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2002 Year In Walking Horses Dedication: Gen's Sundance Lady
She's big and beautiful, a three time World Grand Champion and a multi-titled World Champion. She is also the only horse in history to store the World Grand Championship titles from all three youth divisions under her belt. Gen's Sundance Lady has been named as the performance horse dedication for the 2002 edition of the Year in Walking Horses.
Her most recent success was under the ownership of the Dan McSwain family, when Gen's Sundance Lady topped the 2002 Juvenile 11 and Under World Grand Championship with Maisie McSwain in the irons. Carl Edwards and Sons Stables also guided Maisie and Sundance Lady to the 2002 Juvenile 11 and Under Riders on Mares World Championship.
Jack Frazee of Tallahassee, Fl., saw the mare's talents early. Beginning her show ring career in 1994 under the guidance of Carl Edwards and Sons Stables, Gen's Sundance Lady quickly showed her willingness to work.
She placed third at the Celebration in the Two-Year-Old Mare division and claimed blue ribbons at McMinnville, Tenn., and the King Cotton Charity Show. As a three-year-old, Gen's Sundance Lady claimed her first World Championship at the 1995 Celebration in the Three-Year-Old Mare class, as well as an Amateur and Open ThreeYear-Old Mare win at the Southern Championships.
Scoring two World Championships at the 1996 edition of the Celebration in the Four-Year-Old Mare and Four-Year-Old Amateur Mares and Geldings classes, showed Gen's Sundance Lady had the stamina to have a stellar career. Again she captured another Southern Championship title in 1996 under the ownership of Jack Frazee.
In January of 1997, this flashy mare caught the attention of Marie and Karen Jeffcoat of Cordova, Tenn. The mare was purchased and exhibited by Carl Edwards and Sons Stables at the Fun Show in the 15.2 & Under, Aged Mares and Geldings class to take the blue. Shortly after, the decision was made for a young Jennifer Vining to take the reins of Sundance Lady under the direction of Steve Hawkersmith at Jeffcoat Stables.
Jennifer Vining carried away the roses twice aboard Gen's Sundance Lady. Vining made the spotlight ride in the 1998 Walking Pony World Grand Championship.
The pair returned to the big oval in 1999 to become the Juvenile 12-17 World Grand Champions.
"Sundance Lady was one of the most special horses I have ever ridden, not only did she have spectacular, natural talent, but she gave 100% of her effort every time she stepped into the ring." said Vining.
The Dan McSwain family purchased the champion in April of 2000. Paige Edwards took the reins and directed the mare to the Walking Horse Trainers' Auxiliary World Championship under the leadership of Carl Edwards and Sons Stables the same year. 2001 also held success for Maisie and Sundance Lady as they scored a reserve World Championship in the Youth 11 and Under Mare class at the Celebration. Trainer Larry Edwards topped the Walking Mares, 15.2 and Under division aboard Sundance Lady, adding yet another win to her lengthy resume'.
Now 11 years old, the mare continues to bring success to little Maisie McSwain and the Dan McSwain family, as well as the Carl Edwards and Sons Stables banner.


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Q: FCM Background Notification on IOS app in Xamarin C# not working The team is developing an IOS app on Xamarin in c# . Now we wanted to use the push notification service of fcm . Tried deploying the app but the issue is : The  notifications are not received on ios if the app is in background. Did some research on it but found that the app disconnects from fcm when goes in background. Although tried not to disconnect it by not invoking the function but still the notifications were not received. Just wanted to know whether it's possible to receive the notification on ios while the app is in the background.
Sharing the relevant link and also the code for background that disconnects the app from fcm when it goes in background. Also removed the function call but it did not work.
public override void DidEnterBackground (UIApplication application)
{
    // Use this method to release shared resources, save user data,
    //invalidate timers and store the application state.
    // If your application supports background exection this method is
    //called instead of WillTerminate when the user quits.
    Messaging.SharedInstance.Disconnect ();
    Console.WriteLine ("Disconnected from FCM");
}

Link:
https://components.xamarin.com/gettingstarted/firebaseioscloudmessaging/true

A: public override bool FinishedLaunching(UIApplication application, NSDictionary launchOptions)
    {
        App.Configure ();

        // Register your app for remote notifications.
        if (UIDevice.CurrentDevice.CheckSystemVersion (10, 0)) {
            // For iOS 10 display notification (sent via APNS)
            UNUserNotificationCenter.Current.Delegate = this;

            var authOptions = UNAuthorizationOptions.Alert | UNAuthorizationOptions.Badge | UNAuthorizationOptions.Sound;
            UNUserNotificationCenter.Current.RequestAuthorization (authOptions, (granted, error) => {
                Console.WriteLine (granted);
            });
        } else {
            // iOS 9 or before
            var allNotificationTypes = UIUserNotificationType.Alert | UIUserNotificationType.Badge | UIUserNotificationType.Sound;
            var settings = UIUserNotificationSettings.GetSettingsForTypes (allNotificationTypes, null);
            UIApplication.SharedApplication.RegisterUserNotificationSettings (settings);
        }

        UIApplication.SharedApplication.RegisterForRemoteNotifications ();

        Messaging.SharedInstance.Delegate = this;

        // To connect with FCM. FCM manages the connection, closing it
        // when your app goes into the background and reopening it
        // whenever the app is foregrounded.
        Messaging.SharedInstance.ShouldEstablishDirectChannel = true;
        return true;
    }

Next put this in the AppDelegate.cs
[Export("messaging:didReceiveRegistrationToken:")]
    public void DidReceiveRegistrationToken(Messaging messaging, string fcmToken)
    {
        // Monitor token generation: To be notified whenever the token is updated.

        LogInformation(nameof(DidReceiveRegistrationToken), $"Firebase registration token: {fcmToken}");

        // TODO: If necessary send token to application server.
        // Note: This callback is fired at each app startup and whenever a new token is generated.
    }

    // You'll need this method if you set "FirebaseAppDelegateProxyEnabled": NO in GoogleService-Info.plist
    //public override void RegisteredForRemoteNotifications (UIApplication application, NSData deviceToken)
    //{
    //  Messaging.SharedInstance.ApnsToken = deviceToken;
    //}

    public override void DidReceiveRemoteNotification(UIApplication application, NSDictionary userInfo, Action<UIBackgroundFetchResult> completionHandler)
    {
        // Handle Notification messages in the background and foreground.
        // Handle Data messages for iOS 9 and below.
        // If you are receiving a notification message while your app is in the background,
        // this callback will not be fired till the user taps on the notification launching the application.
        // TODO: Handle data of notification
        // With swizzling disabled you must let Messaging know about the message, for Analytics
        //Messaging.SharedInstance.AppDidReceiveMessage (userInfo);

        if(ConnectionClass.CompanyID != null)
        {
            SyncData.SyncDataDB();
        }
        //FirebasePushNotificationManager.CurrentNotificationPresentationOption = UNNotificationPresentationOptions.Alert;
        FirebasePushNotificationManager.DidReceiveMessage(userInfo);
        //HandleMessage(userInfo);

        // Print full message.
        //LogInformation(nameof(DidReceiveRemoteNotification), userInfo);

        //completionHandler(UIBackgroundFetchResult.NewData);
    }

    [Export("messaging:didReceiveMessage:")]
    public void DidReceiveMessage(Messaging messaging, RemoteMessage remoteMessage)
    {
        // Handle Data messages for iOS 10 and above.
        HandleMessage(remoteMessage.AppData);

        LogInformation(nameof(DidReceiveMessage), remoteMessage.AppData);
    }

    void HandleMessage(NSDictionary message)
    {
        if (MessageReceived == null)
            return;

        MessageType messageType;
        if (message.ContainsKey(new NSString("aps")))
            messageType = MessageType.Notification;
        else
            messageType = MessageType.Data;

        var e = new UserInfoEventArgs(message, messageType);
        MessageReceived(this, e);
    }

    public static void ShowMessage(string title, string message, UIViewController fromViewController, Action actionForOk = null)
    {
        if (UIDevice.CurrentDevice.CheckSystemVersion(8, 0))
        {
            var alert = UIAlertController.Create(title, message, UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert);
            alert.AddAction(UIAlertAction.Create("Ok", UIAlertActionStyle.Default, (obj) => actionForOk?.Invoke()));
            fromViewController.PresentViewController(alert, true, null);
        }
        else
        {
            var alert = new UIAlertView(title, message, null, "Ok", null);
            alert.Clicked += (sender, e) => actionForOk?.Invoke();
            alert.Show();
        }
    }

    void LogInformation(string methodName, object information) => Console.WriteLine($"\nMethod name: {methodName}\nInformation: {information}");

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Dundas' University Plaza not yet on residential redevelopment radar
News Apr 27, 2018 by Craig Campbell Dundas Star News
Dundas' University Plaza is not officially on anyone's radar for residential redevelopment, despite a new focus from both plaza owner RioCan and the City of Hamilton on mixed-use density growth on commercial sites.
RioCan has already identified 43 mixed-use redevelopment opportunities on properties it owns across Canada. Eight are already, or about to be, under construction.
Hamilton city council passed a resolution last month directing economic development staff to consult operators and owners of commercial properties — like RioCan — about "new, expanded potential for residential and mixed use intensification within many existing commercial areas, such as shopping malls, to explore their interest in mixed-use development and to identify if any further barriers remain to supporting this type of development."
But University Plaza is not in RioCan's plans for mixed-use development quite yet.
"At this time, University Plaza is not actively under development. We are unable to comment on future plans for the property at this time," said Christian Green, assistant vice-president of investor relations at RioCan.
Over the last couple of years, RioCan executives have repeatedly said there is no plan to redevelop University Plaza.
Glen Norton, the city's director of economic development, said there is no schedule to carry out council's direction and speak to specific property owners, and no list of properties to consider.
"Our first step is with our colleagues in planning, to identify for us which plazas have the potential, and what size, height, density restrictions might be for each site," Norton said. "The last thing we would want to do is get a developer (or) owner excited and then find out that their options are very limited. Once we know which developments and where, we will prioritize the list, and get contact information, and then reach out to see if they would be interested in a meeting with us."
In March, RioCan launched a new "residential brand" called RioCan Living, to capitalize on the "intrinsic value of the company's vast portfolio of major market properties" by turning selected existing retail shopping centres into "vibrant, mixed-use communities."
Jonathon Gitlin, RioCan's senior vice-president of investment and residential, stated in a March press release that the company is uniquely positioned to address a "void" of rental properties in major urban centres by pursuing the "best use" of its assets.
"It's incumbent upon RioCan to figure out ways to make our properties better, more effective, and more valuable," Gitlin said in the press release. "At the same time, we are delivering best-in-class, professionally managed residential units at a significant scale to the cities and communities that need it most."
In 2008, a McMaster University masters of engineering design student completed a report on possible mixed-use redevelopment of Dundas' University Plaza for his course.
Nick Derkach's "The feasibility of the sustainable redevelopment of University Plaza" not only considered retrofitting and reinforcing existing east and west plaza structures to include second levels with residential condominiums, but also suggested building six new mixed-use buildings and five new apartment buildings. His plan included pedestrian spaces on the redesigned site, an underground parking garage and a rapid transit terminal.
Derkach estimated, 10 years ago, redevelopment would cost approximately $67.9 million (plus or minus 20 per cent).
"As a result, the redevelopment project was deemed economically feasible to a reasonable degree," Derkach stated in his report.
University Plaza already faces significant changes. Canadian Tire is expected to take over the lease of the existing Metro grocery store and renovate the structure into a Canadian Tire retail store and auto service centre. Meanwhile, Beverly Tire & Auto plans to relocate its University Plaza shop to a new, larger eight-bay service centre at a property next door to the RioCan site.
RioCan has already identified 43 mixed-use redevelopment opportunities on properties it owns across Canada
"At this time, University Plaza is not actively under development. We are unable to comment on future plans for the property at this time."
Christian Green

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"Solank Bhumika won the first rank and Govani Dharti won the second rank at UG - Biotechnolgy, Gujarat State Level for Minaxi Lalit Science Award 2012 Test conducted by Gujarat Science Congress. The winners are felicidated on 26th February 2012 at M.S.University of Baroda, C.C.Mehta Auditorium during the function of Gujarat Science Congress 2012". Dr.R.Krishnamurthy,Director of C.G.Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology congratulates the winners on behalf of Uka Tarsadia University,Maliba Campus.
"Best Concept Poster" won by Dholiya Mayur and Savani Anil on "Molecular Marker Aided Plant Breeding" at national conference on "contemporary developement of biotech and bioinformatics interface" HNGU Patan on 19th feb 2012.
"Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence. Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM) sponsors Biotechnology Aptitude Test (BAT) for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The test is conducted by Pharma Care Society every year for UG and PG level students in the field of Biotechnology. BAT is an online examination designed to search talent pool in the students of Biotechnology, Microbiology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Life Sciences Biosciences and Agricultural Sciences.
To shape the overall talent of students at CGBIBT, students are encouraged to participate in such competitive examinations. 18 students from PG and 04 students from UG of C. G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology, Tarsadi, had participated in Biotechnology Aptitude Test - 2012 on 12th and 13th February 2012.
It is a matter of immense pleasure to share that Gujarat Science Academy organizes "Minaxi Lalit Science Award Test" every year, at undergraduate and postgraduate level. We are happy to have the center for the same at C. G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology for the first time.
In previous years, one of our students, Ajay Desai had been topped from our institute for the same test at PG level.
The test comprises of 50 MCQ and an essay type questions.
"Inauguration of Blood Donation camp by the management dignitaries"
"Active participation by student and staff"
"Apprecication of Blood Donoars by our respective Director sir"
"CGBIBT FACULTY HAS ATTENDED 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AT SVNIT, DATE: 15TH TO 17TH DECEMBER 2011"
Dr. Krishnamurthy has participated as a Chair Person in Congress and also presented Research paper on "Medicinal Plant Kaucha breeding lines introduction for commercialization in south Gujarat region"
Prittesh Patel and Pundlik Ware has given oral presentation on "Phytoremediation by Rhizofiltration of sewage by using Eichhornia, Pistia and Azolla near Tapovan, Nashik"
Dr. Bhavesh Joshi & Aparna Tailor have presented poster on "Characterization and Optimization of Siderophore production from Pseudomonas Fluorescens strain isolated from Sugarcane Rhizosphere"
Dr Prity Parmar has presented poster on "Biodegradation of Resorcinol by Pseudomonas Species isolated from industrially contaminated soil sample"
Shyama Mehta has presented poster on "Mutagenicity of Endosulfan by Salmonella reverse mutation assay"
"The Lab was Inaugurated by the management dignitaries: B. U. Patel, Kirit Patel, D. R. Shah"
"The faculty members present at the occasion"
"Laminar air flow chamber: Inoculation of Plant Tissues."
MODI KRUNAL GOVINDBHAI Teaching Assistant in C.G.Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology Cleared GSLET (gujarat state level eligibility test for lecturership) examination held on 23 oct 2010 in subject of llife science.
SHETH URJITA VIJAYKANT Teaching Assistant in C.G.Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology Cleared GATE 2011, with all india rank of 1941 out of 16425 candidates appeared in exam, with marks 44.67 out of 100 and with GATE score 349 in the subject of Biotechnology.
Aparna J. Tailor Assistant Professor in C.G.Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology clearing CSIR-UGC NET (National Eligibility Test) successfully with 18th rank all over India.
Ms. Nilofer Sheikh Teaching Assistant in C.G.Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology Cleared GATE 2012, with all india rank of 651 out of 10737 candidates appeared in exam, with marks 40.33 out of 100 and with GATE score 396 in the subject of Life Science.


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Award-winning director to produce Cordillera film
BAGUIO CITY – An international award-winning director committed to direct and produce an alternative movie depicting the rich history, culture and traditions of the Cordillerans by next year.
Brillante Mendoza, who was in the city for a two-day film appreciation workshop at the SM City Baguio, said the necessary preparations for the production of the Cordillera movie are now on the works in order to ensure its smooth production by early next year.
"We will continue with our research so that all things will be placed in their proper places. We want to produce a quality film that will depict the real life of Cordillerans through generations," Mendoza stressed.
Apayao vets upskill on CPCR; DA-CAR provides equipment
Bontoc allots budget for livelihood of drug surrenderers
In the case of the production of his movie Captive that dwelled on the celebrated 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping in Palawan which was staged by the Abu Sayyaf Group, Mendoza cited it took them more than one year to conduct the research on the culture, traditions and beliefs of the Muslims which were used in the production of the movie.
When asked of the renewed pursuit for regional autonomy will be included as part of the film for the Cordillerans, Mendoza cited it will form part of their research in preparation for the ground works of the Cordillera-inspired movie.
Mendoza cited the importance of alternative or independent films as educational and informative because they are the ones that reflect the true to life stories of individuals, tribes, groups among others and also teaches the present and future generations of the rich history, culture and traditions of the Filipinos.
He cited the growing interest among the youth on alternative or independent films is considered an achievement for independent film directors and producers like him because it will open greater opportunities for independent films to have a bigger market in the future.
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Reanimation immediately feels more in line with an early Soilwork album with traces of metalcore scattered about. While that influence remains the deeper you get, though shifting gears to more of a modern take on it, there is much more to this one than just that comparison. There also were breakdowns and hints of Whitechapel or Oceano deathcore undertones between the subtle melodic progressive tendencies, all of which is far from a bad thing. The mixture of subtle complexity, attitude, highly charged melodies fuel a number of both epic and soothing segments that all make for a compelling, yet highly varied, metal creation that often doesn't even feel human.
Case in point: "Survival Evolved". The melodic tendencies leave you yearning for some Soilwork, though in this case more their current state sans the modern rock. The sweeping piece of minor but noticeable changes in tone and even timing blur the lines between technicality, melodic death, and atmospheric progressive metal comparable to Symphony X. In fact, the only thing missing from this equation is some strong clean singing, leaving you to envision Bjorn Striid's signature voice to fill the small void left behind. Even though some singing would fit some of the lighter hooked fuelled passages, it isn't a detriment to the entire composition, and thankfully not something that happens all that much later on either.
"Upon the Throne of Fear" is a more in-your-face piece, grabbing you by the throat and refusing to let go with the tight death metal riffs and mixture of guttural and raspy vocals. The guitar solos here are top-notch, offering up madness in a clearly neo-classical vein to match the intimidation on display throughout, especially when they all come together and feel more like a page torn from the playbook of The Black Dahlia Murder, a sound that seeps into the next stunning track "Controlled Conscious". The darker aggression here builds up nicely to the anthemic chorus that screams inspiring Arch Enemy in the chorus. One sit through with this one and it becomes impossible to not see Century Media Records or Nuclear Blast Records reaching out with contract in hand soon.
"DNA Reacquisition", however, is a brief instrumental piece that is essentially the polar opposite of the past two equations. The haunting, lonely guitar introduction leaves you floating adrift that sentient plain, as if exhausted like the human battery you are that powers the matrix around you. The tight progressive guitar solo that follows shortly after pulls you back, leading the commanding climactic title track, the soundtrack to your fighting back against the machines in hopes of a brave new world beyond them. Struggling to break free of their grip, the tense and slow build with steady, restrained riffs act as marching orders with paranoia creeping in as the enemy comes closer with the chorus the only breath of relief as you race to the finish line of a conceptual metal opus.
One last thing that needs to be addressed with this release is those aforementioned influences. First of all, there are some guest musicians that do lend a hand towards those notable sounds including Jeff Loomis of Arch Enemy and Nevermore, as well as Paul Wardingham, Ken Sorceron (Abigail Williams, The Faceless), and even Mendel Bij De Leij of Aborted. That's not all though, as the press release cites the band also travelled to Sweden to work with Per Nilsson of Scar Symmetry for "final guitar pieces, additional layers, mixing and mastering." So not only does the band bring in a hefty amount of talent to the mix within its ranks, but they sought out some of the best to help ensure the final product really stands out, and it clearly shows.
Reanimation is destined to be one of metals most well hidden secrets, which is a damned shame. Easily one of the most tightly knit offerings to come out so far this year, Bloodshot Dawn unravel a dark and foreboding tale without the listener even knowing they are in the middle of a metal opera. Technical, melodic, progressive, and downright unrelenting at times, this four piece clearly puts their all into this nightmare riddled offering that leads you one way before fluidly pulling you into a completely different path, as if making you fight between good and evil, civility or sentiency, mankind or machine, and it's a stunning experience from start to finish that hopefully some of the big players in the metal distribution realm will take notice of and attempt to spread the sickness of to the masses that need to hear this memorable experience.


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Лестью́ () — муніципалітет у Франції, у регіоні Центр-Долина Луари, департамент Луар і Шер. Населення —  осіб (2011).

Муніципалітет розташований на відстані близько 140 км на південний захід від Парижа, 31 км на південний захід від Орлеана, 25 км на північний схід від Блуа.

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Розподіл населення за віком та статтю (2006):

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У 2010 році в муніципалітеті числилось 104 оподатковані домогосподарства, у яких проживали 277,0 особи, медіана доходів виносила  євро на одного особоспоживача

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More info on Bandoneón
Bandoneón: Map
Early bandonion, ca. 1905.
Alfred Arnold bandonion, ca. 1949.
The bandoneón is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay . It plays an essential role in the orquesta tipica, the tango orchestra. The bandoneón, called bandonion by its German inventor, Heinrich Band (1821–1860), was originally intended as an instrument for religious music and the popular music of the day, in contrast to its predecessor, the German concertina (or Konzertina), considered to be a folk instrument by some modern authors. German sailors and emigrants to Argentina brought the instrument with them in the late nineteenth century, where it was incorporated into the local music.
How the instrument is played
Like concertinas, the bandoneón is played by holding the instrument between both hands and either pushing in or pulling out the instrument while simultaneously pressing one or more buttons with the fingers. It is considered part of the concertina family of instruments rather than the accordion family, although both are free reed instruments. In the concertina family the direction of button movement is parallel with the direction of bellows movement, whereas in the accordion family the direction of button or key movement is perpendicular to the bellows movement.
Unlike the piano accordion, the bandoneón does not have keys as per a piano, but has buttons on both sides. Additionally the notes produced on push and pull are different (bisonoric). This means that each keyboard has actually two layouts: one for the opening notes, and one for the closing notes. Since the right and left hand layouts are also different, this adds up to four different keyboard layouts that must be learned in order to play the instrument. However, there is the advantage that the notes tend to progress from the bass clef on the left hand to above the treble clef on the right. To make matters even more confusing, there are bandoneóns that are monosonoric (same note on push and pull). These variants are more compatible with a chromatic tuning structure.
None of these keyboard layouts is structured to facilitate playing scale passages of notes. Instead the structure is designed to aid the playing of chords, which makes sense when one considers the origin of the instrument and its intended purpose. For a beginning player, certain runs and musical forms can be difficult, but to an experienced player they come quite naturally.
With its arrival in Argentina around 1870, the bandoneón was adopted by those wishing to incorporate it into the Milonga music of that time (which requires a very fast player indeed). What sprang from that is Tango.
The late Argentinian composer and tango genius Ástor Piazzolla was a leading exponent of the bandoneón. His "Fugata" from 1969 showcases the instrument which plays the initial fugue subject on the 1st statement, then moves on to the outright tango played after the introduction.
List of some bandoneónists:
Luis Vasquez leader of the influential Milondombe
Alejandro Barletta
Alejandro Prevignano
Mario Peralta
René Marino Rivero
Juan José Mossalini
Alexander Mitenev
Aníbal Troilo (1914–1975)
Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Claudio Constantini
David Eugene Edwards
Domingo Federico (1916–2000) [30022]
Eduardo Arolas (1892–1924)
Eduardo Rovira (1925–1980)
Fernando Obregón
Fernando Tell
Gabriel Merlino
Gabriel Rivano
Javier Vallejos
John Spiers
José Libertella
Juan José Mosalini
Julio Ahumada
Julio Pane
Hector Ulises Passarella
Luis Stazo
Michael Zisman [30023]
Marcelo Mercadante
Marcos Madrigal
Nini Flores
Nestor Marconi
Oscar Bassil
Osvaldo Montes
Osvaldo Ruggiero
Francisca Paquita Bernardo (the first female bandoneónist)
Pedro Laurenz (1902–1972)
Pedro Maffia (1899–1967)
Roberto Álvares
Rodolfo Mederos
Rodolfo Montironi
Rufo Herrera
Ryōta Komatsu
Tolga Salman
Victor Lavallén
Victor Villena
William Sabatier
A look into the inside of a modern bandoneón:
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Christian's Bandoneon Page


Chris Hedges is the author of the new book America: The Farewell Tour.
He is also the author of numerous award winning and bestselling works including Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, Death of a Liberal Class, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.
Chris Hedges and Chauncey discuss how America is a deeply sick and pathological society, why Donald Trump is the symptom and not the cause of this disease, and the role of celebrity culture and consumerism in the downfall of American democracy.
Chris Hedges and Chauncey also reflect on the need for a more advanced and sophisticated understanding of how race and class relate to one another and the perils of empty symbolic politics such as the so-called "Women's March". Chris Hedges also explains why peoples resistance movements such as Standing Rock and the Ferguson Uprising are the real way forward if American democracy and a humane and free society are to finally be created and salvaged in the country.
During this week's podcast Chauncey asks, "What year is it?" when New Age Jim Crow Enforcers are keeping black folks from voting in Georgia, Jewish-Americans and others are being made into second class citizens by Christian fascists with the support of the Trump regime, and the fascist bigot Donald Trump tells transgender people that their personhood is "illegal" and their identities do not exist under American law.
On this week's show Chauncey also celebrates Jeremiah Harvey, a 9-year-old black child, who refused to forgive a white racist woman who claimed he groped her.
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La mazamorra de cochino es un postre típico de la gastronomía peruana. También recibe el nombre de mazamorra de chancaca.

Descripción
Los ingredientes básicos de esta mazamorra son chancaca,  manteca de cerdo, clavo de olor, anís y harina de maíz amarillo. Se le añaden pasas u otros frutos secos. Se sirve en dulceras individuales y para decorar se espolvorea canela molida por encima.

Se le denomina «de cochino» porque se utiliza manteca de cerdo (cochino) como saborizante.

En la Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú, Alberto Tauro del Pino indica que la receta de la mazamorra cochino

Historia
La mazamorra proviene de la antigua receta andina del api. Usaban cualquier fruta como base y harina de patata para espesarla. Durante el Virreinato, en la Ciudad de los Reyes se crearon variantes de la mazamorra. Entre ellas nació la mazamorra de cochino.

Este postre aparece en la obra literaria peruana Ña Catita del autor Manuel Ascensio Segura y en las Tradiciones Peruanas de Ricardo Palma.

Véase también
Mazamorra morada

Notas

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Receta

Postres y dulces de Perú
Platos de cerdo de Perú


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Tutin is a powerful neurotoxin, present in the sap of the New Zealand tutu plant (Coriaria arborea). If ingested in sufficient quantities by humans and other mammals, it can cause convulsions and even lead to death.
According to the Minsitry for Primary Industries Compliance Guide for Tutin in Honey, "around one quarter of honey samples from the North Island and top part of the South Island contain some level of tutin. Fortunately in most cases tutin is not present at levels that breach the limits set in the Food Standards Code."
Tutin isn't toxic to bees, and it enters honey when bees feed on tutu honeydew. The honeydew is present on tutu leaves as an excretion from passion vine hoppers (Scolypopa australis) that feed on tutu sap. Honey containing tutin toxin cannot be distinguished by taste, sight or smell from other non-toxic honeys.
To prevent tutin poisoning, New Zealand has very strict regulations around the sale of honey. These regulations - the Food (Tutin in Honey) Standard 2016 - require that any honey obtained from hives that might be at risk of tutin contamination must be tested by an approved laboratory before it can be sold. Analytica Laboratories is an approved laboratory for tutin testing in honey, under the NZFSA Laboratory Approval System.
The risk of tutin contamination in honey can be easily managed, provided beekeepers follow accepted good practice. The following video, produced by the NZ Bee Products Standards Council, is a good over-view of the subject.
As well as testing individual honey samples for tutin, Analytica offers the option of combining ('compositing') up to 10 samples into one sample for testing. Analytica's sensitive equipment will identify whether one (or more than one) of the composited samples might be above the maximum residue limit for tutin. If a positive result is returned for a composite sample, further testing is needed to identify which of the individual samples are responsible for the high result.


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[. . .] After all, according to the prevailing theory, laterborns are more likely to flout authority while firstborn children are more likely to obey authority figures and to uphold the status quo.
Studies regarding birth order and crime, however, are conflicting at best. While some researchers have found links between criminal behavior and birth order, other studies are unable to replicate these results.
In an early study of delinquency among young women, for example, Jill Leslie Rosenbaum examined family background characteristics of 159 female juvenile delinquents who were committed to the California Youth Authority in the early 1960s. Rosenbaum found that 32% of those female delinquents were oldest children (1989: 36-37). While not a majority, this figure represents a substantial portion of the juvenile offenders and belies the hypothesis that laterborns are more likely to commit delinquent acts.
Other studies further challenge the conclusion regarding laterborn status and a propensity for delinquent behavior. A study alcohol and drug substance abuse among teens and college students, for example, reveals that having an older brother makes a student far less likely to abuse alcohol or to use illegal drugs (Tibbetts and Whittimore 2002: 324-325).
In both studies, however, birth order was only one of the factors used to study delinquent behavior. In the Rosenbaum study, the lack of a stable family and a stable mother figure emerged as the most important determinant of female juvenile delinquency, as only seven percent of the young women in the study came from intact families (Rosenbaum 1989: 32).
Likewise, the substance abuse study shows that in addition to having an older brother, being employed for at least 30 hours a week, having a high grade point average and being religious were all contributory factors for students who did not engage in substance abuse (Tibbetts and Whittimore 2002: 325).
In the book Roots of Delinquency, Michael Wadsworth culled data relations from the National Survey of Health and Development, a longitudinal analysis of data regarding children born during a week in March 1946. Like the Rosenbaum and Tibbetts and Whittimore studies, Wadsworth's findings contradict the expected relationship between birth order and delinquent behavior.
Wadsworth found that children who were often rated as poor or lazy by their teachers were also more likely to become delinquent. Of these likely delinquents, Wadworth recognized that many children were more likely to come from a lower social class and a large family, with parents who themselves only had a minimum education. These delinquents were also more likely to be firstborns or from a higher birth order (Wadsworth 1979: 102-105).
Again, this finding contradicts the hypothesis that laterborn children will be more likely to engage in delinquent behavior while older born children will be more respectful of authority.
In their survey of the literature regarding criminal and juvenile recidivism, researchers Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci, Claudio Violato and Mary Ann Schofield found conflicting studies and conclusions regarding the relationship between birth order and recidivist delinquent behavior.
Some studies, note Paolucci et al., find a strong predictive relationship between birth order and criminal recidivism. In a study conducted in 1941, for example, researchers conclude that there is not relationship between the number of siblings and recidivism. However, a later study conducted in 1989 found that researchers found that delinquents were more likely to be younger children from larger families, rather than first born or older children (cited in Paolucci et al. 1998).
Paolucci et al. also found that some evidence indicates that there is a strong relationship between extreme ordinal positions - being firstborn or lastborn - and the likelihood of criminal behavior. This study, however, was conducted in 1944 and has yet to be replicated in more recent times (Paolucci et al. 1998).
Several factors could account for the differences in results over the decades. Among of the key factors are the increasing number of two-parent homes and broken families. In the 1940s, for example, mothers generally stayed home and were thus able to keep a closer watch on their children, especially those who were prone to delinquent behavior.
By the late 1980s, however, economic need and the growing number of single mothers mean that more children are left to their own devices as more mothers join the workforce. This makes children more susceptible to the influence of peer groups. It is in line with Wallace's and Adler's findings that making peer socialization a greater influence on the development of laterborn children, rather than familial ties.
Many other studies point to conflicting results regarding the relationship between laterborn children and delinquent behavior. For example, Julye Myner et al. reviewed the profiles and probation files of 138 male juveniles. They found that the best predictors of recidivism were conviction, alcohol abuse, length of the first incarceration, group home placement and finally, birth order (Myner et al. 1998).
However, the Myner study contradicts the expected hypothesis that laterborn children are the rebels while firstborn children respect authority. Instead, Myner et al. found that firstborn male delinquents were more likely to commit crimes again than later born juvenile delinquents (Myner et al. 1998).
Despite these contradicting studies, Sulloway still finds support for his thesis. For example, Richard L. Zweigenhaft and Jessica von Ammon studied a group of college students who had been jailed for participating in civil disobedience action related to a labor dispute at a local KMart.
Though not delinquency per se, these actions resulted in jail time for more than 150 students who participated in rallies. Zweigenhalt and von Ammon found that the majority of the students who were arrested during the protests were indeed later-borns. This study was more significant because the researchers controled for possible intervening variables such as education and socio-economic status (Zweigenhaft and von Ammon).
One of the most comprehensive studies regarding the relationship between youthful criminal behavior and birth order was conducted by Alan Kazdin in his book Conduct Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence. For Kazdin, birth order significantly affects a host of "conduct disorders," including criminal behavior. Specifically, Kazdin finds that juveniles with older siblings are more susceptible to delinquent behavior (Kazdin 1995: 50-74).
In summary, the research seeking correlations between juvenile delinquency and birth order show conflicting results. Some studies, such as the early 1941 study, found no relationship between birth order on one hand and delinquency and recidivism on the other.
Others present opposite results. In line with the Sulloway thesis, for example, the studies done by Kazdin and Zweigenhaft and von Ammon show that laterborns tend to challenge authority more, either through criminal behavior or through civil disobedience and protest activities. On the surface, this seems to prove that birth order does have effects on social behavior, that firstborns behave more conservatively while laterborns are born to rebel.
However, other studies challenge these results. For example, while the Myner study did find a strong correlation between birth order and criminal behavior, this study found the opposite results. Firstborn children were more likely to commit juvenile crimes. Similarly, Wadsworth observed that delinquents were also more likely to be firstborns or to at least come from a higher birth status.
At the very least, these conflicting results highlight the need for more research on the social and behavioral effects of birth order. There is also a need for a more interrelated approach, one that locates birth order in the larger context of familial relations. After all, birth order by itself does not give rise to different behavior. Rather, it is the different roles and responsibilities assigned to birth order that results in various socialized behavior relating to criminality.
Much of the attention that has been focused on the effects of birth order on a host of social behaviors - including criminality - stems from the popularity of Sulloway's book Born to Rebel.
It is thus necessary to examine the quantitative methods Sulloway used to arrive at these conclusions.
Sulloway draws heavily on historical research, using biographies and ratings from 94 historical experts on thousands of figures in history. It is through data such as this that Sulloway teases out data on whether, for example, eminent figures in history converted to Protestantism or remained Catholic during the Reformation.
He further posits that firstborns tend to be more punitive. As proof, Sulloway notes that during the French Revolution, more deputies of the National Convention who were firstborn voted to have Louis XVI executed, while many laterborns voted to spare the King's life.
As such, Sulloway provides interesting quantitative evidence that birth order is a crucial, but overlooked, source of social division. He also shows that historically, birth order has played an important role in shaping the ideological ideas of people who participated in some of history's milestones.
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Ben and Julius Ragsdale
by Editor | Mar 24, 2021 | Hidden Histories
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Needed: A Master Lock for Data
Compliance with privacy requirements used to be a relatively simple matter for U.S. companies. But with the revolution in communication and computer technologies, businesses face a hodgepodge of sector-specific federal laws, state laws with national consequences and industry codes. The United States needs a better solution, say attorneys Lisa J. Sotto and Martin E. Abrams.
By Lisa J. Sotto and Martin E. Abrams | January 25, 2005 at 12:00 AM
U.S. businesses face a patchwork of privacy mandates: a hodgepodge of sector-specific federal laws, state laws with national consequences, industry codes and corporate promises. Companies frequently have difficulty addressing all the requirements. This melange of regulation is no longer working well; the United States needs a better solution. A decade ago, compliance with privacy requirements was a relatively simple matter for U.S. companies. Privacy laws were, by and large, extremely limited in scope and affected only narrow categories of businesses. In addition, international data transfers were not critical to many businesses, so there was no need to consider requirements that might be imposed by European or Asian nations. The Internet was just emerging as a consumer technology, and spam was still a type of canned meat. All that has changed in the last 10 years. Communication and computer technologies have undergone a revolution, and the Internet has revamped the way businesses and consumers communicate. Many more companies have become global in nature, requiring that data flows also become international and thus subject to the privacy rules of multiple countries. While trying to navigate this international realm of privacy laws, U.S. companies also must worry about state requirements. During the past two years, for example, California has passed a number of privacy laws that essentially have changed the way business is conducted on a national level. One law in particular (AB 1950, which went into effect Jan. 1), requires businesses that maintain certain personal information about California residents to implement security procedures that will protect the information from unauthorized access, use and destruction. The law also requires businesses that disclose such information to nonaffiliated third parties to contractually require those entities to develop their own security procedures. This new statute is the nation's first to impose a security standard on personal information held by businesses that are not otherwise obligated by more narrowly targeted laws to safeguard the information. (Financial institutions and certain health care entities, for example, are excluded from coverage because federal law already regulates their information practices.) Most national companies do business in California and, thus, are subject to California's jurisdiction. Consequently, this new law effectively imposes one state's privacy standard on most major U.S. businesses that maintain personal information. And since the corporate systems that support commerce in California also support commerce in the 49 other states, as a practical matter, national (and international) businesses may find themselves applying California's rules to all consumers. This gives one state astonishing power over interstate commerce. In the absence of a comprehensive national law from Congress, California effectively can legislate for the nation. The privacy patchwork becomes worse as other states also pass privacy legislation. While business systems can be changed to comply with one state's requirements, it is not practical to change systems to comply with the varying and possibly contradictory requirements of 50 separate states. Corporate compliance officers will be left scratching their collective heads as they attempt to determine which privacy rule covers which data application. The problem is more than state statutes, however. Privacy regulation in the United States varies not only by state but also by sector. Federal privacy laws, for instance, regulate the use and security of personal information in the finance (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) and health care (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) industries. Further complicating matters, some industry standards, such as the Direct Marketing Association's Privacy Promise, apply to multiple companies regardless of their industry sector. The various laws and codes are, at best, overlapping and, at worst, inconsistent, leaving compliance officers to wonder which rule to follow when. ] If this is not enough of a quagmire, consider two additional factors bedeviling American business. First, the use of data collected through newer technologies — such as spyware or radio frequency identification technology — is not considered by some analysts to be adequately addressed by existing U.S. laws. Thus, new legislation often is proposed when a new data-collection technology is developed. ] When technology evolved slowly, the consequent legal requirements could be developed at a leisurely pace, allowing such rules to be carefully drafted and well-considered. Today, technology changes in the blink of an eye. The result has been something akin to an arms race in the way federal and state legislatures attempt to regulate real and perceived privacy harms. Second, the globalization of business processes requires the United States to have an information-governance system palatable to the rest of the world. But much of the world now views information management in this country as chaotic — a view that may impede the desire of other countries to allow data to flow freely to the United States. EUROPE'S MODEL In contrast to the hodgepodge of privacy mandates in the United States, the European Union has an overarching framework for privacy. While the U.S. system is confusing even for Americans, the EU model appears relatively simple in concept. In Europe, privacy is considered a fundamental human right. Based on the EU Data Protection Directive (adopted in 1995), which provides a common framework for privacy laws in each EU member state, individuals have the right to control the use and disclosure of information that pertains to them. Data protection laws in each EU member state are harmonized pursuant to the principles set forth in the directive. European data protection laws apply to the collection, use, and disclosure of data. The focus is on the information itself. It doesn't matter what technology is used to collect the data nor by what medium the data are transferred. It also doesn't matter whether the business managing the data is a bank, a hospital or a toy store. Because of this comprehensive framework, European authorities don't feel the need to enact new legislation each time a new technology is invented. But there is a considerable cost associated with the European system. All new uses of consumer information require consent from the many individuals whose data have been collected or permission from the relevant data protection authority. Businesses' ability to use data in new ways that might create additional value is necessarily slowed down. ASIAN ANSWER? In the United States, the melange of privacy requirements worked effectively for many years to prevent identified harms while not stifling our information-based economy. If a new process threatened a new privacy harm — such as the risks of the Internet for children — Congress passed a law to manage the danger. But the system has now become too disjointed. Given the existing patchwork of privacy requirements and the difficulty of complying with overlapping or conflicting federal, state and industry-driven mandates, the stage is set for major federal legislation. Any such legislation would need to pre-empt related state laws. A model for this type of legislation may be found in the privacy framework currently being devised by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, an organization of 21 member nations, including the United States. For the past two years, APEC has worked to develop a privacy framework for the Asia-Pacific region, which would then provide a basis for individual countries to develop their own privacy laws. The process has progressed in a carefully paced manner, informed by prior privacy regimes. The agreed-upon principles include the need for guidelines regarding the prevention of harm from privacy encroachments, notice to individuals about what data are being collected and why, and a limited right of individuals to access data that a business collects about them. The APEC principles build on privacy principles first developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Those principles have formed the basis for international privacy discussions for the past 20 years. As one of the architects of the new APEC framework, the United States has the expertise to begin defining a new domestic privacy standard based on the same principles. We can start by determining how our current patchwork of privacy regulations compares with the APEC principles and addressing the gaps in a meaningful manner. The process of crafting a new national privacy framework will be difficult. But the cost of not doing so is continued uncertainty, confusion, and international mistrust. Ultimately, a new privacy regime in this country will prove beneficial to both American consumers and American businesses. Lisa J. Sotto is a partner in the New York office of Hunton & Williams, where her practice focuses on privacy and information management issues. Martin E. Abrams is the executive director of the firm's Center for Information Policy Leadership. If you are interested in submitting an article to Law.com, please click here for our submission guidelines.
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"The Black Cat" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. In the story, an unnamed narrator has a strong affection for pets until he perversely turns to abusing them. His favorite, a pet black cat, bites him one night and the narrator punishes it by cutting its eye out and then hanging it from a tree. The home burns down but one remaining wall shows a burned outline of a cat hanging from a noose. He soon finds another black cat, similar to the first except for a white mark on its chest, but he soon develops a hatred for it as well. He attempts to kill the cat with an axe but his wife stops him; instead, the narrator murders his wife. He conceals the body behind a brick wall in his basement. The police soon come and, after the narrator's tapping on the wall is met with a shrieking sound, they find not only the wife's corpse but also the black cat that had been accidentally walled in with the body and alerted them with its cry.

The story is a study of the psychology of guilt,  often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt. "The Black Cat", which also features questions of sanity versus insanity, is Poe's strongest warning against the dangers of alcoholism.

 Plot
The story is presented as a first-person narrative using an unnamed unreliable narrator. He is a condemned man at the outset of the story. The narrator tells us that from an early age he has loved animals; he and his wife have many pets, including a large, beautiful black cat (as described by the narrator) named Pluto. This cat is especially fond of the narrator and vice versa. Their mutual friendship lasts for several years until the narrator becomes an alcoholic. One night, after coming home completely intoxicated, he believes the cat to be avoiding him. When he tries to seize it, the panicked cat bites the narrator, and in a fit of drunken rage he seizes the animal, pulls a pen-knife from his pocket, and deliberately gouges out the cat's eye.

From that moment on, the cat flees in terror at his master's approach. At first, the narrator is remorseful and regrets his cruelty. "But this feeling soon gave place to irritation. And then came, as if to my final and irrevocable overthrow, the spirit of perverseness."  In another fit of drunken fury, the narrator takes the cat out in the garden one morning and ties a noose around its neck, hanging it from a tree where it dies. That very night his house mysteriously catches fire, forcing the narrator, his wife and their servant to flee the premises.

The next day, the narrator returns to the ruins of his home to find, imprinted on the single wall that survived the fire, the apparition of a gigantic cat with a rope around the animal's neck.

Though initially disturbed, the narrator gradually determines a logical explanation for it; someone outside had cut the cat from the tree and thrown its corpse into the bedroom to awaken him during the fire. The narrator begins to miss Pluto and hate himself for his actions, feeling guilty. Some time later, he finds a similar cat in a tavern, being the same size and color as the original and even missing an eye; the only difference is a large white patch on the cat's chest. The narrator takes it home, but soon begins to fear and loathe the cat, as it amplifies his guilty conscience. After some time, the white patch of fur begins to take shape and, much to the narrator's horror, forms the shape of the gallows. This terrifies and angers him more, and he avoids the cat whenever possible.

Then, one day when the narrator and his wife are visiting the cellar in their new home, the cat gets under its master's feet and nearly trips him down the stairs. The infuriated narrator attempts to kill the cat with an axe but is stopped by his wife. Failing to take out his drunken fury on the cat, he angrily kills his wife with the axe instead. He seals his wife's corpse in a wall in the cellar. A few days later, when the police arrive to investigate the wife's disappearance, they find nothing and the narrator goes free. The cat, which he intended to kill as well, has also gone missing. This grants him the freedom to sleep, even with the burden of murder.

On the last day of the investigation, the narrator accompanies the still-clueless police into the cellar. Completely confident in his own safety, the narrator comments on the sturdiness of the building and taps upon the wall he had built around his wife's body. A loud, inhuman screaming sound fills the room. The alarmed police tear down the wall and find the wife's corpse. Sitting on the corpse's rotting head, to the utter horror of the narrator, is the screeching black cat. The terrified narrator is immediately shattered completely by this reminder of his crime—which he had believed to be safe from discovery—and the appearance of the cat. As he words it: "I had walled the monster up within the tomb!"

 Publication history

"The Black Cat" was first published in the August 19, 1843, issue of The Saturday Evening Post. At the time, the publication was using the temporary title United States Saturday Post. The story was reprinted in The Baltimore Sun and The Pensacola Gazette that same year. Readers immediately responded favorably to the story, spawning parodies including Thomas Dunn English's "The Ghost of the Grey Tadpole".

 Analysis
Like the narrator in Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator of "The Black Cat" is of questionable sanity. In the beginning of the tale, the narrator says that he would be "mad indeed" should he expect a reader to believe the story, implying that he has already been accused of madness.

The extent to which the narrator claims to have loved his animals suggests mental instability in the form of having "too much of a good thing". His partiality for animals substitutes "the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man". Since the narrator's wife shares his love of animals, he likely thinks of her as another pet, seeing as he distrusts and dislikes humans. Additionally, his failure to understand his excessive love of animals foreshadows his inability to explain his motives for his actions.

One of Poe's darkest tales, "The Black Cat" includes his strongest denunciation of alcohol. The narrator's perverse actions are brought on by his alcoholism, a "disease" and "fiend" which also destroys his personality. The use of the black cat evokes various superstitions, including the idea voiced by the narrator's wife that they are all witches in disguise. Poe owned a black cat. In his "Instinct vs Reason – A Black Cat" he stated: "The writer of this article is the owner of one of the most remarkable black cats in the world – and this is saying much; for it will be remembered that black cats are all of them witches."  In Scottish and Irish mythology, the Cat-sìth is described as being a black cat with a white spot on its chest, not unlike the cat the narrator finds in the tavern. The eponymous cat is named Pluto after the Roman god of the Underworld.

Although Pluto is a neutral character at the beginning of the story, he becomes antagonistic in the narrator's eyes once the narrator becomes an alcoholic. The alcohol pushes the narrator into fits of intemperance and violence, to the point at which everything angers him – Pluto in particular, who is always by his side, becomes the malevolent witch who haunts him even while avoiding his presence. When the narrator cuts Pluto's eye from its socket, this can be seen as symbolic of self-inflicted partial blindness to his own vision of moral goodness.

The fire that destroys the narrator's house symbolizes the narrator's "almost complete moral disintegration". The only remainder is the impression of Pluto upon the wall, which represents his unforgivable and incorrigible sin.

From a rhetorician's standpoint, an effective scheme of omission that Poe employs is diazeugma, or using many verbs for one subject; it omits pronouns. Diazeugma emphasizes actions and makes the narrative swift and brief.

 Adaptations

In 1910–11, Futurist artist Gino Severini painted "The Black Cat" in direct reference to Poe's short story.
Universal Pictures made two films titled The Black Cat, one in 1934, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, and another in 1941, starring Lugosi and Basil Rathbone. Both films claimed to have been "suggested by" Poe's story, but neither bears any resemblance to the tale, aside from the presence of a black cat. Elements of Poe's story were, however, used in the 1934 film Maniac.
"The Black Cat" was adapted into a seven-page comic strip in Yellowjack Comics #1 (1944).
Sept. 18, 1947, Mystery in the Air radio program with Peter Lorre as the protagonist in "The Black Cat". Note: the cat's eye is not gouged out. Instead, the cat's ear is torn.
The middle segment of director Roger Corman's 1962 anthology film Tales of Terror combines the story of "The Black Cat" with that of another Poe tale, "The Cask of Amontillado." This version stars Peter Lorre as the main character (given the name Montresor Herringbone) and Vincent Price as Fortunato Luchresi. The amalgamation of the two stories provides a motive for the murderer: Fortunato has an affair with Montresor's wife.
In 1966, The Black Cat, a version directed by Harold Hoffman and loosely based on Poe's story, was released starring Robert Frost, Robyn Baker and Sadie French.
In 1970, Czech writer Ludvík Vaculík made many references to "A Descent into the Maelström", as well as "The Black Cat", in his novel .
In 1972, Poe's story was adapted in the Italian horror-giallo film Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, directed by Sergio Martino and starring Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg and Luigi Pistilli.
In 1973, James Stewart recorded a reading of "The Black Cat" for BBC Radio.
Writer/director Lucio Fulci's 1981 film The Black Cat is loosely based on Poe's tale.
The 1990 film Two Evil Eyes presents two Poe tales, "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" and "The Black Cat." The former was written and directed by George A. Romero, while the latter was written and directed by Dario Argento. This version stars Harvey Keitel in the lead role.
In 1997, a compilation of Poe's work was released on a double CD entitled Closed on Account of Rabies, with various celebrities lending their voices to the tales. "The Black Cat" was read by avant-garde performer Diamanda Galás.
"The Black Cat" was adapted and performed with "The Cask of Amontillado" as Poe, Times Two: Twin tales of mystery, murder...and mortar—a double-bill of short, one-man plays written and performed by Greg Oliver Bodine. First produced in NYC at Manhattan Theatre Source in 2007, and again at WorkShop Theater Company in 2011. Part of the 2012 season at Cape May Stage in Cape May, NJ.
"The Black Cat" is the 11th episode of the second season (2007) of the television series Masters of Horror. The plot essentially retells the short story in a semi-autobiographical manner, with Poe himself undergoing a series of events involving a black cat which he used to inspire the story of the same name.
In 2012, Big Fish Games released a point and click mystery game loosely based on the story called Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat: Dark TalesIn 2011, Hyper Aware Theater Company produced "The Black Cat", one of several Poe stage adaptations written by Lance Tait, as part of its "Gutterdrunk: The Poe Revisions" in New York City. Ava Caridad has written that in this stage adaptation the "unreliable narrator [has been changed] from male to female"... and this narrator has been split "into two separate characters representing one person."
 The 2020 Ahoy Comics comic book Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Blood'' #1 includes a pastiche of the story by Paul Cornell and Russell Braun under the title "The Black Cat Dog". As the title suggests, the cat is replaced by a dog, who also narrates the story. However, he refuses to see his master in a bad light and is utterly unaware of the man's hatred or guilt.

References

External links

 Project Gutenberg: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2
 Complete Text at E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore
 Full text on PoeStories.com with hyperlinked vocabulary words
 The Poe Decoder: The Black Cat

 Illustration and description of Severini's painting
 The Black Cat reading by Gerry Hay

1843 short stories
Short stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Horror short stories
Fiction about animal cruelty
Fiction with unreliable narrators
Fictional cats
Works originally published in The Saturday Evening Post
Short stories adapted into films
Uxoricide in fiction