Organized in 2009, the trio combined the probing playing of Berlin-based pianist Magda Mayas, who has worked with the likes of saxophonist John Butcher and drummer Tony Buck, with an existing duo that had evolved from Sydney Australia's Splinter Orchestra. Clarinetist Laura Altman is a composer with an interest in Balkan and electro-acoustic music, while accordionist Monica Brooks also composes for multiple computers as well as performing with such Aussie improv heavy hitters as vibist Dale Gorfinkel and flutist Jim Denley.
Although the textures that make up this Flock contain no computer processing, there are times that a combination of Mayas' soundboard echoes and Brooks' tremolo quivers join to create a solid ostinato. Meanwhile on "Rite" internal string scratches, pressurized tones forced through the clarinet and squeeze box whistles add enough grain to the surface so that the resulting interface doesn't come across as a monolith. In fact, eventually the crackles, whistles and wheezes swell to a crescendo then dissolve slowly as if air is being let out of several balloons. Elsewhere, quaking timbres that are equal parts ringing key clanks, wet clarinet vibrations and treble accordion squeezes confirm instrumental identity on "Sownder". More conventionally musical, the piece allows the three players to harmonize, with at one point the pianist's string striking and chording making an individual impression until it too turns to pseudo-oscillations before the ending.
More sounds that create their own sonic definitions, the menu proffered by these Waitresses may not be to everyone's tastes, but it certainly fascinates in novelty and experimentation.


Beauty Q: Do you do your eye makeup before your foundation?
We need to know how weird we are.
THE WEATHER HAS been spectacular the last few days here in Ireland, so the last thing we're really thinking about is applying a face full of heavy makeup.
However, sometimes a full face is all you want to wear. But when it comes to order of application, do you do eyes first, or base first?
Whenever I get my makeup done professionally, the MUA does my eyes first every time. I find this baffling. But you can't argue with professionals.
My reasons against? I will absolutely mess up the lines with my foundation when it comes down to it, and maybe even cover some of my mascara and liner in the process. It also just seems, weird.
The reasons for it are much more convincing.
You can eliminate fall down on powders, and can apply the right shading and layering in accordance with how bold or subtle your eyes are.
But what about you? Do you do your eye makeup before your foundation?
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Ola Brunkert (15 September 1946 – 16 March 2008) was a Swedish drummer who was one of the main session drummers for the pop group ABBA. Brunkert and bassist Rutger Gunnarsson are the only two side musicians to appear on every ABBA album, not counting the album "Voyage" of 2021.

Born in Örebro, Sweden, Brunkert played with Slim's Blues Gang, before joining the pop group Science Poption. He then formed the jazz-rock combo Opus III with the guitarist Janne Schaffer and by 1970 had become one of the most sought after session drummers in Stockholm.

He was not among the four members of ABBA whose faces adorned the album covers, but was a key supporting musician for the group as it achieved stardom. Brunkert played on the group's first single "People Need Love", their Eurovision hit "Waterloo", and consistently on a great many of their recordings throughout the 1970s. ABBA promised that "one day we're gonna let you hear him sing" in the liner notes for the album Arrival in 1976. His last recording session with the group was in October 1981, recording their hit single "One of Us".

He appeared on stage with ABBA at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 and played with them on their concert tours of Europe and Australia in 1977, North America and Europe in 1979 and Japan in 1980.

As reported in The Times of 18 March 2008, he bought a property in the Betlem housing complex in Artà, Majorca, Spain, in the 1980s and lived there for the remainder of his life. It was at his home that he died, less than a year after the death of his wife, Inger, in 2007.

Brunkert died after an accidental fall at the age of 61. He was found with cuts on his neck, causing initial suspicion as to his death. Brunkert had hit his head against a glass door in his dining room, shattering the glass and cutting himself in the neck. He had managed to wrap a towel around his neck and leave the house to seek help, but collapsed in the garden.

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Q: How to build Android test code for socket.io-client.java This question is related to How to build a Maven Android project in eclipse. Using suggestions from @user714965 I was able to build the code in project : https://github.com/nkzawa/socket.io-client.java. Now I am trying to compile an Android test project. I created a new Android project and under Java Build Path specified the socket.io-client project as dependency. But I am getting compilation errors. Eclipse is unable to find Emitter Class.
This is the relevant code:
public class SocketTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

    Socket mSocket = null;
    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {
        try {
            Log.d(TAG, "Connecting to server");
            mSocket = IO.socket("<my tested socket.io server address>");
        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mSocket.on(Socket.EVENT_CONNECT, new Emitter.Listener() {

            @Override
            public void call(Object... args) {

                Log.d(TAG, "Connected");
            }

        }).on("event", new Emitter.Listener() {

            @Override
            public void call(Object... args) {
                Log.d(TAG, "Event");
            }

        }).on(Socket.EVENT_DISCONNECT, new Emitter.Listener() {

            @Override
            public void call(Object... args) {
                Log.d(TAG, "Disconnect");
            }

        });

        mSocket.connect();
        return null;
    }
}

A: It looks like dependent libraries are not resolved. Did you install all of them correctly?

*

*engine.io-client 0.3.0

*Java-WebSocket 1.3.0

*org.json 20090211 (installed in Android as default)

Emitter is included in engine.io-client.

A: I cannot respond to the comments (new StackOverflow user) but I have gotten the library to work in Android Studio via build.gradle. If you are primarly developing for Android they suggest moving to Android Studio as it will soon be the supported IDE.
EDIT
I can connect to a socketIO server built on nodejs from an android application with this library from nkzawa. Reference to repository.
Add library as gradle dependency:
compile 'com.github.nkzawa:socket.io-client:0.3.0'

I wrote a class to hold my socket:
public class SocketIO{

  Socket sock = null;

  public SocketIO(){
    try{
       sock = IO.socket('<connection string>');

       //Place all events here as per documention
       sock.on(Socket.EVENT_CONNECT, new Emitter.Listener(){
         @Override
         public void call(Object... args){
           System.out.println("connect");
         }
       });

    sock.connect();
    } catch(URISyntaxException e){
      e.printStatckTrace();
    }
  };

  //Helper function for emiting from android
  public void sEmit(String event, JSONObject obj){
    if(socket.connected()){
      sock.emit(event, obj);
    }
  }
}

And use it in my activity:
SocketIO socket = new SocketIO();

I had some initial trouble getting the library to work but it has been flawless since, the "issues" section of the github repository is very helpful.
Hope that helps.

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Republicans disavow Trump's call to terminate the Constitution but stop short of saying it disqualifies him for 2024
GOP senators on Monday criticized Donald Trump's statement over the weekend claiming the Constitution can be terminated to reinstate him as president, though most did not extend their repudiations to his 2024 candidacy.
Senate Republicans who weighed in on Trump's remarks on Truth Social from Saturday focused more on the importance of upholding the Constitution.
"Well, I think you take an oath to the Constitution, you don't take it provisionally," said Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, a member of Senate GOP leadership who is retiring early next month. "And I can't imagine that a former president would make that statement."
Asked about Trump's remark, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, an adviser to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, said, "I don't know why anybody would say something like that, certainly not an ex-president. I think that's irresponsible."
But when asked if Trump's statement should disqualify him from another White House bid, Cornyn said, "Well, it's not clear who's gonna run," before adding, "I mean, I guess he is [running] until he isn't."
In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump suggested terminating the Constitution to put him back in power, referring to false claims of widespread election fraud in 2020.
"A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution," Trump wrote.
Trump's post followed Twitter CEO Elon Musk's promotion on Friday of a series tweets that he said exposed "free speech suppression" by revealing internal documents showing how the company dealt with a New York Post article about Hunter Biden in 2020.
Reactions to Trump's post on Capitol Hill were reminiscent of his four years in office, when many GOP lawmakers often walked a fine line of trying to distance themselves from his remarks without becoming a target of Trump and his base of supporters.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who was among the few Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial in 2020, tweeted Monday that his remark was an "affront" to the nation.
"Suggesting the termination of the Constitution is not only a betrayal of our Oath of Office, it's an affront to our Republic," she wrote.
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who also voted to convict Trump, said the Republican Party has historically represented "the party of the Constitution," which put the former president's comments into conflict with being a Republican.
"When President Trump says he wants to suspend the Constitution, he goes from being MAGA to being RINO," Romney said, using the acronym for Republican in name only.
Romney added that he doesn't think Trump's comments will affect his chances of winning the GOP nomination in 2024.
Sen. Mike Rounds, meanwhile, tied Trump's remarks to his 2024 ambitions.
"Anyone who desires to lead our country must commit to protecting the Constitution. They should not threaten to terminate it," the South Dakota Republican said in a statement.
Some GOP senators, including Rick Scott of Florida and Josh Hawley of Missouri, said the electorate should determine if Trump's remarks were disqualifying.
"I think the voters get to decide those things," Scott said, with Hawley saying "I'll leave that to the voters to decide."
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called the Constitution "enduring, and it will be for millennia to come," but did not respond when asked by reporters if Trump's remark was disqualifying.
McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, as well as the Republican National Committee, have yet to comment on Trump's post. NBC News earlier reached out to all three for comment.
McConnell told reporters Monday that he plans to respond Tuesday during his weekly remarks.
McCarthy late last month said that House Republicans would be putting the Constitution front and center under their majority, starting on the first day of the new Congress.
"On the very first day of the new Republican-led Congress, we will read every single word of the Constitution aloud from the floor of the House—something that hasn't been done in years," he tweeted on Nov. 25.
In a statement Sunday, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said that attacking the Constitution was "anathema to the soul of our nation and should be universally condemned."
Former Rep. David Rivera of Florida is arrested in Venezuela probe
On social media, a theory persists about North Carolina power outage

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...Shepherd's Pie --- a meat pie with a top crust made of mashed potatoes. I've read that St. Patrick's Day won't be complete without Shepherd's Pie, which was originally called "Cottage Pie" and originated in England but was adopted by the Irish people. Traditionally, the meat layer of a Shepherd's Pie is made of ground lamb, onions, carrots and peas. I honestly have never tried a traditional Shepherd's Pie. This one I am sharing with you today is an adaptation of a recipe I found at marthastewart.com years ago. It's made of ground beef, carrots, corn and celery...and has mashed potato and cheese topping. My family love this...and it's truly a big hit every time I make it.
Whether it's St. Patty's Day or not, I highly recommend that you try this! It's comfort food at its finest!
1.In a large skillet over medium heat, saute garlic and onion in olive oil until onion is almost translucent. Add beef cubes and beef and saute until beef turns brown. Season with 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Add vegetables, flour and tomato sauce. Stir until well combined. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add 1/2 cup mozarella cheese. Mix until well combined. Set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 450°F. Place potatoes in a large saucepan over medium heat, and cover with water. Add about 1/2 Tbsp salt and bring to a boil. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes or until tender. Drain potatoes well and return to saucepan placed over low heat. Add milk and 1 cup mozarella cheese. Season with a 1/2 tsp salt and a pinch of pepper. Using a potato masher, mash until smooth.
3. Pour beef filling into a 13-by-9-inch baking dish. Press using a spatula. Add the mashed potato on top and spread over filling. Sprinkle with remaining mozarella cheese, cheddar cheese and parsley flakes on top. Bake for 25 minutes or until topping is browned and filling is bubbling rapidly. Let stand for about 10 minutes before serving.
This is beautiful Shepherd's Pie!
We love eating shepherd's pie and yours looks wonderful.
This is a very beautifully made sheperd's pie Ma. Tina! It looks so colorful and the top just the right color. Great recipe, I hope I can make something similar to this too. More power to your posts!
Simply splendid Tina. I can't remember when was the last time I eat shepherds pie. Very tempting and when I have the time to gather the ingredients, will try but with lamb because we can't eat beef.
Fabulous looking shepherd's pie. Lipsmacking good.


Forms and templates for the use of Australian government agencies as Green Lease schedules, under the Energy Efficiency in Government Operations (EEGO) Policy.
The NABERS tools provide a way to measure the environmental performance of offices, buildings or tenancies. This online tool allows you to estimate your office's NABERS star rating, before seeking an accredited rating.
Sustainability Victoria provides best practice guides and case studies on energy and materials efficiency, guides on how to carry out waste assessments, and tools to assess a business' current level of resource efficiency and map the life cycle of a product or service.
NABERS is a national rating system that measures the environmental performance of Australian buildings, tenancies and homes. For offices NABERS can be used to rate an office tenancy, the base building or the whole building and show how you measure up against others and where there are opportunities to improve environmental performance.
This NSW Goverment program helps managers and staff to make business operations, products and services more energy efficient and less carbon intensive. Energy efficiency training resources are available for medium and small enterprises and commercial building design, construction an operation.


Hello hello! I read quite a bit this month – which always makes me happy. There's nothing quite like getting lost in a good book is there?
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee – While set in a sleepy town in Virginia, the events that take place in Scout Finch's childhood, rock the residents of the town.
Seasons of the Heart series by Janette Oke – Watch for a full review of this in the next few weeks!
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss – I finally picked up my own copy of this book. I'm excited to read it (I've been doing an audio version) and finally finish it!
Ahhh time for book reviews again. I am trying to write more separate posts but what with the pain levels ever increasing, many end up here instead. I went through my library recently and pulled out some novels to read again to see if I actually want to keep them or not. (I was surprised to be able to pull a few off and easily send them on their way out the door.) With my limited space, I'm trying to be a bit pickier on what novels I keep (especially since we live so close to Powell's bookstore and classics keep coming home with me). A few of these I read back in May, so no, I didn't read this many books this past month.
Timber Ridge Reflections by Tamera Alexander – click the link for my full review!
My Life in France by Julia Child – When Julia and her husband, Paul, moved to France in 1948, she knew no French and nothing about food. Her experiences with superb food had her soon signing up for cooking classes at Le Cordon Bleu. Her passion for learning the secrets to what made each dish delicious ended up changing her life – and turning her into one of the most beloved cooking teachers and writers.
~ This memoir was enjoyable in every way. Child shares her travels throughout Europe along with the meals that made such impressions on her. It reminded me of a goal that I had years ago – that of cooking my way through her Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but alas, with all these food allergies, that will never be possible. Her dedication to detail in her recipes revolutionized the cookbook industry. A fun read about one of the most endearing American personalities. Bon Appetit!
Sweet Blessings by Jillian Hart – Heath Murdock never expected anything more than a hot meal and a dry place to sit for a while when he entered the small diner. He ended up earning the trust and love of independent Amy Mckaslin when he steps in and helps out.
~This is the second book in the Mckaslin series, but the only one I've ever read. It's a sweet story of learning to let go of the past, forgive yourself and accept God's love. It being a novella, I feel like the story could go deeper but Hart still brings depths to her characters.
The Bride Bargain by Kelly Eileen Hake – Clara Fields can't believe that her and her widowed aunt were abandoned by their wagon train on the way to Oregon. When help is offered by the owner of the general store in Buttonwood, Clara strikes a bargain that in exchange for marrying his son, she'll get the house so that they will be independent of any man. But when she meets the son, a handsome doctor, sparks fly.
~A short story, the characters are engaging and the story is well-written. The struggles that Clara faces – inward and outwardly – as well as the son, a Dr. Reed, are often in opposition to the other, creating tense or confused moments! A fun, light read.
Secrets by Robin Jones Gunn – Jessica Morgan just wants to live her own life and forget her past. She heads for a small town in Oregon to teach at the high school, hiding her true identity. She finds it harder than she had imagined when she meets a caring paramedic who just wants to help her and a devious woman who's trying to destroy her. Will she let fear or love win in the end?
Forgotten Justice by Lois Richer – All John Riddle can remember is a date – October 29th. He knows nothing else – not who he is or where he's from. He's found a temporary home in Camp Hope and a friend in the beautiful and determined lady in a wheelchair. As time goes on though, he wonders, is his presence at Camp Hope putting her in danger?
~ This is #2 of the Camp Hope series, but is still enjoyable as a stand-alone. I liked how Richer slowly revealed things in this romantic suspense. Near the end of it, I thought I'd figured out who John Riddle was but was totally wrong! Which, is always fun when they keep you guessing til the end. I told my OH that I'd love to read it as a lot longer story – maybe as 500 pages? I feel like there could be so much depth added to it! But it is a fun, quick suspense just as it is.
Revision and Self-Editing : Techniques for Transforming your First Draft into a Finished Novel by James Scott Bell – This was SUCH a great book on self-editing! I grabbed it from the library on a whim one day but really think I'll end up buying it. It had some great tips throughout along with exercises to do so that you can practice what he's teaching. I took a whole lot of notes on it, and this is the only time I wrote on on my novel in June – working off his suggestions. I highly recommend this as a book to help you polish up your novel!
Messianic Jewish Manifesto by David H. Stern – click for a full review!
Linking up to The Reading Roundup again!
Welcome to the first book review of 2015!!! How exciting!! On goodreads, I have a goal of reading 50 books this year. Seems quite reasonable to me, that's only 4 books a month, right? Easy peasy. I mean, I'm currently reading 4 right now, with another one on the bottom of the stack to start whenever. My fellow book-lovers, that made perfect sense to you, I know it did.
Well, I'll get right to the reviews!
Torah Rediscovered -by Ariel and D'vorah Berkowitz – This book shows how Jews and non-Jewish believers can honor the Torah. And also how years of neglect and abuse have muddled the difficult issues in the Torah, and clarifies them. You might recognize this title as I started reading it mid last year, but as I never finished it, I am starting it all over again and will finish it this time! It is such a well-written book, and written so that I can understand!
Happy Wives Club – by Fawn Weaver – One night, Fawn started a club to get women who love being married together and speak positively about marriage. Very quickly it spread like wildfire across the world – and Fawn traveled around it to speak with some of these women/couples in order to find the secrets of a great marriage. I have enjoyed reading this so far. I am reading it as a part of the Meaningful Marriage Study group that I am a part of on facebook. It is a light read and getting to 'meet' these couples has been a joy and through each couple something new stands out to me and makes me pause in contemplation. I very much recommend it!
Wildwood Dancing -by Juliet Marillier – Jenica and her sisters and father live in the Transylvania woods, in Piscul Draculi – a castle that hides a portal to the Other Kingdom. Every month, with her sisters and pet frog, on the Full Moon, they go through the portal and dance the night away. But at home, in their world, everything is changing, and soon, events will bring their two worlds together and change everything. Forbidden love – Unswerving anger over an act of betrayal – an enchanted frog – and the ultimate test of trust. I mean, really, can you get any better than that in a story?? Sigh of contentment. A friend suggested this book to me years ago and I now read it a few (or several) times a year. I am pretty sure I've talked about it here on SGL before too. If you like a bit of magic and fantasy, this book is for you. (for those of you that are not sure, let me also say that I don't read very much magic/fantasy but still love this one) Plus, my OH surprised me recently with a copy of my very own!
Lousia May Alcott : Her Life, Letters and Journals – Edited by Ednah Dow Cheney – This book gives an intimate look at one of America's most beloved authors. It was originally published in 1889 (!!), just one year after her death. Combining her letters and journal entries with comments from a family friend (Cheney), shows how 'faithfully and fully she performed whatever duties circumstances laid upon her'. I really enjoyed this book, even though it took me over a month to complete it. I talked about it here and still recommend it for any young/older woman to read as motivation to keep at our tasks of loving and taking care of our families.
And for the book that's on my list to start in the near-future – Heal Your Headache by David Buchholzm M.D. – this book has the "1-2-3 program for taking charge of your health". With answers to questions that nearly all headache sufferer asks, this book is a treasure-trove of information, based on 'the breakthrough understanding that virtually all headaches are forms of migraine.' "Step 1 – Avoid the Quick-Fix. Step 2 – Reduce Your Triggers. Step 3 – Raise Your Threshold" – I have owned this book for a few years now, after having been recommended to it for years by several doctors. While I have read bits and pieces of it, I haven't ever read all of it. I highly recommend it to fellow headache/migraine sufferers from the bits I've read though.
Two boards for you to check out on my pinterest page – SGL (that way you'll never miss a post if you don't want an email!) and my quotes and books board!


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Claire Sterk
President and Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health, Emory University (Festival Underwriter)
president.emory.edu/
@prezsterk
Claire Sterk is president of Emory University and the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health. A public health scholar, she has served for the past two decades as a social scientist, academic leader, and administrator at Emory. Prior to becoming president in 2016, Sterk served as the university's provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. A globally renowned thought leader, her work has deepened understanding of social and health disparities; addiction and infectious diseases, specifically HIV/AIDS; community engagement; and the importance of mentoring and empowering women leaders. Sterk's academic publications include three books and over 125 peer-reviewed articles. She lectures widely at universities around the world.
Claire Sterk, president of Emory University, says HIV researchers should put individuals and communities first when working to fight HIV. (This quote has been edited and condensed for clarity)
Claire Sterk: We have a lot of people who fall through the cracks. We talk about discrimination, racism, classism, and lack of access, and all of that's the case. But when you really go into communities and talk to people who are at risk or are infected, it means nothing. It's about the whole person, the whole community...We need to get smarter about the science of understanding people and meeting people where they are, otherwise we will continue to have a gap between what we could do and what we're doing."
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Hey there folks! I just finished a commissioned piece of a 1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. A wonderful fellow from Strongsville, Ohio wanted a cartoon of his car and him, in an environment that suggested it is his home town, to hang in his office. He provided me with some wonderful reference images and it all came together rather nicely… I think.
Anyway, as per usual, it is a digital piece, created in Photoshop using an Intuos 5 graphic tablet.
That's right boys and girls!! You can download a Krass & Bernie CARtoons Magazine cover image for your Facebook profile or fan page. It is possibly the most remembered title image of the Krass and Bernie comic with a few tweaks and modifications. I have colored it… the main difference… and expanded its dimensions to be that of a Facebook cover image. I removed the "Krass and Bernie" title text and put the CARtoons logo instead along with a Facebook logo in the corner. Just click on the thumbnail below to download the image.
Here's my latest "Bad" illustration! This is "Bad to the Bone" another addition to my "Bad" series of children (so far just girls) in cooperation with a monster like being. My working title, all of about 1 hour, was "Just Bad". Well, obviously that didn't stick. It was only my working title until I figured out what monster would be behind the little girl. This was drawn and painted in MyPaint and Photoshop using a Wacom Intuos 5 graphic tablet.
Almost a month ago I posted a virtual ink on virtual paper drawing / sketch of a little girl scolding a monster for breaking her doll. When I made the post, I mentioned that it was also possible that I would eventually paint it. Well, I finally did, and here is is. I painted it in MyPaint using a Wacom Intuos 5 and signed and branded it in Photoshop.
The "Bad Monster" painting, along with the sketch, was featured in issue 92 of Photoshop Creative magazine.
This is a digital drawing, virtual ink on virtual paper… if you will, done in MyPaint and Photoshop using a Wacom graphic tablet. It is just one of those things that just flowed from the pen. It is possible it will later become a digital painting, but we'll see.
Well, it's supper time in the swamp and that's one meal most would rather avoid!
"Sump Sup" came to be for no particular reason other than the characters demanded it. As usual, original sketch done with pencil and the rest in Photoshop.
Due to the request of Viktor Dujmovic I have added the initial sketch for the painting.
This little comic panel is from a series I am doing. My intent is to take common poses or situations in which you might observe an infant or toddler and show their thoughts as to what they may really be thinking.
The baby and the police officer were first sketched out with pencil and the rest was done in Photoshop.


Swanwick Lions have supported the charity 'Arthritis Care' through our Easter egg competition a few years ago.
'Arthritis Care' assist arthritis sufferers to find ways of taking back control of their lives by managing pain. The charity organises free courses and workshops to empower participants tom become more active, meet new friends, and return to employment.
Family and Youth work:- Contrary to popular opinion, arthritis is not just an older person's disease. Children and young people can suffer from juvenile idiopathic arthritis. (J.I.A.) Arthritis Care's family and youth work service exists to provide information and support to younger people with arthritis, and their families.


This week is the Conservative Party Conference, where amongst the Brexit promises and leadership speculation some unusual headlines are appearing. Theresa May shimmying on stage to Abba's 'Dancing Queen', or claims that Boris Johnson was supposedly trolling the PM by running through a field of wheat. Both incidents are references to viral videos featuring May, firstly of her awkward dance moves on tour in Kenya (seen by over 5 million), and the second her pre-election interview where she confessed that running through wheat was the 'naughtiest thing' she'd ever done.
Why are we devoting time and energy to engaging with this shallowness? And what should we do with this wave of frivolity—laugh it off as 'good fun', or reprove the self-referential, 'meme-ification' of our political leaders?
In the first instance, there is a reminder (particularly to Christians who have experienced their formative years in digital culture) that Christian living is a call to maturity (1 Cor 13:11, Eph 5:4). It is right to be critical of the trivialisation of politics and the tactics of distraction at a time when political discourse is divisive and shallow. We must understand that the propensity towards 'foolish jokes' as the way to capture political attention creates a gravitation towards the trivial or irrelevant and deepens the cult of personality. Is your meme enjoyment warm and good-humoured? Are you careful not to share memes as a quick substitute for more considered political conversation?
However, this is only one thread of the issue. Social media is not simply the place for flippant viral jokes but, as the likely Russian involvement in the 2016 US election has shown us, there is an increasing manipulation of internet culture for propaganda and misinformation. Just this week, a new study has been published indicating (rather bizarrely) that similar tactics are no longer solely targeting political debate, but rather attempting to sow division through pop culture, with a small number of bots and Russian trolls involved in politicisation of the fan debate around the recent film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi (purportedly with the aim of 'further propagating a narrative of widespread discord and dysfunction in American society'). This new angle on political manipulation through 'light', pop culture items is another reminder to be wary of the use of recreational subcultures to affect political thinking. Whether it's the impact on political discourse of an often shallow, joke-fuelled social media, or the intentional manipulation of digital response to pop culture, there's little doubt that the way we communicate online is changing the political debate in strange ways.
Is it, perhaps, time to ask whether we can continue to rely on political debate in the online world? Although Jesus lived in a pre-digital age, he was no stranger to the attention (and fickleness) of crowds. In the midst of the increasingly large audiences (did Jesus 'go viral'?) who came to hear his message, we continue to see the example of leader who was unhurried, committed to real world action and invested deeply in close relationships. When we argue today that we can only change the world through the buzz of online attention, or that we can only be relevant by adopting new forms, we do well to remember both that the online world is not the only (or most important) world and that the gospel changed everything with the Spirit of God, and the power of a gathered people. We may have had a love affair with the social web, but perhaps it is time to take a step back, recognise that it has not always been built in our best interests, and to re-emphasise the value of face-to-face relationships in offline communities as the place for discourse (political and otherwise). Perhaps then, attempts to create politically-charged shouting matches over pieces of pop culture would fall apart, whilst political leadership might regain some gravitas.


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This print is based on my new series of mandala designs created by me. Inspired by my recent visit to Paris.
Detail is first image and second image is whole design.
Open series signed and titled archival print 17"h x 11"w on heavy paper with a matte finish. The actual size of image is 8.5" x 8.5" and space is left around drawing for a mat and framing.
The image is printed on ivory color paper as seen. Signed by me.
West Elm frame for reference.


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Q: Date compare with rails 4 + pg column not existe Got a strange problem in my app.
I need to compare a date column.
If I try
testing =  Accessibility.where(:DatAccsBegn => Date.today)

it works fine, but I need to do a <= So if I try
testing =  Accessibility.where("DatAccsBegn <= ?", Date.today)

Got an error "column "dataccsbegn" does not exist"
Any idea ?

A: So, I renamed all column in my database.
With Postgreql, column are case insensitive, except if they are quoted, but if you quote, you lose column type.
So, i renamed my column to respect standards like dat_accs_begn and it works.


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What are the state quarantines really like?
Clint Henderson
As we've been reporting, several states in America have imposed two-week quarantines on anyone arriving from hard-hit areas in the United States in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. These states initially included Alaska and Hawaii. As the pandemic escalated, and America became the hardest-hit country in the world, those quarantines have spread (or in some cases been revised).
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Connecticut, New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island all have some kind of quarantine requirement for some arrivals. States like New York require people coming from 35 states and territories to quarantine themselves for 14 days upon arrival. The city of Chicago has also imposed a quarantine on visitors from some states.
Related: State by state guide to coronavirus and travel in the U.S.
Even states like California that don't have any travel restrictions suggest you stay isolated for a few weeks.
Hawaii is probably the strictest, requiring visitors to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival, or risk being fined $5,000 or face up to a year in prison. In fact, The Associated Press reports a Hawaii high school teacher was arrested for violating the 14-day traveler quarantine rules. Hawaii just pushed back its official reopening date to October 1, and even if it opens then, you'll need to show a negative COVID-19 test to get in. Hawaii has had more than 5,600 cases and 42 deaths, according the state.
Related: Hawaii pushes back it's reopening date again
So what's it really like to be forced to quarantine? How much is it being enforced? It depends on a lot of factors.
Read on for some TPG reader and staffer stories.
What's it like to quarantine?
We asked in the TPG lounge for folks to tell us their quarantine stories and we got a ton.
Hawaii appeared to be the most serious about enforcing the quarantine.
Tiffany Campbell Bond first spoke with TPG on Day 8 of her quarantine in Hawaii, saying she was getting stir crazy. "They haven't checked in on us since the initial call after the first night and they are no longer requiring us to check in daily on their website. But they have set up a hotline for citizens to report violations if they see something." Campbell Bond continued, "Quarantiners do a howl from balconies every night at 8 [p.m.] in a show of solidarity. Most of us are parents and UH (University of Hawaii) Manoa students trying to move our kids into dorms for fall semester. There are hundreds of us cooped up in just a few hotels in Honolulu."
When we talked to Tiffany again on Wednesday, she told TPG:
"I'm done in about three hours. The rule is that my release time is the same as my arrival time 14 days ago. They called me twice, on Day 2 and 13, and also called [the] hotel front desk once. I was warned that plain clothed agents may knock on my door unannounced but that never happened. I am required to carry proof of my quarantine with me every where I go in the form of boarding pass or [a] hotel bill for the rest of my time here. And of course when they called, they always asked if we [were] feeling well and symptom free."
Ted Faigle is also quarantining in Kauai, Hawaii. He said, "We had our first in-person check at the house today by the National Guard." Faigle continued, "My husband just came home from a trip to the mainland. Others on Kauai have reported 2-3 visits by police or National Guard and several phone calls. There have been quite a few arrests in Hawaii for breaking quarantine and some sent back home when they refused to abide by quarantine rules upon arrival."
Theresa Holderread said, "Quarantined at our new home in Kona, HI, a few weeks ago. Airport: filled out a form for COVID (info) in plane, landed and let off about 10 people at a time to screen temps, fill out another form, questioned, and phone call to my cellphone to verify it worked. At my residence: received call on Day 5, 12, and the day we were officially out of quarantine."
Lorrie Smith Lynn Brekhus said some quarantine breakers have been busted and then tested positive for COVID-19. Brekhus said, "Recently there was a visitor whose entire family was positive. The teenager kept running away, dad kept going to find him. They were both arrested and kept in custody until they were cleared by DOH. Our COVID is going [on] up in Oahu because both visitors and locals are not taking quarantine seriously. There is now a group that has over a thousand members across the state that watch for quarantine breakers and turn them in to the authorities."
Julie Allen Paul told TPG:
"I am assisting my girlfriend here in Hawai'i, who gets off the 14-day quarantine this Friday. The authorities have called her three times and the last call said they would call her on Friday. I would also add that she had a doctor come to her condo and give her [a] test for COVID-19. It was $280 and she got her results within 24 hours. Her test was negative but she still has to quarantine the full 14 days. It was more about peace of mind for the person who picked her up at the airport and myself. Before she arrived I stocked her refrigerator etc. It is illegal to leave your house or condo during quarantine."
Coston Smauley told TPG he was on Day 8 in Hawaii and hadn't received a single call: "The hotel provides a bagged breakfast each morning. Can have food delivered through Instacart, etc. No calls from the state yet. Getting through the airport was quick and painless."
Massachusetts and Maine
Laura Motta, editorial director at The Points Guy has been through several state quarantines. She said, "I quarantined in both Massachusetts and Maine and I wasn't tracked in either place — likely because I drove into both states in May, when enforcement wasn't really impacting anyone who drove.
Motta continued:
"Self-quarantine in both of those places wasn't especially difficult, because I traveled to New England from New York City. After the fear and isolation of quarantining in NYC, where distancing was a challenge and infection rates were high, the open space of New England felt like a relief. Plus, both Massachusetts and Maine took lockdown very seriously, and things like grocery delivery were easy to access."
Jamez Adecamlab said he narrowly avoided a quarantine in Massachusetts: "I arrived before they implemented (August 1) the mandatory 14-day or face $500/day fine."
Susan Scott Reeves said, "I flew into Boston last week as an essential worker. When I landed in BOS I was asked if I had filled out the travel form. When I said that I hadn't since I'm an essential worker so not required to, he let me go. No other checks at all the entire week."
Jack Lucero said, "I'll be going through the MA quarantine starting Saturday. My friends who have done it say that it is never checked up on, but I will still be getting tested before I fly in so I can move in properly without having to deal with authorities if it is a problem. A lot of these states have little to no money to enforce or track anyone."
Visit TPG's guide to all coronavirus news and updates
New Jersey and New York
Brad Pinzer told TPG he'd been "quarantining" in NJ for the past 10 days, but "only received a text to fill out a form flying into EWR coming home from Chicago" (Illinois was added to the list while he was there for work). He told TPG he, "didn't fill out the form as I figured I would get one on the plane. Not the case. NJ is certainly much more lax than NY and they make it pretty clear it is voluntary but expected."
Related: New rules for hotels in NYC
Kathy Cunningham Pietrunti said:
"My husband and I are on Day 11 in NJ, where we live, as we went to FL and SC. Although not mandatory, we registered with the state when we got home. The county health department called on Day 1 and that was it so far. We are allowed to go out to get groceries, for medical appts, and we walk our dog for exercise. We did go for a COVID-19 test yesterday just to make sure we weren't exposed while away. It has not been difficult for us. We are well practiced at social distancing and wearing our mandated masks."
Cunningham Pietrunti told TPG later that that one call form the health department was it for the quarantine, which they are now done with.
Howard Shiau told TPG, "We returned to NYC from Nashville but flew into Newark. Voluntarily filled out the form online when we got home. My wife is a health care worker and was tested the day we got back: negative. I quarantined for two weeks at home anyway. We each received one text from NYS to confirm we understood the rules. That's it."
Florida had a quarantine for residents of some states that has since been lifted.
Wendy Borowski Palumbo told TPG she had to sign forms on her way across the Florida state border by car after getting into a separate line for residents of the Tri-State area of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York (they stopped everyone crossing in). Borowski Palumbo said, "Once we were there we didn't hear a peep from anyone. We had asked if we could go to the beach, no one seemed to know."
Lauren Fisch Cerny talked to TPG just before Alaska changed its rules to no longer require quarantine. Alaska will now require proof of a negative test on arrival and a second test 7-14 days after arrival, but at the time, Fisch Cerny said, "Alaska has no checks in place currently if you choose the quarantine option – and the testing wait time is 5-10+ days for airport tests for both residents and nonresidents."
Related: A guide to visiting Alaska during coronavirus
Indeed, other reports suggest the Alaska rules have not been strictly enforced, but it has certainly kept many people away from the state, which is suffering mightily from a lack of tourists.
Portia Whitley said:
"I had to Quarantine here in Alaska in mid-June. We had the option to get tested upon arrival at the airport, which I did. I got my negative test result three days later. They called me with the news and said I was free to go to the grocery store and that I should only be with small groups of people. I was to get another test within the week but I did not. Getting back to Juneau from my location requires getting on a ferry or a flight. We are fairly isolated here so I stayed away from other people for 2+ weeks. We have no positive cases in our town right now but I still mask up in town. Going back to Rhode Island in the fall will be another story all-together! Safe travels everyone."
Featured photo by Clint Henderson/The Points Guy.
Clint Henderson Clint Henderson is Senior News Editor at TPG. He worked in TV news for 20 years including stints at ABC, MSNBC and Fox before landing his dream job. Send tips to Clint.Henderson@thepointsguy.com.


I replaced a gravel driveway that kept getting washed out by the rain.
I was replacing an old driveway but it wasn't concrete. I live out in the country, and I had a gravel driveway built by a completely different company about a year ago. However, every time a big heavy rain came in, it would wash it out.
So I decided to go with concrete and started searching … and I found Dominic on Networx. I was looking for both price and reviews. I always look for a lot of reviews or feedback, because recently my folks got ripped off by a fake contractor. He actually ripped off 3 neighborhoods for about a half a million dollars and disappeared. He was that good.
Dominic told me he was ex-military. I went and found him on LinkedIn. He said he had worked for a car dealership and it seemed like he was who he said he was. Even though there weren't a ton of reviews about him as far as the contractor work, he gave me the information and made me feel more comfortable. He also promised, "I'll completely finish the job and you can pay me when it's done." That made me feel even more comfortable because he was going to do a whole driveway without any money.
I did not have to do any prep. All he requested was that I tell him exactly what I was going to use the driveway for, which was my farm equipment and my normal vehicles. I told him I wanted the driveway paved from a fencepost to the pond that's in front of my house. And he said he'd measure it up for me and give me the square footage and a quote … and he did.
I got other quotes, obviously, shopping around, and when I'd say, "You're more expensive on this," he'd answer, "Let me tell you what I'm doing and if the other guy is doing it for that price, the go with him, because he's going to be cheaper." When he explained it like that, I looked up some information and called the other guys back. It turned out that they weren't going to do all that he was going to do. For example, he added concrete around my existing drainage pipe that would help the water flow smoothly over if it were to flood again.
The first 2 weeks after he gave me his quote, we were completely rained out. It was still flooding pretty bad here in Texas and with water running over the existing area where he would have installed the driveway, he couldn't do anything, of course. But from the time he broke ground and started work to the time he completed it, it was a week. I have a side gate to my property so while this was going on, I simply used a different gate and cut through one of my pastures to get to my house.
He hired a few other people. I never had the chance to meet them, because he did the work while I was actually at work myself. That was actually nice, as well; I didn't have to be on the premises when he did it.
I just went with a plain brushed finish. It's not decorative because it's close to the road. I have a very long driveway and I simply wanted it for non-washout purposes.
There was one thing I wasn't happy with at first: the overall finish at the edges. After he said he was done, I called him back and said, "This is still a little rough, I can't get lower-sitting cars over it without feeling like it's going to scrape." He told me, "Don't worry about it, I got it. I'll take care of it." And he did … that same day. He went and got more road base, packed it down more, and said, "Tell me how you like that." I mean, obviously there was no extra charge or anything. And he fixed it quickly.
He did a great job. I was very satisfied. I would say he stood out for his honesty and the fact that he was more than willing to give whatever information I needed to feel comfortable doing the project. He kept me very updated and was very fair and honest.
If you are planning to install a driveway, definitely look at what kind of traffic you're going to be having. Are you going to have a lot of big trucks? Is it just going to be a couple of small cars? There's different finishes to concrete. Do you want a brushed look? Do you want a gloss look? Do you want it stained?
I actually didn't know there's this much to concrete. There's also different PSIs. For my project, I needed a 4000 PSI concrete because I have large tractors and big trailers full of cattle and stuff that will be going over this concrete section. If I used 2000 PSI, it would crack and break quickly, but 4000 PSI is something that's used for the slabs on homes, so it's meant to hold a lot more weight. That's something that Dominic explained to me.
So definitely look into PSIs and what kind of finishes you want for your concrete, if you're going in that direction.
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Try a free printable Christmas word search to help improve your child's visual perceptual skills! These OT Mom printables are all nativity based, and suitable for a range of ages.
Looking for letters in a busy background of other letters can help your child to develop better figure-ground perception and learn to pay attention to visual details.
These free printables are downloadable in PDF format, and consist of 2 pages: the first page is the wordsearch itself, and the second page is the answer sheet. They are less than 100KB, and the words are in lower case font, which makes it easier for kids to scan and read.
Just click on the image to download the wordsearch immediately - no need to sign up for anything! You will need Adobe Reader or equivalent to open the PDF.
Suitable for kids in about first grade, this wordsearch asks kids to read 20 Christmas-related words, circle the 10 words that are about the nativity (the REAL Christmas), and then to find those 10 words in the word search.
There are no diagonal or backwards words.
This activity is suitable for kids in first to second grade.
Kids search in all directions, with a few backwards words, for 12 names or people groups associated with the nativity.
This nativity word search is suitable for good readers in second and third grade.
Kids need an NIV Bible to fill in the 12 missing words in the Bible passage given (Luke 2:8-14). Then they find the missing words in the word search.
This is the hardest nativity word search on my site so far, suitable for kids in about third to fourth grade.
Kids search for nine Names of Jesus and prophecies, that come from various Old Testament Scriptures.
This word search is harder than the rest as the grid is larger and contains more letters but fewer words.
If you enjoyed these Christmas nativity printables, check out some of the other Christmas activities on my site!
If your child needs more visual perception resources, check out these pages of my site for activities and information.
Thank you for visiting! I hope you found these resources to be helpful!
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With over 15 years in the fitness industry, my dynamic approach, energy and knowledge have helped my clients achieve their goals. With a client list as diverse as my training methods, I emphasize strength training that can be applied from the gym to daily life.


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HomeMotorcycle racingThe most extreme motorcycle races in the world
The most extreme motorcycle races in the world
Motorcycle racing become one of the most interesting sport in the world. It is attractive both racer and people like watching racing.
As unique adventure to discover the roads and views around our life in the special way, you can feel amazing when someone can break limit of talent and effort via racing. But actually motorcycle races has drawbacks.
The following is list of the most extreme motorcycle races in the world which are dangerous and infamous.
This race has been held on a small island between Ireland and England. Until now, it is considered as the most dangerous race in the world.
The road route is extremely dangerous with snakes around the island over almost 38 miles. Racer has to come across towns and villages with speed more than 130mph.
Estimated that there are about 240 riders died during TT's history but it continues to remain hugely popular with both racers and fans.
North West 200
It is an annual road race in Northern Ireland which takes place on public streets with a huge number of fans. It is notable when racer can overcome speed 200mph.
The first competition was held in 1929 with relatively low fatalities. But the regulation as well obstacle around racing roads seem unsafe and extremely risky for racer. For example there are no street signs or lampposts and telegraph poles to take note for racer.
Dakar The Dakar Rally
It takes place annually in South America from 1979 until now. It is also called off-road race. It was original from Paris, France to Dakar in Senegal.
In 2008, this competition was cancelled due to the threat of terrorism so they can't race through the African desert. Then it has been removed to Argentina and Chile from 2009 for both professionals and amateurs racer.
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Futures are up again this morning after a nice pop at 8:30 am. It seems pretty clear they want that 2900 level, but this could also be a bull trap so I wouldn't get too excited about it at this point. Today might be a tricky day as the market makers need to pin the SPY at a certain level to force both puts and calls to expire worthless. Looking at the open interest on various strike prices the 290 level has the most calls and 285 has the most puts, so a pin between 287 and 288 seems most likely to me. It's hard to know for sure but it wouldn't surprise me at all if this morning pop fades by the close.
I don't see any high odds trades for today or the close as the bulls still have full control right now. I'd like to see some shake out moves where we drop and rally and drop and rally before I'd believe a nice pullback was going to happen. And I'd like to see some volume behind it. Call it some wave 1's down and wave 2's up if you want, but that's basically what is needed to put in a top and drop. My guess is that we won't see that happen until we at least hit and pierce through that even number level of 2900, which I don't see today but very possible for Monday or Tuesday.
If I were SkyNet I'd drop it some today to lure in shorts for the weekend, and then squeeze them hard on Monday to hit 2900 by the open. That's about the only way I can see them pushing the market higher as there is NO real buying right now of stocks. The big boys have been selling into this topping area for quite awhile now. If the futures market didn't exists then they wouldn't have the ability to squeeze the shorts, and the stock market would probably be about one half to one third of its present value... yeah, it's that crazy.
You've seen other countries shutdown the ability for traders to short and their market collapsed even further. Shorting is what keeps the market going up... as crazy as that sounds. Take that away and all you have is buying and selling of stock, so the big boys would be trying to sell at tops into the retail sheep but if they aren't buying then the stocks would collapse. But when you get someone on the futures market short the big boys can spend a small amount of money overnight when volume is super low to buy up stocks and make the market go up, which then will force the shorts to cover their position at the open. This is where the bigger volume comes in.
While that buying back of stocks at higher prices then the level they shorted them at is going on the insiders will sell their stock into that forced buying. It's NOT real buying by investors that think the stock is going up over time but FORCED buying by trapped shorts. It's a HUGE difference as it creates bubbles in the market, which lead to big drops at some point in the future and crashes too. But, it's setup that way on purpose so the insiders can continue to steal from the sheep.
They control the media so you'll always see the financial Guru's on TV pumping a stock after it's ran up 80-90% of it's move and brag about the last 10-20% move. Then they never tell you to sell it at the top but go quite and move on to some other subject or stock. Naturally the stock collapses over time as the big boys have sold out and aren't supporting the stock by doing anymore buying and the retail sheep are already "all-in", so they can't help.
Once the stock drops enough the big boys pay the Guru's to start trash talking the stock again to drive the price down further so the insiders can buy it back from the panicked retail sheep. That process starts after the stock has fallen 80-90% of the move down where the big boys want to buy it back at. The Guru then brags again about that last 10-20% of the drop telling the sheep they should have sold as it dropped that last little bit. Then the Guru goes quiet again while the insiders buy it all up at cheap prices. The process repeats over and over and over. Have a great weekend.


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Q: Get Photos from google map api I would like to get back the photos of Google map api and to insert them into the DOM. In the documentation this codes it according to whom allows to get back the photos of several places and to use them as marker
function createPhotoMarker(place) {
var photos = place.photos;
if (!photos) {
return;
}

var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: place.geometry.location,
title: place.name,
icon: photos[0].getUrl({'maxWidth': 35, 'maxHeight': 35})
});
}

that work very well bur can you show me how found photo and insert it in DOM ?
I have try something like that but he's not à good way: my test. sorry for my bad English
 function callback(results, status) {
                if (status === google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
                    for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
                        createMarker(results[i]);
                        restos.push(results[i].name);
                        // console.log(results[i]);
                        var btnSuite = document.createElement('button');
                        createPhoto(results[i]); //photos test !!??
                        btnSuite.innerHTML = '' + results[i].name +      '
' + results[i].vicinity + '
' + '';

                        btnSuite.id = 'droiteBtns';
                        droite2.appendChild(btnSuite);

                    }

                }

            }
 function createPhoto(place) {
                var photos = place.photos;
                if (!photos) {
                    return;
                }

                var photo = photos[0].getUrl({
                    'maxWidth': 150,
                    'maxHeight': 150
                })

            }

Thanks for your help

A: You can try this:
http://jsfiddle.net/mervinsamy/m1ejzt7j/
What I did was create an img object, store the image there, and then add it to an existing div.
Relevant HTML:

Relevant JS:
var img = document.createElement("img") //Create object
img.src = photos[0].getUrl({'maxWidth': 100, 'maxHeight': 100}); //store image url as src attribute
document.getElementById("img-container").appendChild(img);  //add to existing div


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An archive of James Hamilton's columns in Record Mirror
June 27, 1970: Diana Ross, Norman Greenbaum, Johnnie Taylor
DIANA ROSS: Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand); Dark Side Of The World (Tamla Motown TMG 743).
For her solo debut, Diana has got right away from the old hit-making Supremes format – she still, of course, sounds exactly like the old Diana, and even has a girlie group in back of her, but it is in her choice of material that she is different. These are both Nick Ashford/Valerie Simpson-penned songs, with the A-side being the more different of the two: a meandering, gently thumping slowie, sung by Diana in un-raucous, delicate mood. The flip is a bit more determined, and rather more Supremes-ish. Both good.
CHART CERT.
NORMAN GREENBAUM: Canned Ham; Junior Cadillac (Reprise RS.20919).
As a follow-up to the monster "Spirit In The Sky", Norman has reverted to the sound and structure of his earlier release, "Jubilee". The beat is more straightforward (and, I reckon, will be less popular) than that of his hit, and the girlie group are featured prominently throughout, chirping away call-and-answers in a squeaky harmony – all in all, VERY like "Jubilee". It's nice good-time music, but it's too fast for that modern Madison dance-step which fitted 'Spirit" so well! Funkier flip.
CHART CHANCE.
JOHNNIE TAYLOR: Who's Making Love; I'm Trying (Stax 106). Someone at Stax has some sense! When this glorious screaming, stomping, storming dancer was released a year and a half ago in America, it went straight to number one, sold over a million, and finally established Johnnie (who's been singing since the '50s) as a true great. Admittedly "Do The Funky Chicken" has made a huge impression with its '65-type sound, but I always think of "Love" as the last of the classic "traditional" Soul hits – last year saw the emergence of newer, trickier rhythms (hence the re-release boom here). Anyway, this is one re-release that does deserve success: incredibly popular with discotheque dancers, it is placed permanently at the top of my "Soul" pile of records, and even if I play no other Soul records at a dance I generally play this, because, despite being unknown to most people, it has such a powerful impact that any fool can feel it! Go get it . . . and when you finally sit down, dig the words too.
Author Mike APosted on June 27, 1970 November 18, 2019 Leave a comment on June 27, 1970: Diana Ross, Norman Greenbaum, Johnnie Taylor
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April 25, 1987: 2 Puerto Ricans A Blackman And A Dominican, Ultra Magnetic MC's, Whispers, Kinkina, Eleanore Mills
April 18, 1987: Jim Bennett & His Bumpin Crew, Carey Johnson, True Mathematics, Benetta & Kevin, Wired
April 11, 1987: Junior Gee & The 'A' Team, Sybil, Prince, Swing Out Sister, Jason
April 4, 1987: Cameo, Fleetwood Mac, Jim Bennett & His Bumpin Crew, Lillo Thomas, The Whispers
March 28, 1987: Mandy Smith, Cindy Valentine, Luther Vandross, Living In A Box, Patrice Rushen
March 21, 1987: Technics DJ Mixing Championships, Eleanore Mills, Sly & Robbie, Millie Scott, Sybil, Dynasty
March 14, 1987: Grace Jones, Bam Boo, Herb Alpert, Jocelyn Brown, Salt-n-Pepa
March 7, 1987: Norwood, The House Sound Of Chicago Megamix, Lillo Thomas, Lee Prentiss, Full Circle
February 28, 1987: Bruce Willis, Bananarama, Full Circle, Donald Byrd, Gigolo Tony
February 21, 1987: Technics DJ Mixing Championships, Amii Stewart, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tullio De Piscopo, Boris Badenough, Juicy
February 14, 1987: Millie Scott, Tullo De Piscopo, Mel & Kim, Taurus Boy, Herb Alpert
February 7, 1987: Jocelyn Brown, Nitro Deluxe, Surface, George Benson, Gwen Guthrie
January 31, 1987: Risky Business, Millie Scott, Mr. K Mix by Special K, Lola, Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce
January 24, 1987: Steinski & Mass Media, Anita Baker, The System, Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, MC. G.L.O.B.E.
January 17, 1987: Frankie Knuckles, Bobby McClure, The Microphone Prince, Stacy Lattisaw, UB40
January 10, 1987: The Mohawks, Steve 'Silk' Hurley, Hot Chocolate, Freeez, Blaze
December 27, 1986: The Hammy Awards 1986
December 20, 1986: Throwdown, Howard Hewett, Nitro Deluxe, Master C & J, Prince Phillip Mitchell
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80snights on April 25, 1987: 2 Puerto Ricans A Blackman And A Dominican, Ultra Magnetic MC's, Whispers, Kinkina, Eleanore Mills
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Loopzilla on March 28, 1987: Mandy Smith, Cindy Valentine, Luther Vandross, Living In A Box, Patrice Rushen
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Lindfield Sussex
Lindfield, Sussex
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lindfield like this:
LINDFIELD, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Cuckfield district, Sussex. The village stands on a hill, adjacent to the river Ouse, 1½ mile NE of HaywardsHeath r. station, and 3 ½ ENE of Cuckfield: is surrounded by a highly picturesque country; consists chiefly of one wide street, containing several well built houses; and has a post office,‡ under Cuckfield, three good inns, gasworks, a fair for sheep on 1 April, and a fair for lambs and cattle on 5 August.—The parish contains also ScaynesHill, Scrace-Bridge, Townsland, Walsted, Lunt, Buxshalls, Beadle-Hill, Gravelys, and Wickham. ...
Acres, 5,776. Real property, £6,060. Pop. in 1851,1,814; in 1861,1,917. Houses, 361. Manor House is the seatSharood; Lindfield House, of R.. Candle, Esq.; Walsted House, of T. R. Davis, Esq.; Gravely House, of J. R.Brown, Esq.; Hollybank, of J. H. Bull, Esq.; Oat Hall, of G. F. Bent, Esq.; and there are some very handsome villas. Kenwards was once the seat of the Challoners; Lunt was the seat of the Hamlyns; East Mascalls was the seat of the Newtons; and all three are now farm-houses. Paxhill is a recently restored Tudor mansion, the seat of P. N. Laurie, Esq. Lindfield Common, noted for growth of camomile, and called Camomile Common, is at the S of the village. Piano-forte-making employs many hands in a large establishment; and the making of bricks and tiles is carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chichester. Value, not reported. Patron, W. M. Kearns, Esq. The church is chiefly later English; has a tower which possibly is early English; comprises nave, aisles, transepts, and chancel; and contains a carved stone font, and monuments of the Board, Covert, Brett, and Crawfurd family. A church was anciently at Scaynes-Hill; and a suite of schools there, built in 1859, is used as a chapel of ease. There are an Independent chapel, with 500 sittings; a Baptist chapel, at ScaynesHill; a church school, a neat edifice in the pointed style, at the N end of the village; and extensive British schools, built in 1825, by the philanthropic William Allen for giving instruction, not only in the ordinary branches of education, but also in gardening, agriculture, clothmaking, and other industrial arts.—The sub-district contains also three other parishes. Acres, 18,683. Pop., 4,213. Houses, 788.
Lindfield through time
Lindfield is now part of Mid Sussex district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Sussex has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lindfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lindfield in Mid Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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From Tel Aviv: Bethlehem Half-Day Historical Guided Tour
Tours Culture & history Activities Day trips Reseller exclusions Nature & adventure
Discover the birthplace of Christ and King David in Bethlehem, and trace the events of the nativity story on a half-day tour from Tel Aviv. Visit the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches of Shepherds' Field.
Uncover the history behind some of the world's most sacred Christian sites
Visit the Church of the Nativity, built over the cave where Jesus was born
Marvel at the Gothic architecture inside the Church of Saint Catherine
Observe the Islamic landmark of the Mosque of Omar in Manger Square
See the 2 churches dedicated to the memory of Shepherd's Field in Beit-Sahur
Travel to the heart of the biblical story of the nativity on this guided half-day excursion from Tel Aviv. Drive to Bethlehem to gain an insight into Shepherds' Field and visit the Church of the Nativity, one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world. Located on the West Bank, the city is the birthplace of King David and means "City of Bread" as a result of the wheat crop that grew in the region. Pay a visit to the Church of the Nativity and the cave where, according to Christian tradition, Mary gave birth to Jesus. Continue to Manger Square, home to the Mosque of Omar, an important site for the many Muslims who live in the city. Explore Shepherds' Field by seeing the lesser-known Greek Orthodox monastery. Then, visit the Roman Catholic Shepherds' Field chapel where angels first announced the birth of Christ. After getting an overview of the pilgrimage center, conclude the tour in Jerusalem.
Entry fees Professional guide Transport by air-conditioned coach Hotel pickup from Tel Aviv Drop-off in Jerusalem
A valid passport is required on the day of travel
Modest clothing is mandatory
This tour is subject to Palestinian authority regulations
The Palestinian guide meets the tour at the border post
Change of vehicle is required for entry to Palestinian territory
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West Sussex Bands For Hire
Bands For Hire is a live music agency representing a number of bands based in West Sussex and surrounding areas. Our West Sussex function bands are hand picked for their talent, professionalism and experience, giving you absolute confidence in your evenings entertainment. There really is nothing worse than 'hoping' that the band turn up!
We have bands to hire for every occasion, from small, sophisticated gatherings to large weddings and corporate events. Whether it's a rock 'n' roll band, funk, soul or Rock, we have a range of bands to choose from, all happy to discuss your music tastes and preference.
We have bands for hire in every part of West Sussex including Aldwick, Bognor Regis, Burgess Hill, Chichester, Crawley, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Horsham, Lancing, Littlehampton, North Lancing, Rustington, Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick and Worthing.
Jazz Band Hire West Sussex
We work with a number of jazz bands in West Sussex, from a simple jazz duo to jazz quartet or quintet with vocals. Our jazz bands have a wealth of experience with the ability to either merge into the background, or become the center of attention for a full on toe-tapping evening. From Jazz standards to more contemporary jazz sounds, there's something for everyone. To listen to some of our West Sussex jazz bands, please visit our jazz and swing bands section.
West Sussex Function Bands
If you're planning a function or wedding in West Sussex and are looking for the perfect wedding band, we have a range of bands to hire from pop / rock function bands, to soul, funk and Motown tribute bands. Our function bands in West Sussex are available to hire for every occasion, from a birthday party, wedding anniversary or garden party to large festival or corporate event.
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Council support organisation Improvement & Efficiency South East (IESE) set up the £1.7bn waste framework that is open to 141 councils.
The framework is aimed at saving local authorities £85m over four years, but it has been criticised by industry consultants.
IESE chairman Paul Bettison said this week: "It is really encouraging that so many waste service contractors want to be involved in the framework.
Bids are now being evaluated, with the framework due to go live on 1 May 2012.


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Star Trek Picard—review and commentary
Then and now— Seven of Nine
Star Trek is an integral part of American culture and a controversial view of the future of humanity. It began with Gene Roddenberry's concept for a serious science fiction television series, a novel idea in the early 60s, and it has continued to evolve for fifty years. As America has changed, as science fiction has changed, as television has changed, Star Trek has changed, too.
Picard is set two decades after the feature film, Nemesis, and is based upon the series Star Trek The Next Generation, which ran for seven years on television. Later, four of the feature films were based upon the characters from TNG series. Picard has ten episodes in season one, but the second and third seasons are planned for CBS All Access, which is how hubby and I watched the first season.
This made for the web series has very high production values—the sets and effects rival feature films. Sir Patrick Stewart is still an amazing actor, although the pace of the series (slow!) seems to be partially dictated by the age of its principal character. Viewers who prefer space battles and fisticuffs will probably be a bit disappointed. Casual viewers may also find the editing, with its rapid cuts from scene to scene, confusing. Honestly, I don't like that aspect at all, but this is apparently in line with Picard's sister show, Star Trek Discovery.
We both thought the first few episodes were confusing and lacking in characters, apart from Jean Luc Picard himself, with whom we could empathize. The writers made a good decision in embracing the age of the main character. Anything else would insult the viewer, as Patrick Stewart looks and sounds old. For us, as fans of Star Trek Voyager, the show got better when Jeri Ryan pops in, as an older and less "Borg" version of Seven of Nine. Ryan is still riveting to watch, even without the cat suit that made her fodder for lots of magazine pictures in the late 1990s. In the seventeen years since her character graced the small screen, Seven has become much more human—in her speech pattern, in her attire, and in part due to suffering losses associated with years of living in a deteriorating society.
A key word here is suffering. One of the better aspects of Trek in its first few decades was its optimistic view of the future of humanity. Although Roddenberry sought to put serious science fiction onto television, and therefore into lots of living rooms, his vision was seldom dark. However, much of serious science fiction—in print, in film, in gaming, and even in graphic forms—has embraced the dystopian view of the future of humanity. A utopia is an idealized society in which social and technical advances serve to make all things better for humanity. Yes, I did say it was idealistic! A dystopia is the polar opposite, in which "advances" in society and technology make things worse. For some examples of dystopian literature/film, think of Orwell's 1984 or the film Blade Runner, based upon the work of Phillip K. Dick.
Alas, Picard's greatest weakness isn't its slow pace or its rather confusing editing. Nor is it the "flashbacks" in which the characters look just as old as they do in the current timeline, no doubt due to the unforgiving nature of high def photography. Nope, the core problem for many fans of Star Trek will undoubtedly be the dark vision of the future embraced by the writers. Picard is a dystopia. Beloved characters from the previous Trek series will suffer, and some will die. New characters suffer and some of them die, too. And, by and large, those deaths may very well be without purpose, meaning, and certainly without honor.
Star Trek Picard has some strengths, including dazzling cinematography, a rich background of material from which the writers can draw inspiration, and an aging but talented main character. Guest stars include characters from TNG and Voyager, and the development of Seven of Nine, the former Borg, works well. Enjoy the series, but temper your expectations. This is post-modern Star Trek.
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The Future of Learning for K-12
News organizations have truly embraced the old adage, "never let a crisis go to waste." With every new pronouncement regarding the COVID-19 virus, the sky gets a bit closer to falling. Many of the public schools in my area have closed, but most of them are posting assignments online. Indeed, one of them has offered Chromebooks for check out if the family lacks a computer. This strikes me as a leap into the future of K-12 education.
Having taught both web enhanced and hybrid classes for the Technical College System of Georgia, I fully understand how to teach from my couch. In those classes, students had access to an online learning suite (either Blackboard or Angel, depending on the flavor of the year) wherein I listed assignments or offered online assessments. For those readers who are not chronologically gifted, the idea of closing schools seems unthinkable, but for anyone who has attended a post secondary school in the past decade, these fortnight long closures are no big deal. Indeed, I used to make jokes (during face-to-face class sessions at school) about teaching in my pajamas!
For younger students, such as those in K-12, however, quite a few of them have little experience with online learning, and some of their parents may not have experienced it at all. With a bit of coaching, both students and parents will come to see that much of what happens in a classroom can happen at home. In fact, in some cases, it is better to have online content. Forgot what happened to that important handout? Just print another one. Want to check the due date for an assignment? Just look at the online lesson plan. Need extra help? Email the teacher with your questions and concerns and you should get a prompt, personalized answer. Missed a class? Watch a recorded video session. In my experience, most college students eventually came to appreciate online resources, even if they didn't embrace them. There is a learning curve, of course, as anything new requires some learning. Parents around here are about to embark on a new way of helping their kids with homework.
Who knows if the COVID-19 will actually be a serious threat to public health? Only the perspective of time will let us know that. However, this unprecedented interruption of business as usual in public education will demonstrate the power of online instruction. No doubt there will be some kinks in it, as this is new for some folks. But, the future of K-12 will be online, and this is just a preview of how it will work.
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2015 BMW 1 Series - Geneva Live [Update - Mega Gallery]
19/03/2015 - 04:12 | BMW 1 Series, BMW, 2015 Geneva Motor Show | Paranjay Dutt
Update - BMW have released more images of the 1 Series facelift, and 105 images have been added in a Flickr Slideshow below. The 1 Series facelift may be part of the 15 launches BMW India has announced for 2015.
2016 BMW 1 Series (Facelift) - Image Slideshow
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Gets a new engine range.
The 2015 BMW 1 Series (facelift) is being showcased to the public for the first time at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show.
On the outside, the BMW 1 Series facelift gets a new front and rear end. It adopts a BMW 2 Series-like front fascia, while the rear gets larger L-shaped taillamps. The car remains unchanged on the sides, and the same can be said for the interior, save for the inclusion of iDrive and automatic climate control on all models.
The 2015 1 Series continues to be a rear-wheel drive hatchback, but the engine range has been updated with the inclusion of new 3-cylinder petrol and diesel engines at the lower end of the variant walk.
The mid-spec versions get 4-cylinder units, while the top-spec M135i continues to use a 3-litre straight six which now develops 10 hp extra.
You can get more details in the press release below.
2015 BMW 1 Series (facelift) - Image Gallery
2015 BMW 1 Series (facelift) at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show - Press Release
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2015 BMW 1 Series (facelift) at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show
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Credit Score: Credit Karma provides your credit score from TransUnion and Equifax, two of the three credit reporting bureaus. It also provides the history of what the score has done (increased, decreased, stayed flat) over the last few months.
With this information, you can easily see your current financial situation as seen by the credit reporting bureaus. By checking your dashboard often, you can determine if there's anything suspicious happening, or if any information is incorrect.
Credit Karma also has a tab that provides suggestions as to how one might improve their financial situation. These suggestions come in the form of consolidation loan and low-interest credit card offers that one might use to reduce their interest payments and help them pay off debt.
Credit Karma also has a full suite of financial offerings to users including student loans, personal loans, home loans, and auto loans. They don't provide these themselves, the offerings come in the form of suggestions to financial products offered by other financial service providers.
Also available are debt repayment, loan, and mortgage calculators as well as reviews of financial products and informational blog posts.
I've personally used Credit Karma for years to keep an eye on my financial accounts and my credit score. The account information has always matched my known state, and when the credit score has generally agreed with the data I've received from other sources. My assumption is they make their money through kickbacks of users that signup for financial products offered through their website. I personally have never selected any offerings from their website, but continue to use their free credit score and account information services. I would give Credit Karma a thumbs up for being legitimate although I recommend taking advantage of your once a year free credit report information and comparing it to what Credit Karma shows.
How about you, Clever Friends, do you use Credit Karma?
Oh gosh, the title of this post made me nervous! I've been using Credit Karma for years and love it.
Haha, hope you felt better after you read it! Thanks for stopping by, Mel!
I use Credit Karma, but I take it for what it is. It does not show you your FICO score, which is the one mostly used when applying for loans, etc. The scores can differ quite a bit.
True, but it DOES give you a idea of how your score is trending. If the score shown in Credit Karma is trending down, you should take notice and figure out what is going on.
My husband recently used Credit Karma and I was blown away by how useful it was! It really gave us a good breakdown on his financial history for the last 7 to 10 years, and it was much more useful than any paid-for service I've used!
It certainly does give a lot of information in a nicely organized dashboard – thanks for sharing your experience, Melissa!
I check my Credit Karma all the time. I love it.
I do too, Joley! I try to check in once every month and make sure everything looks correct.


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Ghymes [] ist ein World-Music-Ensemble, das aus in der Slowakei lebenden Ungarn zusammengesetzt ist.

Bandgeschichte
Das Ghymes-Ensemble entstand im Jahr 1984 an der Pädagogischen Hochschule in Nitra aus Musikern, die sich zuvor der Rockmusik, der Klassischen Musik bzw. der Renaissancemusik gewidmet hatten. Sie sollten die Begleitmusik für eine Tanzgruppe spielen, die jedoch nie zustande kam. Ihre Benennung leitet sich von einer gleichnamigen, kleinen Ortschaft (ungarisch Ghymes, seit 1948 slowakisch Jelenec) in der Nähe von Nitra ab.

Angefangen hat das Ensemble mit traditioneller ungarischer Folkmusik aus Siebenbürgen. Sie knüpften damit an die Tanzhaus-Bewegung an, die in den 1970er Jahren die ungarische studentische Subkultur eroberte. Während Ghymes zunächst eine Tanzband war, ging die Gruppe Ende der 1980er Jahre dazu über, vor allem Konzerte zu spielen. In dieser Phase entschlossen sich die Musiker auch, Profis zu werden.

Diese Jahre stellten für sie auch eine Zeit "reinigenden Feuers" dar, in der sie langsam folkloristische Elemente und eigene schöpferische Vorstellungen miteinander verbanden. So wurde der ganz eigene Stil der Musik von Ghymes geboren. Die Rhythmen wurden noch fesselnder, härter, und zu den ursprünglichen folkloristischen Instrumenten Violine, Bratsche, Zymbal, Dudelsack, Kontrabass, Laute, Koboz (Kurzhalslaute), Tökcitera (wörtlich "Kürbiszither", entspricht der Langhalslaute Tambura), Tárogató (der Klarinette ähnlich) kamen Saxophon und Schlagzeug hinzu, Improvisationen wurden geschaffen, und ohne es zu merken oder dieses bewusst zu verfolgen, fanden sie sich in der Kategorie der sogenannten Weltmusik wieder.

Während dieser Zeit beteiligte sich das Ghymes-Ensemble auch an der in ganz Europa erfolgreichen Produktion Vents D'est (Ostwind). Die vielfarbige (Folklore, Jazz, zeitgenössische Musik) und hinsichtlich ihrer Herkunft vielseitige (mediterrane, serbische, kroatische, ungarische und slowakische) Musik der 17 Mitglieder zählenden internationalen Band bildet selbst ein in seiner Form außergewöhnliches "Musikmosaik". Der "Vater" der Band und ihr Leiter ist der französisch-okzitanische Musiker und Komponist Miquéu Montanaro. Im Jahr 1991 produzierten das ungarische und das französische Fernsehen einen Film über diese Band. 1993 erschien die erste Vents-D'est-CD unter dem Titel Migration, 1996 folgte die zweite Aufnahme. Auf das Ersuchen Montanaros hin beteiligte sich das Ghymes-Ensemble 1993 am Zustandekommen der Musik für die größte europäische Freilichttheaterveranstaltung am "Theatre de la Mediterranée".

Trotz dieser Tätigkeiten auf europäischer Ebene gelang Ghymes der große Durchbruch in Ungarn erst 1998 mit dem Titel Tánc a hóban (Tanz im Schnee) aus dem Album Rege, der seitdem zu den größten ungarischen Folk-Rock-Titeln gehört. Zu dieser Zeit errangen auch ihre monatlichen Club-Abende in Budapest eine enorme Popularität. Während 1996 gerade mal einige Dutzend Menschen diesen Abenden beiwohnten, wurden im Jahr 2001 die Eintrittskarten für die ca. 400–500 Menschen fassende Halle bereits Wochen vorher vergriffen.

Den Höhepunkt ihrer World Music-Phase bildete das im November 2000 erschienene Album Smaragdváros. In der Europäischen Weltmusik-Rangliste (World Music Charts Europe) erreichte es im März 2001 den elften Platz – der bisher größte, in Zahlen messbare internationale Erfolg von Ghymes. Das schönste Lied in diesem Album (Szárnyaskezű szeretők) erreichte auch eine Singleauskoppelung und den Dreh eines Musikvideos.

Nach diesen Erfolgen begann in der musikalischen Entwicklung eine langsame Bewegung in Richtung Jazz, wobei die ursprünglichen folkloristischen Elemente weiterhin in jedem Album in mehreren Titeln bestehen blieben. Ein Vergleich der beiden neuesten Alben (Üvegtigris 2. und Messzerepülő) ist mit den vor 5–6 Jahren erschienenen Platten daher kaum mehr möglich, was langjährige Fans manchmal beklagen.

So sehr sich ihre Musik immer weiter verändert, so unverändert bleibt jedoch die Kinderliebe der Gruppe. Neben den zwei Kinderliedersammlungen Bennünk van a kutyavér und Csak a világ végire..., spielten sie auch die Begleitmusik für die beiden Märchenalben, auf denen ungarische Künstler kurze Märchen und Erzählungen vortrugen. Des Weiteren geben sie jedes Jahr mehrere Konzerte speziell für Kinder.

Nennenswert ist noch die Tatsache, dass stets verschiedene Schauspielhäuser um Musik für Inszenierungen baten und diese von Ghymes auch bekamen, so das Budapester Volkstheater (Der Schirm des Heiligen Petrus, 1996), das Freilichttheater in Komárom (Unsere Leben, 1995) und das Wuppertaler Tanztheater Pina Bausch (2000).

Diskografie

Alben
 1988: Az ifjúság sólyommadár (Die Jugend ist wie ein Falke)
 1991: Ghýmes
 1993: Üzenet (Nachricht)
 1995: Bennünk van a kutyavér (Wir hecken immer etwas aus) (HU: )
 1996: Tűzugrás (Feuersprung) (HU: )
 1998: Rege (Sage) (HU: )
 2000: Smaragdváros (Smaragdstadt)
 2001: Üzenet (Nachricht) – neu aufgelegt
 2002: Héjavarázs (Habichtzauber) (HU: )
 2003: Koncert (Konzert)
 2004: Éghymese (Himmelmärchen)
 2005: Csak a világvégire... (Nur bis ans Ende der Welt...)
 2006: Messzerepülő (Weit weg fliegend)
 2007: Mendika (HU: )
 2008: Álombálom (HU: )
 2010: Szikraszemű (HU: )
 2012: 30 Fényév (HU: )
 2016: Mennyből az angyal

Singles
 2000: Szárnyaskezű szeretők (Liebende mit Flügelhänden)
 2002: Állatfarm (Farm der Tiere)

Zusammenarbeiten mit anderen Künstlern
 1993: Migration mit Vents D'est (Kompositionen von Michel Montanaro)
 2001: A Nagy Mesealbum (Das Große Märchenalbum)
 2002: Bakaballada (Soldatenballade) mit Hobo Blues Band
 2003: A Nagy Mesealbum II. (Das Große Märchenalbum II.)

Filmmusik
 2006: Üvegtigris 2. (Glastiger 2.)

Videoalben
 2003: Koncert (Konzert)

Auszeichnungen
 1999: Das Album Bennünk van a kutyavér wird vom Ungarischen Bildungsministerium zum offiziellen Lehrhilfsmittel erklärt
 2001: Ungarischer Kunstpreis; Don Quijote-Preis
 2002: eMeRTonPreis des Ungarischen Rundfunks in der Kategorie der "außerhalb der Grenzen Ungarns beheimateten ungarischen Ensembles"; "Goldener Giraffe" des MAHASZ (Ungarischer Verband der Tonträgerverlage) in der Kategorie "Beste in Ungarn beheimatete Jazz/Welt-Musik" für das Album Üzenet;
 2003: "Goldene Giraffe" des MAHASZ in der Kategorie "Jazz-/Worldmusik-Alben" für das Album Héjavarázs
 2006: Béla Bartók Gedenkpreis

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 http://www.ghymes.hu – Offizielle Webpräsenz

Ungarische Band
Slowakische Band
Weltmusik-Band
Magyaren in der Slowakei