Below are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about Gilda's Club. If your question is not answered below, please contact us.
Gilda's Club Twin Cities is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and the local affiliate of the Cancer Support Community, a network of 57 supportive, free and welcoming "clubhouses" where everyone living with cancer can come for social, emotional and psychological support. The Clubhouse, with its iconic red doors, is an essential element of the support program by providing a healing environment where individuals learn from each other with guidance from licensed professionals.
Where is Gilda's Club Twin Cities located?
Check our website frequently for exciting updates and announcements on the clubhouse's development and opportunities to visit.
When did Gilda's Club open in the Twin Cities?
We began accepting members in January 2014 and had our official ribbon cutting in April of that year. If you are interested in becoming a member, please click here to learn more.
What is the philosophy of Gilda's Club?
Gilda's Clubs provide social, emotional and psychological support for people living with cancer as well as their friends and families, as an essential complement to medical care. Fundamental to the Gilda's Club philosophy is that membership is completely free of charge, and that the clubhouse environment is warm, welcoming, and non-institutional.
What is the role of the Cancer Support Community?
Gilda's Club Twin Cities is part of the Cancer Support Community (CSC), an international non-profit dedicated to providing support, education and hope to people affected by cancer. Regarded as the largest employer of psychosocial oncology mental health professionals in the U.S., CSC offers personalized services and education for all people affected by cancer. Its global network brings the highest quality cancer support to millions, with support services available through a network of professionally led, community-based organizations such as Gilda's Club.
The Cancer Support Community and its affiliates rely entirely on the philanthropic contributions of individuals, foundations and corporations to fulfill their missions. Gilda's Club Twin Cities does not receive financial support from CSC and all donations raised by Gilda's Club Twin Cities stay in the Twin Cities.
What is the significance of the name "Gilda's Club"?
Gilda's Club is named in memory of comedian Gilda Radner, who died from ovarian cancer in 1989. Gilda is best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live. Her book, It's Always Something, describes her life with cancer. Gilda once said that cancer gave her "membership to an elite club I'd rather not belong to," which is where the name "Gilda's Club" originated.
Who founded Gilda's Club, when was it founded and is it modeled after any other program?
Gilda's Club was founded in 1991 by Joanna Bull, Gilda Radner's cancer psychotherapist, together with Gilda's husband Gene Wilder, with the help of film critic Joel Siegel, actor/singer Mandy Patinkin and several of Gilda's other friends. The first Gilda's Club, including a worldwide training center, opened its signature red door inNew York Cityin 1995.
Joanna Bull was Gilda Radner's psychotherapist during her cancer treatment. She was clinic director for the pioneering Center for the Healing Arts inLos Angeles, and later was part of The Wellness Community in Santa Monica and Redondo Beach,California. In addition to working in development and administration, she has trained and supervised therapists extensively and has worked with hundreds of people with cancer and their families on psychosocial issues related to cancer.
Gilda's Club is a unique program that was created out of the multitude of experiences Joanna Bull encountered during her professional career. Joanna served as director of both The Wellness Community and the former Center for the Healing Arts, from which elements of the Gilda's Club program are derived and evolved.
What kinds of activities take place at Gilda's Club?
Men, women, children, friends and family meet to learn how to live with cancer, whatever the outcome. Support and networking groups, lectures, workshops and social events, as well as structured programs for children and teens, help members build their own unique and customized community of support.
Is Gilda's Club just for women with ovarian cancer?
Even though Gilda Radner herself had ovarian cancer, Gilda's Club is not just for women with ovarian cancer. It's for men and women of all ages, as well as for teenagers and children. It's for all people living with all types of cancer, and for their families and friends.
Are there any exceptions to accepting a person with a non-cancer diagnosis?
The mission of Gilda's Club is to provide a support community for people who have cancer, their families, and their friends. It is not part of our mission to serve people with other diseases, however worthy they might be.
How can I join Gilda's Club? Do I have to be referred by a medical facility?
Most people hear about Gilda's Club through the media or by word-of-mouth from family, friends or co-workers. Referrals are made by physicians and health care professionals as well, but are not necessary to join.
Is there any charge for membership?
No, everything is absolutely free of charge to members.
How is Gilda's Club funded?
Gilda's Club Twin Cities is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and is 100% supported by private individuals, corporate sponsors, and foundations through financial and in-kind donations.
Gilda's Club Twin Cities does not receive financial support from the Cancer Support Community, of which Gilda's Club Twin Cities is an affiliate. All donations raised in the Twin Cities stay in the Twin Cities.
Does the medical community support Gilda's Club?
Gilda's Club Twin Cities has the support of the medical community and established a resource council of highly regarded medical practitioners in the Twin Cities. Click here for a complete listing of our Medical Resource Council members. If you're interested in learning how to become a member of the Medical Resource Council, please contact us at info@gildasclubtwincities.org.
Is Gilda's Club residential? What does a Gilda's Club look like?
Gilda's Club Twin Cities is non-residential. Our clubhouse is a warm and welcoming home-like atmosphere where members can relax and feel comfortable in a non-medical setting. Click here for a complete summary of you will find behind the red door of our Gilda's Club.
Is there any pressure to "be positive" at Gilda's Club?
Absolutely not. Gilda's Club is based on respect for every person's own method of living with cancer. We do take care to avoid words that convey or reinforce misconceptions about cancer.
How can I get involved today?
Invite a representative from Gilda's Club Twin Cities to speak at your place of work, place of worship or civic organization. Call us at 612-227-2147.
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The City Palace of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
While we were motoring to the Lake Palace, the spectacle of Udaipur, which was built in the 16th century by the Maharajahs of Mewar, unfolded itself along the banks. Their dynasty is said to have been descended from the Sun God. They were the only of the Rajput tribe who refused to have anything to do with the Mughal Court, and you could breathe their pride like music when you see the City Palace built on the water's edge.
The City Palace of Udaipur, India
Anchored in the open waters was an impressive, old barge constructed of blue planks and red steps that led to an equally red, wooden verandah where the princes sat when they went out for a stroll with their ladies. The Lake Palace was their summer palace, which they would visit with the entire Court. A floating paradise: an oasis of rejuvenation and poetry, because they loved stories and poets would come from all over India.
Inside the City Palace there were wall murals depicting battles with elephants and the proud Rajput warriors, ready to die for their honour and their land, drawn like miniatures. To be more exact, the title of Maharaja, which originates from the Sanskrit, is known as Maharana, meaning 'warrior', here in Udaipur, the former capital of the kingdom of Mewar.
Traditionally, the Maharana would be weighed with a counterbalance of gold and silver which would then be distributed amongst his people. We were shown an arena where elephants would be put to fight to prove their battle-worthiness after having been fed with hashish. And beyond the gates, the city was laid out panoramically, with its busy bazaars and streets, full of bicycles, carriages, carts, camels, cows and men in white pyjamas…
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The Lake Palace in Udaipur, India
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REVIEWS & SPEECHES
The Smithereens (playing with Andy Burton) and with a special guest appearance by Barrence Whitfield at The Larcom Theatre
by Maia Kennedy
A band is not just held together by it's music alone. There needs to be a bond, at least for them to last for 36 years. This band has been together since 1980, something practically unheard of! The music is what first brought them together but it's their shared love of performing and being together that keeps them there. Life can be hard, but friends like this can help to manage the pain. You can see their close connection on stage, encouraging each other and enjoying the moments.
The Smithereens had performed at The Larcom a year ago, but people were eager for more and the house is packed. The band comes out to a welcoming audience. The singer, Pat Dinizio, a crooner with a voice like Tony Bennett, a rarity for a rock band, leads the pack. This is a band of brothers and they all trade moments in the spotlight.
Jim Babjak has a number of solos and shows off his skill on two guitars, a red Rickenbaker and a blonde Fender labeled with his knickname ("Don't mess with Tex"). Severo "The Thrilla" Jornacion, who is full of energy the entire night, often joins Jim at the front on his bass and the two show off together. Early on, the second song of the night, Top of the Pops, Pat yells out "Rock On" to introduce Jim's first solo of the night. Near the end of the song, Severo yells out this time, encouraging the crowd, "Rock on Beverlyyyyyyyy!!!!" The solos continue thru the night. One of my favorite moments of the show is during Jim's solo on their cover of The Who's Sparks. Severo comes up to join him and they go nuts playing off of each other, trading licks as the crowd yells even more. A song or two later brings an amazing drum solo from Dennis Diken in Miles from Nowhere with Jim and Severo tripping lightly around him as they play along. Severo yells again, "Dennis Diken on the Druuuuuummmssss!!!"
Keyboardist Andy Burton, who's played with other notable musicians such as John Mayer and Rufus Wainwright, joined The Smithereens this night. Having this additional instrument made it possible for them to perform many songs they couldn't play at last year's show. The setlist was packed, over 30 songs including a lengthy encore along with multiple standing ovations.
Another surprise was a special guest appearance by local blues favorite, Barrence Whitfield from Barrence Whitfield and the Savages. Barrence, well-known as a "full-throttle soul screamer," does not disappoint this evening and brings it on, screaming his notes to perfection.
This group of talented musicians entertains the whole night. Pat often speaks to the audience in between songs, making us feel as if we are hanging out with him in his living room. He mentions different women in the audience by name and dedicates songs to them. At one point he asks, "Where is Stacy from Westford? I haven't seen her in 45 yrs, but I'm going to see her after the show. … (he chuckles) Don't worry, I look different too." Everyone laughs.
After the show, the guys come out to hang with everyone in the theatre lobby. There is a long line of people winding thru the halls waiting to see them. Even though they have just played a full set, 2 hours or more, they wait until every person there has gotten time to chat, receive autographs, and take a few selfies with the band. Everyone goes home with happy memories, at least enough to hold over until next year!
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The way of the world is set out before the eye and all who can see are capable of understanding what is fundamental. The truth, however, can be ugly and as such certain people raise up screens to project what they want to see, covering what they don't with something more saccharine, something that better suits their disposition.
This is the denial of reality and wouldn't be so dangerous if it wasn't for the fact that these people develop their worldview based not on reality but these saccharine fantasies or alternate realities.
Additionally this denial of reality is the view of the majority and thus permeates the human mentality; few can see what is obvious even in its simplest form.
Frustration belongs to the lone man who can see what is before him when those around him refuse to.
When confronted with harsh reality these people refuse to acknowledge it, they deny what is obvious turning toward their shoddily constructed fantasies where they find sanctuary in ignorance.
And such is the world and the proliferation of problems that could be solved if confronted yet will reign over the lives of men forever.


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Hit Ayatollah Khamenei in His Pocketbook
Supporters brag about his modest lifestyle, but Iran's ruler runs a billion-dollar corporate conglomerate.
Iranian students clash with riot police during an anti-government protest around the University of Tehran, Dec. 30, 2017.
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By Mark Dubowitz and Saeed Ghasseminejad
The Trump administration already has offered rhetorical support to Iran's antigovernment protesters. Now, nearly a month after the demonstrations began, how can the U.S. provide material help? Follow the money.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's supporters brag about his modest lifestyle. They fail to mention that he runs a multibillion-dollar corporate conglomerate to fund his political patronage networks. His three most valuable possessions are the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order, or EIKO; the Mostazafan Foundation; and the Astan Quds Razavi. These businesses have an interest in nearly every Iranian industry and are worth approximately $200 billion, according to our estimates.
The entities acquired a considerable share of their assets from the systematic confiscation of private property that followed the Islamic Revolution of 1979. They don't pay taxes, and only the supreme leader's office can audit them. They use their political connections to outmaneuver their rivals and to win lucrative government contracts. It is no wonder so many Iranians, deprived of basic necessities, resent their leaders.
A 2013 investigation by Reuters estimated that EIKO was worth around $95 billion, with more than half of its assets in real estate. Established in the late 1980s, its three main holdings are the Tadbir Group, Rey Group and Barkat Foundation. Dozens of subsidiaries and front companies make it hard to ascertain the full extent of the network.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mr. Khamenei's predecessor, created the Mostazafan Foundation after the Islamic Revolution. Designed to seize and manage assets owned by the deposed royal family and its associates, the foundation now controls hundreds of companies. A few months ago it published annual financial statements that declared its assets to be around $16 billion—likely a deliberate understatement.
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My friend Bill is pessimistic as hell, and he's becoming more so with age. He doesn't deny it. He doesn't deny it. Rather, he wears it like a merit badge, arguing that pessimists are more realistic and more often right in their predictions than optimists. He says optimists suffer from perceptions of reality that are either contrary to evidence or lacking in evidence altogether.
He says there's no evidence to support religious beliefs—none of them. They're nothing more than fairytales, superstitions, or just plain bullshit that priests, ministers, rabbis, ayatollahs, prophets, gurus, and other parasites in the religious arena use to control people and extract income and wealth from them. Moreover, he says that if all you have to support something is faith, it cannot be classified as knowledge. Knowledge requires supporting evidence, and no evidence means you don't know.
He says the Catholic Church with its dictatorial hierarchy, notions of absolute truth and infallibility, secrecy, and sense of independence from the civil authority attracts and protects men with depraved and unlawful inclinations and behavior, namely pedophiles who prey on innocent and trusting young people. He views power in all its concentrations, including the Catholic Church, as a source of corruption and often repeats a modification of Lord Acton famous quote: "Power attracts the corrupt, and absolute power attracts the corrupt absolutely."
He says the Christian Right is hell bent on using the political system to impose their religious beliefs on others. And it doesn't bother them that in the process, they deny basic civil rights to people who they perceive as different from them in terms of race, gender, sexual orientation, and politics. He says those bastards believe they're doing God's will, but when Muslims and Hindus do their notions of God's will, they are outraged.
Contrary to the eco-Nazis, he says humankind is part of the planet's natural order and not an invading infestation of the planet—like invaders from outer space. But he agrees that humankind is devolving because advances in medical science have largely negated natural selection. The consequence, for example, is that homicidal maniacs can live as long and pass their genes on to as many children as anyone else. So as a species, humankind is becoming less and less of a fit to the environment it has created, which means it is bound for extinction. In short, humankind continues to create an environment that will eventually destroy it.
With a tongue-and-cheek gleam in his eyes, he applies basic economic analysis to the problem of crime and law enforcement. He says judges, lawyers, policemen, and everyone else in law enforcement do not really want to curb or eliminate crime because that's how they earn their living. Crime justifies their existence and importance in society. Reducing or eliminating crime does not serve their self-interest. Maintaining and increasing it does, which, of course, is exactly what we have observed.
He says the Democrats perpetuate their power by catering to, and more importantly, creating the illusion of catering to, a large percent of the population that is made up of people who perceive themselves as victims rather than what they really are, namely people who seek to use government as a mean freeloading off the hard work and productivity of others. One of his favorite quotes is from George Bernard Shaw: "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can count on the support of Paul."
He says we should not have invaded Iraq and gotten rid of Saddam Hussein because Saddam was doing us a favor, namely containing the Shiites, who hate us. By freeing the Shiites, we increased their ability to kill Americans and create more havoc in the Middle East. In Syria, he says the two sides we know about are Assad's people, who hate us, and the Islamists among the rebels, who also hate us. So it is not in our interest to stop them from killing each other.
Moreover, he says that in the War on Terror, it's not only a radical core of Muslims—the Jihadists—that is the enemy but also the large number of Muslims around them that provide financial and logistical support and the even larger number of Muslims that provide encouragement and moral support.
He says we ought to bring all of our troops home and stop getting involved in wars, especially in Third World countries where people are so fucked-up with religion they resist any effort to free themselves from not only religious tyranny but the political tyranny that goes with it. He says that what we should do if any of them attack us at home or abroad is send in the drones, or better still, Nuke 'em! Mocking the eco-Nazis, he always adds with a grin that the measures he recommends should be undertaken, of course, in an environmentally sensitive way so as not to kill any endangered species.
I don't argue with him much anymore because he is so sure he is correct in what he says that to argue would be pointless. And too, he has been a good friend, coming up now on fifty years. So, I do the same thing his very easy-going wife, two delightful daughters, and others in his life do. I let what he says—oratory, drama, and all—run its course, which if nothing else, I find thought provoking and entertaining. And I must admit there is a ring of truth in much of it.
Copyright © July 2013 Frank Zahn. Published in The Writings of a Curious Mind: A Collection of Essays, Memoirs, and Short Stories, Vancouver Books (Kindle Edition) 2017.


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For Sight & Sound, a preview of the live-action end of this year's Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival. The knotty issue of whether films of any length, or art at all, should be dealing in "explorations rather than solutions, atmosphere rather than answers" isn't supposed to have an easy answer, although Amos Vogel did the world a favour in 1970 by phrasing it that way as a test of which way the wind is blowing. But at some point British films' reluctance to stray from one side of the street and inclination to fetishise atmosphere at the expense of all else will have to be prised open for a look inside. The festival subsequently gave its top prize to a British short that felt particularly parochial, neatly summarising the dilemma faced jointly by the filmmakers, the mechanisms they work within, and the festivals which should ideally set about doing the prising.
In the Sight & Sound October print issue I reviewed Taika Waititi's Hunt For the Wilderpeople, which for all its comedy and foreseeable outcome is at least aware of both atmosphere and answers. Anticipation that a director of particular sensibilities will perturb the workings of Marvel's less than cinematic pre-fab manufacturing operation has been misplaced in the past and may prove to be again; but Waititi seems to be made of sterner stuff, so who knows?
On the Tripwire website, a look at the two-thousandth issue of 2000AD, as an early warm-up exercise for the comic's fortieth anniversary next year. Anniversary issues usually end up pulled in tight fluffy circles, but as Joe McCulloch pointed out 2000AD has a role as living history over and above whatever it actually publishes. So Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill probably have the right idea, returning to Nemesis and expressing suitable disdain for the power of nostalgia by simply carrying on where they left off several corrupt Archbishops ago.


You say you get a new game every day, but you do not. To day is the thirdh day in a row you gives SE that was CE. Where is a new game?
Smokey, I agree with you!
smokey735, welcome to the Pond!
As every standard version of a game is being released separately and doesn't offer all the content that a Collector's Edition would, these are being treated as different games.
That means that every standard version game that is being released will be seen and treated as an independent game, even if it was previously released as a Collector's Edition.
I hope this makes things a bit clearer. Don't hesitate to contact a Moderator if you have further questions regarding this!
I agree with you to smokey.It also seems BF is going backwards now.We're back to one CE a week.Once you get used to two a week.And i 've never seen 3 back to back SE 's of CE's.Please make monday a good day.
Agree! What happened to the two CE's a week? This is really disappointing.
I'm sorry that we couldn't offer you a Collector's Edition this Sunday again. Please be sure that we always try to make sure that you can enjoy your Sunday Collector's Edition but might not always be able to - like today.
Before releasing a Collector's edition we always try to make sure that everything is working properly so you can enjoy the game to it's fullest. If we find problems with a scheduled Collector's edition, this might be the cause for a delay and we'll try our best to make sure that it is being taken care of.
I really hope this makes things a bit clearer. Don't hesitate to contact a Moderator if you have any further questions.
This is a great game. I thoroughly enjoyed the CE.
I was wondering the same thing about Lost tales: forgotten souls. It looked like a good game, I was hoping that it would be todays CE.( sigh). Oh well on to next week. At least I am saving money today.
True about saving money. Besides the weather is is getting warmer which allows me to be outside without the urge to play good games that aren't there.
Is the game as dark and dreary as the thumbnail preview?
I didn't buy the CE so this is a new game for me as well and I'm loving it. Best game I've played in a while, excellent map, good (and fun) story... seriously, Esme Relda? LOL I thought that was rather clever.
I remember when people were screaming bloody murder when they started selling two CEs a week and now people are complaining when there AREN'T two CEs a week. Funny how that works.
Some of us may have gotten used to two CEs a week, but nowhere does BFG promise two CEs a week!
If there are no games worthy of a release as a CE, we should be grateful that BFG won't release them as CEs.
I am more than willing to wait week after week for a good Collector's Edition!
As far as SEs being "new" games, well, to me they are. Take today's game (or TGT) for an example. I didn't want the CE. I have no use for the extras, and I heard the bonus game was very, very short. I don't care about achievements or collectibles. The free demo will not be the same, as the CEs usually have the little extras within the game I am usually willing to forgo. So, the pared down, if you will, version of the game is available as a SE. The same story in a different package, with different accessories. That makes them different games to me. Like a paperback version of a hardcover novel. They have different ISBNs, so they are different books!
I respectfully disagree. It's still "basically" the same story (as a paperbook is still "basically" the same story as the hardback). As far as the "achievements, collectibles, little extras, etc.," those are exactly what I was speaking of that don't have a thing to do with the "gist" of the story, most of the puzzles/HO's....and the title's the same. But, hey, we're all entitled to our opinions! You have the right to see SE's as "new games" - I just happen not to and think BF is being somewhat disingenuous advertising them as such. As I stated before, why not place the SE's as a soft release? Anyone can still trial and/or purchase those from the "left side of the page" just as well as from the "right side of the page."
When BF fans get used to two collectibles a week, it probably is a little disappointing sometimes when they don't show up, but I agree with you that BF has never promised those.
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The symmetry (balance) of muscle thickness scores between contralateral muscles.
Muscle Size Symmetry can act as a surrogate for traditional methods of assessing contralateral differences in strength and power, since the thickness of a muscle contributes significantly to the strength and force of its contraction.
Field tests have been reported as a reliable and effective means for predicting a person's lower extremity strength and power4. However, these often take some time to organize, measure and analyze.
Muscle Size Symmetry scans can be conducted rapidly, accurately and reliably. It provides coaches and/or nutritionists an opportunity to quickly screen for potential lower extremity strength deficits in athletic populations. This can act as an early warning of potential injury risk.
Muscle Size Symmetry can provide additional supplementary information to the rehab process: inadequate rehabilitation and premature return to play after injury have been identified as risk factors for injury recurrence.
Muscle Size Symmetry can be used to develop and monitor training routines designed to reduce any observed contralateral deficits.
Muscle Size Symmetry is a non-invasive, easily acquired surrogate for traditional measures of contralateral muscle differences. When contralateral differences - or negative trends - in Muscle Size Symmetry are found, this provides an early - and easily acquired - "heads up" for coaches and trainers. Potential strength/power deficits can be quickly screened for, and a much earlier determination made by the athlete/coach as to the need for further testing and evaluation.
The illustration below displays the symmetry of muscle thickness scores for Right and Left Thigh - Rectus Femoris (RF). The Left RF score is 7% thinner than the Right RF score.
Hamilton, RT, Shultz, SJ, Schmidt, RJ, and Perrin, DH. Triple-hop distance as a valid predictor of lower limb strength and power. J Athl Train 43: 144–151, 2008.


Our cover of the classic Yazoo track "Only You" - we've done it live a few times, and now we're putting it out as a single. As we are wont to do, we're going to make it a benefit single, with proceeds going to Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, an LGBTQ+ rights advocacy group. The original track is pretty much perfect, so we kinda had to take it in a slightly different direction - there's no way we could do a straight cover.


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Frankie Miller: Sugar Coated Baby (CD)
1-CD mit 32-seitigem Booklet, 30 Einzeltitel. Spieldauer ca. 73 Minuten.
Frankie Millers Musik klang härter als der harte Kern der Honky Tonk Music. Bereits Jahre vor seinem Hit Blackland Farmer nahm Frankie Miller unten in Texas kompromisslose Country Music auf. Mit dieser CD machen wir sämtliche frühen Aufnahmen für Gilt Edge und Columbia wieder zugänglich. Dreißig herausragende 'klassische' Beispiele für Musik aus texanischen Bierkneipen, aufgenommen zwischen 1951 und 1956, darunter Barefoot Blues, I'm Gettin'Rid Of You, Hey, Where Ya Goin', Paint Powder And Perfume und It's No Big Thing To Me – ein weiteres Kapitel mit großartiger, jedoch oftmals vergessener Musik im Katalog von Bear Family. Seine rohe Natürlichkeit und die völlige Hingabe in seinem Gesang heben Frankie Miller über das Niveau anderer Giganten hinaus.
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Albumtitel: Sugar Coated Baby (CD)
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Miller, Frankie - Sugar Coated Baby (CD) CD 1
01 I Don't Know Frankie Miller
02 I Won't Forget Frankie Miller
03 I'm Still In Love With You Frankie Miller
04 I'm Gettin' Rid Of You Frankie Miller
05 You Just Had Frankie Miller
06 Barefoot Blues Frankie Miller
07 I'm Only Wishin' Frankie Miller
08 I'm So Blue I Don't Know What To Do Frankie Miller
09 I Dreamed You Were Here Last Night Frankie Miller
10 Baby We're Really In Love Frankie Miller
11 I Can't Run Away Frankie Miller
12 I'd Still Want You Frankie Miller
13 I Don't Know What To Tell My Heart Frankie Miller
14 Hey! Where Ya Goin'? Frankie Miller
15 You'll Never Be True Frankie Miller
16 It's No Big Thing To Me Frankie Miller
17 What Have I Ever Done Frankie Miller
18 Paid In Full Frankie Miller
19 My Wedding Song To You Frankie Miller
20 You're Going To Cry On My Shoulder Again Frankie Miller
21 You Don't Show Me Much Frankie Miller
22 Yhat You Do From Now On Frankie Miller
23 Paint, Powder And Perfume Frankie Miller
24 Day By Day Frankie Miller
25 I Don't Know Why I Love You Frankie Miller
26 Love Me Now Frankie Miller
27 Living Doll Frankie Miller
28 Sugar Coated Baby Frankie Miller
29 This Lonely Heart Frankie Miller
30 Power Of Love Frankie Miller
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Frankie Miller is no longer a mainstream figure in country music. Despite making handfuls of good, even great records, some for major labels, he has slipped into undeserved obscurity. A web-based search for his name yields far more information about a 1970s Scottish rocker named Frankie Miller than the Texas-based country singer we feature here. Never known for its fairness, the record business has really outdone itself in Frankie Miller's case.
This collection contains every title Frankie Miller recorded for Starday Records in Nashville. These include both sides of all 17 single releases, the tracks from three solo albums. We've even got Frankie's original gospel EP here, along with whatever unissued material remained in the Starday vaults. We also include the few alternate takes that were preserved over the years. In addition, the live performances originally issued on Starday SLP 264 'Live At The Big D Jamboree' are included here. And, we present Frankie's vocal/guitar demos from the Starday era. These sides, never intended for commercial release, offer an unprecedented look into the development of individual songs, as well as Frankie's distinctive vocal style. In addition to Frankie's Starday material, we present the first reissue of his 1957 pre-Starday single for the Cowtown Hoedown label, as well as all the sides he cut for United Artists in 1962 and those he did for Pete Drake's Stop label in 1966 after leaving Starday. All in all, this collection offers the most comprehensive look yet at the best years of one of country music's true masters.
Between the years of 1959 – 1963 there was no stronger, no more powerful body of work in American country music than the songs recorded by Frankie Miller. Period. Admittedly, that's strong praise. We're certainly not saying that every track Frankie cut during this period belongs on your desert island list. But many of them do. There are records here, created during this relatively brief period of time, that are simply among the best country music has ever had to offer. Frankie's best during this period is as good as it gets. That one man should produce so much good music in a very brief period of time is worth your attention. The short list of performers for this 'Maximum Quality in Minimum Time' is short, indeed. Hank Williams. Johnny Cash. Marty Robbins. Perhaps George Jones? Webb Pierce? Lefty Frizzell? Faron Young? This is elite company, and we're arguing that Frankie belongs in it.
There are some singers whose voices you remember forever after hearing them once. At their best moments, their voice becomes part of the song. Johnny Cash singing I Walk The Line or Hank Williams singing I Can't Help It. Frankie Miller has that same distinctive way with a song. As a result, much of Frankie's work is definitive in the same way. If someone else sings Blackland Farmer it turns into a different song, not just a new performance of a familiar song.
Why does that happen? First, there's the physical character of Frankie's voice. The slight rasp on that baritone makes you feel like you're vibrating with it. Frankie's always right on the note, except when he tails off at the end of a line like Ernest Tubb so often did. But he's not always right on the beat. Sometimes he lags a little behind the beat or gets a little ahead of it, while the band chugs along in perfect rhythm. It makes his delivery almost conversational while maintaining its musicality. Above all, it sounds natural and easy, never mannered or labored. Lesser singers with bigger reputations (no names, please) can't carry that off. In Frankie's case, the song sounds like it's pouring out of him. The result is intimacy: He's singing to you. Sometimes it's more like he's talking to you, and there just happens to be a melody to his words.
But all this is easy not to notice. Frankie's power often goes undetected. You do notice the good work by the band: the guitar hooks and fills. You notice the wonderful songs that Frankie wrote or chose to sing. You notice that the results often add up to a nearly perfect record. But somehow, Frankie's contribution gets taken for granted. Henry Fonda is said to have remarked that acting should seem effortless, that the audience shouldn't see that you're working. Frankie Miller has applied this advice to his music: He gives us seemingly effortless performances that took years to craft.
For the first time, all of Frankie Miller's Starday music has been brought together in one place. You can sit back and fill the room with powerful performances from original master tapes or you can listen carefully, track by track, and dissect the music until there's nothing left but vocal phrases and snatches of guitar solos. Whatever your preference, you've got everything you need to work with. You're holding a brief period of country music history in your hands and you can rest assured that there is nothing better in its time. In the pages that follow, we'll tell you about (and show you) the man who made these wonderful records, and we'll walk you through the music, track by track. But you already know the punchline: It doesn't get any better than this.
Pre-Starday
Although neither of his parents were musicians ("My daddy was a railroad engineer. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad for 48 years. I grew up with the railroad. I loved the railroad."), there was plenty of music around the Miller household. His older brother Norman taught him to play the guitar. Although singing came naturally, Frankie was more interested in sports than music early in his life. He actually enrolled in Victoria Junior College on a football scholarship, and even thought seriously about a career as a boxer. Eventually the lure of country music became too strong.
Before long, Frankie and Norman had formed a band and were playing local clubs. Their musical influences were pretty easy to spot. Like almost everyone in the business, they were affected by Hank Williams' style and sound. But they were Texans, and that meant more than just a little bit of Lefty Frizzell and Ernest Tubb. Like most barely professional musicians working local clubs, Frankie had to be a human jukebox. The patrons wanted to hear the songs they knew from records and radio. It was up to Frankie and the Drifting Texans, as he named the band, to provide those familiar sounds. Original material, if tolerated at all, was offered in very small doses. The band's popularity along the Gulf Coast was boosted by a daily radio show over KNAL in Victoria.
In 1951, before his 20th birthday, Frankie signed a record deal with Bill McCall, owner of 4 Star Records. The deal was brokered by Houston's Pappy Daily, owner of South Coast Amusement Company and soon-to-be founder of Starday and, later, D Records. Daily was instrumental in bringing other Texas-based acts to 4 Star, although no one in the music business, then or now, seems to have written or uttered a kind word about McCall's business dealings. Over the next year, Frankie traveled to ACA Studios in Houston and recorded 14 songs, 12 of which were issued on McCall's Gilt Edge label (all these sides appear on Bear Family BCD 15909, released in 1996).
The conspicuous two-year gap that appears next in Frankie Miller's discography corresponds to the Korean War. That cost Frankie two precious years of his career at the very time he was gathering momentum. According to Kevin Coffey, whose detailed notes to BCD 15909 document those early years, Frankie was set to sign a contract with Decca Records when he was drafted by the Army. There is no telling how his life and career would have unfolded had he spent the time in Nashville rather than Asia. At the least, the music on this collection would probably not have been recorded.
When Sgt. Frankie Miller returned from his stint with the Army in early 1954, he continued his recording career by signing with Columbia, rather than Decca. Over the next year, he cut 12 sides, this time in Dallas at the Jim Beck Studio. Ten of the 12 sides were released as singles and all 12 appear along with the earlier Gilt Edge material on BCD 15909. That CD ends with the last of his sessions for Columbia Records held in Dallas in October, 1955. That was it. By the start of 1956, which would prove to be an exciting year of change in American popular music, Frankie Miller was a man without a recording contract. He was a free agent, able to work with the musicians of his choice in the recording studios of his choice. All he lacked was a label to finance the recordings and release them.
Frankie Miller Blackland Farmer - Complete Starday Recordings (3-CD)
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02 I Won't Forget
03 I'm Still In Love With You
04 I'm Gettin' Rid Of You
05 You Just Had
06 Barefoot Blues
07 I'm Only Wishin'
08 I'm So Blue I Don't Know What To Do
09 I Dreamed You Were Here Last Night
10 Baby We're Really In Love
11 I Can't Run Away
12 I'd Still Want You
13 I Don't Know What To Tell My Heart
14 Hey! Where Ya Goin'?
15 You'll Never Be True
16 It's No Big Thing To Me
17 What Have I Ever Done
18 Paid In Full
19 My Wedding Song To You
20 You're Going To Cry On My Shoulder Again
21 You Don't Show Me Much
22 Yhat You Do From Now On
23 Paint, Powder And Perfume
24 Day By Day
25 I Don't Know Why I Love You
26 Love Me Now
27 Living Doll
28 Sugar Coated Baby
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ICT-2 indicts Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan in absentia for their crimes during Liberation War in 1971: International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on June 24 indicted Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan in absentia for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. ICT-2 also fixed July 15 for starting opening statement in the case. On May 2, ICT-2, had issued arrest warrant against them after taking charges against them into cognizance.
Meanwhile, State Minister for Liberation War Affairs, AB Tajul Islam, told Parliament on June 24 that the Government plans to create a comprehensive list of war criminals 42 years after independence. No official list of war criminals has been compiled since Bangladesh became a free nation after a bitter war of independence. The Independent, June 25 2013.
War crimes convicts can seek President's clemency, says Law Minister Shafique Ahmed: Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on June 11 said the convicted war criminals can seek President's clemency as the country's Constitution does not stipulate as to who can file appeal to the President and who cannot. Shafique said if any war crimes convict files appeal to the President, he would take a decision in this regard taking into consideration the importance of the case. However, we must accept the President's decision whatever it is. He further said the International Crimes Tribunals (ICTs) were taking time to pronounce verdicts for the sake of fair judgment and transparency. NewAge, June 12, 2013.
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Trump's Coronavirus Approval Rating Has Plummeted
Originally Published April 3, 2020 3:40 pm EDT
Trump has spent weeks pushing hydroxychloroquine as a potential cure or prophylaxis for COVID-19 against the cautionary advice of many of his administration's top medical professionals.
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The president's approval mark has dropped 8% since March 20 while his disapproval has risen by 9%
Support for President Trump's response to the deadly coronavirus pandemic has dropped substantially over the past two weeks.
According to a new ABC News/IPSOS poll released Friday, only 47% approve of his management of the outbreak, while 52% of Americans expressed disapproval. The new mark represents a substantial decrease from the previous ABC/IPSOS poll published on March 20 which found 55% of respondents approved of Trump's response, compared to only 43% who disapproved.
Friday's poll numbers follow a Thursday survey from Navigator Research that showed 53% of Americans don't trust Trump to tell the truth about the coronavirus.
Trump has famously refused to take responsibility for the crisis, downplayed the dangers of COVID-19, and tried to pass the buck to states for medical supply and equipment shortages.
Mike Pence says Trump never "belittled" the threat of coronavirus.
We did some digging and here's a bunch of times he did just that. pic.twitter.com/bMoNEWPk3O
— COURIER (@CourierNewsroom) April 2, 2020
Trump has also been slow to invoke the Defense Production Act to compel companies to develop desperately needed medical equipment for states, despite pleas from Democrats. Over the past week, the president has finally begun using the law to force companies like General Motors, General Electric, 3M, and Medtronic to produce ventilators and personal protective equipment, such as masks and respirators.
Trump also considered abandoning social distancing guidelines by Easter, which contradicted the advice of public health experts. The president has since backtracked, announcing that social distancing measures will be in effect through at least the end of April.
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The poll also found that an overwhelming 89% of Americans said they were somewhat or very concerned about being infected by the coronavirus, up from 79% two weeks earlier. The virus has infected at least 258,000 Americans and killed more than 6,600, as of Friday afternoon.
The ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted April 1-2 and surveyed 559 adults. The poll's margin of error is +/- 4.8 percentage points.
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Jason had been praying for one convert in the year 2013. Just one.
On December 30, 2013, he was sitting in his office at Suntree Grace Brethren Church in Melbourne, Fla., when there was a knock on the church door.
And that's when God answered the final request on his 2013 prayer list.
That's only one of the stories that Jason Brown, senior pastor at Suntree Grace Brethren Church has about what God has been doing in his church and community. It all started the day he chased down a tenth grader in the parking lot.
In early 2013, a member donated a skate park to the church. Positioned in a thriving community with an active skateboard and surf culture, the congregation began to brainstorm ways to develop this sizable gift into a ministry.
That event – and the people they met that day – was the seed for a ministry to teenagers that blossomed into a unique surfing and skating community and the linchpin for the growth of ministry at Suntree Church. Melbourne is located on Florida's Space Coast, with close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean.
With this ministry as the seed, Suntree Grace Brethren has experienced growth, numerically and otherwise. But, as Pastor Brown is quick to tell you, it's not about the numbers.
"Our objective isn't to grow into a monstrosity but rather to reproduce some of the small church attraction in other areas around Melbourne," he stressed. They planted their first church last year.
"Because our numbers grew so rapidly, we put two men in our church on track for leadership development, but I also see massive opportunities for planting a series of churches that are neighborhood-oriented.


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Q: Error in passing parameters to sql query in Ballerina I'm developing a simple ballerina application which retrives the email of a given name(cntname).
string sqlString = "SELECT email FROM CONTACTS WHERE Name=?";
// Retrieve employee data by invoking select action defined in ballerina sql client
var ret = contactDB->select(sqlString, (),cntname);

This error appears when running the program.

error: contacts_db_service:0.0.0/hello_service.bal:56:86: tainted value passed to sensitive parameter 'message'

The value returned from extractName(), shown below, is passed to cntname.

*Note:  split() was applied to the string value passed to cntname. *

A: Ballerina compiler has a "Taint Analyzer" built-in, which supports Ballerina to become a security-aware programming language. The taint analyzer will help in preventing numerous security vulnerabilities including SQLi, path manipulations and XXS. You can go through the "How to Write Secure Ballerina Programs" page to read more about this.
However, the way you are performing the SQL query is absolutely correct and there is no security problem with that. Looking at the error message, it seems line 56 should be a location where you call caller->respond( resp ) action to return a HTTP response.
Why I am suggesting this is because caller->respond( resp ) is the location where we set some value to message parameter of the respond action.
If this is the case, please check if the response content you are trying to send is a fully validated value. Taint analyzer has detected that the response you are about to send contains untrusted (tainted) data, leading to XSS or other security vulnerabilities. You can check the "Taint Analysis — Examples" section of this blog post to understand how this error could occur and how to properly validate data and mitigate from this error.
Furthermore, if you can share the full Ballerina code, I can update the answer with further details on how to address the exact issue.

A: Ballerina has a built in "Taint Analyzer" to prevent security vulnerabilities. Therefore you can perform a validation like this before passing a value to the sensitive parameter field of the function.
function sanitizeAndReturnUntainted(string input) returns @untainted string {
    string regEx = "[^a-zA-Z]";
    return input.replace(regEx, "");
}

Note: this is only a sample validation. You can validate whether if the input is numeric, float etc.


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Chicago, Theory, and the Discourse of the Irish Emigrant Letter
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...a paper I gave at...
Chicago: an Irish-American Metropolis? Politics, Ethnicity, and Culture from 1830s to the Present Time"
An International and Multidisciplinary Conference
Below, I have pasted in the illustrations and references to accompany the paper...
1. This international and multidisciplinary conference was a partnership between the universities of Chicago, Caen Normandie and Paris.
The conference was brought to our attention by our friends in Caen. The conference was to have taken place in Paris, but in the end had to move to Zoom...
https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/articles/chicago-theory-and-the-discourse-of-the-irish-emigrant-letter/
A good conference, a good survey of the present state of Irish Diaspora Studies - as seen from Chicago and Paris...
2. As ever, I moved forward with these things, cautiously, step by step - I want to get back into the habit of giving papers, and I wanted to give a coherent paper.
And spend no time quarrelling with technology.
So, I put the illustrations and references here on my blog... With a Tinyurl ready to put into Chat in Zoom. It worked.
This has revealed that many of the references in my database are a bit untidy - but I knew that. I tend to catalogue a resource quickly, get it done - and then tidy the reference in the database as it is called up.
So, here you see me halfway through that task...
3. The three paintings accompany some brief sections in my paper, as presented at this conference - where I look at the wider research literature on 'the letter', how letters appear, in theatre, literature and art - and life - and the place of the 'Emigrant Letter' in that research literature. Which, you will appreciate, is a big subject on its own...
These are my three favourite paintings of the 'Emigrant Letter' in action - in England, Ireland and Spain. Why are these three my favourites? You will see that in all three paintings the task of reading and writing is given to the child. Very telling, about the ways in which our people embrace and harness the technologies of the word.
4. Note that two of the important books I reference are Open Access - I am trying as much as possible to reference Open Access research material...
Briody, M. (2007) The Irish Folklore Commission 1935-1970: History, Ideology, Methodology. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society.
https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/66cac5d0-4aa2-4395-a8de-b384db4efc1f/617192.pdf
Vaughan, L. (2018) Mapping Society: The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography. London: UCL Press
https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/108697
Two fine books... And entry points as Irish Diaspora Studies thinks about 'the peasant' and 'the city'...
5. My thanks to the organisers of the Conference - and to the friends, rediscovered and new, who appeared on my screen, here in my attic in Yorkshire. Special thanks to Thierry Dubost and Alexandra Slaby, Caen Normandie.
James Collinson, Answering the Emigrant's Letter, 1850
James Brennan, Letter from America, 1875
Maximino Peña Muñoz, La carta del hijo ausente, 1887 - Letter from an absent son...
Akenson, D. H. (1993) The Irish diaspora. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast.
Akenson, D. H. (1997) If the Irish ran the world, Montserrat, 1630-1730. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
Booth, C. (1891) Life and Labour of the People in London: East, Central and South London. Macmillan and Company (Life and Labour of the People in London). Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t3zaAAAAMAAJ.
Daybell, J. (2012) The Material Letter in Early Modern England: Manuscript Letters and the Culture and Practices of Letter-Writing, 1512-1635. Palgrave Macmillan.
Fitzpatrick, D. (1994) Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia. Cork: Cork University Press.
Fitzpatrick, D. (2006) 'Exporting Brotherhood: Orangeism in South Australia', Folk Life. Routledge, 45(1), pp. 77–102. doi: 10.1179/flk.2006.45.1.77.
Goldring, M. (2018) 'Shadow theater in French Basque country', Hérodote. Paris: La Découverte, 170(3), pp. 147–152. Available at: https://www.cairn-int.info/load_pdf.php?ID_ARTICLE=E_HER_170_0147.
Grabowska, I. and Buler, M. (2019) 'The Centenary of the Polish Peasant in Europe and America through the Contemporary Concept of Social Remittances', Polish Sociological Review. Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne (Polish Sociological Association), (205), pp. 85–102.
Gray, P. (1999) Famine, Land and Politics: British Government and Irish Society, 1843-50. Irish Academic Press.
Hall, D. and Malcolm, E. (2019) A New History of the Irish in Australia. Cork University Press.
Kenny, K. (2009) 'Twenty Years of Irish American Historiography', Journal of American Ethnic History. University of Illinois Press on behalf of the Immigration & Ethnic History Society, 28(4), pp. 67–75. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40543471.
Laing, R. D. (1967) The Politics of Experience. Penguin Books. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZGTUlU5E5rAC.
Link, B. G. et al. (1999) 'Real in Their Consequences: A Sociological Approach to Understanding the Association between Psychotic Symptoms and Violence', American Sociological Review. [American Sociological Association, Sage Publications, Inc.], 64(2), pp. 316–332. doi: 10.2307/2657535.
Lopata, H. Z. (1996) 'Polonia and "The Polish Peasant in Europe and America"', Journal of American Ethnic History. University of Illinois Press, 16(1), pp. 37–46. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27502136.
Magnusson, L. (1999) Shakespeare and Social Dialogue: Dramatic Language and Elizabethan Letters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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We spent a cold morning/noon at Windsor Castle today, but it is a pretty impressive place so the cold was worth it. Other photos are here.
Some friends and family haven't quite figured out how to easily post photos online yet, so here is a little tutorial.
Copy to your PC: The first step is to copy photos to your computer. There are all sorts of ways to do that, including importing via Windows Live Photo Gallery, but I always just pull the memory stick out of my camera and manually copy files from it to my PC. It is easiest if you copy them to your Pictures folder.
Start WL Photo Gallery: Once you have photos copied to your PC, go to your Start menu in Windows, click on All Programs, then Windows Live, then Windows Live Photo Gallery. This is what is pictured to the left.
View photos in WL Photo Gallery: In WL Photo Gallery, navigate on the left-hand-side to "All photos and videos", then Pictures, and down to wherever you copied your pictures.
Edit: You can now double-click on any photo and "auto-correct", change the file name, and do whatever else you want to the photo. Use the Fix and Info menu items to do all of this. Click on "Back to gallery" to get back to your list of photos.
Publish: Click on each picture you want to publish to http://photos.live.com. When you hover over a photo, you will see a small check box that you can click, or you can hold the Ctrl key down when clicking on different pictures. Then on the menu bar, click Publish/Online Album.
Share: Once the files get uploaded, you can click the "View Album" button. Then when viewing them online, there is an option to "Send a link" right above your list of photos (circled in red in the picture to the left).
Around Piccadilly Circus, which had more cars this year, probably because the weather was nice so people were out and about.
Down to the Thames River where we saw the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and The London Eye.
I've posted some photos too.
Milo chewing a water bottle – darn exciting!
Tonight we went with a group of friends to the Royal Albert Hall for Carols by Candlelight with the Mozart Festival Orchestra and Chorus. To me, it was like a Christmas church service, but with just the music parts.
Built in 1871, but the design is very similar to today's modern stadiums.
In 1963, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were on a double bill there. I think this is the only time they played on the same stage on the same night.
While out walking Milo today, I took a few random photos of what we normally see. I especially like the mini campervan that's almost the same size as an old Honda Civic.
We were at Borough Market the other week and I still enjoy being a tourist there, hence the photos.


Turning actors into video game characters for the latest Call of Duty experience, 'Dead of the Night'.
Working with the teams at Treyarch and the Pinewood Tech Hub, we captured the likes of Helena Bonham Carter, Charles Dance and Brian Blessed. Working closely with the cast, directing them though 100's of facial expressions in order to recreate them as 3D characters.
"Sail the high seas of Skull and Bones, an online naval open world game set during the Golden Age of Piracy in the exotic and untamed frontier of the Indian Ocean."
My first CG Supervisor role on a AAA game; overseeing the FACS pipeline, whilst working closely with Platige Image and the tech hub at Pinewood. Together we were able to create a set of photorealistic facial rigs for the main pirate characters featured in the cinematic trailer for 'Skull & Bones'. Click below to see more.
Facial Action Coding System's (FACS) have started to appear more and more frequently in 3D character pipelines; predominantly within visual effects and games production.
In this post I will attempt to replicate a FACS pipeline using just a single camera to capture the scans. This technique is usually inaccessible to most, but I hope to prove that it can be affordable and achievable by anyone.
Endomychidae is a 3D character project I designed to help develop advanced workflows between modeling, texturing and rendering. In this project I explore a pipeline ranging across software such as ZBrush, Mari, Maya, Arnold, & Nuke.
In this post I explore a technique involving a more guerrilla approach to 3D scanning - 'single camera photogrammetry'. I have recently come to learn how useful this technique is; it is cost effective and could be a life saver if you work professionally in the world of 3D scanning.
In November last year I had the opportunity to work with some of the original Thunderbirds puppets on the latest Halifax commercial. At FBFX we captured the puppets and props using photogrammetry and reconstructed them into digital models for the VFX team to use to achieve some of the more challenging shots.
On this project I worked closely with Efficacy4D, providing them with photogrammetry data and polarised texture photography to help recreate the 1970's Action Man figure in 3D.
A collaboration between Childish Gambino and Microsoft to design a live virtual reality experience in the Californian desert of Joshua Tree. Many of the 3D characters we animated were adapted from motion capture data and then included in the 360 projections during the concert.
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Vaccine maker announces new investment plan
By Shelley Huang / Staff Reporter
Adimmune Corp yesterday announced a plan to invest NT$1.5 billion (US$51.3 million) to set up Asia's largest production facility for biological agents.
At a celebratory gathering, company chairman Steve Chan (詹啟賢) said test productions of biological agents would begin as early as July next year. If all goes well, the company would officially begin mass production in 2013, he said.
"Founded in 1965, [Adimmune] is the only cGMP [current good manufacturing practice] manufacturer of human vaccines in Taiwan," Adimmune vice president and spokesperson Simon Kao (高聖凱) said.
"The European Medicines Agency's granting certification to Adimmune's production facilities last year has further validated that [Adimmune] is a market leader in vaccine production," Kao said.
The company said it was one of the local companies to which the National Health Research Institute would transfer production know-how for enterovirus vaccines.
The research institute, which is backed by the government, is in the process of developing a vaccine for Enterovirus 71 (EV-71), a disease strain that causes stomach flu and is especially prevalent among children in hot climates.
Taiwan started developing enterovirus vaccines following the EV-71 outbreak in 1998 that claimed the lives of 78 children.
The institute has completed the first phase of clinical trials and soon after the second stage of testing is completed, the production technology will be transferred to local companies who will complete the third stage of testing and mass production, it said.
Adimmune said that with breakthroughs in the mass production processes of EV-71 vaccines, it plans to mass produce and market the vaccines in 2015, becoming the first company globally to market the vaccine, as there is currently no vaccine against the virus.
The government's purchases of A(H1N1) vaccines from Adimmune in 2009 accounted for about 80 percent of the company's total revenue that year. The company is the sole A(H1N1) vaccine provider in Taiwan.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CNA
Taiwan eyes joining US' economic pact
President Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) administration is seeking to join an Indo-Pacific economic framework being planned by the US, a senior official said. The government is paying close attention to the regional economic pact being touted by US President Joe Biden, although too few details have emerged from Washington for Taipei to make specific plans, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The US is expected to launch the Indo-Pacific economic framework next month after negotiations with Australia, India and Japan, the official said. The economic initiative is to tackle trade facilitation, standards for the digital economy and technology, supply-chain resiliency and
By Lee Hsin-fang and Jonathan Chin
Tsai pushes local chip equipment production
PIVOTAL ROLE: Taiwan's importance in the global chip supply chain can be bolstered by domestic equipment manufacturing, President Tsai Ing-wen said Efforts must be made to better secure Taiwan's place in the global supply chain by localizing production of equipment and facilities used by the semiconductor industry, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday. Tsai discussed the issue during a meeting with representatives from the Taiwan Electronic Equipment Industry Association at the Presidential Office in Taipei. Product shortages throughout the COVID-19 pandemic — particularly of automotive chips — highlighted the pivotal role of Taiwan in the global supply chain, she said. Tsai thanked the association for cooperating with the government on the shared goal of localizing production of important semiconductor industry equipment.
By William Hetherington
Most new cases linked to steakhouse
SEPARATE CASE? A woman tested positive when she went with her daughter to be tested, because her daughter had taken the same bus to school as a steakhouse worker The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 10 local COVID-19 cases, six of whom had visited a steakhouse in Taoyuan where an infection cluster has been reported. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that of the 10 local infections, one case — No. 17,928 — is a Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport disease prevention staffer who works in the area where inbound travelers collect their saliva for a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, and sometimes at the fever screening station. The staffer had tested negative in a PCR test on Jan. 9 and
By Lee I-chia
CECC reports 54 new infections
TRACING UNDER WAY: The CECC has identified six transmission chains among 25 recently confirmed COVID-19 cases, including those linked to a restaurant and a bank The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 54 new COVID-19 infections — 44 imported and 10 local — and identified six transmission chains among local cases. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said the imported cases are 18 who tested positive upon arrival at the airport and 26 who tested positive during quarantine. Of the local cases, seven are associated with a cluster infection at a Tasty Steak (西堤牛排) outlet in Taoyuan's Zhongli District (中壢), one is linked to a family of four with COVID-19 reported on Monday, one is a family member of an


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Q: How to get the string position of the middle-most element within HTML content? I am working with news articles in HTML format, that come from a wysiwyg editor, and I need to find the middle of it, but in a visual/HTML context, meaning an empty place inbetween two root elements. Kind of if you wanted to split the article into two pages let's say, with the equal number of paragraphs on each when possible.
All root elements seem to come out as paragraphs, which was easy enough to count, a simple
$p_count = substr_count($article_text, '<p');

Returns the total number of opening paragraph tags, and then i can look for the strpos of a ($p_count/2)-th occurrence of a paragraph.
But the problem is embedded tweets, that contain paragraphs, which appear sometimes under blockquote > p, other times as center > blockquote > p.
So i turn to DOMDocument. This little snippet gives me the nth element that is the middle one (even if the elements are divs and not paragraphs, which is cool):
$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->loadHTML($article_text);
$body = $dom->getElementsByTagName('body');
$rootNodes = $body->item(0)->childNodes;

$empty_nodes = 0;
foreach($rootNodes as $node) {
    if($node->nodeType === XML_TEXT_NODE && strlen(trim($node->nodeValue)) === 0) {
        $empty_nodes++;
    }
}

$total_elements = $rootNodes->length - $empty_nodes;
$middle_element = floor($total_elements / 2);

But how do i now find the string offset of this middle element within my original HTML source, so that i can point to this middle place within the article text string? Especially considering that DOMDocument converts the HTML of what i gave it, into a full HTML page (with a doctype, and head and all that), so its output HTML is bigger than my original HTML article source.

A: Ok i solved it.
What i did was match all HTML tags from the article, using the PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE flag of preg_match_all, which remembers at which character offset the pattern was matched. Then i looped through all of them sequentially, and counted which depth i'm in; if it's an opening tag, i count the depth +1, and for a closing -1 (minding the self-closing tags). Every time the depth gets to zero after a closing tag, i count that as one more root element closed. If at the end i ended up at depth 0, i assumed i counted correctly.
Now, i can take the number of root elements that i counted, divide by 2 to get the middle-ish one (+-1 for odd numbers), and look at the offset of the element at that index as reported by preg_match_all previously.
Complete code for that if anyone needs to do the same thing is below.
It might be sped up if the is_self_closing() function was written using a regex and then checking in_array($self_closing_tags), instead of a foreach loop, but in my case it didn't make enough of a difference for me to bother.
function calculate_middle_of_article(string $text, bool $debug=false): ?int {

    function is_self_closing(string $input, array $self_closing_tags): bool {
        foreach($self_closing_tags as $tag) {
            if(substr($input, 1, strlen($tag)) === $tag) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    $self_closing_tags = [
        '!--',
        'area',
        'base',
        'br',
        'col',
        'embed',
        'hr',
        'img',
        'input',
        'link',
        'meta',
        'param',
        'source',
        'track',
        'wbr',
        'command',
        'keygen',
        'menuitem',
    ];

    $regex = '/<("[^"]*"|\'[^\']*\'|[^\'">])*>/';
    preg_match_all($regex, $text, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
    $debug && print count($matches[0]) . " tags found   \n";

    $root_elements = [];
    $depth = 0;

    foreach($matches[0] as $match) {
        if(!is_self_closing($match[0], $self_closing_tags)) {
            $depth+= (substr($match[0], 1, 1) === '/') ? -1 : 1;
        }
        $debug && print "level {$depth} after tag: " . htmlentities($match[0]) . "\n";

        if($depth === 0) {
            $root_elements[]= $match;
        }
    }

    $ok = ($depth === 0);
    $debug && print ($ok ? 'ok' : 'not ok') . "\n";

    // has to end at depth zero to confirm counting is correct
    if(!$ok) {
        return null;
    }

    $debug && print count($root_elements) . " root elements\n";

    $element_index_at_middle = floor(count($root_elements)/2);
    $half_char = $root_elements[$element_index_at_middle][1];
    $debug && print "which makes the half the {$half_char}th character at the {$element_index_at_middle}th element\n";

    return $half_char;
}


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Reading The Tealeaves From Egypt To Syria
By Stewart Ain	May 1, 2012, 12:00 am Edit
Mordechai Kedar is a research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and the founder and director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East and Islam, which is now in formation at Bar-Ilan University. He was here recently to speak about developments in the Middle East to the American Friends of Bar-Ilan University. He is an expert on Arabic literature and culture and Middle East affairs.
Q : Should the new leaders of Egypt decide to break the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, would Israel move to take back the Sinai?
A : It is a possibility that cannot be ruled out because the Sinai was given to Egypt in return for peace. If the peace treaty is canceled by the Egyptians, there might be a justification for Israel to take the Sinai over. I have no idea if it will. But if the Muslim Brotherhood wins the presidency [May 23] and then cancels the peace agreement and starts to move the army, that would be dangerous and Israel would probably invade the Sinai to create a buffer zone between Egypt and Israel.
How is the Brotherhood functioning now that their chief sponsor, Iran, has cut off funding?
Of course they need money and Iran is no longer supplying it, mainly because they suspended the jihad in Israel and wouldn't go along with [Syrian President Bashar] Assad because he is butchering Muslims.
They still have donors in Europe and America, and money is still being smuggled into Gaza. In addition, Israel gives them money from taxes it collects [on Hamas' imported and exported goods]. Hamas is exporting tomatoes and other vegetables to Europe. Israel wants to promote the economy of Gaza so it won't be blamed that the Gazans are hungry.
Assad continues to wage war against his own people. But other than sending in some observers and imposing sanctions, the international community has done little to stop him.
He can hang on as long as he continues to butcher his people, and I don't think this rebellion will stop. It will continue on a low fire. The more power the regime exercises, the more people are willing to act against it. It is escalating and we hear that more and more soldiers are defecting and that some politicians are leaving the ruling elite.
Many Lebanese are upset that Hezbollah, a Lebanese terrorist group and political party led by Hassan Nasrallah, is supporting Assad.
Many Arabs in many Arab states today hate Nasrallah, especially because six years ago he was the hero of the Arab world after he prevailed in the war against Israel. Now he is now persona non grata because he takes part in butchering Syrians by providing Assad with snipers.
If Syria collapses, Hezbollah might do one of two things: It might take over Lebanon in a blitzkrieg to make sure that nobody will act against it, or the Christians of Lebanon will feel Hezbollah is weakened and try to challenge Hezbollah's power. This might cause a civil war. However, since they know they are much weaker than Hezbollah, the Christians might divide the state and establish their own Christian state in the northern part of Lebanon.
Might Israel be drawn in?
No. Israel tried to re-engineer Lebanon and failed time and again; it will not try to do it again.
The terrorist group Hamas recently held elections in the Gaza Strip. What's going on?
Since they took over Gaza five years ago, Hamas shifted from a jihadi [holy war against Israel] organization to a governing elite. They became corrupt and they now have all kinds of inner groups of friendship, loyalty, interests and personal issues that have started playing a major role.
I wouldn't say there's fragmentation, but it becomes a conglomerate of groups which struggle with each other to gain more from the government — jobs, budget, influence — just like any other governing elite in the world. They have hung up the jihad against Israel [for now] saying that their jihad now is to build a state and function like a state.
Yet we are still seeing missiles fired at Israeli towns and cities.
Some are being launched by global jihad organizations in the Sinai or by Palestinians who operate in Sinai.
There were reports that some of the missiles came from Libya after Muammar Kaddafy was overthrown and killed.
Storage sites of the Libyan army were looted by the rebels and others and sold for money to the Palestinians, who are smuggling them to the southern Sinai through the sea and on land through Egypt.
What are your thoughts about an Israeli military attack to stop the Iranian nuclear weapons program?
I don't think Israel will attack Iran without an existential threat, and Israel is not in the first row of targets – like Turkey, North Africa and Europe. It will not sacrifice itself to rescue the world from the Iranian problem.
The Jewish Week Q&A


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Yahoo News Canada
Not every case of 'rapidly escalating' COVID-19 variant Omicron is being detected, Dr. Tam reveals
Elisabetta Bianchini
At a press conference on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed that three of his staff members and three members of his security detail have tested positive for COVID-19.
Trudeau confirmed that he has taken multiple COVID-19 rapid tests, which have all come back negative for the virus.
"So far the recommendation is that I self-monitor, that I do rapid tests, that I do testing regularly, so far it's all been negative," the prime minister said, adding that he has been advised to reduce contacts, but he does not need to go into a full isolation at this point.
This information came during a press conference where federal officials announced the expansion of COVID-19 financial relief benefits, with Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, stressing that Canadians need to focus on reducing the impact of the spreading Omicron COVID-19 variant on Canada's health system.
I know that it is very difficult with a very rapidly escalating transmission going on with Omicron, that we can't prevent every case, we can't actually detect every case necessarily because of the sheer numbers from the provinces and territories.Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer
"So the key thing is, please focus on preventing any further impacts on the highest risk, the long-term care [homes], the hospitals, making sure our healthcare workers are protected and any high-risk populations."
"It's not just about numbers of vaccines or tests, we have a finite human health resource capacity."
While many Canadians, including people in Ontario, have been struggling to get their hands on COVID-19 rapid tests ahead of the holiday, Trudeau stressed that the federal government sent 85 million rapid tests to provinces in territories over the past year.
"Not all of them had been used and there were many stockpiled," the prime minister said. "We're delivering more rapid tests now, 35 million throughout this month with tens of millions more."
"There are provinces and territories, I think of particularly Nova Scotia, that has been doing an exemplary job of using rapid testing in communities, in commercial businesses, sharing them with Nova Soctians in a way that has allowed for a regular monitoring of peoples conditions. Other provinces are now staring to do that, which is a good thing."
Trudeau indicated that the federal government is procuring over 100 million rapid tests that will be sent to provinces and territories but it is "a matter of provincial and territorial distribution to get those rapid tests into peoples hands."
Letters: Our beloved pediatrician's brutal takedown by York police K-9 was appalling
Watching the appalling video recently released has been upsetting at the least and shocking in its brutality.
LA nurse dies after assault by homeless person at bus stop, police say
Police say the suspect 'struck the victim in the face, causing her to fall to the ground and sustain a fractured skull'
A man accused of pushing an Asian woman in front of an oncoming subway train in New York City has a criminal history dating back to 1998, police told reporters. The fatal attack, which authorities deemed "unprovoked," occurred at Times Square-42nd Street subway station at around 9:40 a.m. on Saturday. Michelle Alyssa Go, 40, was waiting for a southbound R train when Simon Martial, 61, allegedly shoved her onto the tracks.
The three people killed in a crash in Pasadena on Sunday have been identified as teenagers from the San Gabriel Valley area.
Cold-case investigation names surprise suspect in Anne Frank's betrayal
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944. Anne and seven other Jews were discovered by the Nazis on Aug. 4 of that year, after they had hid for nearly two years in a secret annex above a canal-side warehouse in Amsterdam. All were deported and Anne died in the Bergen Belsen camp at age 15.
Security guard tackles man trying to rob game room in Houston
No reported injuries after worker with dislocated shoulder said 'it started going off'
A megachurch pastor in Oklahoma apologized for a demonstration during his sermon 'being too extreme and disgusting' when he rubbed spit on a churchgoer's face
Michael Todd, a pastor based in Tulsa, tried to make a point in the sermon, saying "receiving vision from God might get nasty."
New Virginia governor signs orders on critical race theory, masks
Youngkin was sworn in as Virginia's 74th governor Saturday.
Victim of Times Square subway push remembered as 'good person,' homeless advocate; vagrant suspect remains hospitalized
Friends and neighbors of charity activist and homeless advocate Michelle Alyssa Go agonized over her cruel slaying as doctors evaluated the subway vagrant accused of shoving her to her death beneath a moving train at a Times Square station. "I'm saddened by it, this is hitting so close to home for a person that I know was a good person," Lamar Griffin, 59, who works at the front desk of Go's ...
1 killed, 4 wounded in bar shootout with customer and security, Miami-Dade police say
A shootout outside a Miami-Dade County bar ended with a man dead and four others wounded, police said Tuesday.
How a wedding photographer and a donut shop owner got millions in a COVID testing operation now under investigation
While the Center for COVID Control failed to keep up with testing demands, the company's owners spent millions on luxury cars and homes, records show.
Cop Seen On Video Grabbing Fellow Officer By Her Throat
An officer in Florida tried to deescalate a situation between a suspect and her colleague. That's when Sgt. Christopher Pullease grabbed her by the throat.
Meghan and Harry provide free meals for staff at The King Center on Martin Luther King Jr Day
'Your care matters so much to those here,' says The King Center
Nigerian separatist leader Kanu faces new charges as trial resumes
A lawyer for outlawed Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, whose trial on terrorism charges resumed on Tuesday, accused authorities of seeking to extend his client's time in custody by filing additional charges. Kanu heads Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group he founded in 2014 that is pressing for the secession of the Igbo ethnic group's homeland, which covers part of southeast Nigeria. Kanu previously pleaded not guilty to seven charges including terrorism, calling for secession and knowingly broadcasting falsehoods about President Muhammadu Buhari.
Deidre DeJear explains decision to sit while officers recognized
Deidre DeJear, a prominent Democrat running for governor, is speaking out about why she didn't join a standing ovation acknowledging Iowa's law enforcement during Gov. Kim Reynolds' state address last week.Driving the news: Iowa Field Report, a conservative news outlet, tweeted a picture of DeJear sitting during the governor's speech. She was attending as a guest of Iowa Rep. Chris Hall of Sioux City.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.State of play: DeJear
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Former NYPD sergeant Arlicia Robinson will serve no time behind bars after getting caught transporting drugs for the Nine Trey […] The post Ex-NYPD cop gets probation for transporting drugs during Tekashi 6ix9ine investigation appeared first on TheGrio.
The woman testified in front of a federal grand jury last week hearing evidence in the Gaetz investigation.
Poets & Quants
NYU MBA, Victim In Subway Incident, Remembered As 'Vibrant, Beloved'
Michelle Alyssa Go She was a "vibrant, beloved and committed classmate," a "stellar student" and a "natural leader." She was an MBA from an elite business school and a bright star at a top ... The post NYU MBA, Victim In Subway Incident, Remembered As 'Vibrant, Beloved' appeared first on Poets&Quants.
At least three people are confirmed to have died in Tonga following the undersea volcanic eruption that sent tsunami waves toward the island nation and across the Pacific over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.The big picture: Officials reported major damage along the western coast of the main island of Tongatapu, where the capital, Nuku'alofa, was covered in ash and dust, including on the runway of the airport. Officials in Tonga confirmed three deaths in the country's first official statemen