8.4 percent over 80, whereas today the numbers are 16 percent and 4 percent respectively.
We want to make travel easy and affordable for all of our passengers which is why we have joined the campaign.
Do you think other airlines will develop a dementia-friendly policy?
We are the first airline to join the Dementia Friends program. This is a challenge that concerns the whole industry and we have no doubt that other airlines will follow suit.


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Pop Smoke's Mother Responds to Pop's Gravesite Being Vandalized
Aleia Woods Published: September 14, 2021
Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images
Pop Smoke's mother has spoken out following the horrific act of vandalism that was recently done to her son's gravesite.
On Monday (Sept. 13), the late rapper's mother, Audrey Jackson, shared an Instagram carousel post calling out the culprits who vandalized her son's resting place in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery.
"So, chips leftover from either them trying to break in or from it being fixed to at least have it covered," Jackson said in a video while holding marble debris from Pop Smoke's crypt. "But this was unnecessary, whoever you are."
She captioned the post: "Whoever you are, you have my attention. Now what!?"
In another IG post, Pop's mom posted a video of the rhymer's father sweeping up broken pieces of marble from his son's once-defaced gravesite.
A follow-up IG post contained a still image of Pop Smoke's resting place, which does not feature any engraving of his name, date of birth or death, but has a plan slab of marble instead. There are also pictures of Pop's mother kneeling near his resting place with blue flowers.
Pop's vandalized grave was discovered on Saturday (Sept. 11). Pictures on the internet, first shared by TMZ, showed his gravesite, which looked like it had been pried open and chipped marble surrounded the area. Pop Smoke's casket may have been dragged out onto the ground because there were scrape marks that led from the tomb.
Pop Smoke was shot and killed during a home invasion at a rented mansion in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles on Feb. 19, 2020. Five people were arrested in connection to his murder last July, including two minors. One of the teens, who is currently incarcerated for the rapper's death but hasn't been tried or convicted yet, revealed that the rapper was allegedly shot over a diamond watch.
Pop's posthumous debut album, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, is currently No. 16 on the Billboard 200 chart while his sophomore effort, Faith, is No. 86.
See Rappers We Lost in 2020
R.I.P. to Pop Smoke, King Von and more.
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Q: Understanding SqsMessageDrivenChannelAdapter behaviour I'm trying to understand the behavior of SqsMessageDrivenChannelAdapter to address memory issue.
The upstream system dumps thousands of messages in aws-sqs-queue, all of the messages are received immediately by SqsMessageDrivenChannelAdapter. On the AWS console I do not see any messages available on the queue.
The SqsMessageProcesser then processes 1 message every 5 seconds.
Here's the log:

2019-05-21 17:28:18 INFO  SQSMessageProcessor:88 - --- inside
  sqsMessageProcesser--- 2019-05-21 17:28:23 INFO
  SQSMessageProcessor:88 - --- inside sqsMessageProcesser--- 2019-05-21
  17:28:28 INFO  SQSMessageProcessor:88 - --- inside
  sqsMessageProcesser--- 2019-05-21 17:28:33 INFO
  SQSMessageProcessor:88 - --- inside sqsMessageProcesser--- 2019-05-21
  17:28:38 INFO  SQSMessageProcessor:88 - --- inside
  sqsMessageProcesser--- .........................

Does this mean that while SqsMessageProcesser is processing 1 message every 5 seconds, thousands of messages are being held in (server) memory of the in-channel?
Each db transaction takes around 5 seconds and currently we are facing 'outofmemory' issues on PRD.
Will it help if i set the capacity on the QueueChannel and setMaxNumberOfMessages for SqsMessageDrivenChannelAdapter?
If yes, is there a standard way to calculate these values?

  @Bean(name = "in-channel")
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A: Actually it is an anti-pattern to place a QueueChannel for message-driven channel adapter. The later is already async and based on some task scheduling. So, shifting consumed messages from source into an in-memory queue is definitely leading into some troubles.
You should consider to have a direct channel instead and let SQS consuming thread to be blocked until your sqsMessageProcesser finishes its job. This way you will guarantee no data loss.

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Crump: A robust data protection strategy includes more than backup
Backup and archive with cloud storage applications
Application restore needs often require new backup processes
George Crump considers the role of disk for archive storage
Consider application-specific data protection
A data protection strategy means having a plan for backing up and recovering an organization's information, but it's important to know how long that a restore will take -- and application stakeholders all know how long it will take, as well.
"The application owner is assuming you're going to get it up and running instantly, and you're assuming you're going to get it up and running as fast as you possibly can. And the problem is there's generally a pretty wide delta there," said George Crump, founder of Storage Switzerland, to his Storage Decisions audience.
He said that most environments that his firm encounters have about three "really critical" applications, but most don't require what he called "zero-second" recovery times.
The focus should be on planning a robust backup and recovery strategy, so long as it doesn't get overly complicated.
"I work under the philosophy that all backups fail at some point. And generally when you need them the most. So let's make sure we have redundancy, but not too much redundancy," said Crump.
He noted that focusing on an overall plan can help make better use of resources.
"It allows you to expand beyond just backup … and start talking about things like replication and snapshots … it allows you to bring more of the tools that should be at your disposal, including some of the tools that are in primary storage, to leverage as part of this overall process," he said.
He said administrators should look at their existing tools that are already in use to manage data, such applications dealing with unstructured data or file sync, as part of a data protection strategy.
"Let's leverage those tools where they make sense. But let's not do overly redundant work. … Let's make sure we have redundancy, but not too much redundancy," he said.
EmiliaDariel1 - 3 Feb 2015 7:20 AM
Also - here is the storage swiss analyst blog on this subject: http://snip.ly/XiEk


It's an exhibition, but it's still a competition. Someone has to win (the West, 152-149). Someone has to lose.
We're here to sort it all out for you. The winners. The losers. And even how you can be both.
Winner: Kevin Durant. The game MVP did it all — he had maybe the best dunk of the night (off the backboard from Chris Paul), hit 3 threes, and added to his legacy as one of the game's elite players. When the game was open he owned it, but he only had two points in the fourth quarter as the East picked up its defensive intensity and focused it on him. But his MVP is well deserved and likely the first of several.
Loser: Dwight Howard. This was supposed to be his night and laughed, joked around, played at one-quarter speed and was a complete non-factor. In a sign of how serious he took everything, he was 0-4 from three. He got dunked on by Kevin Love, made a bad inbounds pass after that which was stolen, then five seconds later Kevin Durant dunked on him. He likely was tired after playing host all weekend, but he was a mess.
Winner: LeBron James. He put up 36 points and if the East had succeeded with their comeback he would have deserved the MVP. In the first half he was a dunking machine, then he comes out at the start of the third quarter and knocks down a couple threes, including one from about Daytona. He had eight points in the fourth quarter and was key to the East's comeback.
Loser: LeBron James. He is never going to hear the end of that pass with 1.9 seconds left that was stolen by Blake Griffin and cost the East a shot to tie or take the lead. Because it was a terrible pass. Kobe was barking at LeBron to take the shot, but LeBron said afterward he saw Wade come open near the basket the first time but hesitated then when he threw the pass it got picked off. And the "LeBron is not clutch" meme gains more fuel. Only a ring will quiet it (and likely a couple are needed).
Winner: Kobe Bryant. Any time you pass Michael Jordan in anything – this time to become the all-time leading scorer in All-Star Game history — you are a winner. Kobe being in 14 All-Star Games is a tribute not only to his skill but also to how well he has taken care of his body and how he has been able to stay relatively healthy. Or at least play through the pain.
Winner: Dwyane Wade. He had an All-Star Game triple-double — 24 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists. That's impressive.
Loser: Andrew Bynum. Finally gets the All-Star nod he has craved thanks to the fans, but a sore knee means he plays just 5:31 and goes 0-3 from the floor.
Winner: Mary J. Blige. She absolutely killed it with an a cappella version of the Star Spangled Banner. Note to young singers: She did it without autotune.
Loser: Nicki Minaj. What was that? And why was there so much of it? She needs to watch Mary J. and see how it's done.


Great Britain captured their first Olympic showjumping gold medal in 60 years, winning a dramatic jump-off against the Netherlands. It was Britain's first Olympic showjumping medal since 1984 and their first gold since the Helsinki 1952 Games. The stamp shows the team of Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles.
Jason Kenny gained his second gold of the games with a win in the cycling men's sprint.
18 GOLD MEDALS = 18 GMW Minature sheets x 6 printing locations..... has anyone obtained and compared the stamps for flaws, miss-prints errors etc by comparing stamps from the different printers?. So-far, the only common variation is on the bottom mini-sheet which gives the PRINTER location in the LH margin.
Correct me if I am wrong... The GMW sheets are a limited edition of 500 sheets of each gold medal winner per printer location. Most post offices are likely to separate the 4 mini sheets so full sheets will be scarce.
I can't correct you as Royal Mail have made no announcement - and never do tell us how many stamps are printed or sold. Some POs have separated into 4 mini-sheets, but others have been educated by collectors who want A4 sheets.
Dealers have been able to pre-order from Edinburgh for all 6 locations. These will be delivered as A4 sheets, and I fully expect that there will be many more than 500 from each for each medal sold overall.
.....and of course, the BAR-CODE on the 3rd mini-sheet down, is different for each GMW stamp.


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Winston School of Education and Social Policy Faculty Alicia A. Girgenti-Malone
Alicia Girgenti-Malone
Alicia A. Girgenti-Malone
Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
malonea@merrimack.edu
Austin 203A
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Program Director, Criminology and Criminal Justice Graduate Program
Jacqueline Gillette
Race, Sex and Class Inequality in Criminal Justice System
My research employs an intersectional perspective to examine the effects of defendant, victim and case characteristics on capital jurors' decision to impose a death sentence in capital cases. My research has identified a "hierarchy of deathworthiness."
I have found that defendants convicted of murdering a White female victim are significantly more likely to be sentenced to death, whereas those convicted of murdering a black male victim are significantly less likely to be sentenced to death, even when controlling for important case characteristics.
My work finds that capital jurors are less likely to empathize with black male victims and their families, and more likely to feel social distance from and blame black male victims for their victimization. My research suggests that the procedural safeguards approved by the U.S. Supreme Court nearly four decades ago do not protect against the discriminatory imposition of the death penalty and draw attention to the enduring devaluation of the lives of black males in the United States.
Ph.D. Criminology and Justice Policy Northeastern University
B.A. Psychology Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Capital Jury Decision-Making
Constitutional Challenges to the Death Penalty
Girgenti-Malone, A. A. (under review). "Empathy, Distance and Blame: Juror Perceptions of Black Male Homicide Victims in Capital Cases." Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice.
McQueeney, K. & Girgenti-Malone, A. (Eds), 2018. "Girls, Aggression and Intersectionality: Transforming the Discourse of 'Mean Girls' in the United States. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Girgenti-Malone, A. A., Khoder, C., Vega, G. & Castillo, D. (2017). "College Students' Perceptions of Police Use of Force: Do Suspect Race and Ethnicity Matter?" Police Practice and Research, 18(5), 492-506.
Girgenti, A. A. (2015). "The Intersection of Victim Race and Gender: The 'Black Male Victim Effect' and the Death Penalty." Race & Justice, 5(4), 307-329.
Girgenti, A. A. (2014). "The Importance of Examining Intersectionality in Capital Cases." "Capital Sentencing in the 21st Century: The Retreat From the Death Penalty." Criminal Law Bulletin, 50(2), 324-343.


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require_relative 'state/top'

module AutomationObject
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    module_function

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    def create(blue_prints, state)
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Willemen Construct came into being on 1 July 2018 as a result of the merger between Willemen General Contractor and the construction department of Kumpen.
On 1 July 2018, Willemen General Contractor and Kumpen bouw were merged into the new Willemen Construct nv with headquarters in Mechelen and a branch in Hasselt.
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Inside Bob Dylan's Frank Sinatra Covers Album, Shadows in the Night
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 by Reed Fischer in Music
Bob Dylan goes blue.
Bob Dylan's 36th studio album is completely immersed in Frank Sinatra lore. The Jack Frost-produced Shadows in the Night, which will be released on February 3, 2015, takes a trip into the catalog of songs popularized by Ol' Blue Eyes dating from Dylan's childhood and young adulthood.
His version of Sinatra's "Full Moon and Empty Arms" arrived in May, and other songs from the collection have started mixing into the legendary rock songwriter's live sets. Several of the tracks are from Sinatra's 1957 album, Where Are You?, and have been big hits for other artists. Here's a quick look at the tracklisting of Dylan's first album since 2012's Tempest.
"It was a real privilege to make this album," he said in a statement. "I've wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a 5-piece band. That's the key to all these performances. We knew these songs extremely well. It was all done live. Maybe one or two takes. No overdubbing. No vocal booths. No headphones. No separate tracking, and, for the most part, mixed as it was recorded. I don't see myself as covering these songs in any way. They've been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing them into the light of day."
Here are Shadows in the Night tracks, all recorded by Sinatra at some point, with a few notes.
1. I'm a Fool to Want You - Composed by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, and Joel Herron.
2. The Night We Called It a Day - A jazz standard later covered by Chet Baker and Doris Day.
3. Stay With Me - The theme for the Otto Preminger movie The Cardinal.
4. Autumn Leaves - A popular French song with words written in English by Johnny Mercer.
5. Why Try to Change Me Now - Written by Cy Coleman and later covered by Fiona Apple.
6. Some Enchanted Evening - From the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific.
7. Full Moon and Empty Arms - Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman used Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 for songwriting inspiration.
8. Where Are You? - Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin also tried this one, which eventually became the title track of Sinatra's 1957 album.
9. What'll I Do - This Irving Berlin song dating back to 1923 was recorded by dozens of stars.
10. That Lucky Old Sun - The 1949 pop song was later covered by Frankie Laine and Louis Armstrong.
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Dickies branched into a new territory: bringing their flame-resistant (FR) garments to Canada. Their FR clothing catalog became a linchpin piece of campaign collateral, so the stakes were high. Utilizing our experience and expertise from our creation of Workrite's comprehensive FR catalog, we came up with a design aesthetic that was distinctly Dickies, with a more modern approach.
We also had to remind ourselves that this was for a French-Canadian audience. That meant that "color" was spelled "colour," and the only temperatures that mattered were ones in Celsius. Not exactly a different language, but a hurdle is a hurdle, and we cleared it.


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Singapore FBAR Penalty Case 2020
Singapore FBAR Penalty Case & Willfulness
1 Singapore FBAR Penalty Case & Willfulness
2 US v. Ho and Tay (Case No. 3:20-cv-3818)
3 Defendant had an Accounting Background
4 "No" on Schedule B
5 Misrepresentation During an IRS Audit
6 Willfulness & FBAR
8 Less than 1% of Tax Attorneys Nationwide Are Certified Specialists
Singapore FBAR Penalty Case & Willfulness: When it comes to IRS offshore compliance for matters involving FBAR & FATCA, the country of Singapore very commonly comes up in the conversation. That is because U.S. Persons with ties to Singapore will frequently have passive investments, including foreign life insurance, Bank accounts, UOB trusts and CPF.
In fact, the CPF is one of the few foreign provident funds that the Internal Revenue Service has issued some memoranda on, involving the taxation of the fund. According to the memoranda, IRS has determined both the contributions to the fund and growth within the fund are taxable – and do not qualify under 402.
Recently, the US government filed a complaint against a California couple with unreported accounts in Singapore.
Here's a brief summary of U.S. v. H0 & Tay:
US v. Ho and Tay (Case No. 3:20-cv-3818)
The complaint alleges that Defendants had ownership in foreign accounts in Singapore, as follows:
"Since approximately 1991, Mr. Ho has held an account at DBS Bank Ltd. in Singapore, account number ending in -911-1 ("DBS account").
In approximately 2003, Ms. Tay was added as a joint account holder of the DBS account. For the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, Mr. Ho and Ms. Tay jointly owned and managed the DBS account, and each has personally used and profited from the funds in the account. Funds from the DBS account were used to pay for a life insurance policy on Mr. Ho's life with Aviva Limited, a foreign insurance company.
In 2013 or 2014, Mr. Ho traveled to Singapore to open an account at OCBC Bank, account number ending in -9001 ("OCBC account"). The OCBC account was held in defendant Michael S. Ho's name. Both Mr. Ho and Ms. Tay held a beneficial financial interest in the OCBC account, and/or had signatory authority over the OCBC account.
The OCBC account was used to facilitate the purchase of a rental property in Bangkok, Thailand.
In 2014, Mr. Ho deposited approximately $246,000 in U.S. dollars into the OCBC account.
During each of the years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 the value of the DBS account exceeded $10,000 in U.S. currency, and both Mr. Ho and Ms. Tay were each separately required to report their interest in the DBS account on a timely filed FBAR for each of these years.
During the year 2014, the aggregate value of the DBS account and OCBC account exceeded $10,000 in U.S. currency, and both Mr. Ho and Ms. Tay were each separately required to report their interests in the DBS account and OCBC account on a timely filed FBAR for the 2014 calendar year."
Defendants had accounts in Singapore
According to the complaint, both defendants had bank accounts in Singapore that met the threshold for reporting.
Moreover, there was a rental property which was generating income and the accounts for both actively being used. Complicating the matter further is that one of the defendants was making deposits of U.S. currency into one of the accounts.
*When a person deposits US currency into a foreign account it tends to ding the IRS's radar. While there is nothing inherently nefarious about making such a deposit, there is the perception that the person should also have an understanding of any U.S. tax or reporting requirements.
Defendant had an Accounting Background
The Government also tossed in the fact that Defendant has a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from Edith Cowen College in Australia for good measure/
Of course, just having an accounting degree does not make a person a tax expert.
Many CPAs and accountants never practice tax at all.
"No" on Schedule B
Marking "no" on IRS Form 1040, Schedule B is oftentimes the catalyst for an FBAR investigation.
As further alleged in the complaint:
"Both Mr. Ho and Ms. Tay were required to file a Schedule B, Interest and Ordinary Dividends, to their Forms 1040 for each of the years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Mr. Ho and Ms. Tay failed to attach the required Schedule B for the years 2011 and 2013.
For 2012, Mr. Ho and Ms. Tay filed a Schedule B, but falsely answered "no" to the first question on line 7a of Part III, Foreign Accounts and Trusts ("At any time during 2012, did you have a financial interest in or signature authority over a financial account (such as a bank account, securities account, or brokerage account) located in a foreign country? See instructions."), indicating that each did not have any such interest or authority over a foreign account.
Misrepresentation During an IRS Audit
Defendants apparently made some misrepresentations during a tax audit(s).
This is a topic we have covered many times. Whether it is during an eggshell audit or regular tax audit, it is never advisable to intentionally misrepresent facts to the IRS Agent.
This goes double for matters involving "quiet disclosure."
As further provided in the complaint:
"During an audit related to his 2009 Form 1040, Mr. Ho falsely stated that he did not have any foreign bank accounts, when in fact he jointly owned the DBS account with Ms. Tay.
On April 17, 2013, during an interview for an audit, Mr. Ho falsely stated to an IRS Revenue Agent that he did not have any assets or accounts in foreign countries.
On January 27, 2016, both Mr. Ho and Ms. Tay falsely stated to an IRS Revenue Agent that since coming to the United States, neither of them had any foreign accounts or businesses. Both had an interest in the foreign DBS account for over a decade, and had immigrated to the United States in or before 1994.
On October 26, 2016, a representative for Mr. Ho and Ms. Tay informed the IRS Revenue Agent conducting the audit of the existence of the DBS account and Mr. Ho and Ms. Tay's joint ownership of that account.
On September 21, 2017, Mr. Ho and/or Ms. Tay disclosed the existence of the OCBC account to the IRS Revenue Agent conducting the audit."
Willfulness & FBAR
As a result of these facts, the government seeks willful penalties over for the non-compliance and alleged misrepresentations made during audit.
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Q: Question about non conservative vector field As I know if $$\partial f/\partial y=\partial f/\partial x$$ then f(x,y) is conservative, but there are two counterexamples $$\vec F=\frac{-y\hat\imath+x\hat\jmath}{x^2+y^2}$$
and $$\vec F=\hat\jmath$$
I know there is an similiar question easy question about conservative vector fields
But I still don't understand these two counterexamples contradict with $\partial f/\partial y=\partial f/\partial x$
Can anyone show me how these two  counterexamples are non conversative?
thanks

A: A vector field $\vec F$ is conservative if there exist a function (called potential) $g$ such that $\vec F = \nabla g$. Now it comes out that the integral of $\nabla g$ on any curve $\gamma$ is easily computed as the difference of $g$ on the endpoints of $\gamma$ (this is the fundamental theorem of calculus). So the integral of a conservative vector field along a closed curve is always zero. The converse can be proven to be true, also.
So to prove that a vectorfield $\vec F$ is not conservative it is enough to find a closed curve $\gamma$ on which the integral of $\vec F$ is not zero. In the case of your first example such a curve is any circle centered in the origin.
Your second example $\vec F = j$ is instead an example of a conservative field, since $\vec F = \nabla g$ with $g(x,y,z) = y$.


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Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. was born on September 6, 1935 in Burgaw, North Carolina to James A. Forbes, Sr. and Mabel Clemons Forbes. Forbes was raised as one of eight children in Raleigh, North Carolina. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1957. At Union Theological Seminary in the New York City, Forbes wrote his master's thesis on Pentecostalism and the Renewal of the Church, and obtained his M.Div. degree in 1962. Forbes earned his clinical pastoral education certificate from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond in 1968. Forbes earned his D.Min. degree from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in 1975.
Following his graduate studies at Union Theological Seminary, Forbes returned to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he worked briefly in his father's church, Providence United Holy Church. In 1962, Forbes became a student intern at Olin Binkly Memorial Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and went on to pastor Holy Trinity Church in Wilmington, North Carolina; St. Paul's Holy Church in Roxboro, North Carolina; and St. John's United Holy Church of America in Richmond, Virginia. After earning his Clinical Pastoral Education Certificate from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Forbes worked as campus minister for Virginia Union University in Richmond. In 1973, Forbes became a director of education for Interfaith Metropolitan Theological Education Inc. in Washington, D.C. In 1976, Forbes joined the faculty at Union Theological Seminary as its Brown and Sockman Associate Professor of Preaching. Forbes became the Union Theological Seminary's first Joe R. Engle Professor of Preaching in 1985. In 1986, Forbes gave the Lyman Beecher Lectures at Yale University, informing his 1989 publication, The Holy Spirit & Preaching. Union Theological Seminary named Forbes the first Harry Emerson Fosdick Adjunct Professor of Preaching in 1989, the same year he was installed as fifth senior minister of Riverside Church in New York City. His installment rendered him the first African American senior minister of one of the largest multicultural and interdenominational congregations in the United States. Following his address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, Forbes led an interfaith rally and demonstration at Riverside Church as part of the Church's Mobilization 2004 campaign. In 2007, he formed the Healing of the Nations Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit, national ministry of healing and spiritual revitalization. That same year, Forbes retired as senior minister emeritus of Riverside Church. He authored Whose Gospel?: A Concise Guide to Progressive Protestantism in 2009.
Forbes was the recipient of fourteen honorary degrees, including D.D. degrees from Princeton University, Trinity College, Colgate University, and University of Richmond. In 1996, Newsweek recognized Forbes as one of the twelve "most effective preachers" in the English-speaking world.
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DJ JS-1's life encompasses all elements of hip-hop culture. Besides his production and DJ work, he is also known as JERMS, a prominent graffiti writer whose work has appeared in magazines across the world. His new album, No Sellout (Fat Beats), is a marvel, not so much for the production (which is confident and capable), but the remarkable cast he's put together to help out. Pick a track and your favorite rapper is probably on it - Sean Price, Vast Aire, KRS-One, Sadat X, Big Noyd, J-Live, and Kool Keith are just some of the talent who grace this 21-track album. Sometimes an ensemble affair like this doesn't work, but in this case, it all comes together.
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Le Bagad Bourbriac (Boulvriag en breton) est un bagad de la ville de Bourbriac, créé en 1953 par plusieurs sonneurs dont Étienne Rivoallan et Georges Cadoudal. Il marque le début de l'histoire du mouvement des bagadoù par son style issu du terroir traditionnel. Le bagad se dissout à la fin des années 1960.

Un nouveau bagad naît en 1995. Le Bagad Boulvriag participe au championnat des bagadoù dès 1997 et atteint la troisième catégorie en 2005, la deuxième catégorie en 2015 et la première en 2018.

Histoire

Années 1950-60 : Ère Étienne Rivoallan

En 1949, l'un des premiers cercles celtiques d'après-guerre est créé au cœur du pays plinn, à Bourbriac par l'abbé Le Saint, du collègue de Saint-Antoine et Joseph Cadoudal, commerçant. En son sein, une formation musicale traditionnelle, Bagad Paotred Boulvriag, composée de binious braz (trois bourdons), bombardes et d'une batterie (caisses claires et grosse caisse), accompagne les danseurs. Georges Cadoudal en fait partie.

Le jeune Étienne Rivoallan rencontre Georges Cadoudal et ce dernier lui apprend à sonner la bombarde et se spécialise dans la dañs plinn. Tous deux remettent au goût du jour le fest-noz et fondent le bagad de Bourbriac en 1953. Ils forment des sonneurs au sein de l'école privée Saint-Antoine. Le bagad se compose ainsi principalement de jeunes issus du pensionnat. Georges Cadoudal en est le penn-soner jusqu'en 1964.

Les couples de sonneurs traditionnels influencent certains des premiers bagadoù. L'héritage est revendiqué par les cadres de la , et c'est aussi d'eux que les instruments et une partie du répertoire proviennent, mais il devient difficile de concilier leurs styles avec un besoin de standardisation, et une opposition entre Anciens et Modernes apparaît. Un courant de pensée s'impose dans le courant des années 1950, voulant emprunter le répertoire, mais tout en exploitant les possibilités orchestrales, et donc de ne pas se limiter à un « couple multiplié ».

Le bagad Bourbriac est le principal groupe à revendiquer cette influence, en s'opposant à Brest-Saint-Marc, la Kevrenn Brest Ar Flamm ou à la Kevrenn de Rennes. Il se singularise par son ancrage rural, la plupart des groupes actifs à l'époque étant implanté dans de grands centres urbains de la région, ce qui le rend plus proche des sonneurs de tradition. Ses compositions restent proches des airs locaux, y compris des airs chantés, et son registre comporte très peu d'airs récents, contrairement à d'autres groupes. Le bagad reste à l'écart des innovations de l'époque, n'utilisant ni notation musicale, ni arrangements d'airs, ni ornementations comme cela est le cas dans les techniques de jeu écossaises. La première cornemuse écossaise n'arrive dans le groupe qu'en 1958.

Le bagad débute les concours du championnat des bagadoù en 1955, en troisième catégorie junior. En 1958, lorsqu'Étienne Rivoallan quitte Tréguier pour s'installer à Bourbriac comme sculpteur puis comme luthier, il forme les élèves de l'école Saint-Anne pratiquement tous les jours ce qui permet à l'ensemble de progresser rapidement. Bourbriac remporte la première place (premier ruban) du concours de seconde catégorie devant Saint-Malo et Redon en 1960, accédant ainsi à la première catégorie. En 1962, il est champion des bagadoù de première catégorie, déclassé au profit de la Kevrenn Brest Ar Flamm à cause de l'absence de tambour ténor. La disparition accidentelle d'Étienne Rivoallan en 1961 entraîne des errements au sein du groupe qui est relégué en seconde catégorie en 1966. Il fusionne avec le bagad Gwengamp et obtient sa remontée dans l'élite en 1967. En 1968, le cercle arrête subitement son activité, dans une période d'exode rural massif, et en 1970 le bagad cesse définitivement toute activité, à la suite du concours de Brest en première catégorie. Les enfants des anciens sonneurs tentent de reformer au sein du cercle celtique de Joseph Cadoudal le « Bagad Étienne-Rivoalan », mais le groupe participe à son unique concours en 1977, en troisième catégorie lors du festival interceltique de Lorient.

Depuis 1995 : Le Bagad Boulvriag

Un nouveau bagad renaît en 1995 à Bourbriac, sous l'impulsion de son président Dominique Roué, qui suivait des cours de bombarde depuis l'ouverture du Centre culturel breton Rivoalan-Cadoudal en 1992. Les sonneurs débutants réalisent leur première sortie en mars et prennent leur autonomie en juillet 1995 avec le soutien moral et financier du Centre culturel breton et de la municipalité de Bourbriac.

À la rentrée 1996, l'effectif de l'école de musique du bagad est de 70 élèves. En 1997, le groupe briacin décide de participer au championnat des bagadoù organisé par BAS, en  catégorie, sous la responsabilité musicale de Jean-Pierre Quenec'h Du. Sous la direction de Céline Le Bizec depuis 1998, les sonneurs, dont la moyenne d'âge est d'une vingtaine d'années, s'ouvrent à des influences modernes, avec des inspirations jazz, africaine...

En 1999 il remporte le concours départemental de  qualificatif pour Lorient et en 2000, il termine à la première place du championnat, mais la note de 15,6 au lieu de 16 minimum l'empêche de monter en  catégorie. Membre de la fédération départementale BAS 22, le bagad concours en  catégorie pour le titre de champion des Côtes d'Armor, qu'il décroche en 2002 et 2003.

Boulvriag monte en  catégorie en 2003, avec la note de 18,2 (un 18 n'ayant été attribué qu'une seule fois en dix ans), avec comme penn-soner une jeune femme de 23 ans, Céline Le Bizec. Trente membres rejoignent ses rangs à la rentrée suivante, pour un total de 75 adhérents.

Boulvriag monte en  catégorie en 2005. En 2006, Fabien Le Bris, jusqu'alors penn-soner du Bagad de Lann-Bihoué, remplace Cédric Le Bozec à ce poste. En 2012, Ivonig Le Meut dirige l'ensemble jusqu'au retour de Cédric Le Bozec en 2014. L'été 2015, le bagad monte en deuxième catégorie, 20 ans après sa création et 10 ans après son accession en  catégorie.

Un bagadig, bagad école, est créé en 2017, sous la direction de Pascal Le Henaff, ainsi qu'une section féminine du bagad, Roz Merc'hed, pour notamment accompagner sur scène le groupe Soldat Louis.Avec l'aide de Dominique Molard,  le bagad intègre au pupitre percussions le steel drum, l'angklung, le hang, des cajón et des sabots. Champion de  catégorie en 2018, le bagad accède à l'élite des bagadoù, la  première catégorie. Cette victoire, dans le cadre du festival interceltique de Lorient, est retracée dans un reportage de l'émission Des racines et des ailes.

Structure

Association
L'association actuelle, née le 24 juillet 1995, compte une soixantaine d'adhérents en 2017. Le bagad augmente ses effectifs et son budget en 2018, afin d'évoluer en première catégorie. Le groupe comprend 55 musiciens en 2019, avec dans ses rangs pour les concours des pipers Écossais.

Le bagad dispose depuis 2003 de locaux à côté de l'ancienne école Saint-Antoine. L'école de musique du bagad, située dans la salle Koz-Kastell, dispense des cours pour les différents pupitres : bombarde, cornemuse, batterie et percussions. De l'éveil musical est proposé pour les plus jeunes.

Le Bagadig permet de favoriser la pratique en groupe pour les débutants ; le « bagad école » réalise des sorties et se présente en concours. Pour le président Dominique Roué, la présence de la culture bretonne au cœur de la vie associative permet « non seulement d'apprendre le patrimoine, l'héritage culturel, mais aussi de le protéger, de le préserver et de le transmettre de manière festive ».

Costumes

Dans les années 1960, René-Yves Creston est contacté par le bagad Bourbriac pour qu'il leur créé un costume, comme avant lui celui de La Baule ou encore celui d'Ergué-Armel. Le costume était composé d'un béret puis d'un bonnet, une culotte courte avec des chaussettes à pompon et un gilet noir et orange.

Le Bagad Boulvriag né en 1995 a pour premiers costumes une ceinture en tartan rouge et vert, puis en 1998 des gilets bleus et noirs. Le bagad inaugure ses nouveaux costumes, de couleur rouge carmin, en mars 2002 à Paris. En mars 2016, le bagad dévoile de nouveaux costumes de scène à l'occasion du concours de  catégorie.

Productions artistiques

Répertoires et créations
Le bagad Boulvriag réalise chaque année une vingtaine de représentations, en Bretagne et dans d'autres régions et villes de France, ainsi qu'à l'étranger : en Espagne, Allemagne, Pays-Bas (avec le cercle celtique), Galice (2000), Irlande, Pologne (2003), République tchèque (2008), Belgique (2017). Les sonneurs se produisent régulièrement à Paris : « Nuits celtiques » sur le Champ-de-Mars et au Stade de France en 2002 et 2003, défilé Breizh Touch sur les Champs-Élysées, à l'Assemblée nationale... Dès 1996, l'association organise de nombreux festoù-noz, participant à la vitalité de la musique bretonne à danser.

Discographie

Collaborations

Le bagad Boulvriag a collaboré avec le cercle celtique de Bourbriac, le cercle de Saint-Nicolas du Pélem et des groupes de renom comme Tri Yann, Soldat Louis, l'Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde. Il a plusieurs fois soutenu le club de football En Avant de Guingamp en Coupe de France (au Parc des Princes en 1996, au stade de France en 2009 et 2014) et Lorient en Coupe de la Ligue (stade de France en 2002).

Boulvriag accueille « à domicile » des groupes folkloriques étrangers : allemands à ses débuts, portugais en 1999, galiciens en 2000... Le groupe occitan Nadau est invité à se produire en Bretagne, pour une unique date à Bourbriac en 2018.

À l'occasion de ses 20 ans, le bagad sort en 2016 son premier album, War raok ! Aurrera, enregistré en live avec le chœur basque Ezpeletan Kantuz. Le chanteur Marcel Guilloux apporte son aide pour les suites de concours et se présente sur scène aux concours de 2016 et 2018.

Palmarès

Championnat national des bagadoù

Sources

Références

Bibliographie

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Bagad, Musique bretonne
 Bodadeg ar Sonerion, Championnat national des bagadoù

Liens externes

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Bagad dans les Côtes-d'Armor

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Dior launched his first collection entitled the 'New Look' in 1947, which shocked and delighted the fashion world, and created a new style that symbolised femininity.
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